it's the best way to play half life 1 but the Xem part gets really fucking bad in chapter 17-18. The first Xem part had great level design but the rest of it was the most boring fps level I've ever played.

One other issue I had is that the pretty graphix made it so important things like buttons don't stick out at all. As a first time player I was never sure if a button on a console was just decoration or actually what I needed to press to progress in the level. In the original game it'd stick out way more, which means the level design sometimes only works if you've played the original and know where to go.

Reviewed on Aug 11, 2020


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