This infinitely more action-focused spin on HL1 is a good time, being a slightly more traditional shooter experience than the original. It's straightforward and quickly throws a huge arsenal at the player, leaving how to approach combat encounters as the main concern rather than the light puzzling which defined Half-Life, though there is still a bit of that. The last few chapters do start to fall apart a bit with encounters that are too much of a pain in the ass even on Normal, but the overall experience is still pretty satisfying.

I played this with a trackball to try and learn to play games with one while I sit back on the couch, and I'd say it was a good training game and I'd like to continue trying with more shooters in the future.

Reviewed on Jun 20, 2021


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