Half Life (PC)

If you have never heard of Half-life, your either an extra terrestrial, or have been hiding in an underground bombshelter waiting for the second world war to pass (Okay, there might be a FEW other explanations, but I'm too lazy to mention all of them here :-)). If you're the prior, welcome to Earth - the home of Half-life. If you're the latter, the war has been over for nearly sixty years. Now to catch up on one of the biggest things you've missed out on... Half-life! ---Intro---- In a nutshell, Half-life is one of the best games ever to grace our PC screens. In it's day the graphics and game engine were all revolutionary, and led the way to the first ...  Read the complete review

My Personal Thoughts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Half Life is a truely exceptional piece of gaming. I first played Half Life when it was released on ps2 as i never had a PC at that time. However when i did get a PC Half Life was straight into my collection. I thought he game was fantastic and unlike anything i had previously played. It had a gripping story that was very realisitc as you were at the hands of it all. In fact it was this game that got me into First Person Shooters (FPS) in the first place purely down to all the factors contained within this masterpiece of a game. Intro ~~~ Half Life is the story of Gordon Freemans work at the Black ...  Read the complete review

First-person shoot-em-ups started with a game called Wolfenstien 3D. Ring any bells? This was one of the very first 3D computer games, which could only use walls at a right-angle to each other and featured gory Nazi-blasting fun. Fans of Wolfenstien 3D will be pleased to hear that a brand new fully 3D hi-res sequel will be coming out sometime in 2001/2002. This was followed by the much more well-known game called Doom. Doom really got things going. Rise of The Triads came next and then, a bit later came Duke Nukem 3D. I am in fact only mentioning the games that were any good, because in the gap between Rise of The Triads and Duke 3D represents a period when the genre ...  Read the complete review

As an avid PC gamer for the last 14 years or so, I find myself craving games with more, more, more! More realism, more effects, more weapons, more ways to die... Unfortunately, when these cravings are realized, I find myself experiencing a great let down. Kind of a "post coital" buzz which leads me to feel that I really didn't want more after all. When I recieved my copy of Half-Life by VALVe, distributed by Sierra Studios, I'd already heard the buzz about it's revolutionary game engine, the awesome Artificial Intelligence, and the graphics,...but I still had my reservations. I installed the program, which was really quite painless, then ...  Read the complete review

Ok, so no suprise, I love Half Life. BUT! ah, theres something else to my opinion. Firstly let me get my love of this game out of the way, then I will tell you why I don't think its "the best PC game ever". Are we sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin. You play Gordon Freeman, A PHD research scientist who has just started for a Company called "Black Mensa". All very cloak and dagger. The game starts like a movie, a wonderful technique to lead a player in to the game, allowing them to familiarise themselves with the controls. Eventually on your journey you will be craning out of the moving train just to see what is happening in ...  Read the complete review