Comments on: FOG Review: Half-Life (PC)

By: Michelle "Leneux" Baldwin

Michelle "Leneux" Baldwin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:21:42 +0000

I only had my first experience with Half Life about two years ago – put into that context it’s not hard to see why it’s a massively influential game.

Visuals aside (because frankly its aged better than some games from the same year) it’s timeless in it’s design decisions.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:23:13 +0000

Wow, Half Life as a Friday Old Game? that makes me feel old .

I totally agree with everything you say though, the graphics are really the only thing that doesn’t hold up well. Though if I were comparing Half Life and HL:2 with graphics out of the equation, HL2 would still win out for me.

Off topic: one thing I really liked about Half Life (as a franchise), was its approach to the additional episodic content via Opposing Force and Blue Shift. HL2 has Episodes 1, 2 (and allegedly 3), which are great but still from Gordon’s perspective.

I think it would have been interesting to see the HL2 universe from the combine perspective, no?

By: Jonah "spambot" Gregory

Jonah "spambot" Gregory — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:19:24 +0000

It looks dated now, but I remember when I first played it the graphics seemed super realistic compared to everything else I had played to that point.

Even today, it is a game that will freak you out with it’s surprises around every corner.

If you haven’t checked it out yet, the long in the works Black Mesa project is looking pretty sweet:
http://www.blackmesasource.com/