Summary
Half-Life, Instant Classic
The Good
What is NOT to like! Half-Life created a new outlook on first person shooters with it's amazing plotline and it's NPC interactions. The Impact of this game is still felt today with the millions who play it and it's many mods online. There's enough variety of weapons to get anyone drooling and the scientists and security gaurds, though helpful, are sometimes icredibly fun to waste ammo on. The enemies for the most part are insanely intelligent which adds to this instant classic. Half-Life has finaly eliminated the boring kill everything aspect of all shooters before it and forces players to think and not just shoot. It's obvious other amazing games such as Deus Ex and the upcoming Return to Castle Wolfenstein have taken their ideas from this legend of a game. Such strides like this haven't been taken since the full 3D aspect of Quake.
The Bad
For the most part I have a few complaints only... First off sometimes it isn't excactly clear on what you have to do or where you have to go which can cause a mind numbing headache, many deaths, and getting lost quite a few times. The NPC's, though at times useful, are incredibly stupid (like the sercurity gaurds shooting you in the back while you're being attacked, and the inabillity to dodge any obstacles), and you never seem to find a scientist when you're low on health, I usualy just use them to avert enemy fire away from myself. Other than that and some horribly strong and smart enemies, the game is the best shooter ever created.
The Bottom Line
If you have a PC and you don't have this game, shame on you! Don't just but it for the incredible single player game but also for the multiplayer mods such as the Quake remake of Team Fortress (Team Fortress Classic) and of course the unbeliveably popular and realistic Counter-Strike!
