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10 Years of Half-Life
intenscia writes "After 10 years of Half-Life and dealing with its silent protagonist Gordon Freeman, ModDB looks back at everything that Valve made possible with the release of its first game. The freedom and flexibility the Gldsource platform gave modders resulted in a plethora of user-generated content such as Counter-Strike and Team Fortress. In this article they take a brief look at the mods that made the jump to retail as well as the top non-commercial mods that have become perennial classics."
Planet Half-Life used the occasion to look back at the history of Valve. Valve is celebrating by offering the original Half-Life for less than a dollar on Steam.
What I'm saying is just a testament to how incredibly awesome and groundbreaking this game was.
That's what everybody else said when it first came out. I didn't see it as much more than DOOM with puzzles and a more detailed story.
Aliens, zombies, space marines, secret research facilities, laboratory accidents gone wrong? Half-life was hardly "groundbreaking" except for being the prettiest game in the genre. Disclaimer: I'm not a hardcore gamer and I haven't played any sequels or expansion packs etc.
Not trying to be smarmy or anything, but is there anyone out there who hasn't played this already?
I never bothered. My primary machine has been a Mac for a long time and Valve is Mac-phobic. No great loss though, as there are plenty of FPS game makers like Id and Epic to fill the slack. Heck even MS owned companies port to the Mac within a year or so. It's also likely the reason it never made the top 5 best selling PC games of all time.
Given how much of your real life has probably been consumed by a stupid computer game, I'd venture to say that was probably the worst $10 you have ever spent.