Game Details
Half-Life
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Released on: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Developer: Valve
Publishers: Sierra Entertainment , Valve
Themes: Action, Science fiction, Horror, Thriller, Warfare
Game Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Local Co-op: Yes
Max Local Co-op Players: 4
Campaign Co-op Mode: Yes
Perspective: First person
| Platform | Release Date |
|---|---|
| PC (Microsoft Windows) | November 19, 1998 |
| PlayStation 2 | November 11, 2001 |
| Linux | February 14, 2013 |
| Mac | February 14, 2013 |
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About:
Dr. Gordon Freeman doesn't speak, but he's got a helluva story to tell. This first-person roller-coaster initiated a new era in the history of action games by combining engrossing gameplay, upgraded graphics, ingenious level design and a revolutionary story that may not be all that it seems, told not through cutscenes, but through the visual environment.
Story:
Dr. Gordon Freeman arrives late for work at 8:47 am in the Black Mesa Research Facility, using the advanced Black Mesa tram system that leads through the facility. He arrives at the Anomalous Materials Lab, his work place, and he is informed by the security officer that the scientists have a special experiment today, so he goes to the locker room and puts on the hazard suit. He goes to the lab's lower levels, and arrives at the Anti-Mass Chamber, where he is instructed that the specimen to be used that day is the rarest and also the most unstable specimen. He is tasked with pushing the specimen into the scanning beam of the Anti-Mass Spectrometer for analysis. However as soon as he pushes it, it explodes, and creates a sudden catastrophe called a "resonance cascade", opening a portal between Earth and a dimension called Xen. Freeman is apparently teleported to an alien planet and catches glimpses of various alien lifeforms, including a circle of Vortigaunts, shortly before blacking out.