The turning point

Half Life is one of the greatist FPS's out there today. And it's no wonder once you actually pick it up and play it. The story revolves around you as Gorden Freemen, a scientist at the Black Mesa Research Facility. When an experiment goes wrong, aliens invade and it's up to our nerdy hero to save the day. One of the interesting things about Half Life is that there are 3 sides to the fight. So you will encounter battles between the aliens and marines every once in a while. The gameplay transitioned from the PC to the Playstation quite well. Everything that there is to do can be done with a minimum of frustration. The graphics are dated of course. All the characters are blocky and simple but I found that the textures where quite good. The AI is actually where the game shines. Games before this one just had enemies stand out in the open and fire. But here, marines and aliens act like they should. Marines run for cover and throw grenades. Aliens, well, just charge and attack. The level design is good too. All of the environments differ from one area to another. Which would seem to be a problem since it mostly takes place inside but they handled the challenge quite well. There are a few jumping scenarios that slow the game down a bit, but you can quick save wherever you like. And once you get past them the game picks up speed again. Along with the standard deathmatch multiplayer mode ther is now a co-op mode called decay. In fact, this mode is tougher than the regular one player mode since you cant quick save and puzzles require both players to complete them. Although the difficulty is steep at first, blasting aliens with a friend is good old fun. Half Life is one of those games that sticks in the memory of those who have played. (Probly because it's so frikkin long) If you've played this, you've probly already pre ordered Half-Life 2