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 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $18.73
You Save: $1.26 (6%)
New (8) Used (3) from $12.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 2496
Format: Cd
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 1.5
MPN: 9841
Model: 71608
UPC: 014633098419
EAN: 0014633098419
ASIN: B000AOE4BM
Release Date: September 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 A scrutiny of Half-Life September 5, 2007
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
First, to give credit where credit is due, Half-Life, being one of the originals to start the trend in Alien shooters, had an excellent plot by comparison to some of the other popular shooters. Likewise, it was an innovater of the true first-person shooter concept, there were literally no cutscenes where you the player were somehow capable of traveling outside your own body to look at stuff from different perspectives. Overall, the idea being, that such third-person cut-scenes detract from a little concept called role-playing. Not only was the plot interesting, but the very concept was fascinating to me as I'm something of a Sci-Fi fanatic. Yet, I can say honestly, that I would have been happier if the alien presence in the game simply hadn't been there and it was really all about trying to survive your own government, during a scientific disaster. What I can and will knock this game for is what I knock most PC original titles for. The programmers were lazy & cheap enough, not to include gamepad support. And frankly, this concept being thought of as acceptable or 'okay' by PC elitests is a testiment to the fact that they've lost touch with the very purpose of the PC itself: being a useful tool, which can make life easier. I firmly believe, the play control issues that result in all games that are for the PC and stick with the keyboard and mouse routine, would benefit greatly in terms of simplicity and enjoyability if the program and design section that supplies the PC with games, could be bothered, to allow for a more proper, and more efficent interface tool to be used. Further, I attribute this very issue, almost solitarily as the reason why behind the stats that proove, even though a PC is technically more graphics capable and can provide better sound quality, more people are willing to drop 600 dollars on a PSIII or other console rather than even bother with PC gaming - at all. And sadly, the PC-elitest snobbery that 'game-pad' is a bad word is to blame - as it simply enables the very platform they support, supposedly, to get pwnd in the market. Because while more capability should be a selling point of the PC, it's definitely not in this case, due directly to a lack of pride amongst it's game developers.
 only a quarter life August 27, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
While this package contains all four games from valve, it is missing something important that were available from earlier half-life packages - a dedicated server and a map editor. This shouldn't present any problems for an average player, but it sure feels like a hadicap for die-hard TFC/CS fans who'd like to host their own servers and create their own maps
Also, most files (like maps etc) are zipped up into the propriatory .fgc files, which may become an issue if you want to install mods etc.
All the origional Half Life fun on one disc! July 28, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When i saw this Anthology on Amazon for $10.00 i had to get it.This game has all the origional Half-Life games on one disc!It includes the Origional Half Life,Half life blue shift that has you playing as a security gaurd,Half life opposing force in which you step into the boots of one of the Soldiers that is sent in to clean up the Black Mesa area and best of all is Team fortress classic.TFC is the online team based game in which you pick which kind of class you want to be(pyro,medic,spy,demo)and start trying to take over the enemy base with the help of your teammates.This is the most addicting game of them all and will have you lose long chunks of time while playing it.At only $10.00 this is an amazing collection.The only thing missing from this collection is counter strike but at this price that is a minor gripe.
 Fun game and easy to set up! July 17, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all this was my first time playing half-life and I have to say it is fun. Some people complain how much a pain in the neck Steam is, but it really isn't that hard to set up. You go to their website, click Get Steam Now, click Free Download(only do this if your computer is good enough)and thats pretty much all you have to do to set up an account. The only downside to this is that you have to have internet access, but that should not be a problem. Now about the game. It starts basically by introducing you to your surrondings. After that it' fun from there on in. Great storyline and non stop edge of your seat action,this game in a nutshell. Hope this helps.
Half-Life 1 Post 2001 June 28, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
While not stellar by todays standards I can see how this game became so popular when it was originally released.
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