Gameplay:
The game is a FPS, so, you have to shoot every enemy that you're meeting. But you have also to duck or to take cover. Players will lead Gordon through Black Mesa and also drive a little train. Gordon will also have the opportunity to ask to guards or scientists to follow him or to stay where they are, it can be vital for advancing in the game.
Half-Life combines great storytelling in the tradition of Stephen King with intense action and advanced technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players need to think smart to survive. Half-Life has won more than 50 Game of the Year awards from publications around the world, and was named 'Best PC GameEver' in PC Gamer (November 1999).
Throughout the game, both friends and foes behave in sophisticated and unpredictable ways, a result of Half-Life's powerful and innovative artificial intelligence. The intensity of thegame also reflects the strong storyline, created by award-winning horror novelist Marc Laidlaw. Of course there's also a variety of exciting multiplayer scenarios, and an easy-to-use interface that will have you connected to the game of your choice in just seconds.
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Half-Life™ takes advantage of licensed technology from id Software, but adds a whole new level of proprietary technology. Just a few of our technological advancements include:
You are Gordon Freeman, a young research associate in the Anomalous Materials Laboratory. You have limited security clearance and no real idea of just how dangerous your job has become, until the morning you are sent alone into the Test Chamber to analyze a strange crystalline specimen. A routine analysis, they tell you. Until something goes wrong. In this legendary FPS, players enlist the help of traumatized scientists and trigger-happy security guards to get through high-security zones, sneaking and fighting your way through ruined missile silos and Cold War cafeterias, through darkened airducts and subterranean railways. When you finally come in sight of the surface, you realize that the inhuman monsters aren't your only enemies-for the government has sent in ruthless troops and stealthy assassins. Their orders seem to be that when it comes to the Black Mesa, nothing gets out alive... and especially not you.
This game has been ported from windows to osx using cider.
Known issues:
Game may have audio issues. If you encounter issues, do the following:
go to /Library/Preferences/Half-Life Preferences/ - open the config file with TextEdit - scroll down to the last line and delete -wavonly.
This will enable mp3 music but disable correct output of wave sounds. To fix wave output go to /Applications/Utilities/Audio-MIDI Setup - select the output source and set it to 48000 Hz , 24 Bit 2 Channel. (Note that this must be repeated every time you restart your Mac.)
Game Review: From Sources
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DESCRIPTION:
In Half-Life 2 the player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people he cares about are counting on him.Half-Life 2: Death match is "Fast multi-player action set in the Half-Life 2 universe! HL2's physics adds a new dimension to death match play. Play straight death match or try Combine vs. Resistance team play. Toss a toilet at your friend today!"Half-Life 2: Death match is bundled free with anyHalf-Life 2 package in retail stores or Steam.Lost Coast was originally planned as a section of the Highway 17 chapter ofHalf-Life 2, Lost Coast is a playable technology showcase that introduces High Dynamic Range lighting to the Source engine.
OS : Windows, 2000/XP/Me/98
Graphic card : Direct X 7 level graphics card
Hard Drive : 4.5 GB
Memory : 256 MB RAM
Other : Internet Connection, DVD-ROM Drive
Mac OS X 10.4.11
Intel Core Solo
RAM: 512 MB
Video RAM: 32 MB
Harddisk space: 700 MB
Enemy AI
Half-Life™'s monsters are also remarkably--even terrifyingly--intelligent. Our proprietary AI has them running in packs, assessing threats and showing a marked distaste for suicide runs. You'd better think as fast as they do.
Rendering Technologies
So you don't want to have to buy a special hardware accelerator just to get 16-bit color, colored lighting, blurring, translucency or other cool visual effects? Then don't. Half-Life™ has developed all these features in software so now they're an integral part of the gameplay, not just eye-candy. Of course, if you do have Open-GL, Direct 3D or MMX hardware, things will look mind-bogglingly cool.
Skeletal Animation System
Our new animation system lets us create monsters that are more spectacularly menacing than ever before. Half-Life™'s monsters have the highest polygon count, and the most fluid and complex motion ever seen in an action game.
Multiplayer
Joining a multiplayer game is now fast and easy, thanks to Half-Life's powerful interface. Find your friends, choose the type of gameyou prefer and let our master server do the rest. Choose from a variety of multiplayer gameplay scenarios, and use our decal technology to mark your territory with a personal or clan logo.
Other Features
* Hazard Course training area for practicing movements, special maneuvers, and weapons use
* Seamless level transitions
* A variety of real-world, experimental, and alien-world weapons
* 32 player Internet/LAN support
* Worldcraft 2.0 beta level editor included
|System requirements|
Pentium II 266MHz,
32MB RAM,
graphic card