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Half-Life: Source

Half-Life: Source

|United States|Adventure, Puzzle

6.9 /10

Okay

Hot

16.8k ratings
Time to beat
Main
9h
Main + extras
13.3h
Complete
14.5h
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Half-Life: Source is a 2004 Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter, Platform game rated 6.9/10 from 16.8k ratings, with a main story of about 9h, available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows).

Half-Life: Source is a port of Valve's original acclaimed game Half-Life to their new Source engine used for Half-Life 2. It takes advantage of vertex and pixel shaders to create realistic water effects, and can now portray realistic physics effects. It also has new menus, improved lighting and soft shadows, ragdoll character animations, and a 3D skybox replacing the old 16-bit color prerendered bitmap skies.

Story and worldbuilding

You play as Gordon Freeman, a 27-year-old theoretical physicist working at Black Mesa Research facility in the New Mexico desert. When an experiment goes wrong, you turn from scientist to survivor, fighting your way through aliens and the soldiers sent to cover the incident up.

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Rating momentum

Okay: 6.9/10 across 16.8k ratings. Decent score — check if the gameplay loop clicks for you.

Play style

This is a Remaster leaning into Adventure, Puzzle, Shooter, with a main story around 9h. Check form, fantasy, and time commitment.

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