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Half-Life: Game of the Year Edition


 
Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal
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Features

  • Enemy AI: Half-Life's monsters are also remarkably--even terrifyingly--intelligent. Our proprietary
  • Rendering Technologies: So you don't want to have to buy a special hardware accelerator just to get
  • Skeletal Animation System: Our new animation system lets us create monsters that are more spectacula
  • Multiplayer: Joining a multiplayer game is now fast and easy, thanksto Half-Life's powerful interfac
  • Hazard Course training area for practicing movements, special maneuvers, and weapons use

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The critics agree. Half-Life is easily the most gripping, frightening and intense game experience ever. Awarded Game of the Year by more than 40 publications, Half-Life has been called a "Masterpiece of epic proportions."" The Half-Life Game of the Year Edition includes new multiplayer models and maps as well as Team Fortress Classic, the hugely popular team-based multiplayer game that runs on top of the Half-Life engine. Featuring an integrated storyline with stunning visual effects and a hug

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Team Fortress Classic! If you're into Paintball this is for you

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10 years ago I was big in this game playing Team Fortress Classic. Its a server you play online with others. Red team vs Blue team and you play to capture the flag. Great strategy! Theres a variety of characters and each team needs just the right amount depending on your opponents team you may need to adjust yours and have somebody be a different class to help defend the fortress / capture the flag. Classes are: Scout - Heavy Demolition Man - Sniper - Soldier - Spy - Engineer - Pyro - Medic, etc. A lot of fun playing any of these characters and each have their own attributes. While playing Team Fortress Classic you can play just to have fun as a "noob" or get more involved with the game and play as if you were in the military! Have a headset so you can chat with your team members to talk strategy while defending the fortress. Communication is a must when it comes to military style games so if you knock down the opposing teams sentry guns (or snipers, or cleared their base of whatever whatever), its good to let your other team members know so they can advance forward (put more on offense than defense).

I purchased Half-Life 2 Game of the Year Edition and saw there was no Team Fortress Classic so I had to purchase the original Half-Life I highly recommend you play TF online. A typical round lasts 10 minutes and after those 10 minutes you get to see everybodys score whether its kills (1 point), or capturing the flag (10 points). Its good fun running into an opponent then backing away cause its a stale mate then throwing a grenade at a corner having it bounce off the wall and detonating, he sees that and runs out in your line of sight where theres a friendly sentry gun (Engineer builds these) right behind ya he runs into. Engineers are extremely good as they have an EMP grenade (others dont), they build teleports, sentry guns, and ammo stations while all the other classes are based more on speed, health, and their weapon damage.

But my fun is being a sniper! One shot they're done and whats better than seeing one of your team members up against a Heavy Weapons guy, you snipe the HW guy and your team member is like oh thank you snipers!

Play Team Fortress Classic and get involved. If you're into Paintball this is for you.

One of the Best Games Ever

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This is one of the best games ever produced. It is practically responsible for the existence of the Steam gaming service and its parent company Valve. I give this game 5/5 stars and couldn't recommend it more highly, despite its dated graphics. No game collection is complete without all the Half-Life games, including all the Half-Life 2 games.

However, I would strongly suggest purchasing the Half-Life Anthology set instead of this version at this point, simply because it is far cheaper. The Half-Life Anthology set also includes the Half-Life expansions known as Half-Life: Opposing Force and Half-Life: Blue Shift. While the expansions aren't nearly as widely loved as the original Half-Life, you can get both them AND the original Half-Life in the Half-Life Anthology pack available on Steam as a digital download for a far cheaper price (around 14 bucks).

I would also strongly recommend poking around on Steam's website for something called the Half-Life high-definition pack. It's a pack you can get and easily install from Steam's official website that significantly enhances the graphics in these old Half-Life games. Though I can't remember for sure, I think they make it easy for you with auto-installation.

The Half-Life series is absolutely unrivaled. Don't miss out on it! 5/5 stars!

Product code can be used on Steam to get several games

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From the seller I bought it from I got exactly what I wanted. An unused, new product key that could be used for Steam. This HL Game of the Year Edition will give you Half-Life 1, Blue Shift, Opposing Force, Team Fortress Classic, and even a few more including original Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, Deathmatch Classic, and Ricochet. Buying these separately on Steam would cost much more than the $10 total I paid for this one CD. Thanks seller.

still the definative 1st person shooter

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i wont go on and on. even though the graphics are ancient by todays standards, i still get thrills playing this game. this is the original version, not the upgraded hd one, but its still fun and plays awesome. many have already said what needs to be said, so we will leave it at that.

you are not a true videogamer if you dont own this game.

Revolutionary.

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Yes, Doom was the beginning of the FPS genre as we know it. But Half-Life marked the beginning of an evolutionary leap for the genre. Quite simply put, Half-Life is, and will remain, one of the greatest games ever. I really can't put the gameplay experience into words, but I remember when I first played this game almost ten years ago, I was absolutely absorbed. Seriously. Absorbed. At the time, the mods were sharp, fun, and novel. Counter-strike. Firearms. Team Fortress Classic.

Man, those were fun days.

If you haven't played this game, you need to experience it and understand what it has done to the world of first-person shooters. The enemies. The weapons. The music. The levels. The creativity. It's a cinematic experience in itself, and you're the star.

Details

Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 204
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Vivendi Universal
EAN: 0020626715409
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Feature: Enemy AI: Half-Life's monsters are also remarkably--even terrifyingly--intelligent. Our proprietary
Format: CD-ROM
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Vivendi Universal
Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal
Model: 70863
Platform: Windows NT
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Release Date: 1999-06-28
Studio: Vivendi Universal

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