Half Life is an amazing-looking franchise, and Episode One carries on that tradition, although it really doesn't add anything new. The environments and enemies are the same, but at least the high standards of graphics have been maintained. Characters animate smoothly. The monsters are especially creepy on all levels including design, animation, and sound.
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Published June 7th 2006. Written by Dominic Sheard. It’s amazing how fast time travels. Just over 18 months ago I was playing one of the most technically advanced games at that time, in terms of physics, graphics and facial expression technology....
To say that Half Life 2 was a great game would be a massive understatement; it was long, deep, had masses of variety and masses of guns.Mix into this the improvised combat and source engine physics puzzles brought in by the gravity gun and you had a...
Half Life is an amazing-looking franchise, and Episode One carries on that tradition, although it really doesn't add anything new. The environments and enemies are the same, but at least the high standards of graphics have been maintained. Characters animate smoothly. The monsters are especially creepy on all levels including design, animation, and sound.
This month we got to sample the first installment of what probably should have been called Half-Life 3. Though Episode One lacks the overall emotional impact of a 15-hour game, it’s a fantastic, inventive shooter that’s awesome from start to...
Return to City 17 in the first add-on to Half-Life 2, but be prepared for a bit of a let-down Ah, Half-Life: the only game universe that nobody ever seems to have a bad word for. And its no surprise, with better voice acting, a better plot, better...
Andrew B8.0Half-Life 2: Episode OneHalf-Life 2 Aftermath is the first of a series of episodic expansions for the popular and acclaimed Half-Life series. This episode takes place right after the events in HL2, and you and Alyx will flee from City 17,...
Electronic Arts The original Half-Life 2 may have been the most brilliantly constructed story-driven FPS of all time, finally putting its predecessor into the back seat. Nearly every aspect of the game drove the intensity and immersion through...