God I love Half-life! It's just a fu cking awesome game that's still fun to this day. This was the first video game that I played when I was a kid, and it possibly shaped me of who I am today. What Valve created here was a masterpiece and should be played by everyone.

PROS:
- The weapons are fun as hell to use. My favorite weapons pack is the default one. In my opinion, I'm not that big of a fan for the HD pack, though I like the shotgun model. My favorite weapon in this game is the Gauss Gun, what a great weapon.
- The enemies are amazing and iconic. There's variety between the enemies like the marines, headcrabs, bullsquid, alien grunts, alien slaves etc. Some of the enemies have armor that reflexes your bullets; there's a specific spot where you have to hit them in sometimes.
- The story is interesting and fun, the dialogue is also iconic and entertaining.
- The gameplay is fun as hell and I still find myself wanting to play it today.
- The protagonist is also iconic. But the best part is that you are Gordon Freeman, you can kill people in this game and you get no consequences for it. You get to imagine who Gordon Freeman is, is he crazy, a hero, a villain, an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, a kind person, all the above perhaps? You can imagine who he is and go wild.
- The setting is also interesting. Black Mesa has so many mysteries behind it, it made me want to know more about this company. I just want explore more and learn more about the fu cked up company known as "Black Mesa." I really think Black Mesa is the main character in this game because you are there for most of the game. When you keep going down or exploring the facility the place gets more unwelcoming as you continue; the place keeps getting rustier and you learn information that wasn't meant to be seen by the human eye.
- The G-man is the most mysterious character in gaming of all time. I love this guy because of that.
- The detail in this game is amazing. There’s still a ton of stuff in this game that I’m not aware of, the roaches have their own A.I., the houndeye investigate machinery, when enemies are injured they run away etc. There’s just so much detail in this game, sometimes I’ll find out something I didn’t know before like a item in a specific spot or something else

CONS:
- Xen, an alien planet that's a borderworld beyond our reality, was probably the weakest part of the game for me. The concept though is amazing, it’s so unhuman and different. But that’s also the problem, different from the other parts of the game; people have trouble with the jumps, ammo becomes scarce, zero gravity effects the combat, and those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ alien controllers (the alien controller is the worst enemy ever made in a game)
- uuummmmmmmmmmmm…………………………………….. IDK what else to say that’s bad about the game. I love everything about Half-life, I don’t have too many problems with it (That I can think of off the top of my head)

Basically, this game is incredible and should be played by everyone. This is my favorite FPS game of all time; if it wasn’t for this game, then I could have not gotten into gaming when I was young (obviously I would have gotten into gaming, but not as soon) But wait!!!!! There’s even a modding community out there for this game, and it’s still going strong. A lot of those mods are also incredible and should be played. I really love this game, really I do. It’s hard to think that Valve once cared.



Edit:

I forgot to say how it's Half-life's 20th Anniversary.
UUMM..Happy bIrthday Half-life, I love you deeply!!!!!!!!!

God I love Half-life! It's just a fu cking awesome game that's still fun to this day. This was the first video game that I played when I was a kid, and it possibly shaped me of who I am today. What Valve created here was a masterpiece and should be played by everyone. PROS: - The weapons are fun as hell to use. My favorite weapons pack is the default one. In my opinion, I'm not that big of a fan for the HD pack, though I like the shotgun model. My favorite weapon in this game is the Gauss Gun, what a great weapon. - The enemies are amazing and iconic. There's variety between the enemies like the marines, headcrabs, bullsquid, alien grunts, alien slaves etc. Some of the enemies have armor that reflexes your bullets; there's a specific spot where you have to hit them in sometimes. - The story is interesting and fun, the dialogue is also iconic and entertaining. - The gameplay is fun as hell and I still find myself wanting to play it today. - The protagonist is also iconic. But the best part is that you are Gordon Freeman, you can kill people in this game and you get no consequences for it. You get to imagine who Gordon Freeman is, is he crazy, a hero, a villain, an assshole, a kind person, all the above perhaps? You can imagine who he is and go wild. - The setting is also interesting. Black Mesa has so many mysteries behind it, it made me want to know more about this company. I just want explore more and learn more about the fu cked up company known as "Black Mesa." I really think Black Mesa is the main character in this game because you are there for most of the game. When you keep going down or exploring the facility the place gets more unwelcoming as you continue; the place keeps getting rustier and you learn information that wasn't meant to be seen by the human eye. - The G-man is the most mysterious character in gaming of all time. I love this guy because of that. - The detail in this game is amazing. There’s still a ton of stuff in this game that I’m not aware of, the roaches have their own A.I., the houndeye investigate machinery, when enemies are injured they run away etc. There’s just so much detail in this game, sometimes I’ll find out something I didn’t know before like a item in a specific spot or something else CONS: - Xen, an alien planet that's a borderworld beyond our reality, was probably the weakest part of the game for me. The concept though is amazing, it’s so unhuman and different. But that’s also the problem, different from the other parts of the game; people have trouble with the jumps, ammo becomes scarce, zero gravity effects the combat, and those god damn alien controllers (the alien controller is the worst enemy ever made in a game) - uuummmmmmmmmmmm…………………………………….. IDK what else to say that’s bad about the game. I love everything about Half-life, I don’t have too many problems with it (That I can think of off the top of my head) Basically, this game is incredible and should be played by everyone. This is my favorite FPS game of all time; if it wasn’t for this game, then I could have not gotten into gaming when I was young (obviously I would have gotten into gaming, but not as soon) But wait!!!!! There’s even a modding community out there for this game, and it’s still going strong. A lot of those mods are also incredible and should be played. I really love this game, really I do. It’s hard to think that Valve once cared. Edit: I forgot to say how it's Half-life's 20th Anniversary. UUMM..Happy bIrthday Half-life, I love you deeply!!!!!!!!!