As review scores trickled in from around the world, it became apparent that praise for Half-Life was unanimous, and this was a game that was rapidly displaying all the hallmarks of a title that would forever revolutionise the industry. Half-Life (released in November 1998) received glowing praise from PC Powerplay magazine, achieving one of the highest review scores since the publication’s inception. The game had impressive graphics, based on a heavily modified version of id Software’s Quake engine, and there was significant buzz in the community about this ambitious new title’s mechanics and artificial intelligence. In it was a review for a first-person shooter (FPS) that had been generating quite a bit of interest in the gaming community, from then-completely unknown developer Valve, LLC. The game is set during May 200- in a remote area of New Mexico, USA at the Black Mesa Research Facility a fictional complex that bears many similarities to both the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Area 51.It was December 1998, and I had just picked up the latest issue (#031) of PC Powerplay magazine from the local newsagency, as I did every month. After an experiment that goes horribly awry when an unexpected Resonance Cascade (an apparently completely fictitious occurrence) rips dimensional seams that devastate the facility, Gordon must fight to escape the now alien-infested facility as creatures from another world - known as Xen - subsequently enter in ever-increasing numbers through these dimensional seams. Gordon Freeman, a recent MIT graduate in theoretical physics, and also a recent employee at Black Mesa.
N Half-Life, players assume the role of the protagonist, Dr. Designed for Microsoft Windows, the game uses a heavily modified version of the Quake engine, called GoldSrc.
The player takes the perspective of scientist Gordon Freeman. Half-Life, stylized as HλLF-LIFE, is a science fiction first-person shooter developed and published by Valve.
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