StarlightAzzy
2023
1998
sigh look, I appreciate what this game did for the industry, and I respect it greatly for everything it did for the first person shooter and despite what i'm about to say. I highly recommend trying the original Half-Life. I don't like this game. I do not. I feel like the enemy soldiers having hitscan and aimbot is incredibly unfair, every encounter i have with them leaves me with very little health on normal mode, and you can call this a skill issue all you want but I don't understand when a game has difficulty options, I decide to pick normal and the game bombards me with what I feel is cheap bullshit. The later levels suck, there's not a lot of indication on where to go because a lot of the architecture looks the same. I'm aware of Black Mesa and I'm certain at the very least I'll enjoy the other Half-Life games more, but this one just isn't for me. I'm sorry.
this game is being played at evo 2023 and it's still and unbalanced MESS! we gotta play our best! won't do any good. i've seen this before. you've seen this before?! eleven times as a matter of fact. cap, what do we do?! grabs joe WE'RE BONED! screams in agony as they're barraged by morrigan projectiles
2013
2022
I was kinda blown away at how much I enjoyed this. Sure the dialogue is a bit cringey but I think it adds to the charm, makes it more.. relatable? Like some lines were forced references to a meme or something or other but other than that I found it all to be enjoyable, enough for me to get 100%. The gameplay is what you're playing this for though and it's superb. It encourages replay value and speedrunning to the best possible degree. play this when you can, it's well worth it.
2011