Half-Life

THE GOOD:
Well... There are lots of weapons. But the best is not something you would expect. It is a melee weapon that you get very early on in the game. A crowbar. But it has infinite ammo, fast swing rate, and never has to reload.
The weapons are pretty good too! You have things from a 9mm pistol to a top secret government test weapon. You can even have a missile that you can guide in case you miss the initial fire.

THE BAD:
Ammo is very scarce. So you must run a lot of the times that you see an enemy.
The graphics are pretty good considering the time frame, but not for my standards. But I understand, it came out in 1996. So there is nothing I can do. The worst part though... well, it is not the worst so I wont put it there like it is. The real worst part are the puzzles. An example is as follows:
You are in a room that has a locked door Only a scientist has the clearance to open it. But the only ones left alive are in a room the saw...

THE GOOD:
Great variety of weaponry. Rockets can be guided. You can set traps with your "instruments". HD Packs available. Some good stuff may be hidden in crates/secret places, so there'll be some challenge. You can command drink cans from vending machines! You can drink the drinks! Cool weapons, which get real handy! Loading times aren't too long (they are far shorter than HL2's loading times). Interesting storyline.

THE BAD:
Places are sometimes too secret-too challenging! Maps are really polygonal. Some levels can get annoying when the player dies too often. Can get only 3 people to follow you. Suspense can cause players to go mad at their computer. You cannot see your feet! Also, NPCs can't follow you everywhere (They cannot crouch/jump). AI isn't very smart, which can be good as it can be bad. Some parts of the story may not be understood by players at first (I had to refer to Wikipedia for some information).

SUMMARY:
Half-Life is...

THE GOOD:
*Lotsa lotsa weapons!
*Torturing scientists and security guards
*Weird ending
*Graphics are okay if you got the high-def expansion
*sound effects will BLOW YOUR MIND

THE BAD:
*Not as good as HL2
*No rag dolls
*NPCs follow you too slowly
*A.I. isn't as smart as it should be

SUMMARY:
The first game I played for my PC was Half-Life 2 (pure awesomeness!!!!) and after beating it, I decided to take a look at its predecessor.
Half-Life is also a can of condensed fun, as you take control of the silent-but-deadly scientist, Gordon Freeman. Except that instead of being in a run-down city to start with, you begin at the Black Mesa Research facility, flowing with scientists and security guards.
Though it starts slowly, the game quickly escalades into a frantic shooter filled with all the fixins (many enemies, loud noises,...

THE GOOD:
Everything! To qoute brak "It's the shiz-nit!"

THE BAD:
Nothing, Perfection!

SUMMARY:
O.K. so you are Gorden Freeman a employee at Black Mesa Reserch Facillity and it start's out o.k. but then every thing goes KABLAMO! and now you must escape to the serface! However alien's have invaded and The Gov. sent in solder's and well it's not your day. Plus there is a Mysterious suited man (I call him lawerman) who seem's to be watching you...

The game uses a neat system where there is never any story sceen, so you are always look through Dr. Freeman's eye's. And with it's large variaty of wepons and awsome levals it's a must for any first person shooter fan. Scrach that, a must for anyone!

Over all you should'nt even be readin this any more you should be out buying this game! GO!!! NOW!!!

THE GOOD:
Weapons, graphics, storyline, and gameplay.

THE BAD:
Not really anything.

SUMMARY:
This was the first computer game that I ever played and I was quite impressed. I never thought my comp could handle any game but it did this very well. That is impressive as the graphics are pretty good and it runs smoothly even on a crappy computer. This is an excellent game. I highly recommened it to anyone with a computer. Especially since you can it so cheap now.

THE GOOD:
Immersive storyline, excellent graphics, large selection of unique weapons, excellent enemy A.I.

THE BAD:
Honestly can't think of much. It was a bit buggy at times but that's what patches are for.

SUMMARY:
Probably one of the best games I've played on any system. Right from the beginning, you are thrown into a world of unknowns. I don't think I've ever played a game that was written any better or even came close to the uniqueness of this game. Playing in the role of scientist, you are pitted against an alien invasion that resulted in an experiment gone awry and the military forces trying to contain the situation as you attmept to escape from a secret lab deep underground. The enemy A.I. is excellent in this game. Where the many different types of aliens may be rather dumb at times the marines are something else. They'll hunt you down by using such tactics...

THE GOOD:
The action,weapons,levels

THE BAD:
the graphics is the only thing that lets this game dow

SUMMARY:
This game is one of the first and best first person shooter ever made!!!

The sound in this game is one of the best the gun shot and the electricblots ad the beez etc.....

The story revolves around the Black Mesa Facility, pretty much a nuclear bunker and Area 51 all rolled into one. You play Gordan Freeman, a geeky scientist turned hero you does most of the grunt work of science experiments for your cowardly, lazy colleagues. A simple experiment turns for the worst when the facility is turned inside out by what the scientists call a 'resonance cascade' and horrific aliens start beaming over from another dimension.

THE GOOD:
Completely immersive, and with utterly inspirational horro-based action. This is the best PC shooter of all time, yet to be bettered. Has thre greatest mod and online community ever.

THE BAD:
Slightly dated graphics, and a poor framerate in cases.

SUMMARY:
Every month or so, a game comes along that's really good, really playable. Every year, there's generally a fantastic game, and one you'll play for a good while yet. Every decade, there are one or two legends. Here's one of them.

Half-Life was an underhyped, underestimated 3D shooter. Before its release, it was virtually nowhere to be seen, people were instead looking forward to overhyped, overesitmated and just plain rubbish shooters such as SIN and Daikatana. How ironic that this game turned out to be worth countless amounts of the others.

Half-Life isn't a shooter like the rest of them. It completely turned the FPS genre around, from the no-brainer...

THE GOOD:
decent graphics, intriguing story line, good multiplayer mode

THE BAD:
Graphics look a bit outdated now, a tad slow on loading

SUMMARY:
This really is even now a great FPS. It plays at least aswell as quake but has a nice storyline to boot.

The graphics even though it's an old game still look nice and it generally plays quite well.

You can probably pick thisd up quite cheaply now and I'd highly reccomend it.

THE GOOD:
Great story loads of monsters and multiplayer

THE BAD:
Well..Now the graphics are a little out of date

SUMMARY:
Well Half Life on the PC is without a doubt the best on in any format with mods and great gameplay you'll come back for more. The weapons are so cool like the shotgun when you fire the shotgun in secondary fire it turns to a double. The game its self is cool and the monsters are cool on hard mode the games is HARD trust me. I suggest this game a must for people who love first persons.