Half-Life: Source

| Remaster

Genres:

Shooter

Platform

Puzzle

Adventure

Themes:

Action

Science fiction

Horror

Thriller

Warfare

Perspective:

First person

Game modes:

Single player

Released on:

01/06/2004

Platforms:

Linux

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Mac

Language Support

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Involved Companies:

Valve

Developer

Publisher

Summary

Half-Life: Source is a port of Valve's original acclaimed game Half-Life to their new Source engine used for Half-Life 2. It takes advantage of vertex and pixel shaders to create realistic water effects, and can now portray realistic physics effects. It also has new menus, improved lighting and soft shadows, ragdoll character animations, and a 3D skybox replacing the old 16-bit color prerendered bitmap skies.

History

You play as Gordon Freeman, a 27-year-old theoretical physicist working at Black Mesa Research facility in the New Mexico desert. When an experiment goes wrong, you turn from scientist to survivor, fighting your way through aliens and the soldiers sent to cover the incident up.