HALF LIFE 1 PS2 TEXTURE MODELS PC
HALF LIFE 1 PS2 TEXTURE MODELS PS2

Players move fluidly and smoothly across every surface, almost like they're on roller skates, but yet at any time, they can stop on a dime.

HALF LIFE 1 PS2 TEXTURE MODELS PS2

Gearbox really nailed the PS2 Dual Shock for every subtlety its worth. Players control Freeman from the first-person perspective, using either the standard Dual Shock controller, or by keyboard and mouse, via the PS2's USB port. The game is told though non-player characters, scientists and guards (known affectionately as Barnies) who provide Freeman with subtle clues and messages through scripted conversations and cut-scenes.

Players take on the role of Gordon Freeman, a government scientist employed at the Black Mesa Facility, until a standard experiment goes awry.Īs part of the experiment that nearly destroys the facility, Gordon Freeman must transform from a scientist several other roles: as a soldier, he must defend himself from a strange set of alien forms, as an adventurer he must escape from the crumbling lab, and as an investigator, he must seek out the reason for the 'freak accident' and why his own life has been put in danger. And on the PS2, everything from the control to the framerate to the graphics and the interface and menu system are about perfect as one can ask for.įor those of you who haven't played Half-Life on the PC, Gearbox's PS2 version brings back the original game in true form to Sony's system, at least in terms of gameplay. They blend all sorts of platform-style elements into the fray, incorporating intelligent explorative aspects with rock-solid enemy AI, which comes in the form of bizarre alien life forms, and government military soldiers. The levels are brilliantly designed and ingeniously envisioned. Gameplay So, where to begin? What Half-Life brings to the first-person genre is remarkable, really. Along with the original Half-Life, Gearbox exclusively addeded Decay, a two-player cooperative mode that enables players to explore the Black Mesa Facility, as well as a two-player mode for Deathmatch fans.

HALF LIFE 1 PS2 TEXTURE MODELS PC

Sierra's Half-Life for PS2 is indeed a game worth owning, not just because of its timelessly good gameplay, but because developer Gearbox (which created the add-on pack Half-Life: Opposing Forces) went out of its way to stuff more modes of play and extras than any of the PC games have ever seen. That's one of the reasons that Sierra nearly brought Half-Life to Dreamcast, and why it carried through with Half-Life on PlayStation 2. Needless to say, Half-Life was, and still is, a brilliant game from head to toe. When everybody was crazy with multiplayer Quake II, little-known Valve turned the already burgeoning first-person shooter genre on its head with ingenious single-person gameplay, phenomenal story-telling techniques, and by delivering some of the subtlest and funniest characters in a game of its kind. Not that I'm a big PC gamer mind you, but it was hard to miss Half-Life when it stoked a revolution three years ago on the PC.

Half life 1 ps2 texture models