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| From: Vivendi Universal Games
Category: Video Games
Buy Used: $15.98
New (3) Used (20) from $15.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 6737
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Age: 17 - 17 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
UPC: 020626712354
EAN: 0020626712354
ASIN: B00005ME8S
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Adult owned, from my Collection. Cleaned, tested perfectly! Original Retail game DVD in new slim jewel case! Sorry, no box or manual. Standard Shipping upgraded FREE to USPS 1ST Class Mail!
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| Customer Reviews:
 mediocre August 7, 2006
2 out of 22 found this review helpful
Please hear me out before you say I'm a strange guy for not liking Half-Life.
I never actually played the game- I watched my younger cousin play the game. Watching him play I got the feeling Half-Life is pretty much nothing but running around -VERY quickly- shooting things. I don't know if maybe my cousin was just really good at the game, or maybe the character is supposed to run around THAT quickly. Or maybe my cousin DID have it on hyper mode. Either way, it wasn't that fun to watch because you pretty much ZOOM through doors and hallways. Maybe it's more fun to PLAY, I don't know.
It appeared from watching him play that basically all you do is run around as quickly as you can shooting the small amount of enemies that happen to cross your path while exploring a big, clunky government facility. There's a bunch of games like that on the first Playstation, or rather, a bunch of games not much different. Half-Life also has puzzles, but they seemed rather simple to complete. It's possible the puzzles are more difficult to FIND than to complete seeing as how the game is so HUGE.
Watching my cousin dash through what seemed like a countless amount of hallways and doors, I got the impression the game wasn't very interesting. I'm a video game fan from the Playstation One days, and Half-Life just didn't do much in the way of separating itself from most Playstation games (besides having better graphics and MUCH bigger and longer areas to explore, of course).
Actually, I was expecting the graphics in Half-Life to look really good because the Playstation 2 is supposed to be a graphically appealing gem, but the graphics in Half-Life were actually not much of an improvement compared to many Playstation One graphics. I KNOW the Playstation 2 has better examples of wonderful graphics than in this game; I'm just saying they weren't that good.
I don't know. Don't hate me for not liking it. I'm sure it's actually a good game and that it's simply a matter of waiting until the day comes when I can appreciate the new style of video games. As long as storylines are dominating video games, however, it probably won't be anytime soon.
Great fun for a while, but gets old eventually. July 17, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Keep in mind I'm writing this review from the perspective of somebody that played the game in the last six months, and not when it first came out. Back then first person shooters (FPS) weren't all the deep in the story department and most of the time players just saw the "storyline" as something getting in the way of shooting anything that moves Half Life came onto the scene with radically new thinking on several fronts.
The biggest one was intelligent enemies. There was more artificial intelligence put into your opponents so as they didn't just run up to you and attack like the monsters from Doom and Quake. They took cover, laid suppressing fire, tried sneaking around you, and all other sorts of tactics. Back in 1998 you didn't much of that in a first person shooter.
The second innovation is more what the fanboys say about the game rather than the truth, and that's a storyline. Indeed Half Life had a plot that you followed throughout the game that made shooting the bad have a little more depth, however it wasn't all that. Games like the System Shock series and Thief already gave you superior FPS storylines. Half Life was just the popular one.
And that's where we come to how this game stacks in the new millenium. I played it on PC back in 1998 up to a point, but never finished. I ended up finishing the game with the PS2 version. That plotline only takes you so far as much of the action in middle gets extremely tedious. If you don't mind just shooting and solving jump puzzles without much story to inspire then I guess that's not big deal. However these days more engaging plots on FPS games is the norm.
Gameplay is pretty good for a console FPS. The target lock system helps make up for the lack of the keyboard/mouse configuration and the rest of the controls fit fine with the PS2 controller. The graphics are supposed to be enhanced, but I couldn't see all that much of a difference from the original Half Life game set to high resolution on the characters. I believe the bitmaps for the walls, skies and such is where the major graphic improvements were. Either way the graphics are indeed dated.
In the end Half Life was a good game to play for the most part. Only there were some very long stretches where I wished the game would just end already due to lack of any depth beyond getting past the level. The "wow" ending left me a bit underwhelmed after all those boring levels (again you're talking to someone who played it recently... I bet back in the day it was awesome).
What's the verdict? If you can find it cheap by all means get the game and experience the highs (and lows). I hear this game is being redone with the new HL2 engine, so at that point I would say it's up to you regarding a revisit when this happens? As for me I don't regret paying the $10 finding out what was good and bad about this game.
 Most time i spent playing my PS2 October 1, 2005
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
for u ps2 owners out there, you owe it to yourself to buy Half-Life at all costs! I garuntee u will spend 3 hours a day playing this game. The game is so damn good! The graphics are improved and look almost like half life 2. Plus it includes a co-op game called Half life:Decay. I havent played it yet, but i can safley say that anyone with a PS2 has got to buy this game or else you will miss the most exciting, fun, and entertaining game ever to be released on the Ps2!
 Dont buy games with steam activation! January 6, 2005
5 out of 43 found this review helpful
The hype gets to everyone, then you just go with the status
quo and not dare post a realistic review so that your friends
or the herd of human sheep look at you like you are a moron.
The game is fun, I have to say. Some of the gameplay though at
times is repetitive, but most of it is innovative/entertaining.
The graphics are NOT the best. Painkiller and Doom 3
deserve that title.
The price is not too hefty for the collectors, you are getting
the old half life, half life 2 and counter strike as well as a
useless booklet and a lame tshirt which I threw away after
the steam activation nightmare.
Those are the good points.
Here are the bad:
The steam activation process is one of the most frustrating
experiences encountered in my life.
It makes microsoft and symantec product activation literally
walks on the beach with your woman compared to the
nightmare that the Steam process is.
You need to be online in order to activate and download
unknown files off their server in order to authenticate.
This can, if you are lucky be done in 30-60 minutes and up to
several hours or days depending on their server.
I can understand Valve's concern over illegal copying, and all
the crackers, hackers, and other useless swine are to blame
for our misery.
I do not copy games or any software
but still must pay for the crimes of others.
I want to put a game in my computer and play it not having to
go through a frustrating activation and endless
verification downloads that do not always work.
This is my first and last game with the steam activation that
I buy. I dont care how good of a game it is, it is not worth it
if you cant play it.
Excellent August 5, 2004
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
As stated before this game is dated by a few years and huge years in game development. I took that into consideration while thinking of how many stars this game should get. The graphics while not great (by todays standards) are really very good and the intensity factor is huge. The controls are very sensitive and if you loose your cool under pressure you may find yourself missing your target due to over or under aiming, but hey its better than sloppy inconsistent controls. All in all i would rate this game right up there with the much loved Halo. The graphics arnt as good but the story and gameplay is and as a sci-fi fan i find this game very hard to put down. Lots of mutants and monsters to kill and if your low on ammo you might even wack a guard and steal his.....just a thought. Enjoy.
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