Half-Life: Source

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Based on 471 ratings

8.3

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Score Breakdown Based on 471 ratings

1. 10 (143)
2. 9 (162)
3. 8 (81)
4. 7 (42)
5. 6 (12)
6. 5 (11)
7. 4 (7)
8. 3 (4)
9. 2 (0)
10. 1 (9)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:8.5

  It may not be a big difference but the source engine makes a good enough change to play this awesome game all over again

  By mikeyg756 | Review Date: Sep 05, 2007 | PC

  The source engine is quite amazing and it does not shine at all in this game. But with great lighting effects , good ragdolls and so on and for the small price of $10 or £5 this should be bought by anyone who hasn'... Read Full Review

  5 of 5 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Half-Life: Source

• Rating:9

  Improved, but also problems

  By uninspiredcup | Review Date: Jun 29, 2017 | PC

  With the HD pack this is basically a remaster. It looks noticeably better. Water is essenailly Halflfie 2's with rag-dolls and cast shadows carrying over. The lighting is improved and third party effects such as Nvidia's... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  Half-Life: Source will give you the nostalgia of the original Half-Life, while giving you a few improvements.

  By wikigamer | Review Date: Nov 04, 2011 | PC

  Half-Life: Source was one of Valves first attempts at the new Source Engine. It worked well and ended up quite good. Half-Life: Source is more of an improvement than anything else. For anyone looking for a remastered ver... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  The best shooter from the 90's.

  By Xtasy26 | Review Date: Aug 12, 2010 | PC

  I am writing this review with the context of the game being released in 1998. While the source version has updated water but everything else including the levels and the textures are from 1998, so you get almost exactly ... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  This decade old game is still one of the best out there!

  By Seankieran | Review Date: May 30, 2009 | PC

  Half-Life was released by Sierra in 1997 and was an instant hit because it was a complete revolution for video games. It was the first "1st Person Shooter" and to this day remains to be the number one selling first perso... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  One of the best games! Half Life! With the Source Engine

  By jkid7321 | Review Date: Mar 20, 2009 | PC

  Well this game is well....awesome! The original Half Life which is the one released back in 1998 was a classic. They remade this great game with the Source Engine. You probably seen it in Counter-Strike Source, TF2, Hal... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  Great for Half-Life fans, most other people shouldn't bother.

  By FabulousGamer90 | Review Date: Jan 23, 2009 | PC

  Rather than reviewing the game itself, i'm going to review the changes from the original game to this one. The first thing I noticed is I could have a widescreen resolution as high as I want, which was expected, but i... Read Full Review

  3 of 4 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:4.5

  Half life source adds ragdolls, new water effects and bloom to half life but takes the fun from series.

  By arvuti12 | Review Date: Dec 16, 2008 | PC

  Half life source is "remake" of half life what adds source engine to half life. New models, textures, AI, better sounds ? No, it's the same half life graphics. The original half life is fun because of it's mods, let me ... Read Full Review

  2 of 16 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  pretty great..

  By austin1012 | Review Date: Oct 12, 2008 | PC

  ok im reviewing half life source.well basically half-life source is just old school half life with ragdoll dynamic lights and water reflections which is bad bt for 9.99 isn't bad.although to make it better is get source ... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  It's a good ride to kill the time while we still wait for Black Mesa Source to be released.

  By Negator59 | Review Date: Apr 28, 2008 | PC

  I am a huge HL fan. I have played through HL1 a number of times. This is not a huge step forward like the Classic Doom 3 Mod but it is still as good a ride as the original HL1 with a few small updates. Small graphic up... Read Full Review

  2 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:5.5

  While the classic gameplay yet lives, Half-life: Source doesn't make enough changes to be recommendable.

  By More_Dakka | Review Date: Aug 30, 2007 | PC

  If Doom and Quake were the sparks for the FPS genre, Half-life must of been the explosion, for its one of the best (If not THE best) FPS games from the 1990s as a whole. Now we get Half-life: Source, which is essentially... Read Full Review

  6 of 8 users found the following review helpful