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Half-Life: Source

Half-Life: Source

2004 Valve
1 player
Half-Life: Source
2004 Valve
1 player
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About Half-Life: Source

Half-Life: Source is an action and adventure game developed and published by Valve, released on 1 June 2004.

Of the RAWG players who own Half-Life: Source, 8% have finished it and 3% dropped it.

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.

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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.
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Gameplay

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Genres
Action Adventure Platformer Puzzle Shooter
How long to beat
Main story 13h 15m Completionist 14h 30m Source: IGDB
Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Engine
Source
Series
All Half-Life games in release order · 17
Tags
Best single-player gamesBest horror gamesBest sci-fi games
Rankings
Best Platformer games on PCBest Platformer games on MacBest Platformer games of 2004Best PC gamesBest PC games of 2004Best games of 2004
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FAQ
How long does it take to beat Half-Life: Source?

Main story: 13h 15m; Completionist: 14h 30m.

What platforms is Half-Life: Source available on?

Half-Life: Source is available on PC, Mac, Linux.

When was Half-Life: Source released?

Half-Life: Source was released on 1 June 2004, developed by Valve.