Honestly I prefer this over the original Half-Life. Half-Life is a fantastic game and I have a lot of good memories of watching my dad play it when I was a little kid, but this version just feels better to me. I love the visuals, music, sound design, and improved gameplay (all of this especially for Xen). It honestly makes it hard to go back to the original lol.

I do wish they didn't cut most of On A Rail though. I get that a lot of people don't like that chapter, but people say the same thing for Residue Processing and they kept that in. I know the mod On A Rail Uncut is a thing, but it just doesn't feel right to have an entire chunk of the game removed like that. Besides, I like seeing all the HECU soldiers fighting aliens throughout the chapter and I really don't mind riding the carts around for a bit. I think it's a nice change of pace.

Other than that this game is pretty much perfect. It's definitely worth buying!

Honestly I prefer this over the original Half-Life. Half-Life is a fantastic game and I have a lot of good memories of watching my dad play it when I was a little kid, but this version just feels better to me. I love the visuals, music, sound design, and improved gameplay (all of this especially for Xen). It honestly makes it hard to go back to the original lol. I do wish they didn't cut most of On A Rail though. I get that a lot of people don't like that chapter, but people say the same thing for Residue Processing and they kept that in. I know the mod On A Rail Uncut is a thing, but it just doesn't feel right to have an entire chunk of the game removed like that. Besides, I like seeing all the HECU soldiers fighting aliens throughout the chapter and I really don't mind riding the carts around for a bit. I think it's a nice change of pace. Other than that this game is pretty much perfect. It's definitely worth buying!