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In Half-Life, you play as Gordon Freeman, a research associate at the Black Mesa Federal Research Facility. An experiment blows up in your face, and suddenly aliens and a military death squad surround you. Half-Life: Opposing Force takes place during the events of Half-Life, but casts you as a lieutenant of one of the commando squads sent to kill Freeman. Half-Life: Blue Shift also takes place during the same time as Opposing Force and Half-Life, but this time you play through the Black Mesa disaster as a lowly security guard. Team Fortress Classic is an online action game featuring a wide array of WWII-themed character classes for a team warfare bonanza. Counter-Strike brings the action of Team Fortress Classic into the modern age: it's an online war of terrorists versus counterterrorists in modern team-based combat. All five award-winning programs are included in this one box.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's all here!!!,
By Scott (NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Half-Life Platinum Collection (CD-ROM)
You have everything to keep you busy for months maybe years.4 CDs including: -Half-Life - The basic game, it is an instant classic. A must have for every gamer!!! -Half-Life: Opposing Force - You get to play as the guys who were trying to hunt you down in half-life. Plus tons of new weapons and awesome multiplay -Team Fortess Classic - A fun Multiplayer game that is based on the half-life engine. You can select your role (Sniper, Engineer, Soldier...) which each have their seperate weapons and skills. -Counter Stike - In my Opinion, the best game in this package. You get Counter-Strike plus several awesome mods (Firearms, wanted...) In Counter Strike you chose your role (Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist) your goal is to carry out a variety of tasks like rescue hostages (CT) bomb a target (Terrorist)... You earn money for each kill and for each round you win (there is a smaller cash award to the loser so he can buy more weapons) with this money you have to buy gear and weapons. Like, if you have $3000 you can buy an AK-47 ($2500) and have money for a few magazines (AMMO) but you wouldn't have enough left for kevlar (bullet proof vest) but you can buy an MP5 ($1500) and have enough money left for kevlar but have less firepower. So there is a strategical aspect to this game. All in all, I would recommend this to everyone interesting in Computer games. This also makes a great gift (I know I would love to receive this if I didn't have it). So if you miss out on this package. you are missing out on one of the greatest game packages in History. It's all here and worth every penny.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not in this version,
By "raptor_12845" (New Hartford, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Half-Life Platinum Collection (CD-ROM)
This is probably the best game that I have ever played. It has everything from action to puzzle solving, to a scare factor that is like no other game that I have ever seen. The AI is nothing short of incredible, and is hauntingly spooky the farther along that you progress in the game. This game also has highly detailed backgrounds ranging from a missle launch site to a huge (and I mean huge, this game is probably the largest that I have played also) Facility to an Alien planet. All of these levels are intertwined very well, and this is probably the game that "proved" to everyone that first-person-shooters can have stories too. The story is a great one, turning the character that you play as into a hero. The game is very addicting, and is a lot of fun to play. The only problem that I have with it is the way that Sierra created this version, which makes you pay for products that you do not have to. This product includes, Half Life, Opposing Force, Team Fortress Classic, and Counter Strike. The thing is, that you are able to download both counter strike and team fortress classic right of the internet(with team fortress classic included in the patch available on the actual Sierra main site) My advice is to buy the Game of the Year edition(which includes Half Life and Opposing Force, and then just download the other two games for free, saving $...!!!!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The quintessence of excellence.,
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This review is from: Half-Life Platinum Collection (CD-ROM)
I've downloaded hundreds of game demos since owning my first computer in 1999. Maybe it's because I have no life, maybe it's because I have nothing better to do, but I thoroughly enjoy it and find it entertaining, nonetheless. Most game demos that I download usually only last anywhere from a day to a week on my harddrive and then they are uninstalled and sent to the recycle bin, indefinitely. I downloaded the Halflife demo in 1999 and found the demo, alone, such an entertaining and excellent game that during the entire tenure that I had my computer (7 months) it was never uninstalled, and I played it nearly every day! Although the game is approximately 4 years old now, and I have seen the newest and best FPS out there, I only recently purchased Halflife (Half-life:Platinum Edition) and being the expert analyzer that I am of computer games, I can honestly say that Halflife is -up to this day- the best FPS that I have ever played, hands-down. It's definitely the most revolutionary FPS that has ever been developed for the PC since Doom. To begin with, kudos to Halflife for installing so quickly on my new computer, for it's extremely user-friendly and effective game setup options and for actually functioning (and functioning EXTREMELY well in all regards) under my Windows XP operating system. Most games that came out only TWO years ago -much less FOUR- are not XP compatible. Halflife's graphics -though dated compared to more recent games- are still very good and very acceptable, even by today's standards. The sounds in Halflife are extremely immersive, realistic, and at times very scary. They really bring the game to life and are superb in every facet, from weapon-firing to eldritch monster sounds to elevator doors shutting, etc. Halflife excels especially where it counts the most: the actual gameplay. This game's story is very interesting and original. The character you play is Gordon Freeman who works at a secret -mostly underground- technological development institution (similar to Area 51?) and an experiment goes awry, causing the spawning of a smorgasbord of different monsters and attracting the attention of the military who's mission is to cover this "accident up" from what I can gather and eliminate Freeman and everyone else at the facility. What amazes and baffles me more than anything else is the actual length of the single player campaign. I've been playing it for at least 30 hours and have not finished it yet! I shake my head and wonder how the developers of Halflife made such a huge game; the facility is beyond gargantuan; I've had to have travelled dozens of square miles so far. The environments are extremely interesting and because of this and many more reasons, the game NEVER becomes boring. In fact, I could easily spend every waking hour playing it for two weeks in a row and I would never tire of it. In a synopsis, Halflife is the most interesting, funnest, most addictive and revolutionary FPS that I have ever come across -up to this present day- since Doom and I have YET to play it in multiplayer mode! When it came out in '98 it would have to have been rated 10/10; even NOW, I would rate it 8.5/10... 2115|R9GQTOURZ5XLE;2115|R2NMDOYNJ4KO3B;2115|R3UAUBTJENBVQV;
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