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GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Couldnt get over the fact of the characters adaptation to the environment... its crazy. loved ever minute, second, hour and week i played... riveting. recomend to everyone

Dont buy this, it isn't a complete set

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: June 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This compilation of 4 great Half-Life based games is a somewhat bastardized version of the superior title which was released under the same name a while later. If you buy this version, you are not getting the entire collection. The new version contains yet another expansion to Half-Life that is worth playing.

The original Platinum Collections contain:
1. Half-Life (The original, which started it all, a great game.)
2. Half-Life:Opposing force (1st official expansion to Half-Life)
3. Team Fortress Classic (A mediocre multiplayer mod from Sierra)
4. Counter-Strike (The ultimate multiplayer game. This alone is worth the entire price, although you can get it for free if you own Half-Life, which you will if you buy this collection.)

The new version contains an expansion to the original called Blue Shift. In this expansion you play as a security guard in the Black Mesa compound (the same area as the original). It is just as fun as the original, but shorter.

You can usually find the newer pack (it is grey, not platinum or silver, and says 5 games in one on the front) at any large chain retail stores such as Target, Wal-Mart,or K-Mart. Hope this review can be of some help.

If you still don't own Half-Life...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: February 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

And you own a PC, shame on you!

Alright, here's what you need to do. Look up "Half-Life: Platinum Collection" and put it in your shopping basket. Check out. Here's what you get.

Half-Life: The original and although somewhat dated graphically, it is still a cracking good FPS. The game is just fun to play from soup to nuts and loaded with atmosphere. The levels are more innovative than anything before or since.

Half-Life: Opposing Force This game got a 93% courtesy of PC Gamer and that is absolutely remarkable considering this is basically just a Half-Life mod, although a bloody creative one! You'll love the boot-camp sequence and hey, R. Lee Ermey is in it! What more do you need?

And you also get...

Counter-Strike: Still the most popular online FPS.

and...

Team Fortress: Classic

WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED?

Dude, buy the package.

Not Worth Buying

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 21
Date: January 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

HL is an awesome game with many modifications out there. The CDis not worth the price they charge. Counter-strike, Team Fortress, and Opposing Forces all come with the HL game of the year edition CD. Well, TFC and OPF at least hehe. CS is free to d/l off the web any way. The game is great, go buy hl:goty and d/l the updates so u can play tfc, opf, cs, dod, or whatever you like for free off the internet lol. If you're dumb you'd buy this to tell you the truth

Not the full Half-Life collection

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Although it includes Opposing Force, Counter-Strike and Team Fortress Classic, it is filled mainly with things that you can download from the internet with the exception of Opposing Force. Team Fortress comes with the Half-Life patch, and the version of Counter-Strike that comes with the pack is the retail (buggy) version. I am running on a 512k ADSL connection and so the only 2 things in the pack I needed was Half-Life and Opposing Force...

Sierra has an newer version of the Platinum Edition but it is not reflected here on Amazon.com

It includes Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic, Opposing Force, Counter-Strike and Blue Shift. It is somewhat similar to the Generations Edition.

To begin with, this game is EXCELLENT first person adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This PC-CDROM Game gives you a great tutorial level then takes you into the game itself which is excellent from a to z. Great movement withjoystick and controls. Nice graphics. Very realistic. I liked this one alot.

Half-Life Remains Unmatched

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

You would think that after a couple of years, something comparable or better would come out, but I haven't found it yet. The most important part of this software bundle is, of course, Half-Life, but Opposing Force is about as good as sequels come.

Half-Life- an excellent storyline that keeps you gripped and forces you to continue playing for hours on end. For a newcomer, some of the puzzles are very frustrating, but extremely rewarding. This is a program that will leave you addicted to good gaming, and searching (unsuccessfully) for more games like it.

The feel of the controls and the weapons is also excellent. The quality of graphics and textures is mediocre by current standards, but in fairness, HL is one of the few games that will run with minimal system requirements (great for playing at work!) The ending of Opposing Force isn't very satisfying, but it doesn't detract much from the overall experience. Sierra also released Blue-Shift, another chapter in the story, but its short length and terrible ending aren't on par with HL or OF.

Multiplayer modes (and seperate games- counter-strike and team fortress) are a nice bonus.

Half-Life

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Even 4 years after it's highly anticipated release, Half-Life still stands as the greatest action game of all-time. It's unbelievable gameplay, explosive action, and storyline has not grown old in the slightest. Yes, it's graphics are outdated by many of the games today but no other game has since come close to the entertainment value of Half-Life. Great weapons, excellent plot, incredably frightning enemies, superb level designs, remarkable character interaction and all the fast paced violence you could ask for. Buy it and you will not regret it. Check out other great action titles such as Deus Ex, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3: Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Soldier of Fortune 1 and 2 and Medal of Honor: Allied Assualt.

I think everybody has played this game,

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

and if you haven't, then don't bother playing it now. It's soo old, and the graphics are poor compared to current games. Other than the graphics and the I've-done-that-before feel it's a good game, but old!

over the limit playing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

half life is so cool.i like the part were you do the experiment and every thing go's wrong and aleins come from a portal and start attaking you.the other part i like is where when you go through this one door every thing go black and the military capture you.

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