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Game entry

Half-Life: Source

2004 · FPS, Platformer, Horror, Action-adventure, Puzzle · PC, Mac, Linux · Valve

After 166 duels settled by the community, Half-Life: Source stands no. 524 among the best video games of all time on GameForever, with 1,687 ELO points and 63% of wins. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 23 out of 137 (2004).

World rank

no. 524

ELO score

1,687

Wins

63%

Duels played

166

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About Half-Life: Source

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.

The community says

Same maps, same enemies, just prettier water and softer shadows on top. Doesn't feel like it earns a ranking this high on its own merits.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,687 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Half-Life: Source sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 521 DmC: Devil May Cry 1,687
  2. 522 Duke Nukem 3D 1,687
  3. 523 Gears of War 3 1,687
  4. 524 Half-Life: Source 1,687
  5. 525 Super Meat Boy 1,686
  6. 526 Mortal Kombat 1,686
  7. 527 Splatoon 2 1,686

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The standing

Where Half-Life: Source ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Half-Life: Source stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 23 out of 137 (2004).

Where Half-Life: Source ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 524 5,110
FPS 62 458
2000s 154 1,304
2004 23 137

The community

The debate

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  1. tiara_schowalter

    Same maps, same enemies, just prettier water and softer shadows on top. Doesn't feel like it earns a ranking this high on its own merits.

    GhostByte3

    J'y ai passé que quelques heures par petites sessions, mais l'eau et les ombres donnent un vrai coup de fraîcheur à des passages que je trouvais mous avant.

    RogueRider2008

    Pourquoi comparer à Black Ops alors (celui que j'ai refait chez un pote le mois dernier) ? Même eux copient des trucs d'ici non ?

  2. Faivre4

    Un simple portage graphique surcoté par nostalgie, la place est trop haute.

    TurboByte47

    Surcoté par rapport à quoi, le F.E.A.R. d'à côté vieillit tout aussi mal non ?

    Tristan_42

    Surcoté, peut-être, enfin disons plutôt bien vendu par les nostalgiques comme moi j'assume.

  3. Celia_44

    Lo rejugué con amigos y sigue siendo UNA GOZADA, mejor que muchos actuales

  4. Océane_1987

    Rejouer aux effets d'eau après tout ce temps m'a marquée (bien plus que je ne l'aurais cru).

    rossi_celina

    L4D me tient plus longtemps en haleine, franchement.

    ThéophileSamurai

    L'eau brille, oui, mais le level design reste celui d'il y a vingt ans, ça ne suffit pas à justifier la place.

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