About Half Life
You play Gordon Freeman, a scientist at the Black Mesa research lab. An experiment fails and aliens pour in. Soldiers arrive to clean up the lab, and they are your enemies too. You fight through the lab to find a way out.
Quick facts
- Genre: First-person shooter.
- Valve released the game in 1998.
- The story plays out without cutscenes, so you stay in control of Gordon.
How to play
Run with WASD and turn with the mouse. Hit Space to leap and Ctrl to crouch. Press E to use doors and buttons. Press R to reload.