Half-Life: Source
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Supported OS: Windows • macOS • Linux + SteamOS (See system requirements)
Chromebook ready: Unknown / TBD
Steam Deck status: Playable - More info on ProtonDB
Half-Life: Source is a "digitally remastered"[1] port of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling PC game Half-Life to the Source engine, enhanced to include physics simulation, Source engine graphics & effects, and more bugs, while retaining most of it's original textures.
Initially, the remaster received mostly positive reviews when it was launched, with little to no technical issues at the time, but some players were disappointed because the game's graphics didn't look too much different outside of 3D skyboxes and Source's physics, graphics and effects being added. Because to this, a fan remake of Half-Life, called Black Mesa started being worked on shortly after HL:S release.
Beginning in 2013, with the SteamPipe update, the game has been improperly updated to the Source 2013 engine, which introduced more bugs and other issues not present in previous version, which led to more negative reviews on Steam due to Valve ignoring this game and not fixing those bugs even as of today.
10 years later, Valve has unlisted Half-Life: Source from the search result on Steam in favor of promoting the original version as the definitive edition of the game and to avoid confusion. But Half-Life: Source is still available for purchase.
See also
- Black Mesa - Similar concept, but on a more advanced version of Source with completely new graphics and design.
- Half-Life Deathmatch: Source - Multiplayer counterpart of Half-Life: Source.
- Configuring Hammer for Half-Life: Source
- Half-Life: Source FGD
- Half-Life: Source Bugs
Trivia
- The Steam store page for Half-Life: Source shows the wrong release date of the game. This game was released at the same time with Half-Life 2.
References
- Half-Life: Source on Steam
Half-Life: Source is a digitally remastered version of the critically acclaimed and best selling PC game, enhanced via Source technology to include physics simulation, enhanced effects, and more.
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