Half-Life: Source

For what it was back in the day, it's very good. The story can be compelling at a few points and the possibilities for the engine (my fav part was the bombing airstrike screen with the dead soldier guy next to it) are fun, but modern shooters can run laps around this game. Fun for the gameplay although if you're not that experienced of a g a m e r you might be saving often bc this game can be unforgiving

I don't even have to play it to know it's ass. I have literally played the leaked beta more than this and I don't even know how long I have played it for.

Half Life but with some added physics & enemy ragdolls, which was really cool.
But it is buggier than the original and I liked the looks of the original better.

I'd recommend just playing the normal Half Life.

This game is simply just a waste of time and money, considering half-life 1, the original, is available for cheaper. Don't buy this.

Great game. I personally didn't find any bugs. The graphics are pretty much the same as in OG Half-Life, except water - the water is a lot more realistic. If you love Half-Life, this is a great way to replay it.

some areas are buggy as hell, most of it is playable normally up until residue processing (edit: its fine past residue processing idk why people complain)

Really, this game isn't as bad as people think. The "freshly mopped sopping wet floors, and newly polished weapons," is the entire point the game was made! And hey, the flashlight is an actual flashlight now. Not just some weird spotlight which ruins moving in dark vents. While the shiny crowbar does indeed look terrible, everything else looks amazing! But I'll warn you that the first time I picked up the crowbar, the view-model didn't show up. When I gave myself all the weapons with cheats to try and fix the issue, shooting the tau cannon ended up crashing my game. MULTIPLE TIMES. But if you don't agree with my opinion there's a valid point I have to make about this game; it's still Half-Life. While it's buggy, and has a love or hate relationship with most people. I still love it, because at the end of the day, it's still Half-Life. One of the best games of all time.

just play black mesa.
it's more stable, it has workshop support, and it's better overall.

Blah blah, the game is a bad port, blah blah, play the original version.
All jokes aside, Half-Life: Source is not as bad as people make it out to be. As long as you install the fan fix, it's not that bad. Plus, you get funny ragdolls.
Also, it's the only way to play Half-Life 1 on Garry's Mod.
Just, please... play the original version first.

play if: A- You are gonna install hls fixed or B- you enjoy laughing at the most cursed broken shit you've ever seen

This is genuinely one of the worst games I have never played. There is so many issues with bugs, glitches and ect. I have kept trying to play this game despite it but it has gotten to a point I have to call it quits this game is udder garbage I'm shocked it was even created even some of the bosses don't do damage in this trash landfill of a game. I even got trapped in one section where the elevator doesn't spawn and I couldn't do anything but restart the whole game from scratch and even that didn't help I had to look up videos just so I could use codes to fix issues that shouldn't be in the game in the first place. This game is no worth the purchase in the slightest.

I only like this game because it is easy to mess around in (and the bugs are kinda funny lmao)

Rating: 7/10

Half-Life: Source, released in 2004 by Valve, is an enhanced version of the original 1998 masterpiece, running on the Source engine. While it aimed to improve the visuals, physics, and water effects, it failed to live up to expectations, making it a divisive version among fans.

Despite still delivering the legendary Half-Life experience, this remaster feels more like a rushed port than a true upgrade.

What Works Well?
🧪 Same Brilliant Gameplay as Half-Life
At its core, Half-Life: Source is still Half-Life—one of the most influential FPS games ever made. The engaging story, immersive atmosphere, and smart enemy AI remain intact, making this version playable and enjoyable.

🌊 Improved Water Effects and Physics
The transition to the Source engine brings better physics (thanks to Havok) and improved water reflections, which make certain areas look more modern compared to the 1998 original.

🖥️ Smoother Performance and Native Support
Half-Life: Source runs natively on modern systems, avoiding the compatibility issues that can arise with the original GoldSrc version. Higher resolutions and widescreen support are also a plus.

The Problems with Half-Life: Source
❌ Barely Any Real Graphical Upgrade
Despite running on Source, most textures, models, and lighting effects remain unchanged from 1998. This makes it feel less like a true remaster and more like a basic port with minimal effort.

❌ Buggy AI and Broken Scripted Sequences
Some of Half-Life’s iconic scripted moments don’t work properly in Half-Life: Source, breaking immersion. Enemies and NPCs sometimes behave worse than in the original, which is unacceptable for an "improved" version.

❌ No High-Definition (HD) Model Pack
Unlike Half-Life’s official 1999 update, which introduced better character and weapon models, Half-Life: Source lacks these HD assets—making it feel graphically inferior to an older update of the game.

❌ Black Mesa Exists
If you want to experience Half-Life with Source engine upgrades, Black Mesa (a fan-made, Valve-approved remake) is a far superior alternative with fully reworked graphics, animations, and improved gameplay mechanics.

Conclusion
Half-Life: Source is not a bad way to play Half-Life, but it's also not the best. If you want the original experience, the GoldSrc version is more authentic. If you want a true Source engine remake, Black Mesa is the better choice.

🔹 Rating: 7/10 – Still a great game, but an underwhelming remaster.

i don't understand why people hate this game so much like yes i get it the bugs suck but you can just fix them with some mods its not that big of a problem it only takes like what 10 minutes to set it up (depending on your WiFi speed)
it is a good game excluding the bugs

the time old classic game of years past. is now bad! enjoy as the game rusts and crusts around you. Witness the strange and bizaree effects of virtual insanity as the game bends and breaks. Look! weird water. Oh jeez. That's the least of his problems. Oh well! theres other games.

An unkept port of a beloved classic disowned by it's developer, but if you're reading this, you probably already knew that. It has some cool stuff like pretty water and ragdolls, but the bugs that have slowly been introduced due to updates to the Source engine, without any proper upkeep on this port, vastly outweigh what cool things it has to offer. Play the original.

All my hours on the game is because I'm stuck loading in, to the MENU. Can't even play the game haha

Beat the game, and I would absolutely recommend it! It's a good, hard game. Valve did an amazing job.
The movement is very sensitive, that's my only real problem with it.

Immersive single player. Awesome story. Solid gameplay. Classic.

Really just a buggy version of good 'ol HL. Cool thing to play around with, has all the perks coming from source engine. Don't really expect much from this. I'd recommend You buying this when on sale. Can't really say it's as bad as people say.

game may suck, but its fun to mess around with all the glitches and jankiness

this was my first experience with a half-life game and i had a great time playing through it i don't understand why people hate it so much. it does have plenty of bugs and glitches though

When it comes to broken messes, this game is great. Fun to laugh at, I say. But for what is meant to be a ""remaster"" of Half Life 1, a groundbreaking FPS, this is unacceptable. If you want a paid joke? Great. If you want a good game? Please, for the love of god, look ANYWHERE ELSE.

honestly it's hilarious how bad the game can become. great gmod dlc tho

This release of Half-Life 1 is absolutely terrible, I'd rather play Sonic 2006 instead of this crap.
Terrible Collision, Terrible sound usage, glitches, bugs, floating npcs

This is the worst Half-Life I've ever played, and I only played 3 of them

Well, I finally got around to playing this game after hearing about it for years and years. It was extremely good. Fun weapons, traversal, slight puzzle solving, lotta fun guns, well spaced ammo and health pickups. I'm sure everything has already been said about it, since it's been out for 25 years, but goddamn, Valve knows how to make a good game. Very excited to get into Half Life 2 and eventually Alyx.

It's not really an upgrade from the original game, especially considering that it has a ton of bugs and weird stuff floatig around.
It was nice replaying Half-Life but if you want to play a real remake I'd recomend Black Mesa.

This game is a staple of steam, valve, and gaming itself. It created other great games like counter strike, portal, left 4 dead, team fortress, and so much more. This version is a LOT better than the horrid "goldsrc remake"

It's not recommended per se, but if you're patient, you can download a mod that fixes all the bugs in this port:

https://www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-source-fixed

Anyway, the port has no point in existing, so it's only recommended if you're not familiar with the GoldSource experience, but if you're not familiar with it, it's best not to try it.

I've been playing this game series for 23 years, since the first game here came out on PS2 in 2001. I was a boy when it came out in 1998, but didn't actually get around to it until 2001 when I was older. I highly recommend this series for the survival horror enthusiast. It is a fantastic FPS game. The story behind it too is very deep. Nostalgia.

What once was an inferior port with a couple improvements that did not outweigh the introduced issues, Half-Life Source is now an outdated inferior port after the 2023 Anniversary Update added to the original Half-Life what improvements HL1 Source gave along with delisting it. If you somehow made it to the HL1 Source store page, you could instead buy the original game for the same price and get a better and faithful experience.

As always, a fantastic game that gives a good story-line. Makes you really "feel" like Gordon Freeman 8)

Rating: ★★★☆☆

It's not all that terrible, just download a fix mod made by the community.
I love that beautiful lighting from the Source Engine, but some parts are just not suitable for this kind of lighting. The Realistic Water looks good but it just turns terrible in Surface Tension, Giving it a weird brownish milk like substance.

It's not bad, just needs a few community fixes and most likely Workshop support. Other than the bugs like the "Floating Scientist" (which can be fixed with a community patch), its pretty good.

its half life on Source engine. + a lot of minor bugs like floating scientists. And there's one specific gamebreaking one in residue processing. Its great cous you can use HL1 Assets in Gmod.

Skybox tended to distort toward the player model in certain maps, obscuring surroundings. Basically unplayable.

Now, before you get extremely mad at me, just hear me out.

Half-Life Source is not that bad. Sure, it's got overly glossy materials in some areas, and has some visual bugs at certain points, but as long as you finish the classic half-life first before playing this, then I think it's worth getting.

If you haven't got original half-life and are thinking of getting this for the first time instead of classic half-life DON'T!!! Though that's unlikely since this game is delisted now. I got this game in the full half-life pack with BS and OF {The expansions} This game was just an extra, honestly, worth it. This game is madly overhated. If you've played half life, you should try it.


---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent (Beautiful for the time)
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☑ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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This is probably the worst way to experience the original Half Life. It's extremely buggy, with graphical effects warping constantly depending on the level. The enemies that hang on the ceiling have their tongues disappear randomly, so you get caught by them with no way to avoid it. All the new models look even more like lifeless diseased corpses than before. Everyone legit looks like they are suffering from Leukemia. The weapon shine is also pretty horrible. Play the original instead or Black Mesa if dated graphics bother you.

if you get mods from gamebanana, the game is actually very great, 100X more customizable than the original half life in my opinion, just mods are limited online so its sometimes best to make your own. there are many mods that fix the bugs that make this game so hated, and they are easy to install and honestly ive had more fun here than in half life goldsrc

Either you:

Bought it when it was part of the half-life bundle before half-life 1's 25th year anniversary,
or
Bought it for Gmod.

Any other reasons you're lying.

I dont think its as bad as people say, it looks good, graphically its a sort of semi-model HD mod.. but other than that its rlly not that good of a game, worth it if you wanna try an obscure Half Life version though.

Half-Life: Source – A Classic Revamped for Modern Times:


Half-Life: Source takes the legendary 1998 FPS classic and breathes new life into it using the powerful Source engine. While the core story and gameplay remain the same—following Gordon Freeman as he battles aliens and government soldiers in the infamous Black Mesa research facility—the enhanced graphics and physics make the experience feel fresh and more immersive than ever.

The game features improved textures, lighting, and physics, all while maintaining the tense atmosphere and groundbreaking gameplay that made the original so iconic. Fans of the original Half-Life will appreciate the familiar yet enhanced experience, while newcomers can dive into this revolutionary shooter with more polished visuals and smoother mechanics.

If you’re looking to relive one of the most influential shooters of all time, Half-Life: Source is the perfect way to experience it with a modern touch. It’s the classic that defined a genre, now with an upgraded look and feel!

I got softlocked in the first 15 minutes because I got stuck inside of a scientist, that about sums up the quality of this game. I can't really see any reason to play this version of Half-Life over the original in any way. The only benefit to owning it is being able to use the assets in GMod, but that's kinda it. Sure you can fix most of the glitches and issues with mods, but why even bother when there's another version of the game that's already fixed? There's a charm to it though, the ragdolls are funny and all of its quirks make it an interesting experience. I would only recommend getting the game when it's heavily discounted if you want to experience its weirdness and have its assets available in GMod, but otherwise if you want to actually experience Half-Life, then just play the original.

Makes perfect sense why they delisted this game. I honestly originally thought this was the go-to-way to play Half-Life, but there are far better ways to play this game such as the astounding fan one being Black Mesa. I would tell you not to buy Source, but Valve is already doing that for me.

It's only worth it for seeing the glitches. Theres a good reason they hid this game

there are some glitches but it actually runs decently on my m2 macbook unlike hl1. HL1 only worked in Software mode in a window at 45fps max under parallels because parallels doesn't have great opengl support but hl source ran great because it supports DirectX and can run at up to 170fps on parallels.

This game is great. It's a port of Half-Life to the Source Engine, but It's just a direct port though, so it doesn't have any updated models or textures. Anyway, this version of the game has a lot of bugs & glitches, but none of them are game-breaking. However, it does have some improvements over the original game, such as improved lighting & physics. Overall, even though the original game is far superior to this, it's still worth checking out.

Probably the worst way to play Half-Life 1. But it's still fun regardless especially to laugh at the technical issues, and hey it's still fun and even has some good things in it. The Ragdolls are hilarious like in most Source Games, the arms sway while running like in Half-Life 2, which is a nice touch. But that's about it, if you are a fan of Half-Life I actually recommend it cause it's really funny, but if you're looking to get into the series, just play the original.

Hls is just original half life, but valve only added source and threw it into trashcan, NOT worth it.
ofc its only worth for gmod assests

Well, it's an historical game but with a better engine.
It doesn't feel like a huge overhaul, though.
The game remains the same: a great story and level design which, although dated, can be enjoyed to this day.
It's simply one of those games that wrote a piece of history, and should be played just for the sake of it.