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"Requirements" section is one of the most important sections of a videogame article in wikipedia. where the is it???!!! -- 190.231.47.181 ( talk) 18:07, 10 January 2013 (UTC)
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I noticed that there is no reference to another little known expansion to the Half-Life game. The smaller expansion is located with another game (Gunman Chronicles maybe), but I am not sure which for it has been years since I played it. The expansion basically consists of three missions. It starts off with Freeman talking to the G-Man in an office and the missions take place in a carnival setting, caves, and then some sort of shipping factory. If memory serves me correct, the purpose of those three missions was to either capture or set free three different crystals of some sort. Is there anyone that can verify this? I believe it came out around 2001-2002. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jayveran ( talk • contribs) 23:29, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
Anyone know the game's budget? -- 82.170.113.123 ( talk) 13:59, 7 March 2013 (UTC) No — Preceding unsigned comment added by Plumjet09 ( talk • contribs) 21:26, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
Seeing some conflicting information on the release date for Half-Life, based on the most recent edit by User:Merrick Simms. Steam has changed their listed release date listed from Nov 19th to Nov 8th. Some reviews list Nov 19th, however, some use Oct 31st (Including Metacritic and IGN, but I believe they may be calling it "published date"). Think we need to get this cleared up and stick a source specifically to the release date. -- ferret ( talk) 12:09, 2 April 2014 (UTC)
There are some important firsts in HL that aren't really mentioned. It was the first game to default to WASD + mouse (Quake and Quake II both defaulted to keyboard only control and arrow keys). There are rumors that they used WASD because those were the keys used by famous Quake gamer, Thresh. 72.166.65.132 ( talk) 02:05, 10 April 2014 (UTC)IB
Sorry but it wasn't the first to use WASD + mouse, Delta Force released a few months earlier used WASD + mouse by default. 109.156.82.172 ( talk) 14:43, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Shouldn't "it was too ambitious a project" be "it was too ambitious project"? Second row in second paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.253.141.38 ( talk) 20:47, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
The Half-Life: Source was recreated last year. With the new additions, I still don't think there is enough distinct information to warrant its own article. It's lacking detail and content in all areas. Anything currently written there can be summarised in several sentences within this article. I am proposing content be merged again and Half Life: Source be redirected back to Half Life. The1337gamer ( talk) 21:48, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
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Yo. I get where everyone's coming from. The company was called Valve LLC at the time. Sure.
Except... actually it kind of wasn't. Nobody called it Valve LLC - not even the company itself, in its logo, branding etc - even though it was its legal name. Wikipedia uses the widely accepted names for things; for example, Microsoft's legal name is Microsoft Corporation but every article calls it Microsoft. The same goes for Nintendo Co., Ltd., Sega Games Co., Ltd., Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd., Capcom Co., Ltd...
It would be wrong to say that Jetpac was developed by Rare (the company was named Ultimate Play the Game at the time); its renaming was part of a drastic brand revamp for the company and the name used at the time was Ultimate Play the Game, not Rare. Whereas the difference in name between Valve LLC and Valve Corporation is purely legal and, for the purposes of normal use, irrelevant - everyone has always called the company Valve. Popcornduff ( talk) 12:22, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
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Teaser vid but the full will be out Dec. 10. [10]. -- Masem ( t) 19:52, 5 December 2018 (UTC)
With immortal scientists, robot Marines, and shit (mostly shit). SNAAAAKE!! ( talk) 20:55, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Polygon does qualify as shit indeed. Surprised anyone wouldn't know because it's one of the most infamous cases of FPS censorship, similar to the denazified Wolfenstein by Nintendo. SNAAAAKE!! ( talk) 23:14, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Notably CS. Also the expansions, too. -- SNAAAAKE!! ( talk) 08:53, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Also implement that list of sources above and delete the used ones. Especially if they can replace my Amazon links - and i couldn't even find anything regarding Half-Life: Platinum Pack anymore. SNAAAAKE!! ( talk) 09:28, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
With sources as normal credits ( https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/half-life/credits) aren't helpful. SNAAAAKE!! ( talk) 17:12, 24 March 2019 (UTC)
Ive noticed, after reading the entire Legacy section, that there appears to be no sign of Scientist screaming memes cited here. Should I edit the article to document that part of the HL1 legacy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SliceOfBread69 ( talk • contribs) 17:17, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
207.229.139.154 ( talk) 00:28, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
I can personally attest to this (I know no original research), and there are social media posts about it, but I feel like it isn't important enough to be mentioned, and there arent really any super credible sources for this claim. Emulsification92 ( talk) 01:34, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
It's stated in the first game that Gordon Freeman graduated MIT with a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. I believe this means that he should be referred to as "Dr. Gordon Freeman" rather than simply Gordon Freeman, if not in every instance, then at least in the first instance of his name. However, I am unsure if this both makes total sense grammatically and fits the Wikipedia rules for edits. Unsightly Scientist ( talk) 01:41, 20 March 2024 (UTC)