Action Half-Life

Action Half-life
Action Half-life
Developer(s)	The A-team (Akimbo Team Productions, LLC)
Engine	GoldSrc
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	1999
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Action Half-Life is a mod for the first-person shooter video game Half-Life. It strives to simulate action movies, especially those directed by John Woo.

Action Half-Life is the second mod in the "Action" series. The first was Action Quake 2 and the third was Action Unreal Tournament 2004.

Gameplay

The traditional mode of gameplay is Deathmatch; at the start of a round, players must choose a single pistol, a unique weapon, and a special item. Unlike the buy menu in Counter-Strike, these weapons are free and have limited ammunition, which makes tactical usage crucial. The game also includes a "last man standing" mode, which plays like a deathmatch, but without respawning after death.

Action Half-life also features a single player mode. Some unique features in this mode include a move called "Adrenaline Rush", similar to Bullet Time.

Reception

Action Half-Life was the favored modification for a small subculture described by Rock, Paper, Shotgun's writer Quintin Smith as a "mad cabal of mappers who obsessed over easter eggs",^[1] with some levels containing secret areas much larger and more complex than the main level. These often included whole story-lines, puzzles, and scripted sequences.

References

^ Smith, Quintin (2015-01-11). "Action Half-Life: The 5AM". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2016-11-09.

Sources

Kosak, Dave (April 1, 2001). "Action Half-Life: Behind the Scenes". GameSpy. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
Smith, Quintin (May 29, 2008). "3 – 2 – 1… Action Half-life". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
Meer, Alec (June 8, 2009). "Action Half-Life 2: The Sauce Of Death". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
Smith, Quintin (March 31, 2010). "Action Half-Life: The 5 a.m." Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
Smith, Quintin (May 23, 2011). "Stop, Drop, Roll: Action Half-Life 2 V2 Out". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
Smith, Graham (May 8, 2014). "Total Converts: Unpotting The History Of Half-Life Modding". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2017-07-04.