Action Half-Life
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Action Half-life
|image = Action Half-life logo.png
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|developer = The A-team (Akimbo Team Productions, LLC)
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|designer =
|series =
|engine = GoldSrc
|released = 1999
|genre = First-person shooter
|modes = Multiplayer
|platforms = Microsoft Windows
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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
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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",{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/11/action-half-life-the-5am/|title=Action Half-Life: The 5AM|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=2015-01-11|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-09}} 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.
See also
References
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= Sources =
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/494/494610p1.html|title=Action Half-Life: Behind the Scenes|last=Kosak|first=Dave|date=April 1, 2001|website=GameSpy|access-date=2017-07-04}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/29/3-2-1-action-half-life/|title=3 – 2 – 1… Action Half-life|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=May 29, 2008 |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/08/action-half-life-2-the-sauce-of-death/|title=Action Half-Life 2: The Sauce Of Death|last=Meer|first=Alec|date=June 8, 2009|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/31/action-half-life-the-5-a-m/|title=Action Half-Life: The 5 a.m.|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=March 31, 2010|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/23/stop-drop-roll-action-half-life-2-v2-out/|title=Stop, Drop, Roll: Action Half-Life 2 V2 Out|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=May 23, 2011|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/05/08/total-converts-a-potted-history-of-half-life-modding/|title=Total Converts: Unpotting The History Of Half-Life Modding|last=Smith|first=Graham|date=May 8, 2014|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}
External links
{{Portal|1990s|Video games}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20031030050050/http://www.ministryofaction.net/ Ministry of Action homepage]
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