About
Half-Life is going to thrash away all former campaign concepts. This campaign introduces many new things, all combined in a new style of playing. Half-Life is the new generation of SWGB campaigns.

My personal task is to not only create a cool and fun campaign, but to also go for innovation and style. I am trying to bring map design, playability and balance to perfect heights, but besides that working alot on the unique atmosphere, that kind of special that made the original Half-Life (and its successor) so popular too.

Can I succeed in doing this? I don't know. But atleast, I can give you a sneak peak of how it's going to be...

To experience Half-Life abit, please listen to this (randomly token) HL music file. It gives you the right impression to read this thread.

Story
Half-Life's story will be...different...like the original PC game too. Expect no plots - talking cutscenes - twists - and many characters..
Half-Life is about the experience and the unique atmosphere. Do you hear the music?

You are Gordon Freeman, or, is Gordon Freeman you? You've agreed to work for your old mentor in the old decomissioned missle base Black Mesa in New Mexico. But then things go horribly wrong, and hell has come down on earth. You are one of the few survivors, and you've got to work together with the others to survive, and get to the surface.

Features
~ Unique Half-Life atmosphere: sounds, music, map design and scripted events create an unique scenario

~ Weapon system: Half-Life's AI was the base model for the Ultimate RPG AI who covers projectile detection. Half-Life uses a never-before-seen weapon system that covers 4, yes 4 different weapons with ammo counter: Light Blaster, Medium Blaster, Powerblast and Grenades. The Light Blaster is the base weapon of the game, with unlimited ammo. The Medium Blaster is a heavy gun with awesome damage that rips enemy's down like nothing. Ammo, however is scarce. The Powerblast, acquired late in the game, upgrades your blaster with a special device that gives you an extra attack with one, powerful shot that is used to defeat bosses. Grenades (made visual thanks to a new trick) are used to create new paths and to solve puzzles.

~ Extensive sound use: Half-Life uses over 80 sounds, token from the original Half-Life and 8 soundtracks from Half-Life 2. Never before has there been so much diversity and atmosphere from sounds in a campaign.

~ New gameplay puzzles: Half-Life will contain many puzzles which require logical thinking.

~ Fight with your compagnions: Barney, the security guard and Dr. Kleiner (your old mentor) and a new personage will assist you in fights and puzzles. They can be commanded to guard an area or to travel with you at any time.

~ Others: Half-Life has superb and detailed map design, many new trigger tricks, and "the best ingame effects seen in a SWGB scenario ever" - Pink Panther.

Screenshots
Here are four older screenshots, who have been posted already in a Raven Studios Flyer.


Here you can see the Black Mesa Transit system traveling on the surface.


Gordon has used a grenade with a taunt, a grenade that is actually visible, if you look closely near the arrow.


When all goes wrong...


Black Mesa machinery.

Now come a series of newer screenshots, who have been resized abit.

     
Gordon on the road with Barney and Dr. Kleiner.


Gordon uses the Medium Blaster to kill an Alien Slave.


Gordon travels through the darker area's of the Black Mesa Complex.

Playtesting
I'm taking playtesters on request. You gotta be good though.