For an FPS, Half-Life has aged very well. But Xen is still, and always has been, fucking awful.

Holy shit, 98 cents!?

I had it but my brother lost it :( Will buy it now :)

Wow. In ten years time this year will be Half-Life's half-life!! I feel old too. I'm off to collect one of those 98 cent treats to celebrate!

I'm not into the series and so the anniversary doesn't make much of an impact on me, I'm also only 16. But I get what you mean. For me? I'll feel old when Halo turns 10...

10 years??? How can that be...
What happened to all the time in between?

I think Half-Life holds up great.
But don't take my word for it. Buy the damn game!

I missed the dialog when the scientist tells you how to do that extra long jump thing, so when i got to xen i kept dying when trying to jump from platform to platform, over and over and over.......still love that game, but what was up with the crazy fast ninja gun ladies in the later part of it?! 

"10 years??? How can that be...
What happened to all the time in between?"

I bought that ish yesterday and have never spent so little on something so great.

And bought. I never got to play the original Half Life so hell yeah 98 cents!

Oh it still plays beautifully. I replayed the original a couple years back, and I still enjoyed it as the first day I played it. Man those marines are still some of the smartest AI enemies in a game.

Yeah that game brings back some good memories.

There are few games that have ages nearly as well as Half-Life has.  It is still a lot of fun, even all these years later.  If you don't have own it, you should pick it up.  Great game.

I'm glad I didn't know Xen had a bad rap when I played Half Life, because I loved that part.   It turns out that other people's opinions are generally useless.

Might be worth noting that it's only .99 cents on Steam right now.

98-- 98 cents as in dollars?! How many does that cost in euros? Holy crap!

Nice.

I play it today and still have more fun with it than any FPS game launched since.

Worst end boss ever though lol.

Congratulations Half-Life! :D

Half-Life > Real Life

That is all i have to say on the matter. Ten years is a long time and its both disappointing yet astounding just how much the games industry has moved on since this amazing classic.

Thanks for the tip Ryan, I just picked it up.

Congrats Half-Life on ten years!
Sadly, I only joined the Half-Life phenomenon when Half-Life 2 came out for Xbox 360 in the Orange Box, but it quickly became one of my favorite FPS games.  Seeing as my computer still remains ASS and inable to play anything at all, I suppose I'll celebrate Half-Life's ten years by playing more of Valve's newest game, Left 4 Dead.
AWAY!

Half-Life is still a great experience to this day and anybody who doesn't have it yet HAS to get it.  It is superb.

"Oh it still plays beautifully. I replayed the original a couple years back, and I still enjoyed it as the first day I played it. Man those marines are still some of the smartest AI enemies in a game."

Yeah were have I been these past 10 years, was I doing drugs when I was 9 years old.

"Seeing as my computer still remains ASS and inable to play anything at all"

98 cents is a steal.  I think the game could hold up just missing some stuff in todays day and age.  Graphics and animations, that its.  The gameplay is still fucking solid as well as weapons and puzzles.  Though I never got why people hated Xen.  It totally changed up the pacing and feel of the game at the right time and gave you this great feeling, like alright, all this shit i have done was to get one chance to fuck up these aliens from the inside out.

Long live Half-life. Seriously, this was one of the games that made ReTarDedFisHy get into gaming.

The $0.98 is a great deal for anyone who hasn't played the original yet, as it is still a classic. Luckily I have the original HL in one of my old Steam accounts, so no need to shell out a buck. ;)

It should've been free.

98 cents?  Well, all I can say to that is....

Prepare for unforeseen consequences.

Half-Life is such an awesome game.

If you haven't played it yet, go for it.  The gameplay completely holds up even after all these years.  The enemies are smart and the level design is fantastic.

I'm also an old ass-man.

This deal is awesome! I bought 5 copies - one for me, 4 for friends.

never had the chance to play it the first time and this is a hella good deal,, bought it last night

Holy shit 98 cents...I might finally sign up for steam just to nab that.

Wow I was 14 when this came out, I remember getting it for Christmas here in the UK at the time I didn't realise how much of a classic it would turn into, Half Life 2 just turned 4 years old already. I remember booking a week off work to play it all the way through

Ironically enough I was in high school physics class when I first heard about Half-Life.

For only 98 cents, I'd buy anything

I loved Half-Life... Until I went to Xen.

Ruined the game for me.

Holy shit, Ryan's avatar is pretty close to irl!

Half-Life is classic and still plays incredibly well.  Sadly, when Valve released Half-Life: Source, there just wasn't much Source to it...which was upsetting.

Man looking back 1998 was the shit!

HL1 was the game I bought my first surround sound and video card for. 3dfx voodoo 3 motherfuckers!

I didn't need any more reminders Ryan. As far as I can remember, I didn't think Xen was bad. Maybe, I was just good at jumps.

Thanks for the heads-up! I just signed up for steam and bought half-life for 98 cents! Can't find a much better deal than that!

Damn Ryan, Half Life is still very playable, I played through it not a month ago! And enjoyed too... well, until Xen, or at least the bit with the big baby-splitted head... thing

I wouldn't have felt so old if it wasn't for the fact, thinking back, I had already finished Uni and started the job I'm still in at the time! Given HL is an FPS, and in general they age really quickly it still survives well, although last time i played the original is was the Source Engine based version.. not sure if that's the one they are offering for the $0.98... bring on HL3, or Episode 3.. or anything with The Freeman!