So Half-life: RESTORED is a mod that adds beta contents to the game, while trying to make them fit within the current retail version. If you don't know me, I LOVE Half-life 1 and it's expansion packs. Not to brag, but, right now, I have 79 hours on the steam version of Half-life 1 (not including HL WON because god knows how many hours I put into that). Alright, you get where I am coming from, I LOVE HALF-LIFE. I never can find an excuse to not play Half-life 1 again, cause I love every second of it; hell even Xen I started liking recently, I was always hostile in the past but now it's grown on me.
I'm getting off track, how is Half-life: RESTORED? Now I have always been interested in the cut ideas on the Half-life games. But here is where the problem comes in: as much as I like the Half-life 1 beta, I am SO GLAD that Valve never went in that direction. Half-life 1 is already an amazing game and, in my opinion, needs literally NO CHANGES... *cough cough* Half-life 2 *cough cough*... Now this doesn't mean I hate Half-life 1 beta mods. In fact, this is still just Half-life 1 but with new things to it. This is still the same crack that I ask my drug dealer for every Friday night down the street from my home, but instead, he gives me Mountain Dew on top of it. Okay that's a little strange, but I still got my crack and something else with it, so I'm a happy elephan... I mean person :). But in this case, the drug dealer p*ssed on my crack; but I still got my crack though :).

Pros:
- IT'S HALF-LIFE 1!
- I do like some of the new things they've added from the beta/cut contents: the HEV voice is great, I like how the barneys holster their weapon, alien slaves bring back their comrades from the dead. Now this sounds annoying, but for a veteran, like me, this was FU CKING AWESOME!!! I was at On A Rail, I killed a vort in front of me and tried killing his friend that was behind him. I kill him with my shotgun, but little did I know, that dude brought the other vort that I killed back to life and let's just say that I barely got out alive... IT... WAS... INCREDIBLE...
- Maybe it's my eyes going crazy, but I think they enhanced the default models. They look good and I'm glad I don't have to use the HD pack to get better models.
- I also don't know if I am losing it, but this was harder than a usual game for me. During Lambda Core, I had NO mp5 ammo; the reason for this was because the vorts just kept reviving each other OVER AND OVER. I came up with a new strategy, every time I kill one, I get out my crowbar and smash them until there is nothing left. RIP AND TEAR!! Oh sh*t wait wrong game. In short, I was losing my mind... But yes, I was destroying vorts like they were the Flood from Halo or something. You would think that this seems unbalanced or something... but that's how I like it, HARD!!!
- I almost forgot I was playing a mod, but that's alright.
- The Glock mag was increased by one bullet. Why? The real world one has 17 rounds, like in the retail. Maybe there is one in the chamber, but after emptying a whole mag and seeing 18 I have no idea. But it was still interesting to play with, even if it is so painful in my veins.

Cons:
- MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS MOD ARE THE FU CKING TRIPMINES AND GRENANDES!!! For Grenades, they added the toss animation that Valve got rid of. It really throws me off every time: when you arm it, you pull the pin out and lift it up words in the air and are about to throw in across the room. But then the hand animation is now in the middle of the screen and it confuses me when it happens. You'll know it when you play it. And tripmines take forever to place down because you have to sit and watch some stupid animation that takes longer than my grandma to die. Just like Dishonored 2... But that's a story for another day. Also it takes a million years to use another grenade or tripmine after using them.
- The shadows are fu cking broken in this mod. Like items that are on a table have shadows going through it. And headcrab shadows are coming from the ceiling, giving away their position.
- The new NPC, Sergeant if I can recall, is really odd. I have no idea if he is shooting at me or not and his death animation really shows the time period Valve was still in.
- That one shotgun animation... it's funny, but unironically it's fu cking stupid.

There is probably more stuff that I didn't like, some of the cut contents were just dumb: like the people at High Altitude Launch Center still being alive is so odd. There were reasons why Valve cut this sh*t. I know, I gave this mod a thumbs down, but I still did enjoy myself because it's Half-life 1. But would I play this version? No... but if a update comes out, sure I'll retry it again. If you want to see a great Half-life 1 Beta mod, check out Half-life: Absolute Zero. I haven't even played it yet, however, I think I would have more fun with that mod because the whole game is different and is a completely new experience. I don't hate RESTORED, but I'll just play original Half-life 1. But I still liked it.

If you want to know my thoughts on the Half-life games, go here:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/Arpip/recommended/70/
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/Arpip/recommended/50/
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/Arpip/recommended/130/

I also have a YouTube Channel, if you want you can go check that out, go here:
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Okay, for real though, it's past my bed time and my elephant dad is gonna be p*ssed. i ams really really reallly tired rights now. I ned bedtine now

So Half-life: RESTORED is a mod that adds beta contents to the game, while trying to make them fit within the current retail version. If you don't know me, I LOVE Half-life 1 and it's expansion packs. Not to brag, but, right now, I have 79 hours on the steam version of Half-life 1 (not including HL WON because god knows how many hours I put into that). Alright, you get where I am coming from, I LOVE HALF-LIFE. I never can find an excuse to not play Half-life 1 again, cause I love every second of it; hell even Xen I started liking recently, I was always hostile in the past but now it's grown on me. I'm getting off track, how is Half-life: RESTORED? Now I have always been interested in the cut ideas on the Half-life games. But here is where the problem comes in: as much as I like the Half-life 1 beta, I am SO GLAD that Valve never went in that direction. Half-life 1 is already an amazing game and, in my opinion, needs literally NO CHANGES... *cough cough* Half-life 2 *cough cough*... Now this doesn't mean I hate Half-life 1 beta mods. In fact, this is still just Half-life 1 but with new things to it. This is still the same crack that I ask my drug dealer for every Friday night down the street from my home, but instead, he gives me Mountain Dew on top of it. Okay that's a little strange, but I still got my crack and something else with it, so I'm a happy elephan... I mean person :). But in this case, the drug dealer p*ssed on my crack; but I still got my crack though :). Pros: - IT'S HALF-LIFE 1! - I do like some of the new things they've added from the beta/cut contents: the HEV voice is great, I like how the barneys holster their weapon, alien slaves bring back their comrades from the dead. Now this sounds annoying, but for a veteran, like me, this was FU CKING AWESOME!!! I was at On A Rail, I killed a vort in front of me and tried killing his friend that was behind him. I kill him with my shotgun, but little did I know, that dude brought the other vort that I killed back to life and let's just say that I barely got out alive... IT... WAS... INCREDIBLE... - Maybe it's my eyes going crazy, but I think they enhanced the default models. They look good and I'm glad I don't have to use the HD pack to get better models. - I also don't know if I am losing it, but this was harder than a usual game for me. During Lambda Core, I had NO mp5 ammo; the reason for this was because the vorts just kept reviving each other OVER AND OVER. I came up with a new strategy, every time I kill one, I get out my crowbar and smash them until there is nothing left. RIP AND TEAR!! Oh sh*t wait wrong game. In short, I was losing my mind... But yes, I was destroying vorts like they were the Flood from Halo or something. You would think that this seems unbalanced or something... but that's how I like it, HARD!!! - I almost forgot I was playing a mod, but that's alright. - The Glock mag was increased by one bullet. Why? The real world one has 17 rounds, like in the retail. Maybe there is one in the chamber, but after emptying a whole mag and seeing 18 I have no idea. But it was still interesting to play with, even if it is so painful in my veins. Cons: - MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS MOD ARE THE FU CKING TRIPMINES AND GRENANDES!!! For Grenades, they added the toss animation that Valve got rid of. It really throws me off every time: when you arm it, you pull the pin out and lift it up words in the air and are about to throw in across the room. But then the hand animation is now in the middle of the screen and it confuses me when it happens. You'll know it when you play it. And tripmines take forever to place down because you have to sit and watch some stupid animation that takes longer than my grandma to die. Just like Dishonored 2... But that's a story for another day. Also it takes a million years to use another grenade or tripmine after using them. - The shadows are fu cking broken in this mod. Like items that are on a table have shadows going through it. And headcrab shadows are coming from the ceiling, giving away their position. - The new NPC, Sergeant if I can recall, is really odd. I have no idea if he is shooting at me or not and his death animation really shows the time period Valve was still in. - That one shotgun animation... it's funny, but unironically it's fu cking stupid. There is probably more stuff that I didn't like, some of the cut contents were just dumb: like the people at High Altitude Launch Center still being alive is so odd. There were reasons why Valve cut this sh*t. I know, I gave this mod a thumbs down, but I still did enjoy myself because it's Half-life 1. But would I play this version? No... but if a update comes out, sure I'll retry it again. If you want to see a great Half-life 1 Beta mod, check out Half-life: Absolute Zero. I haven't even played it yet, however, I think I would have more fun with that mod because the whole game is different and is a completely new experience. I don't hate RESTORED, but I'll just play original Half-life 1. But I still liked it. If you want to know my thoughts on the Half-life games, go here: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/Arpip/recommended/70/ https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/Arpip/recommended/50/ https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/Arpip/recommended/130/ I also have a YouTube Channel, if you want you can go check that out, go here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGEwsB7LK8_duOhvpJW7_jw?view_as=subscriber Okay, for real though, it's past my bed time and my elephant dad is gonna be p*ssed. i ams really really reallly tired rights now. I ned bedtine now