Action Half-Life

Action Half-Life is a mod for the award-winning first-person shooter computer game Half-Life. It strives to simulate action movies, especially those directed by John Woo. It was developed by the 'A-Team', led by Dwayne 'Oddjob' Douglass. It has had several lead programmers, but Stuart 'Payback' Crouch is the current one. Action Half -Life had several beta versions before being released as version 1.0.

Related Topics:
Mod - First-person shooter - Computer game - Half-Life - Action movie - John Woo

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Action HL has several rare features. First, it has a stunt system similar to the one found in Max Payne. Note, Action beta 3.0 had these stunts long before Max Payne was released. It was also the first Half-Life mod to feature akimbo pistols. Furthermore, it pioneered several graphic enhancements to the Half-Life engine, including the visible laser sight and wall debris. In addition to the usual Deathmatch and Team vs Team, it also has a round based game-mode called "Last Man Standing" which can be described as either Deathmatch without respawing or Teamplay with everyone on their own team. Note, Unreal Tournament also has a game-mode called "Last Man Standing", but normally the players are able to respawn a few times. UT LMS with only one life would be equivalent to AHL LMS.

Related Topics:
Max Payne - Akimbo - Deathmatch - Respawing - Unreal Tournament

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Also, unlike other mods, it has support for single player mod. In it, the player can execute an Adrenaline Rush mode, which is basically Bullet Time.

Related Topics:
Adrenaline - Bullet Time

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Currently, Action Half-Life is being maintained by a group of fans called the Ministry of Action. They are developing fan-made updates to AHL version 1, called Director's Cuts. While these updates aren't supported by the A-Team themselves, Ministry of Action has been given the A-Team's blessing.

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