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Half-Life – Xen
What’s that? Criticizing any aspect of Valve’s Half-Life, an FPS masterpiece? Well, yes, because at the end of the day, Xen is still a thing. In a game with super-polished moments and action, Xen feels a bit rushed. But even then, it’s quite the mess of platforming, especially when compared to the pulse-pounding brilliance of previous chapters like Surface Tension. It also didn’t help that the environments as a whole felt bland, especially given how built up the travel to Xen was.
