15 Things That Always Happen When You Start Playing First Person Shooter Games

Kill Friends, Receive Ammo

In the case of Half-Life, shooting your friends to death has a purpose. A much higher, grander purpose called “I could make better use of that ammo than you.” In Valve’s classic shooter, shooting Barneys carrying guns, just for their ammo, is definitely a tactic. Since then, we’ve always been curious to see if other allied NPCs followed this trend (with mixed results).