Half Life original version or Half Life Source? Which version should I buy?

[tiagoreis24]

I'm a beginner in Half Life series and I will buy Half Life 1 and 2 but I don't know what version I should spend my money on when it comes to the first game that has the original and the Source version, which one is the best? Heeeelp ;)

[DarkCrystalMethod]

Get the original. We all know it works great and there aren't any issues.
Source is more modern and uses more resources but plays better on a slighly faster pc.
You get the same storyline and gameplay if your PC can handle it.
Also there are a ton of mods for HL1. I'm sure there are ports of at least some of them to HLS.
1 seems like the obvious choice when diving into the Half-Life world.

[Blue.Blaze.Irregular]

Get the original, if you're gonna get a version with better graphics get black mesa.

[tam_fortress]

you should get the original version, if you see the reviews for half life source they say it has a lot of bugs

[Kashui_32]

Half-Life Source is only playable with the fan patches released recently.

[JasperFox]

get the original on steam, the source version is buggy, and black mesa is a remaster, hence, its different to the original.

[ThughunterFan2006]

Half-Life Source is obviously the better version. You should get that one instead of the original.

[cambreaKer]

get hdtf

[Ｔ ｈ ｅ Ｒ ｉ ｅ #RieTard]

Defintely skip the Source version and get the original version

Originally posted by Pluto The Pyromaniac:

Half-Life Source is obviously the better version. You should get that one instead of the original.

obviously? It is generally universally disliked, why should anyone play the source version over the original goldsource one?

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Pluto The Pyromaniac:

Originally posted by Ｔ ｈ ｅ Ｒ ｉ ｅ #Terry:

Defintely skip the Source version and get the original version
obviously? It is generally universally disliked, why should anyone play the source version over the original goldsource one?

Why do you have an anime pfp?

What does it have to do with the main subject of the thread?

Anyway the Source version is only good for Gmod assets while the original is still supperior.

But WON > all.

[Trout]

There's a mod for the Source version called Half-Life: Source Remastered which fixes bugs and binds maps together for less loading screens. However, I'd rather use the GoldSrc version if I were you.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Trout:

There's a mod for the Source version called Half-Life: Source Remastered which fixes bugs and binds maps together for less loading screens. However, I'd rather use the GoldSrc version if I were you.

Interesting, I'd try it if I get in the mood to replay HLS.

[kingDRUIDuk]

Get the remastered version of source. It has the fixes in it same story line. I would advise you to get Half Life Ideal. Remastered updated textures. But Black mesa classic is the one. It does have the same story line but it is updated so yo integrate with scientist etc.. Black mesa what a game. I've been testing Half Life and Half Life 2 for years.

[UmbralPenumbra]

Original is as close to how it was originally played as possible. Current HLS is crap. It was okay on release but even then it was still buggy. Even with bug fixes theres a lot of subtle things changed that mess with the atmosphere of the game and you'll miss that if you play HLS instead of the original

[Yzal]

Half-Life.
Don't bother with Source, it's buggy as hell and you can't play mods for the original with it.

[kingDRUIDuk]

I've played the original 10 times over with modified's remasters etc... but if you get resourced ren=master brings back the atmosphere.