Is a run through Half-Life without taking any damage even possible?

[TimelessHero790]

When I say no damage I obviously mean without taking any regular damage, but also suit damage as well. I know that I've personally tried my hand many hundreds of times to tackle Half-Life without taking any damage and I never do cheats. Now I managed to get to the ice chamber and was almost to the ladder when a head crab got me and had to start over, this in my best run. I've set a goal for myself to enter the room where you encounter the first ninja and then immediately save my game. I was so close as the ninjas are just a little ways up from the ice chamber.

I cannot bring myself to understand how anybody could even get past the ninjas without taking any damage and so it's difficult for me to fathom how anybody could beat this masterpiece of gaming without taking any damage and obviously without using any cheats. There are exist the youtube videos and one has some guy saying that's he has somehow completed a no damage run, but wouldn't you know it, the suit always read 0 and the health bar was always at 1 so that we couldn't tell and it's also sometimes impossible to tell if they get nicked by anything or not. Is a run through Half-Life without taking any damage even possible and if so has anybody actually done it? Again, no regular and no suit and no cheats.

[Turambar]

Well... Black Commands are absolutelly easy,,, you only need find them first and use the crossboard, in that way, you wont be damage...

But to me is just totally enougth to finishing Half-Life without have been killed in any way, something that I have made several times, but not so many times like I could have wished. In fact I have finished in that way the whole games, but episode two, there I have died at less once, and I made episode one recently. But without damage, no way for me... and with HEV suit is ridiculous to want that goal... I mean, you have HEV suit for something....

However, about your question, my uncle reached the tenssion surface gargantua without any damage just once, and he was burned a little there, but he didn't die. I didn't see it personally he called me really exited and proud about what he already did... Maybe when I was there watching him, he was nervious and failed for that, but if he was honest, he reached that place without any damage.

At this point, I must ask are you saying that some people have finished this game with no damage and killing the whole enemies? I doubt that, maybe avoiding some combats... but I find quite impossible do that, if you enter in the whole combats.

[Fenny]

I just don't think it's possible, in my opinion. Through the entire first half of the game before you meet the female assassins, yeah it could be bearable. The main problem is that there's just too many projectiles coming towards you throughout the game.

Probably the only latter part of the game that I can beat without damage is Xen (most challenging part of Xen, imho, would be the Gonarch)

Good luck on your no damage run!

[Obliterated Train Cow]

Lucky bastard, I'm a fat ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and can't make it past the first enemy without getting shot.

Perhaps I'm spoiled by games like ArmA, where the point is that if you take one or two rounds you're toast, but this game is super unforgiving with enemy to player damage.

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[Wheatley]

It is possible to beat Half-Life: Blue Shift & Half-Life: Opposing Force without taking damage, no armor damamge included. The black ops are a challenge but with the correct strategy it is possible, even quite easy. Even the load of black ops in the warehouse can be killed without taking ANY damage. I did so on my first playthrough of those games on medium difficulty. Will later try hard. I saved and loaded, but didnt abuse any bugs (maybe glitches tho, wouldnt know). I am currently on my second playthrough of half-life, attempting the same challenge. A little research reveals that the freezer damage is unavoidable. I just got past that section and wondered if it was. Well. But for anyone looking into this thread: Half life (except for the freezer part) can be beaten without taking any damage.

[OutSIdeOfTheBoX (chrisvig71)]

it's totally possible, half life without any damage is possible because the game is very mechanical, soldiers can all be taken out in stealth, tricky, smart ways, it's possible... ... ... nope, it's actually not technically possible because of... ... the cold room on apprehension, 3 of health is the absolute minimum to take, but outside of that it's possible...