When it was first released in 1998, gamers knew that Half-Life was going to be a great game. At the time, however, we had no idea that it would change the first-person shooter genre forever. In an era, when the shooters were busy with on-line stuff such as Quake II, Half-Life offered the digitally insane gaming crazy (dig-C) generation an amazing story-based experience.
Playing as Gordon Freeman was like playing yourself out for Half-Life felt more like taking the lead role in a well-written action movie. Without Half-Life, one might not have had been able to visualize other great story-based shooters, such as Medal of Honor and Call of Duty.