In Half-Life, players usually fight alone and only occasionally encounter friendly non-player characters who assist them, such as security guards and scientists. When not in use, a character has sufficient artificial intelligence to defend themselves, but otherwise does not move from where they have been left by the player. Although intended to be played by two people in split screen mode, Decay can still be played by a single player.In this case, the player can only control one character at a time, and can switch between the two characters quickly. This requires players to work together to progress through the game's levels and complete puzzles as they arise in-game. However, Decay differs from Half-Life and its first two expansion packs, Opposing Force and Blue Shift, in that it is designed for cooperative multiplayer gameplay. Like the original title it is based on, Decay requires players to engage in combat with hostile non-player characters and complete various puzzle solving tasks to advance through the game.
Gameplay:Īs is the case with the other games in the Half-Life series, Decay is a first-person shooter. In September 2008, a group of Ukrainian developers ported the game to Windows as a modification of the PC version of Half-Life. A number of reviews stated that game simply felt little more than an extra add-on for the PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life. Many reviewers felt the game was fun to play through with a friend, but that its more puzzle-orientated gameplay somewhat detracted from the overall experience. Decay is a cooperative multiplayer game, designed to be played by two people working together to pass through the game's levels.ĭecay was not a critical success, but was received with some positivity by journalists in the video games industry. It is the third expansion pack for Half-Life, and like its predecessors, Decay returns to the setting and timeline of the original story, albeit portraying the story from the viewpoint of a different set of protagonists: two scientists working in the Black Mesa Research Facility. Developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sierra Entertainment, Decay was released as part of the PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life released on November 14, 2001.
Half-Life Decay is an expansion pack for Valve Software's science fiction, first-person shooter video game Half-Life.
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