Half-Life has its fair share of gore and horror elements, but it was never the splatterhouse experience some shooters can be.
Of course, part of that was due to graphical limitations in 1998; trying to go overboard with gore just looked silly. A new fan mod changes that, though, as Brutal Half-Life will take you on a much bloodier, more violent experience.
Players have flocked back to the classic first-person shooter since the mod’s release, with player counts reaching more than 5,000 concurrent players in the last 24 hours.
At the time of this writing, there were more than 4,400 players online at once — a big jump from the 2,000 concurrent players the game maintains on average, according to PCGamesN.
Recommended Videos We’re still talking about 1998-era graphics, so don’t expect the game to suddenly play like a Tarantino fight scene.