{{more footnotes|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox video game |title = Action Half-life |image = Action Half-life logo.png |caption = |developer = The A-team (Akimbo Team Productions, LLC) |publisher = |designer = |series = |engine = GoldSrc |released = 1999 |genre = First-person shooter |modes = Multiplayer |platforms = Microsoft Windows }}
'''''Action Half-Life''''' is a mod for the first-person shooter video game ''Half-Life''. It strives to simulate action movies, especially those directed by John Woo.
''Action Half-Life'' is the second mod in the "Action" series. The first was ''Action Quake 2'' and the third was ''Action Unreal Tournament 2004''.
== Gameplay ==
The traditional mode of gameplay is Deathmatch; at the start of a round, players must choose a single pistol, a unique weapon, and a special item. Unlike the buy menu in ''Counter-Strike'', these weapons are free and have limited ammunition, which makes tactical usage crucial. The game also includes a "last man standing" mode, which plays like a deathmatch, but without respawning after death.
''Action Half-life'' also features a single player mode. Some unique features in this mode include a move called "Adrenaline Rush", similar to Bullet Time.
==Reception == ''Action Half-Life'' was the favored modification for a small subculture described by Rock, Paper, Shotgun's writer Quintin Smith as a "mad cabal of mappers who obsessed over easter eggs",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/11/action-half-life-the-5am/|title=Action Half-Life: The 5AM|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=2015-01-11|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-09}}</ref> with some levels containing secret areas much larger and more complex than the main level. These often included whole story-lines, puzzles, and scripted sequences. ''IGN'' said the game is a standard shooter aside from the stunts and although they look cool, they get tiresome quickly.<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last1=Carmitchel |first1=Kyle |title=Mod Watch: Action Half-Life |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/08/19/mod-watch-action-half-life |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=19 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019164344/http://pc.ign.com/articles/368/368285p1.html |archive-date=19 October 2004 |date=19 August 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''PC Games'' liked the level design and said the game is more suited for experienced players.<ref name="PCGames">{{cite magazine |title=3D-Action - Fast wie im richtigen Leben |journal=PC Games |date=February 2000 |issue=2/2000 |page=45 |url=https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N089.2000.02-fl0n/page/n43/mode/2up |publisher=Computec Media |language=German |issn=0946-6304}}</ref> ''XtremPC'' played the beta 2.7 version and said the game is far below the quality of ''Action Quake 2''.<ref name="XtremPC">{{cite magazine |title=Prezentari - Mod-uri & Conversii - Action Half-Life |journal=XtremPC |date=2000 |issue=3(9)/2000 |page=78 |url=https://archive.org/details/xpc-9/page/n77/mode/2up?view=theater |publisher=Romas Comercial srl |language=Romanian}}</ref> ''CNET Gamecenter'' placed it on its list of top 10 ''Half-Life'' mods, writing: "Action Half-Life, however, manages to capture a sense of danger and suspense that's missing from most frag-a-minute deathmatches."<ref name="CNET-2000">{{cite web |title=Top 10 Half-Life Mods - Action Half-Life |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Top10mods/ss09.html |website=CNET Gamecenter |access-date=20 February 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000612003224/http://www.gamecenter.com/Features/Exclusives/Top10mods/ss09.html |archive-date=12 June 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== See also == * List of GoldSrc engine mods
==References== {{Reflist}}
=== Sources === * {{Cite web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/494/494610p1.html|title=Action Half-Life: Behind the Scenes|last=Kosak|first=Dave|date=April 1, 2001|website=GameSpy|access-date=2017-07-04}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/05/29/3-2-1-action-half-life/|title=3 – 2 – 1… Action Half-life|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=May 29, 2008 |website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/08/action-half-life-2-the-sauce-of-death/|title=Action Half-Life 2: The Sauce Of Death|last=Meer|first=Alec|date=June 8, 2009|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/03/31/action-half-life-the-5-a-m/|title=Action Half-Life: The 5 a.m.|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=March 31, 2010|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/23/stop-drop-roll-action-half-life-2-v2-out/|title=Stop, Drop, Roll: Action Half-Life 2 V2 Out|last=Smith|first=Quintin|date=May 23, 2011|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}} * {{Cite web|url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/05/08/total-converts-a-potted-history-of-half-life-modding/|title=Total Converts: Unpotting The History Of Half-Life Modding|last=Smith|first=Graham|date=May 8, 2014|website=Rock, Paper, Shotgun|language=en-US|access-date=2017-07-04}}
== External links == {{Portal|1990s|Video games}} * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20040926005437/http://ahl.telefragged.com/}} (archived) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031030050050/http://www.ministryofaction.net/ ''Ministry of Action'' homepage]
{{GoldSrc modifications}}
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