Action Half-life
Developer(s)	The A-team (Akimbo Team Productions, LLC)
Engine	GoldSrc
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	1999
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

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, 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 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", which is 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",^[1] with some levels containing secret areas much larger and complex than the main level. These often included whole story-lines, puzzles, and scripted sequences.