The basic gameplay is identical to the fanmade Escape game mode from Team Fortress Classic, with a few changes that make Sven Coop a bit more versatile. It’s basic gameplay is pretty much “multiplayer Half-Life“ you and everyone on the server can play through the original game together, or take on Blue Shift, Opposing Force, or hundreds of fanmade standalone campaigns. But I just installed Sven Coop and discovered that it contains the original Half-Life playable in multiplayer! Completely for free, you can go enjoy Half-Life 1 right now! Create a private server for the intended solo experience, or go online for the PvE insanity!Īpparently Sven Coop joined Steam as a standalone free-to-play download in January 2016, after a long and healthy lifetime as a Half-Life mod since 1999. It was the first game I ever tried to mod (to varying degrees of success, though none of my attempts were ever released to the internet) and its artstyle and gameplay will forever hold a special place in my heart. It’s one of my favorite single-player games of all time, and I have hundreds of hours in in from various playthroughs.
Yesterday I realized that I’m never playing the original Half-Life again.
