Awards
2010 ScrewAttack #8 Best FPS Game of All Time (1:31)
PC Gamer US - Editor's Choice (98%)
Gamespot - Editor's Choice (9.2/10)
Gaminggroove.com - Must Have (9/10)
FPS Week: Top 10 FPS Games Of All Time - #5
E3 2003
- Best of Show
- Best PC Game
- Best Action Game
- Special Commendation for Graphics
AIAS 2004 Awards
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- Outstanding Character Performance-Male
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Play
- Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
- Innovation in Computer Gaming
- Computer First Person Action Game of the Year
- Computer Game of the Year
- Overall Game of the Year
BAFTA Games Awards Best game
- Best online game
- Best action adventure
- Best PC game
- Art direction
- Animation
2005 Game Developers Choice Awards
- Best Character Design
- Best Technology
- Excellence in Writing
Gamespot Best and Worst of 2004
- Best Graphic, Artistic
- Best Shooter (cross-platform)
Gamespy 2004 Game of the Year
- Best PC overall
- Best PC action
- Best PC Graphics
- Best Character (Dog)
- Silver for Overall (Cross-platform)
Gamer's Choice
- PC Action
- PC Multiplayer
- PC Overall
IGN The Best of 2004
- Best First Person shooter (Overall and PC)
- Best Graphics (Overall and PC)
- Best Overall Use of Sound
- Game of the Year (Overall and PC)
Eleventh Annual PC Gamer Awards
- Game of the Year 2004 (Note: PC Gamer Games of the Year are ineligible for Best-Genre awards, such as Best Action Game.)
- Best Graphics (in Daylight) - This was contrasted to Doom 3, which won Best Graphics (in the Dark). Both games had comparably good graphics engines, but where Half-Life's locales were generally well-lit, Doom had very dim lighting. Additionally, Doom was a frightening game, and it was therefore best played in the dark to amplify this effect. The category was something of a joke, and was listed alongside many categories such as Best Use of Mushrooms.
Spike TV Video Game Award 2004
- Best PC Game
- Best Graphics