Content review for this game:
Pertaining to content listed in the upper left corner of this site.

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Blood & gore: When you hit or shoot an enemy, their blood spurts/splatters moderately on floors and walls. If you throw a grenade, enemies explode in bloody chunks as what remains of their blood-stained skeleton falls to the floor (if you look close, you can even see what's left of one eye in the socket). The humans shed dark red blood, but the Headcrabs (explained lower) shed a mixture of green/red blood, with the green blood being more gooey in consistency. Also, there is static, pre-existing and dark (though very low-res & undetailed) blood stained on floors and walls throughout the entire game. There is no option to turn off blood this game. There are also countless dead, bloodied scientists, security guards, Headcrab zombies, and enemy soldier bodies scattered throughout the game.

There is an enemy alien species in this game called the "Headcrab," and in their default form resemble a headless plucked chicken, with a huge mouth where a stomach would be. They latch onto their victims' heads, (who are mostly human), take over their still living bodies, and essentially turn them into zombies. They scream with agonizingly deep, raspy, but squealing voices, as they slowly drag and lumber their bodies toward you, and strike with their limbs. Also, for unknown reasons; after the Headcrab has been attached for a while, the zombie's body is slit from neck to waist, showing its internal organs and rib cage.

Another Headcrab type hangs on the ceiling and resembles a huge mutated mouth, with large sharp jaws and teeth. It has a long, thin tongue that hangs from its mouth to the floor. When the prey steps under the tongue, the mouth reels it in with its tongue, swallows it whole, with very bloody results. If you shoot and kill this enemy, it will turn inside out and regurgitate what it's eaten (including bones).

The other prominent alien type resembles a mutated bulldog with no head, and if it sees you, it will attack with sonic pulses, and then rush your character, knocking him back with pure force. The last common enemy resembles a one-eyed mutant in humanoid form, and when it sees you, it will shoot energy beams from its palms. There are a couple other types, but the aliens listed above are the most commonly encountered.

Specific scene of blood and gore:

As you're escaping the facility ruins (explained in "Violence"), you see its staff is also in ruin. There's a scientist giving CPR to a security guard. When you pass them an electronic panel explodes, making the dead body in the area do the same, resulting in bloody chunks flying, and what's left of the blood-stained skeleton falling to the floor. Not so long after you enter an area with a laser going rogue. It soon reaches the path of a dead body, resulting in it cutting it in half, with the bloody remains of the skeleton scattering the floor. Then when you reach the elevator, you see two scientists scream to their death, as the elevator free-falls to the ground.

These type of scenes listed in the upper paragraph occur during the entire game, with you seeing countless security guards, scientists and soldiers falling prey to aliens. The aliens feed on bodies (not detailed though), pull people through grates and walls, etc. However, if I listed every little thing I would be repeating pretty much the same thing over and over. So, is it somewhat graphic and intense? Yes. Is it realistic? No.

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Violence: The story starts out with the main character's first day on the job at a top secret science facility. They are experimenting with portals to other dimensions, and you're going to help. When you enter the test chamber and place the sample in the portal, it opens a dimension to a hostile alien world, unleashing them into the facility, and bringing it to ruin. Now to get rid of them...

The majority of the game has you evading the enemy, so it always gives you a sense of urgency. The atmosphere is involving and immersive, with no cutscenes in between, furthering your attachment to the world and its violent situations. Your character will be killing dozens of enemies with a variety of weapons, including a crowbar, pistol, shotgun, rocket launcher, grenades, and so on. The violence is constant, and pretty intense, but because the game is outdated in almost every way, the violent situations are down-played a bit.

You will be fighting the aliens (explained in "Blood & gore") and enemy human soldiers throughout the game. The soldiers are in full body armor and have a gas-mask covering their entire face...

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