Half-Life: A Place in the West

Half-Life: A Place in the West

Steam Deck Playable

Michael Pelletier · Indie · Sep 29, 2016

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

88%
Very Positive
755 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 121 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 755 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
60% of themes are praise40% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
A good "story" in a video game is a completely different thing to a good story in either film or literature, and a video game's notion of "character" is more often than not a good-looking and functional avatar designed to move the "plot" forward, and give the player an adequate excuse to kill things or solve puzzles.
121 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The only good thing about this comic is the art style and that's about it really.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Also, because the funding was received only after the free chapter released, the soundtrack of the comic book is sold as a separate DLC.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters121 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization8 reviews
38%
Gameplay6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
11
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.