What are the differences in difficulty levels?

[half-ben]

I'm currently playing half life 2 the orange box on hard difficulty and at the moment I still don't know the difference, there's no more zombies than the other two levels and the pick ups for ammo and health appear to be the same, does anybody know?

 

[Mech Man]

Enemies take more damage and deal more. I believe you may also take additional damage from falls , don't know about that one though I have never tested it.

 

[Sledgehammer]

You also take more damage from friendly fire (i.e. exploding an smg grenade in your face).

 

[half-ben]

Thanks a lot, i decided today that I might as well complete it on hard

 

[Sledgehammer]

Unless it's the first FPS you play, you should.

 

[half-ben]

Nah its one of many

wolf 3d probably being the first

 

[ríomhaire]

In all the HL2 games the only difference is weapon and enemy damage. In HL1 on hard mode the alien slaves attack faster and the assassins gain active camo.

 

[Shift]

In all the HL2 games the only difference is weapon and enemy damage. In HL1 on hard mode the alien slaves attack faster and the assassins gain active camo.

That game is hard enough on normal!

 

[McGooTheWise]

In all the HL2 games the only difference is weapon and enemy damage. In HL1 on hard mode the alien slaves attack faster and the assassins gain active camo.

Never heard about that... or saw it in my play through...

 

[Lizardizzle]

how would you know? they were invisible. dur

 

[Headcrab Pie]

To make matters worse, on hard difficulty mode, the Asssassin uses a cloaking field that makes her invisible when she's not moving.

HL1 Prima Statagy Guide