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This is THE one thing I remember from playing Half-life :)

The other thing is when it comes over the intercom: Forget about Freeman! Anyone still down there is on there own!

The worldbuilding in Half-life was so good. You weren't a character walking into rooms and enemies would attack you, like Doom and Quake. There was a big event happening, and you were just a part of it.

It's quite memorable in VR as well! If you get the chance I highly recommend playing HL Alyx with a valve index setup.

It was on par with my first playthrough of the original HL so many years ago.

The noises... the noises!

Which are actually voice lines of people in torment played in reverse.

Huh, it didn't do anything for me, I dodged it on the first jump and caught it mid-flight baseball bat style. The pack of sonic dogs was way worse. And the beaked hydra, with the constant metal drumming, ugh.