Okay, so I was bored today, and thought that it would be funny to count all the deaths of Half Life 1. I only counted human deaths, and didn’t include those caused directly by the player. I also counted the zombies as dead. I didn’t count the deaths by chapter after leaving Lambda core. Here are the numbers:
Unforeseen consequences:
Scientists:20(21)*
Security guards:5
Zombified:8
*1 more if you step in the bridge where that lone scientist is standing, and make him fall to his death
Total chapter deaths: 33(34)
Office complex:
Scientists:16(20)*
Security guards:5(6)*
Zombified:9
Other:2*
*There are 4 scientists that will die if the player doesn’t save them. In that case that would make them 20 deads
*There is 1 security guard that will be killed by a zombie if the player doesn’t
save him
*There are two skulls near a group of barnacles, they count as dead too.
Total chapter deaths:32(37)
We’ve got hostiles:
Scientists:7(11)*
Security guards:2
HECU:1(3)*
Zombified:1
*There are 4 scientists that are usually killed by the HECU but can be saved.
*There are 2 soldiers that will die by friendly fire during the bombing in the surface, although I don’t know it that’s intentional or a bug)
Total chapter deaths:11(17)
Blast pit:
Scientists:7
Security guards: 3(4*)
Zombified:13
*There is 1 guard that will die when the player turns on the rocket
Total chapter deaths:23(24)
Power up:
HECU: 3
Zombified:1
Total chapter deaths:4
On a rail:
Scientists:4
HECU:14(17*)
Zombified:2
*There are 3 grunts that will almost always die while fighting vortigaunts
Total chapter deaths:16(19)
Apprehension:
Scientists:1
Security guards:1
HECU:2
Zombified:2
Total chapter deaths:6
Residue processing:
Scientists:1
Security guards:1(2*)
*There is 1 guard killed by a barnacle that can be saved if the player runs into it before him. Otherwise it’s impossible as you don’t have other weapons than the crowbar
Total chapter deaths:2(3)
Questionable ethics:
Scientists:1
Security guards:1
HECU:1*
*There is 1 HECU marine that is almost always killed by a bullsquid, but sometimes can be saved by his mates)
Total chapter deaths:2(3)
Surface tension:
Scientists:4
Security guards: 3(4*)
HECU:10(16*)
*There is 1 security guard that will kill 2 HECU soldiers and then be killed by a third, but if the player assists him, he may survive)
*HECU has heavy losses during combat in this chapter, these may vary but can reach as much as 6.
Total chapter deaths:17(24)
Forget about Freeman:
Security guards:2
HECU:2(5*)
*HECU might also have losses in combat in this chapter, although not always
Total chapter deaths:4(7)
Lambda core:
Scientists:9
Total chapter deaths:9
All Xen levels:
HEV suit guys:20
HECU:6*
*There’s a scene in the end level, where G-man teleports you to a location that looks like the earth, but with a strange sky. There you’ll see 6 HECU soldiers dead, 3 destroyed M1 Abrams, and a downed F-16. I didn’t count them as I don’t know if that’s supposed to be a hallucination or actually the Earth.
Total deaths from Xen:20(26*)
Total deaths from all Black Mesa chapters:
Scientists:70(79)
Security guards:23(26)
HECU: 32(40)
Zombies: 39
Other:2
Total Black Mesa:166(186)
Total Black Mesa+Xen:186(212/206*)
*212 if including those soldiers from the End level.
So we can say that at least 166 died in Black Mesa during the resonance cascade. We have to add all the deads caused by Gordon, that might even more than these numbers.
