Please help me identify an old game

My brother asked me to help him find a game, but he doesn’t remember much. apparently it’s from the late 90’s, kind of like a fps but not quite (¿?) he describes it as fps/rpg or fps/adventure. He also says you arrive at a military/scientific compound, there’s a plague or something like that and at some point you try to find a vaccine/cure, later it turns out they’re aliens. In the end you are trying to escape from a spaceship and the gate closes right before you get out, you turn around and you’re surrounded by enemies.

I know the description is very vague at best, but if anyone knows what I’m talking about it would me very appreciated. :slight_smile:

Unfortunately, that describes quite a few games- are there any more specific details you can give us? A specific year it was played (even if you don’t know the release date, it wouldn’t have been played before that), a platform, a character or weapon name, any unusual color or lighting details, etc.?

Sadly, no, he doesn’t remember much, he is pretty sure he played it somewhere between 96’ and 99’ but that’s it. He said it was like an fps but with some distinctive mechanics, something about hiding behind pillars or walls (you can do that in every fps, so there must be something different in this one :S), I’ve helped him find obscure games/movies before, but this one has me baffled.

What is “like an FPS but not quite”? Does that mean it’s a third-person shooter? Was it on PC or a console?

Sounds like a garbled description of Half-Life.

That was my first thought as well.

Shadowgrounds?

http://shadowgroundsgame.com/new/

Granted, Shadowgrounds is about half a decade after the time period, but it fits the description.