Half Life 2 - Are you a Freeman?

Advantages: an amazing game all round - no faults
Disadvantages: none

...Half Life 2, a simple but effective game... Somewhat a masterpeice, a work of art... The Mona Lisa of all games... You stand in the shoes of Gordan Freeman, a scientist who opened a rift from one world, to another... And since you were the one who managed to cause the destruction of the human world; you have to set it right... But knowing Gordan Freeman, a crowbar just won't do it... As in many of the other Half Life games you are set mainly with a Crowbar to fend for yourself and defend you from anything "Alien" OR Human... But, in this Half Life 2 you get a vast array of weaponry ranging from a 9mm Pistol right the way through to an Spas-12 Shotgun... Half Life 2 runs off of a game engine known as "Source" which happens to be a very useful game engine, as you are able to run Half Life 2 on Almost ANY computer you want, depending...

UnseenB4 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Half Life 2: Why YOU should play it.

Advantages: Amazing value for money, good gameplay, and a brilliant storyline.
Disadvantages: No multiplayer, repetitiveness of gameplay.

...I have played a lot of games in my time (Okay so I'm 15, I've still played a hell of a lot games), Half Life 2 impressed me to no end. I'll just go ahead and say that you have no idea what you are missing if you do not play it. It may be an 'old' game, as my friends say, but better late than never. Heres why: Half life 2 is set straight after 1, the combine(in other words some large group of very aggressive aliens) have invaded earth, and humanity have been oppressed. You are part of an uprising rebellion, which meets in secret and hides in underground facilities and canals (as far as I know). That is pretty much the basic storyline but it goes much, much deeper than that. As with Half Life 1, the storyline is its main selling point. Very well thought out and very imaginative. No other game I have played...

ramothon 28.09.2009 · Read review
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Half-Life 2 - Xbox

Advantages: Extreme realism, hours of fun and breathtaking graphics.
Disadvantages: No multiplayer

...Half-life 2 is the excellent sequel to the highly acclaimed action game Half-Life. This time round, Xbox uses have been privy to the wonders of the Half-Life world. BACKGROUND: The first game sees you playing as a particle physicist, Gordan Freeman. Following an accident at the research facility Black Mesa, portals begin to open to another world. Creatures from this world soon begin to pour through with disatrous consequences for Earth. Needless to say, Freeman saves the day. PLOT: Half-Life 2 sees you playing as Gordan Freeman once again. However, you seem to have been transported many decades into the future, although Gordan himself hasn't aged (this is due to the medeling actions of the Suited Man, who's actions remain shrouded in mystery in Half-Life and Half-Life 2). This time round, you play in a once human city that has...

emz382382 13.07.2007 · Read review
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Brilliance, thy name is Half Life 2.

Advantages: Good graphics, addictive gameplay, overall a brilliant gaming experience
Disadvantages: Too short

...As a huge fan of the original Half Life, I was incredibly apprehensive approaching its sequel. Sure, I'd heard great things, but you hear positive consensus about a great deal of games that when you actually play, turn out to disappoint you. I was incredibly relieved to discover in my first few minutes of play, that Half Life 2 is one of those few sequels that manages to live up to the standard set by its predecessor. Half Life 2 again follows the escapades of scientist and unlikely hero; Gordon Freeman. Following his adventures at Black Mesa, a long time has passed. You are again called upon to save humanity and are plunged back into the fray by the mysterious G-man (a recurring character from the first game) to save Earth from the clutches of the evil Combine, a mysterious force that has managed to conquer the planet and enslave its...

southy787 27.12.2007 · Read review
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Half Life 2- Best Before 2004!

Advantages: Great graphics and sound, amazing physics, Great Immserive world
Disadvantages: Slightly short, Bland enemy design, Poor AI

...HALF LIFE-2 Theres a damp smell about the air, a chilling wind howls through dark caves, the distant rumble of a Jet fighter plane can be heard far off in the distance, and then all is quiet. What is this...Half life two? he whispered to me in a stern, yet comforting voice. 'Well Mr Bin Laden, you see Half life-2 is'..........My words were cut short as a tremendous thoom hit the cave roof, the entire abyss shook and creaked, rocks fell around us, there was no place to go now..and before I could answer an immense chunk of rock came upon us and then all was quiet again. Ok so the first part of this review has almost nothing to do was Half Life-2 except for the fact that perhaps only people in such a predicament as that would not have heard about this game. Half Life 2 is the sequel to arguably the most popular game...

Soadfan1 29.11.2004 · Read review
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half life

Advantages: cs
Disadvantages: ds

...Half Life 2 :episode 2 This is not a type of game i usually buy but when my friends boyfriend gave her a couple of them i decided to try it out. Described as "the most intense and exhilarating conflict ever undertaken in a video game" would it live up to its hype? The game itself was really easy to install on the computer but does need a direct x 7 level graphics card so if your card isn't as good as this it might make the game run slower.The graphics are amazing.The environments look so realistic. Game play-The game is really addictive and offers weeks of enjoyment. Story Gordon Freeman a character from previous games has to try and rescue the world from aliens.Not a game i would usually go for but it works really well. A must have for half life fans , not for me though as i prefer things with less killing...

katie22008m 17.10.2008 · Read review
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Half Life 2

Advantages: cutting-edge graphics, Solid single-player gameplay,
Disadvantages: Somewhat lackluster AI, Game is a bit easy.

...Half Life 2 takes up years after Half Life 1 whitch i believe was the best fps ever made .You take up the role of gordon freeman again in this all out action fps title. Most of the levels are very well done and the story is good but not as good as half life 1 .The levels give you a sense of pursuit and hurtles you forward so quickly that you don't have much time to admire the cutting-edge graphical prowess on display , The graphics are the best around when this game was made . you'll battle your way forward against all manner of enemies.and the environments in the game and are simply stunning, from the plazas and streets of City 17 to the rusted interiors of an abandoned factory. The sound effects are also well done. Once again, it's the little details that stand out in Half life 2 . For peope who have never played Half life...

marc007 18.07.2008 (19.07.2008) · Read review
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Half Life 2 - The best FPS ever.

Advantages: Storry, Physics, graphics...everything...
Disadvantages: Hmm...err...well...it has several minor glitches, but they are allready fixed with patches

...Half Life 2 is simply the best first person shooter of all times. All you have to do is play it for five minutes and it becomes obvious that you haven't played anything like this before. HOWEVER, if you prefer the straightforward run and gun, you should probably get "Doom" instead. Writing a review about this game is hard because it's too good... it just leaves you speechless and waiting for more. But I'll try my best. ***STORRY*** I don't think that I'm wrong when i say that Half life was the first FPS game ever to have a story. Half Life 2 is the first ever to have a story that good. Valve hired a professional writer Mark Laidlaw and you can really feel it. I'm not going to reveal the story because that would greatly spoil your game experience, but i can say that it's so good you could make a movie. When the game starts, from...

Dangis 21.08.2007 · Read review
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Half Life 2 - New stuff to Blow Up. Hoorah!

Advantages: The latest and greatest FPS
Disadvantages: You need a DVD player, broadband, and a high-spec machine

...reason. It was groundbreaking when it first arrived on the scene, and though it is now looking outdated in many ways, the playability kept it on thousands of computers and in active service to this day. The new version, Half Life 2, has been a long time coming. Not least of all because someone released the source for it online. Hackers stole it in the first place and I?ve heard of a number of people who have had it long before its actual release date. However, I bought it. I got it for £26.99 from Amazon who do free delivery. PC World does the same price but add delivery. Why? Am I an intensely moral being? Not really? It was because Valve software has issued Half Life 2 in such a way that you need their ?Steam Installer? on your computer. It requires a number (which comes with the DVD of the game ? it won?t load on a conventional CD...

FlameDruid 08.01.2005 · Read review
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Half-Life 2: Worth the hype?

Advantages: Simply the best FPS out there
Disadvantages: We need more!

...alve were almost too cocky in Q2 2003 that the game would be out on September 30th 2003. Whether it could've been reached without the piracy will never be known, but the game didn't hit our shelves till last November. Is it worth the wait? Half-Life 2 starts like its predecessor, on a train. After your first contacts with the other passengers, you can feel the air of intimidation. This is the atmosphere that is kept for the first 30 minutes of the game, a true introduction, the tense build up before the action. This is all crafted through clever use of sound and visual effects by Valve, and, perhaps in a step more games need to take, takes influences from a different media than film. The way the large screen showing Breen's face is very much 1984. In fact, this whole feeling of intimidation and offence was so overwhelming for my...

Ravern 15.04.2005 · Read review
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