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Half-Life 2 (PC)

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Developer: Valve Software
Publisher: VU Games
Game Details: [Metacritic's 2004 PC Game of the Year] By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of
[Metacritic's 2004 PC Game of the Year] By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors -- even the emotions -- of both friends and enemies. The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being[Metacritic's 2004 PC Game of the Year] By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors -- even the emotions -- of both friends and enemies. The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people -- people he cares about -- are counting on him. [Vivendi Universal] Expand
Developer: Valve Software
Publisher: VU Games
Genre(s): Action Shooter Shooter First-Person Sci-Fi Sci-Fi Arcade
Number of players: No Online Multiplayer
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Rating: M
Official Site: http://half-life2.com/
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"Where it goes beyond a typical first person shooter is in its story telling. The graphics engine is so realistic that you feel like you are participating in a movie. The character's facial animation is incredible. It's done so well, you can get a sense of how the characters are feeling." ... Read full review
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"Half-Life 2 has astonished us from start to finish. Valve has done to the FPS genre what restaurants in Chinatown do to ducks; shredded it, smothered it in a delicious sauce of their own devising, and served it up in a way which you simply couldn't have imagined when looking at them in the pond." ... Read full review
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"Nothing less than a revolution in the gaming industry that will keep gamers busy for years to come, just as the original did." ... Read full review
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"It's a beautiful game with fantastic design and writing that's a little short but delivers boatloads of action in what time you do end up playing." ... Read full review
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"An ephemeral and controversial ending, along with the few issues described above, means that for me, Half-Life 2, while a compelling and highly enjoyable game, falls short of the size of impact that the first title had on the gaming world." ... Read full review
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"With tasty graphics and gameplay that is sheer madness, Half-life 2 is sweeter than a chocolate-and-honey lollipop coated with sugar, and it provides twice the rush." ... Read full review
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"I think this is probably the worst teammate AI I've seen in an FPS since "Daikatana." It's like every one of your followers are the Redshirt sidekicks from "Star Munchkin.""
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User Score Universal acclaim
10,579 Positive Ratings 90%
551 Mixed Ratings 4%
526 Negative Ratings 4%
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MarcO.
Jun 7, 2006
The fact that HL2 can have mods attach to it gives it a big boost. This is the greatest game in history.
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BenF
Apr 20, 2010
This game is FPS at its best! No matter how many times you play it, youll either crap your pants or have your mind explode out of the sheer This game is FPS at its best! No matter how many times you play it, youll either crap your pants or have your mind explode out of the sheer awesomeness of this game!! Incredible puzzles, Frightful and disgusting enemies, superb dialogue, and best of all a gun like no other that allows you to turn every day items to super destructive items of terror!!! I dont care if you're the world's greatest gamer, if you havnt played this game...you havnt lived yet. Expand
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BatalovB.
Aug 8, 2007
Half-Life 2 is the best FPS ever. The physical engine are fabulous and of course the scenario too.
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BradRev222
Apr 12, 2021
Half-Life 2 is one of those rare games that you don't want to ruin it for yourself. This is my first review and i want it to be special, for aHalf-Life 2 is one of those rare games that you don't want to ruin it for yourself. This is my first review and i want it to be special, for a game that forever changed my view on video games, after Half-life 2 i started studying video games and after some time i realized that Half-Life 2 completely redefined video games from ground. Halo 2 came the same year and it had some noble achievements, but Half-life 2's story is very, very different. Half-life 2 wasn't an fps with a good story NO! Half-Life was video games at their best and most innovative. Expand
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RasielTheBoss
Apr 21, 2012
This game is one of the greatest games ever on Pc. I would like to go to what the people who gave it said. I've heard people saying it'sThis game is one of the greatest games ever on Pc. I would like to go to what the people who gave it said. I've heard people saying it's unrealistic and that is really stupid thing to say because if it's a game it will never be realistic and there are freaking Head Crabs so I don't think realism was their goal. It has been compared to Far Cry but in my opinion the graphics and gameplay in this game were a million times better. Some people said it was boring but it isn't just run and gun there are actually some pretty awesome puzzles in this game. The AI isn't bad at all and the people who said that must have been playing on easy because they actually tried and sometimes succeeded to out maneuver me. The story was great and this was a huge advancement from the first one and if for whatever reason you don't have it buy it for only $10. You will definitely get a bang for your buck. Expand
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Marked_One
Mar 29, 2017
Half Life 2 is the perfect sequel to Half Life. A good story and nice graphics for it's time truly make it a classic. However, the gameplayHalf Life 2 is the perfect sequel to Half Life. A good story and nice graphics for it's time truly make it a classic. However, the gameplay gets repetitive, with puzzles coming constantly at you and the gunplay being like any other FPS, in which you are mostry a bullet sponge. All in all, a good game. Expand
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EvanT.
Jun 14, 2006
The worst game ever it is all fake and the guns are crap. do not get this game!