Gordon Freeman is at it again in this immersive, outstanding, and innovative game.
User Rating: 9.8 | Half-Life 2 PC
So, this game is about Gordon Freeman, a former scientist. In the first game, you worked in the Black Mesa Research Facility, and during a "normal" procedure, you push these alien crystals into a teleportation ray thing the next thing you know, you have aliens coming in. Well, eventually you *SPOILER* go to Xen....the alien planet kill the final boss *you can start reading here* and get recruited by the G-man, a very mysterious character who keeps an eye on you throughout both games. Then you go through a slow time warp as you figure out later in half life 2. Now, onto the review of Half-Life 2. Ok, so it's around 10 years later and you appear in a place called City 17 and this is where the game begins. You've slow time warped, so you're in the future, but you're just as you were when the G-man recruited you. The first thing you'll probably notice is that this game is very pretty. You've got beautiful effects, detailed environments and people that look real. In some cases, this looks better than doom 3, because it has open environments. Soon, it will look even better after Valve releases its HDR thingy with a new level. The graphics in this game are simply amazing, and nothing out there right now can compete with it besides doom 3 and Far Cry pretty much. Onto gameplay......GAMEPLAY IS FUN. You shoot lots of things, solve easy puzzles, and kill things with toilets.....yes, toilets. See, almost every object in the game has a mass and density. Everything acts as in real life. If you shoot someone near a stair case, they'll roll down it, you you lob a grenade, they'll go flying. The physics in this game are excellent. During the game, you will get a gun that lets you pick up objects from the ground and shoot them at things. This weapon is used in many puzzles and can be used as a shield when holding something, and as a weapon/grenade launcher/sawblade shooter. The possiblities are endless, and killing stuff is a lot of fun. You'll want to replay just to play the cool parts again and try to make things die in a funnier way The sound in Half-Life 2 is good.....that's all i really need to say. Value is really good. First off, Counter Strike Source, which comes as one of the multiplayer for Half-Life 2 is good, although i prefer 1.6. I used to like Source, so i know that it is good....altough i hate it now (don't ask because it takes a lot of explaining). Also Half-Life 2 DM is a lot of fun. The SP game has quite a bit of replay value too. With ways you can manipulate the physics, you can make people die in low motion, you can make people fly 5 x as far when you get them with an rpg, you can make it so when you shoot things, they come toward you instead of go away. There are may things you'll miss on the first time through the game also. I've replayed it and I play different maps just to see what i can do. Another plus for this game is that there are 100+ mods coming out for it, so that will be good. Overall, great game, it's kinda hard not to like this game 
