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Half-Life 2
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Half-Life 2
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Four Fat Chicks
Represents the pinnacle of great action shooters because it strictly adheres to the one rule that makes an FPS great, the one rule that so many developers ignore, or break due to ineptitude and then conceal behind a shroud of tacked-on complexity: in a
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Xequted
To put it simply, there is never a dull moment in Half-Life 2. In playing the game we could hardly account for a moment when we didn't have some kind of excitement or anxiety. The Source engine is a truly remarkable achievement.
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Science Fiction Weekly
After some initial training, Gordon receives his armored suit. From then on, the game is a traditional single-player, first-person shooter. Throughout, players must keep an eye out for spray-painted signs (resembling the anarchist's A-within-a-circle)
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Pro-G
Unquestioning acceptance of the game environment is where HL2 excels - physics for example. It doesn't become noticeable until you're instructed to pile up some crates in order to escape through a window, but in Half Life 2, physics play an important
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Boomtown
A game designed to excel in all areas with one goal ' making the player feel at the centre of the action and in control. The level of interaction with the world is breathtaking and heightens the sense of danger and the rewards for success.
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Just Adventure
It's solid and requires, thanks to the variety and great AI of the enemy you meet throughout, more than a modicum of strategic thinking to get through with a good selection of interesting weapons on offer.
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2404 - PC Gaming
Many people predicted that Half-Life 2 would not live up to the hype that it had received. Others said HL2 would be of lesser quality compared to recently released games of the genre. These predictions were dead wrong. Valve faced numerous difficulties:
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Cincinnati Enquirer
I found the little things most impressive. Telephone lines ripple from the wind kicked up by passing alien gun ships. Even motes of dust meander into view as they casually flit through rays of sunshine.
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USA Today
I found it nearly impossible to pry myself away once I started playing one morning. For 15 straight hours, I was glued to my computer, still wearing my pajamas. Not even food was a concern — I was too preoccupied with my dangerous new life as
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UnderGroundOnline
This is the game that has been hailed as the killer of all first person shooters since it was first announced over a year ago, and most who have said that hadn't even played it yet - that's how confident people are that this game is just that good.
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Armchair Empire
Half-Life 2 isn't flawless, just like any great work of art, but that doesn't make it any less of a masterpiece.
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GameCell UK
You once again play the role of scientist of few words, Gordon Freeman, who awakens on a train inbound to the mysterious European city known only as City 17; a city under the control of a group called the 'Combine' who run the city like a prison.
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TotalVideoGames
Sequel to the highly acclaimed and successful FPS; players return as Gordon Freeman as he begins work for the mysterious G-Man.
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Thunderbolt
As excellent as the storyline is, you could completely ignore it and still have an amazing experience.
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Times Online
2 attempts no overt revolution, but its casual implementation of manipulable objects is an innovation that utterly transforms the interactive possibilities for a game that is at heart a first-person shooter. The capacity to pick up even large objects is s
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Eurogamer
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
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GamePro Australia
Game Revolution
It presents the most exciting single-player first-person game you'll find on any system this year. It's a shame that the product is marred by issues that have little to do with the game itself, because ultimately, the games are what matter most.
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Gaming Age
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
...read the complete Half-Life 2 review at Gaming Age
Adrenaline Vault
Valve's inclusion of an interactive physics-based environment and the wonderful gravity gun lends itself to fun gravity puzzles, making use of good old-fashioned common sense and intuition - something I've found to be absent in the average first-person
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GamePro
The wait may have been long, but it was worth it. This sequel truly exudes extraordinary gameplay at every turn.
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AllGame
All the voice actors from Half-Life have returned to voice their characters in Half-Life 2. The physics engine has been updated to include all objects within the game world; players will be able to shoot chairs to pieces, manipulate futuristic
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GameSpy
of gameplay styles and memorable moments, all executed with amazing precision. Half-Life 2 may not reinvent the first-person shooter, but improves on the original game in almost every way, and brings one major innovation to the table whose effects will li
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The New York Times
HonestGamers
Like Half-Life's Black Mesa, it's a place infused with an atmosphere and culture that you can only experience through microcosms. Even more so than VALVe's immortal debut FPS, Half-Life 2 is a single, seamless, scripted journey that's not so much
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Sydney Morning Herald
providing astonishing spectacle.The game is also a technical triumph with the most advanced physics system yet. Almost anything can be picked up, used or thrown, which enhances the feeling of immersion in another world and provides the basis for clever pu
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Frictionless Insight
Computer Games Magazine
Total Video Games
Yahoo! Games
After a short prologue, Valve kicks things into high gear. But even the first few minutes are impressive. We see a limited number of characters roaming the streets, but these people look at you. They really look, and it's downright strange. The game
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Game Vortex
In fact, it is because of the amazing sounds and visuals presented that Half-Life 2 suffers its only two real downfalls. First is that textures are noticeably repeating, especially at a distance. Second is that the many checkpoint loading screens take a
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Game Chronicles
Lighting is outstanding and there is a definitive passage of time that is reflected with various night and day conditions.
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GamePlasma
Now, many of you may be wondering what on Earth a first person shooter can do that sets it so far apart from the competition, as well as placing it above most other action games too. The answer, though, is simple: everything. There are so many positive
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Inside Gamer Online
Jolt Online Gaming UK
On the whole, Half-Life 2 manages to be an incredible new game while still retaining that unique Half-Life magic.
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VIA Gamers Arena
Games Xtreme
There are a few games that can make the leap to a successful sequel and that number is getting smaller and smaller each year, as technology increases and developers become more aware of what can and can't be done with our favourite gaming platforms we
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Club Skill
Almost everything you would be able to move in real life is movable in HL2. You can pick up a lamp, and throw it away. Throwing it at one of the guards will result in them immediately reacting with an electric bat and a few harsh swipes to the head -
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IC-Games
There just isn't anything that can touch Half-Life 2. It's the bees' knees, the cats' whiskers; hell it's the dogs bo- lets just say it's pretty damned good.
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Contact Music
Sound easy but very few are able to pull it off, take for example the eagerly awaited and much hyped Doom 3 release this year, it had all the parts but seemed to miss the mark by a country mile. Half Life 2 somehow manages to pass all of your
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Amped IGO
Once again, players step into the shoes of Black Mesa scientist Gordon Freeman, this time arriving at his new home in a scene reminiscent of the first Half-Life's tram ride. Ostensibly, Gordon is being brought here to work for the mysterious G-Man, but
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Jaded Gamer
Make no mistake, you're not really going to see a whole lot in the gameplay department that you haven't seen before in other First Person Shooters, but Half-Life 2 is done so very well, that its extreme quality and attention to detail transcend any
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