Graphics-wise, the game is the best I have ever seen, and the gameplay itself is very fun - the main problems with HL2 are its length and difficulty. The original Half-Life is at least twice as long as HL2 - I completed HL2 in 2 days and this is not what you expect coming from a game which has been in production for so long and is rather expensive. A partial cause of this being the difficulty. Too much of the earlier half of the game consists of cross-country rather than action - you encounter the odd combine soldier here and there, but this half is not the slightest bit challenging. They could at least have put a few 'puzzles' in the first half - this was another feature absent in HL2. Personally, I think most FPS games should adopt the SOF2 system, where you have limited saves per level - being able to quicksave as well as having countless autosaves makes this game too easy to progress through. There was also a lack of variety in the enemies you face - there are only 2 types of soldier and the usual bunch of mutated things (plus a few extras). I think the creatures are not widespread enough in the game - most of the time you are just shooting soldiers. One other area which could have been improved is the storyline - only in perhaps the last quarter of the game do you start to understand whats going on! Overall a good attempt, but next time Valve, focus on the pro-gamers too!
1998, half life comes out, rocks the planet. Six years later, half life 2 comes out, rocks the galaxy. Gordon is back and so is perfection. For six years the world has been waiting, and now it is here. The game play ... Read Full Review
First person shooters changed forever in 1998 when an unknown gaming developer known as Valve released a game known as Half-Life. It revolutionized the genre with cinematic gameplay, intense combat, and a story filled wi... Read Full Review
