Amazing, Simply Amazing! Smashing action and amazing graphics make this game worth playing!
User Rating: 9.6 | Half-Life 2 PC
The original Half Life was an amazing game, which captured many, many fans. It contained all the stuff a cool first person shooter needs. It had cool enemies, good sequences where it put the gamer in the game and graphics aside it made the first person shooter industry boom! Value, creators of the Half Life series, announced in around 2001 - 2002 they were in the development of the sequel to this fine shooter. The fans become more and more excited, as more and more screenshots were revealed to the media and the public. I wont go into to much detail, but basically Valve really took there time on this game. Where they had to disappoint the gamers time and time again with delays to the game and what not. But In Novemeber 2004, the game was finally released. Some were a bit disappointed but many were very very happy at the game that Valve took so long to produce. I say it was very well worth the wait, and this is my review of the game... Gameplay - 9 / 10 Gameplay in Half Life 2 is amazing, it puts you, the gamer, into the shoes of Half Life's hero, Gordan Freeman. In the game Gordan, the character you play, doesnt speak at all, Valve thought this would increase the games value as it would put YOU into the game. The characters in the game react to everyone and everything in the gaming world that has been produced, and its made gamers facinated once again. Graphics - 10 / 10 This may have been one of the reasons for the massive wait that was put onto gamers all over the world. Half Life 2 was originally going to use the original Half Life's graphics engine, which as you may have seen from the screenshots wasnt so hot. So they scraped the idea and started to produce one of the most advanced graphics engines to be created in gaming history! They placed all the money they got from the original Half Life's success into making this graphics engine and it was well worth the money. It makes the characters look so much more realistic that they look so much like real people. Also, built into the graphics engine, is an speech engine where all the characters will react to the speech in real time movement. Take a look at the screenshots and you can see the difference the time and money that has been spent has taken affect to the game. Sound - 9 / 10 The sound is almost perfect, with each individual character with a different voice. Also the gun shots and air ship noices are near enough perfect. The sound in the game combined with the graphics makes the games enviroment a whole lot more realistic! Value - 10 / 10 The value that your getting from Half Life 2, is around 4 years of hard work. The time and money that has been spent in the game has paid off well, and I cant recommend anything more to you than to play this game and get yourself a copy, because this game has once again changed first person shooter history! Overall - 9.6 / 10 ( Superb ) Overall this game is a fantastic game that you have to check out! Get yourself a copy or take a look at your mates, but anyway you can, Play this game!!! Thanks for reading, Marky 
