I can only say this game has gotta be right up the top with Halo as one of the best Xbox games out there even though it is on PC too. Its gameplay is just so awesome the story may not be extremely long but the sound graphics and gameplay make up for this. People say that it lags a lot and for me it does not make a difference and for a 4 year old console and 3 years prior to the release of the PC version the Xbox really does make one hell of a good graphics PC game run absolutely brilliant. The Physics is so cool more a less every object is destructable and the anti gravity gun really does show how well the Physics engine works on Xbox. Maybe people should rent this game because it isnt too long but me I will be playing it through again but I havent completed it on Xbox yet so I still have more too look foward too. I bought this game about 3 weeks ago but stopped playing it but still it doesnt mean I didnt enjoy it I just wanted to savour the awesome gameplay and get my 30 pounds moneys worth! Unlike the PC version it doesnt contain any awesome multiplayer modes but it doesnt mean its not worth 30 pounds. I never played the PC version because I bought a copy of Half Life 2 off someone on PC but didnt realise that only once its been played by someone it wont work. Just to say that my PC would must probably not run it brilliantly anyway so I wouldnt really be affected.
When Half Life 2 came out on PC I only caught brief glimpses of it at various friends houses. I was unable to ever play the game for more then a half hour or so because my PC was not exactly 'high end'. So it was really ... Read Full Review
Although the Xbox version of Half Life 2 does not perform as well as its PC counterpart, it is still an incredible game. Half Life 2 has amazing graphics, a well made physics engine and a very convincing level design. Th... Read Full Review