Good game, but where's the difficulty?

User Rating: 8.5 | Half-Life 2 PC
I started this game thinking that it was going to completely blow me away, and it did, to begin with. The graphics were still pretty good even for 2007. The weapons responded well, and seemed to do a decent amount of damage although it took forever to kill some of the enemies with a pistol. The puzzles sometimes got frustrating, but they did add a new dimension to the fps. I liked the crossbow. It was accurate and quick to use. The shotgun was also very good, but I didn't like the assault rifle. It didn't have enough ammo available to use it as your primary weapon. The enemies were fairly slow and clumsy, but some were difficult to kill. The gravity gun was usefuland it was fun chopping off people's heads with a disc slammed at them with the gravity gun. The story was a bit disappointing, but there has to be some area for sequels. It was a bit short for me and there wasn't much replayability. Certainly a good game for playing once for the thrills, but if you want something that lasts, you might want to look elsewhere.