One of the best first person shooters to date.
In Half-Life 2, you once again take the role of the silent rogue physicist Gordan Freeman, who must save City 17 from the grips of the Combine forces. Although it has less of a variation of enemies than in the last game, the ones do face are amazingly realistic. You are given new species of headcrab, giant insects called antlions, and of course the be-gasmasked Civil Protection and Combine. You navigate yourself through 14 creative levels, sometimes teaming up with the daughter of Eli Vance, Alex.
The levels take you through different sorts of gameplay, from riding in an airboat to commanding hordes of antlions to befriending an insane, shotgun wielding priest while escaping a headcrab infested village.
The weapons don't have as much variety as the last game, but the new addition of the Gravity Gun makes up for it. With the Gravity Gun you can pick up and move objects that are in your way or make heavy objects into effective weapons by shooting them at enemies. Near the end, the Gravity Gun also gives you another suprising style of gameplay, but I won't spoil it for you.
All in all, the game is really fun and you will spend hours killing Combine and having fun.
Rating: 10