Best PC game i have ever seen.
Some people compare this game to halo and halo 2, well i say **** them, halo and halo 2 are abysmal, overhyped and crapppy in general.
Some people also say that it doesnt work on their computers, well i say to them, get better hardware. I play it just fine with 1 gig of ram and a radeon 9550.
The price is just right, since it also comes with alot of other games. CS:S Half Life 2 DM, Half Life:S.
Now, to teh deep reveiw
Story: 9.5/10
The story is very very good. In fact, the thought that GMan caused this whole game to happen humors me. Basically with out letting out spoilers i will tell you the plot. You 'wake up', if you can call it that in a void with GMan staring you in the face, saying that you time has come again. Then you get sent to the future. A future where Doctor Breen rules with an iron thumb by using a force called the Combine. Your 'job' if you can call it that is to stop Breen by any means nessissary as you befriend the resistnace members in fighting agains the Combine and 'Our Benefactors'.
Overall it has a solid storyline.
Gameplay: 8.2/10
The game play ill have tor ate slightly lower. This is because at some points your squad has a hard time following you, and theres just some laggy or bad npc plaments. You have some of the same weapons from Half life. Like the Crowbar that Barny throws to you after you leave Kliners Lab. the handgun and 9mm AR, now called an smg. Crossbow, magnum 357, rpg, and the grnades get a remake. Some new wapons are the Overwatch plasma gun, Pheropods, and gravity gun. the gravity gun is the funest weapon in any fps game ever, it cal life objects and you can use them for defence or to kill enemies, or open new paths.
Loading Screens:
Alot of people complain about these, and i say to the complainers, shove your complaining up your @$$ because it takes that long to load all of the textures, lightmaps, npcs, ai nodes and all that other crap. But they are a tiny bit annoying sometimes.
Graphics: 10/10
best graphics in a pc game ever. nough said
Sound: 10/10
Very good choice in music, it goes with the game very well and adds to the overall atmosphere, especially in Ravenholm.
Value: 9/10
I'd say its fair to say that this game is worth the 29.99 I payed for it (bought it at Walmart) as it comes with an array of other games.
My Final thoughts:
This game is very modable, though the Face poser leaves something to be desired, the new hammer is awsome. The replay value of this game is very high, and the sroty line doesnt really get stale. Overall this is one of the best games ever created. It runs circles around the Halos, beats up Killzone and all the other war games. Why some people hate it is beyond me, maybe they were sexually abused as a child or something and it ****ed their brains up, or Bill Gates and his xcrap brainwashed them.