Excellent must have for anyone with a computer.
User Rating: 9.5 | Half-Life 2 PC
A sequel to the highly acclaimed Half-Life, Half Life 2 puts you in Gordon Freeman's shoes as he fights against alien invaders. While the story may seem cliche' but the action is very engaging and intuitive. There are a variety of weapons( however many were dropped from the first game[sorry laser fans]) which are gradually introduced as to help the user learn each one. One of the fine points of the game is the Source engine which allows plentiful interaction with physics objects. This engine is also part of arguably the best gun ever. The gravity fun(Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator) allows you to pick up nearly anything medium to small sized and throw it or just drop it. This comes in handy if you don't want to risky getting attacked in a dead end vent that has supplies in it or if you just want to chuck an explosive barrel at a horde of zombies.The enemies AI is merely ok (but very few games manage to implement AI well anyway) and sometimes sketchy(the headcrabs sometimes have some trouble locating you) but it suffices. The game itself looks pretty good even if you're not running it at max settings. I ran it on 7600GS AGP, Intel 2.4 GHz P4 with 512MB of ram. The framerates were well in the high 50s on medium settings for me and in the mid 30s during a lot of action. The game is available for $20 (a steal) on Steam or retail. I would recommend getting the Orange Box($50) which includes Half Life 2, HL2 Episode 1, HL2 Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2(5 games for $50, not bad eh?). 
