An epic game done right.
User Rating: 10 | Half-Life 2 PC
My review will be short, but too the point, this game is unbelievable. The amount of creativity one can pour into each section of the game is pretty much endless and inventive. I have put about 8 hours into it and hasn't bored me for one minute, from the hydro type buggy, to the dune type buggy the game's sci-fi theme with realistic physics and atmosphere has created a unique game that reminds you of a movie. Everybody has been complaining about the sound skip, I honestly haven't noticed it? I have a high end system, maybe that has something to do with it? I could not get into half life 1, but this game just draws me in....it draws me in to the point that I want to get the original half life redone in the new engine, and try it out again. Learning curve is quite easy, you get the controls of everything in the game down quite fast thanx to good coding and simplicity. The lip synching and graphics are unbelievable and rival doom 3's superb graphic engine. The replay value should be high for the reason that there is multiple ways to do things, such as when you're in the buggy there are some parts where you can stop at houses to kill some of the aliens or you can just run them over and blow past them, but if you stop and defeat them or sneak up on them and kill them silently...you might get more ammo, health supplies, or something unique. Games like this are rare and should be praised so we do not forget what hard work and dedication can bring us gamers. 
