Yes! I finally got the game to work at my office, and discovered my own computer didn't have enough MB RAM. I'll be buying 1 GB soon enough, and hopefully it will work then.
Well, Half-Life 2 lived up to its expectations, by far. I can't believe it didn't get at least 9.9 rating on here. It is beautiful, for one thing. AMAZING. I turned the resolution all the way up, stared, and collected a puddle from my jaw-dropped slobber. One or two of the citizen's faces look like they were programmed by a monkey, but other than that, every thing is incredible.
The storyline is great, too. How can people complain about the lack of cinematics? I guess this is my role-player talking, but I just love looking around at the animations and architecture during the "you're-in-the-cinematic" parts. If you haven't already researched the game, it will give an even more unique feel - as Gordon Freeman, you slowly discover what the Combine really is.
Nothing really special about the audio - but how should I know? The voice-actors did an awesome job of portraying the emotions - especially that of the citizens of City 17.
Without the dev console, this game would not be what it is. I bound the m, n, l, k, j, p, o, i, x, and b keys to do specific things - like spawn a Vortigaunt, fast zombie, a citizen with an SMG, etc. Many of the keys I bound allowed me to switch the weapons of the allies I spawned. Just before the Nova Prospekt chapter, I caused a massive battle between 70-or-so citizens, 50-or-so Combine soldiers, a never-ending amount of antlions, and a few dozen fast zombies. Sure, the frame rate plummeted like a hippo in a massive-gravity chamber, but I still had the chance to watch the gunfire spread. I also caused a huge uprising in Ravenholm between the citizens, Combine, and zombies - that was a really good one.
The weaponry is diverse, but there aren't a ton of weapons. There are some that are really fun to use, such as the crossbow and standard shotgun. The crossbow bolts enemies to walls, which is just plain awesome. I modified my shotgun to fire 230 pellets per round, making it the most lethal anti-infantry weapon in my arsenal.
The amount of characters in the game is staggering. The game has everything in this category - alien empires, zombies, resistance soldiers, mad monk, and traitorish former-administrator bent on the successful enslavement of the human race. It even has giant bugs! Plus, there are dozens of enemy varieties - three different alien infantry, two different giant bugs, six different zombie-types, three different alien machines, two different alien-modified human vehicles, two different resistance vehicles, many different resistance soldiers, and more. Thats a lot of differents.
If you have internet connection, or soon just an Xbox, you MUST OWN Half-Life 2!