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Five great games:Half Life,Half Life Episode One,Half Life Episode Two,Team Fortress,Portal.
Half Life
Half LIfe 2 is worthy of it's name.It stands up to it's predecessor and does feel like the original game.It has many improvements over the original game but it isn't as revolutianary as it's predecessor.It is a great game which deserves all the hype around it.
To start of the story is very solid and you feel the same freedom as you felt in the original game.The original Half Life is still considered to be one of the best games of all time.Half Life 2 isn't that far but it lives up to it's name.
Even if you may still find it odd that Gordon still doesn't talk throughout the whole game but even without his voice the voice acting in the game is very solid and the character animation and the expressions on the characters faces is quite astonishing.
The gameplay remains sort of the same.All the Half Life fans will feel very familiar to the controls even if they are a little different,but not much.
The graphics look good for the year 2004,even if they are not the most amazing but they do seem to fit the game.Everything looks as you expected from a second Half Life.
This game is a must have for all who played the original game.For the rest it's a pretty good game and you will get about 15 hours out of it,maybe even more.
The other two Half Life games are even better as you will also see many additions and even slight graphic improval.And they are incredibly good and are worth playing.
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer game.So for those who don't usually play games over the internet or via LAN,this is not a game for you.
The game has quite a nice feel to it.The game looks pretty good eventhough the textures could have been done more carefully.The sound effects are great and all the guns sound very real and make you feel sometimes as you were a part of the real action.But the game has a very cartoonish look.Everything looks like in cartoons.The guns,the characters and even the explosions.I would say that the perfect comparison to a cartoon would be with The Mask.The characters look just like in those cartoons eventhough the game has nothing to do with those animated series(as far as I know).It all depends of your first reaction to the game.If you like it you like it,if you don't then you don't.As the other great title from Valve,Portal,this game doesn't really take itself seriously at all.You will have this sensation after playing it for the first time.This game is pure fun and that's probably the most important value of a game.It has to be fun.
A downside of the game is the lag and the framerate which drops sometimes during online play.The game alsoo freezes sometimes as well.This is a big problem and untill now Valve hasn't done anything to repair this problem.
I would recommend this game to FPS fans and for those of them who just want to relax in something a little more "relaxing".I could also say that this game is a pretty good game for beginners in FPS's.This game is worth checkin out.
Portal
Portal is a unique game.It is something you have never seen before.It offers a unique feel in a well designed and produced game.
Portal is a puzzle game.It is distinguished by it's innovative camera and good graphics and hilarious voice acting.The game uses the Source Engine which is also used in Half Life 2.So the graphics look the same as in HL2 which is a good thing.One of the most important thing that makes Portal a different game from what you are used to is the camera which is the same as in FPS games.In Portal you will have to open portals so that you can open certain doors and move certain objects around and changing their way.It is very difficult to describe this game.
One of the best things in this game,besides it's great game play,is it's sound.The sound is brilliant.Even though you will be listening to only one voice throughout the hole game the interpretation is great.Everything is so funny.This is a game in which you will have fun.The only bad thing about it is it's lenght which is about 4 hours.Of course you can play it over and over again if you want.I would recommend this game to anyone who wants to play something unique and also want to take a break from all the other games that they are playing,from the more serious game,from games which take themselves more seriously.This is a must have for those who want to experience something unique.
This package is a must have and you have to buy it.You won't regret it.
My Score 9.6