Honestly Valve! Our money's not worth this much!
The game is nothing but breathtaking. Continuing where Episode 1 left of, we see Freeman and Alyx heading towards white forest on a train away from City 17. The storytelling is excellent, much because of a fantastic dialogue, and once again fantastic facial expressions. You'll practically fall in love with Alyx, showing as much warmth and personality as a real human being. And then there's the action. The game has got a lot of it, and some scenes are among the most memorable action sequences in recent years. What makes them so amazing is how well everything blends together. For example every time the music kicks in it feels insane. They don't use music all of the time so when it comes in it has such an impact that right there and then it's the perfect game!! I'm happy to say that it's longer than Episode 1, and all in all it's a definitive must experience for shooter fans. Then there's Portal, which is this mind bending puzzle game that's very refreshing and fun. You play this dame that's running through this test program. There are 19 tests where the goal is to finish certain tasks using only your newly acclaimed portal gun. There isn't much to say about this game cause you really have to play through it for yourself to fully understand why Portal is such a great game. But I just have to say, the ending was breathtaking!!
Review of Team Fortress 2 will follow shortly...