Three amazing shooter games with a couple others to appeal to others.Each of the five games reviewed individually here!!
HALF LIFE 2
HL2 continues the story that starting at Black Mesa twenty years ago (not in real life, in the game).The mysterious G-Man drops you off in a train bound for City 17. After the Black Mesa incident, the Combine took control over earth and have been stealing its resources and shaving it's population.
In comparison to the XBox version of Half Life 2...
The graphics, character models, other graphical stuff have all been improved.
The annoying framerate has been taken care of.
It's far more of a joy to play.
HL2 has fun firefights, vehicle sequences, and puzzles to solve.
In my opinion, it's gotta be one of the best shooters out there.
9.0 out of 10
HL2: EPISODE ONE
Ep. 1 continues the story where Gordon and Alyx fight to escape City 17.
It only takes about 4 hours to pass, but it is even better to play than Half Life 2.
It is pretty much the same style as HL2.
It has no vehicle sequences, which sort of disappointed me.
Much of it requires you to shoot everything in pitch black except for your flashlight. It is pretty creepy, and makes for strategy with your dwindling flashlight power.
8.8 out of 10.
HL2: EPISODE TWO
It continues the story again, with Alyx and Gordon going outside of City 17.
It has a long vehicle sequence, which helped, and it was longer than Ep. 1 at around 5 hours.
It finally makes the change in which your flashlight doesnt come from the same power source as your sprint and oxygen does.
The ending is an awesome, large-scale battle and ends with a big event that leaves the doors wide-open to Episode 3.
8.9 out of 10
PORTAL
Portal is, by far, the most unique puzzle game I've ever seen. It involves using the portal gun to shoot portals through time and space(okay, not time) to solve various puzzles.
Its extremely fun, but it does have its downsides.
Well, only one, actually.
It's too short!!
They should have thrown in a few more puzzles to make it better. And, as you may have never thought, it has a good story and a thrilling conclusion.
There were hints that the storyline in Portal would somehow link into the one from Half Life. Portal has an exceptional replay value, though. Like six versions of levels from the game that are turned into Advanced levels. This usually means an entire floor may switch to deadly toxic water, or certain important walls will be made black(which means you can't place portals on them).
8.0 out of 10.
TEAM FORTRESS 2
Another very unique game, TF2 is a multiplayer-only shooter in which you can choose from 9 different classes to play as. They are:
Scout-can run really fast and double jump.
Soldier-Has a rocket Launcher.
Pyro-Has a flamethrower
Mechanic- can set up turrets, ammo and health dispensers, and teleporters.
Demoman- Has a grenade launcher and can set up mines
Heavy-moves slower, and even slower when his (big huge, the one with the rotating barrels and lots of ammo) MACHINE GUN is spinning.
Sniper-Has a sniper, obviously.
Spy- Can disguise as other teammates or people on the other team, go invisible, and sap enemy turrets(which disables them until the mechanic who made the turret takes them off)
Medic-Can heal fellow teammates
Every player has their own unnique strategy for each map, but there aren't enough maps, and there is only one Capture the Intelligence map, and it's 2Fort. But 2Fort is more fun than ANY other map, or even any map on Halo 3, which has superb online play.
8.0 out of 10
All in all, all of these great (at the least) games stuck together make each other game seem better. This is why I'm including The Orange Box into the list of my favorite games ever.