Half-Life 2 (PC) Reviews

------------------ Introduction ------------------ I remember looking for a game to buy because at the time i was bored of the games i did have and i ended up buying the orange box which included HL2. This is the moment where i will not ever regret because it got me into the Half-life series, since that life changing ...  Read the complete review

Half-Life 2 is the sequel to what many consider one of the best first person shooters of all time in Half Life. The original game really set the standard for story-telling in first person shooters, a feature that made people realise that they can embed themselves more into the game if there is an overarching story unfolding around you as ...  Read the complete review

This game is one of my favourites. It's amazing how a story can suck you in and a game to become so addictive. With several awards Half Life 2 was nominated as one of the 'greatest games of all time' which may seem like an overrated view. However, this game does deserve that title. First off I have to discuss the Source ...  Read the complete review

HALF LIFE 2 (PC) The problem with being the sequel to one of the greatest games ever made is that you're the sequel to one of the greatest games ever made. Just how in the blue hell are you supposed to top the original resonance cascade and Gordon Freeman's rise from PhD boffin to gun-totting, alien arse-kicking hero of ...  Read the complete review

Half Life 2 is a first-person shooter game for the PC developed by Valve Corporation in 2004. It is the sequel to the widely-acclaimed game Half-Life, which was released 6 years before, and the story begins 2 years after the events of the first game. In the first game, you play Gordon Freeman who has to escape the Black Mesa Research ...  Read the complete review

Half Life 2 is the second game of the highly successful franchise "Half Life" and a direct sequel to it's predecessor, Half-Life (1998), both developed and published by Valve. The player takes, once again, control of Theoretical Physicist Gordon Freeman, shortly after the end of the first game (in Gordon's perspective) and 20 ...  Read the complete review

Think back to November 1998. Do you remember the impact Half-Life made? People called it 'a revolution in FPS gaming' and 'the best game since Doom'. It was so fantastic that Valve must have worked for hours and hours making the sequel, Half-Life 2, trying to make it just as good as the original, if not better. Could they succeed in ...  Read the complete review

The original Half-Life took the world by storm in 1998. An engaging storyline with plenty of twists and a compelling yet silent protaganist, Professor Gordon Freeman, along with plenty of hostile adversarys and puzzles captivated and intrigued gamers. Half-Life 2 picks up where the original left off, with the player under the aparant ...  Read the complete review

Half Life 2 is the sequel to the hit Valve developed game Half Life. It received critical acclaim upon release due to the source engine developed specifically for it. That robust engine is still being used today for brand new titles such as Team Fortress 2 and the Left for Dead series. Gameplay ----- ----- ----- ...  Read the complete review

The original Half Life was an incredibly revolutionary FPS game, boasting superb visuals and a crackling sci-fi plot - the long-awaited sequel somehow manages to live up to the impossibly high expectations, taking the mess of the first game out into the real world, as nerdy action hero Gordon Freeman attempts to survive yet another harsh ...  Read the complete review

Half life 2 puts you in the boots of Gordon freeman, physicist and unwilling employee to the mysterious G-man, Once you start the game you see the G-man and flashbacks to the first Half life and the World as it is ruled by the Combine, some sort of aliens who build giant teleporters to take over over alternative galaxies and combine the ...  Read the complete review

As you can see from the cover of this game, it may as well be called 'Revenge of the Nerd'. In this game, you play as Gordon Freeman, who, coincidentally, is fighting to free Earth from the nefarious mechanical tentacles of the Combine. The Combine, on first look, are your run-of-the-mill alien invaders. They come to Earth and ironically ...  Read the complete review

Half Life 2 is the much awaited sequel to the smash hit that was Half Life, one of the most succesful and popular games ever to hit the PC, and indeed in more recent times, the console market. The sequel was surrounded by so much hype that hackers actually managed to obtain the beta version of the game and leaked it out over the ...  Read the complete review

Gordon Freeman. Scientist, Specky Geek (I'm allowed to call him that because I too am also a Specky Geek!), Owner of a weird goatie beard and most unlikely of all Saver Of Worlds & complete mute as he never speaks. You've been doing only the G-Man knows what since saving the world from the threat of Xen but you obviously decided to ...  Read the complete review

Hi, For anyone who doesn't know, Half Life 2 is a strategic FPS (First Person Shooter) with a good storyline. Half Life 2 is about the return of Gordon Freeman, awakened again by G-Man to rid the world of evil. when Gordon wakes up he finds the world in combine control (men who have been controled to kill troubelsome ...  Read the complete review

Great graphics, great sound and a gripping story line. It's an action game that doesn't require a lot of figuring out, however there are moments when some lateral thinking is needed to guide the main character through the maze of corridors, rooms, streets and tunnels. The setting is a city under military control. It has the ...  Read the complete review

I`ve played HL2 it`s very promessing and it has a very good graphical engine now the steam corporation had released the new type of source engine in the demo Half-life2 : Lost coast it`s a short game but you`ll be amused how good the graphics and sounds are.HL2 is the most played game in the world.I want say much just go in the shop and ...  Read the complete review

Once again Gordon Freeman is called into action to save friends and the world in the aftermath of Black Mesa. The world is counting on you to pick up that crowbar and start unleashing it on your enemies in order to save the world. Half-Like 2 is the long awaited sequel to, yes you guessed it....Half-Life one of the best games ...  Read the complete review

Okay, shes gone, of course I was forced into this title after the doom3 “incident” that resulted in me eating pizza and sleeping on the couch for a week. It appear someone on DY emailed Mrs. Deets about the comments in the last op and she wasn’t best pleased… I think I know who it was , so watch your back… Anyway, ill be ...  Read the complete review

Half-Life 2 has been in the pipeline for some years, notoriously delayed after a security breach at the developers led to pre-release versions turning up on the Internet. For a while we've seen some very impressive screenshots and movies emerging from Valve HQ, and much of the gaming world has been waiting with baited ...  Read the complete review