Half-Life 2 (Xbox)

. This game is a science fiction first person shooter developed by Valve Software. The original Half Life was revolutionary due to its cinematic approach and gained millions of fans around the globe ensuring a sequel was inevitable. After countless delays Half Life 2 (HL2) was originally released on the PC in November 2004. Since then, an Xbox edition was released November 2005, and later this year Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners will have the chance to play this highly acclaimed game. Today we will be reviewing the Xbox version of HL2. --------Storyline-------- Players once again control the hero of the original Half Life game, ...  Read the complete review

When I first got into the Half Life series, I did do it in a rather a bizarre order. You see I've never played Half Life, but the sequel generated so much hype I found myself inevitably drawn to it. Although this did put me in somewhat of an awkward position, as I had no idea what was going on, a quick bit of wikipedia research brought up me to speed and I was finally able to fully enjoy what is probably one of the greatest gaming achievements of the decade. Half Life 2 begins several years after the events of the first game, with the mysterious G-man bringing Gordon Freeman out of stasis to wage a new crowbar-wielding war on alien terror, this time a race ...  Read the complete review

Gordon Freeman has got a lot of problems. He's just struggled through the Black Mesa incident - the scientific experiment he was involved in that went terribly wrong and ripped a hole into an alien world, leading to a battle between an alien force and a militant organisation, with Freeman caught in the crossfire. Of course, he survived that. He had you to help him, after all. But the whole adventure ended on a bad note for him. He was placed in stasis, frozen in time. He didn't even get any cake. Now he's been woken up. Dragged out of stasis and put on a train. Where's he going? How long has he been asleep? It must have been a while, because everything seems a ...  Read the complete review

This is a great FPS and was originally released on the PC. Having it on the Xbox is great as I have always preferred using a controller over a mouse and keyboard. The storyline of Half Life 2 is that you play as a character named Gordon Freeman, who is a scientist. just like in the prequel. You start on a train listening to the G-Man going to City 17. This place is being controlled by The Combine who you will fight against a lot in the game with many different weapons, including crowbars, gravity gun, machine guns and pistols as well as others. The graphics are very good as you would expect from a Half Life game but the still very annoying fact ...  Read the complete review