Half-Life 2

Pros: awesome graphics engine, solid plot, gameplay varies, huge environments
Cons: high system specs, a few areas where the character will get "stuck"

Half Life 2 received solid reviews from all the major gaming sites on the web, including a 97% from IGN and a 92% from Gamespot, accounting for a disgustingly high 96% overall among 61 media outlets on the web. I wholeheartedly agree. Half Life 2 is ...

Pros: Physics, graphics, sound, weapons, equipment, controls, no CD dongle
Cons: Online activation required, no manual available (at all)

In 1998 the original Half-Life set standards and the sequel initially set records in a slightly different way by being one of the longest delayed and yet published games ever. Half-Life 2 has finally been published in November 2004 -- 6 ...

Pros: Great storyline, immersive, great graphics and physics
Cons: Still somewhat generic feeling, imprecise control

Half Life 2 - what can I say? It was an experience in installing, activating, and downloading all on its own. And this is before the Valve logo against a black background loaded up! Valve chose an interesting way of distributing games. Although ...

Pros: Graphics and gameplay and story and atmosphere and aliens and...ARRRGGHHH!!!!!
Cons: My head just exploded on how awesome this game is!

Half-life 2. Dear God, people, this is Half-life 2. Forget Doom 3. Forget Far Cry. Hell, forget that game on that console thingy…called Halo 2 or something like that. This is the game that we've been waiting for patiently for many, many years. ...

Pros: Great Story Momentum
Low Learning Curve
Good Presentation
Cons: Physics cause huge slowdown
Car Levels aren't fun
Must Be connected to Steam

Welcome back to the life and times of Dr. Gordon Freeman. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Half-Life series, the formula was simple. You take your everyday nerd/geek, and put him in a top secret institution. After a lab accident, super geek ...

Pros: Graphical Splendor, Facial Animations, Pacing, Gravity gun, Physics system, forgiving system requirements.
Cons: Steam is pretty clunky, story can turn off many gamers, crashes and freezing

It has been several long years before I could step into Gordon's HEV suit and don his glasses again; several long years before I could beat the living hell out of aliens with my crowbar; several long years... No need for introductions for the ...

Pros: Super good looking. Super fun. Super Physics. Super Game.
Cons: Long and numerous load times. Weak plot. Kinda short, at 15-20 hours.

Half-Life 2 is the sequel to what many people consider the best game of all time. I stayed off the bandwagon the first time, and regretted it. So this time around I bought the game soon after release date. I bought the game during Thanksgiving Break ...

Pros: Great graphics and sound, amazing physics, Great Immserive world
Cons: Slightly short, Bland enemy design, Poor AI

HALF LIFE-2 Theres a damp smell about the air, a chilling wind howls through dark caves, the distant rumble of a Jet fighter plane can be heard far off in the distance, and then all is quiet. What is this...Half life two? he whispered to me in a ...

Pros: Gordon and the crowbar are finally back and looking better than ever.
Cons: Maybe too much hype killed the game, which needs an internet connection to get underway.

Introduction 2004 was the year where the world not only saw Alien vs. Predator but for me personally it was also the year of Halflife2 vs. FarCry, and thus the year where Halflife's hero Gordon Freeman found himself walking the beaten trail of ...

Pros: Realistic graphics and physics, this game puts you THERE!
Cons: No sniper rifle, last levels are short, not much replay value.

After a looooonnnngggg wait with numerous delays, beta code leakage, missed deadlines and other obstacles, Half Life 2 finally made it to the shelves at stores everywhere before Christmas 2004. But was it worth the wait? Possibly one of the most hyped ...

Pros: Amazing gameplay, excellent graphics, the funnest game made to date.
Cons: STEAM connectivity, plot shortcomings, some minor bugs.

Half-Life 2 (hearafter: HL2) is without a doubt Valve's magnum opus. I remember following the news about the development of the game, and saw the project having more ups and downs than a car on the Coney Island Comet. Valve's huge team poured ...

Pros: Awesome Graphics, Great Gameplay, Hours of Enjoyment
Cons: Extremely annoying online setup required

I hadn't bought a PC game in years, and likely won't in many years to come. However, when I saw trailers for half life 2 I knew I had to buy it. The physics of a game are extremely important to me, and that's where half life 2 shines. I bought the game ...

Pros: Best FPS ever, excellent graphics and gameplay, lots of fun
Cons: Steam, load times

Every once in a while a PC game comes along that raises the proverbial "bar" for the rest of the field, the people at Valve have done that twice. When Valve released the first Half Life game in 1998, the bar was raised, and for a while, Half Life was ...

Pros: Embodies every FPS innovation of recent years to create a polished, complete gaming experience.
Cons: Compared to the original, it's more evolutionary than revolutionary.

2004 proved to be a surprising banner year for PC gaming, but then again, what would you expect with "Doom 3" and "Half-Life 2", the sequels to two of the greatest first-person shooters of all time, both scheduled to arrive on store shelves? And that's ...

Pros: Polished graphics; intelligent AI; a one-of-a-kind experience.
Cons: CS Source could use new maps, new sounds.

If you would asked me what the next revolutionary game would be back in 2000 or 2002, I probably would have given you an answer like “UT 2004” or “Battlefield 1942.” These games are all truly amazing in their own respect, but after ...