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Just say no

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 24
Date: July 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The box says "internet connection required" in very small type at the end of the system requirements label.
What they mean is that it will install adware on your system, require a fast connection to install, and (I guess) require a connection every time you want to play even in single player mode. I will never play the game because after I finally finished installation it forced me to create a "steam" user account, then it hung while "decrypting game files" and said "Our servers are busy, try back later". Muddy field, couldn't play.
Cast a vote against adware, spyware and the whole "phone home" software genre. Avoid this game like a rabid squirrel.

To all the HL2 cynics out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 37
Date: October 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There are two points to my review: One is to counter M Lund's mistake of a 1-star review, and the other is to give my 2 cents about Half Life 2. M Lund complains that no one has played it so how can they review it. Even though I could easily counter that with "It's Half Life, come on now..." I won't. Read the specs on this game. Read the details that this game incorporates into it. Watch the dozen-plus Bink videos on the gameplay of HL2. Read the the multitude of reviews from people (experienced gamers) that give the game a 9/10 or 95%+ rating. Look at the screen shots. In my mind, all of the data that can be pulled from those sources give this game a freakin' 4 Star rating right off the bat. The 5th star will get tacked on come November 16th. This game will own any and every FPS out there to date. Everyone needs to realize and admit that. Yes, everyone has a different view on what is "fun" and "entertaining" but unless you are stuck on the original Doom and make no effort to update your personal gameplay requirements, you are going to like this game if you are a FPS fan. So I am giving it 5 Stars before I even play it... again, the first reason it to counter the dum dum 1 star ratings, and the second is so I don't have to return to resubmit my 5 star rating and I can concentrate on enjoying Half Life 2... Ponder peace and responsibilty... then buy this game. Or buy this game first, then ponder peace and responsibilty.

The Best Game for the PC... Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 21
Date: October 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

when I got the 1st Half-Life, I thought to myself; Is this going to be another mediocre shooter?. Boy was I wrong. After hearing of a sequel, and there had to be, I was ecstatic. Looking at the game now, I'm glad that Valve and Sierra took their time with this game. The visuals are stunning and georgeous, even though you might not pay attention to detail with the ammount of action going on. The A.I. is very smart. Try to block a door and they'll try to break in a window to get to you. There are even more puzzles in this game than in the 1st one.
But if you don't believe me, See what popular gamer magazines had to say:
PC Gamer: 98% - "Surpasses Half-Life in every way. Arguably the best game ever made."
Game Informer: "Nothing will be the same."
CNN.com: "Blows away the competition."
2003 E3 Expo: "A marvel in the making."

Can't get it to load

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

With much anticipation, I bought this game and tried to load it. After several tries I got to the same point and it said there was a "read error" from my C drive. It seems as though the CD is faulty. I am very disappointed and I hope that others don't have this problem. Basically, if you are on the fence regarding shelling out over $50 for the game, you may want to reconsider.

In a perfect world..........

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing if you can ever get it to play. I played for the first three days that I have had it. Since then I cannot get it to play. You always have to have an internet connection. Always. You can't even open the icon without one. The steam engine is a real pain in the butt and I only wish they could revamp the entire thing. I will never buy another product that requires the steam engine again.

Half-Life. Half-Good.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The game is not bad in itself, it has great graphics for one, the storyline is also kind of entertaining. However there are two big problems with HL2:
-The game has to be registered and activated online with Steam *before you can even begin to play*. No internet, no HL2. A very long process. After you have done that, the game expects you to play online (even though it is a single-player game). There is an option to play offline, but it is somewhat difficult to activate and even then the game regularly tries to connect.
-The game has a bug generally called "stuttering". Very frequently the game hangs for a few seconds, while the audio goes like "It's Freeman/Freeman/Freeman/Freeman/Freeman". The problem is not related to performance, even powerhorse PC's have it, and no solution is in sight (Valve does not seem very interested in fixing it).

Insanely Great.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I had to add my rating after I saw this game was getting something less than five stars (at this time). Ignore the idiots who reviewed the game before they played it, or rated it based on their opinions of VALVe. I just finished this game, and it's the best FPS I've ever played, period. Doom 3 doesn't even come close. The physics engine alone is worth the money, not to mention the Level design.

Nothing else feels like this game. You don't just play H-L 2 as live in it for 16 hours. There are titanic battles that felt so real I had to take a break and get un-shellshocked. VALVe deserves to have this game judged on it's own merrits, not the BS drama surrounding it's release. If this isn't a five-star game--you might as well just scrap the whole rating system.

buyer beware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: August 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

All the reviews bitching and moaning about Steam? They're spot-on. Steam simply ruined this game for me. It was HOURS from the time I unwrapped the box to the time when I could actually PLAY it. And the trouble never stopped. For weeks I stubbornly kept playing, in spite of system freezes, interminable delays between maps, and frustration with one of the damn dune buggies, which was terribly difficult to drive because the graphics kept jumping and stuttering (in spite of my pretty decent system, well above minimum requirements). And all this for the single-player game?!?!

I would say that I was playing the game maybe 50% of the time I spent trying to play it. The other 50% was spent waiting for a map to load, waiting for Steam to authenticate me, and rebooting my damn PC every damn time the game brought it to a screeching, frozen halt.

And then one day, I had an epiphany. The game play was pretty good. The puzzles were pretty good. I really liked that gravity gun. But it just wasn't worth the hassle. And it certainly wasn't worth relinquishing control of my system to that invasive Steam app. So I stopped playing. I uninstalled it. And I never looked back. I've not even been tempted this year to reinstall it and see if maybe some of the early bugs have been worked out.

I'd give the game away or sell it, but I wouldn't wish it on anyone with whom I'm on speaking terms -- or even an unwitting stranger. And I will NEVER, EVER buy another game that uses Steam or its ilk. I was shocked when I installed the game to see what kind of control I had to hand over to Steam in order to run the single-player game. I crossed my fingers, ignored my instincts, and let it run anyway. Dumb, dumb, dumb. What a terrible precedent to set in the PC software world. I won't succumb again.

NICE GAME BAD INSTALLER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

STEAM IS A PAIN IN THE NECK, I HATE THE INSTALLER, AND UNLESS YOU HAVE A SUPERFAST INTERNET CONNECTION YOU WILL BE INSTALLING FOR 24 HOURS DUE TO STAEM AND THE DECRYPTION AND THE REGISTRATION AS WELL AS THE UPDATES. VERY ANNOYING. GREAT GAME PLAY!

Steam is horrible and the game gives me a headache

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 13
Date: December 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

As many people have stated already, Steam is the worst idea for a video game ever. It creates utter frustration for probably 90% of the players out there. One example of something that's frustrating people: when they first got the game everything worked great, but then Steam did the 'automatic patch download' thing, and now they can't even boot HL2 up. I'm in the opposite boat though. I bought HL2 and can't play it because Valve won't release a patch to fix the huge "stutter bug" that's effecting so many people. I have a system way above minimum spec for this game, and yet the game still stutters. Many many other people are having the same problem since day one of the release, and Valve STILL hasn't fixed the problem.

I try to ignore the stutters, but the game for some reason gives me a huge motion sickness headache. This is the only FPS to ever give me a headache like this, so the makers must have done something really wrong. I'm not the only one who gets motion sickness from this game either... I've read on other message boards several people with the same problem.

My recommendation: don't buy this game. That will show these companies that we refuse to pay money for these types of unfinished games with crappy software included (Steam).

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