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1 of the greats

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

first of all. ignore the so called kids review....lil kids shouldnt be playin this (note: cus he puked he probly glued his face lieterly 1 inch from screen...geez thatll make me puke) . This game in single player is awsome. I havnt gotten my cd version yet but when i played over steam it was great single play and multiplay, same with CS:S. graphics are amazing and beats down halo2's graphics for the xbox with a stick. if you liked the first game or not ull love this. Be warned: i advise getting this cd version cus sometimes if u have steam version they might screw up ur comp and steam version wont be compatiable after that....did for me... so get cd's

Discard "A Kid's Review"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: May 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The person who wrote that "review" should be taken out back and beaten with a hose.. twice. The depth, and technology in Half Life 2 can not even begin to compare to Halo 2. Not only does the story keep you guessing through the entire game and after, but it also keeps you on the edge of your seat with it's Awesome physics technology that has been in development for about 6 years. Note: it makes a little more sence if you've played the original, which is also a fantastic game, which is regared as one of the greatest first person shooters of all time. Again, DO NOT compare this game with Halo 2. No explanation on why, just don't compare them.

Best shooter ever? No. That's still reserved for HL1

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: April 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

But this is an awesome sequel which is just as good as the first!

Technically it's superior but otherwise it feels like the same old game with an incredible physics engine which is so much fun to play around with online. The story itself is excellent, the gfx is consistently amazing and crisply detailed. All together this conjures up a believable world which had me at times scared out of my seat with some of the nasty new monsters. I mean this game has some NASTY realistic visceral monsters in it which look so cool. And the sounds some of them make... oh.. man.. especially when they leap towards you... really creepy.

The only problem I had with this Collector's Edition was the T-shirt. Does valve think that all their customers weigh over 250 pounds? The shirt is HUGE!

Un"frikin"believable!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's definitly the best game i've ever played. The storyline is amazing to a point that you feel as if you are the character your playing as, and the story isn't broad, to the point, or cheesy since it goes from one event to another but keeping one storyline. The graphics are just amazing, I thought some of the characters were actual people. The gameplay, just like the first half-lifes, is just hard to not stop playing because of the targets you have and the weapons that you can use. There aren't as many weapons as there were in the first ones but it's still a good list of them. You also get to use vehicles-an airboat and go-cart which are fun to use but a little unstable.
The multiplayer is also extremely fun as hell, though some of the levels aren't as fun as it should be it still is fun finding, killing, or being killed by a target.
Pros- Graphics are superb
Gampeplay hard to resist
Storyline is amazing
Good variety of weapons
Cool characters
Cons- Requires a good comp to run well
Loading screens take a while
O.K's- Multiplayer maps
Everyone in the game knows your name

Gaming as art

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Half-Life 2 brings computer games into the world of high art. I have always preferred RPG's to FPS' because I lose interest if I do not care about the enemies/friends in the game or if the story is not compelling.

Half-Life 2 is the truest experience of living in a game world and game reality that I have experienced since Plancescape: Torment. Add to that how incredibly fun it is, how beautiful it is on my mid-range system, how intelligent the puzzles are, how precisely the sound effects and music are used, and you have a game of which I am in awe.

This is the best FPS ever. It is also the best video game ever, on any platform.

Growman's review says it all

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: November 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you are looking for info on the game itself, the pros and cons, then read Growmans full review, a few reviews down, which was posted on the same day as the release of HL2. Anyway that review says it all, and like others have noted, says it well. So read that for information.

Not onto installing and some points.

1. The box says you need internet.
2. Steam is used for authentication. It is free on-line. Sometimes it is buggy but it prevented this game from being STOLEN before its release. Everything else has been out before its official release date.
3. Yes sometimes Steam spikes and we must wait a few more hours before authentication.
4. This only happens with the release of a new game.
5. It works for nearly everyone except a few who got caught because of their location/internet connection.

Lets talk about the game and not steam getting overwhelmed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: November 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Well after reading a few of the reviews and the whiners therein, I decided to add a review that really gets to the heart of the matters.
First, the game was released midnight Nov16, tens of thousands of people that preloaded the game were all trying to authenticate and unlock the files to play at that moment, and no doubt the steam servers were overwhelmed. Add the people that bought the retail dvd/cd versions and you have a huge backlog. For myself it took about 1/2 hr to unlock the files. I recommend users to buy the game through STEAM (www.steampowered.com) for a couple reasons. Purchasing through steam gives you more options and a large back catalogue to benefit from. I got the silver package. As well you are not stuck with having to insert the dvd every time you play the game. Buying retail only gives you HL2 and Counterstrike:Source, but for the same money through steam you get CS:source, HL:source, HL2, Day of Defeat:source, and all the back issues of these games, thats about 8-10 games, quite the deal for 59.95USD.

Ok, I'm an older guy and just started gaming a couple years ago.
I really enjoy the counterstrike mod of Half-Life, it has all the elements I enjoy in a FPS. No other game combines all these elements into one game as sucessfully as counterstrike, and the fact that the game has been active for over 6 years speaks to its value and playability. At any given time there are from 5000-60,000 counterstrike servers online with about 150,000 players. http://www.steampowered.com/status/status.html

Half-life 2 is just amazing, you will need every skill you can think of to play this totally immersing game. You need shooting skills, puzzle skills, dexterity skills, strategy skills, stealth skills, driving skills, and lots more. The graphics are amazing, the gameplay is long, interaction with objects is fascinating and you can play at 3 skill levels. The storyline flows as you wind your way from city to tunnels, prison, to seashore, daytime to night, indoors and out. You will find yourself needing to stay very alert to fight off all the different types of opponents and creatures. There is always just enough health kits available, and generally more than enough ammo for the wide variety of weapons at your disposal. I havent finished the game yet, but I suspect Im somewhere near the end. For the first 5 nights I totally screwed up my sleep habits and found myself going to bed at 5am.
Do lots of saves, as getting through any level is no easy feat and frustrating if you have to repeat it.
This will certainly be the game of the year for its gameplay, graphics, AI, skills required and level of intensity.

Enjoy it's money well spent if you buy through steam.

AWESOMENESS!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome from beginning to end. The graphics, the physics, the interactivity... it all makes the game feel so real. This is the best game to come in a very long time. The only thing that even minutely dissapoints is the plot, not much is really explaned by the end of the game, but that leaves plenty of room for a 3rd. Oh boy, oh boy!

Best game of all time!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are great, but what really makes this game a classic is the gameplay.
One issue mentioned by previous reviewers is that it is too easy; it certainly is a lot easier than "far cry" which I played at one of the easiest levels. By contrast, on HL2
the "hard" level is perfect for me despite the fact that I am a below-average gamer.
Before it arrived, I was worried about the internet connection issue people have mentioned in earlier reviews, as I only have a slow dialup through my university. But you only need the internet connection to set it up the first time (which took an hour an a half or so). After that you simply play in "offline mode".

FUN!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: November 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yey! Its out and i bought it.

What can i say its been a year since i was anticipating this and i enjoued it A LOT! Now before i tell you about i will say something about steam:

I dont realy understand why people hate it. I been using Steam for over 2 years i think, its a very usefull programm for managing your games it organizes the list of games news updates server browers yada yada yada. I say this just in case some of you wondering what steam is.

Ok the game is excelent! Of course physics and graphics are amazing, game is made in such way that almost everything is interactable and gives lots of chances to use nature in order to kill you enemys whether its smash burn drown blow up lots of things! Now decapatating bodys have been mostly removed only headcrab victims can be sliced in half but that dose not make the thuding body less fun :)

Holy COW! The story is realy cool and the first person cu scenes are sweet, over all the game feels very epic, as you progress almost all the time things are happening all around you, the atmosphere itself is done very well, like Ravenholm realy makes you feel the desperation of the infested city. most weapons are still here but be ready for a couple changes :)

Now another thing is some of you that remmember the early trailers well most of the footage is no longer inside the game i am guessing due to the source code being stole however i was not dissapointed it was still A LOT OF FUN!
So umm go play.

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