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More BS delays

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 29 / 59
Date: June 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love how when you review a game on Amazon, it asks you how much fun it is based on 1-5 stars.
FUNNY HOW IT ISNT OUT YET, ONLY A SELECT FEW OF YOU MAY HAVE ACTUALLY PLAYED AN ADVANCED BETA COPY OF THE GAME, AND YOU'RE ALL GIVING IT 5 STARS!!!
Why not wait till you actually have a copy of the game in your hands (like that will ever happen any time soon) to write a review. Hell, if you're gonna review this game, while you're at it, you might as well write a review for HL 3 at the same time. Get a jump posting a pointless opinion on something else you've never played.
Wouldnt it be ironic if this game sucked as much as the infinite amount of pointless delays. Alright, Im bored with this. Im done. Enjoy reviewing your game.

My mouth is wide open.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 22
Date: November 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Half-life 2 is the only game you need if you're a shooter fan. It is state of the art in every conceivable way. The talented developers at Valve software have created a product that ushers us into the next plateau of gaming. You won't find a more engrossing gaming experience if you tried. Valves creativity and attention to detail is unbelievable. Textures are photo-realistic. The Character models are far beyond anything ever seen in a game. Even more impressive is the object physics. Every object has mass and weight. Materials that are flammable will burn. The modified Havoc engine makes bodies flop around and float in the water. Bodies do not disappear when they die. When you hit the dead head crabs with your crowbar they flop around like freshly plucked chickens. The story is secondary to the engine and gameplay but anything would look bad when you compare it to those aspects of the game.The game runs great on any DX9 card. That means more people can enjoy half-life 2 than any 1st person shooter produced this year. The only downside to Half-life 2 is that eventually it ends.

Activation Required

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 22 / 42
Date: November 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Be prepared, this game requires INTERNET activation to play any version, even single player.

Disappointed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 18
Date: August 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To play this game you have to be connected to "STEAM' with a persistant internet connection. Why! Obviously it is a veiled attempt to spy on my play or perhaps even extract personal information off my computer. I see no other value. All I wanted was a game to play when I want, in the privacy of my home. I can accept going online to verify that I purchased the game legally, but that is the limit of intrusion I will allow. If you don't mind Big Brother watching you, buy the game. Otherwise, you don't need this kind of gameplay.

STEAM is a steaming pile of ....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 15 / 25
Date: June 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I never got around to running HL2. It's probably as great as the reviews say it is, but the installation, set-up and downloading via STEAM takes EONS and then only allows you to run the game online. Oh, they SAY there's an 'offline' game available, but just try to find out how to get to it!

I spent 3 HOURS loading this stupid game and downloading STEAM only to find that there would be a 90 MINUTE WAIT for a server to allow me to play the game! What the @$#^!!

I totally agree with the other reviewer who said this sort of customer abuse ought to be illegal.

I sent my copy back and will NEVER buy anything associated with STEAM again. And you shouldn't either.

P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 21 / 40
Date: November 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The least that someone expects after years in waiting is for the freakin cd rom to go in and install. No way, my highend PC cdrom makes weird noises and it has crashed the autoplay already twice. They are pathetic.

How can the consumer take so much crap from one company ?

And the saga continues....

I take the game back to the store, they give me a new one.
Go back home, finally it installs. Its 5 cds. Remember the number: FIVE (5). Successfull instalation.

Then the activation nightmare starts with valve.

I tried to create a new account over 100 times, perhaps even more. No way. Always I was getting back an error. It was evident that their servers were dying like flies dut to the huge load. After 30 minutes trying to call them I finally got a response by some guy somewhere deep in the great land of India.

I tell him the problem. And here is what he replies:

SIR, THE PACHAGE OF HALF LIFE 2 SHOULD HAVE 6 CDs NOT 5 AS YOU DESCRIBE, THATS WHY YOU CANNOT CREATE THE NEW ACCOUNT.

I told him to go to hell and hung up.

Afrer 100 more tries I managed to get the account registered.

And it goes on.

I then get prompted to enter the CD registration key. After 5 minutes of waiting a response I get a message that the transaction it was unsuccessfull but its ok, they will reply to me later and I can start unlocking the files.

After 30 minutes of unlocking my files it appears that the nightmare is finally over. Now I will start playing. I have already read on the web that the first bug has been discovered and valve is suggesting a solution. Lets see. If this is case the box goes back tonight.

review

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Game play and graphics are enjoyable even with all the new gen games coming out, this one still stand on its own. One of the few fps games that have a decent story line that enrich the game play.

The downside...it comes with a program called Steam which helps with support, download and purchasing of mods. Doesn't sounds too bad unless it doesn't work. If steam can't verify your code you can't play...support is almost non-existant. If you have dual processors it gives half-life 2 some trouble.

Don't buy it USED!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 14
Date: August 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you buy this used you will have to send the CD and all packaging INTACT back to Valve for replacement due to CD key being registered to only one user. It will cost $10.00 and take 6 to 8 weeks.

The instructions at Valve say that if you buy it used then ALL the packaging has to be sent back. How often do you receive all the original packaging when you buy something?

I just bought a used copy, and found that Valve's registration system was a ripoff. rather than dump this game on another unsuspecting idiot I have thrown it away.

Worth the wait.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 14
Date: November 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Like a great many number of gamers excited about the release of hl2, i was online at midnite (PST not EST) to unlock my copy of hl2.

I thought i'd only play for a few minutes to see the intro movie and get an idea of how cool or not cool it turned out. 45 minutes later, I'm trying to pry my hands off the mouse to go to sleep.

My initial reaction to the game was a sense of returning home. The characters look amazing, but are very familiar too. Gamespot wrote a long report on valve / vivendi with many interviews with Gabe, and one thing really stuck with me, which was Valve's Kabal process and the question "how long has it been since something cool happened?".

A lot of manufacturers have built good games. But to make a game truly great, you need an ebb and flow to the adrenelin and a sense of exhileration now and again. HL2 has done this and Valve has really mastered the cinematic feel of this game.

* S P O I L E R S *

Playing through levels through the past few days, I've happily noticed that anytime i'm just about tired of the game, it takes a sharp turn. Playing last nite I thought... man i'm tired of shooting things, and just then i was put on a boat to drive through a river. When i'm gettin' tired of my boat, pow, i'm playing catch with a robotic dog. Just a lot of fun. And just around the time i'm gettin' tired of my guns, pow, new gun to play with. :D

* END SPOILERS *

Anyways, if you haven't gotten yourself a copy from Amazon, or from Steam, (CDs are great backups), grab one and set aside around 4 hours to play. I'm only around 8 hours into the game and I can tell that this one is a definite hit.

p.s. ppl have been complaining alot about half-life2, but few really whine about the game. If you want to complain about valve/steam/vivendi, that's fine... But don't tarnish hl2's name. It's obvious that it was put together by some people who truly care about delivering a fun and enjoyable game; one that is in a genre all on its own.

What game?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 14
Date: November 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been trying for almost a day now to get this thing to work. I've never had so much trouble installing a game since the pre-windows days of 16 color ega graphics. Is there a lawyer out there who wants to start a class-action against Vivendi? Contact me please!

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