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Good but short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Really enjoyed this game, good graphics and story line. Wish it was a little longer and that you could play more than one player. Middle levels challegeing but end level to easy.

A very disappointing port of a great game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Xbox can't handle Half-Life 2 plain and simple. That is the source of our problems here. The graphics aren't as good as they are on the PC. They look fuzzy, and at times some areas of the game look almost unfinished. The controls are uncomfortable and are not done well compared to other console FPS games. Playing Gordon feels spastic and overall very sloppy. There are also glitches everywhere.One minute you're jumping on a box trying to get up, then you get stuck, then you magically teleport to where you were trying to jump to and the box is gone.The worst of all is the frame rate. It is absolutely horrible. At times it makes the game unplayable. I seriously didn't even finish he game because of how crappy the frame rate was. The only reason this game is rated above a 4.0 is that I have played the PC version and know how great it can be, so the parts that weren't totally screwed up really shine and brought my rating up 2.5 points. Just go out and buy The Orange Box, its a much better console version of the game that fixes all the problems of this version, not to mention it also includes the expansions, tam fortress 2, and portal.

Style with little substance.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Visually this is one of the most impressive games out there, and is pretty much the only element that makes it worth playing. People keep praising how good the story is. Nonsense! This game has very little in story, it has ACTION SET PIECES. Much of them are quite interchangeable with each other, within each of the main acts you pretty much shuffle them around and it wouldn't make much difference. For example, the early chase sequences all look like the L.A. river/Sepulveda basin. The main character is basically a non-entity, so why would he have such a following in that world? You're character seems to contribute very little to the events except for the finale. With all the attention they made to character models you can't even interact with them like in the first game. The A.I. is bad, and clearly scripted which looks more apparent on open sized levels.

HL2 Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks!! i've heard many people say that Half Life 2 for xbox isnt as good as the pc version but i absolutely love this game. the graphics are amazing and gameplay is WOW! 5 stars!

Half-Life Review by David the wise, tall, good looking, and just.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Let me start by saying, this is a cool game. Althogh, you'll probably only play it through once. The story is pretty good, but the ending is so dumb. I'm not gonna tell you how it ends, but it's as bad as KOTOR2. There is no closure, no kissing the girl, no seeing the bad guy fall to his doom. The multi-player is awful. Infact, there is no multiplayer (heh heh). The back of my box is raited Mature for intense violence, blood and gore. They forgot to put strong language on it. There is a good bit of language used in this game. If you like RPG's you probably don't want to bother with this game. If you like shooting zombies this is the game for you. If you don't give a rip...why are you reading this? (I'm moving fast I know, but I've got a college assignment due friday, and I need to start working on it. I'm in for Video Game Art and Design, if that helps your oppinion of me any.) The cops in the game are very fun to mess with on the first level. I like to throw cans at them, and make them mad. Anyway, the graphics are good, the gameplay is fun, but the story is lacking, and the music in the game is good, but not used often enough. Hope this helps.

Great game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Well, I'm a little late as this game has been out for some time now. So long in fact that you can't even buy the XBox version from Amazon itself, but from others in the Amazon Marketplace (new, used), which is what I did. I was a little skittish at first to order it in this way, but it worked out very well. In fact, I may have recieved it sooner than if I had been able to purchase it from Amazon. The person must have shipped it the very same day.

The graphics are really good for an Xbox title. I also played the PC demo, so I know the graphics on the PC are much better. One of the problems with having an XBox version is you can't play "Episode 2". You also can't play multiplayer, it isn't even an option. I thought it odd it had no multiplayer, then I read in another review that the PC version DOES have multiplayer.

A few problems I had with this game were minor. I'm not sure if it's the XBox controls, or just the game, but I would have trouble many times trying to do something as simple as get through a door. I'd just get kind of get hung up for no reason that I could see (no clutter around me). There was a lot of clutter in the game. Not so much a bad thing, but sometimes it could make a simple task of walking hard as there was always stuff laying around.

I also noticed some slow points as the XBox had trouble keeping up with the action. This isn't a game issue. In fact, I have a first gen XBox. You may find a later generation works a little better.

There are two driving levels. I found them to be a pain. The controls for the vehicles are not very good. And, they just seem to go forever. It may have been better if they split them up a bit. They went on so long I found myself getting dizzy and had to take a break.

Some aspects of the game were just amazing. As much as I'd like to tell you about them, I don't want to spoil anything. I know I didn't expect them, and it gave me a "WOW!" moment more than once.

This isn't a straight up shooter like the Halo series. In many places you have to figure out how to get to the next area. This can be frustrating. I found myself in a room for about 15 minutes as I swam to the same places I had been to many times trying to figure out what the heck I missed. And, it's always something really simple that makes you slap yourself on the head.

One really nice thing about this game is the length. I'm not sure how long it took me to beat it, but it was quite a few hours. This is nice when you think of other games that only have about 7 to 10 hours of gameplay. It really makes it feel like you got your moneys worth, even if it did only cost 12 bucks...lol

Now compatible on the 360!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of the best, most engulfing FPS games *ever* is now playable on the xbox 360 (until recently the xbox game did not play on the 360 and I thought i'd have to wait for the 360 version to come out - due soon, i believe). Even so, i'm probably going to have to get the 360 version when that comes out; i'm sure it'll be even more amazing.

Excellent adventure

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love shooter games and Half-Life is amazing! The game allows for multiple actions--picking up and manipulating objects, driving vehicles, and shooting. The game has taken a long time, which I also like..it's not a "quick play." Highly recommended. I can't wait until the next one is out!!

Awesome game! Tons of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games I've ever played. It's also very long and tons of fun for hours and hours of game playing.

Great XBOX port of a great PC game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Half life 2 as a game is incredible. It has this certain feeling to it with a surreal atmosphere, it's ever changing gameplay, it bold and inspired story, and great action and shooting. HL2 for the Xbox is ported remarkably well, it even looks good, it plays good, it sounds good, it's just good.
In the near future, the Earth has been invaded, and slowly, it's beeing assimilated to the liking of the new alien leadership. Mankind is oppressed, mistreated, basically enslaved. Cities, people, and everything we love are slowly disapearing, being crushed by the alien nazi-esk leaders. You, Gordon Freeman, are reinstated by the G-man, you don't really know why, but soon find yourself taking arms and leading the revolution in an epic story about uprising, rebellion, and the instinct to survive. Through the course of the story, you learn what's happened in the years you've been in stasis, and meet new characters, run into old ones, and travel great distances in a war torn world defeating the tyranical, oppressive regime.
In short, wonderful everything, a great presentation of a sequal that outdoes it's predecessor in every way. From Chapters that play like a horror game with headcrab zombies and monsters, to WWII like fighting in bombed out buildings. Vehicle chases, huge battles and shootouts, a roller coaster ride of action. Also, it'll last for several hours too. I recommend it highly.

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