Half-Life 2

THE GOOD:
- Graphics
- Physics
- Amazing and varied gameplay
- Gravity gun (wooot!!!)
- Intelligent gameplay (not just run-and-gun)
- Great AI
- Has a realistic feel to it
I can go on for ages...

THE BAD:
Some complain about glitches, I never encountered them myself though.

SUMMARY:
The long awaited sequel to Half-Life, the game that revolutionized the FPS-genre, has fially been released.
We've waited years for this game... but is it worth it?

YES IT IS!
But lets start out with the story:
You're Gordon Freeman, a scientist who survived the Black-Mesa incident (HL1). Now you're back to rescue City17 from the grip of the combines, half-alien half human creatures.
While doing so, you'll encounter 10 foot 3 legged spiderlike robots with a plasmagun, you'll race across a beach full of nasty antlions. You'll get stuck in a city filled with zombies and even chop 'em in half using the gravgun. This game has it...

THE GOOD:
Wicked Graphics
Great Sound
Great Vehicles
Wicked Guns
Super Story
Easy Handling
Thrilling, sometimes scary
Huge Levels
Short Loading Time
Great Engine, even for older Graphicboards like mine (NVIDIA GeForce4 MMX (PCI)/64MB
Difficulty not to high but gaining constantly.

THE BAD:
The fact that you have to have an internet connection to play and get the game to run.
Have to go online before playing each time unless the game is unlocked and fully registered by the guys from STEAM, which took about 1 day in my case.
Nothing about the game itself.

SUMMARY:
When I heard the game would be released November 16, I flew into the next store in consideration to buy the game. First I was sceptic if my PC would be fast enough for Half Life 2 to run propperly, so I decided to get me a new graphic card aswell. Luckily the board I wanted was not available and so I went home installed and played with my old NVIDIA...

THE GOOD:
*Graphics (above all else - just look at the faces!)
*Enemy A.I. (grenades in hiding spots and flanking tactics will keep you on edge)
*sound fx (the strider cannon noise is massive)
*physics (rag dolls and objects with real gravity?!?!?)
*Gravity Gun!!!(Can you not have fun by cutting zombies to bits with sawblades and shooting paint cans in their faces?)
*Massive worlds (even Metroid Prime is speechless)
*controls (even a newbie can pick-up on them)

THE BAD:
*Ummm... unless you have a super-powerful CPU, the framerate will not forgive you

SUMMARY:
Okay, I was never a PC gamer up until I played this game, and had no experience with using a keyboard and mouse to fire a gun...
So I was a little unsettled to get into Half-Life 2, which ended up...

THE GOOD:
good physics. good graphics. manipulator and bugbait are fun to use. hl2 deathmatch should be very fun

THE BAD:
storyline is crap. ai is pretty dumb. cs:s comes with it (i hoped cs would die with hl1)

SUMMARY:
this game didn't live up to my expectations. i was expecting more interaction with npcs and a better storyline. was expecting ai to be really good (since it's supposed to be "ground breaking"). some of the levels got really repetive and boring. the last few levels were really fun though. the ending was ridiculously stupid in my opinion but mods for this game look promising as does hl2 deathmatch (which was just announced wheeee) ....

THE GOOD:
-The graphics are Awsome
-The story is good
-Lots of weapons
-Good amount of enemies
-Lots of things to do, people to meet, places to go

THE BAD:
-I would have like to fly something and driven more vehicles with more than one person on it.
-I also didn't like how the sentury guns fell down do easily, like when you tap it, it gets hard to pick up sometimes and you have to do it quickly.
other than thoses thats about it and its not alot

SUMMARY:
I like the whole story and how it all fits together until the ending which kept me in suspense of "whats going to happen next?" There were a lot of places to go to with numerous things to do and enemies to kill. There are only two vehicles you could drive, the car and the boat, those were good but it was too bad you couldn't fly something you had to shoot out of the sky. I thin it would be just a little better with more vehicle. But still I will give Half-Life 2 a five out...

THE GOOD:
My favoutite FPS EVER.
Graphics are amazing. People look real, enemies look real, your surroundings look real.
The enemy and friend AI is brilliant, people dont just run blindly into the fray of battle, only to get mowed down by heavy fire. Instead they make descisions for themselves and usually use their enviroment to ensure their safety whilst attacking. Well, most of the time, anyway...
storyline is good (for an FPS) and parts of the game are actually scarey. You'll know what I mean when you get to Ravenholme... You end up jumping at the sound of Gordon's own footsteps and firing random shotgun blasts at rustling leaves that look vaguely like a headcrab.
The gameplay and controls havnt changed much, but one of the best new things is the gravity gun, which you get about 1/6 of the way through the game. Pick stuff up and blast it at enemies! And right at the end of the game, it gets even better! I wont say how...
And the final great...

THE GOOD:
Beautiful Graphics, never before seen physics engine, unique use of physics, gravity gun (is so awsome) fast paced action, wonderful sound and the most realistic water/reflections i've ever seen

THE BAD:
psh what bad... the AI could use a slight touch up. and steam, I HATE STEAM, but thats just cuz im on dial up, besides, thats not part of the game

SUMMARY:
Like i said, this is the best game ever made lol. i can't get enough of it. The graphics are mind blowing and the physics.. oh the physics, it is amazing how life like they are. a tip of advice, play this game with a sub and surround sound or your not gunna get the full amazing experience. This game is relatively easy to learn but almost impossible to master. played on hard, or the very popular substance mod, you need some skills lol. This game is long for a fps but it never gets boring, the AI deaths are so cool, and its just so much fun to play around with the physics....

THE GOOD:
Amazing graphics
Long & fun
Cool enemies
Awesome weapons

THE BAD:
NOTHING

SUMMARY:
This is the only game I have played for the PC and liked. This game is a legend. It has super graphics and is long so it doesnt end quickly. You also fight enemies using awesome weapons such as the Crossbow and Gravity Gun. This is the best 3D shooting game in my opinion. You can also play easy, normal or hard mode which makes it even better. This is a must get game so I suggest you get it, you wont be dissapointed.

By the way its really fun to use cheats in the game too. At the beggining you can use cheats to get guns so you can shoot those Rebels which beat you up.

cyaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

THE GOOD:
Runs on almost ANY pc with any specs and still looks ok on low end comps. Game's physics are superb to any other, same goes to the grapihcs detail.

THE BAD:
Random errors/glitches and no Online multiplayer co-op included.

SUMMARY:
This game has kept me on the edge on my seat ever since the game was delayed back in 2003 and now that I have played it, it was worth the wait. Its awesome how valve made this game playable on low profile comps and have it still look ok and have it playable. I like how long the levels are and how they are like seemed together without jumping around much to different random areas. The difficulty setting on this game isnt the greatest but its still gets good props to it making things harder like gun shots hurt ALOT more and the AI is smarter in hiding. The game's sound track is nice and solid never getting boring at all. I soo cant wait till half life 3

THE GOOD:
+incredible graphics
+awesome gameplay
+the gravity gun
+very involving story line
+no cut-scenes
+clever puzzle sequences that are short yet sweet
+nice sound track

THE BAD:
-numerous load times
-clunky drving mechanics
-random death glitch
-checkpoints can be a bit awkward sometimes

SUMMARY:
Half Life 2 is a downright amazing game. it blows virtually everything else in the genre away. i've yet to see a more refined FPS on any console. awesome sound and graphics.

the physics are the games main highlight, however. the Source engine perfectly mimics real physics, and can be very convincing at times. bouyancy, weight, momentum, even gravity are all nicely done and polished.

the greatest game to date is not without flaws however. the game is hampered by numerous load times that can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 mintues. it really slows down the gameplay. there is also and annoying glitch...