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Half-Life 2 (PC Games, 2004)
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Platform: PC Games
Release Date: Nov 2004
Rating: Mature
Genre: First-Person, Shooter
UPC: 020626716086
Product ID: EPID6474723
Description: Once again players assume the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist destined to save the Earth from hordes of gruesome alien attackers. <I>Half-Life 2</I> takes computer games to a new level of realism with incredible in-game graphics that...
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All-engrossing and exciting experience!
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14 of 16 people found this review helpful.
Half-Life 2 is one of those games that will suck the player into it - to fully experience all of the action and drama. This game sucks players in with its non-stop and intense action that leads up to one of the most creative and spectacular endings.
In this game, you will battle an onslaught of characters from combine soldiers, zombies, helicopters, striders, etc... You may even find yourself battling all of the above at the same time with objects being tossed everywhere while an annoying flying robot temporarily blinds you with its security camera flash. If it sounds intense, it is.
The graphics, real time physics, and facial movements in Half-Life 2 are amazing - even on my 1.2GHZ AMD with 384MB RAM.
This game has earned the title of "Game of the Year" and is a must have for anyone at all interested in first person shooters or the Half-Life series.
In this game, you will battle an onslaught of characters from combine soldiers, zombies, helicopters, striders, etc... You may even find yourself battling all of the above at the same time with objects being tossed everywhere while an annoying flying robot temporarily blinds you with its security camera flash. If it sounds intense, it is.
The graphics, real time physics, and facial movements in Half-Life 2 are amazing - even on my 1.2GHZ AMD with 384MB RAM.
This game has earned the title of "Game of the Year" and is a must have for anyone at all interested in first person shooters or the Half-Life series.
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Thank you for voting. If your vote meets our half life 2 is Excellent Game
) 9 of 11 people found this review helpful.
If it seems like PC game fans have been waiting forever for Half-Life 2 (buy it), it's only because they have. The original game was released six years ago, and raised the bar on first-person shooters so high that it created astronomical expectations for the sequel. Fortunately, the game has seemed to live up to these expectations.
The original Half-Life made great strides in gameplay, but the graphics engine wasn't quite the kind of cutting-edge code that made it the subject of numerous benchmarks. Half-Life 2 is different. The first game was based on the Quake engine but with scores of modifications (especially to lighting and animation systems). Valve developed its own cutting-edge engine for Half-Life 2, called Source. It's a complete DirectX 9 graphics engine that scales back to even DX7 rendering if you have a very old video card, and it produces some of the most impressive visuals we've ever seen on a PC.
Performance in Half-Life 2 is going to be a key metric for video cards. The Source engine it is based on has already been licensed for several other games, one of which (Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines) is already on the shelves. More than that, the original Half-Life was host to dozens of fantastic multiplayer mods, including perhaps the most popular online shooter of all time, Counter-Strike. We have no reason to believe that Half-Life 2 won't spawn a similar mod community. In other words, Half-Life 2 performance will probably be a useful video card metric for a long time to come.
The original Half-Life made great strides in gameplay, but the graphics engine wasn't quite the kind of cutting-edge code that made it the subject of numerous benchmarks. Half-Life 2 is different. The first game was based on the Quake engine but with scores of modifications (especially to lighting and animation systems). Valve developed its own cutting-edge engine for Half-Life 2, called Source. It's a complete DirectX 9 graphics engine that scales back to even DX7 rendering if you have a very old video card, and it produces some of the most impressive visuals we've ever seen on a PC.
Performance in Half-Life 2 is going to be a key metric for video cards. The Source engine it is based on has already been licensed for several other games, one of which (Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines) is already on the shelves. More than that, the original Half-Life was host to dozens of fantastic multiplayer mods, including perhaps the most popular online shooter of all time, Counter-Strike. We have no reason to believe that Half-Life 2 won't spawn a similar mod community. In other words, Half-Life 2 performance will probably be a useful video card metric for a long time to come.
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vALVE/Steam Sucks!Review created: 01/07/07
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) 8 of 11 people found this review helpful.
The game would be great... Except for you must register it with vALVE or Steam to activate it, They suck! You have to download thier "spyware".. Thier website sucks! Customer service does not exist! I was never able to get the two games I bought activated, and ended up throwing them away... I play many games, and never had such poor service, communication and a general lack of caring about the people who buy their games. The advice I've given to many of my friends, and to you is, NEVER BUY A GAME WITH THE "vALVE" OR "STEAM" LOGOS ON THEM!!!!
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Still Lovin' It ~ October 06/2006Review created: 10/08/06
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5 of 9 people found this review helpful.
This game is great! I can't tell you how good the graphics are until you play the game yourself. It will only make you want to go and counter-strike, Day of Defeat and all the other games that come along it.
Steam Powered is by far the best thing that any game has come out with. Downfall is that every user must have an internet connection to play the game. This is their Copyright Protection.
Hopefully this game you some encouragement to purchase this game!
Rate me as Helpful below, please and thank-you!
Your Friend,
Daedalas1981
Steam Powered is by far the best thing that any game has come out with. Downfall is that every user must have an internet connection to play the game. This is their Copyright Protection.
Hopefully this game you some encouragement to purchase this game!
Rate me as Helpful below, please and thank-you!
Your Friend,
Daedalas1981
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Don't buy used without getting Steam name and password.Review created: 07/19/07
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4 of 7 people found this review helpful.
If the game was previously registered, Valve will not allow you to get a new CD Key if you bought if from an online auction or other used software dealer. If your internet is down, game does not warn you, it simply does not start. You must get the Steam name and password from the seller, or get an unregistered game. Luckily, my seller refunded and did not require me to return the game, which is basically a plastic box with five pretty coasters.
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Half life23 of 5 people found this review helpful.
I bought a used copy. I didnt know that Valve's serial keys can only be used once. So after buying this game, I could not do anything to it to make it work.
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Half Life 2Review created: 07/10/06
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traumaboy2 ( 4 )
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Half Life 2 is a great, fast paced first person shooter. The graphics are terrific, and game play is fast and smooth. It gives you the ability to interact with almost every object you see which is unique to many games of this type. The game is full of puzzles, and maze type scenarios which are challenging, but not impossible. With the game, you get an account with Source, which is an online gaming company. It will give you access to many other games, some of which are at an additional cost. A nice feature to Half Life 2 is that once the game is loaded on to your computer, it does not require you to keep using the CD/ROM to play. The game is launched through Source. My only complaint about Half Life 2 is the load times during game play. They usually occur when moving from one level to another, but they feel like they take forever. All in all it is a terrific game, and a lot of fun to play. If you like first person shooters, this is a game for you.
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Remarkable gameplay, physics, attention to detail
3 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Far surpassing Halo, this latest addition to the Half-Life series yet again sets the standard for grapics, physics and overall gameplay.
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Best new FPS today!
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Highly recommended--great gift for a gamer!
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Best new FPS today!
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Highly recommended--great gift for a gamer!
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C'est une pure merveille !!!
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Sa fait déjà quelques années qu'il est sorti et il est encore aussi beau !!
De plus, il n'est vraiment pas cher et vient avec d'autres jeux tels que le nouveau Counter Strike (qui est à lui seul un jeu complet) et Half Life 2 : Death Match !
Et vous pouvez meme jouer avec une vieille machine !
Allez ! Accourez vite sur eBay pour vous l'acheter !
(de plus, les écritures seront en Français, que vous l'ayez acheté n'importe ou !)
- Léon Tourigny
De plus, il n'est vraiment pas cher et vient avec d'autres jeux tels que le nouveau Counter Strike (qui est à lui seul un jeu complet) et Half Life 2 : Death Match !
Et vous pouvez meme jouer avec une vieille machine !
Allez ! Accourez vite sur eBay pour vous l'acheter !
(de plus, les écritures seront en Français, que vous l'ayez acheté n'importe ou !)
- Léon Tourigny
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Half Life 2 (PC)Review created: 12/06/06
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2 of 6 people found this review helpful.
I love the Half-Life games and varients, however, on the pc it seems that software pirates have stolen alot of the CD Keys and if you buy a pre-owned game for pc more than likely the keys are already compromised.
I stongly suggest that if you can buy this title on a game consol platform that you do it.
I stongly suggest that if you can buy this title on a game consol platform that you do it.
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BEST GAME BAR NONE!Review created: 08/16/06
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) 2 of 5 people found this review helpful.
This really is the best video single player game yet! It has all the action,story,characters and settings anyone could want AND MORE! You really need to look around to get the complete effect this game conveys.So jump in and have a great time!
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Half life 22 of 6 people found this review helpful.
unbelievable difficult installation (actually activation). I did 3 attempts.
But the worst thing - you can't play even single game without Internet connecction.
That was the last game of Valve I bought.
But the worst thing - you can't play even single game without Internet connecction.
That was the last game of Valve I bought.
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Half-life2Review created: 06/14/06
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2 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Mainly purchased to upgrade from counter-strike to counter-strike source. Well worth it, better graphics, play, and has the cheats under control.
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The new benchmarkReview created: 05/15/06
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
First and foremost, HL2 is an incredibly fun game which incorporates some of the most advanced gameplay elements out there. The graphics and physics, as so many reviewers note, are top-line. In particular, the Source physics engine sets a new standard for in-game physics and its impact on actual gameplay. If the game's storyline/gameplay is somewhat linear or guided, it is only because it has to be. If it weren't, you would easily get lost in the immensity of the gameworld and the nearly limitless options provided by your ability to play with the physics engine. It detracts little from the experience.
For fans of the original Half-Life or first-person shooters (FPS), this game is a must-own. But the fast-paced action isn't limited to simply shooting anything that moves. One of the best sequences in the game is trying to escape the city on a windboat while everyone else is shooting at you. There are plenty of surprises and innovative gameplay features, in addition to a wide variety of settings, which keep the gameplay interesting and fun throughout. This game may be the benchmark for the FPS genre for a while to come. Bottom line: it's fun!
For fans of the original Half-Life or first-person shooters (FPS), this game is a must-own. But the fast-paced action isn't limited to simply shooting anything that moves. One of the best sequences in the game is trying to escape the city on a windboat while everyone else is shooting at you. There are plenty of surprises and innovative gameplay features, in addition to a wide variety of settings, which keep the gameplay interesting and fun throughout. This game may be the benchmark for the FPS genre for a while to come. Bottom line: it's fun!
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Half-Life 22 of 5 people found this review helpful.
This is the best game that has ever been made. The graphics and physics are so realistic, you'll probably pee yourself. If you have ever derived joy from virtually shooting something, you will love this game more than life.
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Bad experience1 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Vendor indicated that articulate was not registered and the same already was registered, bad experience
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All Steamed Up!!!!!!!1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
The game itself is excellent with astoundingly realistic graphics but because of Valve and Steam I am giving it a rating of POOR!!!!
* WARNING: DO NOT ORDER THIS GAME IF YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET. Also if you happen to have a very slow dial-up connection you are going to HATE VALVE & STEAM. There are no warnings about this on the box..you see in order to play this game Valve shoves it down your throat to register their game on line.
Not so bad you say? But,if you are on a slow dial-up connection this involves wasting an entire day off instead of playing the game! You not only have to download the Steam program itself, which is huge for a dial-up, but an update for it...and then there is all of the time taken to download files to encrypt the game on your computer...and to top it all off it has to be 100% finished downloading this crap before you can play off line. And here's the topping on the cake...even after all of this you then have to connect with Steam each and every time you put your CD in to play! After it connects it wants to know if you want to go on line or stay off...WELL DUH...let me play the regular way using the CD...if I want to go on line give me that choice with a link on the games splash screen!!!!
In closing...this will be the last game that I ever purchase that has anything to do with Valve no matter how good it looks!!!!
* WARNING: DO NOT ORDER THIS GAME IF YOU DON'T HAVE INTERNET. Also if you happen to have a very slow dial-up connection you are going to HATE VALVE & STEAM. There are no warnings about this on the box..you see in order to play this game Valve shoves it down your throat to register their game on line.
Not so bad you say? But,if you are on a slow dial-up connection this involves wasting an entire day off instead of playing the game! You not only have to download the Steam program itself, which is huge for a dial-up, but an update for it...and then there is all of the time taken to download files to encrypt the game on your computer...and to top it all off it has to be 100% finished downloading this crap before you can play off line. And here's the topping on the cake...even after all of this you then have to connect with Steam each and every time you put your CD in to play! After it connects it wants to know if you want to go on line or stay off...WELL DUH...let me play the regular way using the CD...if I want to go on line give me that choice with a link on the games splash screen!!!!
In closing...this will be the last game that I ever purchase that has anything to do with Valve no matter how good it looks!!!!
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Half Life 2Review created: 06/09/07
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Half life 2 and Halo 2 are two examples of a great video game should be. Photo Realistic Graphics, Great Storyline and intense interactive game play.
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Bad Game, DO NOT BUY!!1 of 8 people found this review helpful.
This game came with five discs to install this game!! Not worth the time it takes to install. And, it takes internet to play this game. You have to be hooked up with the internet at all times. This didn't bother me cause I have DSL, but for others, this could deffinatley be a problem! After I installed this game, I tried to play it. But, I had gone through everything, went through the menu, great, and started to play the game, but, the game got about half way through the beggining and then froze up on me, right when the game was getting ready to start, plus, it took me forever to install because it froze up on me doing that also. I then rebooted my computer and tried to play the game again. The game got a little farther where I took about five steps in the game and then froze up again. This game is agrivating and is deffinatley not worth the money. Do not buy it. Not worth all of the freezing up and frustration. I wouldn't recomend it to anybody.
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A GOOD COMUNICATION AND PROBLEM SOLUTION1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
I BOUGHT A COMPUTER GAME.THE PRICE WAS GOOOD, SHIPPING FAST.IN THE BEGINNING THE GAME DID NOT WORK. IN A FEW DAYS THE SELLER GAVE TO ME A NEW PASSWORD AND THE GAME WORKED PROPERLY.
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I am un play the game I bought from youReview created: 08/03/06
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skaterobb41 ( 4 )
1 of 10 people found this review helpful.
The order took too long to arrive and when the package finally arrived it looked like it had been ran over by a truck. The previous owner had already registered this game in his name so now I'm unable to use the game.
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Half-Life 2 (PC Games)1 of 4 people found this review helpful.
This game is extremely challenging which makes it all the more fun. ITs a must have!................!........
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Steam Valve GameReview created: 06/09/06
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1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
This Game is a Great Game, but the fact I did not know and neither did the seller was that we had to go through a rather lengthy process. Transferring the activation code from their steam account to mine. So when I purchased the game I was not able to play it for several weeks. But the seller was so kind and helpful, and I was patient. So we were able to work this out and both were satisfied with the outcome of the transaction.
I got a great game at a real good discount price. Patience does have its virtue.
So before you get hasty about your purchase try to work it out.
I got a great game at a real good discount price. Patience does have its virtue.
So before you get hasty about your purchase try to work it out.
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Linear ShooterReview created: 04/25/06
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1 of 12 people found this review helpful.
This game is a closer to a tech demo that a game. It is on rails with little AI and no variety. The ridiculous DRM software that is forced on you when you use any Valve product only makes buying this game worse.
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Half-Life 2This is an online game. The game must be registered through Steam online in order to activate and play the game. Once the game is activated only the original account holder with Steam can play the game. Buyers beware if the game is resold after being registered it is usless.
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