way too easy

User Rating: 6 | Half-Life 2 PC
I know everybody loved this game – but I had one major problem with it. It was far too easy, even on the hardest difficulty setting. I need a challenge out of a game if I'm going to enjoy it. I felt like I was invincible from beginning to end, just gunning fools down left and right. I also thought that the motion in the game didn't feel quite smooth enough – less so than other FPS's I've played recently. The story also wasn't that great – although I can live with that in a shooter if the action makes up for it.

There are good points to the game – the production value is high and the interface and gameplay are fine. Graphics are nice and there are some nice features – like the gravity gun and associated saw blades and explosive containers. Plays like a movie – very cinematic game – just way too easy.

personally - I could've spent the forty bucks on a nice bottle of tequila and been happier.