Wonderfully creepy........

User Rating: 9.8 | Half-Life 2 PC
Man, I don't know about you but I got the creeps playing this game. It's a darn grim vision of the future, what with all the jumpsuits and policeman. One of the first parts is when you're fleeing in wimp-terror from the policeman, and it's just so....cinematic? I'm not sure how to describe it, but it definitely gets the old adrenaline pumpin'.
The combat givves you a feeling of extreme realism. Granted, it's hard to see how Gordon, cool as he is, could carry around all those gadgets and still run as fast as he does, but I digress. If you don't like digressions, get out of this review right now. Anyway, the combat is just so fun, dodging around through debris with your gun, fighting the forces of evil (Cue Superman Music).
Finally, let me say something about the story line. I'm not actually going to say anything about the story line, you understand, because I wouldn't want to ruin it for you. But you really get attached to the Artificial Intelligence, reminiscent of KOTOR I.
The Multiplayer is possibly the best aspect of this game. I spent a lot of time doing this, and man, there are some hard core players on there. I got my rear kicked all around the maps the first few times, but eventually I got the hang of it. The multiplayer is....amazing....to say the least.
If you like dream sequences, and if you like first person shooters, and above all if you have dream sequences about first person shooters, buy this game. In fact, buy it anyway.