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  • Vargasr

    Posted Jun 20, 2009 7:15 pm PT

    For me, this game together with vice city are the best games of all time!

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 1:28 pm PT

    might have to add this to my list of great shooters like battlefield call of duty medal of honor brothers in arms halo and crysis

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 1:26 pm PT

    seems weird to have a game with a multi player completely un realated

  • Hickamie14

    Posted Jun 10, 2009 10:27 am PT

    I love Half-Life 2! Such a great game!

  • Lukemaneiro

    Posted May 27, 2009 5:18 pm PT

    The review guys used to be so much better.

  • Lukemaneiro

    Posted May 27, 2009 5:13 pm PT

    This game was inovating in so many aspects. Visuals, gameplay, sound, engine.

    Just like half life 1.

  • tommyhl

    Posted May 8, 2009 10:12 am PT

    this game has a great score but sure it deserves more, yea IA is not so smart and this is the midle of the story (some kind of fuel to the episodes), anyway half life 2 as a fantastic level disaen, its never gets boring, fierce and varieted batles and the story... lets just say that is the most impresive saga of all time (at least for me and a lot of more people), this game deserves AT LEAST 9.4.

  • crazykid0923

    Posted Apr 27, 2009 11:49 am PT

    im guna gt dis but on xbox

  • Sorvos

    Posted Apr 16, 2009 2:25 pm PT

    The Combine is a alien race, Marius. It invades other planets and abducts its inhabitans. The City 17 Civil Protection are humans indeed. But the Combine soldiers and Elite have been modified: their brain has been washed and they have Combine mechanical parts in them. Just like the Striders, Hunters, Gunships or Dropships, which are not robots as many think. They are most likely aliens, that have also been transformed by the Combine. Remember when Dog kills that Strider in Episode Two: blood comes out. Hope this was useful.

  • MariusGta

    Posted Apr 9, 2009 4:57 pm PT

    he says that the "combine" are aliens...what the f**k dude?
    the soldiers are the combine and they're HUMAN.

  • mitchd3

    Posted Apr 7, 2009 6:14 pm PT

    so half-life 2 has counterstrike for multiplayer

  • Sardinar

    Posted Mar 23, 2009 7:56 pm PT

    In the written review, the reviewer clearly stated that Half-life 2 has 'Somewhat Lackluster AI'. While some people may disagree, because in combat the AI looks pretty nice and the combine offer some great fights, it is the realism that AI lacks. As you can see, you have a bit too much freedom in Half-life 2 for the AI to be considered as 'Really Good.' In some places of the game - you can block the choke-point with some kind of object and the incoming combine will just stop in front of the object, unable to get through. It is not very realistic because in Real Life someone would just push away the object, while the combine will just act silly, not even realizing the object is here. I personally love Half-life, I am just making some facts clear which the reviewers may not have explained properly(or maybe didn't even mean it)... so, you can consider it as an opinion of mine. Gravity Gun gives you a bit too much freedom over the enemies' limited AI.

  • parazitu001

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 11:06 am PT

    i played this game 7 times and still impress me and today still looks great (look at Half Life 2 Episode Two with upgraded souce engine)

  • parazitu001

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 10:59 am PT

    if this isnt`t the gratest game ever i don`t no what game it is.when i played this game first i said "wow this is almost fotorealistic and very very imersive with gratest phisics and graphics ever forever"
    crysis impressed me but not like Half Life 2 first time when i saw and play it.it runs on low end configs and had the best graphics at least 3 years after release and facial expresions are still the best. this is defenetly my favorite game and nothing can change that period

  • sk8erwarlock

    Posted Mar 2, 2009 12:04 pm PT

    GREATEST GAME EVER, next to super mario world of course

  • Eman2t3

    Posted Feb 12, 2009 11:15 am PT

    I agree with Sardinar. This game needs to be 9.6. I mean, the game is not to hard. At times when you play on hard, it gets hard! Even if the story does not answer questions automatically. I think the story is really good. I mean, the gameplay and the story balance this game. Also, this game has great textures! All I have to say, is to play the Half-life 2 trilogy, it is worth it.

  • Boochie

    Posted Feb 8, 2009 1:23 pm PT

    Another thought: Over the past four years I've played a lot of games including great shooters. Half life 2 is the one game that is essentially one long sequence, but I have fun just going back to again and again and again to save games in the game. That's because it's more immersive imo than any other game I've experienced. You can just screw around next to the ocean next to a run down house and have sort of zen experiences. There is no way in my opinion--- and I think a lot of people would agree-- that this game should have recieved a 9.2. I think this game should have received at least a 9.5/9.6.

  • Boochie

    Posted Feb 8, 2009 1:09 pm PT

    Yeah, yeah.... HL1 is a seminal game and all that jazz-- I know I've played it at least 2-3 times-- but in my opinion HL2 is a better game. It just is: It adds every element that made HL1 awesome and improves on the formula with better graphics, better character development/personality, and better world immersion. Maybe the soldier a.i. tactics aren't quite as good, but comon... you're Gordon Freeman with a bajillion weapons and a fuc**ng gravity gun at your disposal... what do you expect??? LOL

  • SragentThom

    Posted Feb 8, 2009 11:02 am PT

    Whoever says this is better than half life 1 need their head check.

  • Sardinar

    Posted Jan 31, 2009 7:58 pm PT

    People are pissed of 9.2 score because the score should be like 9.6 or something. And why Jason complaints of the game being too easy when I can see that he is playing on Easy difficulty? On Hard, I found the game pretty challenging, and making it too hard would have messed everything up. That strider in 1:36 would have owned him in 3 seconds if Jason was playing on hard.

    Some of the questions are mainly answered in Half-life's sequels like Opposing Force and Blue Shift.

  • EmperorPalpa posted Jan 12, 2009 6:31 am PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    EmperorPalpa

    Posted Jan 12, 2009 6:31 am PT (hide)

    Halo 3 with its multi is so much better

  • EdibleFood

    Posted Jan 11, 2009 12:23 pm PT

    combat arms sucks

  • Chirodip_08

    Posted Dec 30, 2008 9:51 pm PT

    Nothing else.Half Life 2 itself is a great game.

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Dec 29, 2008 9:26 pm PT

    at least try CoD

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Dec 29, 2008 9:25 pm PT

    oh and if you like the counter strike try combat arms

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Dec 29, 2008 9:24 pm PT

    oh and punisher CoD 3 is awsome but try the #1 demo

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Dec 29, 2008 9:22 pm PT

    I know im the only call of duty fan in a crowd of half life but still nothing beats call of duty but still half life is great

  • Punl5her

    Posted Dec 29, 2008 1:38 pm PT

    @ Lonewolf1196

    Either your trying to start a commotion or your a moron but either way I've played Call of Duty before and by the time I put enough into it to finish one of their games (COD3) I never played the series again and decided that the game is NEVER worth buying.

  • Jozo2

    Posted Dec 28, 2008 11:44 pm PT

    I don't know why, but this review really annoys me.
    Half-Life 2 is still such an impressive game. Considering it was brought out almost five years ago now, that is most certainly saying something.

  • J3ST3R_17

    Posted Dec 23, 2008 10:29 pm PT

    Who gives a crap about "revolutionizing" the industry? I swear, these guys sound like Che friggin' Guevera with all their talk of "revolution". This was an outstanding game and the biggest draw here is the *story*. That's always tacked on with these reviews: "Oh yeah, and the story's pretty good, too". Guys: get your dicks off of your graphics cards and take a good look at the story that's being told. That's why this game is so awesome: because you actually start to *care* about what's happening.

  • lonewolf1196

    Posted Dec 16, 2008 7:59 pm PT

    why is everyone upset!?!?!?! It got a 9.2

  • lonewolf1196 posted Dec 16, 2008 7:52 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    lonewolf1196

    Posted Dec 16, 2008 7:52 pm PT (hide)

    call of duty is better. I know there not related but...... call of duty is better

  • Galin_666

    Posted Dec 15, 2008 12:59 pm PT

    It doesn't revolutionize the genre as much as it's predecessor did??
    You gotta love gamespot

  • TheClown24

    Posted Dec 14, 2008 7:40 am PT

    the reason the story feels like the middle of a bigger story is because erm how do i put it, IT IS and so far, that story that has gone from the original hl to episode two is one of the best stories created in gaming.

  • ZiggyHaloX

    Posted Nov 19, 2008 8:28 am PT

    Thats it? The greatest shooter to date, and it gets 4:30 of praise?
    And the same score as farcry? what the hell...

  • BenderUnit22

    Posted Oct 21, 2008 12:40 pm PT

    I'll never understand how Far Cry got the same score as Half-Life 2.

  • sb87

    Posted Oct 13, 2008 9:51 pm PT

    Best half life game
    one of the best FPS ever

  • reo-117

    Posted Sep 25, 2008 2:46 pm PT

    best single player fps ever

  • Jericho9696

    Posted Sep 18, 2008 12:24 pm PT

    Great game.

  • arizonaisbetter

    Posted Sep 1, 2008 10:34 am PT

    What about HL2 Deathmatch? CSS is a stand alone game. And Half Life 2 is so much better then Half Life 1, and the story is a lot more dramatic and told in such a better way

  • Kill-er

    Posted Aug 31, 2008 7:48 pm PT

    "it doesnt revolutionize the genre as much as its predecessor did"? f*ck gamespot, they're console biased anyways.

  • Rymdkakor

    Posted Aug 27, 2008 10:51 am PT

    It doesn't revolutionize the genre as much as it's predecessor did? What the f*ck? Kiss my *ss dipsh*t, Half-Life 2 is the essence of revolutionizing games.
    The best series ever made.

  • Phxsns1

    Posted Aug 23, 2008 9:52 am PT

    That's it? That's all he has to say about the greatest first person shooter ever made?

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