Finally a game that goes beyond a form of entertainment and attains "art" status...
User Rating: 10 | Half-Life 2 PC
For the first time in review history, this 10 actually means "perfect". More perfect than Halo, Myst, The Sims, and especially more perfect than games that have actually received a 10 from gamespot (Zelda, Tony Hawk's 3). I am neither a fan boy nor a loyal follower of the Half Life series, but this game is simply unbelievable. The first 30 minutes of this game has you walking around a city, no weapons or battles present, and that part is more fun than anything in the Halo 2 campaign. The feeling of being in the locales is so strong it cannot be described, one word comes to mind, immersion, but even that does not do justice to this game. In no way could I have imagined the game being this cool. Combat is purely frenetic, and you are constantly looking for ways to outsmart a VERY smart enemy. I'm going to just stop writing this review now, because I could go on forever. The one thing I can say is that this is one game that absolutely NO ONE should miss. Even if you don't buy it, just make sure you see it at someone's house, because this is the future, the gap between movies and video games has been bridged, and this is it. As a final note, the gamespot reviewers are complete and utter fools who have no appreciation of how a game can transcend that title and actually become art. If Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 deserved a 10, this deserved a 100.
