7 years in the making, and it's here now. You'll find yourself glued to your seat as you play this hot FPS.
User Rating: 10 | Half-Life 2 PC
7 years in the making. Valve was a good company when it came to their games, story lines, and their ability to allow their fans to become one with the game. As we know Half-Life had many if not a complete set of mods for it, and we'll see the same with Half-Life 2. But, the big debate is: "Does it live up to the original?" It surpasses the original in many aspects. From sound, to story, to graphics and a lot more. The graphics to this game is more than what you see. It's how you interact, and the enviroments are highly interactable. This is a prodominant feature in this game and something a lot of developers are starting to move into. It's a trend to make games more interactive through dynamics. This game is sets and amazing foundation. Looking at the graphics -- you'll find yourself easily immersed. The game supports amazingly beautiful and concrete graphics. The normal mapping and the displacement mapping worked beautifully in this game to make surfaces look more realistic. But also, with the players their faces, their eyes, their teeth, and all the parts that pertain to them. It's all extremely beautiful and well done; with the specular lighting and much more. The graphical effects of this game are superb. The sound was something out of this world. You can't enjoy this game with anything below a 5.1 -- the aural experience is amazing. Like any other game that uses 5.1, it's always amazing to hear the crack from the back and just get psyched or pumped or just scared waiting for something to happen. It's amazing, and the sound effects fit the game perfectly. Loud, scary and well... badass. Hearing echoes through caverns and such, hearing splashes, everything sounded realistic; yet, it kept you glued to the edge of your seat. The story of this game is something. It fits will and it isn't a let down. I found myself enjoying every minute that I've been playing. It couldn't have been done any better in my oppion. There's good with the bad; although, people may find some parts bad due to the fact they may or may not understand it. Be sure to pick up Half-Life play that and then play Half-Life 2. The controls are basiclaly the same -- the only difference is the weapons you're given. The weapons are indeed something. They're crafted very well and the way you can use them to interact with the enviroment and manipulate the enviroment. It allows you to gain upper-hands in tight situations. They allow you to do a lot -- nothing beats the crowbar though heh. Anyways, overall. This is a perfect game in my mind. Perfect for this generation, perfect for the computer hardware out right now, and I don't think it could have been done any better. Great game and a must have.
