This game is just terrific! From the beginning, when you appear on the train, you begin to feel like you are a part of the world and not just a character. The world and NPCs all look gorgeous. The realism and facial movements of the NPCs are all believeable. The gameplay and controls are excellent. The sound along with the voiceovers are superb. The camera drones and the soldiers are all aware of you so that you always feel like you are being watched. Gun turrets follow your movements to the "T". Within the first 45mins of play you are already running for your life with a great level of intensity. Awesome! I began on normal rather than the game default of easy. I have a 2.6C P4 with 1GB of RAM, PNY Geforce 6800 GT at stock speed, and an Audigy Zs Gamer Sound Card. When the game is loaded, the section runs very smoothly at 1152x854 with everything on High. So why didn't I give it a perfect 10? The load times between each section of the map is relatively long. At least for me, it interrupts the intensity of some of the chases. Once I get my WD Rapter 10,000 rpm SATA HDD, that load time should be greatly reduced. As for multi-player, every other FPS gets spanked by CounterStrike. And with the Source engine, it will remain that way. Not to say that UT2004 or Halo/Halo 2 MP isn't fun, but there is a reason why CS is still the #1 Multi-player online action game. I think the before mentioned games are awesome too but Half-life 2, IMO, and the opinions of many online and offline game review mags/sites, is the best FPS to date.
1998, half life comes out, rocks the planet. Six years later, half life 2 comes out, rocks the galaxy. Gordon is back and so is perfection. For six years the world has been waiting, and now it is here. The game play ... Read Full Review
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