Half-Life 2

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9.2

Universal acclaim- based on 12734 Ratings

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  1. fmcs74
    Jan 2, 2021
    10
    Great shooter, fun story. Gameplay innovations that still feel fresh over 15 years later.
    ****3/4 (4.75)
  2. Evelen
    Dec 31, 2020
    10
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  3. Gabzguy
    Dec 29, 2020
    7
    Joguei HL2 depois de zerar DOOM ETERNAL e HL, e acabei me decepcionando com o game. Uma física e aspectos técnicos excepcionais, um bom roteiro, entretanto o jogo me desagradou bastante por desconsiderar muitos dos aspectos que tornaram HL tão especial e único, causando um ar de um FPS em horas ,até bem genérico, tirando tudo que fazia HL especial, as armas, cenários, inimigos. HL2 lembraJoguei HL2 depois de zerar DOOM ETERNAL e HL, e acabei me decepcionando com o game. Uma física e aspectos técnicos excepcionais, um bom roteiro, entretanto o jogo me desagradou bastante por desconsiderar muitos dos aspectos que tornaram HL tão especial e único, causando um ar de um FPS em horas ,até bem genérico, tirando tudo que fazia HL especial, as armas, cenários, inimigos. HL2 lembra em momentos mais Halo ou CoD do que seu antecessor.… Expand
  4. Pxel_Dennis
    Dec 27, 2020
    7
    A linear shooting game, looks like it could have a good plot and lore but it never seems to go deep inside it.
  5. Model_Jb300
    Dec 26, 2020
    10
    If someone talking trash about Half-Life games. You are a stupid and brain dead. The game is fun, a bit fast-pace, and well puzzle design. The story is....."story". You can easily recognize the character. Alyx, Eli, Dog, Barney, Combine, Gordon Freeman, Headcrab, Strider, and G-man. Voice acting was great. The only sad thing about the voice actor of Eli just pass away named Jack. MeanwhileIf someone talking trash about Half-Life games. You are a stupid and brain dead. The game is fun, a bit fast-pace, and well puzzle design. The story is....."story". You can easily recognize the character. Alyx, Eli, Dog, Barney, Combine, Gordon Freeman, Headcrab, Strider, and G-man. Voice acting was great. The only sad thing about the voice actor of Eli just pass away named Jack. Meanwhile in Half-Life Alyx the new Eli voice acting is...well performance. Enough for that. I think you should go out and BUY THIS GAME! No? Because you are know nothing about Half-Life story. Please, buy this game.… Expand
  6. AstroZombieBR
    Dec 20, 2020
    10
    O jogo da minha vida. A melhor experiência que já tive em games, pra mim nada supera essa delícia de jogo.
  7. FrpMan
    Dec 19, 2020
    8
    Zamanı için harika oyun. Lakin geç oynadım o yüzden o kadar etkilenmedim. Fizik motoru bugün bile harika.
  8. Rx7fD
    Dec 18, 2020
    10
    One of the best fps in the world. With great visual that still looks good in some area today, fantastic story, exciting gameplay and oh boy the physic engine are sooo good until this day
  9. SpechDech
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    A great game when it was released I'm sure, but now 16 years later... Still a good game, the graphics hold up better than most 00s 3D games, and for its time its clear to see it was way ahead of its time on a visual and executional level, especially when it comes to characters and voice acting.

    But the shooting can get really tedious and mind numbing after a while, and the puzzles are    A great game when it was released I'm sure, but now 16 years later... Still a good game, the graphics hold up better than most 00s 3D games, and for its time its clear to see it was way ahead of its time on a visual and executional level, especially when it comes to characters and voice acting.

    But the shooting can get really tedious and mind numbing after a while, and the puzzles are not so well integrated with the rest of the game often hindering the experience.

    It does however have variation with vehicle levels, and some mechanics that change things up, its just that that there is too much mindless, mind numbing shooting.

    And i think its undeniable how iconic this game is.    … Expand
  10. Fallconex
    Dec 17, 2020
    9
    This is an incredible game, I recommend to everyone who does not know about it!
  11. zeux
    Dec 12, 2020
    10
    Revolutionary game that still holds up more then 16 years after its release
  12. KillComma1d
    Dec 11, 2020
    10
    I think this game has the best lore in all gameDev.
    Graphic design is coolest in 2004.
  13. hughjphgames
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    This game came out a year after I was born and it doesn't disappoint. When considering its age there is simply nothing bad you can say about this title. Great entertainment during the quarantine, it's not my first playthrough and it definitely will not be my last.
  14. prakx9
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    Juegazo muy variado y entretenido todo el tiempo.Unos gráficos muy buenos para la época.
  15. Dom007
    Nov 19, 2020
    10
    From the moment you start the the game it is just pure fun from start to finish. The mechanics and combat it offers allows for the fun gameplay whilst the level design which gets continuously gets more interesting as the game goes on keeps your interest high. Last of all it had graphics for its time that where miles above any game released prior to that.
  16. Animus1
    Nov 18, 2020
    10
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    According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow!    Bee Movie Script - Dialogue Transcript

    According to all known laws
    of aviation,

    there is no way a bee
    should be able to fly.

    Its wings are too small to get
    its fat little body off the ground.

    The bee, of course, flies anyway

    because bees don't care
    what humans think is impossible.

    Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
    Yellow, black. Yellow, black.

    Ooh, black and yellow!
    Let's shake it up a little.

    Barry! Breakfast is ready!

    Ooming!

    Hang on a second.

    Hello?

    - Barry?
    - Adam?

    - Oan you believe this is happening?
    - I can't. I'll pick you up.

    Looking sharp.

    Use the stairs. Your father
    paid good money for those.

    Sorry. I'm excited.

    Here's the graduate.
    We're very proud of you, son.

    A perfect report card, all B's.

    Very proud.

    Ma! I got a thing going here. - You got lint on your fuzz. - Ow! That's me! - Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000. - Bye! Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! - Hey, Adam. - Hey, Barry. - Is that fuzz gel? - A little. Special day, graduation. Never thought I'd make it. Three days grade school, three days high school. Those were awkward. Three days college. I'm glad I took a day and hitchhiked around the hive. You did come back different. - Hi, Barry. - Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good. - Hear about Frankie? - Yeah. - You going to the funeral? - No, I'm not going. Everybody knows, sting someone, you die. Don't waste it on a squirrel. Such a hothead. I guess he could have just gotten out of the way. I love this incorporating an amusement park into our day. That's why we don't need vacations. Boy, quite a bit of pomp... under the circumstances. - Well, Adam, today we are men. - We are! - Bee-men. - Amen! Hallelujah! Students, faculty, distinguished bees, please welcome Dean Buzzwell. Welcome, New Hive Oity graduating class of... ...9:15. That concludes our ceremonies. And begins your career at Honex Industries! Will we pick ourjob today? I heard it's just orientation. Heads up! Here we go. Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram at all times. - Wonder what it'll be like? - A little scary. Welcome to Honex, a division of Honesco and a part of the Hexagon Group. This is it! Wow. Wow. We know that you, as a bee, have worked your whole life to get to the point where you can work for your whole life. Honey begins when our valiant Pollen Jocks bring the nectar to the hive. Our top-secret formula is automatically color-corrected, scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured into this soothing sweet syrup with its distinctive golden glow you know as... Honey! - That girl was hot. - She's my cousin! - She is? - Yes, we're all cousins. - Right. You're right. - At Honex, we constantly strive to improve every aspect of bee existence. These bees are stress-testing a new helmet technology. - What do you think he makes? - Not enough. Here we have our latest advancement, the Krelman. - What does that do? - Oatches that little strand of honey that hangs after you pour it. Saves us millions. Oan anyone work on the Krelman? Of course. Most bee jobs are small ones. But bees know that every small job, if it's done well, means a lot. But choose carefully because you'll stay in the job you pick for the rest of your life. The same job the rest of your life? I didn't know that. What's the difference? You'll be happy to know that bees, as a species, haven't had one day off in 27 million years. So you'll just work us to death? We'll sure try. Wow! That blew my mind! "What's the difference?" How can you say that? One job forever? That's an insane choice to have to make. I'm relieved. Now we only have to make one decision in life. But, Adam, how could they never have told us that? Why would you question anything? We're bees. We're the most perfectly functioning society on Earth. You ever think maybe things work a little too well here? Like what? Give me one example. I don't know. But you know what I'm talking about. Please clear the gate. Royal Nectar Force on approach. Wait a second. Oheck it out. - Hey, those are Pollen Jocks! - Wow. I've never seen them this close. They know what it's like outside the hive. Yeah, but some don't come back. - Hey, Jocks! - Hi, Jocks! You guys did great! You're monsters! You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it! - I wonder where they were. - I don't know. Their day's not planned. Outside the hive, flying who knows where, doing who knows what. You can'tjust decide to be a Pollen Jock. You have to be bred for that. Right. Look. That's more pollen than you and I will see in a lifetime. It's just a status symbol. Bees make too much of it. Perhaps. Unl    … Expand
  17. ErayTellezi
    Nov 17, 2020
    9
    İlki kadar iyi olan ender devam oyunlarından. Bugün bile hala gideri var. 9/10
  18. xcylo
    Nov 16, 2020
    5
    Let's face it, the game hasn't aged well. While I'm sure it was revolutionary back in 2004, and I know your pal who's maybe a few years older than you said you should *totally* check out the game, but here's the thing: video games rarely age well. While you can go back and enjoy an old movie or a classic book and not lose any of the experience, games are always changing and developing.Let's face it, the game hasn't aged well. While I'm sure it was revolutionary back in 2004, and I know your pal who's maybe a few years older than you said you should *totally* check out the game, but here's the thing: video games rarely age well. While you can go back and enjoy an old movie or a classic book and not lose any of the experience, games are always changing and developing. Where we are today is so far ahead of where we were when this game came out that this really just feels janky and primitive. Don't get me wrong, the game is a classic. It changed the way we create and play games. But with all the hype around it, coming back to the game now is nothing more than disappointing.… Expand
  19. RinKaiG
    Nov 16, 2020
    10
    Nice Game , a Great character connected with the Player like Gordon Freeman and a Masterpiece with long lasting, interesting detail, by time
  20. BaileyJ
    Nov 14, 2020
    10
    If you haven't played this game, you're dead to me.

    For sure on of the best game ever made. The most innovative game ever made. This game was released back in 2004 and playing this game today i have yet to find anything that shows its age.
  21. juricasaravanja
    Nov 10, 2020
    10
    I played a lots of games in my life. It begins in the second part of the eighty's. After a playing this game for a few hours I felt very sick. My neck start to ake and I had a strange feeling that I got to throw up. Never before and never again in my long history of playing I didn't experience such a thing.
    It is a mystery to me. Why???
    But the game is just amazing. I couldn't finish it    I played a lots of games in my life. It begins in the second part of the eighty's. After a playing this game for a few hours I felt very sick. My neck start to ake and I had a strange feeling that I got to throw up. Never before and never again in my long history of playing I didn't experience such a thing.
    It is a mystery to me. Why???
    But the game is just amazing. I couldn't finish it because of those problems which I had. But if I could I surely would. Masterpiece.    … Expand
  22. kimi1775
    Nov 9, 2020
    9
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  23. GVB
    Oct 30, 2020
    10
    ok, its Half-Life. A classic, a masterpiece, a superb story with great mechanics and situations. More than recommended: you-must-play-it.
  24. GhostBigfoot
    Oct 21, 2020
    10
    Honestly 16 years too late into reviewing this game but I will. It was 2012 and I remember playing Half-Life 2 for the first time having the most fun for a game at the time. The gameplay was absolutely brilliant for its time with the great level design at the time. Everything felt fluid and the graphics still hold up today as a low tier game but still really good. The story was reallyHonestly 16 years too late into reviewing this game but I will. It was 2012 and I remember playing Half-Life 2 for the first time having the most fun for a game at the time. The gameplay was absolutely brilliant for its time with the great level design at the time. Everything felt fluid and the graphics still hold up today as a low tier game but still really good. The story was really engaging and brilliantly done. I felt a surge of power with the great world-building and the effort put into making this great game. if you haven't played this game and you own a PC, please get it. It's 100% worth it. The only concern I had for the time was my PC would crash at the time but that was a personal problem. I really hope Valve continues the series especially after Half-Life Alyx coming out, we really need a Half-Life 3 during this dark time. My final review is 9.8/10.… Expand
  25. sebastianali
    Oct 18, 2020
    8
    Half Life 2 es uno de los mejores FPS que existen. En primer lugar, vamos por los gráficos. Los gráficos. En pleno 2004, los gráficos, las físicas son de lo absolutamente mejor que he visto nunca, y si bien puede estar anticuado para estándares actuales, es la ambientación y el diseño de niveles lo que lo hace destacar a día de hoy. En cuanto a la historia, es excelente y va de la mano conHalf Life 2 es uno de los mejores FPS que existen. En primer lugar, vamos por los gráficos. Los gráficos. En pleno 2004, los gráficos, las físicas son de lo absolutamente mejor que he visto nunca, y si bien puede estar anticuado para estándares actuales, es la ambientación y el diseño de niveles lo que lo hace destacar a día de hoy. En cuanto a la historia, es excelente y va de la mano con la jugabilidad y la progresión e interacción de los mapas, similar al primer juego pero mejorado (aunque la inclusión de nuevos personajes que supuestamente son de antaño como Eli Vance, que si bien son carismáticos, el juego no los introduce de manera correcta y eso no me ha gustado). Sin embargo, hay algunas cosas que empeoraron con respecto a la primera entrega. La jugabilidad en parte me pareció peor: si bien alabo la inclusión de vehículos (entretenidos y con mucha adrenalina) o la arma gravitatoria (muy innovador por cierto), hay menos variedad de armas, lo que da menos estrategia a la hora de combatir y se convierte en algo genérico, ademas de carecer de modo multijugador a diferencia del primer juego (y no, el multijugador por consola con trucos o con mods no cuenta). Quitando eso, es un juegazo, ademas de marcar un antes y un después en el genero, habiendo envejecido de manera espectacular. A nivel jugable sera inferior al primer juego, pero a nivel de narrativa y ambientación le gana por mucho.… Expand
  26. Flipmozh
    Oct 15, 2020
    10
    i have nothing to say about Half Life series especially Half Life 2, except GREAT and WONDERFUL game story line. ever.
  27. AppleCalvados
    Oct 13, 2020
    10
    Лучшая игра в моей жизни! Если у вас есть ПК, то вы обязаны в нее поиграть! Она прекрасна практически во всем. Единственное что в этой игре может раздражать, так это глупые союзные НПС, но это реально мелочь! Честная оценка этой игры 9.7/10, но я поставлю 10/10, потому что это моя любимая игра!Лучшая игра в моей жизни! Если у вас есть ПК, то вы обязаны в нее поиграть! Она прекрасна практически во всем. Единственное что в этой игре может раздражать, так это глупые союзные НПС, но это реально мелочь! Честная оценка этой игры 9.7/10, но я поставлю 10/10, потому что это моя любимая игра!
  28. Skleepy
    Oct 12, 2020
    10
    One of the best games of all time, best FPS shooter ever. Still playable and fun after 16 years.
  29. MatikTheSeventh
    Oct 8, 2020
    9
    Every Valve's single-player game is a masterpiece of art in its own right. And Half Life 2 is their magnum opus as of 2020. You can play it before taking up Half Life 1 as I did and still have lots of fun. It still looks good, plays good, and the story is just grand. Of course in mid 2000s it was possibly the best physics based puzzle game AND an FPS.
  30. Holiday305
    Oct 3, 2020
    10
    What a game !! I love it, the story, characters, voices acting, gameplay, all !
    Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and shine. -GMan
    Good job for all HL Series Valve.
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Awards & Rankings

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#1 Best PC Game of 2004
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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#1 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 81 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 81
  3. Negative: 0 out of 81
  1. CPUGamer
    100
    Nothing less than a revolution in the gaming industry that will keep gamers busy for years to come, just as the original did.
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  2. Play.tm
    95
    An ephemeral and controversial ending, along with the few issues described above, means that for me, Half-Life 2, while a compelling and highly enjoyable game, falls short of the size of impact that the first title had on the gaming world.
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  3. Playboy
    100
    A graphics overhaul delivers detailed facial animations and sophisticated physics that leave battle zones strewn with debris after intense shootouts with shuffling corpses, overfed curstaceans and other assorted foes. [October, p.37]
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