Half-Life 2

Released: Nov 16, 2004
Genre: First person shooter
Developer and Publisher: Valve
Platform: PC (Windows)
Interface language: Multilingual
Voice language: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and others
Multiplayer: Included (Deathmatch)
Version: build 8491853 from 11/17/2023 – with all episodes (Non-Steam)

Description: “Half-Life 2” – is a next chapter of the cult “Half-Life” story, which saw the light 6 years after the original was released. Players will again have to control the unchanging Gordon Freeman, who regains consciousness on Earth, and realizes that he is in the near future.

All power in this future belongs to an alien government calling itself the Alliance. This Alliance drove all the people on the planet into cities, forcing them to obey. Gordon has to fix this. And although his path is not short, and the goals change quite often, this only gives the game a special originality, making the plot even more interesting.

Complete Edition features

  • Half-Life 2 – Base Game
  • Half-Life 2 – Episode One
  • Half-Life 2 – Episode Two
  • Half-Life 2 – Lost Coast
  • Half-Life 2 – Deathmatch

About design and gameplay

The success of this franchise began with the first part of the game. Half-Life 2 even surpasses it. We can say that the second episode is the canon of the 3D Action genre.

The development of events takes place in the Black Mesa Corporation. A huge number of opponents against a small detachment of resistance, spectacular battles, ruthless murders – this is practically the real world in which the whole story is as believable as possible.

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The main advantage is dynamics. The player will not be bored even for a second: either you solve puzzles, then you try to get out of the trouble alive, then you watch the plot whirlwinds. The episodes end exactly where it gets boring. This speaks of the jewelry endurance of the playing time.

Interactivity is lame. Well, what did you want from the 2004 year game? Nowadays of course you can interact with everything, carry it with you or use it as a weapon. But back there it wasn’t even impossible to break the computer monitor in game. Is this a significant drawback? Definitely not, because the most important is the impression.

Plot was created by professionals in their field. You will not find any plagiarism in the game. There are some borrowings. Download Half-Life 2 means plunge into a completely new world with your own story.

Each time you get to the answers, they will slip through your fingers, forcing you to move forward towards research.

In general, the plot can be described as science fiction, and it won’t let you go till you complete the entire game.

Conclusion

Download Half-Life 2 with all the episodes is definitely worth it for both usual gamers and lovers of an excellent plot and dynamics. In its time, the game earned the highest praise from critics as well as the gaming community.

And if you have never completed this masterpiece, do it right now. Some exciting evenings are guaranteed!

  • OS: Windows XP, 7 / 8.1 / 10
  • Processor: 2 GHz
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • Video card: Nvidia GeForce 8, Radeon X1600, Intel HD 3000 or newer
  • Free disk space: 7 GB
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Size: 4.21 GB (install files)

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