Half-Life 2

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Half-Life 2
Developer:	Valve Corporation
Publisher:	Valve Corporation
Release date:	Microsoft Windows North America - November 19, 1998 Europe - November 19, 1998 Microsoft Xbox North America - November 15, 2005 Microsoft Xbox 360 North America - October 10, 2007 Sony Playstation 3 North America - December 11, 2007
Genre:	First-Person Shooter
Game modes:	Campaign
ESRB rating:	Mature (M)
Platform:	Microsoft Windows Microsoft Xbox Microsoft Xbox 360 Sony Playstation 3
Engine:	Source, Havok
Media:	CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, Download

Background

Half-Life 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Half-Life, developed by Valve Corporation, and released on November 16, 2004.

Concluding the first installment, players are once again put into the eyes of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist that was assigned to the Black Mesa Research Facility. Freeman is faced with foreign creatures and a corrupted military force dispensed to cover up the Black Mesa Incident and silence any known witnesses. In this struggle, Freeman finds himself aided by tyrannized civilians, former Black Mesa colleagues, and the alien Vortigaunts.

Gameplay

Players take control of the game's leading protagonist, Gordon Freeman. Taking advantage of a wide variety of weapons, players must navigate through a series of levels, encountering both human and extraterrestrial opponents throughout the story. Half-Life 2 improvised gameplay since the release of the original Half-Life title. Players must now solve physics-based puzzles, such as crossing a seesawing ramp by placing a cinder block on the other end, or to stack boxes in order to gain access to higher levels.

Weapons

Some of the featured weapons in Half-Life made returns in Half-Life 2. They are as followed:

• Gravity gun

• Crowbar

• SPAS-12 Shotgun

• .357 Colt Python

• Crossbow

• RPG Launcher

• Tau Cannon

Aside from returning weapons, new ones were implanted in as well. They include the:

• MP7 submachine gun

• 9mm USP

• Zero-Point Energy Field Manipulator

• AR2 Combine Overwatch pulse rifle

• Pheropods

Characters and Creatures

Through out Half-Life 2, Freeman predominantly fights alone. At certain points, however, allies come to assist. Freeman is mainly helped by human members of the Resistance, but is also found being assisted by the Vortigaunts who can recharge his HEV suit besides fighting. Notable characters that are in the storyline include:

• Alyx Vance
• Eli Vance
• Barney Calhoun
• Dog
• G-Man

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