HALF LIFE 2

This is one helluva game. Amazing. Superb. Top Notch. I really think i will run out of superlatives praising this game. It is deservedly on the list of the 'best games of all time' list of gamespot. I played it first on the xbox and the graphics were great no doubt, but its tough to play fps on the xbox. You feel much more in control and its much more natural playing on the pc. Lol and when you play it you realise that playing so much cs does pay off when you play in half life. I immediately go for hs when i meet the combine lol. Well, basically you play Dr. Gordon Freeman, and you are pulled out of statis by the G- Man at the start of the game. This is supposed to be bridging the gap when half life 1 ended. It is about 10 or 20 years past the end of the black mesa incident and you enter a totally new world, which is ruled by a totalitarian government. I found this concept really cool and interesting. After reading the book 1984 by george orwell, which is a definite classic and one of the most amazing books ever, i have been really interested by movies and books with the same concepts. Such a concept is truly terrifying no doubt, but to explore such a concept explored by writers like orwell is absolutely captivating. And half life 2 really impressed me with the initial environment of a city ruled by a totalitarian government. Basically, a lot of shit happened when you were in statis by the G-Man. The most important event was the seven hour war, wait let me explain. When you destroyed the nihilanth in half life 1, it basically made the portals go berserk or something and they started popping up all over earth. Then, this alien race called the combine, which was then establishing an empire, came into earth through the portals, and basically pwned the human race in just 7 hours. They then established a couple of cities where humans could live, and one of them was the city 17 into which you are thrust in half life 2.Basically, this guy called dr breen, who was the former head of black mesa, struck a deal with the combine to let him rule over city 17, upon the condition of a totalitarian government in which the humans were restricted from reproducing. So here comes gordon freeman.you come into the fray and cause a lot of confusion among the combine troops by escaping and joining up with the rebel force. By this time, you have attained a cult idol status in the rebel world and the rebels look to you to lead the revolution against the government. And that is what you eventually do. Anyway, the graphics of the game is just stunning. The emotions of the characters are top notch and valve carried on with the tradition of progressing the story in-game itself without any cut scenes at all. I found this very refreshing change, although i love cut scenes in games, this was something different and it worked well. Hahaha one thing that impressed me was that wherever you move, the npcs eyes follow you wherever you are when they are talking to you. Thats cool. The story though is not so clear amidst the constant action in the game. There is rarely a moment to rest in half life 2 and thats brilliant cos theres an amazing adrenaline rush when u play the game. Its like there will be an in-game conversation and then suddenly you have to run away and fight again. Thats quite cool, although the causes the player to lose concentration of the story. And bloody hell the game is bloody realistic. I seriously felt queasy when i was riding the water boat cos it was bloody realistic, but those portions of the game i found really irritating. I mean its ok if you have to drive vehicles for a short while, but bloody hell u have to ride them for a long time and i found that damn annoying. I mean you just have to keep on driving and shooting at enemies and it gets damn irritating, and the worst part is that you dun have a clear path. You have to bloody hell keep clearing objects and getting off to clear the way and go through which is annoying. A good point in the game though is that actually you have to think quite a bit in the game. There are lots of parts where you get stuck unless you get resourceful and i find them damn nice, that additional mental challenge. Like one time, you are stuck in a room unless you can build a bridge to the other end with the objects in the game. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the last part of the game wooohooo, the part where you get the super gravity gun kenna zhng sia. Damn nice. You can use the super gravity gun to throw the enemies at each other, shoot the enemies down, get plasma balls and shoot them its damnnn nice. HAHAHAH theres one part where got like one whole army of combine and a bloody strider watiign for you!!!!! then damn nice you have to chiong at them and just whack the super gravity gun at everyone damn shiok. ITs just a superb game, one of the best i have ever played.