Half-Life 2 is an FPS game where you once again play as Gordon Freeman, the MIT graduate from the first game. You awaken a number of years after the original game on a train to City 17, an Eastern European city which is reminiscent of the World War II ghettos. And the people kept in City 17 are the remains of humanity, left at the will of the Combine, a mysterious alien group who retains totalitarian control of Earth.

You are soon brought into a resistance group, and make an attempt to bring down the Combine and liberate Earth. Why you? You saved it the last time. Or did you?

Also with Half-Life 2 is Counter-Strike: Source, a version of Counter-Strike made with the new Source engine which powers Half-Life 2, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, an online multiplayer game featuring the same physics and weapons as the single player game.

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Alternate Titles

"戰慄時空2" -- Chinese title (traditional)
"半条命2" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"HL2" -- Abbreviated title
"Bantiao Ming 2" -- Chinese title
"하프라이프 2" -- Korean title

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User Reviews

Incredible Movie-like Gameplay well worth overlooking the flaws.	Dwango (292)
Fun, and innovative on a small scale, but not the "greatest game of all time" as some would have you believe.	Tibes80 (1500)
Who needs a serious relationship if you can have a great one-night-stand?	Unicorn B. Lynx (53164)
Not just a game, an experience	Matt Neuteboom (941)
A thoroughly immersive, plot-centric game (no spoilers).	null-geodesic (228)
Outrageously overrated	Sebastian Cardoso (40)
Light and fun FPS game	Melody (119)
Great Graphics, Great levels, but Dated Play	Santa (817)
"The Right Person In The Wrong Place Can Make All The Difference"	MasterMegid (801)
Tight physics & graphics; middling gameplay and story	Chris Wright (84)

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The Press Says

videogamer.com	Dec 14, 2004	10 out of 10	100
Gry o2	Nov 22, 2004	10 out of 10	100
Game Chronicles	Jan 14, 2005	9.9 out of 10	99
PC Games (Germany)	Nov 26, 2004	96 out of 100	96
Play Magazine	2004	9.5 out of 10	95
Mygamer.com	Nov 19, 2004	9.4 out of 10	94
PC Action	Jan 12, 2005	94 out of 100	94
CD-Action	Aug, 2004	9.33 out of 10	93
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Oct, 2004	90 out of 100	90
SwankWorld	2004	9 out of 10	90

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Trivia

The Vortigaunts are voiced by Louis Gossett, Jr. It is mentioned in Raising the Bar that Gossett was chosen partially due to his role as the alien in the film Enemy Mine.

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