Oh, its video game season again. Winter means gaming, and I get to review games a plenty this holiday season. So when my copy of Half Life 2 arrived, I was pumped. Yeah, I know, you’ve already played it. But did you feel as ripped off as I did?
Episode 2 is short, and its easy. Nothing original in the way of weaponry, nothing new anywhere. Some new characters to battle, and thats eat. I can drive a car, but since there’s no gun to fire out of the front window, I found this tedious and boring.
The graphics are the usual quality you’d expect from Valve. To me, its the same quality as Half Life 2. If you noticed some minor improvments over the original, you probably have a very nice pc that can pump out the fine details.
The game is rather short, I blasted my way through in a few hours. I was disappointed in how little I got to explore the surroundings, considering how much takes place outdoors. I was also disappointed how much of the game took place in the abondoned mines, underground. It just reminded me of Doom, it gets really lame after awhile. My flashlight doesn’t last long enough to make the dark surroundings enjoyable when its dark.
I still find the control somewhat irritating too. Characters often get in the way, obstacles are somewhat clumsy to navigate around at times. Maybe i’m too much of a fan of the Grand Theft Auto series, and I’m spoiled. I enjoy snooping around and I don’t get that satisfaction out of the Half Life series.
Its a good game, if you have a few hours to kill, but don’t look for anything groundbreaking in the Big Orang Box!
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