This is a bit embarassing...and something else about Half Life 2

[Sythe]

Woo I just beaten the game and I must say.

I hate the ending. It leaves you off at a bloody cliff hanger.

[Thoran]

As I said... definitely going to be a "part 2" or add-on or something like that.

The game WAS a bit short, but replayability is pretty good for a shooter, the driving parts are a ton of fun just goofing around in, and the end section in the combine main structure or whatever is a blast.

IMO there were plenty of weapons (I prefer a few good ones to a ton of them), and alt-fire helps.

It is pretty easy on all but the highest difficulty, but my first time through I liked that... it kept game flow up and gave me the feeling that I was playing/watching an interactive movie.

[Blind_Prophet]

ALL i have to say is Trap Town + SawBlades + GravityGun = GODLIKE

[Link]

Originally posted by Xen: Yeah HL2 rocks becuase of the phsyics. What is like about Hl2 is that it can works prety well on slower systems too.

Depends on your definition of slower systems, though, but even then I beg to differ with you. Half-Life 2 has state of the art graphics (although I'm not THAT impressed, but that might be because I haven't seen it at full force yet), and a killer game engine. A friend of mine has a really decent computer (Doom 3 ran perfect on it) but Half-Life 2 has its glitches every now and then.

Generally speaking, the game could've been a lot better. The lack of multiplayer is not a devestating thing (and in a sense the Source version of Counter Strike helps) but still it's a shame they didn't implement a multiplayer version.
The AI on moderate level SUCKS, and not just that, it SUCKS bigtime. The combine soldiers are easy as hell, shooting a salvo of bullets before taking cover. Only when they're hit they will run away, take cover for like a second or two and then return to open sight where you can shoot them again. And they must have a malfunctioning mask (all of them) because their sense of aim is just awful. Unless there is a good explanation for this story-wise, this, in my eyes, is a pretty big issue.

These points put aside though, Half-Life 2 has been hyped a tad bit too much, still making it a really good game (and worth buying) but IMHO it could and should have been better.

[Sythe]

I only wished they had more aliens. Like those electric guys in the first game. I loved blowing those away. And next time it is higher difficulty.