Half-Life 2 is a linear first-person shooter with light puzzle-solving elements and many set-pieces. The player guides Gordon Freeman through the City 17 and the wilderness that surrounds it.
On his way, he’ll encounter a few friendly characters, but also fight dangerous foes. The game features a realistic physics system: Gordon can pick up objects and toss them freely, and many of the puzzles are physics-based – for example, at one point the player has to weigh down a seesaw with bricks at one end to turn it into a ramp.
Gordon’s enemies, apart from alien wildlife which found its way to Earth, are mainly Combine forces, which utilize a variety of firearms, gadgets and vehicles. Policemen and foot soldiers work along with helicopters, gunships and gigantic walking machines to hunt him down. To defend himself, Gordon has a range of weapons available: from the iconic crowbar for close-quarter fighting, through pistols and rifles, up to grenades and a rocket launcher. One of the most notable weapons is the gravity gun, with which Gordon can pick up objects, hold them in the gun’s anti-gravity field, then hurl them at the enemy with great force.
Set pieces in the game include co-ordinated assaults on enemy bases, fighting gigantic boss enemies, bringing down aircraft with the rocket launcher, and others. A few levels require the player to navigate buggy-type vehicles. Some of the more exotic stages involve the player summoning an army of antlions to unleash on unsuspecting foes.
Half-Life 2 PC Game System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: INTEL 2.4 GHz Dual Core
RAM: 1.5 GB
Video Memory: 128 MB
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 4 GB free
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