Half-Life 2

Premiere on PC:

2004-11-16

Premiere on XBX:

2005-11-15

Producer:

Valve Software

Publisher:

Activision Blizzard

Platform:

XBX

Number of players:

Age requirements:

16+

Storage:

5 CD | 1 DVD

Category:

Shootings

Required:

Pentium 4 2.4 GHz 512 MB RAM Graphics card 64 MB (GeForce 4 Ti4400 or better) 4.5 GB HDD Windows 98Me2000XP

www:

http://www.half-life2.com/

9.2

Rate of redactors

7.0

Rate of users

7.0

Expectations

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Half-Life 2, the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series. It is singleplayer, story-driven, science fiction, and linear. Developed by Valve Corporation, it was initially released on November 16, 2004, following a protracted five-year,[4] $40 million development cycle, during which a substantial part of the project was leaked and distributed on the Internet. The game was developed alongside Source and Steam. It introduced the game engine and, because of Steam, is the first video game to require online product activation. Like its predecessor, Half-Life 2 was met with near-unanimous critical acclaim. It was praised for its advanced physics, animation, sound, AI, graphics, and narrative. The game won 39 "Game of the Year" awards, and several publications have named it "Gam...

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