1998: Half-Life sends a shock
through the game industry with its combination of pounding action
and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins
more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named
"Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more
than eight million retail units sold worldwide.
Now: Half-Life 2.
By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the
original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness,
Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence
affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the
behaviors -- even the emotions -- of both friends and
enemies.
The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon
Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked
to the bone, its resources depleted, its populace dwindling.
Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world
from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people
-- people he cares about -- are counting on him.
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