Binding: DVD-ROM Published: 2007-10-09 Availability:
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Features:
Characters - Advanced facial animation system delivers the most sophisticated in-game characters ever seen. With 40 distinct facial muscles, human characters convey the full array of human emotion, and respond to the player with fluidity and intelligence
Physics - From pebbles to water to 2-ton trucks respond as expected, as they obey the laws of mass, friction, gravity, and buoyancy
Graphics - Source's shader-based renderer, like the one used at Pixar to create movies such as Toy Story and Monster's, Inc., creates the most beautiful and realistic environments ever seen in a video game.
AI - Neither friends nor enemies charge blindly into the fray. They can assess threats, navigate tricky terrain, and fashion weapons from whatever is at hand
With part 3 of the Half-Life saga in the horizon, this collection brings you from the start so you're ready to take on the third episode of this exciting trilogy. Half Life earns its popularity and reputation at being the first First Person Shooter game to use aq lifelike, realtime plot that pits you in the action as well as behind the trigger. Created by Valve Software, each episode employs advanced technologies for better, more realistic play. In Half-Life, you assume the role of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a recently graduated theoretical physicist who must fight his way out of an underground research facility whose teleportation experimentations have gone awry. The second part of the trilogy of episodic expansions for Half-Life 2, Episode Two picks up where Episode One left off?with Gordon and Alyx traveling out of City 17 and into a vast new environment. 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. Intense, real-time gameplay of Half-Life 2 is made possible only by Source, Valve's new proprietary engine technology
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Portal rocks!:
Anything connected to Half Life 2 is, of course, awesome. But Portal really is just something altogether different. Such a completely awesome game for people like me. I would describe it as part Myst/Riven and part shooter. Which, to me, is perfect.
never again:
Tried for 4 days to install, but thanks to valve's DRM and steam, I never could get it to run. And couldn't return the game to wal-mart or resell it on ebay, so my $40 game ended up in the wood stove. I will never buy a game from valve or steam again.
What a nightmare:
Got it out of the box when I got home, excited about playing Portal. Plugged it in, I get nothing but an account prompt. Okay, that's fine, I had a Steam account years ago. Type in my username and password. Okay, doesn't work, that's weird. Okay, so I do the password retrieval. Hours go by. Nothing in my e-mail. I try to create a new account. I'm sorry, your e-mail is already being used! Your account name is already taken! Frustrating, no fun to be had here, waste of time. No support number to call, no... more info
The Orange Box is definitely worth the price.:
Before buying this game I reviewed it here and was a bit apprehensive due to the negative views of the Steam client. After getting the game and playing it I can say that all the worrying was over nothing. First: Yes, you need the Steam client to play these games. It is clearly stated on the seal "Product offered subject to your acceptance of the Steam Subscriber Agreement". I advice not letting this little obstacle put you off from buying this great package. After all is done, you could very well be... more info
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