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Half Life 2 Computer Game

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Product Description
The Half-Life 2 with Deathmatch DVD collects two of the must-have shooter games, bringing you twice the action. Start out with Half-Life 2, where you return to the alien research facility... More
The Half-Life 2 with Deathmatch DVD collects two of the must-have shooter games, bringing you twice the action. Start out with Half-Life 2, where you return to the alien research facility called Black Mesa. The aliens are now pouring into our world and you'll join the resistance movement to stop them. Battle it out with friends in crazy, realistic mulitplayer action with Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Then test your tactical abilities with Half-Life: Source -- where the gaming kicks up a notch through the amazing Source game engine. Less
BioShock is a unique game that mixes a spine-chilling setting illustrated with art deco art and architecture, sci-fi themes of bio-genetic mutation and self-modification, a deep storyline... More
BioShock is a unique game that mixes a spine-chilling setting illustrated with art deco art and architecture, sci-fi themes of bio-genetic mutation and self-modification, a deep storyline with open-choice freedom to interact with the world as you choose, and first-person action that requires you to think every time you pull the trigger. After your plane crashes into icy uncharted waters, you discover a rusted bathysphere and descend into Rapture, a city hidden beneath the sea. Constructed as an idealistic society for a hand picked group of scientists, artists and industrialists, the idealism is no more. Now the city is littered with corpses, wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors as little girls loot the dead, and genetically mutated citizens ambush you at every turn Less
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Key Features   
ESRB Descriptor Blood and Gore • Intense Violence Blood and Gore • Drug Reference • Intense Violence • Strong Language • Sexual Themes
ESRB Rating   M - (Mature) M - (Mature)
Publisher   Vivendi Universal 2K Games
Genre   Shooter / FPS Action
Platform   - Windows
Game Series Half Life Bioshock
Other Features   
Online Online Gaming Support Online Gaming Support
Control Elements - Mouse • Keyboard • Gamepad • Joystick
Distribution Media   DVD-ROM DVD-ROM
Miscellaneous   
Product ID 37149267 37404122
Release Date November, 2004 August, 2007
UPC 014633098501 5026555051743
Product MPN   
MPN AW0ZZM1-X8H2M01 PCBIOSH
 
Consumer Reviews
Half Life 2 Computer Game
Half-Life 2
From $5.00
BioShock Computer Game
BioShock for Windows
From $37.49

Product Review Summary

4.5
Based on 64 user reviews
86% recommend this product
5 stars
44
4 stars
13
3 stars
4
2 stars
1 star
3
Pros
  • Multiplayer (2)
  • Challenging (2)
  • Good Value (2)
  • Easy to Use (1)
  • Great Design (1)
  • Graphics (1)
Cons
  • None (2)
Good For
  • Adults (2)
  • Serious Gamers (1)
  • Action (1)
  • Teenagers (1)
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Consumer Reviews

theuerkorn
399

HALF-LIFE 2: Setting Standards ... in almost every aspect.

bytheuerkorn Dec 31, 2004
67 Helpfuls 68 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Physics, graphics, sound, weapons, equipment, controls, no CD dongle
Cons Online activation required, no manual available (at all)
Recommended it? Yes

In 1998 the original Half-Life set standards and the sequel initially set records in a slightly different way by being one of the longest delayed and yet published games ever. Half-Life 2 has finally been published in November 2004 -- 6 years after the original game made a big splash in the... Read full review »

t13monkeys
531

Half Life 2 - easily the best 3d shooter of the 2004.

byt13monkeys Mar 19, 2005
62 Helpfuls 63 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros awesome graphics engine, solid plot, gameplay varies, huge environments
Cons high system specs, a few areas where the character will get "stuck"
Recommended it? Yes

Half Life 2 received solid reviews from all the major gaming sites on the web, including a 97% from IGN and a 92% from Gamespot, accounting for a disgustingly high 96% overall among 61 media outlets on the web. I wholeheartedly agree. Half Life 2 is without a doubt one of the best 3d shooters, and... Read full review »

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Product Review Summary

4.9
Based on 10 user reviews
100% recommend this product
5 stars
9
4 stars
1
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
Pros
  • Good Value (1)
  • Graphics (1)
  • Challenging (1)
  • Easy to Use (1)
Cons
  • None (1)
Good For
  • Adults (1)
  • Home (1)
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Consumer Reviews

475

A chilling twist on traditional shooters

bygarethvk Sep 14, 2007
22 Helpfuls 23 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Great Premise, graphics, and powers.
Cons Terrible ending, no multiplay
Recommended it? Yes

In Bioshock, the latest 3D action game from 2K games, something is rotten in the city of Rapture. Shortly after surviving a plane crash, the player finds himself descending via a bathysphere from a lighthouse to the submerged city of Rapture.

No sooner does the player arrive at Rapture,... Read full review »

19

Amazing Graphics and sound, compelling story

bymacphersont Sep 15, 2007
17 Helpfuls 18 Helpfuls Was this review helpful?
Pros Original story, great graphics, atmospheric.
Cons Game is short. A bit predictable storyline.
Recommended it? Yes

I have been addicted to this game since my wife convinced me to buy it. The idea was that we would play through it together as we did with Gabriel Knight, Fatal Frame, and the classic horror game Phantasmagoria. Of course, I did not end up waiting on her.

It's a creepy game, full of... Read full review »

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