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Half-Life 2Could Half-Life 2 possibly live up to the hype? After almost two years of tantalising previews and infuriating delays it's safe to say that this is the most highly-anticipated computer game of all time.
Fortunately, it doesn't merely live up to its promise, but exceeds it.
No-one who plays the finished product will wonder why it took so long. The impression is of a game that has been endlessly refined to get as close to perfection as could realistically be hoped.
All the money - or indeed time - is on the screen.
The player sees things through the eyes of Gordon Freeman, the bespectacled scientist who starred in the original 1998 Half-Life.
Having survived that skirmish in an desolate monster-infested research facility, he's back in another foreboding troublespot - the enigmatic City 17.
It has the look of a beautiful Eastern European city, but as soon as your train pulls in to the station, it's clear that all is not well here.
Sinister police patrol the unkempt streets, and the oppressive atmosphere clobbers you like a sledgehammer. A casual smattering of the nightmarish creatures from the first game makes this an even less pleasant place to be.
You are herded around like a prisoner and have to mingle with a few freedom-fighting civilians to gather information and progress in your task.
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