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Valve Half-Life II X Box Action Review

Valve Half-Life II


Description
Half-Life 2 for the Xbox is the entire, award-winning, single player game tuned and optimized by Valve exclusively for Xbox. Featuring all of the advanced AI, stunning graphics, and physical gameplay of the PC version, Half-Life 2 for Xbox not only delivers an uncompromised console adaptation of the game, it delivers with enhanced special effects and graphics – creating what IGN calls the "number one Xbox prospect for the year."

The gameplay begins 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.


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Reviewed by: 

jhiggins

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Review Date
February 17, 2006

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

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Price Paid:  $30.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
A great game to play…when it runs. Maybe it's my first-production-run Thompson DVD drive to blame, but I had constant crashes and lockups that necessitated many, many reboots and even, in some cases, cache-clearing maneuvers. Once you do get it running, it's fun to see how well the game plays on a console and big-screen tv. Gameplay loses little in the porting process and the graphics are quite impressive. The ability to play the game without having to mess with "Steam" is a big plus, too. Overall, it might be better to plan to play this game on a 360, whose system specs can (presumably) handle the Source engine code much better than the existing XBox. It remains to be seen if MS will release the required emulator patch….

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