Half-Life: Source
Winner of over 50 Game of the Year awards, Half-Life set new standards for action games when it was released in 1998. Half-Life: Source is a digitally remastered version of the critically acclaimed and best selling PC game, enhanced via Source technology to include physics simulation, enhanced effects, and more.
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Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Half-Life 2 is a fps, action and sci-fi game
developed and published by Valve.
Released on November 16th 2004 is available on Windows, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 245,627 reviews of which 239,721 were positive and 5,906 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 9.69€ on Steam.
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- OS *: Windows 7, Vista, XP
- Processor: 1.7 Ghz
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 8.1 level Graphics Card (requires support for SSE)
- Storage: 6500 MB available space
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I originally pirated this game, then finished it and it's expansions. It was so good, that I bought The Orange Box on Steam AND The Orange Box for the XBOX 360, now it's one of my holy grails. P.S.: I stopped pirating games, now I have the money to buy the games I already loved to pay back to the Developers.
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---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☑ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10 ---{ Author }--- ☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template Edit:im so happy this was the top review before
Classic https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3491412363 I don't have much to add about this game. I missed all the hype back in 00s because I was busy playing CS 1.3, WC3, AOE, Diablo 2, and countless other classics. But after completing Black Mesa, which I absolutely loved, playing Half-Life 2 was inevitable. The game is brilliant in almost every aspect. The only thing I didn't like was that the airboat section felt too long. Anyway, playing it in 2025 feels better than playing 99% of modern titles. I am not joking. At this point, playing Half-Life 2 is almost a matter of cultural literacy. So, don't be uncultured. [*][url=https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyZoXS4NJyw-NpDkLwdppIqrp8XIdh8f7&si=s_nKo_ujf3FTZfNU] Walkthrough on the hardest difficulty [*][url=https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198075304418/recommended/362890]Review of Black Mesa [*][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45567891] Curator page
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Frequently Asked Questions
Half-Life 2 is currently priced at 9.69€ on Steam.
No, Half-Life 2 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.69€ on Steam.
Yes, Half-Life 2 received 239,721 positive votes out of a total of 245,627 achieving an impressive rating of 9.65.
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Half-Life 2 was developed and published by Valve.
Yes, Half-Life 2 is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Half-Life 2 is not playable on MacOS.
Yes, Half-Life 2 is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Half-Life 2 is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Half-Life 2 is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Half-Life 2 does not support VR.
Half-Life 2 is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Half-Life 2. Explore additional content available for Half-Life 2 on Steam.
Yes, Half-Life 2 is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Yes, Half-Life 2 supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Half-Life 2 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Half-Life 2.
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Online players
1,555
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Valve
Release
16 Nov 2004
Platforms
Remote Play