mpodner 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Best web site for Half Life 2 is: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ HALF LIFEW 2 IS A GREAT GAME!!! About: Gordon Freeman is back! Along with scientist Eli Vance and his daughter Alyx, your mission is to save the world from total alien domination. See, that little incident in Black Mesa was just the beginning: now those pesky Xen invaders and a new threat called the Combine have spread across the whole Earth, causing massive amounts of death and destruction. It?s up to you to set things right. Half-Life 2 picks up some time after the original Half-Life left off - with Gordon working for the G-Man - and takes place in and around a Russian city called City 17. Half-Life 2 can be purchased with a credit card over Steam, Valve's proprietary content delivery system, and has also now hit the retail shelves in a standard, 5-CD form and a DVD collector's edition. GORDON FREEMAN: In Half-Life 2, you are Gordon Freeman, a former Black Mesa researcher who somehow re-invented himself as an one man army. Half-Life 2 assumes Gordon accepted the G-Man?s offer to work with him at the end of the original game, and he?s been working under the G-Man?s watchful eye for an unspecified amount of time. G-MAN http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Technically, the G-Man is an ally, since Gordon has been working for him for awhile. But come on, do you honestly think you can really trust this guy? Alyx Vance Alyx is the daughter of Eli Vance (see below) and plays a prominent role in Half-Life 2. She sort of serves as Gordon?s sidekick, and she helps you throughout the game. Eli Vance Alyx's father. He's a former Black Mesa scientist, and he'll help you during the course of your adventure. Eli didn?t escape from Black Mesa unscathed, though; he left a huge chunk of his leg behind. Judith Mossman Dr. Mossman is voiced by Michelle Forbes (Ensign Ro on Star Trek: TNG) and is an assistant of Eli's. Barney Calhoun That?s right, Barney Calhoun, the former Black Mesa security guard who managed to cheat death in Blue Shift somehow ended up in City 17 with Gordon, aiding the resistance. He sure looks different without that helmet. Dr. Kleiner Dr. Alex (Isaac?) Kleiner was Gordon's former professor at MIT and the guy who got Gordon his job in Black Mesa in the first place. This is all referred to in the employment letter at the beginning of the original Half-Life manual. He's back to (surprise!) help Gordon out in various places during the game. Dr. Kleiner has the voice of all the scientists in Half-Life. The Administrator Dr. Breen was Black Mesa's administrator, and he's now a collaborator with the aliens. He is therefore your main adversary. "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords!" Dog Dog is Alyx's mechanical pet/bodyguard, and he helps you learn how to use the gravity gun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mpodner 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 HL2 - About City 17----------------------The basic plot of Half-Life 2 is pretty simple in concept, much as the first game was. The player is once again Gordon Freeman, but rather than being involved in the action by happenstance, he's placed there by the G-Man. Players of the first game will recall being given a "choice" at the end - work for him, or die horribly. Needless to say, the former was used as the springboard for a sequel.Gordon was placed in some kind of stasis following the events in Half-Life, and is reactivated by the G-man to deal with a growing problem on Earth - aliens are running the show 1984-style, using Black Mesa's administrator, Dr. Wallace Breen, as a puppet/mouthpiece to control huamnity and maintain order. Gordon is teleported to City 17, an urban center (apparently in Russia, judging by the Cyrillic characters on some of the buildings and the names of some of the local people and places) where Dr. Breen has his main administrative center.Fortunately, Gordon is not alone against the forces of the alien Combine - characters from Half-Life are working with a resistance movement and will be more than happy to help Gordon, who has become something of a mythical figure amongst the resistance members. Doctors Kleiner and Vance, scientists from Black Mesa, have been working on some high-tech aid for humanity. Barney Calhoun ("the" security guard from Black Mesa) has been working inside "Civil Protection," the oppressive police force of City 17, to keep the reisistance as safe as possible. New characters include Dr. Judith Mossman, an assistant of Eli Vance's, and Eli's daughter Alyx.Half-Life 2 is comprised of 14 chapters. Since there's a lot to do and see in the game, as well as plenty of stopover areas in some otherwise fast-paced levels, the amount of time it takes to complete each chapter will vary based on the player's proclivity for exploration, perfection, sight-seeing, tomfoolery, hijinx, shenanigans and other sorts of goings-on. A relatively exploratory and skilled player can probably expect to spend 1 to 2 hours in each chapter on average, making for a pretty lengthy game.Apart from City 17 and its various sub-environs (a canal, a zombie-infested urban wasteland and the streets themselves), game locations include a coastal highway beset by burrowing insect-aliens, labratories, a Combine prison and, of course, the massive Citadel at the center of the city. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scab_dog 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 I've just started playing Half Life 2, i'ts a good game, the graphix is cool. And I like the plot of the game. The game would be puten to shame if compared to HALO 2. HE HE HE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
