| Half-Life 2 smod mod click here: | | | | by a multidimensional empire known as the |
| Half-Life 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter | | | | Combine. The game takes place in and around the |
| computer game and the sequel to the highly | | | | fictional City 17 and follows the adventures of |
| acclaimed Half-Life. It was developed by Valve | | | | scientist Gordon Freeman who must fight against |
| Corporation and was released on November 16, | | | | increasingly unfavorable odds in order to |
| 2004, following a protracted five-year,[4] $40 | | | | survive.The game garnered near-unanimous |
| million[5] development cycle during which the | | | | positive reviews and received critical |
| game's source code was leaked to the | | | | acclaim,[10][11] receiving praise for its advances in |
| Internet.[6] The game uses the Source game | | | | computer animation, sound, narration, computer |
| engine, which includes a heavily modified version | | | | graphics, artificial intelligence (AI), and physics |
| of the Havok physics engine and was also the | | | | simulation. The game won over 40 PC Game of |
| first video game to require online product | | | | the Year awards for 2004,[12] and several |
| activation.[7][8] Originally available only for | | | | publications have since named it as game of the |
| Windows-based personal computers, the game | | | | decade.[13][14][15][16] As of December 3, 2008, |
| has since been ported to the Xbox, and was a | | | | over 6.5 million copies of Half-Life 2 have been |
| part of The Orange Box compilation for Xbox | | | | sold at retail.[17] Although Steam sales figures are |
| 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles.[9] | | | | unknown, their rate surpassed retail in |
| Half-Life 2 takes place in a dystopian world in | | | | mid-2008[18] and are significantly more profitable |
| which the events of Half-Life have fully come to | | | | per-unit. |
| bear on human society, which has been enslaved | | | | |