Given my new strategy to play a game to its fullest before giving my opinion on it, I'd say I've done that with Half Life 2. The game has a lot to offer, and I still haven't done everything there is to do, so many more play throughs are warranted.

Some of the aspects I liked about the game include:

The Story
I love the story, and especially how its done in this game. Your goal to fight against a seemingly impossible force to save humanity, though cliche is very deserving in its execution. Especially with all the characters in the game, and how you learn the story throughout the game through indirect information is amazing.

Engine
The source engine has allowed for this game to live up to what I thought it was going to be. Just messing around with the physics props was some of the most entertaining things ever, and especially how well the engine allows for certain things like proper vehicle physics and explosives all work together perfectly.

Given my new strategy to play a game to its fullest before giving my opinion on it, I'd say I've done that with Half Life 2. The game has a lot to offer, and I still haven't done everything there is to do, so many more play throughs are warranted. Some of the aspects I liked about the game include: The Story I love the story, and especially how its done in this game. Your goal to fight against a seemingly impossible force to save humanity, though cliche is very deserving in its execution. Especially with all the characters in the game, and how you learn the story throughout the game through indirect information is amazing. Engine The source engine has allowed for this game to live up to what I thought it was going to be. Just messing around with the physics props was some of the most entertaining things ever, and especially how well the engine allows for certain things like proper vehicle physics and explosives all work together perfectly.