
On his way, he'll encounter a few friendly characters, but also fight dangerous foes. The player guides Gordon Freeman through the City 17 and the wilderness that surrounds it. Half-Life 2 is a linear first-person shooter with light puzzle-solving elements and many setpieces, similar to its predecessor in concept. Gordon is soon brought into a resistance group, and makes a seemingly futile attempt to bring down the Combine and liberate the Earth. Meanwhile, Gordon Freeman, the man who was at the center of the events that took place shortly before the rise of the Combine, awakens from his stasis and is inserted into a train to City 17 by the mysterious G-man. Earth is turning into a grim, oppressive police state. An energy field prevents humans from procreating, and no new children are born.
Wallace Breen, a human scientist, rules the city on behalf of his new masters.
A Combine Citadel is erected in City 17, a town in Eastern Europe reminiscent of World War II ghettos.
Half-Life: Source - Digitally remastered version of the original acclaimed PC gameįollowing the period of instability caused by the events described in Half-Life, an interdimensional organization known as the Combine invades the Earth, defeating the human forces in the Seven Hour War.
Counter-Strike: Source - The next generation of the #1 online action game. Team Fortress 2 - The long-awaited return of the legendary king of role-based online multiplayer games, Team Fortress 2 pushes the Source Engine to new heights with a daring new art style and deep multiplayer gameplay for nine distinct roles.This edition of Half-Life 2 includes the game on a limited edition DVD-ROM and some exclusive extras. Portal - A groundbreaking new kind of action game that will forever change the way gamers interact with their environment, much like Half Life 2’s gravity gun rewrote the rules for how gamers manipulate in-game objects and use physics. Half Life 2: Episode Two - the second chapter in Valve’s award-winning trilogy, taking gamers beyond the walls of City 17 for the first time. The Orange Box delivers five innovative action games from Valve® - creators of the blockbuster Half Life® videogame, in one box.Īvailable for the PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360™, The Orange Box includes Half Life® 2: Episode Two, PortalTM and Team Fortress® 2 in addition to full versions of award-winning Half Life 2 and Half Life 2: Episode One for an engrossing first-person action experience.