With the strings on my wallet getting a bit tighter these days I’ve been making a conscious effort to get through the pile of games sitting next to my TV. Currently I have The Orange Box spinning in my 360. I picked up The Orange Box to check primarily for Portal and Team Fortress 2, but I had every intention of playing through all the Half-Life 2 offerings contained on the disc.

Unfortunately, the game got pushed aside before I could make much headway in Half-Life 2. What makes matter worse, is that this is not the first time I failed Half-Life. Way back last-gen, I picked up Half-Life 2 on the original Xbox - and while I did make minuscule progress, it was traded away primarily unplayed.

This time however I am determined to see things through and I’m happy to report I’ve been making good progress. Half-Life 2 has quite a bit going for it, which helps me to understand the Halo vs. Half-Life wars that used to rage way back when.

I like how the action keeps flowing in Half-Life, and how you never relinquish control to sit back and watch a cutscene unfold. There is also a nice arsenal of weapons, and I had missed the days where your character was able to carry more than 2 weapons at a time.

Quite a fun FPS romp, that is for sure.

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