Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Valve, widely regarded as one of the greatest games ever made.

Players control physicist Gordon Freeman in a dystopian future Earth ruled by alien forces.

The game pioneered realistic physics as a gameplay element and advanced narrative storytelling in the genre: I finally played through Half-Life 2 last weekend.

Its sequel, Half-Life 3, has become gaming's most infamous piece of vaporware.