It took Geib Newella and Co a year and a half to present to the public the second episode of the confrontation of the physicist with alien invaders. But once Valve oath promised to release addons with a break of six months. True, this time the developers found a decent justification for a long delay – along with Episode Two A unique puzzle fell into the release box Portal And the long -awaited team shooter Team Fortress 2.
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Total: 3.9
But, despite the presence of three games at once, The Orange Box is still the continuing “half-life” nail. The main characters of the epic – Gordon and Alex are intact and sound. The citadel is destroyed, but the world around the world is in no hurry to advance. Again these damn combines. Services of the Ecumenical Evil intend to open a new portal in order to call for help the necessary reinforcement. If the insidious plan of galactic invaders is realized, only memories will remain from the earthly civilization. The only chance of salvation is the secret information that innocently seized Alex from the collapsed stronghold of the adversary. Data, at all costs, you need to deliver the rebels to the camp. Freemen has six hours of gameplay for this.
As in Episode One, you have a rapid race for short chapters, of which there were seven pieces. The scene of the game finally shifted from the city regions. Today, the happy owner of the gravipushki has to wipe through the cellars and the “holes” of ant lions teeming with the deaths. Swallowing fresh air will succeed only at the very end, when Gordon, blown by the wind, enters into an unequal battle with a detachment.
The gameplay has not changed on the iot. All the same shooting heaps of enemies, all the same flirting with physics. Two years ago, it looked like a revelation in the genre, now – just a high -quality scribbled shooter. This is hinting at and by no means the first freshness of the graphic engine. However, some work on the technical side of the game was successfully carried out. So, the “Motor” took possession of Motion Blur technology, got the support of multi -core processors and learned to draw “soft” shadows. And still this is not enough for an equal fight against competitors available on the market. And advanced group Unreal Engine 3-Titles on the way.
Are there really 16 months of waiting for the final result? Hardly. The mass HL2 is hysteria, on which the Episode One left, gradually comes to naught, and by the time the trickel was released, it can completely evaporate. Therefore, Valve will have to get pretty to be straightened in order to successfully sell the same game for the third time Richy Reels Casino review in a row.
Team Fortress
Total: 3.7 out of 5.
Long -suffering continuation Team Fortress it turned out completely different as it was conceived at the beginning. The serious tones of the original were replaced by cartoon heroes and the total caricature of what was happening, which is by no means bad – good with a sense of humor among developers everything is in perfect order.
The key difference between the game and Counter Strike Related Continuum is command actions. Allegedly here, even recognized virtuoso of the keyboard and mouse will not last for a long time. Nine classes of the fights fully allow you to feel all the charms of network battles from different sides. Depending on the type of chosen profession, the characters have the size of the “Lifebar” and the weapon arsenal. Spies, doctors, snipers, commandos – everyone will find a hero to his taste.
Team Fortress 2 conservative from beginning to end. There is no vehicle or innovative game modes here. In fact, there are only two types of entertainment: “Capture the Flag”, thinly disguised as an operation to seize the suitcase with secret data from the enemy’s team, and the battles for control points, which have already fled the series fans of the series Battlefield. As a result, we have an ordinary tactical shooter with sparkling jokes and satirical design. No more.
Portal
Total: 4.2 out of 5.
The patented brainchild of a handful of talented students is puffed up for himself and that guy. Until the gameplay, excellent implementation, Portal – The main surprise of the “orange box”.
Black Mesa competitor to create portals – Aperture Science – conducts an inhuman experiment on the main character. To stay alive, she needs to go through 19 tests – from simple tasks with physics to dental throat puzzles. For the most part, the whole essence of the missions boils down to the transportation of their carcass from the starting point to the final. The catch is a huge number of obstacles erected in the path of a fragile girl. There is only one way to overcome them – the workshop management of the upset “portal generator”. Spatial holes – two species differing in color: blue and orange. Through them it is allowed to go through and bring objects.
Portal captures as quickly as it bothers. Although the game will not have time to finally lull – the total time of passage with difficulty exceeds in three hours. For those to whom logical fun will crash in memory for a long time, the developers have prepared a couple of additional levels of complexity – Advanced and Challenge – opening only after passing the main “program”.
