Half-Life 2

Half-Life 2 was developed by Valve Software and was released on November 16, 2004 for the PC following a 5 year development cycle. The game gained almost unanimous praise and acclaim for it's story, fluidity and the gameplay in general. The game was bundled with Counter-Strike: Source, a remake of a criticaly acclaimed total coversion mod for the original Half-Life. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch was later released via Steam and was free to download for all owners of Half-Life 2.

You are Dr. Gordon Freeman, theoretical physicist and one of the only survivors of the Black Mesa incident. Finding yourself on a train to who-knows-where, you are plunged into a world oppressed by an alien empire, a world fraught with dangers that you, a mere scientist, will have to overcome.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
   1. Characters
   2. Controls
2. Walkthrough
   1. Point Insertion
   2. A Red Letter Day
   3. Route Kanal
   4. Water Hazard
   5. Black Mesa East
   6. "We Don't Go To Ravenholm"
   7. Highway 17
   8. Sand Traps
   9. Nova Prospect
   10. Entanglement
   11. Anticitizen One
   12. "Follow Freeman!"
   13. Our Benefactors
   14. Dark Energy
3. Appendices
   1. Weapons
   2. Enemies
   3. Multiplayer
   4. Counter-Strike: Source
   5. Secrets
   6. Miscellaneous