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"Welcome! Welcome to City 17."
The map of City 17 locations.
Episode 1 locations separately.
Underground levels are colorless and overlapped by ground levels, higher floors are overlapping lower ones.
A building has been added to the location with the railroad before the station to expand the location and connect the bridge above the railroad with the location where the rooftop escape happens.
The dwelling-house Gordon uses attic of to reach the rooftops has no entryway to the right side, because stairs are right above the sidewalk and the part of the building with those stairs is absent in the prior location.
In the Citadel there is only the initial corridor way and the final location with the teleport.
So, in weekend, in summer days, with my new pc, I have played in Half Life 2. And, in time of game release – I miss this game. So, now, I am chasing things I lost about theme of videogames. And, by the way, it looks it is not so bad. To skip something in the past. And, now, it is a very big interesting to everything! So, it is hard to say about certain release of Half Life 2. And, everything I heard about it. It is some talks. It is different with Half Life 1. And everything become more atmosphere to the game. So, first time to appear word - cinematic. Cinematic action. With staging. Graphics, of course, and game world are made very cool. Adventure to some strange world.
It, for example, the way how I think about second Half Life. So, now, I play it personally. In steam there is a low price, when it is sales. And I make a collection already there. Second Half Life and two episodes. By the way, when you about in Steam second Half Life - also you will gain some Half Life 2 deathmatch and modification Lost Coast. It is very cool! Modification is not bad, as I heard. Maybe somebody even buy it as a standalone cd version in old days.
Game starts with similar to first part interface. And such swamp or river is drawn with engine at the background. It is very beautiful. Almost like wallpapers.
Game starts with a moment, that player awaken from a sleep. In a metro wagon. Just like he was sleeping. And some locals told you – I have not see how you enter. And, I just, stand, you know, near. To make a feel, it is all right, nothing strange. So, I left the metro. And so strange world is before my eyes. Some soldier makes you not to pass some area. Danger place. So, indeed, second half life – goes like a cinema.
So, some special man is meeting you here. And gives you understanding, that first expectations about dangerous place are right. Strange place. Strange station. Some soldiers. Some tv screen speaks with you. Looks like, human world is under control of some other creatures. Again, it is a feeling of something strange.
But feelings are feelings. And it is already everything goes into chase. And it is time to run. By upstairs – to the roof. By the roof. And I am still running. To some other place, a place where somebody is waiting for me. Main hero – it is the same Gordon Freeman from the first part. Freeman has been met. And a little, he was introduced to the world, what is going on, a little. And it is a big world before your eyes, now. So strange. All the time, I have word strange, all the time. While I was playing Half Life 2. Game is feeling like adventure, also. Or travel. Or better say - a cinema. Just like, you are hero of a movie. It is interesting feeling.
Maybe, it was already a time for game like Call of Duty. With cinematic theme and staging scenes. But it is not a cod game. And here we have its own cinema. Such orange. By gamma like forest such swamps lands. And such small city. Industrial.
It has a very beautiful landscape. By the way, game looks amazing at modern hardware. It is very beautiful views. And city. And factory. Industrial places. It is beautifully made water. And deep into water. Beautiful – it is one more word, that you repeat during Half Life 2.
It has lots of industrial locations. Buildings made of concrete, and some water storage. Metal constructions. A lot of places with swamp or river locations. Water is made very beautiful here. I`d even say, that second Half Life has a photorealistic graphics.
And by the plot, we are all the time running. To some place. And it is also a dynamic of the process. It feels. Chase is going on. And from enemies it is some soldiers with gasmask. They look cool. And there are lots of them. And you run into them all the time. And it starts a crossfire. And robots with circle form are spying with you, they are like flying eye form. And they try to make you blind for some time. There is a well-known head crab, and this plants with going down from a height tongue. Such a long long tongue. And as a rule, they are at some hidden places. Or in the dark. And they are lift you up and try to start to eat. Strange place it is!
From a weapon, it is tire iron, and with a celebration event we receive it, with phrase – “You forget something”. There is a pistol. And automatic gun. Weapon is great here. Pistol and automatic gun feel different. And both of them are good. Pistol is one deal and automatic gun it is another deal. Some enemies, it is more easy to get with pistol. To aim and shoot. Some of them are better take with automatic weapon. For example, a group of soldiers. Automatic gun is fast weapon. And it uses ammo fast. So, it is not good to put into action with lonely enemies. Only with a group of enemies. And for rest of others, it is better to aim, and shoot, one by one, from a pistol.
It is a beautiful views. And, I start even to think about to have a pack of photos from Half Life 2, collection of photos. Second Half Life gives a feel of a cinema, adventure, and, of course, action. It is a game in genre action. And there are ok of shooting here. Enemies are different.
And I remember a lot, a crossfire with soldiers with gasmask in a house. It looks cool. And when they are going down by a wire. To some concrete building. And it is also a water everywhere. And you. And they attack you. They run. They shoot. And it is better to have automatic gun for this case.
And I was surprised, that you need to solve some puzzles here. And go next. To some place to rotate a tap, to some place to do something else. Interaction with objects. To take a barrel. To move it to the point. To jump over. And go to some higher place.
Most biggest impressions goes to graphics and cinematic style. Chase. Action in which you are running to some place. And such industrial views. Light and dark. At the factory, river, city. There is a feeling of a big world. And you are in a hurry. So, this is, I can say, it is a first impression out of Half Life 2.
Dima Link is making retro videogames, apps, a little of music, and some retro more.
Continuing the Half-Life story in celebration to the newly released Half-Life: Alyx game by Valve. In this video I play the second Half-Life game to battle the combine and meet with the old crew of Black Mesa.
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The map of City 17 locations from Episode 1
Underground levels are colorless and overlapped by ground levels, higher floors are overlapping lower ones.
The underground parking levels are located below the city levels.
Curious that the railway Gordon and Alyx use to escape from City 17 leads towards the canals.
The place, where destroyed railway bridge is in the Episode 2, is above City 17 on the map and the train, apparently, moves up and to the right after moving towards the canals.
The train with Barney on possibly moves up or towards the shore.
