When I was 12, my dad and I bought this game with zero idea what it as about. Booting it up for the first time was a spectacle. I couldn't believe how well it ran on our NVIDIA 5800. I struggled to run Unreal 2004 at a respectable frame rate at the time and this just blew it out of the water. I spent days on days messing around with the rag doll physics, environmental physics, completely blown away.

To this day in 2024, I replay this game annually. To relive my childhood and to relive the time I spent with my father admiring this special engine and game. Everyone who owns a PC needs to play this game.

Thank you Valve. And thank you Half-Life 2.

When I was 12, my dad and I bought this game with zero idea what it as about. Booting it up for the first time was a spectacle. I couldn't believe how well it ran on our NVIDIA 5800. I struggled to run Unreal 2004 at a respectable frame rate at the time and this just blew it out of the water. I spent days on days messing around with the rag doll physics, environmental physics, completely blown away. To this day in 2024, I replay this game annually. To relive my childhood and to relive the time I spent with my father admiring this special engine and game. Everyone who owns a PC needs to play this game. Thank you Valve. And thank you Half-Life 2.