Half Life 2 [XBOX PAL] **reduced**

Half-Life 2 on Xbox is identical to the PC version in content: It's a single-player first-person shooter that follows the harrowing, story-driven adventures of one Gordon Freeman. It's a complete single-player, story-based first-person shooter. Like the first Half-Life, the plot of Half-Life 2 is relatively simple even if its themes run deep.

As a research physicist with the uncanny knack for performing heroic deeds without really knowing how you did them, Gordon Freeman returns from the original Black Mesa experiments via the ethereal powers of the G-Man to a ghastly, dystopian reality.

Quickly, however, you're awakened to the fact that you have friends in an underground resistance, who see you as a mythical savior. You'll first meet Barney Calhoun (also from Black Mesa), who's working as part of the "Civil Protection," service, and after Doctors Kleiner and Vance, scientists from Black Mesa, as well as new characters Dr. Judith Mossman and Eli's daughter, Alyx. Alyx is a tech demo all on her own, but her presence in Half-Life 2 is far more valuable than that. She leads you through the basics, explaining the current state of affairs and continues to shed light on your ongoing mission to save humanity.