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That button the lady says not to push it. Don't push it. No, get away from there. DON'T PUSH THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BUTTON.

10/10
it's ok

nerf the Combo pls

This is basically what Minecraft and all its clones should aspire to be.

I like making boxes.

This game is the ♥♥♥♥, yo.

Half Life 2 was one of my old favorites back in the day of the N64. But now that it's gone portable, and has been upgraded with minigames, more characters, and more, it's become my favorite platformer of all time. It's been perfect in every aspect of gaming, and it therefore deserves a 10.

Story 8/10
Gordon gets invited to the castle for cake by Alyx in the intro scene, and he brings along Barry and Dr. Kliener. Father Grigori is there when they arrive, and they walk inside. After some time, Grigori notices they still haven't come out. He decides to go in and find out what's going on (this means you start playing as Grigori). He finds out Gordon, Barry, and Kliener have been imprisoned behind locked doors, and you eventually free all of them. After you free each one, you can play as that person, and take advantage of each of their special abilities to get all the Power Stars. After that, you must beat Dr. Breen and restore peace to the land once again.

Graphics 10/10
The graphics have been upgraded since the days of the N64. The characters are less blocky now, most notably Dr. Breen. He looks awesome now. And the intro is too great to be expressed in words. The file select screen has 5 things apparently floating on water (3 files, options, and Return to Mode Select). Whenever you touch the screen, the point you touched emits a ripple in the water. If you drag your stylus (or whatever) across the screen, ripples emit from every point touched. I stare in amazement every time I do this, especially considering this is on a portable.

Control 9/10
The controls in this game are great. You can do the whole mainstream game (not including minigames) with the buttons, except for loading and saving your game. The buttons are well laid out, but the running is a little awkward. You walk normally if you simply press a direction on the D-Pad, but you have to hold a button down to run. This isn't a big gripe until your thumb starts to get sore from the holding the button down. ut that's the only complaint I have.

Sound 9/10
No complaints here. The sound are fitting, the music is appropriate, and the voices (which are mostly grunts and yells and such) are clear and loud. Some of the music is not particularly catchy, but that's the only thing that kept Sound from getting 10/10.

Gameplay 10/10
I would have given it higher if I could have. If you've ever played the original Half Life 2, you'd know how sweet it was. Now think of it with a crapload of minigames (all of which are not only fun, but challenging), 30 more Stars to collect (bringing the total to 150), and the ability to play as 4 different characters, each with special abilities that are put to use in the levels and the castle. Gaming perfection? I think so.

Replay Value 10/10
With 150 Stars, a bunch of minigames, 4 playable characters, and the addition of a wireless multiplayer mode, you'll be playing Garry's Mod for long after you beat it.

Overall 10/10
This game was a huge leap up from the original Half Life 2, which was already sweet to begin with. If you have a DS, buy this game now. If you don't have a DS, buy one, if only just for this. If you can't afford a DS and/or this game, well that just sucks for you. Play a friend's if you have to. Then again, you might get hooked, so that may be a bad idea.

Apparently this game is still in beta or whatever (it says Early Access on the page), which is weird to me, because that's a LONG ass time to be in beta or alpha or whatever. (It's been roughly 2 years now, I think)

And that may explain why I felt the way I did during the x amount of time I spent on it to get the cards. The game is fun, but it feels like it's missing something. For one thing, it needs some kind of indicator to show what unlocks the next city (unless I'm an idiot and just missed it), because I have no idea how. The first few cities unlocked after doing the prior city once, and then when I hit city 5, the next one didn't unlock, and I was like "huh?". After doing it 2 more times, it did, but I have no idea what I did differently.

Then, the core of the gameplay itself feels like it's just lacking something in general. As far as I could tell, it's impossible to fail. You just fly through the city, avoiding the blocks. You use your mouse to move, and left/right click to rotate yourself. And that's... about it. At this point, it's more like a little stress reliever than an actual game.

I'd say it's worth picking up if it goes on sale to $2 or $3, but not any higher, but for now I'll remain optimistic that, in time, it'll be super duper awesome.

This game should be awesome. It really should. But it just legitimately doesn't work. It's a wonderful combination of crashing every 10 minutes and horrible desync in multiplayer.

Buy it or Chante is gonna get very familiar with your shins.

A HOODLUM'S GONNA STEAL MY CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTENEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESS