Half-Life 2: Collector's Edition
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Half-Life 2: Collector's Edition is a shooter developed by Valve, released 16 November 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Half-Life 2: Collector's Edition is
Half-Life 2: Collector's Edition is a shooter game developed by Valve and released in 2004. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Source.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Gordon Freeman is brought out of stasis by the G-Man, who inserts him into a train arriving at City 17. After arriving at the station and eluding Combine forces, Gordon joins Lambda resistance members including Barney Calhoun, a former Black Mesa security guard now working undercover as a Combine CP officer, and Alyx Vance, the daughter of one of Gordon's former colleagues, Dr. Eli Vance. After a failed attempt to teleport Gordon to Black Mesa East from Dr. Kleiner's makeshift laboratory, Gordon, re-equipped with the HEV suit and a crowbar, is forced to embark on foot through the city's old canal system. After obtaining an airboat, he battles his way to Black Mesa East, several miles from…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Half-Life series
Half-Life 2: Collector's Edition is the 12th of 24 entries we hold in the Half-Life series. The next entry was Half-Life 2: Deathmatch in 2004.
What it launched against
Half-Life 2: Collector's Edition launched on 16 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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