Half Life 2 Holiday Collection DVD (Half Life 1, Half Life2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Counter Strike: Source)

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Half-Life - Source is a digitally remastered version of the critically acclaimed and best selling PC game -- enhanced via Source technology to include physics simulation, enhanced effects, and more. Winner of over 50 Game of the Year awards, Half-Life set new standards for action games when it was released in 1998.
• Half-Life 2 takes the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors - even the emotions - of both friends and enemies.
• In Half-Life 2 - Episode One Freeman reconnects with Alyx Vance and her robot, Dog, as they continue their support of the resistance's battle against the Combine forces. The intense, real-time gameplay delivered in Half-Life 2 - Episode One is made possible only by Source, Valve's proprietary engine technology which has been enhanced with new rendering technology and advanced artificial intelligence to deliver new levels of graphics and character interaction.
• Counter-Strike - Source blends single elimination, team-based gameplay with an online action experience of incredible depth and realism. Counter-Strike is the most played multi-player online action game in the world. With Counter-Strike - Source, the now legendary game has been given a complete overhaul, with graphic enhancements such as higher polygon models, shadows and reflective water to add dimension to the new characters, items, and environments. CS - Source also contains all new maps

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IVFVVY
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: October 23, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,176 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Four classic shooter games in one tremendous collection! / Features Half-Life and Counter Strike / Rated M: Mature

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's too steamed, January 10, 2007

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Boris Lukacevic - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Half Life 2 Holiday Collection DVD (Half Life 1, Half Life2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Counter Strike: Source) (DVD-ROM)

Lovely product, but little bit too much STEAMED for someone with low speed internet connection.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HALF LIFE 2 HOLIDAY COLLECTION!!!!!!, December 17, 2006

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snake in the grass "i wasnt here" (CT USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Half Life 2 Holiday Collection DVD (Half Life 1, Half Life2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Counter Strike: Source) (DVD-ROM)

THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! yes you need a internet connection, but thats a small price to pay compred to what you get. Half life 2 is one if not the most amazing game ever, and this come with the expansion! If you havent played the first half life, this comes with it, and its redone with the source engine which makes it much more realistic way better. Also this comes with COUNTER STRIKE SOURCE! CSS is and AMAZING online multiplayer game. You can paly these games months on end and never get bored. i give this collection 2 thumbs WAY UP!!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Seriously, don't buy Half-Life 2 used or it won't work!, July 3, 2008

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Analytical Guy (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Half Life 2 Holiday Collection DVD (Half Life 1, Half Life2, Half Life 2 Episode 1, Counter Strike: Source) (DVD-ROM)

I have no idea how Half-Life 2 is because I bought it from an Amazon marketplace seller and now the "Steam" anti-piracy protection system won't let me play it.

I went to the Steam support pages like I was told to, and I read this:

"... you must have a copy of your purchase receipt from within the last 90 days to have the CD Key moved to your account.

"We do not accept receipts from online auction websites or used software vendors. If you do not provide a purchase receipt, Valve will not be able to transfer the CD Key."


I can't believe that anyone accepts this as a reasonable way to sell consumers a game in a box, but I guess they do!

I read a thread on some Half-Life 2 forum where the users were telling a guy not to bother Valve, the software creators, with questions about their policy, but rather just to return his used game to whoever he bought it from.

Unbelievable!

From what I hear, maybe if I send the right person at Valve an actual photo of my box, and wait two months, I might be allowed to play. However, that's certainly not what the text on the Steam support page says.

If this is really the accepted practice regarding used copies of Half-Life 2, then what is Amazon doing letting their marketplace sellers sell these used copies?

Unbelievable! How much research is one supposed to do when buying a game?