The game itself if fantastic!  The AI is brilliant, the puzzles are challenging yet not impossible and the real life physics are just fun to watch (People falling head over heals off a cliff is just plain fun!)

What irks me is the security.  When I heard you had to connect to steam to get it working I thought it would be like the adobe CS programs, just log on and get authorized and thats it.  NOT HALF LIFE 2!  They install this highly intrusive steam program that takes a good chucnk of resources.  Also, you just don't verify the game once and that's it, every once in a while it has to reauthorize (because I bought the game and then decided to steal it later????) It sometimes takes an hour to load the game up because of this reauthorization.

Game is great but Valve and Sierra went WAY over the top with security.  I will NEVER buy another product that uses the steam system, it's just not worth it
The game itself if fantastic! The AI is brilliant, the puzzles are challenging yet not impossible and the real life physics are just fun to watch (People falling head over heals off a cliff is just plain fun! )

What irks me is the security. When I heard you had to connect to steam to get it working I thought it would be like the adobe CS programs, just log on and get authorized and thats it. NOT HALF LIFE 2! They install this highly intrusive steam program that takes a good chucnk of resources. Also, you just don't verify the game once and that's it, every once in a while it has to reauthorize (because I bought the game and then decided to steal it later???? ) It sometimes takes an hour to load the game up because of this reauthorization. Game is great but Valve and Sierra went WAY over the top with security. I will NEVER buy another product that uses the steam system, it's just not worth it