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Green are assigned to assist setting up the experiment for Gordon Freeman. When Freeman inserts the specimen into the scanning beam, however, it triggers a "resonance cascade", causing massive damage to the facility and teleporting alien creatures into the base. Keller and Rosenberg agree that Black Mesa cannot deal with the situation on its own, and so decide to call for military assistance. Cross and Green escort Rosenberg to the surface, where he sends a distress signal to the military. However, the military are ordered not only to contain the situation, but to silence the base by killing its employees. Rosenberg elects to stay behind to meet with the military on arrival and Cross and Green return to Keller.
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player's accuracy with weapons, the number of kills they acquired and the amount of damage they sustained during the course of the mission. Should players successfully complete the game's nine missions with "A" grades on every level, they are given access to a bonus cooperative mission, in which they can play as a pair of Vortigaunts, as well as the ability to play through the PlayStation 2 version of the original
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was "impressive", praising the design of puzzles required players to work together, as well as the way in which the ranking system discouraged players from competing against each other. GameSpy's David Hodgson was more reserved in his views of the game; although describing it as "great fun", he noted
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was not a critical success, but was received with some positivity by video game journalists. Many reviewers felt the game was best when played with other players, but that its more puzzle-oriented gameplay somewhat detracted from the overall experience. A number of reviews stated that the game simply
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begins with Gina Cross and Colette Green arriving at the Anomalous Materials Labs at Black Mesa and reporting to Dr. Keller, who is readying the day's analysis of an unknown specimen. Despite the objections of Dr. Rosenberg to pushing the analysis equipment beyond its design capacities, Cross and
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Once reunited with Keller, Cross and Green work to seal the dimensional tear to stop the invasion. The military arrive and try to remove all personnel as well as the alien force. After resetting key equipment to prevent a second dimensional rift, the two are tasked with preparing a satellite for
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series in that it is the only game divided into separate missions, each with a specific objective to pursue, instead of consisting of a single unbroken narrative. How players perform in each mission is ranked at the conclusion of the level as a grade from "A" to "F". This score is based on each
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s premise and story, as well as confirming that the cooperative mode was to be designed for two players. The game's use of new model sets were also showcased. These new models were updated versions of Gearbox's High Definition pack for
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that it could become "tedious, with one member waiting for minutes at a time, while the other scratches their head, then completes an objective". In addition, Hodgson felt that the more puzzle-orientated nature of
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can still be played by a single player. In this case, the player can only control one character at a time, and can switch between the two characters quickly. When not in use, a character has sufficient
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features such as facial expressions. The enhanced models were around twice as detailed as those in the High Definition pack, which itself was of a much higher quality than the original models in
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was "neat in its own limited way", but that it was more of a distraction from the main game, more "a complementary cup of vegetable soup than a piping hot main dish of New York steak". While
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are dedicated to working with friendly non-player characters, usually escorting them to various objectives and protecting them in firefights. An array of enemy characters from
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experiments. After the experiment that causes the alien invasion takes place, Green and Cross must work with two ranking members of the science team, Dr. Richard Keller and
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in December 2007 and was released publicly on September 23, 2008. The port was received well by the journalists in the industry;
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returns to the setting and timeline of the original story, albeit portraying the story from the viewpoint of a different set of
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on October 30, 2001, and the game was released on November 14, 2001 in North America, and in Europe on November 30.
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never emerged, while British journalist Alec Meer stated that it was "fantastic to have this short but sweet lost
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received a weak but overall positive reception from the video games industry's critics. Writing for
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to defend themselves, but otherwise does not move from where they have been left by the player.
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s PS2 game files to be converted to Windows version of the game. The port went into the
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episode on PC at last, and it even has something the PS2 version didn't—online play".
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reviewer Steve Smith stated that the control scheme for the PlayStation 2 version of
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left the action elements "a little muted compared to Gordon's single player quest".
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and complete various puzzle solving tasks to advance through the game. However,
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felt like little more than an extra add-on for the PlayStation 2 version of
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was nearly complete, and would be submitted to PlayStation 2 manufacturer
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titles. While the E3 convention only provided a demonstration of the main
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are acquired and used by the Nihilanth during the final boss battle in
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In October 2005, work was begun by a group of Ukrainian developers to
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still features levels where this is the case, significant sections in
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PlayStation 2 game, further details were released relating to
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for consistency with the scientific names used by previous
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was a "nice add-on", it was "no reason to buy this port".
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noted that it was a shame that an official PC version of
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launch. The satellite, which is launched by Freeman in
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as an "added bonus" for the PlayStation 2 version of
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populate the game, including alien lifeforms such as
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Developer(s)
Gearbox Software
Publisher(s)
Sierra On-Line
Designer(s)
Randy Pitchford
Writer(s)
Half-Life
Engine
GoldSrc
Platform(s)
PlayStation 2
NA
EU
Genre(s)
First-person shooter
Multiplayer
multiplayer
expansion pack
Valve
first-person shooter
Half-Life
Gearbox Software
Sierra On-Line
PlayStation 2
protagonists
Black Mesa Research Facility
cooperative multiplayer game
levels

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