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Character models are treated to a level of detail not previously seen. The shader effects are excellent, and there is none of that plastic effect that was apparent in Far Cry.

The great new graphics engine is not only limited to outlandish, scary creatures, it also makes the tactical scenarios VERY realistic. If you remember the original "zombie" in Half-Life 1, this should look a little familiar to you. The bad guys/monsters do not look boring in HL2, they look and move like the real deal. Its not just the raw engine/quality of graphics that is great in HL2, its the design and creativity that went into making them. The character models are truly amazing, and the background environments are pretty good looking also. Simply put, the graphics in HL2 are breathtaking. Water effects too are something else, and are a real treat, reflecting everything happening in the game would. Let me put it like this, Doom 3’s lighting can seem like someone has inserted a laser light show onto Mars making it almost too spectacular, where as HL2’s lighting is just "accepted" by the eye as lights reflect, and create shadows with precision, streaming through windows with an unnerving realism. While maybe not as visually spectacular as Doom 3, HL2‘s lighting seems a lot more "natural"’. The source engine provides a gritty realism that surpasses (marginally) even Doom 3’s "Super-real" prowess. Of note is the different order of events compared to the final, the additional sound effects with each step, and the player starting the game with full HEV battery.Your first steps into into City 17 are breathtaking. These store each part of the sequence in an individual sentence, where the final game stores them in a single sentence HEV_AAx.

Apparently it was planned for the suit to have been much more narrative and Navi-like.Ī series of sentences exist for what became the final HEV logon sequence. Many voice files for the HEV suit go unused. 2.7 Residue Processing / Questionable Ethics.