Source: PlanetHalfLife

You can now find a interesting article about Half-Life 2 at NTSC-UK. Here some words from the detailed article:

On November 16th 2004 Valve unleashed Half-Life 2, and after several months of an infamously protracted development period, hype could no longer mask the game's own veil of promise.

It was here. It was out.

But did it live up to everything people across the world had hoped for? Or were the early reviews over-inflated nonsense pandering to an audience they didn't want to upset? The answer is simple. Valve have created what can perhaps be considered the finest adventure game ever made, and the purpose of this feature is to examine exactly why their crowning achievement succeeds.

The full article can be found here.