
November 16th, 2004
Half-Life 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter game developed by the American video game company, Valve. It was published by Valve through its distribution service, Steam; retail editions were published by another American-based video game company, Sierra. Like the original Half-Life from 1998, Half-Life 2 combines shooting, puzzles, and storytelling, and adds features such as vehicles, and physics-based gameplay. Players control Gordon Freeman, as he joins a resistance movement to liberate the Earth from the control of an alien empire, the Combine.
Storyline
Taking place in and around City 17, nearly two decades after the events of the first game, Half-Life 2 follows the scientist Gordon Freeman as he is thrust into an unfamiliar environment in which the aftermath of the Black Mesa Incident has come to bear fully upon human society. Freeman is forced to battle against increasingly unfavorable odds in order to free Mankind from the Combine. In his struggle, he is joined by various allies, including fellow scientists, rebels, and friends (such as Alyx Vance) - all shocked to see him alive.
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Sound Effects Used
This game mainly uses sound effects from The Premiere Edition Volume 1 and the Foley Sound Library by The Hollywood Edge. It also uses sound effects from the Animal Trax, the Background Trax, The Premiere Edition Volume 2, the Series 2000 Sound Effects Library, and The General Series 6000 Sound Effects Library libraries, along with three sound effects by Skywalker Sound.
- Censor Bleep (Heard when a Metro-Police officer is killed/dies.)
- Dick De Benedictis Music
- HALF LIFE - DOG NOISES (Debut.)
- HALF-LIFE 2 WEAPON FALL SOUNDS (Debut.)
- Hollywoodedge, 35mm Still Camera 1 El PE178701
- Hollywoodedge, 357 Magnum Pistol Sho PE092801
- Hollywoodedge, Bite Chew Apple Close PE136801
- Hollywoodedge, Body Falls Debris PE106401
- Hollywoodedge, Body Falls Water Spla PE106801
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Crow Caws CloseP PE020401
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Bounces Off Fr PE115001
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Impacts Metal FS013301
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Impacts Metal FS013302
- Hollywoodedge, Bullet Impacts Metal FS013304
- Hollywoodedge, Civil War Cannon Shot PE091601
- Hollywoodedge, Coughs Male AFew Shor PE130101
- Hollywoodedge, Coughs Male Three Sho PE130301
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110201
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Metal Shatter PE110501
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Train Car Mix PE111601
- Hollywoodedge, Crickets 1 BT020401/Hollywoodedge, Night Ambience Light PE011701
- Hollywoodedge, Crying Sobbing Woman PE131601 (First and third cries only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Desert Day Wind Crick BT020701
- Hollywoodedge, Donkey Inhale Bray Wh AT043102 (Used for Poison Zombies.)
- Hollywoodedge, Donkey Snort Multipl AT043301 (Used for Poison Zombies.)
- Hollywoodedge, Drip Single Falls Liq PE041201
- Hollywoodedge, Drip Single Falls Liq PE041301
- Hollywoodedge, Drip Single Falls Liq PE041401
- Hollywoodedge, Drip Single Falls Liq PE041501
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Glass Deb EXP024201
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Glass Deb EXP024301 (Can be heard in a high pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Incoming EXP022901
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Incoming EXP023101 (Used for the gravity gun.)
- Hollywoodedge, Explosions Multipl EXP023202
- Hollywoodedge, Explosions Multipl EXP023501
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Metal Deb EXP025301
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion No Debris EXP020101 (Used for the RPG.)
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion No Debris EXP020201
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion No Debris EXP022501
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion No Debris EXP022601
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion No Debris EXP020701
- Hollywoodedge, Explosion Wood Debr EXP025701
- Hollywoodedge, Forest Mountain Echo BT021001
- Hollywoodedge, Gasping Straining To PE132001
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Distant FS024601
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Distant FS024602
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Distant FS024603
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Distant FS024604
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Distant FS024606
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Distant FS024607
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Distant FS024608
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Light Ce FS024701
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Light Ce FS024702
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Light Ce FS024705
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Medium FS024801
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Medium FS024802
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Medium FS024804
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Medium FS024805
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Medium FS024806
- Hollywoodedge, Grunt 4 Male Strained PE132401
- Hollywoodedge, Grunt 7 Male Strained PE132701
- Hollywoodedge, Grunt 12 Male Straine PE133201
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601/Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Stead PE033301
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Face Punch FS040303
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Face Punch FS040306
- Hollywoodedge, Heavy Face Punch FS040307
- Hollywoodedge, Large Continuous Cra PE282401
- Hollywoodedge, Large Shatter Window PE283602
- Hollywoodedge, Large Shatter Window PE283603
- Hollywoodedge, Large Splash Or DiveW PE127201
- Hollywoodedge, Lincoln Town Car Perf PE072901
- Hollywoodedge, Low End Punch Heavy FS040501
- Hollywoodedge, Low End Punch Heavy FS040504
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Impact With Debri PE281001 (Can be heard in a low pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Crashes Variou TE022802
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Hits Metal Pipe FS010603
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Hits Metal Pipe FS010605
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Latch Clicks 2 PE183201
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105101
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105201
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105301
- Hollywoodedge, Penguin Chirps Sever AT076201
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Deep 3x MHI010201
- Hollywoodedge, Push Button Phone Dia PE174501 (Used for keyboard buttons/keys being pressed.) (?)
- Hollywoodedge, Rifle Cock Clicks PE1107001
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 3 Man Gutwren PE134401 (Used in a high pitch for a Fast Zombie's scream when it attacks, and a very high pitch for when a Poison Headcrab screeches before it attacks.)
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 4 Woman Singl PE133801 (Can be heard in a low pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Screams 7 Woman Three PE134101 (1st scream only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Seagulls No Surf BT022101
- Hollywoodedge, Single Bullet Impact PE236401
- Hollywoodedge, Swallow 1 Very CloseL PE137701
- Hollywoodedge, Swallow 2 Very CloseL PE137801
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Or Bayonet Juic PE102301 (Can be heard in a very low pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Or Bayonet Juic PE102401 (Can be heard in a low pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Or Bayonet Juic PE101801 (Can be heard in a high pitch.)
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Or Bayonet Juic PE101901
- Hollywoodedge, Train Long From Dista PE064401
- Hollywoodedge, Thunder Dry Rumbles PE050901
- Hollywoodedge, Toilet Flush 2 Old Typ PE167401
- Hollywoodedge, Traffic Urban Wide Ra BT043001
- Hollywoodedge, V8 Car Fast Skid To Sto PE072701
- Hollywoodedge, Warning Buzzer Indus PE194401
- Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Mediu PE032901/Hollywoodedge, Wind Cold Whistle BT022801
- Hollywoodedge, Winchester Rifle Coc PE090901 (A slightly edited version of this sound is used.)
- Hollywoodedge, Window Pane Breaks FS025804
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door 3 Open SlamM PE180301 (Opening element only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OC Bounce PE180501
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Door OCKnob PE180101 (Closing element only.)
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - RICOCHET SCREAM WITH DECAY
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - SHORT TRACER WHIZ BY AND AWAY
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLOSIVE RICOCHET, HIGH RICCO, EXPLOSION ACCENT (Can be heard when an airship crashes.)
- SoundBible, Torture
- Sound Ideas, ALARM, FIRE - FIRE BELL RINGING
- Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION - INCREASING RUMBLE LEADING TO EXPLOSION
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, AUTO WEAPONS - AK-47 02
- Sound Ideas, EXTERIOR SHOTS, SPECIAL WEAPONS - KENDON AR-91 1 ROUND
- Sound Ideas, FLAME THROWER - MEDIUM BURST, FIRE 01
- Sound Ideas, FLAME THROWER - MEDIUM BURST, FIRE 05 (Used for the RPG.)
- Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS, METAL - BOOTS: WALK
- Sound Ideas, GUN FOLEY - HANDLING 12 GAUGE MOSSBERG SHOTGUN RELOADING
- Sound Ideas, WIND - FOREST WIND, LEAVES STIR, WEATHER