View source for Half-Life 2

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{{note|As of May 26 2010, the branch of Source under which Half-Life 2 originally ran no longer exists on Steam. Very, very old mods which base themselves directly on the game (as opposed to [[Source SDK Base]]) are unlikely to work any more!}}

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{{HL2}} [[Half-Life 2]] (2004) defines a new benchmark in gaming with startling realism and responsiveness. Powered by [[Source]] technology, Half-Life 2 features the most sophisticated in-game characters ever witnessed, advanced AI, stunning graphics and physical gameplay.

''Although Source mods are often described as being "for Half-Life 2", they actually use [[Source SDK Base]]. SDK Base is available to anyone who owns any Valve Source game and provides all of Half-Life 2's content (except [[BSP|maps]] and [[VCD|vcd scenes]]) on a static branch of the engine.''

== Content ==

* Half-Life 2 maps (<code>hl2</code>)
* Source shared (<code>hl2</code>)
* [[Orange Box]] engine branch

== Chapters ==
# [[Point Insertion]]
# [["A Red Letter Day"]]
# [[Route Kanal]]
# [[Water Hazard]]
# [[Black Mesa East]]
# [[Ravenholm|"We don't go to Ravenholm..."]]
# [[Highway 17]]
# [[Sandtraps]]
# [[Nova Prospekt]]
# [[Entanglement]]
# [[Anticitizen One]]
# [["Follow Freeman!"]]
# [[Our Benefactors]]
# [[Dark Energy]]

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Water hazard 2.jpg
File:Black mesa east 4.jpg
File:City17 trainstation.jpg
File:Highway17.jpg
File:Ravenholm zombies.jpg
File:Novaprospekt courtyard.jpg
File:Nexus Roof.jpg
File:Citadel - Inside - Walls 1.jpg
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Half-Life 2 Credits]]

* [[Wikipedia:Half-Life 2]]
* [[:Category:Level_Design|Level design for Half-Life 2]]

* [[:Category:Source mods|Mods on VDC]]
* [http://games.moddb.com/61/ ModDB profile]

* [[Half-Life 2: Episode One]]
* [[Half-Life 2: Episode Two]]

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