Since I've already played HL2/ep1/TF2 before I'm not going to talk about them, but I did just clock ep2 and Portal.
Half Life 2 ep2:
Well, kickass. The game is far far better paced than ep1 and there is actually a fair amount of story moments. Theres quite a few places to go and explore unlike the previous corridor shooting of ep1. There isnt much I can say regarding story (for those who havent played ep1/hl2 or dont want to have any of ep2 spoiled) but I will say that I felt more questions opening up than answers given. Gameplay is more of the same, a lot of physics based puzzle solving, lots of shooting action and a fair amount of traveling about in a custom made car. There isnt much to stop the average player, I never got stuck but I will say that the game does have you on the edge of your seat a lot of the time. Best part is easily the music and the acting, I've been playing a lot of Halo 3 and while its good story wise, this just trumps it - I think this also trumps Bioshock regarding actors but maybe thats just me.
Portal: Awesome puzzling game, you have one weapon and only one objective - get from point A to B. It eases you in but within 1hr your going to be doing the complex multi-portal puzzle solving between moving platforms, burning acid and drones shooting at you like crazy. The atmosphere is very compelling from the get go, you feel like a lab rat in an expriment thats gone werid. If you completed ep2 you have a bit more context, but sadly this game isnt fleshed out in a ton of story. What is great is the sense of humour the game has and again the voice acting from the AI computer is great, espically in the last third of the game. Short but sweet (like cake!....) the game does have bonus missions and like ep2, commentary to extend the play time.
Well worth the cash! Sadly unless its in hard mode - no trailer for ep3 and frankly, that needs to come out ASAP.
Half Life 2 ep2:
Well, kickass. The game is far far better paced than ep1 and there is actually a fair amount of story moments. Theres quite a few places to go and explore unlike the previous corridor shooting of ep1. There isnt much I can say regarding story (for those who havent played ep1/hl2 or dont want to have any of ep2 spoiled) but I will say that I felt more questions opening up than answers given. Gameplay is more of the same, a lot of physics based puzzle solving, lots of shooting action and a fair amount of traveling about in a custom made car. There isnt much to stop the average player, I never got stuck but I will say that the game does have you on the edge of your seat a lot of the time. Best part is easily the music and the acting, I've been playing a lot of Halo 3 and while its good story wise, this just trumps it - I think this also trumps Bioshock regarding actors but maybe thats just me.
Portal: Awesome puzzling game, you have one weapon and only one objective - get from point A to B. It eases you in but within 1hr your going to be doing the complex multi-portal puzzle solving between moving platforms, burning acid and drones shooting at you like crazy. The atmosphere is very compelling from the get go, you feel like a lab rat in an expriment thats gone werid. If you completed ep2 you have a bit more context, but sadly this game isnt fleshed out in a ton of story. What is great is the sense of humour the game has and again the voice acting from the AI computer is great, espically in the last third of the game. Short but sweet (like cake!....) the game does have bonus missions and like ep2, commentary to extend the play time.
Well worth the cash! Sadly unless its in hard mode - no trailer for ep3 and frankly, that needs to come out ASAP.
not tried Ep2 and we all know of TF2s merits 
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