Gabe Newell, Marc Laidlaw, David Speyrer, and Valve's sublime, emotionally gripping sci-fi first-person shooter masterpiece on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3, released in October 2007 as the crowning story centerpiece of The Orange Box, holding a 90/100 on Metacritic, following silent physicist Dr. Gordon Freeman and companion Alyx Vance escaping the apocalyptic nuclear destruction of City 17, journeying across the overgrown, Soviet-style woodland valleys of the White Forest to deliver stolen Combine data to Dr. Eli Vance and Dr. Arne Magnusson, single-handedly pioneering expansive outdoor Source Engine lighting and foliage rendering, the adrenaline-fueled Jalopy muscle car vehicular combat, terrifying predatory Antlion Worker acid combat, the explosive Magnusson Device anti-Strider defense, the heart-wrenching G-Man psychic monologue, and the legendary, shocking cliffhanger finale.
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