The Free Games List

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Mini Review:

Half Life 2 was an amazing follow up to the original Half Life series.  As a way of giving gamers a taste of many of the HL2’s new features, Half Life 2: Lost Coast is given out to anyone that owns either an ATI video card or an NVIDIA one.  Like all other Valve games, Steam is required in order to download and install the game.

The game is visually beautiful, and fun to explore – don’t expect too much as far as gameplay goes – the entire thing can be finished in under ten minutes even if you go at a snail’s pace.

One unfortunate thing to note – the free version of the game does not qualify for free access to mods, so you’ll still need to purchase a Source engine game in order to play popular mods like Zombie Panic.

Important Stuff:

Official Game’s Website

Download Link for NVIDIA Owners

Download Link for ATI Owners

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You will also receive some other games free depending on your video card.

Longer Description:

Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is a small additional level for the 2004 first-person shooter video game Half-Life 2. Developed by Valve Software, it was released on October 27, 2005, through the Steam content delivery service as a free download to owners of the Microsoft Windows version of Half-Life 2. Lost Coast serves as a technology demonstration, specifically showcasing the high dynamic range rendering implemented in the Source engine. The level was designed with a variety of appropriate environments to emphasize these effects. In addition, Lost Coast was the first video game developed by Valve to allow developers to explain various elements of design as the player progresses through the level.Lost Coast follows Half-Life protagonist Gordon Freeman as he travels up a coastal cliff to destroy a Combine artillery launcher in a monastery, which is firing on a nearby town. The Lost Coast level was originally created for Half-Life 2, but was ultimately removed from the game. As a result, it has several minor story details that were not included in Half-Life 2. The level received a generally positive reception, and there was consensus among reviewers that the new features included in Lost Coast should be integrated into future games released by Valve.

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