Use These Cheats for a Leg up in Half-Life 2

Half Life 2 is a sci-fi first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. Released in November 2004, it is the follow-up title to Half-Life and once again puts players into the role of crowbar-wielding scientist Gordon Freeman.

Having been in stasis for the past 20 years, Gordon Freeman is awakened to find the world has been taken over by the Combine, an empire made up of aliens, synthetic beings, and humans, due to the Black Mesa Research Facility in the first game.

Upon its release Half-Life 2 received universal critical acclaim, winning dozens of game of the year awards for the year it was released. Areas of praise included Half-Life 2's engaging storyline, physics engine, graphics/animation, and overall game mechanics.

The release of Half Life 2 also marked the release of Valve's digital software distribution platform Steam. Developed at the same time as the game, Steam has since become the leader for the digital distribution of PC games and has spawned other digital distribution platforms.

A demo for Half Life 2 was also released, this allows gamers the chance to play one mission from the game before purchasing. It is still available for download through Steam, many years since its release.

Enabling Half-Life 2 Cheats

In order to enable the Half-Life 2 cheat codes, including the powerful Half Life 2 God Mode, the console option needs to be added into the Half-Life 2 program executable. To do this, left click start menu then navigate to the Half-Life 2 shortcut icon, or find the shortcut icon on your desktop. From there, right click on the shortcut and select "properties. In the Target field add -console (i.e. "C:\Program Files\Half-Life 2\hl2.exe" -console).

Then start the game normally. While playing the game press tilde (~) to bring up the console. Enter the following cheat codes for the desired effect.

Special Instructions for Entering Half-Life 2 Weapon/Item Names

All Half-Life 2 cheats for weapons and items need to be entered in the form of weapon_[weapon_name] or item_[item_name]. So as an example if you would like to give Gordon a stunstick, simply type weapon_stunstick in the console.

Half-Life 2 Cheat Codes