Codename: Gordon

released on May 17, 2004

Codename: Gordon, also known as Half-Life 2D, is a two-dimensional Flash sidescroller shooter game made by Paul "X-Tender" Kamma and Sönke "Warbeast" Seidel. The game was produced on behalf of Nuclear Vision, and was distributed free of charge over Valve Software's Steam online delivery system as a promotional title for the then-upcoming Half-Life 2. The game has since been removed from Steam's storefront due to factors related to the developer's bankruptcy. The game started off as a fan project of Paul Kamma and Sönke Seidel, the concept being inspired by various Half-Life 2 advertisements. Soon after, the two started working on Codename: Gordon on behalf of Nuclear Vision. The company also presented the game to Valve, the developer team of the original Half-Life series, who later distributed the game through Steam.


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Funny steam easter egg but the game is just not fun at all

I mean, it's free, it's a funny little novelty, and it's a good memory from my childhood, but if I'm being real...this sucks. Like, even for a Flash platformer, this is just bad.

6,0/10 - Length
1,5/10 - Enjoyment
2,0/10 - Story/Experience
7,0/10 - Originality
1,0/10 - Gameplay

Score = 3,5/10

decently fun 2D platformer shooter thing. Fun to spend an hour with. it was free, so... yeah.

Also it surprisingly has pretty developed characterization for Gordon Freeman, unlike any of the main Half-Life games lol

thank you linus sex tips for reminding me of this garbage