Half Life 2
The game was average, is average, and will be forever average. Remove Gabe's cock from your throat and realize this.
>It did not raise the bar (LULZ C WUT I DID THAR?) for vidya. Story telling? Gee, it sure is innovative that the story is told without cutscenes, even though you cannot interect with anything that pertains to the actual story. It is all scripted events that you have no influence on. The NPCs act as though you aren't even there. They say your name a few times, that is it. get in their path, they simply walk right over you, as if nothing is there. Hit them, no response at all. Gee, sure is innovative as fuck in here. How the hell is that any different from a cutscene?
>The gameplay is fucking BOOOOOORRING. Forced driving sequences that don't even work because of the shitty physics. Physics that aren't even implemented in to the gameplay properly because most important events are scripted anyways. Gunplay and AI are two steps back from the original HL. Dull atmosphere, ugly scenery. The path you walk on is all plain, any decor is in the background, or places you can't even reach.
>Characters. They have way over the top personalities. Nobody seems depressed, or angry, or hell, anything except giddy. They all have very cartoony mannerisms. There is no development at all. I did not give any fucks when something bad was supposedly happening to them. Seriously, it's the same fucking dialogue over and over again, very little back story for any characters.
I honestly wish the game would have turned out to be more like the beta. It had a better atmosphere. The only reason it was boring is because people were to fucking stupid to realize they were playing a leaked beta, not the final product.
>INb4 LOL CASUAL HIPSTER BABBY COD KIDDY WHO HATES FUN 0/10 NASTY TRORR
Fuck off, Valve is a terrible dev.