| Mazty said: So let me get this right: The reason why HL2 is seen as the best FPS ever is because you don't have cutscenes whether pre-rendered or in game? The fact that this mixed with a mute protaginist prevents all character development for the protaginist doesn't matter? Or that it's cleary a thin-veil as you can't actually by yourself in the game, hence the invincible characters etc? It just seems a waste of time. You may shoot for gordon, look around and walk for him, but ultimatly he makes the big decisions, not you, as you have a completely linear path to go down. Just creates for me a very annoying gaming experience as the game tries as hard to pretend you are in control, when you are anything but in control. |
The mute protagonist and seeing things through his eyes are not for the purpose of character development, they're for the purpose of letting Gordon represent you. When you see yourself or hear yourself from a 3rd person perspective, it takes you out of the experience.
You want to know another mute protagonist? How about Link?
There's a reason (good) developers do this...
