Half-Life 2 is the game of the DECADE!

[Chrizum]

Mazty said:

Chrizum said:

Mazty said:

If you really think a woman is going to fall for a mute guy in the space of ten minutes, you and me are not on the same planet. 

No, infatuation does not kick in like that. Nothing works that quick other then ebola. 

We both know, regardless of how hard you are trying to cover it up, that such a scenario is utter bs and it shouldn't be in there. And plus ~70% literally has nothing to do with the story other then chronicling getting from point a to b. 

Now you're just being ignorant... Lots of people experience feelings of attraction when just meeting someone, have you seriously never heard of a crush or "love at first sight"? Ofcourse that isn't immediatly deep bonding but it's very possible that Alyx feels attracted to Gordon either physically or to something she attributes to him. This happens all the time in real life so I'm not really sure why you have such a hard time with this other than for the sake of arguing.

Riiiiiiiight I'm being ignorant because I think a woman isn't going to fall for a mute in 10 minutes....We are talking about adults here, not 12 year old kids. A crush and "love at first sight" is what hormone fuelled teenagers have, not mature adults. 

No, falling for someone who has said jack shit does not happen all the time in real life. In fact it may never of happened at all. I cannot believe that you actually think women could fall for a guy who has said a total of fuck all in a handful of minutes. Women don't work like that. The world doesn't work like that. 

I can't believe you are trying to argue physical attraction or a crush has never occured between adults. All this tells me is that it never happened with you but I've seen it and I know for a fact many people have. Adults do have crushes sometimes and it's really not up for debate. And falling for a mute? Well, I wouldn't, but it shouldn't be impossible. People fall for way stranger things.

However, you seem too hung up about the fact Gordon doesn't speak and you're taking it much too literally. It's a style choice and not so much a character trait of Gordon in my opinion. I don't think Valve made Gordon a mute because he is deaf or is unable to speak, but because the player is Gordon and they didn't want to give Gordon a character of his own that could stand in the way of that. You can't translate a game directly to real life, the same thing goes for Mass Effect or Halo or any kind of game or even movie. If we apply your criticism to all games then every game is beyond ridiculous. I think to be able to immerse yourself in a game or movie you have to go with its logic and rules. I mean, health doesn't regenerate in real life but it'd be ridiculous to fault a game for that.

Long story short: Gordon not talking in the game shouldn't be such a big deal storywise, and if it is to you, then Half-Life 2 (but also Zelda, BioShock, even Halo 3 and many, many other games) just aren't for you.