Solid-Stark said:
I played them (game and episodes) a few years ago and thought they were not nearly as good as the praise they got; now thats not saying they are bad games, they were good. Episode 2 was great though. |
Fair enough.. heh. I just don't see how such a brilliant game can be seen as overrated but hey, thats just me. I guess we all have different tastes eh?
What I found great about HL2 is that is not your the traditional "shooter". Yeah, there is a lot of shooting in the game but there's so much more than that. There are also also puzzles, large areas to explore, vehicles to drive and other really fun things you can play around with - physics being one of them. The gameplay is solid, level design fantastic, the characters are memorable (even down the pet headcrab lol) and has an amazing story.
It took the standard run down the corridor, duck and cover FPS.. shook it up and presented something we haven't seen before. And best of all it came packaged with Counterstike Source - which, imo, is (still) one of the best multiplayer games around.
