You think Halo should make this list but HL2 is a tech demo? I'm not a Halo hater but Halo is the same 5 minutes of game play repeated over and over again. HL2 has some of the best level design ever, hell I would say the best ever. The guns, like in all valve games, have a great feel to them and the characters are amazing. The facial animations, voice acting, and writing in HL2 is top notch. Halo is full of fun yet forgettable game play, not even in the same league imo.

Not at all. THe game is highly over rated and I'll say why:

Who are you? A scientist. Who worked for Black Mesa. Who the hell are they...Well apparently having worked for them and having a suit makes you into Rambo. Hell, you don't need lean or to look down the barrel of your gun, just run and gun.I can understand why they opted for Gordon not to speak, but the fact that there is so much dialogue aimed at you, it broke the immersion for me as these odd monologues kept on occuring. And an invincible guy in a suit kept showing up every now and again, only to deliever the most confusing ending I've seen because who is he? What the hell is he on about? This leads me onto the story...

What story? Iif you've never played the first you are given no direction as to what is going on other than the earth has been invaded by the Combine. Are they bad people? They seem to be keeping the city people down but for all I know the rest of the world could be an eutopia where the rivers are made of chocolate with gumdrop trees covering acre after acre and every troop I kill I'm depriving them of a loving wife and children etc, you see where I'm going with that.
In game the story is this: You are on a train. You meet the rebels, the teleport messes up, you meet up with the rebel HQ, then the majority of the game is getting from point A (where you are) to point B (where the rebels are being held hostage). Oh and somehow the younger "attractive" chick falls for Gordon even though she doesn't know him and christ, this sh*t reads out like Twilight for nerdy guys - as opposed to a book, it's a game, and instead of vampires, you are a geeky Rambo.

The gameplay can be best described as adequate. You can't lean which is a real b*tch considering the game is a giant corridor crawl, with some awful, awful vehicle parts. Yes Valve, you modified the Havok engine, congratulations, your vehicles still handle like sh*t, and if I can move a box, and can get over the sand/radioactive waste/electrified water fine, you don't have to feel obligied to put in these asinine game lengthing features more than once.

End of the day, Halo: CE was far, far more influential and came out the same time. The vehicles handled far better, the multiplayer was sublime, the storyline wasn't revolutionary, but the length and scale of the missions were, as well as games nowadays still feeling it's effect of regenerating health and a very balanced two weapon system, with melee and quick access grenades. To give HL2 the no.1 spot is just pleasing all the fans of HL2 out there instead of going for the game which has influnced shooters for the past decade.

Horrible

No Metal Gear Solid games, no Final Fantasy (X) games (even Crisis Core deserves to be there), San Andreas was waaaaaay better then III.

I disagree with you. MGS has way to many flaws. Final Fantasy is a great RPG series, but I'd place The Witcher way before FF. And San Andreas didnt revolutionize the third-person action adventure genre like III, because well III was the first in the series to do it and did it well..

I played Half Life 2 for the first time in the Orage Box. After what the hype was I was let down alot. Game is good, but story kinda sucked. And when I got the gravity gun, the game just fell apart. They should have left that idea for Portal. I could have cut 4 to 5 hours out of the game and made it much more enjoyable. After playing Halo and Halo 2 Half Life 2 just kinda waned a bit. I guess everyone is different.