>gets a decent little story out of the tiny amount of time actually spent on narrative. This is the real genius of half-life: it doesn't go down the awful Hide

>gets a decent little story out of the tiny amount of time actually spent on narrative. This is the real genius of half-life: it doesn't go down the awful Hideo Kojima route of 45 minute "LOL HERE'S THE STORY!" cutscenes, rather the story is simply there in the game, it happens around you. It is possible to pretend you're playing quake and blast through without taking any notice of it, and it's also possible to play it a bit more slowly, and upon consideration the story is actually quite deep. Disclaimer: the above opinions lifted wholesale from the recent zeropunctuation retrospective review. They're still true though.