> so maybe I'm way off kilter. You're not. I replayed HL2, and it was a dull experience. HL2 fellates the player way too much; part of what made HL1 intriguing

> so maybe I'm way off kilter. You're not. I replayed HL2, and it was a dull experience. HL2 fellates the player way too much; part of what made HL1 intriguing was that Gordon was a nobody caught up in something bigger than himself. In HL2 the "mysterious" aspect of the non-plot feels forced in comparison.