James

Wow, James, you're starting to sound like me, old chap.

I don't know, Gavin. I think it's pretty much deserving of an almost perfect score.

It could be that you are playing the game well after release. A lot of FPS titles do similar things - but Half-Life 2 was revolutionary when it was released.

Alla: Aw, thanks. :D

Yeah, FPS games tend to be the ones to age the worst with time. Stuff that was revolutionary with its launch becomes standard and the wow factor is lost.

I have to admit, the lack of dialogue from Freeman was a little off-putting for me as well. I like my protagonists to do a bit of conversing every once in a while.

I think I bought it last year (maybe the year before), so yeah it would've been a good long time after HL2 came out. I think I played it directly after ...