I tend to agree with both issues.. there needs to be comparisons with different games of the same type, since that CAN enhance your enjoyment of the game when you realize something in one game was better done in another. Otherwise you won't have a refernece as to what is bad, good, or better.
However you can go overboard with this which will lead to diminishing your enjoyment of the game or even the entire genre of a game it self if you dwell too much on the stuff you don't like.
But for one who has not played HL2 yet, I'd rather not read nor hear the bitches and moaning about this game, especially from people who haven't even played the game yet.
I've already played D3, and BTW it is a "horror" type game since it's scared the shit outta me a few times. Most FPS games in the past were into eye candy, more than shock.
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