I finished HL2 last night, i have to say that the ending half-makes up for the game. I just didnt care about Gordon, and the ending?! Damn that raises more questions about the whole series. I thought it would have answered a few, but it answered none. Ish.
And i'd still say that Deus Ex was the best FPS (arguably a cross-genre, but it was an FPS none the less) game ever released. HL2 cannot touch Deus Ex in story line, feeling for the person you play as, or NPC caring about. HL2, for me, is nowhere near GoTY for me. That is reserved for NFS:U2 at the moment. If we talk about FPS, it'd be Far Cry.
If HL2 came out a year ago like ti waas supposed to, it would be higher, but since farcry and doom 3, HL2 cannot be crowned (for me) the Next Gen FPS King.
Anyway it's 4am, im drunk and i need to passout somewhere. Enjoy the game, it has it's highlights, it has down points (more downpoints for me than highlights, but anyway) the end part is worth it though.
This comment was edited on Nov 19, 23:08.