Also, if all this is so "boring", go play other games. There are plenty of open world games, why sit around bashing linear games if they are so boring to you?

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If you really think that, maybe you should be the one leaving, since I am not bashing on HL2, I am just giving it my point of view, I never speak for others, on top of that, I hope you realize that in Gamespot everyday people put out their personal critics of games, you with over 4000 posts, basically having your second life in here you should know the best. 

I totally don't agree with most people in here, you still make it sound like linear games create better storylines and so forth. First of all it is obvious that all games are somewhat linear, the question is to what extent? If you got a corridor that is I don't know, 20 yards wide that leads you to the next level is simply poor. Why not create a passage or door or whatever the heck on the end of the map then that leads to the next level with a beautiful scripted sequence, leaving you the choice how the heck to get to that point or passage or door or whatever. At least you won't face the 20 yard "corridor" or "just use the same street because there are high roadblocks on other potential streets forcing you to follow the same old street". Also, logically speaking in that case is that an enemy would put dozens of striders and gunship suupport with hundreds of combine snipers and commandos on the roofs etc, now that seems logic to me, back it up with some more Combine APCS and let's see if you can get through with your 190 rounds, few hand grenades and so forth. Obviously the game creaters won't script such an obvious tactic sequence because you just couldn't get through.

It would be cool however to see such a tactic where you can choose "wait a second, ok, maybe it's not that great of an idea taking that way, let's choose the sewers, or other roads but let's first go on top of that tall building to see which road is the best to take" you get the point.

 It is BORING to be forced to go along a narrow path with dumb enemies popping up every now and then, backed with some cool music, it makes the game feel like it is for 6 year olds. You can still make awesome scripts, imagine you choose to take another road that is totally free of enemies and suddenly troops position themselves on the windows pointint weapons at you, you got ambushed, should have taken another way or try get through it.

What I hate about HL2 is the fact that in the cities all doors are locked and it is always LUCKY bombs and grenades to blew up the structures into pieces that it amazingly always opened the right paths for you to go, that's getting old. It's just boring. 

Villian: Dr. Isac Breen.

Hero: Dr. House.

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that's the worst photoshopping ever 

Ok, I just finnished playing HL2 for the third time and Ep:1 for the second and I came to the conclusion to give it a last go on Ep:2 because all I really see in the game besides the nice graphics are just obvious paths to take. I think HL2 would be so much better if the guys would make it like a Far Cry atmosphere, where you choose where to go along, because being forced to take the same old obvious ways gets boring these days. We live in a new era of PC Games, Far Cry and STALKER and other games proove to be so much better in fun when you are the one making the decissions what path to take. I am not saying Far Cry is better but I think it is much more fun because you choose either to Rambo your way into a base to steal a key, or to stealth yourself into one, or do goof your way into one (doing funny crap with the buggies), or if you swimm to it, so there already four different ways to have fun. To cross the large maps whether you jump down a waterfall or take the long way around, you decide what route you take, it makes it much more fun that way, as each time you replay it you do a different way.

I basically plaid through HL2 again with cheats to just use the RPG because otherwise it would be boring. But when I plaid Far Cry, I felt so much more fun in general.

 It's time for shooters to be more like Far Cry and STALKER where you decide where to go and not the game developer forcin you to just walk along the walls, boooooooring.

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For reasons I cannot explain my life has been deeply affected today by my new gamespot level and rank which is again at 0 so I am so deeply sorry to all and anyway, what's the best First Person Shooter out right now ? I head STALKER is alright but need some diversion again, any other suggestions  ?

Here is the reason why PC Gaming will end, first of all the US loosing control over oil in Iraq so they need to rely on their own resources for now (and invest in bio fuel soja/sugar cane/algue and natural greases). That means, after the US leaves Iraq, Iran will take over while the Turks take over the norther Kurdish territories, then the US will wage war on Iran because they're pissed that Iran got their hands on the oil now, which probably triggers a nuclear war between the two, so Iran's going to blow osme major US cities into nevereverland, vice versa, so everybody's going to start firing their nukes at one another worse case scenario and that's it.

 The other scenario is that absolutely nothing happens and we all continue to stay happy and buy our games until we drop

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