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Originally Posted by insane_cobra
Couldn't disagree more, but there's no point in arguing over this as none of us can really prove anything. I could accuse you of cynically and stubbornly refusing to see that there is a story, just presented in an unusual fashion, and you'd probably keep accusing me - and thousands of HL fans - of seeing things that aren't really there.
I will, however, say that the main reason all those people are waiting in maddening anticipation for Episode Two isn't because their fingers are itching for some more gravity gun action.
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Seriously... imagine this situation. You meet someone biased against first-person shooters. He tells you "Why do you play them? They are brainless. There is nothing more to a FPS than shooting stuff. Prove to me that you find anything more substantional in them than that." Now you take the chance, and you get to suggest a few games for him to change his mind.
Would Half-Life 2 be on your list to change his mind?
My first pick would be Deus Ex, along with the hint to not drop the game until the first 2-3 levels passed to allow the story to sink in and see the first of the many U-turns of the plot. I would pick Deus Ex because I know that Deus Ex delivers a professional storyline. A strong, multi-bottomed and philosophical plot that never loose its grasp around the player, from the beginning to the end. It is a plot that would be strong enough to be a book or movie and still it's "just a fps". The game even give you reason to think and force you to make choices that is just one evil over another.
I would never tell him "check out Half-Life 2", because if he plays the first 2-3 levels there would still not be anything holding him there, and why would I suggest to someone like that to play a game for which you actually need a guide to prove that there is a story at all?
