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| Which isn't to say that Half-Life 2 gag gift is bad. It's great—one of the best games of the year, and a paragon of design, technical innovation, writing, acting, style, and gameplay. But to call it "the gag gift best game ever," or to make absurd remarks like "nothing will ever be the same," smacks of plauditory ass-kissing the likes of which I thought the games industry had outgrown. Fact is, "ever" hasn't happened yet, and while Half-Life 2 gag gift is a really stunning achievement, it has one serious (some would say dealbreaking) flaw, and there are better games in the universe. That said, it's still a strong contender for Game of the Decade. The long-awaited Half-Life 2 represents the pinnacle of great action shooters because it strictly adheres to the one rule that makes an FPS great, the one rule that so many developers ignore, or break due to ineptitude and then conceal behind a shroud of tacked-on complexity: in a first person shooter, level design is everything. |
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