The grav gun is one of the funnest weapons ever and one of the most significant game dynamic improvements of the last 4 or 5 years. It is also one of the few new weapons to be added to the genre in a long time.

I am totally stocked for HL3 with a portal grav gun 0_o

I also thought the rocket launcher and crossbow were well done in HL2. And the super grav gun is my favorite weapon of all time!

And some of us think HL2 is one of the best games ever :P First there was plenty to shoot. The game had quite a few distinct areas. You start off against basic Combine, and then build up to flying whales, striders, insectoids, Ravenholm and all the zombies, and finally the citadel with the uber troopers. The game had a bit of variety of encounters -- and certainly not all corridores.

I am not saying you didn't like it or weren't bored (MP1 bored me, although a great game) but you may want to replay it if you feel all you did was go down corridores. Yes, the game is fairly linear, just like Halo 3. But it also has some sandboxes, boss battles, exploration & escape, as well as a good mix of interesting puzzles (if you are into that thing).

They call it a thinking man's shooter for a reason. It isn't like Halo 3, Quake, or Doom where all you do is shoot, shoot, and shoot some more. If the thinking aspects and ability to use ingenuity aren't part of your shooter "list of wants" yeah, it is going to be boring because Half-Life 2 is *not* about huge freaking guns and hoards of enemies swarming you non-stop.

Are are part of a resistance working the underground. That is the gameplay design.

And it dovetails perfectly with the story. The design is solid and it actually did something new (grav gun). It also threw in amazing animation for ingame cutscenes, decent ragdoll, a well thought out story/back story, and is actually very strong of a middle game of a series. The writing is ace, and the fact Gordon doesn't speak is masterfully, and wittily I might add, pulled of in a way that draws you further into the world.

Oh, and it came with one of the best MP games ever.

I can see why a Halo 3/Doom 3 fan would hate HL2 (too much thinking, not enough shooting... story? who needs a story when I am a space marine!) but HL2 is by consensus an absolutely amazing game. Flaws and all.

I am Gordon. I am an every day fellow saving the world. My response is Gordon's response :P

Well, I now know your problem! ;)

My Gordon > Your Gordon

That is alright though, your universe needs a hero too... even if he smells of urine. :|

All of the Half Life haters in this thread are hilarious. It's linear, it's boring, there's not enough enemy variety, and the story is overrated -- oh and I'm not talking about Half Life 2! ;)Dude shut up. Everyone knows Half Life 2 only has one enemy type.

I'm not even sure how Halo and Doom 3 entered this discussion but they're both fine games.. and one is about as highly flawed as Half Life 2 and the other isn't even on the same level. Doom 3 is just plain fun, but it totally lacks the substance that Half Life 2 has.

Oh so it's just revenge trolling, because you can't stand it when someone criticizes a game that you love. Whose the fanboy, again?