Half-Life is a Half-Game

Just finally beat Half-Life 2.
Bought it launch day. Played to the driving mission along the coast and stopped because my old computer couldn't handle it.
Finally bothered to finish it up today and I am disappointed. It reminded me why I stopped playing. The enemies have too much health. You never have enough of the ammo you want. The squad commanding was nearly useless. The ending was the worst of ANY GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED and just was egging you on to buy the next instalmment.

But it does look nice and the story unfolds well. But the gameplay just isn't up to par with the rest of it. After playing Bioshock and loving every god damn minute of it, Half-Life 2 just can't hold up. Hopefully future episodes redeem it.

Oh, and as for Bioshock. One of the best titles I have ever played. Cinematic masterpiece. Everything is beautiful and polished. The story, graphics, audio, gameplay, enemies, everything. EVERYTHING IS PERFECT.

Next up is to finish:
Farcry
Sin Episodes
Night Watch
Unreal II (1, maybe...)
Star Wars Republic Commando
Hitman Collection

Just assume if I haven't mentioned it before, I bought it this week.

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