[thesilkworm]

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You liked HL2? Man, I came in here to nominate it for one of the worst. You go through all this trouble to get to the final boss, but then in the last level, you get a weapon so powerful as to make the whole thing trivially easy. Then, once you finally accomplish you're goal, you blow up anyone you remotely cared about, if it all wasn't just a dream.

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Second your nomination. The ending was so bad (for the reasons you set forth), I've never even bothered picking the sequels.

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I see your points, but I really enjoyed the last hour or so of HL2. I'm not exactly skilled at first person shooters, and for me it was fun to have an awesome weapon and just enjoy watching the story unfold.

Maybe I'd have been more disappointed with it if I completed it when it first came out. Since I only completed it today (Orange Box), I was able to move straight onto Episode 1.