What?1 average?
You clearly aren't using the environment enough in your fighting or exploring the levels. If you go the obvious route all the time you'll only be seeing about 2/3rds of what's actually there, I've had it since 2004 and I still find new rooms on each play through.
The combat improves massively if you start thinking creatively, ever brought down an Antlion Guard with a bath tub? Or how about killing a whole quad of Combine by launching a rock at the supports of the bridge they were stood on?
I find HL2 is one of those games that reflects the effort of the person playing it, it rewards the ones that put the little bit of extra thought in.
I think it's aging fine, certainly better than any other shooters from 2004.
You clearly aren't using the environment enough in your fighting or exploring the levels. If you go the obvious route all the time you'll only be seeing about 2/3rds of what's actually there, I've had it since 2004 and I still find new rooms on each play through.
The combat improves massively if you start thinking creatively, ever brought down an Antlion Guard with a bath tub? Or how about killing a whole quad of Combine by launching a rock at the supports of the bridge they were stood on?
I find HL2 is one of those games that reflects the effort of the person playing it, it rewards the ones that put the little bit of extra thought in.
I think it's aging fine, certainly better than any other shooters from 2004.