ReaperzXIII said:
I finally got the Orange Box a week ago and started playing it today, I finished Portal in 3 hours and finally thought, what is so great about this game, I understand that it is funny GlaDoS is undeniably hilarious with her psycho intent but the game didn't live up to all the hype surrounding it, I think I would've had more fun if there was a soundtrack during levels, silence tends to make games feel boring to me.
Then I started play Half Life 2 and it may be because I'm only like 1 or 2 hours into it but it doesn't seem as spectacular or amazing as others have said it is, and to me it has the same above soundtrack problem. Also the whole Gordon not speaking doesn't make it more immersive to me in fact it kind of breaks immersion when they say something to the character and there is absolutely no response.
1st: Ignore hype, in fact don't even use the word, its become a buzzword on this forum lately and its starting to piss me off.
2nd: These games are old, they were awesome at the time but games age fast. Sure a great game is always a great game but a new player coming to them with high expectations and not giving regard their age is likely to be disappointed in some respects; game hold their greatness but not their shine.
3rd: I wasn't that taken with portal when I first played it, I kept expecting the tutorial to end and the game to begin... but then I cottoned on to what the game was about and now i've played it though 3 or 4 times, its great in that its innovative and has spot on themes and humour, as evidenced by the memes it spawned.
4th: half life 2 isn't that great, its alright as a sequel to the original and at the time it was released there weren't many FPS games with the story driven gameplay and mix of vehicles and physics puzzles etc... it is a good game but you have to have a little patience to get though it, its not a game that pimps itself and constantly throws action at the player to keep them interested, you need an attention span longer than 5 seconds.
