Call me a cynic but I don't think HL2 will be all that great to play when its released. Look at the dissapointing gameplay that Doom 3 offered, admittedly it looked good and that was about it. I hate fan boys of any series who even if they were served a hot turd on a plate would argue that the latest installment of the game is the best ever.

I hope people will judge this game for what it is, not what they want it to be. 1998 was a good year for FPS games, will Valve manage pull it off and do it again in 2004

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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche