“Half-Life 2 is terrible.”

There probably will never be a better place to say this for another decade, so here it is:
HL1 Revolutionised Game mechanics in its story and flow. The placement of items, the maps, everything made sense.

HL2 Revolutionised Game Mechanics in the Physics department, and, to a degree, lighting as well.

“Half-Life 2 is terrible. Within minutes, other characters are fangirling over you, like they knew you or something. Why? Because you left a secret base shortly before a nuclear explosion. Seriously, there were no witnesses to your defeat of the Nihilanth at the end of Half-Life, and even if there were, they should,…