Then the story is “Get the fuck out of here.” So, after being chased by identical skull-mask wearing cops for awhile, I climb into a teleporter, which breaks. I get off a train, hear a speech about instinct and destiny, which was fine, I guess, but Bioshock did it better (yes, I’m aware Half Life is older).
There’s little-to-no story in the game so far. Attractive female character says “Ha, a man of few words, huh?” and I just think about how terrible that joke is, yes, I get it, silent protagonist, Gordon doesn’t talk. There are places in that game where they try to have a sense of humor, but their jokes just bug me. “Hey! I’m Gary! You know, from Black Mesa!” If I played Half Life 1, I already know who you are, and if I didn’t, I don’t know what this Black Mesa place is. It would have been fine, but they feel the need to throw the phrase black mesa in there every 6 seconds. I wish they would have explained a tiny bit what Half Life 1 was even about. Every character in the entire game has a hard-on for Gordon Freeman, and I’ve got no idea why. I was told playing Half Life 1 wasn’t necessary to understand Half Life 2, but maybe it would have helped. There literally wasn’t a moment in those first 5 chapters I enjoyed. So he lent me the Orange Box, and after spending several hours on the first 5 chapters, I took the disc out went to play something else. He told me he needed someone to talk to about how awesome it was, but everyone else played the game 5 years ago. He bought the Orange Box, and played through Half Life 2, and both its episodes. Like me, he was tired of hearing such great things about it, and not knowing what it’s all about. My friend Jason finally played Half Life 2.
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