I've been replaying HL2 ep1 and 2. Games are still awesome. Look great visually, too. I used to like Episode 1 more than 2. Now it's the opposite.
But the overwhelming ballwashing everyone gives Gordon (YOU, THE PLAYER) is sticking out. Episode 1 is constant barrage of praise from Alex, for opening a door or w/e menial action you make. It's really weird and uncomfortable. Reminds me why I preferred HL1's story and presentation, which is basically Die Hard.
And enemies should react to hits. It's a peculiar design choice to have enemies go from life to limp; it feels binary compared to Halo where enemies react to getting shot, although take more damage before they ultimately die.
edit: oh, and someone questioned why people dog on Origin. There are legitimate reasons why people are down on Origin. Two of them: EA locks your games if your banned for any reason. There's no proper way to backup your Origin games. There are nice features to it, like registering any retail EA game, and customer service is better than Steam's. I'm not against it but it does make Origin games less valuable to me with its fickle policies.
