It's funny how HL was my first real obsession as a kid to a point where my mom actually thought it was unusual and my teachers, friends and even church buddies (dun ask) got worried I might be addicted not the game per se as I didn't own a PC but the world and creatures... I drew them EVERYWHERE, I couldn't stop talking about the story and themes I was for a lack of a better word a true fanatic... And yet when HL2 came out I felt nothing... City 17 was literally inspired by my own country and it was so surreal yet it felt so underwhelming compared to the steel corridors and abstract feel of Black Mesa and that good old goldsrc. Alyx feels even less exciting to me, it feels almost like a completely different franchise yet it is the absolute pinnacle of what Valve wanted to show through HL. It's so weird and bizarre that it drives me crazy sometimes. If you haven't seen this short SFM yet it's the perfect example of what Valve gave us, they didn't create a game or even a story, they...