Damian, Half Life 2 does what Doom3 failed to do. Keep you playing for more then just a couple of times. I can't believe how well they thought of everything (story line), not to mention the graphics (far superior to Doom3. I mean, glass is now glass, not just some sort of undestructable plastic-like material that can't be broken. Just to name one). I just love those combats with the soldiers (or what are they called

) while dodging behind wooden plates, crates and godknows what else. There are very few (singleplayer) games out there that I actually play, and this one sure is the best I've ever seen (from what I've seen of the game). I played to two am. this morning (*sick*, had to get up at 6:45

) and I had trouble leaving HL2 behind this morning when I got to work

.
Before I started playing this game, I was more interested in the game because 'it has neat graphics d00d!'. Now I know that it's not just the graphics taht is neat

.