Just finished HL2
+ This game is a fucking blast. Graphics are phenomenal. Bump mapping done to great effect(and I read in the accompanying Prima guide that they almost didn't even include it). Best FPS I've played next to HL. The intro doesn't have quite the impact that the first one did though(those things are hard to recreate though).
- I miss the claustrophobia inducing Black Mesa compound. AI blows(but all AI blows compared to Far Cry but hey...they raised the bar). Oh and fuck the whole "resistance". It's like everywhere you go they're sucking Gordon's dick. That's great and all but he's not Jesus and playing him up to be omnipotent kinda destroys his character more than it does help. Oh and fuck the G man for robbing me of any sort of closure. And the story is kinda stunted by the uber mysterious Combine and the lack of filling us in on anything but the "Resistance". They should have called it HL 1.5:Side Story. Is it me or do they briefly show a shitload of stuff that you never actually run into?

Metroid Prime 2
+ It's alot like Metroid Prime 1
- It's alot like Metroid Prime 1