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Great moments in PC gaming: That time Valve released three new games on the same day (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In what world the main story was complete? Like sure you could argue it could have been a legitimate choice to end it in that way but by no mean it answered any of the lingering questions.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I thought having open questions on G-Man and everything is the point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about G-Man, I'm talking about everything else. The war against The Combine, mostly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that is indeed left open to large parts. In my opinion Half-Life 2's story arc is about toppling the tower to give rise to a revolution against the Combine. And that happened as the G-Man froze time again and thus the inferred mission to stop the Combine assault was succesful with it even if we don't see it with our eyes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Sure, and you are meant to wake up again, eventually. The story doesn't make sense as "you are a PhD that get enrolled as a spacetime warrior to get deployed once and then retired in the void eternally".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

it ended at the same place that HL1 did, in ambiguous stasis ready to wake up and smell the ashes again.