Have you played Baldur's gate 2 recently?
It's a good game, I myself have lost a month or so's worth of hours playing that game
but...
The graphics are dated, the interface clunky and ugly compared to what I'm accustomed to now. One of the greatest gaming experiences of my lifetime yes, but time has not been kind to the game IMO (graphics aren't everything, but sometimes it's better to have nostalgic memories of a game than to play the same game later and have those memories brought screaming and kicking into reality
)
Half-life 2 is an "Edge- 10 out of 10" game. Every previous game to recieve a 10 out of 1o from Edge (Goldeneye, Zelda-Ocarina of time, Gran Turismo, Halo, Soul Calibur, Super Mario 64) is still as playable and appealing today as the day it was released. They were
revolutionary, I trust Edge's judgement on the matter and believe that like the other games I just listed I will be playing it for many yeas to come over and over again.
This ain't just another FPS, this is the FPS genre rulebook being torn to pieces by a red paint chipped crowbar.
...also yes technically this should be in the other forum, and I apologise.