Both of the Half-Life games have won several awards for redefining the first-person shooter genre. No other FPS game follows a stronger story structure than Half-Life. In the second game of the series, hero Gordon Freeman is a theoretical physicist sent to futuristic City 17, where an alien race known as the Combine has conquered the human race.
One player noted that Gordon is unlike most other video game heroes in that, in regards to action, he has very normal, human weaknesses. He has no super-strength, nor advanced weapons training. While some find this frustrating, many praise the game for daring to make the main character so close to reality in a science-fiction world.
The other story beat to note in this game are the use of revelations. Gordon reaches City 17 to find that he's some sort of legend among the humans, and he is driven by a desire to prove his reputation and defeat the Combine.
Video games have quite an advantage when it comes to story world and plot, because so many of them are working on an epic scale (save the world) - and they have several days, rather than 2 hours, to plot such a heavy story.
One player noted that Gordon is unlike most other video game heroes in that, in regards to action, he has very normal, human weaknesses. He has no super-strength, nor advanced weapons training. While some find this frustrating, many praise the game for daring to make the main character so close to reality in a science-fiction world.
The other story beat to note in this game are the use of revelations. Gordon reaches City 17 to find that he's some sort of legend among the humans, and he is driven by a desire to prove his reputation and defeat the Combine.
Video games have quite an advantage when it comes to story world and plot, because so many of them are working on an epic scale (save the world) - and they have several days, rather than 2 hours, to plot such a heavy story.