I was quite taken by that surprise ending almost had a tear in my eye and them my girlfriend who sat next to me at her computer sad something about "shit games" looking at my screen. Let's just say she didn't get any that night :p
I was wondering what people think about when in the HL timeline the game is played out. I'm betting on at about the same time as or before HL because of what is being shown in that presentation room, it clearly shows that the Aparture Science lab is competing with Black Mesa for government...
Everyone already knows what he looks like... so no it wouldn't spoil anything for me, but for people unable to keep a distance to the game I guess it could be upsetting.
Anyway, I don't have much difficulty imagining that I'm Gordon as I look pretty much like him :D
Who plays games with guides anyway? :S
Where is the fun in just doing what it says in some book? The fun in a game comes from discovering things by yourself...
Good post.
A bit off-topic, but does the spy mimic the characters speed too or does he always have speed 300? Then I guess it would be quite unsafe to play as a heavy or a scout as the speed difference stands out quite much.