Halo 2 vs Half-life 2

For some reason, a lot of people were very disapointed with Halo 2.  (I think they thought it would be Halo 1.5 and overhyped their expectations.)  It seems most of the people who go around saying Halo 2 sucked say Half-life 2 is by far superior.  Even though I mark up all such comments as mastabatory self-praisal by PC fanboys, I'm still wondering.  Why should it be better than Halo 2?  Halo 2 is damn near perfect, if you ask me.  Some of the multiplayer issues need work, but that's more of a gamer issue (quitters, cheaters, whiners) than a gameplay issue.  All I ever hear from the Half-Life proponents is that it totally kicks Halo 2 in the ass.  Yet they can never come up with a reason why.  Anybody want to share?

I myself haven't played Half-life, nor do I have any desire to.  Halo 2 fully satisfies all my FPS interests.  Not that I don't think it's a good game.  It looked okay, and probably is fun to play.  But I have yet to hear anything good about it.  What does it have?  Better graphics?  That I can answer myself: NO, unless you have the absolute brand new top-of-the-line PC.  But what else?  Innovative play?  Balanced weapons?  Greater freedom of movement?  Better controls?  Adam West? 

Tell me soon, or I'll think everybody who likes Half-Life 2 is just a fanboy who just sucks at Halo 2.

Halo for the PC feels so much better. I absolutely abhor Halo 2. It's a beautiful looking game, but the controls are awful. Everything feels sluggish, weak and unresponsive. Even the action felt toned down. I enjoy the Halo multiplayer. The PC version is much, much, much better, it's pure chaos when you get 16 people on any of the maps. Halo 2's maps are too big, and with the slug-like movement, it takes forever to get in a good skirmish, the battles are long, drawn out, and boring.

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