1) man, the fundamental problem already lays with the fact you SKIPPED the storyline . BIG, BIG, issue you trivialized. If im playing a game as a FPS on my own, and dont plan to Multi play it, the story better be phenomenal. HL2 did a good job of this.
2) I saw no comments about how linear the maps felt - which another major issue with me. yeah great, the bullet holes are cool and all, and the greande looks great, but that falls into the gfx section, and not necessarily the map.
3) The AI tricked you? What do you mean? You aimed left and they went right?? The AI was OK, but it didnt seem like any revolutions from what we all experienced with HL2.
4) also, youre exaggerating about the scariness because, everyone knows that you had to shave your leg hairs for knee surgery anyway so you had no hairs that stood. caught you in a lie holmes!