So sad that it took 'siriusb' and about 6 posts for someone to realize that the Half Life franchise has a good, nay, a great story line. As far as games go, a good story line is one that can completely engross a player. You feel as though you're the reason why these things are happening. No title does this better than HL. With Aftermath coming up, get ready to get a taste of that story line again... And I know some of you might there might consider the HL2 story line a bit similar to Matrix: Reloaded, where the ultimate point in the end was to setup the story line for the finale, but still, nobody does it better than the guys behind HL.