Gaming Confessions . . . (and seeking opinions) (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Friday, December 11, 2015, 17:17 (3067 days ago) @ dogcow

I have never played Half-Life 2.
Are any of these games worth playing at this point, if I've never played them before? Do they hold up?

Yes, this is worth playing.

I kinda figured H-L2 is a no brainer. I just never had a gaming PC for it, and I didn't really care by the time the Orange Box came around.

A couple of most loved not-terribly-popular games are:

1- No One Lives Forever (1 & 2)
2- Psychonauts

I've never even heard of No One Lives Forever; I'll have to look into it.

I have a nerd/geek reading confession, I've never read the Lord of the Rings. I've read the Hobbit many times, even as a pretty young kid, but never got around to LotR.

Wow. That's crazy. I would highly recommend it, but I'm biased, as I set aside time to read through the Lord of the Rings about once a year or so. Just don't go in expecting it to read anything like The Hobbit does. I can understand why a lot of people don't like Tolkien's writing style in LotR. For some people, it's a real over-descriptive slog. For me, it's just amazing. I don't think I've ever read another book that has drawn me in so hard and so fast.