Um. Okay. Someone screwed up the quote pyramid. Basically, I think that Valve games are overrated because they don't play very well. I went into some detail in another thread a couple of days ago, but an example of what I mean is in the vehicle sections. Half-Life 2 came out in 2004, but the vehicle sections had already been done better in Halo in 2001. Valve's vehicles control horribly, due to the tank controls they force on the player because they're unwilling to use the much more durable third person vehicle perspective.
I get that staying in first person adds immersion, but I don't want it at the cost of my fun. I went for a second playthrough of HL2 but stopped at Water Hazard, because I literally couldn't be bothered wrestling with that stupid boat.