[enoonmai]

I think domina8r is right. The Doom 3 expansion was what Doom 3 should have been in the first place. The lackluster gameplay of the first game (barring the great graphics, sound and "fear" factor) was a total let-down, and the expansion was a bit too short and had literally zero gameplay, not to mention that the Grabber is no comparison to HL2's GG. What was a welcome change was the ability to use the Artifact to some good use to actually proceed through the game, which was a first for the guys from the Mesquite, TX company. As for the Aftermath expansion, that one is starting to look like a train wreck already. I am not entirely sure drifting from the "Freeman-perspective", which is the heart and the soul of the series, (Alyx be damned, I care more about the story than a passing romantic interest) is really a good idea. The conflicting reports as to whether you will play as Gordon or as someone else shouldn't really exist at all. Considering the ending of HL2, I dont see how Gordon can return in Aftermath, especially one of the leaked screenshots actually shows Alyx in the Citadel. I am somehow gonna actually check this out before going ga-ga over it. As for Q4, one can only hope that Raven can pull off the same trick with Q4 as they did with RtCW and make it just as engaging, without spoiling the Q2 "ubercool" storyline.