He's not wrong
You'd of had to of been there, in the winter of '98. Half Life frickin' blew my mind. I even went back and played it recently, just to see if my nostalgia goggles had fooled me into thinking it was great and not just revolutionary. Turns out, it's still great, and operates a lot better than some of my more modern experiences. It's got everything; survival horror, alien blasting, soldier shooting, teleporters, hapless NPCs, science - everything one needs for a healthy life style.
I could also say the same for Doom 2, once you apply the Brutal Doom mod... although I guess that is kinda cheating. Brutal Doom beats the Hell out of a lot of modern day shooters, even though its sprites and the graphics sometimes make your eyes bleed, the actual game play is more solid than my front door, and that thing is solid oak.
Half Life 2 didn't do so much for me, though. I'll agree that it was overrated, and I assume that's why they're holding back Half Life 3, because they know it'll be the nail on the coffin. They shouldn't have gone down the whole "Earth taken over" and superior alien race road... that was stupid of them, because now their lore is going to have to involve an alien race that beat Earth in 7 hours, but somehow they're gonna have to make it so that Freeman can do what the united military could not...
Anywho, that's my piece on whatever
this was.
Good day!