User blog comment:USMC Lance/Spike VGAs are fucking stupid./@comment-3453223-20111213020205/@comment-2224289-20111214085149

@3rdRanger but that's quite a factor, as players can imagine for themselves how will the characters behave (like the god damn legendary Freeman's Mind series) and, like in all VALVe franchises, unless the character is not a factor for what's going on, they don't speak to kind of not spoil their knowledge, forcing you to explore the world to learn its secrets and unveiling a lot through their comic books, unleashing a lot of anticipation for the next games (hence gamers' continuous wish to see the release of Half Life 2: Episode 3, in the middle of other franchises' build-ups)