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Half-Life 2's Hands-Off Storytelling Is Still Unmatched
Half-Life 2 is set in a dystopian city cruelly governed by an oppressive alien dictatorship. City 17 is 1984's Airstrip One with an uncanny sci-fi twist, and one of the most richly evocative settings in video game history. But while most games love beating you over the head with exposition to impart their mythology, Half-Life 2 stood out—and still does—by taking a much more elegant, hands-off approach to its world-building.