While I really do hate silent protagonists I think they're too far deep to change anything at this point.
The reason I hate silent protagonists, especially in Half-Life where the world and the atmosphere are paramount, is that when I imagine what a character I'm not controlling sees everything breaks for me. Take, for example, the ending of Episode 2...
Eli Vance was just killed and Alyx Vance is going through a moment of personal hell and there's Gordon Freeman standing there completely stone faced not saying a word.
Totally takes me out of it.
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