Quote Originally Posted by nik0tine View Post
I haven't played the second installment (and likely never will as I have no faith in valves ability to make a sequel)
Huh? I find this position strange as Valve is the only company I can think of which has managed to make every sequel a better game than the original as far as I'm concerned. Portal may be the only one that is somewhat arguable for me as I feel the original is a tighter experience, but the second is the better game. And even if we did say for the sake of argument that Portal 2 is a lesser game than the original, it's still better than pretty much everything else released in the last few years.

I don't have time to elaborate on my list of games, though I will agree with nik on Portal and it would rank very high for me indeed.