@Kwisatz... Darn, it is a pity you already have 'Dear Esther'. Yeah, 'Portal 1' is a milestone... and just about the perfect length and difficulty for a puzzle game. The writing/voicing was remarkable... I really loved the turrets and of course GLADOS.
On several levels, 'Natural Selection 2' sounds like just my kind of thing! But being in Asia my ping may not be great and I just don't have the time to ascend the steep learning plateau of that particular game... I've been cannon-fodder on too many multiplayer games too often - spawn, find the action, get killed, repeat loop! I hope and pray it is the ping b'cos otherwise I'm utterly cack-handed with 'Team Fortress 2' and 'Halo'! I was too pessimistic even try 'Titanfall' on the Origin free-to-play weekend recently
But perhaps teaming up with EvilKing on
Borderlands 2, and trying out the
Splinter Cell: Conv's multiplayer will be a way to reintroduce me to multiplayer gaming *fingers crossed*