User blog comment:The Milkman/The Shepard Fan Club/@comment-70.143.68.230-20120726064533/@comment-1388547-20120726180013

I'm not sure it's even a fair comparison, to juxtapose Gordon Freeman and Shepard. Freeman's complete lack of dialog and almost complete lack of character development are a deliberate stylistic choice. Comparing Shepard and the Master Chief is fair, though, I'd say.