[Emu]

The thing about SH2 is that when people talk about how great it is they're under the assumption that you've played through it more than once. SH2 is best on the second playthrough once you've seen the ending and you can actually start making sense of the plot. It's also got the most non-linear plot of the series (except maybe 4) and that's why I don't recommend people to play it first. You'll probably like the third one better TBH.