2020... I am... already completely outdated because the Xen looks completely different in Alyx

>All of Earth looks exactly the same

Uh huh....

>no melee weapon because beta-testers kept thinking they were playing as Gordon
That seems like a stupid fucking reason for not having a melee option. Maybe if they have give a weapon that wasn't a crowbar, it would have been better.
I mean, when people played Opposing Force, they didn't confuse Shepard for Gordon and you could still melee (with a wrench).