its alright. the parts where you kill the rebels are really fun even if it isn't too well designed. after that... well... yikes...

it probably has some of the most unnecessarily confusing puzzles ever and the worst final boss I've ever fought. also?? what even was happening. we learn NOTHING about the blue vortigaunts so we're left confused with what we even went up against.

there's also dialogue from the protagonist which i really appreciate in the sequel but honestly feels strange and out of place here.

i definitely recommend it to people who want to get into Half Life 2 mods, other than that you can just kinda skip to the sequel and watch a story recap online or something.