Campaign is fairly good for what it is in the first half, second half is kind of mid with too much levels being repeated but its fine.

The Library is probably the only shit level in this game, and that's because it encapsulates everything wrong with CE which is rehashed level design that goes on for way too long.

As always the weapons aside from the plasma gun are good, the sandbox elements to fuck around in are there, the music goes hard and the vehicles are especially great.

Personally I always thought that the HL2 Buggy was good for its time but honestly after revisiting CE like this I'm really starting to doubt that, the vehicles have aged incredibly well.

All & All I can see why so many people hold this up for be a masterpiece, even if it has some glaring issues.

Funny thing is how I'd always think about using the new graphics with a better PC but once I got that I still stick to the old graphics haha!

Reviewed on Apr 13, 2024


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