The game I was hoping for years and years ago on the Black Mesa Source forums. I'm so glad to have it, and nearly every change makes it superior to the original game. I was thinking of calling this the canonical version of Half-Life throughout much of my playtime until I got to Interloper, a chapter within Xen which makes you slam into a wall of really obnoxious plug "puzzles" (read: spam e on everything and plug shit in wherever it lets you) and jumps which as far as I can tell rely on slamming your face into the walls until it happens to shoot you upward. Oh and the vorts say the same 3 voice lines repeatedly. Everything looks the same. It's painful.

Needless to say, this absolutely ruins the pacing of the lategame and killing the tension. I suggest skipping the Interloper chapter. I loved original Xen and I love this Xen too as long as that's removed.

Incredible game, if flawed.