Only better than Counter-Strike: Source in one aspect: bots. I adore how you can control bots once you die. That comes into play a lot, since I suck at playing a lof of multi-player deathmatch games and play with bots instead of real people. That, and the skin stuff, but that's about it. Everything else is what I would repeatedly dub, "not as good as Source".

Don't let the "Source" part fool you, as this is not as bad as Half-Life: Source. No, this is much better; even better than any other CS.

World's best hat simulator 2022. 'Nuff said.

I would give this game five stars if it wasn't for the sequel completely upstaging it, and rightfully so.

Here's a riddle: What does the Portal series have that many other Valve games don't? The answer: aesthetic.

Pretty good, even if I suck ass playing against real people.

Certainly an extraordinary Valve game, better than the original, but not worthy of too many awards. Maybe 2, at best. It seems that they sprinkled in some of the Valve charm into the game, but dumped some other stuff in there that I can't put my finger on. Tl;dr, good, but certainly not Valve's single crowning achievement.

Pretty immersive, pretty fun, that's all there is to it.

Not the best as everyone says it is, but not bad.

You gotta love everything about this game! No excuses! The soundtrack, the gameplay, the immersive and hypnotic story; everything! But, the biggest positive quality of all: the nostalgia factor! Or, at least, for me.