time and time again i've tried finishing this game, the oh so promised perfect game, there was always a point in which i would stop, when i finished it for the first time, i though it was pretty good but with a few areas in which i had no good things to say, but upon repeated playthroughs, this game grows more and more on you until the point you can't help but feel fascinated with its universe, its style.

everything is sticked out together, its scify in name only as due to alien tech giving barely any help to their own soldiers settle properly their colony, so the enemies are stuck with using really back tech and reuse old apartments, its a mix of high tech and scrapping to survive at the same time.
its one of if not the best sequel.

with all that said, the criticism is valid, there are some really shitty areas and chapters that almost halt the enjoyment of the game.

overall i'm thankful for the combine universe this game brough within, and its quite believable due to circunstances in universe