Updated review as I have now completed this game.

Words cannot describe how well executed this game and storyline is.

When you start the game for the first time, you will be intrigued by how solid the interactions within the world feels. You'd be wrong to assume that the controls are poorly made, because they're not. In fact, they are very good.

The game offers great challange but not something I'd compare to Dark Souls in terms of difficulty. Everything makes sense and all gameplay designs are smartly made and are also easy to grasp and understand.

If you've played the previous Half-Life games and wanted to know what events unfolded right after the last scene in Half-Life 2: Episode 2, then I highly recommend that you watch till the end of the credits after you've completed this game, as many questions does get answered there in form of a 'hidden' scene.

Overall, a perfect score of 10/10 from me, as should be expected with all, or most* releases from Valve.

Updated review as I have now completed this game. Words cannot describe how well executed this game and storyline is. When you start the game for the first time, you will be intrigued by how solid the interactions within the world feels. You'd be wrong to assume that the controls are poorly made, because they're not. In fact, they are very good. The game offers great challange but not something I'd compare to Dark Souls in terms of difficulty. Everything makes sense and all gameplay designs are smartly made and are also easy to grasp and understand. If you've played the previous Half-Life games and wanted to know what events unfolded right after the last scene in Half-Life 2: Episode 2, then I highly recommend that you watch till the end of the credits after you've completed this game, as many questions does get answered there in form of a 'hidden' scene. Overall, a perfect score of 10/10 from me, as should be expected with all, or most* releases from Valve.