Overall, HL2 E1 keeps its promise and delivers a fun immersive game.
User Rating: 8.2 | Half-Life 2: Episode One PC
Overall, HL2 E1 keeps its promise and delivers a fun immersive game. What's cool is the gameplay mechanics which are a bit different since Alex is partnered with Freeman. I also like the fact that the story picks right up where it left off and the player has to make his way back from the citadel out to City 17 - no new whiz bang 'magic' level. The graphics were on point. I swear, valve is the only crew that fully masters lighting be it day/night, interior/exterior. And the fact that it's a world we can relate to (ruined building, war zones) adds to grit of the story.
On the minus side Episode 1 doesn't hold up too well on its own (as HL1 and HL2) because of its' length. Maybe if it were twice the length it would make most avid gameplayers happy.
On the whole, the was fun, and did not disappoint. 
