This game was so good, I just can't coherently give a thorough review without loosing track and just gushing. The story was honestly way more compelling than even the original game in half the amount of time it lasts for. I absolutely loved the vortiguants moreso than the human npcs lol. The experience overall just felt so good and the most polished out of all the games. But like I said in my Half-Life 2 review Valve needs to go to prison the way they left the story off on a cliffhanger.

my play through of all the games: https://youtu.be/PPEarmx4FAI