I wish it stood on its own more as far as the story. I never finished HL1, so the whole time I felt like Gordon knew a lot of things as a character about the plot that I didn't know as a player. Aside from that, I really enjoyed it. It wasn't too repetitious to be fun most of the time, and it had enough gameplay surprises…
With all the screenies, movies and buzzing going around I didn't really know what to expect from it anymore. I just got it and I am really enjoying it both gameplay, visuals and story. The physics keep amazing me and the gravity gun stays loads of fun. My favorite PC game for 2004. I thought the whole release with Steam…