Story: HL2 mod continuing story of HL:Opposing Force character Adrian Shephard in a time set somewhere between HL1 and HL2. It brings you from a Black Mesa like base trough an outdoor environment and a Soviet marine base into a early combine citadel to end in a ancient alien location here on earth, the combine stumbles upon when creating a citadel. What you get: Intro and 5 playable maps roughly good for a hour of playtime. The mod includes custom props, textures and music but NO new weapons or NPC's.
As a whole, Awakening is pretty well a run-of-the-mill Half Life 2 mod. While the gameplay stays fresh, there is still nothing unique about this mod. It's simply more Half Life 2 gameplay with bad voice acting and a cliche story. I would consider it more of a map than an actual mod as there is absolutely nothing new or interesting put on to the table save for the Arctic environment. Other than that, it's just a basic mod. Verdict: 7.0/10