The true method of knowledge is experiment. So, strapped to the underside of a stolen Combine helicopter, you're part of my latest scientific investigation. Objective: To infiltrate and observe this peculiar little island a few miles off shore, its heart burrowed out by our ever-loving benefactors...
Its a improvement over Half-Life 2. That in its self says alot about the mod.
Its got more of a story, its got better visuals (that has a more eerie atmosphere which HL2 should have done to its combine bases), its harder (YES!!), and it has perhaps the best level design out of the HL2 mods I've played so far. Its got beaches which I was sort of mystified by. Its got its own soundtrack, its got a actual ending that leaves you satisfied.
Its also got a long length for a mod. You know its a labor of love when its had work done on every aspect of its design. The only thing it misses is voice acting but its always a hit and miss with that sort of thing.