The ground is shaking, and a gigantic metal tower creaks above you. Sparks and fires light the shadows to reveal a mauled corpse in every corner, and debris and more bodies fall from the sky.
Fan favorite Alyx is back, and her character is the game's biggest innovation: Valve has developed her into a deftly written co-star who watches your back throughout most of the game; Players who are as smitten with Alyx as Alyx is with the protagonist will beam every time she calls out "Nice shot!
The endless load times are back; too