Half-Life 2: Episode One

THE BAD:
- Rather short.

- Doesn't really add anything new.

SUMMARY:
Oh Gordon Freeman, you perplex and allure us with your stoic speechlessness and uncanny ability to thwart hordes of heavily armed alien overlords. Your cliffhanger ending in Half-Life 2 left us wanting so much more. More enemies, more weapons to eviscerate them with, and more closure.

Valve has decided to deliver a morsel of what we all desire: more. (But just a little) with Episode 1, the first in a tri-fecta of HL2 expansion episodes. Unfortunately what we've received is more or less an extended demo of what should be Half-Life 3. Just as I was starting to really get into the "game", the credits started rolling (much to my dismay).

But of course, there's no denying that what little Valve has offered us is satisfying enough to...