3.5/5 ★ – Tye_Boy's review of Half-Life 2: Episode Two.

The end of an era. The final Half Life game for me to experience fresh. After the greatest hits compilation that was Episode 1, Half-Life 2: Episode 2 pushes the story and gameplay of the series forward in ways that legitimately gripped me. Great controls, strong visuals and sound, effective character moments and perfect cues for energetic music are all abundant. But a certain set-piece near the end has no right to be so difficult and broken, where the newly-introduced gameplay mechanic doesn't work half the goddamn time. Half a star off for that, but otherwise, this is a great game in of itself, one that plants this series in a state of limbo from an unforgettable ending. And no, I don't count Half Life: Alxy because that's a VR game only a small number of people can even play.