Half-Life 2: Episode 1 was a game I missed while on holiday earlier in the summer but not a game that should be missed entirely so on-line today is my Half-Life 2: Episode 1 review, is it a must buy? Just about I reckon.

Spending so much time with Alyx is much less of a pain that I was expecting, usually computer controlled NPC's just get in the way and either die too easily therefore making some areas really hard or are more or less invincible and make things too easy. Now I've not seen Alyx die yet but she doesn't pack a lot of firepower so you'll still have to do a lot of the work alone, this seems to create a nice balance and it somehow feels quite natural to have her with you, impressive stuff.