This may be bigger than HL2

[Jonathan]

My humble opinion is a far more positive one I\'m afraid.
The game pretty much sucks, no arguement there, but there\'s also a quite bright side

This person or these people (I don\'t know which) made the brave choice to go Indie & not modding. A lot of effort has been put in to create whatever simple appearing game they\'re creating. They\'ve also attempted to create a more professional web presence which are all things that can only be applauded. Not so much for what they are, but for their intentions.

I remember when I first started modding for the original Unreal my stuff sucked mega hard as well. Over time the quality of my work has improved but it still has a long way to go & I still have very much to learn. Now I occasionaly hear people say wow, that\'s nice!

My point is that everyone has to start somewhere and it takes time, patience & perseverance to become a qualitative game developer or artist.
Developing games, and especially indie games is not an easy task, but it deserves respect. Who knows, in 5 years from now these guys can pump out art that makes us react just like people react to hl2 or u-engine 3 now.