Whoopservatory is cool but a bit short and sparse. 

Still got a copy of HL2 on steam that I can give to anyone as a gift, so if you still dont own it for some reason and want to play it, just link me your steam account page :) 

yeah, I liked it but wish I could really have wandered around the place and taken it in at leisure - really only got to see the observatory in bits and pieces - felt pretty roped in...
one of those lower order issues that's not really an issue, in a way...

Still prefer mission improbable 1+2 

yeah although it was very well built, felt a bit too linear and roped in. Also, the cool ending was way too short (very neat idea though).

I have MI 1+2, as well as quite a few others downloaded. Will start playing through them, have the HL2 bug atm. MI3 shouldnt be far off apparetnly. 

Bless his soul.

Nothing so far can compare to the quality of Minerva:Metastasis, in my opinion. 

How many mods are broken with the May 2010 update? Is HL2 itself even playable? 

HL2 is playable, I don#t think Valve would leave their own game broken since 2010 :P

As for mods, I have not found any in my collection that are broken, tho I've heard a few were affected :( 

some HL 1 mods have issues though, since they came out before steam etc. 

not sure about mods, what did this update do? 

But I think some code changes broke maps and mods built using an earlier version of the hl2 engine, can't be any more specific than that though I'm afraid. 

Sebastian.

Another well made Ep1 mod but again feels too sparse and lacks the engagement that HL2 at least appears to offer what with the numerous setpieces and scripted events. 

This is more like it, very high quality stuff and long enough to get immersed. 

Very creepy atmosphere, top marks in this department. Limited health and ammo add to the tension but the ending is just...unfinished. Shame, because this is a quality custom mappack otherwise. 

most broken mods can be fixed, see here for details:

http://www.planetphillip.com/posts/get-mods-working/ 

for fixing broken mods:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1289845 

extremely high quality mod thats quite satisfying but needed to be better playtested since its not exactly easy to work out what to do next. 

Lack of playtesting (or listening to playtesters) is the downfall of many otherwise great mods, or games. 

This is one the best I've played so far, very professionally built, good combat, no bugs and nice setpieces. 

another good one although goes overboard with light bloom in some areas and also lacks a proper ending. I believe the author is working on a second map that will link to this when it's done. 

i know i'll be doing a hl2 marathon later during the winter. :) 

have another 9 lined up to play :) 

Like Whoopservatory, way too short.

But what's here is borderline amazing! The whole map's essentially a setpiece and a very memorable one. 

If you're comparing it to Whoopservatory, then I've got to check out Outpost 16 asap. :p

Have you checked out Research & Development yet btw? 

i've played that one, and if you haven't i'll just chime in and say you should play it too. ^_^ 

nightmare house 2 is good if you like horror mods