>>299959010
I understand how ending might feel off from general story standpoint, but as a HL enthusiast, i loved it because of implications it carries through. Stuff like "yes, alyx was a fully fledged half-life game and it has impact on overall story" and, most importantly, "yes, we want to make more half-life games soon, but we had to change some big story stuff because reasons". Without this ending, alyx would feel like a cheap spinoff, yet another half-assed experimental VR title with no future and no meaning.

Then again, hl2ep2 was also carrying a certain sequel-soon implications through, and yet here we are.