Story and Game ending

[burner69]

Hey, just wondering what people's views are on the ending of the game storywise and gameplaywise.
When I say story I obviously mean how the plot brought it to a finale, and the little speech at the end.
And by gameplay I mean the quality of playing the end level, particularly the very last section.

 

[Varsity]

Lots of fun, but if you thought you knew what to expect you had better have adapted quickly...

 

[asd-hl]

Last level rocked, but i would like to see something more.. rewarding as an ending. You can call it an ordinary puzzle somehow and then bam, game ended. As well as a little more info what happened with Alyx. No story point was set imho. Fine, you destroyed yet another building, but.. well. but i liked it too anyway, cause HL2 rox

 

[we11er]

As for not knowing what happened to Alyx etc - that's deliberate, we now have to wait for HL3

I loved the last level(s) - it was basically just designed for maximum fun with the blue gravity gun. Really kicked ass IMO.