Half-Life 2

I saw alot of people say they play half-life 2... I recently got it and i am about 3/4 the way through... does anyone else think that it could be beter... I just think that half-life 1 probably had a beter plot even if its an old game with bad grafics.. anyone who hasn't played the origional half-life definatly should... i like counter-strike 1.6 and i have made some maps for it... but i don't know why counter-strike source doesn't work for me... my comp is fast enough and it just wont connect to servers.

Only reason I bought it is for Counterstrike source.

I thought it was a good game. However, I felt it was to linear when I played it. Not disappointing just a little weaker then I was hoping it would be.