It's amazing, it's the best expansion/episode I have ever played. The graphics are amazing and HDR makes the whole game feel so much more real. The opening sequence nearly had me in tears, I was so happy to see Alyx again and the way Valve portrayed the relationship between Alyx, her dad and dog is out of this world. cyrax if you've got broadband and Steam it shouldn't take more than a couple of hours at the most. I have 2.2Mbps broadband and DL @ approx 180Mbps via Steam and it DL in just over an hour. Believe me the wait is worth it.