Last night, after getting the little one to bed, I decided to put a little more time in with my current trek through Halflife 2.  I was right at the beginning of the Highway 17 level.  That level is great for so many reasons, but the end part of it, where you have to cross the train bridge by climbing around underneath it and through the utility walkways, THAT is an amazing piece of level design.

First off, the level is gorgeous and you really get a sense of how high up you are.  Secondly, there is precious little sure footing in the level.  A wrong move could not only mean plunging to your death, but you are having to cross while being shot at sometimes.  Then the section at the end where the aircraft is shooting at you and you have to run across the underside of the bridge to the rockets to take it out, it is such a tense moment and it feels fucking great when you down that fucker.

One of the best gaming moments of this decade I think.