I'm annoyed as fuck... tried a HL2 mod, AND I HATE IT. MMod is supposed to be this grand rejuvenation for the game, but I can't stand it. It adds some beautiful visual effects and tweaks the guns. It mostly advertises ironsights (that aren't even ironsights, just a slight zoom in) and a dynamic weapon spread (mostly seems affected by ironsight function), BUT EVERY SINGLE GUN FEELS WRONG.

Don't know for sure what's the biggest effect, but somewhere between potential damage tweaks, wonky weapon spread, and changed animations, the entire combat flow is completely broken. The one hit wonder that was supposed to be the revolver feels like it constantly misses or just doesn't do the same damage. When you change weapons you wait forever for the stupid animation to finish so you can actually fire, so now you can't even change guns in the middle of a gun fight reliably. And the SMG that worked well on antlions, can barely take one down with a full magazine. I'm not even playing on hard for crying out loud...
HL2 was already not a faced paced shooter imo, but the only way I see this playing well is if you slow it even more. Except you can't really do that, cause enemy AI wasn't designed with that in mind.

For as much as I love HL, that's how much I hate the average HL modder, that constantly insists on thinking they're big brained and destroy the flow of the game.

If you've never played HL2, this mod might be good for a first experience. The enhanced visuals and weapon animations bring new life to an old game.
But if you're a veteran, that has built years of reflexes on the gunplay... I just find it atrocious.