Looks like the real thing, but missing many features and is crippleware to boot. Good interface and features. Supports connections to multiple servers simultaneously. Clean, professional interface. Search in the tracker listing similar to HL Client 1.5 and Ripcord.
Some commands are hard to find.
Some of the commands are hard to find, but the feature set is excellent. Support for threaded news would have been nice, but maybe it will be included in future releases. Also has built in ping and finger tools. None are done well. An interesting client, but not very useful.