[Pyro]

Should I buy Half Life 2?

I am not interested in Single Player, because FPS single player usually suck ass, but I heard this one might be different.

I am basically doing this for the multiplayer. I have never ever played Counterstrike and since there is losers who spend 24/7 playing it from the time halflife 1 came out...will I even have a chance against anyone...cuz i heard it is round based and i don't feel like dying and waiting a year...and then dying again...

So im basically asking is it easy to learn/are people already too good?