That's a little harsh, imo..technically, it's not exceptional or anything, but there seems to be a nice attention to detail. If the cleaned up the IQ it'd look a lot better.
The only thing that looks even remotely good is the amount of debris that is strung all over the place. It does make the world seem somewhat alive, instead of empty rooms filled with crates.
What's so wrong with it, BTW? I mean, I get the impression that people are bitching because the image quality is low. It looks similar to HL2, really...