Half-Life 2: Episode 1

[Gryph]

Anyone played it yet? I bought it when it was first available to preorder on Steam but since I'm at my Dad's whose computer's video card craps up all time I can't play it. It sits here mocking me.

[L.S.D]

Anyone played it yet? I bought it when it was first available to preorder on Steam but since I'm at my Dad's whose computer's video card craps up all time I can't play it. It sits here mocking me.

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My local pirate store did not have it yet

 

Do we need Half Life 2 for this to play?

[Wizard]

Anyone played it yet? I bought it when it was first available to preorder on Steam but since I'm at my Dad's whose computer's video card craps up all time I can't play it. It sits here mocking me.

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My local pirate store did not have it yet

 

Do we need Half Life 2 for this to play?

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No.

[Mag]

so the game is avaliable both retail and on steam. consider it's only $19.99, for around more than 10 hours of solo campaign, this is worth it.

[Gryph]

10 hours? HAHAHA! More like 4. Reviews say it takes about 5-6 hours but most people I've read online have beaten it in about 3.5 hours.

[L.S.D]

10 hours? HAHAHA! More like 4. Reviews say it takes about 5-6 hours but most people I've read online have beaten it in about 3.5 hours.

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Maybe they didn;t explore fully and just anxious to beat the game

[Wizard]

One of my IRC buddies beat it today. Took him 3-4 hours to get thru. He likes the attention on detail. And in his words "An awesome job."

[Shibathedog]

but theres no new multiplayer?

 

I got kind of sick of the HL2 mulitplayer and CS:S, The single player is GREAT though

[Gryph]

No new multiplayer.

[Mag]

so 4 episodes.. of 4-6 hours of gameplay x $19.99 hmmm

 

thats around 16-24 hours for $80? lol.. what a strategic way Valve made money off of us hehe.. well w/e.. if it's good, it's worth my money.

[Daeval]

I figure as new episodes come out, the existing episodes will drop in price. I'll wait until a few are out and then get the cheaper ones or whatever bundles they're offering.

[Gryph]

It's 3 episodes per "season," So if you measure by hours, which I don't really like to do, it would be 12-18 hr for $60 which is a tad more than AAA PC games are.

[Mag]

well I beat it yesterday.. all I can say is.. can't wait til the next ep is out.

 

Ok I'll share my moments:

 

 

 

-When I was in the underground escaping Citadel, so like my flashlight was dead so I had to let it charge..then as I ascend the stairs.. I hear some zombie muttering..which turns out to be Alyx lol she said " Got ja ! " lol something I would never expect from Valve hehe goodjob giving Alyx some personality hehe

 

-man.. I must say HDR is purdier than ever.. I stop at some points of the game trying to get nice screenshots of its reflection.

 

-oh man, the core in citadel.. ITS PRETTY.. I spent so much time throwing stuff in to watch it's reaction.

 

-when dog threw us into Citadel as are in the car, that ride was the best virtual ride ever.. yes way better than roller coaster by miles of adrenaline.

 

-when alyx said zombine, i chuckle lol

 

 

[Mag]

oh I would like to add.. that HDR lighting is extremely stable compare to Lost Coast. It's great.. no performance drop or anything (grr..why can't OB be like this =/ )

 

HDR lighting is something they shoulda done with HL2 a long time ago.. it's really purdy.

[Wizard]

Because OB uses a completely different engine? An engine, that, believe it it or not, is actually similar to the cIV engine.