Windows

Half-Life 2: Episode One

Description

Half-Life 2: Episode One continues the story of Half-Life 2. Beginning immediately after the end of Half-Life 2, Episode One follows Gordon Freeman (the player) and Alyx as they attempt to escape City 17 in the wake of the defeat of the Combine forces and the battle in the Citadel. The great unanswered question of "How could Alyx have survived that explosion" is answered, as are the fates of many of the other supporting characters from Half-Life 2.

Episode One is the first of what has been promised will be a three episode trilogy which, when completed, could be considered Half-Life 3. Since it follows the episodic format, it has only four to six hours of gameplay. One feature which extends overall game life, however, is the inclusion of a "Commentary" mode, which enables hotspots on each map where the player can listen to developer commentary explaining how or why certain things were done.

Players of Half-Life 2 will find the gameplay very familiar. No new weapons were added to Episode One, although all the weapons from Half-Life 2 have been carried over. Enemies, too are familiar, with only one new enemy, a new zombie variant. The most intriguing new gameplay element is the behavior of Alyx, who fights along Gordon's side for virtually the entire game. While the player still provides most of the offensive firepower, Alyx does provide a beneficial presence, and is far from the typical cannon fodder AIs too often found in FPS games.

Alternate Titles

• "戰慄時空2首部曲：浩劫重生" -- Chinese title (Traditional)
• "半条命2：第一部" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
• "Half-Life 2: Aftermath" -- Working Title
• "Bantiao Ming 2: Diyi Bu" -- Chinese Title
• "하프라이프 2 에피소드 1" -- Korean Title
• "ハーフライフ２ エピソード１" -- Japanese spelling.

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Source
• Half-Life series
• Physics Engine: Havok

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User Reviews

More of the same... but that's not a bad thing.	Ian Badeer (80)
Pack your gear, Morgan.. I mean Gordon. There's still three episodes to go.	Marko Poutiainen (1155)
Has more of the unique level design of HL2, but not much.	Andrew Bruck (4)
Half-Life 2: Episode One Is Better Than Star Wars Episode One	MasterMegid (865)

The Press Says

GotNext	Jun 05, 2006		90
GamingExcellence	Sep 27, 2006	8.6 out of 10	86
Gameguru Mania	Jun 05, 2006	83 out of 100	83
Fragland.net	Jul 07, 2006	83 out of 100	83
Gamer.co.il	Jun 04, 2006	8.2 out of 10	82
2404.org PC Gaming	Jun 11, 2006	8.1 out of 10	81
1UP	Jun 08, 2006	8 out of 10	80
TTGamer	Jun 11, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Gry PC	Aug 09, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Playback	Jul, 2006	6.33 out of 10	63

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Trivia

Half-Life 2: Episode One was named #4 "Game of the Year" by Games for Windows Magazine (March 2007).