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Old 14 June 2006, 07:47 PM
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Question Half Life 2 Ep1 - any good?

just wondering before I splash out the $19 or so on it via Steam.

Any opinions?

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Old 14 June 2006, 09:46 PM
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I was wondering too :-D
Old 14 June 2006, 10:31 PM
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From what I've read yes, but very short (4-5hrs play to complete)
Old 15 June 2006, 12:27 AM
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Ace!

Very good graphics, cool new enemy some cool but not too taxing puzzles - well worth it

It is only 4-5 hours, but theres 2 more episodes coming and by the time you've bought all three its what you'd pay for a normal game with around a 15h completion anyway
Old 15 June 2006, 12:47 AM
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I did it in 3 1/2 hrs, but it was good, probably take you longer to d/l off steam than it will to complete

I don't think its worth playing now on it's own, maybe when episode 2 and 3 are out then play them all together (i'm sure a trilogy will be out), it just seems as you get in to it it finishes.

As pointed out tho you're paying a tenner for a 1/3 of a game which is about right so it's not expensive.

They have tweaked the graphics and AI although it still runs reasonable on a crappy pc it doesnt run as well as hl2 (i guess they are assuming people are upgrading)

It's certainly not a bad game, just don't expect anything like hl or hl2
Old 15 June 2006, 03:03 AM
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i was considering getting this but all source games crash on my comp for some reason after last update

they open to loading screen then minimise to desktop

tried allkinds to fix it including reinstalling steam

at least my cz still works
Old 15 June 2006, 07:28 AM
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Am playing now - very good I think. But Shadowgrounds (also $20 from Steam - which is about £13) is better. Absolute hoot in fact.
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