Half Life 2 Ep1 - any good?
 

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

Any opinions?

Neil

I was wondering too :-D

From what I've read yes, but very short (4-5hrs play to complete)

Ace! :cool:

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 :)

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

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

:luxhello: at least my cz still works

Am playing now - very good I think. But Shadowgrounds (also $20 from Steam - which is about £13) is better. Absolute hoot in fact.