Episode 1 as Half Life 2?

[s1e9a8n5]

Has anyone ever mistaken Half Life 2: Episode 1 AS Half Life 2?

I told a friend of mine about Half Life 2 and he went and got Episode 1 thinking it was HL2. I'm not very fond of these Episode names. Probably would have been better if they called it Half Life 3: Episode 1 etc.

 

[Colonel Kernel]

Here's how it goes:
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Half-Life 2: Episode 3 - TBA!

It's not that hard to make the difference - Half-Life 2: Episode 1 is an episode FOR Half-Life 2. Half-Life 2: Episode 2 is an episode for Half-Life 2 again and so on.

 

[bbson john]

Call your friend a dumbass and rage quit the room.

 

[s1e9a8n5]

I know the order of the games. Thank you.

But it's not completely unfounded to mix the two up IMO. Because Half Life 2 in of itself is pretty much three episodes (like EP1-2-3 will be like one game). So HL2: Episode 1 being mistaken as the first game is understandable. Esp. for someone that knows nothing about the series. He also got the game at a used video store and I believe that was the only one they had. So was just wondering if anyone else ever made that mistake.

 

[Druckles]

Senior members of Valve have said that in retrospect, they would have titled the episodes "Half-Life 3".

There's little they can now do about it.

 

[Colonel Kernel]

Which gets us to the question - where is Half-Life 4?

 

[Avoidist]

Remember the days when Episode One was called "Half-Life 2: Aftermath"? That's where it all started.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Remember when there was going to be an Episode 4?

 

[planetphillip]

Has anyone ever mistaken Half Life 2: Episode 1 AS Half Life 2?

I told a friend of mine about Half Life 2 and he went and got Episode 1 thinking it was HL2. I'm not very fond of these Episode names. Probably would have been better if they called it Half Life 3: Episode 1 etc.

I think it's a complete valid mistake to make. Sure, it's easy for us because we know the names and order of the releases but for an outsider, how would they know there was a game before Episode 1 with Half-Life 2 in the title.

 

[Druckles]

Which gets us to the question - where is Half-Life 4?

Having dinner with Shephard.

 

[Colonel Kernel]

On the Borealis? You gotta be kidding me..

 

[flamingdts]

I was A YEAR LATE to play ep 1 because I thought it was the same as HL2

 

[kupocake]

Yeah, it's a rubbish naming scheme. Since you get the entire run in the Orange Box, it's less of an issue these days.

 

[JUL3]

I remember a friend of mine asking why they remade Half-Life 2 in two episodes. Needless to say I *facepalmed*.