Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Details Emerge

[Asknoone]

Alyx had the same bandage on her arm in HL2.

 

[MysticalMrBob]

Why is it EA that released this new message? I get really worried every time I see EA and Valve in the same sentence.

And with them being the publisher and releasing release dates, I know that's part of why so many EA games sucking upon first release. They set ambitious release dates for the company to meet, and then pressure them into putting out the product, finished and polished or no, out on that date.

EA

 

[ríomhaire]

Why is it EA that released this new message? I get really worried every time I see EA and Valve in the same sentence.

And with them being the publisher and releasing release dates, I know that's part of why so many EA games sucking upon first release. They set ambitious release dates for the company to meet, and then pressure them into putting out the product, finished and polished or no, out on that date.

EA

EA have no say in anything except the retail boxes. And I doubt Valve will be made rush anything.

 

[^Ben]

And EA can probably get news out quicker than Valve can.

 

[Steven]

I'm definetly getting it off Steam, don't want some EA games add comming up at the start of a Half-Life game.

 

[Mountain Man]

The major concern of mine is how they are gonna explain the G-man taking you off the stasis right after he puts you in it. I have faith in Valve to give us a throughout reason.

Easy:

"Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. It seems your services are required much sooner than expected."

Everything he says is cryptic anyway, so this would work perfectly.

 

[Slurpingradish]

so...i have heard from various, unofficial sources that alyx will be playable...is this true?

 

[Asknoone]

No, its not. You do not, and will not play Alyx.

 

[C)-(AINSAW]

Key Selling Points

- A new episode for one of the best-selling action games of all time.
- Reveals new secrets
- Franchise of over 18 million units sold worldwide
- Incredibly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Highly detailed environments provide amazing gameplay settings
- Digital Actors: The most sophisticated in-game characters ever witnessed
- Physical Gameplay: Objects obey the laws of gravity, friction and buoyancy.
- Intense story line will appeal to those seeking more than another shooting gallery experience

System Requirements

Min:
1.2 GHz Processor*
256MB RAM
DirectX 7 level graphics card
Windows 2000/XP/ME/98
Mouse
Keyboard
Internet Connection

Preferred:
2.4 GHz Processor*
512 MB RAM
DirectX 9 level graphics card
Windows 2000/XP
Mouse
Keyboard
Internet Connection

* Originally switched - Probably a typo

PZZT! those specs mean very little to me:

800 MHz Athlon
Visiontek Radeon 9100 64 MB PCI
768 meg ram
Win XP

RUNNING HL2 FINE! may not have all the graphics turned up, but ya know what I'm used to it by now. And It still kicks ***!! There are alot of games I'm running that you may not belive.

Can't wait for Episode One. Still downloading "Lost Coast" (only 1200 mins left to go )

 

[GWalker]

Something just struck me, shouldnt it be Half-Life 3 Episode One ???
We have already had Half-Life 2.

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Something just struck me, shouldnt it be Half-Life 3 Episode One ???
We have already had Half-Life 2.

....Nooo seeing as its a coninuation of HL2 story...

 

[AIDisabled]

Then Half Life 2 should've been called Half Life 2: Pilot.

 

[jimbo118]

Hope the advanced A.I plug lives up to its hype, getting pretty excited now, might load up hl2

 

[GWalker]

....Nooo seeing as its a coninuation of HL2 story...

Soooo, what happened to Half-Life 3???

 

[GWalker]

Then Half Life 2 should've been called Half Life 2: Pilot.

AIDisabled - you’re not joking?
Have you any intelligence?
Where did you pick "Pilot" up from?

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

Soooo, what happened to Half-Life 3???

VALVe never announced a HL3, so nothing happened to the "idea" at all.

 

[Lucid]

AIDisabled - you’re not joking?
Have you any intelligence?
Where did you pick "Pilot" up from?

Click to be enlightened.

 

[AIDisabled]

Thanks, xlucidx.

 

[GWalker]

Click to be enlightened.

I know what a pilot is :upstare:, where did I say it should be a pilot :monkee: ???

 

[GWalker]

VALVe never announced a HL3, so nothing happened to the "idea" at all.

Half-Life 2 is also a continuation of the Half-Life story.

So you have:

Half-Life:
Black Mesa Inbound
Anomalous Materials
Unforeseen Consequences
Office Complex
We've Got Hostiles
Blast Pit
Power Up
On a Rail
Apprehension
Residue Processing
Questionable Ethics
Surface Tension
Forget About Freeman
Lambda Core
Xen
Gonarch's Lair
Interloper
Processing Plant
Nihilanth

Half-Life2:
Point Insertion
A Red Letter Day
Route Kanal
Water Hazard
Black Mesa East
We Don't Go To Ravenholm
Highway 17
Sandtraps
Nova Prospekt
Entanglement
Anticitizen One
Follow Freeman
Our Benefactors
Dark Energy

The obvious next step would be:
Half-Life3:
Aftermath

This is the only point I was making.
Also: http://www.half-life3.com/

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

No HL2 is a COMPLETELY different locations than HL1, thus the HL2 Episodes are coninuation of HL2 not apart of HL3 at all, get it it out of your head!

 

[Asknoone]

Half-life 2: Episode 1 is not Half-life 3.

 

[wildchild730]

Hmm.. Look at this..
http://www.half-life3.com/
It redirects to the hl2 website, looks like there will be a hl3

 

[Drackard]

Not for a while yet hopefully, i'd rather stick with the Episodic content for now, gives me plenty of time to complete other games inbetween

don't Double post GWalker, you bad bad person !

 

[wildchild730]

Yeah, I know, I mean like, now we know that there will most likely be a hl3

 

[Randomshot]

They shouldn't have called this "Half-Life 2: Episode One," because with that name "Half-Life 2" should refer to the collection of all the "episodes," but "Half-Life 2" is already a different and separate game.

There's no logical way of referring to the original game or the entirety of the subsequent episodic series without confusing the two.

Solution:

A) Rename Half-Life 2 to "Half-Life 2: Pilot Episode".

B) Come up with a name for the collection of all Half-Life 2 "episodes," such as "Half-Life 2: Aftermath".

Solution A is infeasible and trivializes the original game. Solution B would technically change the name from "Half-Life 2: Episode One" to "Half-Life 2 Aftermath: Episode One," but the former is already the official

 

[Lucid]

They shouldn't have called this "Half-Life 2: Episode One," because with that name "Half-Life 2" should refer to the collection of all the "episodes," but "Half-Life 2" is already a different and separate game.

There's no logical way of referring to the original game or the entirety of the subsequent episodic series without confusing the two.

Solution:

A) Rename Half-Life 2 to "Half-Life 2: Pilot Episode".

B) Come up with a name for the collection of all Half-Life 2 "episodes," such as "Half-Life 2: Aftermath".

Solution A is infeasible and trivializes the original game. Solution B would technically change the name from "Half-Life 2: Episode One" to "Half-Life 2 Aftermath: Episode One," but the former is already the official

Errr?... Too late?