Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Confirmed
Once upon a time (like a few weeks ago), Valve announced that Half-Life 2: Aftermath would be renamed and broken down into a series of episodes. The first of which would be titled: Episode 1. And the second of which would be titled … oh I don’t even have to say it.
So.
Robin Walker of Valve Software told Computer and Video Games that Episode two of Half-Life 2 has been “in development for some time.”
Although he didn’t elaborate further, it sounds as though Episode 2 may appear sooner than we could have hoped. We’re definitely keeping trigger fingers crossed on that one, especially as the developer has aimed to offer “between 4 to 6 hours” of gameplay time with Episode 1, according to Walker - shorter, perhaps, than fans might have expected.
During the interview, he also dropped a few teasers about Episode 1’s storyline. Discussing the challenge of penning the plot for the episode in comparison to penning the plot for Half-Life 2, Walker said that the developer has had “to be considerate to our audience in terms of giving them what they want”. While “Episode 1 will not end with an all-encompassing conclusion”, it will address some specific questions, he revealed: “For example, “What happened to the Citadel at the end of Half-Life 2?” and “What happened to Breen, is he dead?” and “How does the G-Man factor into all of this?”
Riveting questions.
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1 opinion for Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Confirmed
Matt
Feb 21, 2006 at 2:03 pm
Well maybe if you had played Half Life and Half Life 2 you would be more interested. Slacker. ;)
I had seen stuff about this earlier, though more on the lines of them changing the name from “Aftermath” to Episode 1, getting people concerned that they were moving to more of a style like they’re doing with the new SIN game. While it’s kind of a neat idea and it does promise new content more regularly, it brings up the question of having to pay 20 or so dollars for all this additional content each time. I don’t mind paying people for their work, but there’s a line that comes when what they’re putting out just isn’t worth that much. Not that I think these things won’t be worth it, just..it’s something to keep in mind.
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