[Half-Life 2] Episode 2 Official Discussion

2006-09-18 22:42:56

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

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EBgames.com release date 10/9/07 Half-Life 2 Orange Box Official website

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Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the second in a trilogy of new games created by Valve that extends the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life® adventure.

As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen exiting City 17 with Alyx Vance as the Citadel erupted amidst a storm of unknown proportions. In Episode Two, you must battle and race against Combine forces as you traverse the White Forest to deliver a crucial information packet stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of fellow resistance scientists.

Episode Two extends the award-winning Half-Life gameplay with unique weapons, vehicles, and newly-spawned creatures.

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Half-Life 2 Black Box Trailer

Articles

*SPOILER WARING*
_{All articles contain plot points and detailed info on Ep 2. View at your own risk}

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Possible setting for Episode 3
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Shacknews.com Article
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IGN.com
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Eurogamer.net
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_{Credit to Youtube.com users Adnan959 and andyg9991 for uploading the videos.}

PM me if there is any info missing from the thread that you would like to see added

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2006-09-18 22:45:43

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jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6740|...

Is episode one worth it ($20) ? I've replayed hl2 recently .. still fun ... ep2 looks good ...

Last edited by jsnipy (2006-09-18 22:46:03)

2006-09-18 22:49:16

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

jsnipy wrote:
Is episode one worth it ($20) ? I've replayed hl2 recently .. still fun ... ep2 looks good ...

In my personal opinion Episode one is well worth the $20. But my only complaint is that it not a very long game and I finished it quickly.

2006-09-19 18:27:22

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RandomSchl: |\/|€|\/|ß€|2; +52|6661|California

awsome vids +1 for u
gonna get ep 2 ASAP

2006-09-19 18:29:01

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

RandomSchl wrote:
awsome vids +1 for u
gonna get ep 2 ASAP

Thanks for the +1 and for posting.

2006-09-19 18:37:11

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deadawakeing: Ummmmmmmmmmmmm; +145|6699

sick shit. nice find.

2006-09-23 17:44:44

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

Thanks for posting.

2006-09-23 17:48:59

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stryyker: bad touch; +1,682|6937|California

as a reminder, episode 2 comes with Team Fortress 2

and Portals

2006-09-23 17:51:08

#9

Sgt.Scream.MDK: Member; +19|6980|Florida - America's Wang!

Portals itself is worth $20, and so will be episode 2, so its a steal for both and Team Fortress 2.

2006-09-23 17:54:14

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Dsp-CS-: Claymore magnet; +98|6923|Alaska

ive played hl2 and loved it, this seems like its gonna be better, ive always wanted to know what happend after hl2 so

2006-09-23 18:19:42

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

stryyker wrote:
as a reminder, episode 2 comes with Team Fortress 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvC5aWrrSx8

and Portals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if3Qv2tHyfA

Thanks for adding the vids.

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2006-09-23 18:33:23

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I.M.I Militant: We Are Not Alone In Here; +297|6936|Melbourne, Australia

i love the half life series have yet to play ep1 or 2 but the net cafe i play at is gonna get them both put on for me :d i played half life 2 on my shitty pc an it lagged real bad but ep 1 an 2 will be played on state of the art pc's so i can see the source engines full potential

2006-09-23 18:36:23

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

In case anyone is interested, here is a mans personal critique of Half-Life 2 Episode 1.

[google]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7791992304107970746&q=half+life&hl=en[/google]

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2006-09-23 18:48:27

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vanmani: Unintentionally Verbose; +26|6809|Australia

Yeah, Portal and Team Fortress 2 ftw. Half-life is a bit boring.

2006-09-24 15:30:51

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

vanmani wrote:
Yeah, Portal and Team Fortress 2 ftw. Half-life is a bit boring.

I don't know how Half-Life is boreing to you. I thought it was great. When I'm bored I play Half-Life, HL2 and HL2 Episode 1.

2006-09-24 22:41:23

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Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6992|Noizyland

Wow, that Vortigaunt kicks arse.
Looks bloody awesome, I hope it's a bit longer than Episode One.

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2006-09-24 22:47:00

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Fenix14: scout rush kekeke ^___^; +116|6774|Brisbane, Aus

Ep 2 comes with portal too so it's gonna be good

2006-09-24 23:04:51

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PRiMACORD: Member; +190|6842|Home of the Escalade Herds

Episode 1 was a bad strip tease. I fucking hated it.

This episode shit is complete bull; the concept to make video games more like tv is completely flawed.

I used to love Valve, oh well, nothing good lasts

2006-09-24 23:11:13

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Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6992|Noizyland

A hard man to please? Don't you like storylines? The great storyline is what hooked me into Half-Life. You can have as many shoot-em-ups as you like, sooner or late they're just going to run int each other. The addition of a unique storyline is almost essential to get a stand-out product. It is like being in a Movie, and that's awesome! It does it so well!

Meh.

[Blinking eyes thing]
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2006-09-25 04:06:42

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PRiMACORD: Member; +190|6842|Home of the Escalade Herds

Ty wrote:
A hard man to please? Don't you like storylines? The great storyline is what hooked me into Half-Life. You can have as many shoot-em-ups as you like, sooner or late they're just going to run int each other. The addition of a unique storyline is almost essential to get a stand-out product. It is like being in a Movie, and that's awesome! It does it so well!

Meh.

I loved Half-Life 1 and 2. They were complete games with real endings (well, not hl2 so much). The HL1 expansion packs were awesome with gasp, complete stories.

Sorry, i don't buy into the cliffhangar bs. They are getting popular for one reason, they are easy to pull off since you don't need an ending. Halo 2, an abysmal failure storywise is a prime example of this.

That said, EP2 looks more interesting then EP1. Thats not exactly an accomplishment though, EP1 had next to no new content map/weapon wise. The story was shit to, they barely revealed anything new.

2006-09-25 04:11:10

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Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|6992|Noizyland

True, but it stemmed the frustration of the cliffhanger at the end of HL2 - at least for a bit anyway. I honestly don't mind cliffhangers, they leave me interested, I'm a patient guy, but I was so blown away by HL2, (which Stryyker gave me a while back,) that I just went straight on to Episode One, (I'm a recent Half-Life recruit.) I guess since I played it one after the other and didn't have to wait the games merged into one another so I wasn't dissapointed with any long wait.

It's a work in progress. The whole thing will be amazing when it's done I have no doubt about that.

[Blinking eyes thing]
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2006-09-25 04:13:01

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Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6870

The experience is great, the story not so. I've heard these Valve employees talk about how they play with the players, it's all rather clever (check commentary in EP1 for a basic idea)

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2006-09-28 19:07:29

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Big McLargehuge: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody; +259|6820|Philadelphia, PA

Ty wrote:
True, but it stemmed the frustration of the cliffhanger at the end of HL2 - at least for a bit anyway. I honestly don't mind cliffhangers, they leave me interested, I'm a patient guy, but I was so blown away by HL2, (which Stryyker gave me a while back,) that I just went straight on to Episode One, (I'm a recent Half-Life recruit.) I guess since I played it one after the other and didn't have to wait the games merged into one another so I wasn't dissapointed with any long wait.

It's a work in progress. The whole thing will be amazing when it's done I have no doubt about that.

I like the cliff hanger at the end of Episode 1, but I wish Episode 2 would come out soon. I don't mind waiting for it to be released but I think waiting 4 months or more between releases of the game is a little too long. Episode 1 came out June 1^st, I'm hoping that Episode 2 is out sometime in October. I think 4 mouths or more is a little too long to wait for a game I'm probably gonna beat in 2 hours.

2006-09-30 11:18:13

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Redratson: Member; +2|6810

wow dude nice vid clips.

2006-09-30 11:21:37

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Ryker: Member; +13|6721

Big McLargehuge wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
Is episode one worth it ($20) ? I've replayed hl2 recently .. still fun ... ep2 looks good ...
In my personal opinion Episode one is well worth the $20. But my only complaint is that it not a very long game and I finished it quickly.

Episodic gaming isnt meant to be long. There short games lasting about 5 hours.

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