The whole place is going to go up, taking out City 17 and what's in its immediate radius. You've done critical damage to the Citadel. "Episode One deals with the events and issues set in motion during Half-Life 2. The announcement article also saw Marc Laidlaw explain the game's premise: Main article: Half-Life 2: Episode One storylineĬontinuing the plot of Half-Life 2, Episode One consists of five chapters that tell the story of Gordon and Alyx's struggle to escape City 17 before the total destruction of the Citadel.Įpisode One's focus is on character development, in particular that of Gordon's female sidekick and friend Alyx Vance, to the extent that she accompanies the player for virtually the entire game: "It's kind of ironic that despite so much of the theme of Half-Life 2 being about other characters and other people, you spent most of the game alone," project lead Robin Walker said in the episode's announcement article in PC Gamer UK. Copies of Episode One also come with Half-Life 2: Deathmatch for those who have not previously purchased the latter title. It takes advantage of several major upgrades that were made to the Source engine since the release of Half-Life 2, primarily its high dynamic range rendering capabilities and the upgraded facial animation system.Įpisode One was released together with Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, a port of the original Half-Life's multiplayer, which doubles as Episode One's multiplayer component. Episode One is a stand-alone game that does not require Half-Life 2 to be installed or registered to a user's Steam account to play.
Once again, the player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman as he deals with the consequences of his actions in Half-Life 2. The opening cinematic of Episode One takes place immediately after the end of Half-Life 2 however, the bulk of the game takes place a few days later in and around the war-torn setting of City 17. Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in what was intended to be a trilogy of episodic games that served as a continuation of the 2004 first-person shooter game Half-Life 2.
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