Half-Life 2 will not be required to run Episode 1

Iria · Feb 25, 2006, 07:07 AM

Half-Life 2: Episode 1 won't actually require Half-Life 2 to play, Valve's explained, and although the game will be "four to six hours" long, marketing director Doug Lombardi reckons it's "markedly richer" in terms of content quality.

Basically, following the recent announcement that Half-Life 2: Aftermath would be known as Half-Life 2: Episode 1, and that a second episode is already in development, we sent off a few questions to Doug to make sure of some things. As always, he said lots of interesting stuff.
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OmegaRED · Feb 25, 2006, 09:07 AM

Only furthers my belief that the episodic content is an excuse to split up Aftermath into 2 parts to make more money and be able to ship it out early. What was once unfinished can now be an "episode".

Necrosis · Feb 25, 2006, 10:49 AM

So...will you still need Steam for this? What about the maps for multiplayer?

e!i · Feb 25, 2006, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRED

Only furthers my belief that the episodic content is an excuse to split up Aftermath into 2 parts to make more money and be able to ship it out early. What was once unfinished can now be an "episode".

If you have good self control, or arn't that fussed, i suppose you could wait until part 1 n 2 are released as one unit, might cost less then

Feb 25, 2006, 07:07 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Half-Life 2 will not be required to run Episode 1 Half-Life 2: Episode 1 won't actually require Half-Life 2 to play, Valve's explained, and although the game will be "four to six hours" long, marketing director Doug Lombardi reckons it's "markedly richer" in terms of content quality. Basically, following the recent announcement that Half-Life 2: Aftermath would be known as Half-Life 2: Episode 1, and that a second episode is already in development, we sent off a few questions to Doug to make sure of some things. As always, he said lots of interesting stuff. __________ Read More / Source: EuroGamer

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OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	Only furthers my belief that the episodic content is an excuse to split up Aftermath into 2 parts to make more money and be able to ship it out early. What was once unfinished can now be an "episode". __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

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Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	So...will you still need Steam for this? What about the maps for multiplayer?