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Half-Life 2 Episode 1 Review
Spending so much time with Alyx is much less of a pain that I was expecting, usually computer controlled NPC's just get in the way and either die too easily therefore making some areas really hard or are more or less invincible and make things too easy. Now I've not seen Alyx die yet but she doesn't pack a lot of firepower so you'll still have to do a lot of the work alone, this seems to create a nice balance and it somehow feels quite natural to have her with you, impressive stuff.
Read the full article, Half-Life 2 Episode 1 Review. By Craig Dudley on 17-Sep-06
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Obi
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17 September 2006 13:40
was too short for me leaves u feeling unsatisfied and wanting more, and i didnt like the overeliance on the flashlight due to alot of it being in the dark, became quite irritating. that said its still good and i look forward to the next episode
malis
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17 September 2006 14:02
Thanks for the review. Sounds good but HL2 never compelled me to complete the original game, so I don't think I'll be splashing out on this.
Re0sLess
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17 September 2006 14:30
I thorght the level design was liner at best with Alyx guiding you around most of the game.
Mani
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17 September 2006 14:48
All single player fps's are a bit linear, it's nature of the beast. But the level design was great imho.
Undefined
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17 September 2006 15:00
Still haven't got it . I loved HL².
hobgoblin
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17 September 2006 15:46
havent bothered getting it and im sure ive elaborated on why more than once so i wont get into it again

ralinn
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17 September 2006 17:37
It is a great game, though I'm not the biggest fan of this episode stuff... seems like a great excuse to bring out a stupidly short game in the time it would take to create two thirds of a full one. Although I enjoyed it, I felt I was cheated out of my money a bit... there's just not enough extra content. It felt like too much of a HL2 milking then an addon

Stan
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17 September 2006 22:21
I really must pull my finger out and buy this, as I LOVED hl1 and hl2.
JamSam
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18 September 2006 14:41
to be far.. to the people which played hl1 and 2 through-out this game was just straight foward and easy etc. how would this be for people which are totally new to pc gaming?

what im saying... abit sort because we've all played and completed HL1/2 severals times probably, so we know what the episodes will be like and we all got the feel of what we gotta do. "Oh shit where to go? DUH ofcourse that box is in the way of a vent, or that switch needs to go in/come out of there"

Maz
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18 September 2006 18:16
cant remember the first HL much its been so long since ive played it. might be worth getting HL (again) and HL2.
Abstract
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19 September 2006 11:45
Worth a buy for any FPS fan. Episode 2 is looking really good.
Stan
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19 September 2006 17:17
Aint like its a hard game tho jamsam, point curser at head press fire, use brain to solve logical puzzles.

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