Both were, in my opinion, released incredibly late to be classed as true 'episodic' gaming, but we have them and they have proved to be very popular and successful. Episode 1 was a fantastic intense continuation of the HL2 saga, and Episode 2 was much vaunted for it's large outside playing areas and stunning set pieces. Which of the two do you think was 'best'?

EP2 for me. It had the Charger for starters.

I liked some of the changes in EP2, like the flashlight being separate from the suit's aux power. The graphics seemed to be beefed up a bit too.

Did you find this small hidden room in reference to Lost?



I've never watched Lost so I wouldn't have caught on even if I did find it. Is it any good? It it uses Half Life references then I'm probably going to start watching it.

Lost is incredibly carp IMO. Its the kind of show that should have been one season at the most but now its like four I think.

Anyway, as far as Half-Life games go I didn't like either episode much. Too NPC focussed. If I have to choose I'd say Ep1 because it had a lot less NPC and bottlenecking than Ep2.

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EP1, Pros:

Fun puzzles

Barney

Alyx is less annoying and actually helps

Zombine

Cool Strider Battle

Ep1, Cons:

Too cramped inside the citidal if you ask me, but i guess it was asploding

Antlion puzzles

Alyx dieing constantly in that one part on hard

Alyx very bad sniping abilities


Ep2, Pros:

Improved graphics

flashlight seperate

Shotgun combine soldier

new antlions were cool

Alyxs good sniping ability

Hunters, like mini-bosses that gave you a challange

Jalopy

Gman scene

TWIST ENDING!

Ep2, Cons:

Too much HDR/bloom

Antlion section was too long

NPC encounters, which actually had a whole chapter of talking

Alyx being more of a nuiscence than a helper, but not dieing as much.

No barney

TWIST ENDING

lamarr in space

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I love both equally. Each has it's own atmosphere and feeling, so for me I can't say I like one better than the other.

I knew you come straight to this part of the forum!

Heh, you're right though, they do both have completely different feels; one's mostly claustrophobic close quarters in the Citadel or the city whereas the other is outside in the woods and the open roads and that.

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