Half Life is an amazing-looking franchise, and Episode One carries on that tradition, although it really doesn't add anything new. The environments and enemies are the same, but at least the high standards of graphics have been maintained. Characters animate smoothly. The monsters are especially creepy on all levels including design, animation, and sound.
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Published June 7th 2006. Written by Dominic Sheard. It’s amazing how fast time travels. Just over 18 months ago I was playing one of the most technically advanced games at that time, in terms of physics, graphics and facial expression technology....
To say that Half Life 2 was a great game would be a massive understatement; it was long, deep, had masses of variety and masses of guns.Mix into this the improvised combat and source engine physics puzzles brought in by the gravity gun and you had a...
Half Life is an amazing-looking franchise, and Episode One carries on that tradition, although it really doesn't add anything new. The environments and enemies are the same, but at least the high standards of graphics have been maintained. Characters animate smoothly. The monsters are especially creepy on all levels including design, animation, and sound.
This month we got to sample the first installment of what probably should have been called Half-Life 3. Though Episode One lacks the overall emotional impact of a 15-hour game, it’s a fantastic, inventive shooter that’s awesome from start to...
Return to City 17 in the first add-on to Half-Life 2, but be prepared for a bit of a let-down Ah, Half-Life: the only game universe that nobody ever seems to have a bad word for. And its no surprise, with better voice acting, a better plot, better...
Andrew B8.0Half-Life 2: Episode OneHalf-Life 2 Aftermath is the first of a series of episodic expansions for the popular and acclaimed Half-Life series. This episode takes place right after the events in HL2, and you and Alyx will flee from City 17,...
Electronic Arts The original Half-Life 2 may have been the most brilliantly constructed story-driven FPS of all time, finally putting its predecessor into the back seat. Nearly every aspect of the game drove the intensity and immersion through...
The ending to Half-Life 2 baffled many, and gamers were left with one of the biggest cliff-hangers in recent history. Gordon seemed saved, but what happened to Alyx? And is Gordon really “safe?” What happened to the rest of the city? Episode...
Valve serves up another steamin hot round of Half-Life 2 in the first of several episodic adventures. Episode One is good fun, but its small potatoes compared to the full...
The words Episode One never really fill me with confidence. Since being burned by the Star Wars film of the same name, I am predisposed to treating the moniker with suspicion. Thankfully, the first follow-up to seminal shooter Half-Life 2 goes...