I recently jsut finished Halflife 2: Episode 1, and the question is, is this game really worth 20 bux. So this game takes place right after Half life 2 and to me, well your still left hanging on the story. I really dont know why valve is planning to do the next half life series in sections or should i say episodes. Its kinda lame because it feels like your just playing a demo, and you gotta wait again to find out what happens next. I think they should jsut quit the damn episodes and jsut make a full game. Maybe its just me. Anyways so lets get on with the review of the game.
Graphics: Well i didn't see much improvment in graphics since half life 2. They said there was some new dynamic light graphics implanted in episode 1. Im running a nvidia 7800 GTX and really, i didnt see much dynamic lights maybe just a bunch of reflections. Overall though the animations are really smooth and sweet, since Alyx has some crazy moves during in game when shes by your side.
Controls: Well its your standard mouse and keyboard shooting conrol. Movement base are still the same, basically point, shoot, run. You can evade some bullets with the speed burst and hide behind most objects. The chance of you kiling the guy thats aiming for you is pretty low when your behind an object, theres really no strategy in this. So its pretty simple with the controls on the pc.
Story: Well we all know for sure, that the story had to be continued since this takes place right after half life 2. Basicallly your with Alyx and trying to escape city 17. This game is rather short sine valve is planning to make 3 episodes to rap it up. So your left hanging again to the conclusion of half life 2. But if ya never played half life 2 and your going straight into episode 1. DONT! you will ruin it for your self cause, well you dont have a damn clue what your doing, who your controlling, or who the heck is the chick. So i recommend you play half life 2 to get a feel of the story before moving onto episode 1.
Gameplay: Fun factor for this game, i would give it a 4 out of 5. You start off with 3 modes, easy, normal, and hard. Reason why i wouldn't give it a full 5, its too damn easy . Alyx has unlimited bullets and she never dies. So you basically jsut have to avoid everything and run around dodging while she caps everything for you. But over all its pretty fun game and if your a FPS fan, i recommend this game.
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