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For me, and I'm guessing I'm in the same boat as several others, I already had Half-Life two and Episode one from prior purchases. I wasn't going to pay $49.99 for the Orange box when all I was really interested in was how the story moved on in Episode Two. Buying the episode pack was a good alternative.
So, how is Episode two? Well, I thought it was okay, but a little bit of a let down. Episode Two is longer than episode one was, but not by much -- one is talking about 30 minutes - 1 hour longer, not a big deal. It's also the case that in my opinion, episode two still doesn't capture the beauty and innovation that was the original Half-life two. There's much running around through tunnels zapping ant lions, there's much driving around outdoors zapping combine, and in the end scenes there is much fun and frustration zapping.. well, you'll have to play it and find out. The problem though, is that this has all been done before, it's all variations on a theme, and I couldn't help feeling
So, how is Episode two? Well, I thought it was okay, but a little bit of a let down. Episode Two is longer than episode one was, but not by much -- one is talking about 30 minutes - 1 hour longer, not a big deal. It's also the case that in my opinion, episode two still doesn't capture the beauty and innovation that was the original Half-life two. There's much running around through tunnels zapping ant lions, there's much driving around outdoors zapping combine, and in the end scenes there is much fun and frustration zapping.. well, you'll have to play it and find out. The problem though, is that this has all been done before, it's all variations on a theme, and I couldn't help feeling
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I know that this is supposed to be a review of the game, and I appologize, but I could not get the episodes to load from the disk. The printed installation instructions say to select the episodes to install from the menu, but the menu has no installation items. If you select the "play" option, Steam web contact is initiated but the episode does not appear on the Steam menu as "installed". You can install the episode from the Steam menu, but it indicates a 3 day 11 hour download time (I have only dial-up). The reason I bought the DVD was to avoid having to download the episodes. I do not know if the games are on the disk, something is certainly on it as it is full.
This is just an incredible waste of time and money. I have been able to load and play Half-Life 2 in the past, but Steam seems to have become even more difficult than originally. Half-Life 2 was the greatest game and I have nothing but admiration for it, but no game is worth this frustration. If you have broadband you
This is just an incredible waste of time and money. I have been able to load and play Half-Life 2 in the past, but Steam seems to have become even more difficult than originally. Half-Life 2 was the greatest game and I have nothing but admiration for it, but no game is worth this frustration. If you have broadband you
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