HalfLife 2: Episode 1

Just purchase it the other day and i must say it had some really good features and lacked in other aspects.

Postives

• Graphics - The light effect such as sun which was out of this world
• Character Developement - Alyx had a funny sense of humour, but at times you could also feel "in the moment" of the action with her - eg: when she got caught by a "stalker".
• "dog" is the first thing you see - he really is a remakable AI creation.

Negitives

• Game time - Finished within 2 hours
• Left the ending open again for the next episode....
• was expensive for game play time.

I rate it 7.5/10

I thought the game was pretty good but nothing really new came out of it.

Hum, I was thinking about getting it.. Is it worth buying?

Wait for Episode two; an inside tip was that it comes with some new game features in Counter Strike: Source, as well, a suggestion by some company members, is to include episode 1.

because valve decided to make the rest of the game episodcial, you couldn't really complain about the game being "too short." It's just an episode it's not really a full game. You can expect the rest of the episodes to be just as short (but they're still fun as hell)

Yes, and it would probably be likely that the Episode 3 (final episode) purchase would include all 3 episodes, so it probably isn't worth splashing out just yet... which is why I'm waiting...

I heard that Half Life Episode 1 wasn't very good. I've never liked FPS games though, so I don't think I'd get it regardless of its reviews.

I guess ill hold out too then. :D

the trailer for the game looked abosolutly amazing! but once i played it, it was kinda crappy. it lasted only a few hours with not really much fun in it compared to HL2.

hopefully EP2 will be ALOT better lol

it better be