Comments on: Half-Life 3: Episode 1

By: BABA-The Hacker

BABA-The Hacker — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:15:50 +0000

Frankly, with episodic content you should know where you’re going to end up.

…but Episode Two was so damn good that I can’t completely wave my finger at their creative process.

But i knw its a big project to start a long adventurous HL3… as HL2 took approximately 4 years…..

DNT U PEOPLE THINK THAT VALVE IS WORKING SILENTLY ON HALF-LIFE 3 SINCE 2 YEARS ALREADY????

By: Dabs

Dabs — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:03:03 +0000

Bobsy: I never got to the end of it sadly. My wussiness at the time got the better of me, and I just had to stop playing it for fear of my heart exploding. I can survial horror games for breakfast usually, but Shock 2 just does scariness too well. Should really return to it one day soon, presuming I now have the stones to pick up where I left off.

By: The_B

The_B — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:25:34 +0000

OK, this has been bugging me since I saw this picture, so I'll have to do it: Comedy Caption Time!

Frank was a little worried that the urinals weren't quite as private as he first thought...

By: craigp

craigp — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:10:40 +0000

We should have made hats.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:15:36 +0000

I loved the pose of the rebel man and woman at the train station, and took about twenty shots, but I must say I never quite felt for the rebels or citizens much. They’re too interchangable, too few faces for me to believe their lives are unique things of value.

I was glad I got out, though. Even if not all the way.

By: The_B

The_B — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 18:12:47 +0000

As much I could elaborate on all the little touches, like setting Zombies alight with the power of flares, the dark sections where Alyx does her little moan – stop sniggering at the back – and THAT moment right at the end (to say any more would spoil it), instread I shall just say this about Episode 1:

Superb.

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:56:37 +0000

Dabs, I agree with you there. Have you played System Shock 2? There’s an equally wonderful bit in that, where two other survivors escape in a pod just seconds before you catch up. I let out a cheer the first time I saw it, because it meant that whatever happened next, even if I entirely failed myself, someone had made it out alive.

By: Dabs

Dabs — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:01:47 +0000

I've talked about Ep 1 to death, so I'll just plainly agree with what you said above now. But just felt compelled to say that that lower image, i.e. the sight of the resistance fighters at the station, peering longingly out of the window, represented a very profound moment for me. Freedom. Freedom from the hell of City 17 after 20+ hours of intense fighting and years of repression. Even though your train didn't make it, I still felt happy by the end that at least they finally made it out of there.

At least I think they did. :/