Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode One is a Shooter game released on June 1, 2006 for PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) and 2 more. Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first of a planned trilogy of expansion packs/episodes for the 2004 first-person shooter game, Half-Life 2. The episode takes place immediately after the end of Half-Li…
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Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first of a planned trilogy of expansion packs/episodes for the 2004 first-person shooter game, Half-Life 2. The episode takes place immediately after the end of Half-Life 2, in the war-torn setting of City 17. The player is forced to deal with the effects of their actions during the main game. The episode is a stand-alone game; while a continuation of Half-Life 2, it does not require the original game to be installed or registered to a user's Steam account to play. It takes advantage of several major upgrades to the Source engine since the release of Half-Life 2, primarily its high dynamic range rendering capabilities and the upgraded facial animation system.
Episode One was released together with Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, a port of the original Half-Life's multiplayer, which doubles as Episode One's multiplayer component. The retail copies of Episode One also come with Half-Life 2 Deathmatch for those who have not previously purchased the later title.
Storyline
Taking place in City 17, just after the events of the last game, Half-Life 2: Episode one again follows scientist Gordon Freeman and his friend Alyx Vance as they stabilize a damaged Citadel core to buy time before it explodes, which will destroy the city and the surrounding area. They then rush to make it out of a war-torn City 17 as quickly as possible and also help evacuate any remaining citizens left.
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Game Info
- Developer
- Valve, Valve
- Publisher
- EA Games, Valve
- Engine
- Source
- Game Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- Action Science fiction Horror
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- Audio / Voice
- English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish (Spain), Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Thai
- Text / Subtitles
- French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish (Spain), English, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish, Thai, English
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