Why did people dislike Half Life 2 Episode 1?

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Corrosion Jun 14, 2017 @ 2:37pm

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I just played through, start to finish (to get the one free bullet achievement)

Without Ep1, NO one would care about Alyx in Ep2 and what happens to her
Lowlife is a great chapter with some of the greatest HL2 Soundtrack pieces
The hospital is iconic, with really satisfying gameplay when Alyx gets the shotgun

Is it just because of the escort mission?

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iLuvKoRn Jun 14, 2017 @ 2:46pm

No.
The HL2 series as a whole is bad, in terms of story.
The gameplay is only supported by the fact that the game us running on the source engine.
Otherwise, HL2's only defining gameplay feature is the gimmicky phys-gun.
It's either used to block attacks, throw ♥♥♥♥ like barrels & grenades, and solve block puzzles.

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Alaskan Catfish Hike Jun 14, 2017 @ 2:46pm

I'm trying to remember what all happened in that one. I got them mixed up.
I don't mind escort missions as long as the escort is capable of defending themselves.

Corrosion Jun 14, 2017 @ 2:47pm

Originally posted by macabre ballet:
No.
The HL2 series as a whole is bad, in terms of story.
The gameplay is only supported by the fact that the game us running on the source engine.

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Corrosion Jun 14, 2017 @ 2:55pm

Originally posted by Tessa K. Pegram:
I'm trying to remember what all happened in that one. I got them mixed up.
I don't mind escort missions as long as the escort is capable of defending themselves.

The citadel has to be recontained, so first they contain the core and then escape on a train

Alaskan Catfish Hike Jun 14, 2017 @ 2:55pm

I'll agree it isn't the greatest. I'll pick it up from time to time and wonder why I did. There are a few points that I like but Bioshock and FEAR do it as well.

Hank Hell Jun 14, 2017 @ 4:23pm

It's just more of the same.

mrahma Jun 14, 2017 @ 4:31pm

Originally posted by macabre ballet:
No.
The HL2 series as a whole is bad, in terms of story.
The gameplay is only supported by the fact that the game us running on the source engine.
Otherwise, HL2's only defining gameplay feature is the gimmicky phys-gun.
It's either used to block attacks, throw ♥♥♥♥ like barrels & grenades, and solve block puzzles.

The Physics Gun was never acutally in HL2 you know, now how good the story is subjective, but in terms of how advanced the game was with physics and AI and all that, it was a pretty big improvement compared to what was around at the time.

Last edited by mrahma; Jun 14, 2017 @ 4:32pm

iLuvKoRn Jun 14, 2017 @ 5:54pm

Originally posted by riham:
Originally posted by macabre ballet:
No.
The HL2 series as a whole is bad, in terms of story.
The gameplay is only supported by the fact that the game us running on the source engine.
Otherwise, HL2's only defining gameplay feature is the gimmicky phys-gun.
It's either used to block attacks, throw ♥♥♥♥ like barrels & grenades, and solve block puzzles.
The Physics Gun was never acutally in HL2 you know, now how good the story is subjective, but in terms of how advanced the game was with physics and AI and all that, it was a pretty big improvement compared to what was around at the time.

That was my point, being that HL2's biggest plus was that it had introduced the Source engine.
That's pretty much it.

Dominic Jun 14, 2017 @ 5:57pm

It was very good for it's time. The graphics were unique, the ragdolls were cool, and the levels, story, and weapons were pretty neat.

Zekiran Jun 14, 2017 @ 6:12pm

People bag on episode 1 all the time, but frankly imo it had some of the most fun battles in the series. It was short, that's it's main downfall. It wasn't nearly as long as episode 2, nor did it have the emotional impact. It was very much 'an episode', not 'a game in itself'.

Overall it was not spectacular, but it certainly was AS good as the rest to me. trying to explain why OTHER people didn't care for it, no idea.

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xenoonex369 Jun 14, 2017 @ 6:13pm

!00% all 3 and Portal, Excellent games. If i had to say sumthing bad about EP:1 it is abit short.(escort mission was a cake walk)

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wookiecharmander Jun 14, 2017 @ 6:58pm

Ugh still need to go back and get that achievement either way episode 1 has its own forums so this really should of been posted there cause this doesn't count as off-topic

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TwinEdgedBastard Jun 14, 2017 @ 8:26pm

I didn't hate it but I thought it was one of the weakest Half life games. All the interesting moments were kind of weak compared to hl2 and hl2 episode 2. The citidal puzzles were very simple, the underground elevator segment was more frustrating than fun, and the escort mission at the end was kind of "meh".

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