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Half-Life 2: Episode One

by Valve

Released Jun 1, 2006
Price not listed
3 h to beat
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96%positive reviews

29,964 positive1,301 negative

What players say

Pros

Combat remains solid and fits the Half-Life formula
Story continues directly from Half-Life 2

Cons

Feels short and padded out
Alyx is invincible, which weakens the challenge

Mixed

Uneven pacing: a strong start, weaker middle and repetitive ending

Media

Trailer (YouTube)

DLC, expansions and more

Main game (1)

Half-Life 2

System requirements

Minimum: 1.7 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX® 8.1 level Graphics Card (Requires support for SSE), Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

Recommended: Pentium 4 processor (3.0GHz, or better), 1GB RAM, DirectX® 9 level Graphics Card, Windows® 7 (32/64-bit)/Vista/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection

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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…

Ratings

84IGDB players896 ratings
87Critics2 reviews
85Overall898 scores

Time to beat

2.6 hStory onlyto the credits
5.1 hStory and extraswith side content
8.7 hCompletionist100%

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Series

Half-Life

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