More of the Same... Again | Half-Life 2: Episode One (Half-Life Series Retrospective)

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A sequel to Half-Life 2 was inevitable, but rather than create another full-length game, Valve decided to focus on smaller, episodic releases. The first of those games was Half-Life 2: Episode One, which directly continued the story of Half-Life. Is it a decent follow-up and a solid Half-Life game? The Half-Life series retrospective is almost over, so let's see if Episode One holds up! #HalfLife2EpisodeOne #ValveSoftware #HalfLifeAlyx
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Intro: 00:00
Plot and Narrative: 01:40
Gameplay and Game Design: 06:50
Aesthetics: 09:28
Conclusion: 11:51
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Sources/Recommended Reading
Half-Life 2: Episode One Developer Commentary
Eurogamer: Half-Life 2: Aftermath (bit.ly/36hdmOW)
Gamespot: Half-Life 2 Goes Episodic (bit.ly/358p12e)
Eurogamer: Opening the Valve (bit.ly/2E8k3ql)
IGN: Half-Life 2: Episode One Interview (bit.ly/2E4mGcZ)

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@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 3 года назад

Episode One is like Blue Shift, a mini version of its respective game that focuses down on what made the main game so good, whereas Episode Two is like Opposing Force, new ideas and big changes

@parallax8207 3 года назад

What are you talking about dude this game is horrible, tried hard to look anything interesting in this game

@MauricioJara 3 года назад

@@parallax8207 The ability to speak does not make you intelligent

@ThatTravGuy 4 года назад

Episode 1 is the only HL2 game that I've only played through once. I enjoyed it, but it more felt like something to hold over until I got to Episode 2, rather than a solid entry in the series. Great vid once again, my guy

@CloudConnection 4 года назад

I've always felt that way too. Episode One always felt like an in-between game for me. But I've come to appreciate it more after listening to the developer commentary and seeing how they designed levels around Alyx.

@YoshiTheMage 4 года назад

When it comes to Episode One, I have no strong feelings one way or the other. It just exists to me. I play it to set up Episode Two but out of the official Half-Life titles it is the bottom of the pile for me. I'd never play it without a reason to, even if I have less hours on Blue Shift.

@CloudConnection 4 года назад

Yeah, I always make sure to play Episode One before I play Episode Two to make the narrative more of a whole, but otherwise I never go back to play it. I do consider it more interesting than Blue Shift, at least, because it tried something new with its gameplay - even if it's minor stuff.

@wta1518 2 года назад

@@CloudConnection Blue Shift was extremely revolutionary for one main reason: Xen didn't entirely suck.

@MayorHairBear 4 года назад

Damn dude! You trying to show me up with this bomb ass content and uploading it for a second week in a row... okay I see how it is xD Great video my dude can't wait to see Episode 2

@CloudConnection 4 года назад

Hah, it's definitely easy when you have a game like this that's so easy to beat and doesn't have a lot to talk about.

@jstone98 2 года назад

Thanks for the video. Very nice. I must admit, I didn't enjoy Episode 1 very much. Too claustrophobic in places. But I loved Episode 2 with its beautiful outside locations.

@arthurpietrogarcia1057 2 года назад

You must hate Half-Life 1 then.

@djsander5226 4 года назад

Love your retrospectives man! Keep up the good work, you honestly deserve waaaaay more views. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on Half Life: Alyx

@CloudConnection 4 года назад

Thanks dude! I don't know how long it'll take for me to get to Alyx since I don't currently have a VR headset, but I will cover it eventually!

@djsander5226 4 года назад

CloudConnection well until then I’ll come back to watch these awesome vids when I’m feeling my nostalgia coming back for these amazing games( which is often lol) do you plan on covering black Mesa?

@powruser0 4 года назад

Love your videos, found your channel a few weeks ago. You do a great job. Keep this up and I'm sure you'll get the subscribers that you well deserve.

@CloudConnection 4 года назад

Thanks very much!

@daesplays8737 3 года назад

This is the one that always makes me go "Oh right... I have to play *that* one."

@ThePreciseClimber Год назад

I think Episode 1 was $20 when it first came out back in 2006 which seems a tad overpriced, especially for that time period. Episode 2 was also 20 bucks and that expansion had lots of new locations and longer runtime.

@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 3 года назад

The things that make Episode One just over the score of mediocre is that it has the best single Synth Gunship and best single Strider fights in the series.