[Sandwich]

Bought it through Steam, downloaded seamlessly (though of course it did take a considerable amount of time), and just finished it. IMO, quite worth the money - more than HL2 was, even.

Has anyone else played it?

[pecenipicek]

finished it, played it thru, gotten it for 0.00$, etc...


well, pretty sweet, and zombines were... well, they scared the crap out of me, even more then the fast zombies. and then, those dog-looking creatures... GAAAHH!!! i dont know how i'll be able to play ep2 when it comes out.

overally, pretty fun and worth the bugging to get it to work properly without paying for it. might even play thru it the second time. i really liked it truth to be told.

[Deepblue]

Old.

You should know better Sandwich, use the search.

[brozozo]

This might be a stupid question, but do you need an internet connection to play Half-Life 2 et al?

[Mefustae]

Yep... that is a stupid question.

You can either get it via the rather illegitimate way pecenipicek did, i'm sure he'd be glad to enlighten you as to how he accomplished that, otherwise you'll need an online connection to Steam in order to install/activate it. Well worth it, IMO. As fun if not considerable more so than vanilla HL2, and the added commentary mode is surprisingly entertaining.

[achtung]

I played throught it, found it quite enjoyable.
Good 4-6 hours of fun. 

[brozozo]

Yep... that is a stupid question.

You can either get it via the rather illegitimate way pecenipicek did, i'm sure he'd be glad to enlighten you as to how he accomplished that, otherwise you'll need an online connection to Steam in order to install/activate it. Well worth it, IMO. As fun if not considerable more so than vanilla HL2, and the added commentary mode is surprisingly entertaining.

Well,  I feel like an idiot. I was referring to the activation process. That's something that really irks me about Steam. When I buy a game like HL2, i.e. a decent singleplayer game of any genre, it's generally to play by myself. The only multiplayer game I've played a lot in recent memory is BF2.

[NGTM-1R]

You're the minority; either Steam's statistics-gatherer is borked, or only 20% of the people who got it actually bothered to finish it.

[CP5670]

If this is similar to HL2, I certainly can't blame them.

[Grug]

I just played through it this morning. Was okay I guess.

I'll probably go through with the commentary mode on next.

[Turnsky]

i played it, the game itself felt like it had actual subtance to it, and it was longer (felt like it) than pariah, which was a full game, and not episodic 

[CmdKewin]

I played throught it, found it quite enjoyable.
Good 4-6 hours of fun. 

Enjoyable, yes. Finished it in half the time, tough.

Still, I didn't like the original HalfLife one bit. But i really enjoy the second chapter. And i can't wait to get my hand on Episode Two.

[pecenipicek]

Yep... that is a stupid question.

You can either get it via the rather illegitimate way pecenipicek did, i'm sure he'd be glad to enlighten you as to how he accomplished that, otherwise you'll need an online connection to Steam in order to install/activate it. Well worth it, IMO. As fun if not considerable more so than vanilla HL2, and the added commentary mode is surprisingly entertaining.

got it thru BT, but i've had a few texture problems, so if you dont already have HL2 installed on the PC, you're borked if getting it illegaly. on the other hand, my HL2 is actually legal. bought the collectors edition

but, aye, in agreement with all here, it's actually worth the money you should be paying for it. if i had the money, i would have probably bought it, cause i enjoyed it far more than HL2...

[vyper]

As I said last time this came up - Ep1 is everything HL2 should have been.

[Ford Prefect]

I'm terrified of Episode Two. Turns out those funny-looking running things in the preview are new super-intelligent enemies with the ability to hunt you in organized packs. Additionally, they can go anywhere you can go, and they get angry.

[Dave2040]

The level where you must fight this crazy zombies in the darkness was pretty funny, even though i died there more than once... 

[Sandwich]

Old.

You should know better Sandwich, use the search.

I did. Searched for "half life episode" and found bupkis.

[Fury]

I can't find it either. Once next version of SMF is released, be it either RC3 or final, I guess it would be for the best to re-generate the search index.

[Fineus]

Having reinstalled it on my new machine, I've got to say again how incredible the visuals are. The models could do with some work (they lack truly high detail and the skins (up close) aren't great - but the effects are absolutely brilliant.

[vyper]

What bothers me though is that F.E.A.R still loads quicker/larger maps than HL2 does and its often got twice the visual detail.