Přestože Episode 1 přímo navazuje na konec hry Half-Life 2 a dokonce se odehrává ve stejném prostředí (např. v tunelech plných zombie a na ulicích, kde bojují partyzáni), je ve všech ohledech působivější a propracovanější . První epizoda pro Half-Life 2 je skvělá už jen tím, že nám znovu dala gravitační zbraň.Half-Life 2: Episode One (originally Half-Life 2: Aftermath) is the first in a series of three episodes charting the aftermath of the events in Half-Life 2.Episode One takes place in and around City 17, and it's only at the end of the episode where you finally leave City 17 for the first time; a journey which continues in Half-Life 2: Episode Two.
Think of the episodes as shorter, more refined HL2. Episode 2 certainly lives up to being almost HL2's length IIRC (Maybe a little less than half). Episode 1 gets you maybe 5 hours, Episode 2 around 20.
Episode Two is the absolute peak of the Half-Life series and one of the best shooters ever made. I say this even with its short length in mind. It plays better than the best parts of the original HL2 (which, as a whole, was already incredible enough) and advances the story better than any other Half-Life game. t5lJH.