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Half-Life 2: Episode One is an intense single-player expansion where players battle the Combine. Utilizing an enhanced Source engine, the game features advanced AI and high-detail environments to deliver a dense, character-driven adventure alongside Alyx Vance.

  • Pros

    • Enhanced Source engine delivers advanced rendering technology and graphics
    • Advanced artificial intelligence improves character interaction and combat behaviors
    • Integrated companion AI features Alyx Vance as a skilled combatant
    • Environments feature high levels of density and graphical detail
    • Proprietary engine technology allows for highly detailed character interaction

  • Cons

    • Short gameplay duration spanning approximately four to six hours
    • Narrative focus is limited to the escape from City 17
    • Episodic format restricts the overall scale of the experience
    • Strictly single player gameplay without additional modes
    • Story requires familiarity with previous narrative events
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GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
1.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 8
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
Additional Requirements
None
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By Valve
Step into the hazard suit of Dr. Gordon Freeman and fight against the totalitarian alien menace.
Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a series of new adventures created by Valve that extends the Half-Life 2 single player experience.

Stepping into the hazard suit of Dr. Gordon Freeman, you face the immediate repercussions of your actions in City 17 and the Citadel. Rejoin Alyx Vance and her robot, Dog, to once again aid the human resistance in their desperate battle against the totalitarian alien menace of the Combine.

Episode One exposes Alyx's combat skills and knowledge of City 17 as the player battles side-by-side with her in this 4-6 hour adventure of greater density and detail than non-episodic releases.The intense gameplay delivered in Episode One is made possible only by Source®, Valve's proprietary engine technology, which has been enhanced with new rendering technology and advanced artificial intelligence to deliver new levels of graphics and character interaction.

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