While purchasing Episode One, players will receive a copy of Half-Life: Deathmatch with it. Her AI will attempt to adjust to the player choices. This time Gordon will be accompanied and assisted by Alyx. And the only way to save citizens of City 17 is to re-enter the decaying building and slow down the destruction for long enough, to evacuate the civilians and families.Ĭontinuation of the story uses the same Source engine, and players will have to traverse linear stages, disposing of enemies and solving physics puzzles. After the mystically assisted escape from the citadel, Gordon and Alyx are reunited outside, but the Citadel core became unstable and will imminently self-destruct.
Platform: PC | Android | macOS | Linux | Xbox 360 | Xboxĭirect continuation of the Half-Life 2, Episode One serves as a direct sequel to the story. For a story-driven FPS, Half-Life 2 is unique in its plot delivery, and making in-game mechanics feel natural, be it platforming or driving.Ĭategories in common with Half-Life 2: Action | Shooter Classic Headcrab Zombies are revamped and have new variants that provide players with different threats. What is different, aside from the overall design quality, is the use of Valve’s Source engine that not only expands on the fluidity of character model animations and movement but allows players to interact with a myriad of objects with the advanced and realistic (to an extent) physics. This time Gordon arrives in City 17, ravaged and occupied by Combines, where he meets his old Black Mesa friends. And you, as a player, will help this world to survive. In the first game he saved the planet from alien invasion, this time, when the invasion is already begun, the world needs his help one more time. He is painted as the most famous scientist and a hero within the world of Half-Life, and for a good reason. Gordon Freeman became the most popular nameless and voiceless protagonist in gaming history.