HL2 Not Required For Episode 1

Eurogamer reports that Half-Life 2 will not be required to run Episode 1, the first content pack for Valve's hit game. From the article: "Half-Life 2: Episode 1 won't actually require Half-Life 2 to play, Valve's explained, and although the game will be 'four to six hours' long, marketing director Doug Lombardi reckons it's 'markedly richer' in terms of content quality ... The change from Aftermath to Episode 1 was 'simply a name change' he says, when asked about the shift to episodic content - which wasn't a shift at all, he adds, since 'the format of episodic releases was decided before Half-Life 2 was made available'."

Re:$20?

[Chimera512]

luckily for me, i'm terrible at computer games so it will take me longer then 4-6 hours to complete the game once.

Just play on Extreme Difficulty setting

[i_am_the_r00t]

Put it on Extreme Difficulty and it will be easily a 20-30 hour game. It took me 2 years to finish HL2.

btw. Extreme Difficulty is "Hard" + the following:

1. New house and mortgage
2. 2 young children
3. yard to mow and maintain
4. Wife (nuff said there)
5. 60 hr/week Job

Re:$20?

[billcopc]

Holy batclocks batman! He's using 48-hour days!

Re:Erm..

[Solder Fumes]

punished for using such an amusive system

Were you amused as a child?