Half-Life 2: Episode Two to be Longer (Too)

Half-Life 2: Episode Two to be Longer (Too)
[Mar 09, 2007, 11:14 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Just wanted to set a record for "two" homophones in one headline. Anyway, Valve: Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Will Be Longer on Fringe Drinking (thanks xXBatmanXx) has word from Valve's Doug Lombardi that Half-Life 2: Episode Two will offer about eight hours of gameplay, compared with the approximately six hours of gameplay in episode one, and offers details on planned Steam features that will enhance its community support. Doug also says that in spite of Episode 2's delayed release, their development cycle for episodic content is getting shorter:

"Episode 1 took 18 months to complete and Episode 2 will end up being about 13 to 14 months, so we’re trimming it down," he said. "I think we’ll get closer to a year and be on a 12 month cycle. We’ll see how it goes after this trilogy is done."

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Re: Um
Mar 9, 2007, 11:20

FourPak

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Re: Um Mar 9, 2007, 11:20

Mar 9, 2007, 11:20

FourPak

just release a new episode every few months. ... use the same engine and such. Just make new maps, character scenes and dialogs,

,new stories, new scenarios, new content - like NWN.

Apparently whatever HL2 tools exist are too complex for average storytellers to use, there should be a huge community cranking new adventures out every couple months, but there's not.

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Mar 9, 2007Mar 9 2007

Two, too, and to

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