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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Mar 9, 2007, 11:47

pnag

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Re: No subject Mar 9, 2007, 11:47

Mar 9, 2007, 11:47

pnag

I appreciate the "I'll play it when it comes out" - but it's fairly obvious then that you'd not consider yourself a die-hard fan, right?

I've been itching to play more Half Life since I finished the first one back in '99 (got it a bit later here in Ireland

) My problem is, the episodes were supposed to speed up content delivery; I'm sure someone could dig up a quote with a claim from Lombardi of 6 months an episode? I seem to remember that. And what happened? Episode 1 came out, and it was a total re-tread. No new locations, no real furthering of the story line... What did they spend their time on? Really?

Sure, 2 looks vastly different, and with new locations and enemies, but I thought Source was modular? Seems like a dog to work with...

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Mar 9, 2007Mar 9 2007

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