I have to agree that, with games as a whole, I HATE when people whine about delays. Yes, there are exceptions, DNF, STALKER, but for the most part delays are a good thing. The same people whine just as much when games come out unfinished and need major patching and whine when a game is announced without a release date. I'd rather devs be overzealous with their timetable and apologize for delays than overzealous with their timetable and apologize for unfinished games.


Anyway, according to the E1 stats it was a 5 hour 41 minute game. But the average playtime was 4 hours 6 minutes. I definitely finished the game quicker. But I always finish ahead of estimates. I'd imagine most Bluesnews posters do.




What's most interesting about all of this is how Valve is backing off of episodic gaming. They're committing to this trilogy, then seeing how it goes. Compare that to Gabe Newell 18 months ago. Back then this was the future of HL, with these three games being HL3. He repeatedly called these episodes HL3. He repeatedly said HL was an episodic game from now on.

You don't see ANYONE saying any of that anymore. Their commitment to episodic gaming is down to these three, then they plan to reevaluate.



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