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, 13:22

Tango

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Mar 9, 2007, 13:22

Tango

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?

Ah, that's where you're wrong :). Half Life and HL2 are by far my most played games. I've spent longer playing them and their expansions and messing about with their SDKs than I have spent with almost every other game I have ever owned combined.

But every time Valve have delayed a product (so far) we have ended up with something (IMO) that was pretty special. HL was redesigned for a year and was amazing. HL2, for whatever reason, was delayed a year and was almost as good. Episode 1 was fun, if a little short. I certainly didn't feel ripped off even having paid $20 over Steam, though this might be down to the exchange rate - £10 is about the cost of a CD in the UK, vs £20 for Ep1 in the stores.

I am very much looking forward to Ep2 and, to a lesser extent, Portal. But if it comes out in April, or June, or September, it makes no difference to me. I have plenty of other stuff to be getting on with (gaming and otherwise) until then.

This comment was edited on Mar 9, 13:24.