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Half-Life 2 has sold over 4 million copies worldwide, and earned over 35 Game of the Year Awards. Episode One is the first in a series of games that reveal the aftermath of Half-Life 2. Half-Life 2: Episode One. Alyx and Dog return to add chapters to the ongoing saga of super-scientist Gordon Freeman.

Episode One takes place immediately after the events of Half-Life 2, just out side of the war-torn City 17 area. Theoretical physics scientist Gordon Freeman is tagged along by Alyx Vance and her robot, Dog, throughout the game whereas they supply the player with assistance and help unfold the story.
Summary: Half-Life 2: Episode One is an all-new episode created by Valve that extends the Half-Life 2 single player adventure. The player reprises his role of Dr. Gordon Freeman, who must immediately face the repercussions of his actions in City 17 and the Citadel.

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Half-Life 2: Episode One
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Release date(s)	June 1, 2006
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Rating(s)	ESRB: M (Mature)
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Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in what was intended to be a trilogy^[1] of episodic games that served as a continuation of the 2004 first-person shooter game Half-Life 2. The opening cinematic of Episode One takes place immediately after the end of Half-Life 2; however, the bulk of the game takes place a few days later^[2] in and around the war-torn setting of City 17. Once again, the player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman as he deals with the consequences of his actions in Half-Life 2. Episode One is a stand-alone game that does not require Half-Life 2 to be installed or registered to a user's Steam account to play. It takes advantage of several major upgrades that were made to the Source engine since the release of Half-Life 2, primarily its high dynamic range rendering capabilities and the upgraded facial animation system.

Episode One was released together with Half-Life Deathmatch: Source, a port of the original Half-Life's multiplayer, which doubles as Episode One's multiplayer component. Physical retail copies of Episode One also came with Half-Life 2: Deathmatch for those who had not previously purchased the latter title.

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Plot[edit]

Main article: Half-Life 2: Episode One storyline

Continuing the plot of Half-Life 2, Episode One consists of five chapters that tell the story of Gordon and Alyx's struggle to escape City 17 before the total destruction of the Citadel.

Details[edit]

Episode One's focus is on character development, in particular that of Gordon's female sidekick and friend Alyx Vance, to the extent that she accompanies the player for virtually the entire game:^[3] 'It's kind of ironic that despite so much of the theme of Half-Life 2 being about other characters and other people, you spent most of the game alone,' project lead Robin Walker said in the episode's announcement article in PC Gamer UK.

The announcement article also saw Marc Laidlaw explain the game's premise:

'Episode One deals with the events and issues set in motion during Half-Life 2. You've done critical damage to the Citadel. The whole place is going to go up, taking out City 17 and what's in its immediate radius. You and Alyx are leading the flight from the city getting up close and personal with some of the creatures and sights from the end of the game.'

Despite this comment and much fan speculation, the Combine Crab Synths and Mortar Synths were not present in Episode One; however, Stalkers and previously glimpsed areas of the Citadel are instead encountered and explored by the player.

After some initial confusion, sparked partly with an attempt at humor by PC Gamer UK, which suggested that Alyx was Episode One's playable character, it was confirmed that players would indeed play as Gordon Freeman – unlike the original Half-Life expansion packs, which all dealt with different characters. Part of the reason for this change of direction may lie with the in-house development of Half-Life 2: Episode One: previously, Half-Life Neoverse - cyber punk costume pack mod. expansions were developed by third party Gearbox Software (albeit with scripts produced by Valve).

The game runs on an incrementally upgraded version of Valve's proprietary Source engine, and features both the engine's high dynamic range rendering capabilities, and a new version of its facial animation/expression technology. It also features the commentary node system debuted in the Lost Coast tech demo.

Episode One is available over Valve's Steam platform for $9.95 USD. The game is also being distributed through traditional retail channels by Electronic Arts both as a standalone and as part of the Half-Life 2: Platinum Collection. The game became available for pre-load and pre-purchase through Steam on May 1, 2006,^[4] with Half-Life Deathmatch: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch immediately available for play as part of the package.

Gorogoa download crack. The renaming of Aftermath to Episode One^[5] was an indication of Valve's confidence with their episodic structure, an implication confirmed in February^[6] and May^[7] of 2006, with news of a trilogy of episodes covering the present story arc. While the plots and dialogue of Half-Life and Half-Life 2 were written solely by Valve's in-house writer Marc Laidlaw, the 'Half-Life 2 Episodes' were collaboratively written by Laidlaw, Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw with Laidlaw retaining overall leadership of the group.^[8]

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Enemies[edit]

In addition to the enemies featured in Half-Life 2, Episode One introduces the Zombine — the Zombie form of the Combine Soldier, equipped with a Fragmentation Grenade. Furthermore, Stalkers now serve a gameplay purpose and the player can engage in combat with them.

Behind the scenes and Trivia[edit]

Concept cover for Aftermath

Aftermath wordmark.

The game was originally named Half-Life 2: Aftermath, but was renamed to Episode One after plans were made to make the game episodic.
Valve's Marc Laidlaw and David Speyrer take us behind the scenes of Episode One's development on ComputerAndVideoGames.com (October 12, 2006) (archived)
With Dr. Breen's absence, Dr. Kleiner has hijacked City 17's public address system, appearing on TV s