One humorous thing about the game though, is that Valve had released so many assets over the past year, it almost felt as though we played through most of the game already, far before ever touching it. But it goes without saying… if you’ve never played Half-Life 2 before, this bundle is an incredible value, simply because Half-Life 2 is an incredible game.īut in our quick review, we are going to focus on Episode 2, because -this- is the game we’ve been waiting so long to play. If you own Half-Life 2 and Episode 1 already, it’s still a worthy purchase, but if you have absolutely no interest in Portal or TF2, you can purchase Episode 2 separately on Steam. This happens to be one of the best deals in gaming with Half-Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 all included for the price of a normal game on the store shelves.
Valve, being the bundle-loving developers they are, decided to release a large bundle with the launch of Episode 2, called Orange Box. Some blame the development of Portal and Team Fortress 2 as being the causes for delay, and I’m right there with them. In fact, most people expected a new episode within 6 – 8 months, but that came and went.
When we reviewed Episode 1 some sixteen months ago, we had no idea it was going to be such a wait before we could continue along in the adventure.
