Upon hearing this, a shocked Eli nearly collapses and, in private, informs Gordon that the G-Man spoke those same words to him just before the Black Mesa Incident.Įli expresses regret for not aborting the test that led to the Incident and over the G-Man’s present influence over Alyx. As the G-Man appears on the screen behind her, Alyx delivers his message to Eli: “Prepare for unforeseen consequences.” Kleiner leaves to assist him in the final preparation for the launch of the rocket. Mossman.Īfter a call from an irritated Dr. Mossman to rescue her however, he becomes convinced that his own knowledge of the Resistance is far too sensitive for him to risk capture by the Combine, and Alyx promises that she and Gordon will go after Dr. Kleiner suggests using the technology of the Borealis against the Combine, while Eli insists that it be destroyed to avoid another Black Mesa Incident.
It reveals that the “project” is none other than the Borealis, an Aperture Science vessel which mysteriously disappeared some time before and is rumored to carry powerful technology.ĭr. Kleiner and Eli who have completed decoding Dr. Gordon defeats the attack force, consisting of Hunters and soldiers, and closes the silo doors that are allowing access to the facility.Īfter successfully repelling the attack, Gordon meets up with Alyx, and the two return to Dr. They are interrupted when a Combine attack penetrates the base. Gordon and Alyx learn that the White Forest team is preparing a special rocket which they plan to use, in conjunction with Alyx’s data packet and the satellite array launched during the events of Half-Life, to close the Combine superportal. Magnusson in person, another former Black Mesa scientist who is egotistical, verbose, authoritarian, and holds a grudge against Gordon. Kleiner and Eli Vance, and Alyx finally delivers the transmission packet acquired in Episode One to them. The Replay Experience Experiment aka TREEĪrriving at White Forest, Alyx and Gordon reunite with Dr.
I finished the game on the hardest difficulty in 3 hours and 48 minutes.ĪMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 21.2.5 | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB | Manjaro 21.2.0 | Mate 1.26.0 | Kernel 5.15.Half-Life 2: Episode Two: Our Mutual Fiend | RTSL Menu It doesn’t innovate but it also doesn’t make anything worse. It does it’s job well which is to further the Half-Life story. Overall I can’t say too many negative things about Episode One.
Graphics Settings: All Highest 8x AA 16x AF blur off V-Sync on multi core rendering on HDR full x1080 Performance was fantastic which wasn’t surprising given the game’s age.ĭisk Space Used: 1.05GB (not counting HL2 base game) You could change the difficulty level at any time as well as manually save at any time. There were 4 AA settings 6 AF settings a V-Sync toggle 9 other graphics options and an FOV slider that went from 75-90. Outside of the AI issue I noticed no other bugs. This time what happened to me was on a mission where I have to lead civilians to a departing train some of them got stuck in a wall corner and wouldn’t proceed making me have to reload a previous save. There is however a great level taking place in a hospital which was almost as creepy as Ravenholm. The game doesn’t have any of the driving sections of the original. The graphics are just as good as Half-Life 2, no better but no worse. City 17 is now a war zone and the game revolves around trying to escape it. The story in itself is good and enjoyable. All of the same great game play is back in Episode One. So we are left with a good game that is sadly forgotten in the mix by many because it is the middle child.
It is a good game in it’s own right but it lacks the innovation of Half-Life 2 and it lacks the story of Episode 2 which is by far the best story arc of the whole series in my eyes. Half-Life 2: Episode One is kind of the black sheep of the Half-Life 2 games.