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[57] [58] Half-Life 2: Lost Coast is also technically included with the PC version of The Orange Box, as it was offered as a free download to all owners of Half-Life 2. And as of 2024 is listed as a part of the Orange Box after Lost Coast and Half-Life 2 Episodes One, and Two where integrated into Half-Life 2 as a part of its 20th anniversary ...
The PlayStation version was produced by Electronic Arts. Episode Two received positive reviews. Valve announced Half-Life 2: Episode Three for Christmas 2007, but canceled it when they abandoned episodic development and began developing a new game engine. In 2020, after canceling several further Half-Life projects, Valve released Half-Life: Alyx.
Like the original Half-Life (1998), Half-Life 2 is a single-player first-person shooter (FPS) in which players control Gordon Freeman. [1] It features combat, exploration, jumping challenges, and puzzle-solving, and narrative elements conveyed through scripted sequences. [1]
Half-Life 2: Episode One is a 2006 first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve for Windows. It continues the story of Half-Life 2 (2004). As the scientist Gordon Freeman, players must escape City 17 with Gordon's companion Alyx Vance. Like previous Half-Life games, Episode One combines shooting, puzzles and storytelling.
The game was again developed by Gearbox and published by Sierra. However, unlike previous games, Decay was released exclusively with the PlayStation 2 version of Half-Life. [2] Decay is unique within the Half-Life series as the only cooperative game—two players must work together to progress through the game. [20]
Half-Life is a first-person shooter that requires the player to perform combat tasks and puzzle solving to advance through the game. Unlike most first-person shooters at the time, which relied on cut-scene intermissions to detail their plotlines, Half-Life ' s story is told mostly using scripted sequences (bar one short cutscene), keeping the player in control of the first-person viewpoint.
A screenshot of Half-Life 2: Episode One. The high-dynamic-range rendering and Phong shading effects are evident. The Source 2006 branch was the term used for Valve's games using technology that culminated with the release of Half-Life 2: Episode One.
The episode showed how the town of Ravenholm from Half-Life 2 became infested with headcrabs and zombies, with the return of the character of Father Grigori. [32] It included a "magnet gun", which fired projectiles that magnetized metal surfaces and attracted objects and enemies, and was used for combat and puzzles.