Half life 2 episode 2 priced $29.95

[tuteja1986]

Now that Half life episode 2 is priced at $29.95 !!

Is it a 3.5hr long Half life 2 episode 1 or is a 6hrs ++ ?

Do you think its fair for valve to price us $10 more than what they originally told us of what an Half life 2 episodic content would cost.

Imagen all the content that valve would have made just make this episode right in the their minds ;(

This better be as good as Half life 1 Opposing force which was great expansion : )

 

[msi1337]

whatever price it is, I will pay it

HL2 was my favorite game of all time. HL2 Ep1 was right up there

 

[RandomFool]

The preorder package is a much better deal at $45. (depending on who you talk to)

 

[Inspector Jihad]

it should be 20, they're listing it as 30 so the orange box looks even more attractive.

 

[JBT]

Does this still come with Portals and TF2? if so $30 isn't THAt bad but yes if its just like EP1 Valve can go to hell. I finished that up in short order. I really like HL2 baseed games but $30 is just to much if it has the same amount of content as EP1 did.

 

[Regs]

I remember when I got crucifed for complaining about the ep idea Valve was making.

At least the tide has turned and for once I can, "I told you so".

But down back to reality....Hl2 has a large enough fan base to charge that much. Wasn't D3 $59.99 when it first came out? Sheesh. I don't even remember it being on a DVD either.

 

[Slick5150]

Yeah, I was intrigued by the idea of episodic content when it was announced, but Valve royally screwed that up. That being said, I'm still looking forward to Ep2.

 

[Daverino]

I've heard that it's 6+ hours (about 2/3 of HL2?) but honestly if you're not going to get the Ep2 + Portal + TF2 pack, you might want to wait until it's released to find out how much content is there. Considering how long they've been working on it, I sure hope it is 6+ hours. Truth be told, though, $29.99 is what any other developer would charge for an expansion pack at release. As I've said in the other thread, I don't know why there are these expectations that Valve should sell their games at a bigger discount than they already do.

And I agree that episodic content, while good in theory, doesn't work in reality. There's a lot of 'fixed length' work required to make a game that doesn't change based on the amount of content, especially with Valve constantly modifying and updating the Source Engine.

 

[Noema]

I'll probably pick it up...but I don't really care about it that much. I cared one year ago when the game was originally supposed to come out.

I don't even remember what Ep.1 was about.

 

[jonks]

I think the preview/interview in pc gamer said ep 2 was coming in at around 7 hours. Seeing as how Heavenly Sword can be finished in 6 hours for $50, I think $30 for a HL2 game is reasonable. Just play it fast and resell it on ebay for $20. Bioshock only cost me $7 after I recouped

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
Yeah, I was intrigued by the idea of episodic content when it was announced, but Valve royally screwed that up. That being said, I'm still looking forward to Ep2.

I don't think Valve actually knows what episodic gaming is.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: Regs
I remember when I got crucifed for complaining about the ep idea Valve was making.

At least the tide has turned and for once I can, "I told you so".

But down back to reality....Hl2 has a large enough fan base to charge that much. Wasn't D3 $59.99 when it first came out? Sheesh. I don't even remember it being on a DVD either.

Yeah I agree. Had they managed to bring it out a year f*king earlier then it would have been something. By now they should have had HL3 done!! It's been 3 years since HL2 came out for (whatever meaningless expletive's) sake!!

And no one tell me that that's not enough time. FAR CRY came out 3 years ago too and look at what Crytek has managed to create with Crysis soon-to-be-released

 

[abaez]

Does this come with episode 1? I haven't played it and was hoping it would come with 2 so I could do both at once.

 

[Canai]

Bah I'm just going to end up getting the damn Orange Box and giving away HL2 and EP1. those fuckers

 

[msi1337]

prepurchased the orange box. I needed another account with hl2 and hl2 ep1 on it. I gave my second account away to a friend who needed it. Now we can play against each other.

 

[Shadowknight]

I felt ripped off paying $17 for HL2, and didn't even bother getting episode one.

By the by, does Valve make any games, other than Half-Life?

 

[marmasatt]

Originally posted by: Noema
I'll probably pick it up...but I don't really care about it that much. I cared one year ago when the game was originally supposed to come out.

I don't even remember what Ep.1 was about.

Ditto. I'm reading this thread thinking that EP2 better come with TF *and* Portal for a $ 29.99 price.....

I'll pick it up when Circuity City has it for about $ 15.99 if that's not the case....

I loved HL2 but am I the only one to think EP1 was.... meh?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
I felt ripped off paying $17 for HL2, and didn't even bother getting episode one.

By the by, does Valve make any games, other than Half-Life?

If by games other than Half-Life, you mean Half-Life spin-offs, then yes. Otherwise, no.

 

[Polish3d]

Originally posted by: marmasatt
Originally posted by: Noema

I loved HL2 but am I the only one to think EP1 was.... meh?

I found it so boring I cheated to complete it

 

[Gunslinger08]

I just want TFC2.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Originally posted by: Frackal

Originally posted by: marmasatt
Originally posted by: Noema

I loved HL2 but am I the only one to think EP1 was.... meh?

I found it so boring I cheated to complete it

Same here. And the sound those antlions made was so annoying I wanted to throw myself out the window.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: marmasatt

Originally posted by: Noema
I'll probably pick it up...but I don't really care about it that much. I cared one year ago when the game was originally supposed to come out.

I don't even remember what Ep.1 was about.

Ditto. I'm reading this thread thinking that EP2 better come with TF *and* Portal for a $ 29.99 price.....

I'll pick it up when Circuity City has it for about $ 15.99 if that's not the case....

I loved HL2 but am I the only one to think EP1 was.... meh?

I liked EP1 better than HL2 I had just about given up on the HL franchise. I loved HL, but thought HL2 was a pale shadow of it's former glory. I think EP1 was truer to the original HL, and it didn't have any irritating driving sequences. If it weren't for EP1(I got it free with a gfx card), I'd probably never have bought another HL game. I'll give EP2 a shot though since I liked EP1 so much.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

I liked EP1 better than HL2 I had just about given up on the HL franchise. I loved HL, but thought HL2 was a pale shadow of it's former glory. I think EP1 was truer to the original HL, and it didn't have any irritating driving sequences. If it weren't for EP1(I got it free with a gfx card), I'd probably never have bought another HL game. I'll give EP2 a shot though since I liked EP1 so much.

I agree with you there. Ep1 felt like it was a lot less dragged out than HL2. I'm not saying Hl2 wasn't any good, but EP1 was a nice concentrated dose and It felt like more of a survival game than a FPS.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I thought EP1 ended abruptly and offered little gameplay for $30, but I still think $30 is about the right price for an add-on mission or episode pack.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: JBT
Does this still come with Portals and TF2? if so $30 isn't THAt bad but yes if its just like EP1 Valve can go to hell. I finished that up in short order. I really like HL2 baseed games but $30 is just to much if it has the same amount of content as EP1 did.

HL2 episode 2 is $29.95
Portal is $19.95
TF2 is $29.95

Orange Box cost = $45 if you preorder it now

Episode one came out in : June 1, 2006


So they been working on Episode 2 , Portal and TF2 since then.

To me Valve have found a way to suck more cash out of its customers :!

Half life 2 took years to develop and they have to sell it at $49.95 which ain't so great for them.

So now they take a year and half to develop one epiosde and few other project and sell em for all their worth and to make way more profit then they would make with a game like full long Half life.

They would sell 2millions of HL2 episode 2 easy which would make them $60million alone and then TF2/Portal another 40million. Cost of development would be way below $8million (even lower since its only been in development for 1and half year since full game like HL2 , Bioshock cost less than $20million to make).

Anyways Black-box which i had pre-ordered at eb was canceled for a reason so that valve could make more money. Why sell HL2 episode 2 , Portal , TF2 for $29.95.