Half-Life 2: Episode Two

"Gordon! Gordon! Wake up Gordon, she's gone! That... son of a bitch and his unforeseen consequences!"

Definitely better than Episode One, but why leave us all on such a massive cliffhanger for two decades! 9/10

​​Scratchy's__ score: 8/10​ - Very ​Good

It's pretty good

Taking place right after Half-Life 2: Episode One, episode two has a lot going on. While the first 2-3 chapters weren't as engaging to me, the rest of the game after that was great. Lots of action, a few challenging sections, a pretty good plot, and a lot more to learn about Eli and G-Man. The story was more emotional than I expected it to be as well. Just like ep 1, this is more of the same great story and gameplay you'd expect from the Half-Life games. The only truly bad part about this game besides the first few meh chapters is the fact that it doesn't have a true conclusion. That wouldn't be an issue if HL2: Ep 3 was a thing or if Half-Life 3 was ever made, but those don't exist and may never be made, thus leaving this ending completely open. Despite that, I still have yet to play Half-Life: Alyx and that might answer questions about the ending of Ep 2. Regardless, I'm excited to see what HL:A has to offer. 9/10.

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Now I am really a FREEMAN after finishing this in series and sincerely waiting for Valve to giff us Half Life 3
Next Pit-Stop Half - life : Alyx

haha strider boom boom

best

Peak but episode 3 is better.

Halfed my life

A good finale, although I still think that the first part of half life (not episode 1) is better. Still worth going through it if you enjoyed that part though

Prepare for unforeseen consequences

Played this before it ceased to exist

No Half Life 3 :(

i cried with this game why the fuck did eli vance die i know he is alive in half life alyx but why? i cried for 5 fucking hours in this game and i regret playing this but still absolute fucking cinema

So pro gamer

Welp, my review won't matter since this game was delisted. Don't worry, Valve just made HL2 Ep.1 and Ep.2 as part of HL2 base, so getting that will give you both this and Ep.1 with it. You aren't missing anything.

Great to revisit.

I got the gnome achievement by launching the game, I did not send gnome Chomsky into space, I obtained it by accident by a stroke of luck.

its peak it was peak and still peak

Valve this is not a tool

Nice, game. will play again

me agan just wamnted to remmind you do0ant noit put a 4090n in your dog int domt go fmaster

I look forward to the next episode, I sure hope it doesn't take the rest of my natural born life. <3

My favorite ep out of the hl2 series.

Good

It's even more Half-Life 2. With bonus cliffhanger!

YEP

A new story unflods in the epic quest of Gorton Fisherman. Alix is hurt! Kind space aliens must use the bugs to hlep. Once she is the feeling better The continue the journey through the spooky woods. Meet new characters at science facility, such as Dr Mean. He likes to launch a rocket. Defened base from evil three leggedd crabs and their little brothers while taking a cruise in your sweet hotrod. Once all is safe launch the rockit youself. Shock! Awe! Mr. Trance has been slayed by the evil alien grubz. Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter! ...... any day now......

If you don't get sick because of bad game play, do not play it.
Valve's love of car is at its finest.
There is no good game play or soundtrack.
Source engine offers bad physics. It is laughable but instead, you are gonna cry due to their pathetic attempt of making game.
I need to refund this.

PEAK HALF LIFE FS

the ending made me sad tho....and also it's not even finished bru, im sure half life 3 will come but it probably won't come for another decade 😭😭

The first hunter fight and the final segment with the striders were really cool.

Greatest dlc ever made period k thx bye

Fordon Greeman

definitely the worst modern Half-Life, most of the game is a slog to go through, but damn does that ending make up for a lot. a main character dying! RIP Eli, heart-wrenching last scene. few games have really made clear the total fact of death, one moment you're there and alive and telling people not to watch your death, and the next moment your corpse hangs lifeless. everything gone.

Some of the cache-finding is pretty hard, but overall great game

yasss

Im a bit bummed they delisted it, it takes wayyy to long to find the game

Beautiful piece of coding

this is the best game i ever played

This game is great and I had a lot of fun. However, it's not a flawless game. The flaws didn't bother me much though.

Overall, my experience with Episode 2 was far better than the one I had with Episode 1.

Here are the flaws that are present in both Episode 1 and Episode 2 :
- Alyx or other allies often physically blocking our way.
- Unskippable in-game cutscenes. Also, the contrary - dialogues that are unfinished ('' bug '' triggered when loading a zone).
- Unavoidable deaths/traps (but not even close to being as bad as in Episode 1).
- Unnecessarily slow and boring start (much worse in Episode 1).
- Sometimes not knowing where to go or what to do (worse in Episode 1).
- Saving a lot is required on your first playthrough.

I did enjoy Episode 1, but it was boring and bad (sometimes frustrating) for almost the first 2 hours. Episode 2 is only slow for about 10 minutes at the beginning, and here and there afterwards.

Specific things I liked other than the general gameplay :
- I loved certain weapons specifically. The rocket launcher and the crossbow were my 2 favorites.
- Having the weird alien monsters as allies was pretty cool.
- Killing the antlion guardians was cool, but they had too much HP. The fight dragged on a bit. But it was cool still.
- The last big fight was very good as well. I had to save multiple times and redo certain sections because of the difficulty.
It's not a bad thing though. It was simply more challenging.

classic for a reason

we need episode 3

I'm furious they scratched Episode 3 and didn't bring back Shephard.

What an absolute phenomenal follow up from HL/Black Mesa & HL2. I have done nothing but enjoy my time with the story & lore from the entire Half Life series. With that being said, Half Life 3 needs to happen in my honest opinion.

yes

Excellent ending for Half-Life 2, sad that we will never see Episode 3 but that's OK. New forms of gameplay introduced are solid and well-used, combat stays interesting and Half Life looks better than before. The combat musics are especially good this time around.
However, this episode feels a lot more boxed in than the base game or Ep 1.

Evet

cool