Half Life 2 : Episode 1

Its been a while since I have been playing PC games.  Since I bought a new PC a few months back I decided to stick Half Life 2 back on.  I was amazed with the graphics as previously I was running this on 1ghz AMD Athlon with all settings down low.

I noticed that steam were doing a special $9.99 for Episode1. With the exchange rate being silly just now it would seem rude not to buy this for £5.

Episode 1 leaves off right where HL2 finished with the explosion of the Citadels reactor.  Time stops and Vortiguants appear and rescue Alyx.  The G-Man is then seen around a black screen and blue lights as Vortiguants seem to hold him back. "We'll see about that".  Vortiguants then teleport you outside the Citadel.

You start the game outside with Alyx robot Dog rescuing you from rubble.  You are then tasked with escaping city 17 before trying to disable the rector from exploding.

The game itself looks a lot nicer over HL2.  Only grumble I have had with it was it was way too short.

As I escaped city 17 I am now looking forward to Episode 2.

Trailer for HL2: Episode 2 below.