Not ones to take things easy on themselves, the Valve crew has announced that they're already underway with Episode 2. Valve's Robin Walker spoke with Computer And Video Games about the second expansion into the Half-Life 2 universe.
Valve's Robin Walker, designer/engineer on Episode 1, informed us that Episode 2 "has been in development for some time" in an interview that'll be winging its way to you shortly. Although he didn't elaborate further, it sounds as though Episode 2 may appear sooner than we could have hoped. We're definitely keeping trigger fingers crossed on that one, especially as the developer has aimed to offer "between 4 to 6 hours" of gameplay time with Episode 1, according to Walker - shorter, perhaps, than fans might have expected.Thumbs up for the announcement of Episode 2, but a thumbs down for the apparent short gameplay time for Episode 1 (unless Robin is a master of Half-Life 2 and can just breeze through the episode like nobody else). Hopefully the prices per episode stay reasonable for the amount of gameplay the average gamer will experience.
During the interview, he also dropped a few teasers about Episode 1's storyline. Discussing the challenge of penning the plot for the episode in comparison to penning the plot for Half-Life 2, Walker said that the developer has had "to be considerate to our audience in terms of giving them what they want". While "Episode 1 will not end with an all-encompassing conclusion", it will address some specific questions, he revealed: "For example, "What happened to the Citadel at the end of Half-Life 2?" and "What happened to Breen, is he dead?" and "How does the G-Man factor into all of this?"
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