Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first of a planned trilogy of expansion packs/episodes for the 2004 first-person shooter game, Half-Life 2. The episode takes place immediately after the end of Half-Life 2, in the war-torn setting of City 17. The player is forced to deal with the effects of their… Summary: IGDB
Mind Score
Fair to the playerAge · PEGI 16
Respect
98
Stimulation
moderate
Has an endingStop anytime
What it exercises
Problem solving
- Steam tag “Puzzle” (123 votes)
- IGDB keyword “environmental puzzles”
Story and reading
- Steam tag “Story Rich” (328 votes)
- Wikipedia: carried by its story
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