Half Life 2 Expansion Pack Details
PC Gamers latest issue features a 10-page article on Half-Life 2: Aftermath, the first in what I'm sure will be a long line of expansion packs.
Aftermath will present a new story that picks up where Half Life 2 left off. It appears Aftermath will predominately feature Alyx, although not necessarily alongside of our Half Life hero Gordon Freeman at all times.
Valve hinted that the expansion may only be published via Steam in the Summer. Could this signal the end of Half Life products on store shelves? Obviously if given a choice Valve would release all title via Steam and Steam only. Their margin on products delivered via Steam must be substantially higher than products/games sold on store shelves.
Eurogamer has reprinted various sections of the article, all of which you can read here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58579
Here are a few excerpts from the article:
As Harper asserts in the PCG interview, the rationale is for the player to get a much greater sense of attachment to Alyx, after doing so much to introduce her in Half-Life 2: "It's kind of ironic that despite so much of the theme of Half Life 2 being about other characters and other people, you spent most of the game alone."
"We really want Alyx to grow as a character," he insists in the Gamer piece. "There was the promise of that in the first game, but we spent so much of our time introducing her as a character, we didn't really get a chance to spend time with her for an entire section. She would flit in and out. Since she's with you quite a lot, we're working on ways to make her a lot more interesting to be around, a lot more interesting to interact with." Ahem. A burgeoning romance perhaps?
Let's keep our fingers crossed that Valve can deliver Half Life 2: Aftermath this summer...early this summer:-)
Discuss Half Life 2: Aftermath here.
Aftermath will present a new story that picks up where Half Life 2 left off. It appears Aftermath will predominately feature Alyx, although not necessarily alongside of our Half Life hero Gordon Freeman at all times.
Valve hinted that the expansion may only be published via Steam in the Summer. Could this signal the end of Half Life products on store shelves? Obviously if given a choice Valve would release all title via Steam and Steam only. Their margin on products delivered via Steam must be substantially higher than products/games sold on store shelves.
Eurogamer has reprinted various sections of the article, all of which you can read here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=58579
Here are a few excerpts from the article:
As Harper asserts in the PCG interview, the rationale is for the player to get a much greater sense of attachment to Alyx, after doing so much to introduce her in Half-Life 2: "It's kind of ironic that despite so much of the theme of Half Life 2 being about other characters and other people, you spent most of the game alone."
"We really want Alyx to grow as a character," he insists in the Gamer piece. "There was the promise of that in the first game, but we spent so much of our time introducing her as a character, we didn't really get a chance to spend time with her for an entire section. She would flit in and out. Since she's with you quite a lot, we're working on ways to make her a lot more interesting to be around, a lot more interesting to interact with." Ahem. A burgeoning romance perhaps?
Let's keep our fingers crossed that Valve can deliver Half Life 2: Aftermath this summer...early this summer:-)
Discuss Half Life 2: Aftermath here.
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