142 Hours. The Orange Box is a bundle that includes five titles from Valve: Half-Life 2; Half-Life 2:Episode 1; Half-Life 2: Episode Two; Team Fortress 2, the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map; and Portal, the game that blends puzzles, first person action, and adventure gaming to produce an experience How long does it take to beat Half-Life 2: Episode One on PC? Accepted Answer Around 9 hours , according to 915 GameFAQs users who told us how long it took them to beat it. Watch for a few zombies in the yard, but now you've got the help of Alyx and company. Make your way back across the yard and follow the road left back to the garage. As I completed my yearly playthrough of half life 2 this week, i found myself growing more and more bored during episode 2. The antlion caves felt interesting enough the first time through, but it seems to be the most stale part of the game for me. I love the industrial backdrops, the storyline, characters, physics puzzles. Etc. All Styles. 3 Hours. Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations. Platforms: Linux, Mac, PC. Genres: First-Person, Shooter. Developer: Half-Life: Opposing Force. Half-Life: Blue Shift, commonly referred to as Blue Shift, is the second stand-alone expansion pack for Half-Life, developed by Gearbox Software and was released on June 12, 2001. [1] Like Gearbox's other expansions, Half-Life: Opposing Force and Half-Life: Decay, Blue Shift returns to the setting and timeline of the The Hopper Mine is an anti-personnel proximity mine that hops into the air towards the target before exploding, much like a bouncing betty. These mines are carried and deployed by Shield Scanners. They are vaguely dome-shaped with three sharp "legs". When dropped, the mines use these legs to bounce around until they land facing up on a smooth surface. They then jam the legs into the ground Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the second of a series of stand-alone episodes based on HL2, the popular and acclaimed shooter epic. Beat. 9. 3d ago. 0. 0. Only visible to you. axolotl.youtube Yeah I technically haven't beaten half life 2 according to steam achievements despite playing that game religiously. Episode 1 released in 2006. Steam achievements were rolled out with the orange box in 2007, so theres over a year of people finishing episode 1 without achievements. I technically never finished. Basically, the original gives more story (through gameplay) while Black Mesa gives story clues by dialogue. I think by these facts, that Half Life 1 is good for a first time because of more story being told. Question 2: Half Life 1 (you already completed, grats c:), Opposing Force, Blue Shift, Half Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2. aQSU.