The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Is it okay for me to start Half Life 2?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by latestgood, May 24, 2008.

  1. latestgood

    latestgood Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    30
    Messages:
    251
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Hello,

    I recently bought orange box and there were couple Half life games. I heard that story line is really good for Half Life. If I star the game from Half Life 2, would I have missed too much story line to know what's happening in Half Life 2?
    Also, is Half Life episode 1 and 2 sequel to each another?

    Thank you
     
    latestgood, May 24, 2008
    #1
  2. notyou

    notyou Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    652
    Messages:
    1,562
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    HL isn't necessary to play in order to play HL2 but it definitely helps you get a sense about what happened and how the games coincide with each other. However, if you want, HL is $10 on steam so it'd be a good buy if you want to know more about the HL series.
     
    notyou, May 24, 2008
    #2
  3. The Forerunner

    The Forerunner Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,105
    Messages:
    3,061
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    The Forerunner, May 24, 2008
    #3
  4. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    3,306
    Messages:
    4,461
    Likes Received:
    344
    Trophy Points:
    151
    Yeah, I made a big mistake playing HL2 without at least reading the plot of HL1.
     
    ATG, May 24, 2008
    #4
  5. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

    Reputations:
    2,221
    Messages:
    5,540
    Likes Received:
    13
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Yea, at least read a summary of HL1. It makes things clearer in HL2.
     
    crash, May 24, 2008
    #5
  6. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    5,868
    Messages:
    5,889
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    206
    At least know the general idea of HL1. I didn't finish it either but I enjoyed HL2. I'll get around to playing the episodes eventually.
     
    atbnet, May 24, 2008
    #6