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Half-Life 2 Gets Episode 1

Posted by Zonk on from the has-to-be-better-than-phantom-menace dept.

Valve has announced that, instead of entitling their first downloadable mini-expansion to Half-Life 2 'Aftermath', the pack is now simply Episode 1. From the Gamespot article: "When asked whether the name change is indicative of a change in direction for the Half-Life 2 franchise, Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi replied, 'episodic.' When asked the follow-up question of whether the new name meant that beginning of a regular flow of content, Lombardi replied, 'yes.'"

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  1. Too Vague. by Dubpal · · Score: 4, Interesting
    While I see the reasoning behind the name change, I'm not sure I like it.

    "Aftermath" was a title that gave direction. It's the story after the events of Half Life 2. For the majority who haven't been following the development of the expansion, and knew nothing of the original title, the new moniker "Episode 1" seems to beg the question "Of what?".

  2. Better choice I think by wick3t · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First Counterstrike, then Aftermath. I think it's unnecessary for Valve to give their games the same names as Red Alert expansion packs.