HL2 ep 1 $8 this week (maybe this week only)

Marik_Steele

See attatchment. It's a scan of a page of this week's Circuit City newspaper ad.

Note HL2 episode 1 is $8. It's quite possible that by now it's already sold out at your nearest Circuit City, so remember that you can pricematch it at other stores if you bring a real copy of the newspaper ad.

Yes, it's as short as you've heard. I beat it twice in one day, once on Hard and a second time on Easy with developer comments on; good fun both times. For the current price on Steam it's probably not worth it, but at $8 I'm considering buying a 2nd copy to give as a birthday gift or something.
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TheAdj

I think by the time the rest of the episodes are released, the price will be comparative to HL2 in terms of hours played.

Ahnteis

Crysis (by comparison) is looking to be around 12 hours of playtime.
(Quake 4 and FEAR were even shorter.)

I'm fine with the price of HL2 ep1. Especially since I enjoyed it so much.

puzl

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I think by the time the rest of the episodes are released, the price will be comparative to HL2 in terms of hours played.
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hl2=€45

hl2 ep1 = €20

So we're getting 1.5 more episodes then, right?

Or look at it the other way. Each episode is 4 hours gameplay, hl2 was 20 hours gameplay.

hl2= €2.25 per hour

ep1= €5 per hour

Correct me if any of these figures are wrong, but to me it looks like valve are shifting the price point more than just a little.

tankefugl

HL2 was already too short for my liking. I'd rather spend €20 on three books that'll last me several weeks than a 4hr only game.

TheAdj

It cost you 20 euros? It only cost me 18 dollars, bit of a difference there eh?