Half-Life 2: Episode One came out on the 1st. I bought it finally yesterday. Another 19.95 blown on episodic content. I’m still not certain how I feel about this stuff. I do think that Half-Life and Sin are doing it better than Oblivion.

I’m only maybe into the game ten minutes or so. Right off the bat you notice that the game is a little more polished than Half-Life 2. The characters act better. Or seem more life like. Not sure yet. Features included in this episode:

• An all-new episode for one of the best-selling action games of all time.
• Discover what’s become of City 17, Dr. Breen, and the G-Man.
• Incredibly advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI (Artificial intelligence)).
• Highly detailed environments, featuring High Dynamic Range lighting, provide amazing gameplay settings.
• Digital Actors: The most sophisticated in-game characters ever witnessed.
• Physical Gameplay: Objects obey the laws of gravity, friction, and buoyancy.
• Design Team Commentary Mode.
• Also includes two multiplayer games: Half-Life 2 Deathmatch and Half-Life Deathmatch: SourceTM.
• Half-Life 2 not required to play.

For only being ten minutes into it I think the game is worth it. Which even after finishing Sin Episode 1, I still can’t say that. If you liked Half-Life 2 grab this first in a series of episodes. I wonder though about this episodic delivery of content.