VALVe clearly knew what their grand finale would involve, but for whatever internal reasons we instead just got a surreal blog post (graphics and level design suffered and pacing felt rushed - review coming soon). Episode Two provides two bizarre revelations (and interestingly, one plot point that works as a revelation now) that invite you to think about the forces at work beyond the world you're experiencing, and question their motivations - not that there's much point if we're not getting a sequel. Up until now, while individual adventures are paced really well, the overarching plot has been drip-fed very slowly. I now have about 52 hours' worth of investment in this series so I can fully understand the community's desire for a fitting end to Half-Life. Despite their VR prequel, and lots of behind-the-scenes trying, VALVe haven't given any clear indication that they'll ever continue the story. You gather some more plot threads for your inventory, launch a rocket, save the day, and see an emotional cliffhanger - at which point, the story ends. Your journey takes you up to a converted Soviet missile silo which the Science Team is operating from.
After Alyx helps you from the wreckage of the evacuation train (of course it couldn't go smoothly), your extended date continues way outside City 17, with an excursion through an antlion-riddled mine and then the verdant White Forest - completely different territory but very welcome, and showing sides of VALVe's environmental art that you don't see very often. Episode 1 was a good ending point for the City 17 story this feels more like the start of a new game. HL2: Episode 2 keeps pushing the games' quality upward, while giving the story some welcome acceleration.
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