The Half-Life series canon has never been officially defined by Valve, and probably never will. Series' writer Marc Laidlaw stated that they do not " get involved in issues of canonicity ," that " canon itself is non-canon ," and that there is " no official stance ," " just the games " as they are. [1] ". Canon itself is non-canon " emphasizes On the other you're teleported to a plain with hundres of aliens all wanting to kill you Gordan without weapons. The first ending is basically the set-up for Half-Life 2. The second ending is a non-canon ending. While I agree with your overall statement, I think HL1's endings are actually pretty simple and make perfect sense in context. Half-Life 2: Episode Two. Anyone else find the strider fight annoying? Having to rush to get a magnesson, drive to the strider, and then the magnesson explodes in your face because of hunters, or you miss because the magnesson takes up half your screen gets tedious fast. Wait ‘til you see what happens in Episode 3. Valve, being the bundle-loving developers they are, decided to release a large bundle with the launch of Episode 2, called Orange Box. This happens to be one of the best deals in gaming with Half-Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 all included for the price of a normal game on the store shelves. Back in 2006, as Half-Life 2: Episode One released, Valve boss Gabe Newell referred to Episodes 1-3 as being Half-Life 3. But it would still end like HL1 and HL2, with Gordon in an No. The HL2 series as a whole is bad, in terms of story. The gameplay is only supported by the fact that the game us running on the source engine. Otherwise, HL2's only defining gameplay feature is the gimmicky phys-gun. It's either used to block attacks, throw ♥♥♥♥ like barrels & grenades, and solve block puzzles. But then they decided they wanted to continue the games in the HL2 "universe" and sort of retconned the ending of HL2 to be able to continue the plot where it left off. Personally I think HL2's ending was perfect, but then this retcon screwed a lot with the flow of events from HL2 and the episodes. SPOILER ALERT As you already know, in the ending of Episode 2, Eli is killed by a Combine Advisor. However, what makes me think about this moment is an interview with David Speyrer made by Rock Paper Shotgun back in 2007. In this interview, David said that after EP2's ending trailer for Episode 3 wasn't included beacuse it would kill the mood of the previous scene. Half Life 2 Episode 1 FAQ with Achievements By Steve (OMAC) Eller Legal The author wishes to acknowledge that Half Life 2 Episode 1 is the sole property of Valve and VU Games. Go to the end of Game: VSV0u.