Half-Life 2: Episode One

Beware : crashes your computer every five minutes of play !!!

User Rating: 1 | Half-Life 2: Episode One PC

By luisfmar | Review Date: April 5, 2007

How would you rate a Mercedes that goes dead after every 5 miles on the freeway, it takes another 5 minutes to start it again, just to see its engine die after another 5 miles.
Think if a computer on an airplane goes off every five minutes on your next flight, will you board such an airplane ever again ?
Well, this is just what happens with Episode 1 and Valve's much hyped Source engine. No matter how beautiful is that Mercedes, or how touted is that Airbus 340, you don't want to buy such a piece of crap. Whereas this not true for a Mercedes or an Airbus plane, it's exactly what happens with this game.
See for yourself at :
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=500297
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_engine#Common_issues

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