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    Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Haven't made it past the start of chapter 2.

    Valve have released achievement stats here. Note that only 70.9% have the "Into the Breach" achievement, which is automatically given once you advance the plot. A month after the release, this is pretty shocking. It implies that almost 30% who bought the game (and most have probably had it since release) haven't bothered playing past the first hour. Ouch.

    I expected some loss of players in the final sections, but to lose that many people so early into the game sounds bad. Ep2 is a great game and "Into the Breach" is hardly difficult.

    [Edit]There's an inconsistency in their data, as the stats portion shows that 80.48% have made it through to the ep2_outland_03 map, which is only reached after completing the "Into the Breach" segment. That's not quite as bad.
    Last edited by charleski; 16-11-2007 at 07:08 PM.

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Quote Originally Posted by charleski View Post
    Note that only 70.9% have the "Into the Breach" achievement, which is automatically given once you advance the plot. A month after the release, this is pretty shocking. It implies that almost 30% who bought the game (and most have probably had it since release) haven't bothered playing past the first hour. Ouch.
    Hang on

    Ep2 was released in The Orange Box. So this is an unusual release, because people who bought Ep2 also got 2-4 games they didn't already have. And some people will have bought it just for TF2 and Portal, since it's cheaper to do that than to buy them separately anyway.

    So of all those who own Ep2, that doesn't mean they bought Ep2 for Ep2's sake, if you know what I mean. Take me, for instance - I bought The Orange Box and as yet, I haven't touched Ep2. Why? Because I haven't even played HL2 yet - I got it for the first time in The Orange Box and I figure I'll play HL2 at least a bit before going on to Ep1 and then Ep2. Ideally I'd finish them all in sequence but I get so little gaming time, I'll probably never manage to finish them!

    So are these stats from Valve relating to everyone who has it installed, or literally only those who have started playing it? If the former, it includes people like me who haven't got to Ep2 yet (or aren't even interested in playing anything but TF2 and Portal) - this doesn't mean the game has put them off in the first hour.

    If the latter, i.e. people who have started it, then that's a different (and not great) story...

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Quote Originally Posted by dancingmatt View Post
    So of all those who own Ep2, that doesn't mean they bought Ep2 for Ep2's sake, if you know what I mean. Take me, for instance - I bought The Orange Box and as yet, I haven't touched Ep2.
    That might be a factor, and might explain the discrepancy between the stats and achievements. Still, it seems that of all those who have started the game, only 44.1% have actually finished it. Obviously this needs to be seen in context, I'd certainly like to see a comparison with Ep1, which wasn't bundled.

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    I completed HL2 and havnt even borthered to play the esipodes. What can i say apart from the original HL was an amazing experience, HL2 was pretty good but it didnt even feel like i was playing a sequel to the old HL. Hence i really cant be borthered to play the Esipodes...

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Woohoo! I'm in the 1.1% who got Little Rocket Man!

    Now I just have to go back and kill some more grubs...
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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Interesting stats. The first hour or two of the game was dire. The mine with the ant lions and their grubs was just tedious. Episode 1 wasnt really up to much and while the latter half of episode 2 was good, it didnt really compare to HL2. The last couple of chapters were excellent however.

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Little rocket man seemed very hard, i was shooting that little gnome right into the air and getting nought, i gave up

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Quote Originally Posted by gtech View Post
    Little rocket man seemed very hard, i was shooting that little gnome right into the air and getting nought, i gave up
    You have to carry it with you all the way from the first cabin to the rocket ship and put it in the capsule. It took me hours to get the grub one finally, but I'm leaving the gnome for later...

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Quote Originally Posted by charleski View Post
    That might be a factor, and might explain the discrepancy between the stats and achievements. Still, it seems that of all those who have started the game, only 44.1% have actually finished it. Obviously this needs to be seen in context, I'd certainly like to see a comparison with Ep1, which wasn't bundled.
    I just bough the Orange Box and EP1 was bundled with it.

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    I got it on release, but just haven't got round to playing it yet.

    Going to play through crysis first I think .

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    Finished episode 2 last night. Ending was meh.

    Prefer Portal and TF2 really.

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    I really enjoyed episodes 1 and 2 in between sessions of TF2. Maybe people are playing ep2 a little and then getting addicted to TF2 and so ep2 gets left by the wayside.

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    hmm, I haven't finished epside 1 yet - though portal is nearly complete - on 2nd last level.
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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    The ending of ep 2 was good imo made me want ep 3 right now!!
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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    I haven't finished it yet because ..well there was HL2, then EP1, then portal I had started it and GOW came out and Crysis ... too many good games at once ..not that I'm complaining

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    Re: Almost 30% of people playing HL2Ep2

    I played Ep2 for about an hour, maybe 2 hours. Then I got bored and uninstalled it.

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