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Half-Life 2: Episode Two

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Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Software Cover - Half-Life 2 Episode 2.jpg
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Electronic Arts (retail)
Valve Corporation (Steam)
Release date(s)
October 10, 2007
Mode(s)
Steam AppID
Written in
Mod support
Yes (custom folder, Steam Workshop)
System requirements
  • OS: Vista, Win 7 or later
  • CPU: 1.7 GHz and/or Dual-core
  • RAM: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 6.5 GB disk space
  • GPU: DirectX 9 compatible (FL 8.0 or higher)
For details, see below
Distribution
Retail, Steam
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the second part of a trilogy of new games developed by Valve that expands the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life adventure with unique weapons, vehicles and newly created creatures.

As Dr. Gordon Freeman, you were last seen leaving City 17 with Alyx Vance when the Citadel exploded in a storm of unknown proportions. In Episode Two, you must hit and race the forces of the Combine, traversing the White Forest to only now a crucial packet of information stolen from the Citadel to an enclave of constant motion.

With the release of Half-Life 2 20th Anniversary Update in November 16, 2024, both Episode One and Episode Two are now accessible through Half-Life 2 main menu. As a result, both episodes are unlisted from the Steam Store.

Content

Chapters


Limitations/Bugs

  • For the list of Half-Life 2: Episode Two bugs, see this GitHub page.

System Requirements

Windows:

  • OS: Windows Vista, 7 or later
  • CPU: 1.7 GHz and/or Dual-core
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • Disk space: 6.5 GB (15GB+ recommended)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6 series, ATI Radeon X1600, Intel HD Graphics 3000 (with 128MB VRAM)
  • Direct3D 9.0 compatible video card (with atleast DirectX 8 compatibility level or higher)
Note.pngNote:The latest version is no longer compatible with XP.
User using these OS can downgrade to previous version of the game by using the previous beta branch (dated from Sep 2019). But please note that this older branch does not include all the bug fixes that were introduced with Steam Deck update. Support for Windows 2000 were also dropped.
Note.pngNote:Due to Steam dropped support on Windows XP/Vista, users need run the game without Steam by running the hl2.exe executable with -game ep2.

macOS/OS X:

  • OS: OS X 10.5.8, 10.6.3 (up to 10.14.6)
  • CPU: 2.0 GHz and/or Dual-core
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • Storage: 6.5 GB (15GB+ recommended)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx series, ATI Radeon X1600, Intel HD Graphics 3000
    OpenGL 2.1 compatible
  • Audio: OpenAL compatible
  • Other: HDR is required to be enabled (see above)
Note.pngNote:Mac version are no longer supported after macOS Catalina (10.15), due to this game only have 32-bit binaries.
User can manually build Intel 64-bit/Apple Silicon version of HL2 by following this guide.

Linux:

  • OS: Ubuntu 12.04, SteamOS 1.0 or later
    Other Linux distros supported.
  • CPU: 2.0 GHz and/or Dual-core
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • Storage: 6.5 GB (15GB+ recommended)
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx series, ATI Radeon X1600, Intel HD Graphics 3000
    OpenGL 2.1 compatible
  • Audio: OpenAL compatible
  • Other: HDR is required to be enabled (see above)
Note.pngNote:The system requirements for Half-Life 2: Episode Two Half-Life 2: Episode Two on Linux are unofficial, based off Windows/Mac info, as well as other Source games that support Linux, such as Portal 2.

See also

External links

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