Meta_Fish
Why didn't you play them in order?
I started them in order... I dunno. I got stuck on the first one, forgot That I'd gotten un-stuck on Episode 1, and Episode 2 was creeping me out. I decided to start up Episode 2 again and then I beat it. In between starting and beating Episode 2 I also looked up Half-Life's storyline, so I actually knew what was going on (awesome story). Then I realized i wasn't stuck on Episode 1 and beat it. Then I went on to get un-stuck on Half-Life 2 and continued it. I've probably nearly finished it unless it's just one crazy long game.