Why do the credits roll at the end of episode 1? I'm a little confused because there is another thread in here complaining that the game is too short yet just looking at the episode list all I can think is "Looks long enough to me!"

Heh, well the credits roll because the first episode, like in multiple shooters of the early days, was also used as a shareware episode that everybody could try.

And yes, the game is plenty long. With Cryptic Passage (which is Episode 5, Post Mortem is Episode 6), we're talking 53 levels. I find that far enough. Its 10+ hours of gameplay at least, and playing on Extra Crispy makes it take far longer (and its a lot of fun).

Its so good, though, I do wish there was more.

Thanks, and yeah I knew about the thing with old shooters and the 1st episode always being the shareware but for some reason I had a severe brain fart and it never occured to me. :P Hell when Duke3D came out I was in my bum phase and I just used to sit at home all day and play that whole episode over and over and over; I knew there was more but I figured why pay for what I don't need!? I appreciate the help. :D

Continuous campaign in era of shareware was pretty rare, only few exceptions like Rise of the Triad or Shadow Warrior - 4 shareware levels are part of main campaign but credits are shown after, still Code of Honor will start on level 5, not E2M1 or something like that and Rise of the Triad has straight level to level, episode to episode with all score, items and weapons you got between all levels. Also there's Redneck Rampage, you can choose first part or second part, main campaign is divided in two 7 level parts in 14 levels total but progress is continuous, after level 7 is 8 from part 2 and so on. Blood goes more traditional way here with episode design with every one ending with credits so you need start from scratch when you continue your bloody journey selecting new episode from main menu. Episodes 2 and 3 are especially unique and worth playing.