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*Half-Life 2*
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Half-Life 2 FAQ/Walkthrough
For Xbox 360, PC, PS3
Version 1.0 (4/3/08)
Written by Brad Russell "TheGum"
Email: lunatic_252000@yahoo.com
Website: www.thechaosuniverse.com
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Version 1.0 - finished the guide, just for the love of the game.
(4/3/08)
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Table Of Contents
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Use Ctrl + F to quick find in this guide.
Section:        Code:
1. A Brief Foreword
2. Controls            CON2222
3. Starter Tips            TIPS333
4. Walkthrough            FAQ4444
(type in either the name or the chapter and number)
Chapter 1: Point Insertion
Chapter 2: "Red Letter Day"
Chapter 3: Route Kanal
Chapter 4: Water Hazard
Chapter 5: Black Mesa East
Chapter 6: "We Don't Go To Ravenholm..."
Chapter 7: Highway 17
Chapter 8: Sandtraps
Chapter 9: Nova Prospekt
Chapter 9a: Entanglement
Chapter 10: Anticitizen One
Chapter 11: "Follow Freeman!"
Chapter 12: Our Benefactors
Chapter 13: Dark Energy
5. Weapons            GUNS555
6. Enemies            BAD6666
7. Author Info / Copyright
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* 1. A Brief Foreword                                                         *
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This game came out in late 2004, and now in early 2008 I am making my guide
for this wonderful game. Yes, I started writing guides a long time after this
game came out, so it's a wonder I even made this guide. The release of The
Orange Box last year packaged this game and Episode One along with the new
stuff. Though I did cover the episodes after The Orange Box was released, I
still kept finishing this guide for a long time. It's a shame too, because
there was time.
So why did I make this guide? Simple, this my second favorite game of all
time. With a recent re-release on a console, I just couldn't miss the chance
to pay tribute to what will go down as a classic. The short and simple, you
have not played a game until you've played this game.
TheGum.
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* 2. Controls ( CON2222 )                                                     *
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Here are the 360 controls:
A - jump
B - reload
X - pickup/use/activate
Y - flashlight
RT - fire primary
LT - fire alternate
RB - Gravity Gun/last gun
LB - sprint
RS - look/aim; click to zoom
LS - move; click to crouch
START - pause; save game
BACK - move squad (not used in Episode Two)
The PC has standard FPS controls, and the same since the last game. For all
three of you with PCs and without knowledge of the controls, you can choose
what buttons do what in the options menu.
The PS3 controls mimic the Xbox 360, I assume.
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* 3. Starter Tips ( TIPS333 )                                                 *
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#1. Explore to success - always search areas for health and ammo. The areas are
not too expansive, so a little searching won't kill you. Don't confure this
with over-exploring, if there is such a thing, but if you are just wanting
to get through the game ASAP, you don't need to explore the place to death.
#2. Use the Gravity Gun when you can - if you see a saw blade, that's an
obvious clue to use the GG. See a lot of gas tanks and red barrels? Same story.
Even a rock or normal barrel will be enough to inflict damage.
#3. A loaded gun is a not happy gun - sitting on a full clip of ammo in any
weapon does you no good, and you get plenty of ammo throughout.
#4. Conversely, an empty clip can be holstered to reload - if a gun is empty
and you don't have time to reload, just switch to another gun and after a time
that old gun will reload.
#5. Chuck a grenade into big groups - simple as that. Tossing a grenade will
send it pretty far, so always know your range.
#6. Don't forget to run - not just the normal stride, you also have a sprint
button. It's your only way to avoid charging enemies, but don't forget to use
it during normal encounters.
#7. Play for achievements later - some can be attained during a normal run, but
don't go after the more elaborate ones until after you get through one game at
least. Don't forget you can check your achievement progress from the pause
menu. Achievement whores are the lowest of the low, so don't expect my
sympathy, even though it's my job to help you. And duh, this is for the 360
owners.
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* 4. Walkthrough ( FAQ4444 )                                                  *
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Half-Life 2 Walkthrough
Done on The Orange Box on the Xbox 360. I believe there are only a few spots
that are different than on the PC, but I could be very wrong.
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Chapter 1: Point Insertion
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*NOTE: It may be a good idea to turn on the subtitles from the pause menu, and
it doesn't hurt.*
Submission
-----
You start this crazy journey on a train. Move to the other passengers and
interact if you like. Step off and follow them and watch the various happenings
that will occur. Step through the revolving gate and speak with a woman by the
fence, then keep moving. In the table area you can interact with more
people. Then go through the fence-path and just follow the directions given
by the guards. Step through a doorway only to get trapped. Look right and
wait for the door to open; go through as instructed (you can stop by one door
and peek inside for a bit of a scene). Enter the room when told and if you
haven't figured out this is all a "scene", you will be pleasantly surprised.
*NOTE: When I say "a bit of a scene", that means you just watch something
happen; when I say "cutscene" or "scene", that means you just flow with the
movement around you. There are no traditional cutscenes in the Half-Life
universe, so you will always have to be in motion or you will miss out on
stuff. Just turn or move or look in a direction during these scenes, but don't
get too relaxed as these scenes tend to end abruptly.*
The scene is over when Barney tells you to get inside a room. Do so and climb
up the ladder. Pick up a crate and place it under the open window, then jump on
and jump down. Open the door and go through for a loading.
Up the steps, through the door, and then you run into a guard. He instructs
you to pick up the can on the ground. Just pick it up and drop it into the
trash can to move along (or pick it up and toss it in his face and then run
backward if you want).
*NOTE: Two achievements for the Orange Box users here. One is "Defiant" and
the other is "Submissive". Just save before you pick up the can, then pick up
the can and toss it into the guards face. Then load that save and do it the
right way by placing the can in the trash.*
You can visit the poor saps in line for food, and then go outside. Talk and
take in the sights if you wish, then head down the road on the right. Peek in
through a guarded door for a bit, then keep going. Look toward a roadblock to
see some very nice foreshadowing of things to come, but no time soon. Turn
around, jump on a dumpster, take the ladder, and then drop down on the other
side of the fence. Take a left in the alley to see a bit of a scene and then
go the other way before you get taken into custody.
Speak with two concerned citizens, and then go play on the playground of
course. You can actually test out the physics here, but then go toward the
cops and then into the doorway on the left for a load screen.
Go through the door and then up the stairs to the level where you see some cops
down a hallway. Take this hallway and enter the room of the other citizens.
You can speak with them if you like, but then go back out into the hall. Go
past the room that the cops broke into and enter another room with some
citizens. Stop and chat for a little bit and then back into the hallway. Go to
the stairwell and go up one level. Enter the hall and into a room where a guy
tells you to enter. Run through the rooms to get to the other side of the hall
and head for the stairwell on the other side. Don't go down, go up to avoid
the approaching cops and run into yet another safe room. Run to the doorway
nearby for a load screen.
Keep running up and into an attic. Go left and jump out the hole. Follow the
ramp up and then go left to get to the ledge. Follow the narrow path connected
to quite a few buildings as cops shoot at you, and then jump through the first
open windows you see. Go down the steps and into the tiny room to enter a
scene. You awake to see the friendly face of Alyx. Follow her to a loading.
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Chapter 2: "A Red Letter Day"
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Calm Before the Flight
-----
Keep following and this long scene will end up and continue in a lab. You run
into Dr. Kleiner and Lamarr. Barney comes in and turns on a computer screen;
you can switch the screen to see a very familiar character. Then go grab the
HEV suit and then follow the doc to a power station by the door.
*NOTE: Near the front door of this lab, you'll find a strange machine on a
table with a cactus in it. All you have to do, I think, is just keep pushing
the button on either side of the mini teleporter and you'll eventually break
it. I used a can around Kleiner's workstation and that worked too. It may
take a while, but it will break. And aside from being really cool, you 360
owners get an achievement.*
Then it's into the teleporter room. Sit back and watch by the door. A plug will
fall during the first run, so pick it up and place it into the slot with the
red light. Flip the switch and Alyx will be off. Step into the machine when
told and just watch the rest.
When on the flip side, get off the walkway, go through the fence, and then take
a right to go up some steps. Go through the door for a load screen.
Stop at the corner and look up for Barney. He gives you a crowbar, but that's
about all he's good for. Zoom into the citadel if you wish. Then use your old
friend to whach at the planks in the doorway and go through. Break a crate in
the way and then hop down. Turn around (go left), and jump up into an open
train car. Smash the stuff in the way to get on the other side. Quickly hug the
same train car and get into a spot that doesn't touch the rail line that a
train is coming from the left. Wait for the train to go by and then run behind
it. When you see an opening on the left, take it and go around the train car to
find an opening in another car. Go up the steps, then up the ladder, then
carefully hop from this train to the other train, and then hop over the fence
and down to the other side. Grab a health pach on the right wall if you need
it and then break the planks on the doorway. Go through with the flashlight
on to hit a load screen at the bottom of the stairs.
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Chapter 3: Route Kanal
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Pullin' Teeth
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You can turn off the flashlight, that was just to let you know how to use it.
Proceed down the hall and into another when you hear some commotion. Run to the
cops and kill the one with the gun first, then use it on the other cop. Break
the planks to get to the stairs and then have you gun ready as you head up.
Kill the one cop and keep moving.
When you get to the stairs leading up, be ready for a cop at the top. Go up and
go left to find the stairs to the ground, but stop at the mid-way point. Wait
for the train to come by and stop. Now hop on the train and use it to get to
the platform on the other side. Go up the ladder and turn around to the place
you came from. Cops will come up the stairs, but if you shoot the red barrels,
you can take them out in one shot. Get to the doorway and bust it open. Go into
the room on the right and crouch so that the other cops can't shoot at you. Get
in the far corner and shoot the red barrels to open the doorway, or just move
the stuff out of the way. Go through with your gun ready and wait for a cop to
pop up on the upper left behind the fence, so just shoot the barrels to kill
him. Bust the crate for ammo and bust the planks to go through.
When you hit the fence, look once again to the stairway you came from and shoot
one last barrel that you should barely see to kill more cops, or just hop over
the bent fence and run to the crawlspace. Either way, you will hop over the
fence and follow the path to a crawlspace where you find some crates of
supplies.
Bust the vent cover on the other side and then crawl behind one of the pieces
of wood for cover. Get out your gun, get ready, stand up, and then run to the
end of this walkway and fall down to the ground. Shoot the second red barrel
you see by a corner to get a cop, and if you go around the corner be ready
to shoot a rolling barrel, or jump out of the way. Kill the cop here and use
the other barrels. Go up the steps before more cops join the mix. Get your
crowbar out as you cross over a bridgeway to break the top crate in your way,
and then just hop over the bottom one to get moving.
When you hit another railway, don't jump down. Follow the walkway left and jump
down when you see some supply crates down below. Jump down, break those crates
quickly, and then keep going left. When you hit the fence, immediately turn
right and find the opening. Jump down to the walkway and then down to the
waters below. Just move down the waterway to a red container. Find the ladder
on the back, go up, and drop down the hole. Quickly run to the TV by the Vort
to see that one dude again. Get juiced by the vort and jump out. Bust the
wooden piece in your way to hit a loading.
At the big construct of wooden boards holding up the train, just crouch and
clear out enough on the bottom to get through. Go around to see a crow get
eaten by a Barnacle, so just run past while the thing is busy. Get across the
mud and over the hump to see some people being killed. Go right to the opening
of a pipe to see a dude get killed. Run around the corner and enter the pipe to
kill the two cops. At the other end will be a room with some supplies and a
radio. Go stand by the radio if you want to hear the chatter. Climb up the
ladder and shoot a red barrel to kill the cops by the turret. Get on the turret
and shoot the lone cop down the way.
Now will be your standard turret gunning. Shoot the approaching security bots
in the sky, but then get off the gun and look up to the right. Quickly shoot
the middle red barrel before they can be used against you. Get back on the
turret and some cops should be on their way. Shoot them, any bots, and any red
barrels you see; shoot the one on the right to create a walkway for later.
Kill all the cops from above and below until an armored car pulls up on the
right side. Get off the turret and hug the right wall to be out of sight.
Follow the walkway (shoot the red barrel if you haven't to make the path) and
you end up in a dirty tunnel.
You can avoid the first two Barnacle tongues by hugging the left side and going
through a pipe-piece. The third one probably needs to be shot down, then
proceed into the open. It looks blocked off, but turn left and look for an
ally in a pipe. Take the tunnel nearby and you end up in an area with nothing,
but look up. Through the hole you can shoot and kill at least one cop, the
other will probably get away. Hop up and take the other tunnel to a water pit,
but immediately swim to the bottom and look up as red barrels are dropped.
You should be able to swim into the far-right corner and stay at the bottom as
the explosions happen, then swim up and onto the ledge nearby to go down the
other tunnel; ignore the cops if you can, and ignore the items unless you can
get them easily.
You emerge on the other side of the blocked path. You can kill the cop up high
by shooting a small sliver of red barrel, then handle the other as you wish.
When you move toward the wreckage, another drops from up high. When you move
toward the bridge, two cops appear on the bridge, so shoot the red barrels on
the bottom to bust the support beams and take them out. Collect some stuff and
go beyond the bridge to run into two more cops that drop in from both sides.
Now go up the trash heaps and find the opening on the right that is covered by
three barrels, grab one or all three and take them with you as you slide down.
Use these or the other other barrels to bait the tongues and slip to the spot
with the red barrels, but stop here. Look down the slope to see a mass of
tongues. You want to toss down a red barrel, wait for it to get caught, and
then shoot it as it rides up to take out a bunch of the beasts. Use the other
barrel if needed.
Get to the bottom and collect any supplies from the muck. Go up to the opening
on the right and wait as some barrels are tossed into the water. Then hop out
and start swimming to the left. Stay low to avoid the blasts and swim to the
right corner to find a ladder. Get up and hop into the water on the other
side. Stay in between the wooden platforms for cover and stay under as you
swim down the way. Get up on the platform on the left and have your gun ready.
Shoot all the red barrels down on and around the bridge, and then kill any
survivors. Watch out as you move across these platforms as barrels will be
dropped, so just jump backward or forward, whichever. Then jump to the
other platforms and follow them to a broken opening in a pipe. Drop down at the
end for a load screen.
You land in a simple physics puzzle. The idea is to place all the concrete
blocks at one end of the see-saw so that you can jump from the other and onto
the path up above. You find some in every corner, but don't miss the two in
the pipe under the saw. When you've carried and placed all onto the end by
the wall, get on the saw and jump from the end sticking up and get to the
path above.
The Running Man
-----
At the end of the tunnel you run into the dreaded Hunter-Chopper. Just use the
sprint bottom to run past it, slide down the slope, weave through the debris,
go left to a walkway by the wall, kill or distract the Barnacle in the way,
run to the door, move the barrel out of the way, and then jump through the
door.
If you look under the floor you see a lambda symbol; that means there are good
things nearby. Drop off the side on the right to find the stash of items below.
Go back up and up into a sewer area. Ignore the stuff to the left, which there
is another crate and some health in a crawlspace. Grab the red barrel in the
dark corner and look down the slope to see more tongues. Send it down and
shoot it enough so that it slowly burns. Quickly grab another item and toss it
down the middle; the result should be that the row of tongues behind the first
set will pick up debris as the final tongue down the middle gets distracted.
Now slide down and get to the corner on the left to avoid any fire. Up the
path and around the corner to run into essentially the same setup down this
slope too. Pick up the barrel and after it blows you can just slide down the
left side and jump over.
Get to the door and wait for the fire to stop, then open and sprint down the
path to the left and into a safe area. Pick up the supplies and proceed to a
load screen.
You will reach a blockage in the road. Just pick up the red barrel and set it
up against the wooden support beam, then stand back and fire to open the path.
Go through and bust some boards to reach a safe house with a friend. Watch as
he goes to open the door. Get ready for three Manhacks to charge in. Use the
handgun to pump bullets into them, and then fall back to the crowbar if they
get too close; save the other guy if you want the dialogue, but that's not
that important. Climb up the ladder on the wall to reach two crates by his
bed, then go across a plank to find some items in the upper corner. Fall down
and go through the doorway.
Follow the path and when you turn the corner you will see more hacks on the
other side of a fence. You have time to shoot them, but give them time and they
will find the opening at the top. Kill all three and go through, but when you
round this corner you see more coming from behind some debris. Quickly put
two bullets into one of the red barrels and then retreat into the previous
hallway as the explosions take out the bots; clean up the survivors and move
on.
When you hit the doorway that leads to the outside, go a bit beyond it to find
a room with some supplies. Get back to the doorway with crowbar in hand. Open
the door, run across, move the objects out of your way, go through the door,
and then bust the thing in your way to get into a safe area. Stay on the
ledge and get to the red pipe that leads to a vent cover by a red light. Bust
it off and go through with your light on. Have your gun out as a single
Manhack will attack as you crawl toward the corner. You end up in a room with
a lot of crates. Bust them and grab what you can and go back, but upon exit the
vent you will see a cop run from the way you came, so just shoot the red
barrel beside him. Hop down to the ground below.
Move forward and a cop will rappel down, so just shoot the barrel behind him.
Grab the SMG and use it on the other two down the way. Grab their ammo, but
come back to the first dead guy. Look to the left to see a barrel covering a
crawlspace. Grab that barrel and place it directly under the hole the first
guy came from. Now get out your handgun and crawl down this space with your
light on. When you near the box a zombie torso will break it and come for you,
so just shoot its head. Behind it is a grenade. On your way back you will see
a cop drop down, so have your sights on the barrel you placed for the easy
kill.
*NOTE: Not only was that crawlspace your first run-in with the undead, but
it's also an early grenade.*
At the water, time the fan-thing's spinning and jump in to swim through an
opening down on the left. In this tunnel you can go up an opening for a quick
breather, then dive under and keep swimming. Go up when the path ends and get
back on solid ground.
Follow the path to a pipe and follow the pipe to an area you've passed by
earlier. Have your handgun/SMG ready (whichever is more accurate for you), and
get the two cops that will try to surprise you. Carefully move toward the fence
to run into two more cops, one of which may release a Manhack, so kill all
three. Go back into the pipe area and find the stairs on the side. Jump on
the stairs so that you avoid the tongue and grab the stuff at the top. Jump
to or walk on the big pipe and follow it down.
Wait for the steam to fall and then slip around the Barnacle tongue to an
area on the right. Look down the adjacent tunnel and shoot the incoming hack.
Then grab the red barrel and send it into the nearest tongue, shoot the barrel
twice, then crouch as the explosion takes out all three beasts. Jump over the
corner with the items and use any objects to bait any surviving tongues. Get
back on the pipe, wait for the steam to fall, and then keep moving. You will
see another lambda sign by some wooden boards. Crack the boards, fall down,
and then find a crawlspace under the pipe to find the hidden stash. Crawl
back and take the other space to get on the path.
Fall into the water and swim under to find a ladder to get back on level solid
ground. Have your handgun ready as you move forward and keep your sights on the
truck above. As soon as it starts dropping barrels you need to frantically fire
and get at least one to blow up, otherwise you should drop back into the water
and wait the explosions out. Come up and kill any cops and then go around the
corner. Kill two cops that drop down by retreating a bit, then go kill the one
up high (all which can be done with your handgun).
Into the Murk
-----
Now take the tunnel on the side and keep your aim down toward the end for
three Manhacks. There are two collections of supplies on the right side as you
move down the tunnel, but there will also be two waves of hacks. Destroy them
and move through the door and to a dark room where you can stock up on
supplies. Go through the vent and fall into a lower spot. Bust the cover below
your feet, then whip out your handgun as you fall. Turn, spot the red barrels,
back up into a corner, and then wait for the Manhacks to get near the barrels
before you fire into the mass. Pretty much all you can do to avoid the many
explosions will be to crouch. Then use the handgun to kill any surviving hacks,
as well as the one or two that show up late.
Now find a normal barrel in the room that is still standing right-side up, or
get a fallen one and drop it on another one to get it upright. Take this
over to the wall where the blue pipe goes down; basically where the walkway
has no railing. Set the barrel by the wall and jump on it to get up to the
walkway. Follow the path to the other room.
In here you find a bunch of pipes going in all directions. Walk over to the
corner, crouch, and look left. Drop down to the second-lowest brownish pipe.
Get to the curve and then drop down to another brownish pipe. From here, drop
down to a small blue pipe. Now drop down to a brown pipe below that leads to
a valve and a crate. This crate and the other only have health packs. Just
turn the valve to get the water level up and then swim to the ladder to get
back up. When you near the red light, you have two options: stand and kill the
Manhacks, or jump over the rail and swim through the hole in the floor. Either
way, get back to the original room and find the hole in the floor. Swim through
it (FYI, press jump to unlatch from the ladder), and then swim through the
pipe to reach the other area.
Climb up the ladder for air and then dive back under. Swim to the bottom with
crowbar in hand and start breaking the boards that keep the boxes and spool
wheels under. You can break one or all, just make sure you don't drown during
the process (you can survive a while after your power goes red). Then get
back up the ladder, jump onto the object you freed, and then jump up to the
other side. Follow the path to a load screen.
Climb up the ladder here and jump onto some boards. Go off the sides of these
to get over the fence. From the direction you entered this area, go left to
run into a Manhack and some cops, going right will be another hack that might
come at you anyway. Kill all of them and find the broken ladder. Either jump
from this ladder to the area above, or use the barrel nearby. Collect the
items and take the tunnel. Two more hacks to greet you. At the end of this
dark tunnel will be two Barnacles guarding some supplies, so handle them with
care.
Come out into the open and take the ladder up. Follow the makeshift path up
here to find another lambda stash. Fall down and proceed to reach a nasty
looking area. Avoid the bubbling puddles of ooze which is radioactive. Fall
down and go up the ramp to get on some pipes that will lead to yet another
stash. Get back on track and you will run into a safe zone with one guy
fighting some headcrabs, but you don't have to help. Stock up on ammo and
listen to the chatter before you head out.
Walk over the board and then crawl under some debris to run into some shelling.
The guys will die, but you need to focus your crosshair on the tip of the
pod to shoot the headcrabs as they come out. Kill those three, then watch your
feet for three more on the ground. Collect stuff and then move toward the
fence to see a friend that cannot be helped, but you can shoot the crab to make
it shut up. Go around the corner and kill two more crabs coming from the pod.
Watch your step and go around the next corner.
You should see some zombies just laying around in the sewer pit nearby. Shoot
them first and quickly kill both. Cross the planks and be ready for one crab
in the dirt. Cross over the next planks to avoid the sparking wire. Near the
wall be ready for a zombie to bust through the metal sidings on the left, so
just rapid-fire kill him. To get through the crate you must avoid touching
the sides. Quickly get past the door if you think you'll touch it. Stay low
and smash the crates, but be ready for a shell to fall at the end. On the
other side, look to the metal beam over the ooze. When you cross it a zombie
will pop up, so run and jump to avoid. Then go grab that red barrel and toss it
to his side and blow it up, or kill him any way you can. Or just avoid it all
by running to the left and taking the wooden walkway to get out of this
shelling zone.
Follow the walkway to a safe house. The girl here will have the airboat ready
for action. Hop in and you're off.
Follow the radiation sludge all the way to a closed gate. Drive to the right
side of the gate, get out, and go toward the many boxes. Hop on the one by the
wall and look under the topmost box. You should see a headcrab that was meant
to surprise you; kill it. Smash the crate and then go to the valve and hold
down the bottom to turn it and lift the gate. Back to the airboat and go
through. Maneuver around some debris in the tunnel until you hit a loading.
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Chapter 4: Water Hazard
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Go Green!
-----
Get to the end of the tunnel, but stop before you bust the boards in your way.
Zoom toward the red barn (station 7) and look to the walkway; do you see a
familiar face? Ram through the boards and keep looking at him until he walks
away (it's the G Man if you haven't been paying attention, and no, he will not
be inside the barn).
Drive up to the dock and get out. Find the ladder and make your way up to the
shed with you gun ready. There will be two zombies inside, so stay near the
wall and use cover to avoid the barrels they flinge at you. Kill them and jump
onto the broken stairs to get up. Crawl over the boards up here, smash a box,
and when you get to the spot with two boards and a ladder, watch out for the
headcrab that might drop down, or will stay in the room above. Climb the ladder
to reach this room and whack the barrel holding the gear in place to drop the
supplies. Just dive into the water to collect the goods, and then hop in your
boat to continue onward.
Start heading down the path and use the small ramp if you like as pratice for
when you reach the bigger ramp (all of this early riding is just to get you
familiar with this stuff for later when you're under fire). Then you will
see a bridge with a man on it who will drop you some supplies when you get
close, so take them and park the boat on the dry land ahead. Get out and go
left into a dark pipe. Follow the tunnel to the upper area and toss both blue
barrels into the water. Dive in and place both under the ramp and into a
cage with another blue barrel. Now find the other barrel at the base of the
ramp and get it in the cage. Jump in the boat, back up a little bit, and then
push it forward as hard as you can to nail the jump.
Drive down and over the sludge to get on the path and you will see that your
presence is noticed. Follow the flying dropship until you see a landed dropship
that has slipped out some cops in your path. Run them over and jump out to
finish the others off. Look down the path and up to see a flickering moniter
screen; another sighting if you look closely between the Dr. Breen images. Now
look up to the wall to find an opened pipe. Jump up to the ledge and find a
red barrel nearby. Place the barrel under the opening and jump in. Follow the
pipe, swim through some water, and then jump into a pool near some crates. Be
ready for a zombie when you near the crates, then grab the stuff and get back
out. Jump in the ride and keep moving.
*NOTE: To really see the G Man well in the screen, hold down the zoom button,
face the screen, and then repeatedly press pause until you get a good view
of the man in green.*
When you round the corner and see some cops drop down from a ledge, wait for
them to drop and run them over, or quickly get around the next corner. Go to
the left wall to run up and over the high ramp, then just blaze down the trail.
Near a bridge with and APC, hug the right wall and ram through a couple of
wooden platforms to kill some cops, then jump over the edge. Watch your path
as you drive under these next bridges because you don't want to hit a tongue;
go far right, then left under the second one. You will hit a load screen.
Go right around the corner and you will see some platforms down the way, but
then you will notice some bullets flying from a guy on a broken bridge. Simply
drive through the bottom support beams under him to take him out. Right around
the corner you will see a ladder against a wall, so get out and get up it. Get
to the door and go through. Stop and listen to the video message if you like.
Have your SMG in hand as you go through the door. You can safely visit the
two rooms nearby for some items, but when you go around the corner you will
run into two cops. Try to avoid killing them with the red barrel. Then go to
where they were waiting and look through the window to see a guard and three
Manhacks. Kill all four. Now you should grab that red barrel and go
back around the corner and place it behind the force-field barricade, just for
later.
Go to the room where the hacks came from and grab some grenades. Open the door
and run to some cover, preferably on the right. Either toss up and away toward
the turret gunner, or poke out and toss, or just use your guns to kill him,
any way that works. Then go to the door behind the turret, open it, and toss in
as many grenades as you can in all directions of the room before you go inside.
There should be three cops in here, so kill them all. Go in and collect any
ammo and be sure to not miss the health station on the wall. Go up the stairs
on the left and through the door. Out here you see a non-working valve. Go as
far to the left as you can, then look right and then use the handgun to pop
the red barrels farthest away. The resulting explosion will send a ram into
the gate and bust it open.
Now backtrack a bit to the turret and get on it ASAP and start killing the
cops that have appeared. Mow down the easy ones, and then destroy all the boxes
the others hide behind. Take the ladder on the blue container nearby for a
box inside (nothing in the other one) and then go back to the way you came. Get
some grenades from the crate and then get to the garage area. You can try to
toss grenades all around to get the three guys near the APC's, or just shoot
them. When you go around the corner shoot at the red barrel you placed earlier
to kill the turret gunner, or kill him with a grenade. In the very first room
you started from, toss in a grenade to get three cops and mop up the survivors.
Collect any items and ammo before heading back to the boat.
Sewer Surfin'
-----
Go through the smash gate and run over the two boxes in the water for some
armor. Follow the water and jump over a ledge behind a bridge and keep moving
to avoid the rockets and bullets. Under one bridge, then hug the right to avoid
some Barnacles and run over some cops under another bridge. Move jump, cops,
bridges, and rockets until you hit a stretch with some platforms and a bunch
of stuff in front of two tunnel openings. You will probably be hit a few times
by rockets, but when you near the wreckage it will all go in flames, so hug the
right wall and quickly get into the safety of the waterway. You will hit a
load screen soon after.
Drive until you hit a ruined area with another lambda logo on a column. It is
possible to drive on the pipes in the ground and somehow pick up the items in
the basket. The conventional approach is to get out, go to the basket on the
ground, pull off both blocks, and that will cause the other basket to drop.
Grab the items and continue in the boat.
At the end of the tunnel you see an open gate, but head right because the gate
will close anyway. Avoid the fire of the one dude on land and find a dark
dock in a corner. Hop out, bust the lock, and go through the door.
Go to the table and grab the Magnum. Quickly now you have to choose either to
use this gun or the handgun on the two enemies coming through the door; the
magnum is slow to fire, but you can fire off enough pistol rounds into the
cop's heads to kill both as well as the third that shows up. Collect the items
and proceed with the magnum in hand.
At the stairs kill the cop at the top. Go left and around through the crates
with the sprint on, and kill the dude around the corner who tosses up a
Manhack. Hide in the overturned container and then run out and around the
corner, under a wooden platform, kill a dude in a container, and then run into
that container to hide. Grab the items and get to the other end. Kill the two
dudes that appear outside, then take the path by the fence and go left to get
into the warehouse.
Kill the Manhacks near you, then get to the right corner and kill any cops by
the stairs. There are three hacks in total, two men by the stairs, and about
three more cops in the upper level. You can also use the containers for cover,
just stay away from the front door you came through to avoid the chopper fire.
Just a few items on the ground level. When you go up the stairs you will
trigger more enemies to appear from the front door and the opposite walkway,
so use the magnum for quick kills. Hop over the three containers to reach the
other side.
Sprint by the windows, and when you reach the bend in the path, sprint to the
wall and duck to avoid the chopper fire from the windows. Move to the doorway
with crowbar in hand and smash the crates in your way. Have a gun out when you
go through because there will be one guy behind the stairs, and two guys down
on the stairs. Get to the bottom for some boxes and both kinds of stations on
the wall. Have the magnum ready again.
Run out and go to the top right corner to find the opening. Kill the guy in
your way, go down some steps, kill a guy behind a fence, and then jump on the
ladder. Kill the two guys in the tower and then quickly jump on the turret
that is facing the chopper. Just keep the crosshair on the chopper and hold
down the fire button for as long as the chopper stays in place. Then switch
to another turret when the chopper moves. Soon the thing will retreat. Collect
any items and then press the button on the console up here. Climb down the
ladder and go right to find a walkway. Get to the end, hop over, and then swim
back to your airboat to go through the newly opened gate.
Down the path a new chopper will appear, so make a right turn when you can.
This fresh chopper will try to outrun you and drop mines in your path, so you
should keep the gas down and try to outrun it. Avoid the mines and when you
turn to face what looks like a dead-end, run up the slope and go right to get
across the divider. Swing back under the bridge and follow the path. Run into
a pipe to be safe and hit a loading.
At the end of the tunnel, go left and keep avoiding the chopper's attacks. The
best thing you can do is just try to not be directly below it or directly
behind it as the mines drop, so just stay a bit to one side. When you see some
debris in the path, go left to get around it. Then you will see some pipe
pieces down the way. You need to ramp straight through the first one to get
up to the rest of the pipe-way, so just let the mines explode and set up a
straight line onto the ramp or you will fail the jump and have to retry.
Follow the path of pipes and when you hit a long stretch you will see a ramp
at the end. You need to hit this ramp straight on as well, and if you do you
will land on the smooth tops of more pipes. You have to stay on these tops to
make it into another tunnel, so just keep her steady and straight; good luck
recovering if you fail. Consider saving or using the autosaves if you do fail.
Follow the tunnel to a load screen.
Soon after you will be at the end, and don't miss the two boxes in the ground.
Drive to the fork in the road and go right, then hug the left wall to follow
the ramp up and over, but then watch out for all the mines. When you get
back to the water, go right again and under a bridge. When you near the next
tunnel, go up the left side and wait for the mines to go off before going
through.
At the end of the short tunnel, stay on the far right as you go under both
bridges to avoid the tongues and men. Then turn right to get on the path. After
the bridge, hug the right wall to follow a ramp and dash over the end to land
near a warehouse and quickly get inside. Park the boat on a lift and then get
out to collect loot in some crates and refill your health with the stations on
the wall. Then go turn the wheel to lower the lift and the boat. You can drop
down, but you lose health. Instead, just walk out the open door, find a ladder
below you on the right, press the activate button or fall on the ladder, and
then go down to jump on the lift. Continue the ride.
Go through the open gate and turn left to see some shells start to land about.
One will hit a smokestack, so kinda slow down and let it fall, then ramp over
the smooth part in the middle. Then make a charge for a tunnel under an APC,
so zigzag a bit to dodge the rockets in case you don't see them. At the turn is
safety and a loading.
Go a bit further to reach the clear water. Face the boat to the right and get
out. Turn around and enter the pipes. Going to a puddle in the second one will
be a crate and a zombie, so watch out. Find the ladder on the wall to the left
and get up. Jump down to the top of the first pipe and follow the walkway to a
metal roofing. Get to the other edge and look down to see a platform. Just
run over the side and push forward to land there. You need to literally push
this stove over the side and into the basket device below. After it falls, you
jump back to the ground and then throw the lever next to it. The ramp nearby
will be up, so go up and over to get out.
Go left and into the friendly tunnel. Go through the gate when it opens and
park on the dock. Get out and meet with the allies. Crack the boxes to get some
items and then follow the dude into the room for a bit of a scene. Come back
out to see your shinny new boat, except for the shiny and new part. Get in
when the gun is ready and move along when the gate opens.
*NOTE: The Vortigaunt here has a lot, and I mean a lot, to say. You can stay
here for a few minutes and go through it all if you like, but at a point he
will begin to repeat. There's no need to however.*
Payback
-----
Test the gun out on the debris and then the Barnacles on the ceiling soon out
of the gate. Break some of the debris down the tunnel, but have some ammo
ready at the end when you face the Hunter-Chopper. Just spray a few bullets
into it and the thing will retreat.
Proceed and shoot down a platform on the right to get a single crate, then
move on and over the ramp. Enter the gate and when you get to another gate it
will close and you will be trapped. Turn around in the boat and kill the first
three guys to appear, then move toward the first gate and get the guys that
appear high to the right. Get on the walkway on the left and then ramp over the
fence at the end. Around the corner is an APC firing upon you, so either
squeeze out enough ammo to blow it up and the missiles, or just go past it.
Either way you will run into more guys on platforms, which you can ramp over
a ramp on the left for a crate and ignore them. Around the bend, shoot some
guys above a tunnel entrance, then more along the inside of the tunnel, and
then a load screen.
*NOTE: This is a big note, because for some reason the auto-aiming on the
Xbox 360 version is so terrible about those missiles. You really have to
disregard the missiles, which the auto-aim doesn't let you, or you unload a
whole stock of ammo at one time, which doesn't last long. Because once you're
out you won't have much hope to blow up the vehicle since it launches so many
missiles, and when you hit them they don't seem to blow up. So 360 owners
should definately consider just blazing past these first couple of APC's.*
Soon after and after out of the tunnel you run into another APC on a bridge.
Again, either blow it up or zoom right by. There is also a guy on the left.
Go under the bridge and keep going until you hit a stretch where a dropship
will fly overhead. Shoot the APC before it lands, but either way just zoom into
the tunnel at the end. Barnacles under the next two bridges.
At the fork, go right and to the enemies. Hop out and go forward. When you get
close to the structure on the left, a zombie will rise from behind a barrel
and some headcrabs will drop in. Dodge the barrel toss and just use the pistol
or a well-placed grenade to clear them away. Now climb the ladder and claim
the supplies in the lambda stash.
Get back on the boat and now take the left path where you ramp up into a
tunnel. Kill the Barnacle and zombies inside and then ramp out the end. Just
peek around the corner and shoot a red barrel. Look from under the bridge down
the way to see a cop sending barrels into the water, so kill him and let the
flames begin. If you look to the slope at the end you should see even more
barrels rolling into the water, so blow up what you can. Kill the Barnacle to
the left under the bridge. Now to get around the flames you must use the solid
ground on the right, but you may get a bit burned. When you get on the slope
there will be more barrel rolling, so just camp at the bottom and shoot all
the barrels. When they stop, go around and the divider and kill the three cops
that appear as you proceed. One Barnacle in the tunnel ahead.
On the other side, when you reach some red containers in a corner, get out and
you will find some items in the first one only. Keep riding to a boat area
where two APC's will be up high. Your best bet is to ride around the crashed
boat that's kinda in the middle (that turn near the wall is tricky), hit the
first one and ride under it, then swing back toward the boat as you drive
under the other APC and get some shots from below it, and then back around
the boat. Basically, just stay relatively under the APC's to get in good shots
and stay in motion so that the other doesn't slay you. And watch out for their
turrets up close.
*NOTE: Even on the 360, if you stay under the APC's the auto-aim won't be able
to target the missiles, so the same rules apply.*
After they are gone, go to the back of the boat to find a red container. Park
near it and get out. Either go to the side of it to find a crack, or go to the
back, either way just blow up the red barrels (just get them burning of course,
they blow up just the same). Now go through the open container and follow the
path and stick the jump to reach the pipe that spills out in a canal. Go left
and take the first right to hit a loading.
Move along until you hit a big expansive field. Go right first and around a
boat to find a single box. Near the boat (going left now) you will see a pipe
half-way stuck in the ground. Get the box on top and crawl inside for more
items. That should be enough, but do know that there will be more crates in
every area of this field; but 100 health and 100 armor will be more than
enough to get through this fight.
Now when you're going left toward the gate you will hear a siren go off and
soon another chopper will be after ya. In front of the gate is a large body
of water with lots of red barrels. The idea is for you to blow those up now
so that they don't blow up on you later, so get a few before the chopper gets
close and do so at any pause in the firing. Last time I remind you, crates with
health all around.
You can fire upon the chopper from far away, or when it's right above you.
Try for the longshots, but never miss a chance to spray it when it's flying
over your head. Simple as that, just shoot the thing.
Early on this is easy as the thing will only fire back at you as it flys by.
You should also be in motion and it's probably best if you drive toward it.
But the extra shots you get if you sit and unload a full stock will help, but