Half-Life 2 (PC) guide
by KeeperBvK aka Burkhart von Klitzing
Contact: KeeperBvK web de
Dedication: I dedicate this work to my beloved dad who passed away on the
07/13/2005.
I always loved you and I always will. Thank you so much for the
time we had.
0.1 Legal Stuff
This Guide may not be posted on any other website other than
www.gamefaqs.com
www.supercheats.com
www.dlh.net
www.mogelgott.de
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without my permission and it may not be used commercially in any possible way.
If you want to post it on another site please contact me via E-Mail or via
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Do not claim this guide or any part of it to be your creation.
If you find any mistakes (even regarding the language as I'm German) please
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Copyright 2007 Burkhart von Klitzing
0.2 Version History
Started working on this on May 30.
1.0: Finished on 06/18/2006, 179 KB large
1.01: Finished on 06/22/2006, 179 KB large
- Added www.supercheats.com
1.02: Finished on 07/09/2996, 179 KB large
- Improved on the museum section of the walkthrough.
- Added the secondary fire of the Pulse-Rifle as an alternative way to
destroying the Striders, thanks to Bruce Zhang.
1.03: Finished on 07/26/2006, 180 KB large
- Changed Dog to D0g. Thx to Robbie Vancourt.
1.04: Finished on 10/27/2006, 180 KB large
- Walker Wilson told me that the pheropods can also be used to distract
Combines, so I added that.
1.05: Finished on 01/18/2007, 180 KB large
- Added the secondary fire for grenades, thx to Dominic_rules.
1.06: Finished on 02/17/2007, 180 KB large
- Added www.dlh.net and www.mogelgott.de
1.07: Finished on 03/12/2007, 181 KB large
- Added www.honestgamers.com.
0.3 Contents
| Latest Update | Search Key |
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0.1 Legal Stuff | 1.07 | |
0.2 Version History | 1.07 | |
0.3 Contents | 1.07 | |
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1. What is Half-Life 2? | 1.0 | AAA |
2. General Hints | 1.0 | BBB |
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3. Walkthrough | 1.0 | CCC |
3.1 Chapter 1 - Point Insertion | 1.0 | CC1 |
3.2 Chapter 2 - A Red Letter Day | 1.0 | CC2 |
3.3 Chapter 3 - Route Kanal | 1.0 | CC3 |
3.4 Chapter 4 - Water Hazard | 1.0 | CC4 |
3.5 Chapter 5 - Black Mesa East | 1.03 | CC5 |
3.6 Chapter 6 - "We don't go to Ravenholm..."| 1.0 | CC6 |
3.7 Chapter 7 - Highway 17 | 1.03 | CC7 |
3.8 Chapter 8 - Sandtraps | 1.0 | CC8 |
3.9 Chapter 9 - Nova Prospekt | 1.0 | CC9 |
3.10 Chapter 9a - Entanglement | 1.03 | C9A |
3.11 Chapter 10 - Anticitizen One | 1.03 | C10 |
3.12 Chapter 11 - "Follow Freeman!" | 1.03 | C11 |
3.13 Chapter 12 - Our Benefactors | 1.0 | C12 |
3.14 Chapter 13 - Dark Energy | 1.0 | C13 |
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4. Weapons | 1.05 | DDD |
5. Enemies | 1.02 | EEE |
5.1 Combine | 1.0 | EE1 |
5.2 Xen Aliens | 1.0 | EE2 |
5.3 Bugs | 1.0 | EE3 |
5.4 Heavy Gear | 1.02 | EE4 |
5.5 Small Machines | 1.0 | EE5 |
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6. Closing Comments | 1.0 | FFF |
7. Experimental | 1.0 | GGG |
8. Credits | 1.05 | HHH |
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1. What is Half-Life 2? AAA
Half-Life 2 is the sequel to Half-Life. Now who would have thought? Half-Life
probably was one of the biggest gaming surprises in 1998 and together with
Starcraft it showed what the PC was capable of in terms of gameplay. Other
than Starcraft which was also released in 1998, Half-Life took graphics a
step ahead, too. Half-Life 2 (being an Ego-Shooter like HL1) also boasted
great visuals, has an extremely well crafted sound and tries its best to be
an intelligent representative of its genre with lots of dialogues, trigger
events and a fantastic physics engine, theoretically allowing for massive
possibilities of jerking around or advancing in the game.
You are Gordon Freeman (again) waking up in City 17 after having accepted to
work for the mysterious G-Man. Will our beloved, charismatic, nerdy hero shed
light onto some of the mysteries that are still unsolved? I know the answer,
but I won't tell you...yet.
2. General Hints BBB
Try not to use the flash light while diving as it also uses the same energy
as your air supply.
Holding down the jump key makes you stay on the surface when swimming.
Yellow lambda symbols painted onto the wall usually indicate there's
something good around, so search for items nearby when seeing one of those.
Small crates with a yellow sticker saying supply contain just what it says:
Supplies, so open them. Also note that these boxes don't always contain the
same items. They seem somewhat intelligent, as they hold whatever you are
most in need of when opening them.
Metal crates with an ammo sign on them contain an infinite amount of this
ammo type, so open them as often as you want to and maybe use the
corresponding ammo for a while, backtracking to the crate to regain your ammo.
The buggy has an SMG ammo crate at its back.
Use explosive barrels to your advantage: Shooting them twice sets them on
fire so they explode after a few seconds; shooting them thrice blows them up
instantly. Oh and please don't ever use your crowbar on them. You can't set
them on fire with it.
When aiming over great distances, zoom in via Z, take aim and zoom out again.
This allows for shorter cross hair moves.
Don't rely on your squad mates. You might sometimes hide and let them do some
of the shooting, but don't use the squad commands or greatly change your
style of playing when the allies are around. They don't take a lot of damage
and they are far less effective than you should be.
There is no friendly fire on the rebels' side, except for explosions. Hence
you can accidentally hit your allies as often as you wish and run around in
front of your buddies even when they are amidst a fire fight. Just don't drop
a grenade, or miss-throw an explosive barrel or such.
It is possible to duck and still fire when manning a stationary machine gun.
While this gives you some protection it also probably lowers your precision,
so only do it if you desperately need to save every single health point.
3. Walkthrough CCC
This guide was written for the hard difficulty setting. As far as I know the
number and position of enemies are the same for every difficulty, so this
guide also works perfectly for easy and normal.
I divided the walkthrough into the chapters given by the game and I further
divided those into the various areas that are connected by loading pauses. To
allow for an easier navigation of the guide, I also named those areas, trying
to omit spoilers given by the titles.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-3.1 Chapter 1 - Point Insertion-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=CC1
[City 17 Train Station]
Be awed by the stunning face textures and animations of the G-Man while you
can: You won't be able to come up this close to him in a while. He says
something about a mission (remember accepting to work for him at the end of
Half-Life 1?) and then you wake up in a train heading for the City 17 station.
Valve definitely seems to like the idea of beginning a game in any sort of
transport devices. Disembark the train only to be flashed by some sort of
sentry drone. It is just scanning you, so don't worry. As you go on, though,
you see some masked humanoid creatures, called Combine, working as the local
poilce which can already hurt you although you are still amidst the prologue.
Simply don't touch them or throw objects at them and you're in no danger.
Listen to the old man (Dr. Breen) on the big screen to further realize you
are in some sort of totalitarian city, reminiscent of Orwell's 1984. Take a
look on the right to see an alien from HL1 cleaning the floor. Finally
everybody should have realized there is something strange going on in this
world.
As you move on you can listen to some civilians further deepening the feeling
of something bad going on, but luckily Valve gave you the Source Engine,
meaning you can throw bottles at people, rip out a phone receiver, get
infinite cans out of a vending machine (like in HL1) and so on to distract
yourself. After a while you are told to enter a cage and to follow a Combine
past an interrogation room (look inside to see some civilian explaining
himself and a Combine closing the viewing hatch) into another interrogation
room. Oh oh, he wants to take care of you on his own, even turning off the
cameras...phew, it's Barney; your old pal from Half-Life 1. After a short
conversation with Dr. Kleiner via the terminal the Combine get suspicious and
try to enter the room. Hurry, leave the room through the door Barney opens
for you...or stay a bit longer, hop onto Barney's head and relax. The Combine
won't come in at any time.
As you enter the dirty storage room you are given your first assignment:
Press E to pick up objects (crates in this case) and use this "talent" to
build a stack under the window so you can leave the room into a small court.
[Leaving the Station]
Enter a new part of the station and watch one of those wicked guards tossing
a can onto the ground, telling you to throw it into the trash can. Do so and
he will let you pass. Exit the station via the door on the left, allowing you
to get a view of City 17 and especially of the citadel in its centre. Take a
right, watch another interrogation in a small room and move on to a street
barricade. Climb up the ladder in the alley on the right and drop down onto
the crate on the other side of the fence. On the left you can see your first
strider; War of the Worlds, anyone? Follow the path past two civilians,
talking about the Combine investigating lots of buildings, to a play ground.
And, oh goodie, it really is a play ground: Pick up the doll making a fun
sound, hop onto the swings, drop a concrete block on the teeter totter and so
on. Can't just everybody play like that? The rotten HL2 world would be a
better place for everybody. Anyway, enter the building on your left once
you've had enough.
[Miscount]
There's only one possible way: Into the hallway with a few Combines standing
up ahead. Get into the kitchen, talk to some people and again enjoy the
Source Engine as you pull the TV out of the wall and throw it through the
window (eventually hitting a Combine down below). Proceed to the end of the
corridor and listen to the announcement: They have detected there's a person
in your sector that doesn't belong there...you! Run up a storey (any other
paths are blocked either by locks or by Combines) and into a room a guy waves
you into. Don't waste too much time now, as the enemies beat their way
through your newly found allies, but you're not in a big hurry. At the other
end of the hallway you'll have to walk up another set of stairs to yet
another room guarded by a civilian. He tells you to move on quickly, but
actually you can stay in that room and go to the bathroom or such, given he
manages to hold back the Combines as long as you wish to stay.
[Cutie]
Up to the loft and quickly out of the broken window onto the roofs. By now
the Combines should have come close by, starting fire from behind. Stick to
the right wall and carefully walk along the ledge not falling down into the
abyss. Eventually you reach a window to climb in, bringing you into another
loft. Go down the ramp, take a right and don't panic as a Combine busts open
the door. Simply turn around, go to the other door and...see that one also
get smashed open. There's only the way back up the ramp left, so take it; or
at least try to. It breaks as you hop onto it so be a man about it and stay
where you are so the Combine can beat the crap out of you. After going down,
Alyx arrives to the rescue. Follow her into the lift. Listen to the one-sided
conversation and finish the first chapter.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-3.2 Chapter 2 - A Red Letter Day-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-CC2
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