here safely: Stand on the corrugated iron, look straight down and fire the
gravity gun at it. This catapults you high up, allowing you to steer over the
fence to the rebel in midair. Enter the left house for some goodies. Clearing
the rest of the area is rather useless. You would have to deal with some
headcrabs and a lot of hoppers, with only sometimes one of your squad members
coming along later on as a reward. Since you meet three new squad members on
this side of the fence anyway, I'd say you just move on.
The strider on your right luckily isn't interested in you and your squad, but
the lone Combine on the guard tower on the left is. Use either the crossbow
or the pulse-rifle. Then equip the gravity gun and hunt down those headcrabs.
A bunch of hoppers drops down from above, so you better know how to deal with
them: If the light on top of them is green, they mean no harm, but if it is
red, they will hop up (now you know why they're called hoppers) when you get
too close and blow up upon landing. Unfortunately you cannot do anything
about them until they are in midair. Once they are, hurl them away with the
gravity gun, hence you better watch out to approach them in such a way that
they can fly over a rather long distance and not straight into a wall in
front of you. If there is no big space behind them, approach them and retreat
when they hop up.
Look on the truck for health, turn on the flashlight and clear the right path
of two hoppers. Use the pulse-rifle against a Combine appearing in the window
up ahead and another one running in from the left. Search for a medi kit in
the hut on the right which triggers another Combine to appear in the window
above the other shack. Pull in an explosive barrel and hurl it at him. Move
on, firing the crossbow on a Combine down the alley. Then look left to the
lambda symbol. Long time no see. At first I though you would have to climb up
the shack and onto the balcony, but actually it is far simpler: Approach the
left end of the shack to open it.
Watch out for the hopper near the explosive barrel. It's best just to ignore
it and to stay out of its reach. Pick up the barrel with the gravity gun and
throw it at the three Combine around the corner. If any survives, fire off
some pulse-ammo. If the one behind the barricade still lives, blow up the
barrels that stand near him. Pick up the medi kit inside the shack.
[House Battles]
Ignore the stairs (there's only some ammo and two zombies upstairs) and leave
the building. Go right, fill up your squad with new rebels and enter the
house nearby. Down in the basement are some supply crates, only guarded by a
single headcrab. Walk up the stairs to the second storey and position
yourself at the second glass door on the left. Pull out the shotgun, aim for
the Combine behind the door, open it and quickly kill this enemy as well as
another one on the left. Now go back and walk around a different corner to
find some more Combine. Once the storey is clear, look around for supply
crates. Snipe at a Combine standing outside, drop down the hole in the floor
and hurl two sentry guns away with the gravity gun, before using the health
panel.
Keep the gravity gun equipped, haste along the street to the right, break
open the window on the right with the gravity gun to find a supply crate and
when you get close to the Combine barricade, simply ignore it. It will be
closed and guarded by infinite enemies, so instead of battling them, enter
the building on the left where you kill two Combine with the pulse-rifle (one
of them is on a higher level). Watch out for two hoppers, kill another
Combine on the stairs and smash some supply crates on the highest storey.
Drop down twice.
You're at the back side of the barricade and somehow the Combine have stopped
spawning. Hmmm. Shoot the few enemies around and walk up to the other
building. Enter the right-most room, strike a Combine with a close-up shotgun
burst and while you open the crate your squad should deal with the other
enemy in the next room. Enjoy the suit energy panel. Enter the cellar, open
three crates and wield the shotgun against quite a few Combine in the hallway.
Walk down the stairs, switch to the SMG (you probably don't have that much
shotgun ammo left by now) and again kill lots of Combine in a hallway and in
some adjacent rooms. Push the cupboards forward with the gravity gun for some
easy kills and use the gravity gun against the manhacks as soon as they are
in range.
Down the stairs (refill at the health panel) you have to say good bye to your
squad. Pretty surprising actually; they just suddenly aren't with you anymore.
Deactivate a sentry turret on the left and then two more on the right. Look
down at the ledge to see a zombie crawling around. Kill him with the crowbar
before walking up the stairs to some supply crates. Pull them in with the
gravity gun, move the gun over the fence and see the goodies come in. Get
back down and go along the hallway.
[Tunnels]
Meet up with a new squad. Run straight down the corridor, only hurling away a
manhack if it gets too close. Since new manhacks will appear ever after, it
is useless to destroy them. Climb up the rocks at the end of the tunnel, up
onto the truck and on the fence. Drop down, shoot the lock and go on.
Here now you should wait inside the small room and wait for manhacks to come
in so you can smash them against a wall. Open the supply crates; then kill
the two Combine right behind the door with the pulse-rifle and head to a
lambda symbol down the tunnel on the right. Return to the door and try to
position yourself in such a way that you can see the Combine at the right
machine gun on the far end of the tunnel, but he doesn't shoot at you. Aim
the crossbow between the pillars and take him down. Approach the car in front
of the other machine gun to get close enough for another crossbow hit. Open
three supply crates. Approach the blocked opening to make a rebel plant some
charges at the stuff that blocks the path. Quickly return to the left machine
gun and man it. A few Combine and infinite manhacks will rush in on you. As
soon as you can, hit the Combine (just look at those explosive barrels;
tempting, right? So hit them!) with the machine gun. Against the manhacks the
gravity gun is the better choice as it allows you to dodge attacks.
After a while the opening is...well - open...so go through, try to open the
left door and then crawl through another even smaller opening up ahead. I
hate this passage...hop onto the car (it sinks!), over the crates and onto
the truck. It's time to build a bridge with two objects again. So pick up one
of the cable wire things, place it in the radioactive water, pick up the
other one, step onto the first one, drop the second one, walk onto it, turn
around, pick up the first one and repeat. Don't try to take the seemingly
easy way over the solid platform in the centre, as this would trigger lots f
zombies to stand up. Instead, stay on the water all the time, also just
pulling in the medi kit later on with the gravity gun. This way you will only
have to fight two zombies (shotgun) up to the end of the passage. Ignore the
two other zombies there, turn left, jump over to the pipes at the wall and
walk up. Open any of the vents (it really doesn't matter which one you pick),
drop down, smash some crates, open the door for your ally and walk up the
stairs.
[Bridges]
Meet another squad member and let him aid you against some super headcrabs
while you use the gravity gun and keep moving. Pick up the suit energy on the
right side of the car and open a supply crate. Enter the house, kill a single
headcrab with the gravity gun and open the crates after dropping down at the
Combine barricade thing. Go outside, wait for one of your allies to say the
correct password (what a great password, actually... ^^) and enter the
building on the right.
Kill a Combine on the stairs with the shotgun, look for two supply crates in
the dark room nearby, rid the stairs of two more Combine with the pulse-rifle
and once you're at the top, look down into the small hole and eliminate
another soldier with the pulse-rifle. Drop down, head for the room straight
ahead, surprise a Combine with the shotgun and approach the window to get the
bridge lowered (enter the other room in this building for magnum ammo). Cross
it, search for some items and walk up the stairs to find lots of super
headcrabs. Use the shotgun as you haven't got much space to dodge attacks.
Around the right corner is a medkit, guarded by a super zombie. Drop down,
hit the burning super zombie on the lower storey before he gets to jump up to
you, drop down, aim for a normal zombie below, drop down one last time and
hit two super headcrabs with the gravity gun. Feast on the numerous supply
crates, prior to leaving the building on the left.
Take out the grenade throwing Combine on the roof to your right with the
crossbow. Then kill another Combine up ahead with the pulse-rifle and two
more in the building on the left. Before entering it, though, you have to
clear the path of two hoppers. Equip the gravity gun as you are about to face
lots of pesky super headcrabs. Climb up and meet your new squad members.
Stock up and go outside, sniping at a Combine on the left and three on the
right. Lower the bridge with the lever, run across it and defeat two Combine
in close quarter with the pulse-rifle. Just ignore the other enemies on the
roofs. As you enter the building another Combine hops down from above. Give
him a taste of your pulse-rifle as well as two more below. Drop down, smash
the supply crates and position yourself near the windows; several Combine
will rush in from up ahead, so be quick and precise with the pulse-rifle.
Move along the right corridor, look out for an explosion at the ceiling and
kill some more Combine on the upper level. Further move to see some more
enemies on the left. Go up the stairs and hit a Barnacle above it as well as
some more around the corner.
A super zombie drops down, but the shotgun should take him out quickly. Jump
down, dispose of another super zombie and a Combine with the SMG and watch a
nice battle down on the lower storey. If a super zombie comes up to you, kill
him, of course, but otherwise wait for the battle to end and easily eliminate
the few survivors. Go around the corner to where the yellow lambda symbol is.
Like a few minutes ago you have to pull in some supply crates with the
gravity gun and move them over the gate. Afterwards go around the corner into
another hallway.
[Guarding Alyx]
Duck to get the sentry tower into the reach of your gravity gun. Then drop
down, kill a headcrab and restock at the wall panels while Alyx makes for a
great return. Enter the living room to trigger a lot of Combine to come by.
Use the pulse-rifle against them and hide behind the furniture every few
seconds. Proceed to another suit energy panel, go down the stairs and take
out another Combine with the pulse-rifle. Alyx assumes there's some sort of
command station in the next room. While she will storm through the right door,
you are assigned the left one. Open it and strike hard at three Combine with
the pulse-rifle.
Walk outside onto the square. Alyx heads for the control station at the
liquid shield thing, trying to expose a crucial energy core. In the meantime
you have to defend her. This might seem hard and it can be, but it doesn't
have to. Ignore the single guards on the watch tower and on the balcony; your
squad will deal with them. You just position yourself close to Alyx. Destroy
the manhacks with the gravity gun and except for that, mainly stay behind the
shield and use the panels if you need to. Infinite Combine rush in from the
sides. Your allies stay close to you and if you are where I tell you to be,
they will be pretty safe (especially since they duck behind the low walls)
and they should keep most Combine away. Whenever an enemy still manages to
get close to Alyx or even just close to the fountain, get out and quickly
kill him with the pulse-rifle. Otherwise watch the Combine and if you see
that a few of them stand close together, step out and toss a grenade at them.
Even if it misses them, it still slows them down. Absolutely do not try to
run to the enemies here. It is dangerous and useless at the same time as new
ones spawn nearly immediately. The tactic I suggest you keeps the Combine
alive for a long time, but this isn't a bad thing, as they don't do any harm
and as none will spawn as long as the older ones still live. After a pretty
long while, the energy core will finally be visible, yet it still is
protected by a final layer. Wait for Alyx to tell you that it is time to use
the gravity gun on the core. Do so, kill two elite Combine (yup; a new kind
of enemy) and retreat with Ms. Vance through the newly opened gate. Watch her
climb up if you want to or just enter the canal instantly, smash a supply
crate and go down the stairs.
[Separated again]
Use the gravity gun to pull up the wooden bar that blocks the door. Open it
and while you're at it, stick with the gravity gun. Destroy two manhacks with
it. Then pull away one of the barrels on the right, climb up onto the pipes,
destroy two more manhacks, crawl through the vent and, guess what, destroy a
manhack. Don't drop down just yet. Instead pull down some of the cardboard
boxes up ahead to reveal a supply crate which you also pull down. Once you
are down, too, several manhacks come from the left. Destroy them to get
access to some health and suit energy behind them.
Enter the staircase and toss a grenade up and left to hopefully dispose of
three Combine. If any survive, use the magnum. Drop down from storey to
storey (ignore the zombies or use the pistol against it) until you see two
more Combine in front of you. Like so many times before, the pulse-rifle
works best. Then turn around and search for a ladder at a pipe. Get to the
upper end of the ladder and climb down to find two supply crates. Climb back
up, enter the room to the right of the Combine corpses and take care of a
toxic headcrab with the gravity gun. Also use it to pull up another wooden
bar which blocks a door.
Open the door and hit a Combine around the corner. Wait for a normal headcrab
and a toxic one to come by. Then go around the corner, kill another headcrab,
then a Combine at the end of the passage, a Barnacle on the right and a toxic
headcrab up the stairs. The suit energy, grenades and health should be worth
the additional shooting (note that you have to use the gravity gun in order
to get the items).
Go back and into the trench. There has been a severe battle between Combine
and zombies here, so there shouldn't be a lot of opposition here anymore.
Follow the trench to the right for a medikit. Afterwards search around for
lots of various headcrabs and even a fat zombie. The reward is some supply
crates at the end of a hallway. Also look out for a yellow lambda symbol
where the fat zombie was; pull in some items in a small hole in the wall.
Climb up the ladder, defeat another headcrab and climb over the rubble into a
big hall. Move up (there is some health on the right behind two barrels),
haste over the bridge, use the health and energy panels and snipe at two
Combine up ahead above you. Call the platform via the lever and snipe at two
more Combine. Once the platform has arrived, push the lever again and quickly
board the platform. Turn around to not be surprised by a Combine during your
ride. Kill another one on the other side and debark. Shoot a Combine above
with the pulse-rifle and/or the SMG, climb up the ladder, snipe at two elite
Combine and proceed on the right rail of the platform lift. Shoot another
elite Combine above with the pulse-rifle, climb up the ladder at the green
tower (this sure took me a while to find...) to the highest level and turn
right to quickly kill two white Combine. Hide behind the barrels on the left,
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