I blockaded three entrances... for some reason only about 10 or so soldiers attacked during the entire sequence. You realize that replaying it, you can grab the cabinets from the upstairs office. It makes the second try much easier, as a single file cabinet will block a whole entrance. Use the...
combine are not human. They're organic (a la gunship, dropship, strider) and powerful. The overwatch is Breen's idea. These guys are trans-human: they most likely have been fused with combine traits of some sort to become soldiers.
Cranking down settings helps with the stuttering. I get over 100 fps at times in HL2 on medium 1024 and low sound quality, but the stuttering is pretty much gone or very hard to notice.
Enemies don't do that much damage. Painful looking weapons like the helicopter's gun barely doesn't do enough damage to make me fear it.
Poison hc's bring your hp to 1 but they're not too bad to deal with. Fast zombies are really annoying but don't do enough damage.
It's like D3 - when...
You're supposed to open up the path to the ramp by blowing up the barrels inside the back of the red container. Get out of your boat and head behind the wood beams so that you can go inside the container and take a shot at the explosive barrels.
You register a steam account to your name when you buy... you can then dl HL2 onto any computer you want and play it from there once you login to steam.
Radeon Mobility 9700
1.7 Dothan Centrino
1024x786 Medium settings - 50 fps+
Smooth as silk except when it seems to load certain things. Then the game just stutters a few frames.
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Back on topic: it's your fault for ordering like that. whining won't do a thing.