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I liked the caves chiefly, I think, because that section of the game was so visually unique within the series. A game highlight? Well, no, but very interesting in their own way. There were a couple of nice puzzles too. Also the first appearance of stripped-down, grav-gunnable human skeletons...

Yes, I finally got around to buying a 360 on which to play Ep. 2. Can you imagine...waiting over a month and a half to sink my teeth into the long-awaited epic? Well, since I'd previously had no experience using a 360 controller--seriously, I haven't owned a console since the arly 90s--I...

I'm inclined to agree. OP's opening was nothing special.

Water Hazard, you mean? If so, when exactly do you last see the Citadel? At the point you first encounter the chopper, or shortly before the final encounter?

Chuck? Is that his actual name? Did you get that from a sound file or something?

I think there might be another guy who can't be saved in the Overwatch Nexus Shortly before you enter the actual building you pass through a sort of guardhouse in which a citizen is kept behind bars, I'm sure I stormed the place a dozen time, trying to down all the Combine before they had a...

I haven't played Ep. 2 yet (soon soon), but I went with HL2 simply because of the huge variety of hidden nooks and cool little subtleties littered throughout the game. Ravenholm was actually best on my *third* playthrough. Nova Prospekt has yet to get old. The opening and closing scenes still...

The only thing I can say with confidence is that he's not definitely, canonically dead. Had it been Valve's intention to make him so, they would have left more tnagible eveidence of his demise (as they did with the unfortunate Manhack Matt in RC). Personally, I don't care. I love undisclosed...

Sorry, I guess "menu screen" was the term I was looking for. It displays a view of the citadel interior from the vantage point of a person looking straght up. The stalker in question is on a platform near the bottom of the screen. I only mentioned it because I didn't notice it until my thrid...

Cool. I'm buying a 360 next week, so I plan to be playing through Ep. 2 for my first time very soon.

Zombine. Unlike other zombies, they pose a significant threat and look formidable, which makes it all the sweeter when you down one with a single well-placed cinder block or conrete slab from the grav gun.

As with Barney's absense from Ep. 2, anything that can be justified from a narrative standpoint is OK with me. That said, I would be very sad if Ms. Vance were to die, as I have grown fond of her during our time together (this, despite having personally killed her multiple times with the...

A fair enough point and one I agree with for the most part. I think there are some contexts in which the player could see Gordon Freeman without having the "alienation" effect take place. If, for instance, he saw his own reflection, a la Duke Nukem, or saw live feed footage of himself on a...

Updates, Continued Anticitizen One: 1. Some players have remarked on the fact that all clocks seen in the game appear to have stopped at the same time. One such clock can be seen on the wall over the entrance to the train station at the beginning of this chapter. A popular theory holds...

There are three AL Guards in Nova Prospekt. The first is the one that bursts through the double doors in the prison shower room (Gordon's first significant opponent of the chapter). The second can be seen fighting a scripted battle against Combine troops on a video monitor. The guard...

Update, continued Highway 17: 1. Another great tidbit from GooseGoose's video commentary--early in the Level, the player explores a dilapidated house (is there any other kind of house on the coast?) with a poison zombie lurking on the second level. Upon exiting the house, look for the...

Do you mean the second one or the third one? The second one dies in a scripted battled with Combine Guards which may be viewed on a security monitor. You come across his remains a short time later. The third one bursts through spme double doors, in pursuit of several Combine shortly before...

Water Hazard: 1. As seen in numerous speed runs, a large portion of the level may be bypassed by sniping the explosive barrels outside the building adjoining the APC warehouse from afar. To do this, choose a vantage point in the water, facing the giant gates and then jump up on to your...

Update 11/19.2007 Hey gang. I decided to take a study break and update this list with tidbits gathered from halflife2.net over the past few months. New content is bolded. Point Insertion: 1. Immediately after Barney, in the guise of a Metrocop, has asked you to follow him, take a peep...

Ravenholm isn't scary. It's a grav-gun theme park...with zombies.