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I’m referring to the first AG you encounter in Nova Prospekt – the one which smashes through the double doors into the shower room.
Any of you done this? I assumed it is well known but I've looked around and haven't seen it anywhere yet, including a search of this site.
I was playing with different ways of killing the Antlion Guard in the prison bathroom (conventionally, from the balcony, using just the gravity gun, etc.) and I found that you can lead/coax it forward to the next section where you fight the prison guards and sentinels. Of course, this is not a strategy for killing the AG (more trouble than it's worth for that) but just a way to have some fun watching the RUCKUS of your sworn enemies killing each other...while they're also trying to kill you.
A couple of other interesting things there. I found that once you hit the 'checkpoint' at the back of the first section of the prison and the doors open leading to the section with the other Combine guards, AG will disappear as soon as you set one foot in that section. Whether it's alive or dead. It can be chasing you and you're staring right at it, then take that one step backwards and *poof*, no more Antlion Guard.
The other thing is that I think the AG can get back in that section of the prison also (before you of course). I was watching from the balcony and saw it led in there once by fire from the Combine prison guards. Usually, the AG just roars and bangs its head or stands there scratching and taking fire until it dies but that time it charged and got in. Unfortunately, on my way over to see what was going on, I got hit by a stray bullet and died (you can take a lot of fire doing this). I assume it would be just another fight and that the AG would still disappear as soon as I stepped in that part of the prison.
BTW, this was on the Xbox version (although, I’ve read that the gameplay is the same as for the PC. Correct?)
Any of you done this? I assumed it is well known but I've looked around and haven't seen it anywhere yet, including a search of this site.
I was playing with different ways of killing the Antlion Guard in the prison bathroom (conventionally, from the balcony, using just the gravity gun, etc.) and I found that you can lead/coax it forward to the next section where you fight the prison guards and sentinels. Of course, this is not a strategy for killing the AG (more trouble than it's worth for that) but just a way to have some fun watching the RUCKUS of your sworn enemies killing each other...while they're also trying to kill you.
A couple of other interesting things there. I found that once you hit the 'checkpoint' at the back of the first section of the prison and the doors open leading to the section with the other Combine guards, AG will disappear as soon as you set one foot in that section. Whether it's alive or dead. It can be chasing you and you're staring right at it, then take that one step backwards and *poof*, no more Antlion Guard.
The other thing is that I think the AG can get back in that section of the prison also (before you of course). I was watching from the balcony and saw it led in there once by fire from the Combine prison guards. Usually, the AG just roars and bangs its head or stands there scratching and taking fire until it dies but that time it charged and got in. Unfortunately, on my way over to see what was going on, I got hit by a stray bullet and died (you can take a lot of fire doing this). I assume it would be just another fight and that the AG would still disappear as soon as I stepped in that part of the prison.
BTW, this was on the Xbox version (although, I’ve read that the gameplay is the same as for the PC. Correct?)