Prisoners! Let 'em out! (Follow Freeman)

[Maronan]

In "Follow Freeman," after completing the second leg of the circuitous run back and forth through the courtyard of the Overwatch Nexus, there is a room with a "prison" in it. If there are any citizens inside, Barney tells you to let them out.

Sometimes, it seems that the prisoners are there and ready for release without any effort on my part; other times, the Overwatch guy kills them before I can enter the room and they all die no matter what I do. What, exactly, determines whether they survive?

 

[coheedswicked]

um... well if the combine are in the room... they try to kill the prisoners. if you draw the combine out however, then they cant.

btw it is possible to save them even if the combine are still in the room, it just takes a bit of luck and a well placed grenade/ dark energy orb

 

[LandStander]

It depends on how many citizens you have fighting alongside you already. If you have a full squad the combine will kill them all.