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Half-Life Hints
Something is breaking through the door!
1 of 5: Get ready, because when that monster breaks through the door, he's going to be powered up and you have never met anything like him before.
2 of 5: The monster is known as an alien slave or a Vortigaunt. He can fight hand-to-hand or shoot a very powerful electrical beam at you. Alien slaves can fight together in groups, working as primitive squads.
3 of 5: Give him a few shots until he is dead. Make sure you do it quickly, too, as one bolt could cut your health in half.
4 of 5: Run in and grab the two clips that are lying there.
5 of 5: If you have trouble with getting zapped, try pushing a nearby barrel up to the door before it's broken open. You should be able to shoot the Vortigaunt over the barrel without him returning fire.
