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Half-Life 2: Episode One Hints

Third Group

  • 1 of 8: On your way back for more people, take cover behind Alyx's gun emplacement or the structure next to it so she can shoot down the soldiers who appear nearby.
  • 2 of 8: As soon as they're down, make a quick run across the building before more soldiers can show up.
  • 3 of 8: Quicksave your game right before you go outdoors, since there's a sniper in one of the top windows of the building up the street to the left.
  • 4 of 8: Resetting hoppers as you go, make your way back to Barney's building to pick up more people.
  • 5 of 8: As soon as you have them, run as quickly as you can to the big maintenance building to avoid the soldiers outside.
  • 6 of 8: Be ready for a Combine elite who's standing in one of the high-up windows where soldiers broke in before.
  • 7 of 8: Unfortunately, no matter how fast you snipe him, he'll always get off an energy orb that causes the train car that was sticking up in the air to crash, blocking your way to the other half of the building.
  • 8 of 8: As Alyx shoots some more soldiers who appear, lead your group into the train boarding room.