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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints
Toxic Waste Area #1 Tips
1 of 15: Wait on the cement flooring until Alyx shoots down all the zombies that rise up, then look around for a safe way to cross the first stretch of toxic waste.
2 of 15: Even without the flashlight on, you should be able to differentiate between the masses of yellowish toxic goo and the dark-colored safe ground.
3 of 15: For now, it's easy enough to jump from one bit of safe ground to another.
4 of 15: Or you could carefully place some of the nearby wooden pallets across the goo to form bridges.
5 of 15: Either way, watch out for more zombies rising from the goo as you proceed.
6 of 15: Retreat if necessary to give Alyx time to shoot them, and have your shotgun ready in case a zombine gets past her.
7 of 15: On the third bit of safe ground, go carefully around the wall corner to reach the next bit of safe ground.
8 of 15: Jump to the last bit of safe ground in this area, then start carefully walking along the slanting concrete next to the fence.
9 of 15: Walk along it until you get the attention of several zombies, then quickly make your way back across the safe ground patches so Alyx will shoot the zombies as they follow you. (You might want to use the pistol to ignite the explosive barrel on their side of the fence before retreating.)
10 of 15: After they're all down, return to the slanty concrete and go along it until you find an opening in the fence.
11 of 15: There's another zombie in a nearby corner, but you'll probably want to just shoot him or hit him with something to kill him rather than lead him outside to Alyx.
12 of 15: Climb up the ladder in the back of the behind-the-fence area to find an infinite ammo crate for SMG grenades.
13 of 15: As you move along, you'll come to a break in the fencing to the left, and several more zombies will rise from the toxic goo below. You could just ignore them, but why not take advantage of the nearby SMG grenade crate and blow them all up? Fun!
14 of 15: Grab the supplies from the other side of the fence by using the gravity gun to lift them over the fence, then crouch-walk under the two metal structures to the right of it.
15 of 15: Past the second metal structure is a drop-down point that'll take you to the second major toxic goo area.
