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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints

Strider #3 and 4 Tips

  • 1 of 13: Drive a ways east of the sawmill, to where you can see the water tower in the distance.
  • 2 of 13: Park the car and get out, then stand ready with the pistol.
  • 3 of 13: When Strider #3 comes into view, look carefully around it for its two hunter escorts.
  • 4 of 13: Pop one of them with the pistol to get him to abandon his post and come after you.
  • 5 of 13: When you see him coming, quickly get in the car and run him over.
  • 6 of 13: This may be hard due to him ducking behind trees and rocks, so quicksave before you try, and anticipate his dodge so you can swerve into him if you can. (You'll probably have to swerve right.)
  • 7 of 13: As soon as he's dead, drive on down the road after the strider and ram its other hunter to death.
  • 8 of 13: You should be able to do this and then back away without the strider seeing or attacking you.
  • 9 of 13: It'll be at about this point that Strider #4 appears over at point A, but you should destroy Strider #3 before going over there.
  • 10 of 13: If you don't have a sticky bomb on the car's rack, wait until Strider #3 is nearly past supply building #3, then quickly drive up to it.
  • 11 of 13: Get out of the car, run in and get a sticky bomb, then quickly destroy the strider with it.
  • 12 of 13: Strider #4 should be somewhere near supply building #4 by now, so quickly drive over there.
  • 13 of 13: Take out the hunters by either ramming them or sniping them, then use a sticky bomb from supply building #4 to take out the strider.