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Half-Life 2 Hints
Section 1: Endgame (d3_breen_01)
1 of 9: As the chapter begins, you're Dr. Breen's captive, and are trapped in your transport pod.
2 of 9: When Alyx is ready to go, follow her into the elevator.
3 of 9: After you catch up to Breen and he escapes again, he'll leave the gravity gun behind. Pick that beauty back up!
4 of 9: When Alyx opens the elevator that Breen took, heal up if necessary at the nearby Combine recharger, then enter the elevator and take it down to the base of the reactor core.
5 of 9: When you exit the elevator, move forward until Breen sees you and starts up with one last annoying speech.
6 of 9: Notice that he's in a big glorpy-looking sphere in the center of the area.
7 of 9: That sphere will eventually start rising to the top of the reactor. If it gets there before you do and completes the teleportation sequence, you will die and lose the game.
8 of 9: So you need to figure out how to quickly get all the way up to the top of the reactor without the benefit of riding in a Breen Bubble.
9 of 9: Once the portal is destroyed, just stand back and watch the ending sequence. You've won! (Of course, you have to go through another ridiculous, nonsensical ending talk with the good ol' G-Man.)
