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Half-Life 2 Hints

Section 4: Manhacks and Tunnels (d1_canals_03)

1 of 17: Keep going down the brick tunnels until you reach one that's blocked by various debris, including two explosive barrels.
2 of 17: TIP: You can clear the debris quickly by shooting the explosive barrels, but it's better to save them for use in upcoming combats.
3 of 17: Right after that, you'll come to the boarded-over doorway of a resistance guy's little hideout area.
4 of 17:
When you enter, he'll start talking to you, and then you'll have to deal with the first of many manhack attacks.
- How should I fight these little "manhack" things?
- Supply Tips
5 of 17:
Leave the hideout through the door the manhacks broke and move on to find three more manhack battles in a row.
- Manhack Attack Series
6 of 17:
Just past the third manhack area, you can drop down onto a small ledge that has a ladder leading down to the floor of a dank sewer tunnel. However, you should go for a nearby secret area before dropping or climbing down to the tunnel floor.
- Secret Area #1
7 of 17:
After you climb down the ladder (or just drop to the floor), prepare for a cop attack.
- Cop Combat Tips
8 of 17:
Before you go into the room beyond the tunnel and figure out how to get past the big mixing fan in the water, go for the second nearby secret area.
- Secret Area #2
- Where do I go in the room with deep water and the mixing fan?
9 of 17:
After you leave the water, you'll come to a large area with a huge steam pipe going down the middle of it. Proceed carefully, since there are four cops hiding nearby.
- Combat Tips
10 of 17:
You need to get on top of the huge pipe and follow it along to its end. Since getting on the pipe is your only real goal in this area, there are some shortcuts available for skipping the above cop fights.
- Cop-Skipping Shortcuts
- Pipe-Walking Tips
11 of 17:
When you come to the end of the pipe, you'll appear to be at a dead end.
- Where can I go from here?
12 of 17:
Swimming through the square tunnel, you'll end up outside next to another flaming-barrel cop ambush. (I'm sure you've really been missing those!)
- How can I foil this dastardly ambush?
13 of 17:
After all those cops are down, find the narrow opening in one wall that leads to a tunnel with several manhacks at the other end.
- Manhack Tunnel Tips
14 of 17:
After grabbing ammo from the two side areas in the narrow tunnel, go past the fence door to find a room with some more supplies in it.
- This looks like a dead end. How can I proceed from here?
15 of 17:
Once you drop into the huge room full of manhacks and explosive barrels, you're going to have a whole lot to worry about, starting with the initial manhack attack.
16 of 17:
In the water-filled room past the whole manhacks-and-barrels area, you're going to have to figure out how to get up onto the walkway with the stairs.
- How can I get over there?
17 of 17: After you make it onto that walkway, go up the stairs and along a passageway until you get to Section 5: Canals and Parasite Rockets.

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