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Half-Life 2 Hints

Combat Tips

  • 1 of 9: If you're quick on the trigger, you can kill the first two by hitting the explosive barrel nearest them with three quick shots right after they run into view.
  • 2 of 9: TIP: Shoot that barrel once ahead of time (or hit it once with the crowbar) so that it'll only take two more shots to blow it up.
  • 3 of 9: After that, quickly run for the nearby board-blocked door, bash its boards off with the crowbar, then take cover past it.
  • 4 of 9: TIP: If you don't mind using so many bullets, you can shoot the boards off that doorway before you cross the tracks so that you don't have to frantically bash them while cops are shooting at you.
  • 5 of 9: Peek out from inside the building and shoot down any more cops who appear over on the other side of the tracks.
  • 6 of 9: Once you're sure they're all down, go back over there and pick up their spare ammo (and visit the health station in the dark hallway if you need to). Also, crowbar-whack any scanners that come by to get some armor batteries.
  • 7 of 9: To make the whole thing even easier, you could use the explosive barrels and blue recycling bins to block the doorway where the cops appear before you cross the tracks.
  • 8 of 9: The best way is to line up the two upright barrels and a blue bin just past the doorway so that it's blocked, then put the overturned barrel in front of that, and then knock over the remaining two blue bins and put them in front of the overturned barrel in a "T" shape to keep it from rolling away.
  • 9 of 9: The cops may not be able to push through that at all, making it unnecessary to shoot them. (You may still want to use the barrels to blow them up so you can go get their ammo.)