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Half-Life 2 Hints
What's the shortcut way?
1 of 7: This shortcut makes good use of the three barrels that the fast zombies knock down to you when you first enter the area.
2 of 7: NOTE: If you can't get all three barrels down, you'll have to make a quick run down the street to get a barrel or two from down there. Get the barrels and get back as quickly as you can, then kill any zombies that follow you.
3 of 7: Use the gravity gun to set all three barrels upright. (See the General Strategies if you need help doing this.)
4 of 7: Look a short distance down the street to where some bright light is shining on a red drain pipe that's on a wall next to a tall rusty-green thing.
5 of 7: Make yourself a 2-1 barrel staircase right at the corner of the green wall so you can get up on top of it.
6 of 7: After pulling in some nearby supplies with the gravity gun and then saving your game, climb up the nearby ladder.
7 of 7: Then run across the rooftops and up another ladder until you're where you can jump across to the exit balcony. Nice and quick!
