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Half-Life 2 Hints

Some cops trapped me in a small area by dropping two gates!

  • 1 of 8: First, punish them by blasting them all with the gauss gun. They drop like flies!
  • 2 of 8: Then ram your airboat up onto the lowest of the two side ledges.
  • 3 of 8: There's a bit of fencing slanting into the water like a ramp at one point that can make this easier.
  • 4 of 8: COMBAT TIP: You'll have more cover from the first group of cops who appear if you take the airboat up the little fencing "ramp" as soon as you enter the area and quickly turn to face the door they come out of. (Also, the explosive barrel over there can help.) As soon as they're down, turn to the right to get the ones who appear ahead of you on your ledge.
  • 5 of 8: When you're ready to exit the trap area, you'll have to find some way other than the gates.
  • 6 of 8: If you look down at the end of the side ledge that you're on, you'll see that there's some broken fencing that you can get through.
  • 7 of 8: TIP: Before proceeding through the broken fencing, leave the airboat and go through the small recessed door to find a room with some supplies.
  • 8 of 8: ALTERNATIVE: Actually, if you don't mind missing the supplies mentioned in the above tip, you can skip right by these cops by getting the airboat up onto the right-side ledge and then just zooming for the exit. (Note that if you do this, you'll have to skip by the APC, too, or you'll have the cops shooting you in the back as you fight the APC.)