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Half-Life 2 Hints
Outpost Combat TIps
1 of 11: As soon as you can see the outpost's big lookout tower in the distance, stop the jeep and zoom-shoot the soldier who's up on the tower.
2 of 11: Slowly drive the jeep toward the outpost until two rollermines detect your approach and pop up in the road ahead.
3 of 11: Immediately stop the jeep, get out, and throw those rollermines into the ocean with the gravity gun.
4 of 11: Then get out the crossbow and carefully shoot the soldier who's behind the big square of metal that's on top of the wall to the left of the road.
5 of 11: Note that he might see you if you get too close to the outpost while looking for him or disposing of rollermines. Try not to let that happen. One way to prevent it is to tau-cannon him before getting rid of the rollermines. (It's hard, but doable.)
6 of 11: Get out the pulse rifle and sneak into the outpost by going around the right side of it.
7 of 11: Shoot down the soldier who appears near the wrecked truck, then run forward and get the one who runs out of the shed near the truck.
8 of 11: The last two soldiers are in the back room of the house across the street with the red shingles.
9 of 11: The best way to handle them is to move around on the road until they can see you through the windows, then back up and quickly shoot them down with your favorite distance-shooting weapon as they come out the door (or run back for the jeep and tau-cannon them).
10 of 11: If one or both of them stubbornly stay in the house, use the SMG to shoot out the windows from a distance, then try to pick the soldiers off with pistol shots as they run around inside. (Or lob in a frag grenade to flush them out if you have any of those to spare.)
11 of 11: When they're all down, search both the house and shed for health and armor, and find the health recharger on the outpost wall near the house. (You might also want to return to the big house near the beach and pick up anything you left behind there.)
