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Half-Life 2 Hints

Section 2: A Nice, Quiet Ride (d3_citadel_02)

  • 1 of 4: Just sit back and enjoy the scenic ride.
  • 2 of 4: It's a long one, which I suspect is to make up for the fact that the start-of-game train ride was so short. (Remember that the start-of-game ride in the original Half-Life was very long.)
  • 3 of 4: Eventually, you'll be dropped into a force field that gently lowers you to the floor, and Section 3: The New, Improved Gravity Gun will load.
  • 4 of 4: TIP: Save your game at some point before Section 3 loads just in case the glitch I describe in the BUG WARNING happens.