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Half-Life 2 Hints

Section 4: Big Lift and One Last Strider (d3_citadel_04)

  • 1 of 12: As you round the corner at the end of the hallway, look for two soldiers in the room ahead who you can suck and throw with the gravity gun.
  • 2 of 12: Drop down into that room and start looking around, but proceed cautiously -- several soldiers and manhacks will attack you as you explore.
  • 3 of 12: Use the Combine recharger that's on the wall in the back of the area, then check out the small control panel that's out on the oddly shaped walkway.
  • 4 of 12: Using that panel will summon a huge lift down to your level, which you can then ride up. However, there will be lots of soldiers to deal with while the lift lowers, and then again as it goes up with you on it.
  • 5 of 12: When the lift stops, yank the energy orb out of the nearby generator to drop the force field, then throw it to kill any nearby soldiers.
  • 6 of 12: Move past some monitors that Breen is using to blather at you again to find a Combine recharger. You'll probably need it!
  • 7 of 12: As you move down the hall past the recharger, many more soldiers will attack you.
  • 8 of 12: When you reach the long, lower corridor that you have to drop down to, make sure you're at 100 health and 200 armor and have saved your game before you drop down.
  • 9 of 12: There will be lots of soldiers to fight as you move down the corridor, plus a strider down at the far end!
  • 10 of 12: In the area the strider was stomping around in, there's a large force field wall that you need to deactivate.
  • 11 of 12: Don't let the fact that its generator has three energy orbs bother you -- just suck and throw them one at a time until they're all gone.
  • 12 of 12: Then jump through where the force field was and drop down into Section 5: Hitching a Ride to the Top.