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Half-Life 2 (λ2) is a science fiction first person shooter and sequel to Half-Life which was developed by Valve Software. It was met with near-unanimous critical acclaim upon release.

Half-Life 2 (λ2) is a science fiction first person shooter and sequel to Half-Life which was developed by Valve Software. It was met with near-unanimous critical acclaim upon release.

The game is set around the fictitious City 17 located somewhere in Eastern Europe, approximately 20 years after the events depicted in Half-Life.

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The G-Man walking around in HL2

I've noticed the G-Man walking around in various areas in HL2 and the episodes...always just outside of the normal camera range unless if you really look at him. I realize that this is just a bit of cinematic flair and Valve is playing around here a…
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What cat does Barney refer to during your first meeting with Kleiner in Half life 2?

During a play trough of Half life 2, I noticed Barney mentions something about a cat he "still has nightmares about". Alyx then starts to ask a few times, without answer, what cat he refers to. It is mentioned as Barney and Kleiner debate how safe…
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How do you get past the electrified fence in Ravenholm?

Oh my god… physics! It's the third time I play Half Life 2 and for the third time I reach this fence and get stuck. Shame on me! So, how do you get past it? Things I've tried: destroy the coil on the window opposite side destroy the…
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Can you get the Lambda Locator achievement in multiple sessions in Half-Life 2?

Pretty much as per the question. Do you have to do this in one playthrough, or can you reload chapters and pick up the missing ones later?
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What stealth elements are in Half-Life 2 and how does the enemy AI detect the player?

I would like to know what stealth elements are in Half-Life 2 and how does the enemy AI detect the player. Specifically, I would like to know: Can enemies detect by sound? Will weapon sounds (gunfire, grenade explosion, crowbar hit sound) alert…
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Does standing still on the sand still summon more ant-lions?

In the chapter "sand traps", touching any of the sand along a large portion of the coast causes an ant-lion or two to spawn, and if you try to run across a long stretch of sand you can easily spawn too many ant-lions to fight off. I was wondering…
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Is it possible to dismiss antlions in Half-Life 2?

I'm replaying Half-Life 2, and I got the antlion pheremones/"bugbait" a little while ago. Now I've moved on to a smaller area where my antlion followers are getting in my way more than they're helping me. What's worse, every time one dies, a new one…
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Can Dropships be shot down?

In Half-life 2, there are Dropships and Gunships. Gunships fire bullets at you, and can be easily shot down with a rocket launcher. Dropships deploy Combine troops. Is it possible to use a Rocket Launcher to take down a Dropship from the air?
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Who are the Combine?

In the beginning of the game, you are simply dropped into a world, where there are robot-like creatures attacking you. Who or what are the combine? Are they a part-robot, part-human race? Are they new aliens? Are they drones made to replicate an…
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What year does Half-Life 2 take place in?

Half-Life 2 is a game set in a decayed Earth after the Seven Hours War, when the alien forces of the Combine invade Earth. I'm trying to find out what year Half-Life 2 starts, with Gordon Freeman being brought out of stasis by the G-Man. However,…
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HL2: Stuck at Anticitizen One generator plaza standoff

The part in which I have to defend Alyx while she's exposing core of the generator is way too hard for me. I can just reach the moment when the core is exposed, but there are way too many enemies to use the gravity gun safely. What tactics could…
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What are these black wall objects in Half Life 2?

I'm replaying Half-Life 2 and I'm puzzled about these objects: What are these? What is their function? They sometimes move and crash into walls. It seems they are some kind of containment measure from the Combine's part but I did not find any…
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How to make custom button mapping persistent in Half-Life 2

I'm playing Half-Life 2 with an Xbox 360 wired controller in Ubuntu Steam, but the default key mapping is really weird: not only is the default mapping strange to me (e.g. L_SHOULDER for jumping), many actions are just unmapped. Anyway, every time I…
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Locations of energy ball infinite ammo crates in Half-Life 2 (or EP1)

The Half-Life wiki cites the AR2 alt-fire crate being available as soon as HL2, but I've yet to see one in the game. Do they exist at all? If yes, where they could be found?
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How to disable automatic weapon switching?

When a new weapon or a weapon which has ran out of ammo and is no longer in the inventory (grenade; there may be more) is picked up the game equips the item, the feature is sometimes called as "auto weapon switch". Half-Life 2 doesn't detect…
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