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Nebor

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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Nebor
The thing that started freaking me out 1/3 of the way into Ravenholm was when I realized I was running out of ammunition fast, and that I probably wouldn't find much more...
Throw those damn blade frisbees!

I didn't even know you could throw those until one of the head crab guys got up and started walking towards me and I suddenly picked one up, let it fly, and it chopped him in half. I stared for like 2 seconds and was like, whoa...neato.

Yeah, but sometimes you send your saw blade flying, and another one comes around the corner. I must have killed 10 of those guys with 5 or 6 good hits from a paint can. And they turn all white. LOL. :D
 

ThePresence

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Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Nebor
The thing that started freaking me out 1/3 of the way into Ravenholm was when I realized I was running out of ammunition fast, and that I probably wouldn't find much more...
Throw those damn blade frisbees!

I didn't even know you could throw those until one of the head crab guys got up and started walking towards me and I suddenly picked one up, let it fly, and it chopped him in half. I stared for like 2 seconds and was like, whoa...neato.

Yeah, but sometimes you send your saw blade flying, and another one comes around the corner. I must have killed 10 of those guys with 5 or 6 good hits from a paint can. And they turn all white. LOL. :D
:Q Didn't know you can do that.
 

suse920

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Feb 7, 2005
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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Originally posted by: Nebor
The thing that started freaking me out 1/3 of the way into Ravenholm was when I realized I was running out of ammunition fast, and that I probably wouldn't find much more...

Why would you use guns at all?

You've got a gravity gun! :laugh:

One of the few games that actually scares you the first time you play it though. Props for that.

can you only pick up objects with it? I want to pick up the bad guys and toss em, but oh well :p

oh it will come :)

 

jagec

Lifer
Apr 30, 2004
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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Ravenholm was some scary shite.
Yeah I'm definately getting that "Resident Evil" vibe from it.
The fast fvckers that climb the drainpipes are scary bastards.

"oh, look, the drainpipe's moving"
Run over to the edge, and point your shotgun down. Wait for it...waaaiiit for it...BLAM! Right in the head when they're near the top.

Best method.
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: SomeDude22
the story for HL2 should have been Gordon getting a job from G-Man to save black mesa from the things in HL

Mr. Breen = Gman?
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: Nebor
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Nebor
The thing that started freaking me out 1/3 of the way into Ravenholm was when I realized I was running out of ammunition fast, and that I probably wouldn't find much more...
Throw those damn blade frisbees!

I didn't even know you could throw those until one of the head crab guys got up and started walking towards me and I suddenly picked one up, let it fly, and it chopped him in half. I stared for like 2 seconds and was like, whoa...neato.

Yeah, but sometimes you send your saw blade flying, and another one comes around the corner. I must have killed 10 of those guys with 5 or 6 good hits from a paint can. And they turn all white. LOL. :D

I pulled an Indiana Jones before quitting for the night...saw two of em coming towards me, so I lined em up and used one saw blade for both :D

how do you hit them with a paint can? pick + throw or just hold + whack?
 

ThePresence

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Nov 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Ravenholm was some scary shite.
Yeah I'm definately getting that "Resident Evil" vibe from it.
The fast fvckers that climb the drainpipes are scary bastards.

"oh, look, the drainpipe's moving"
Run over to the edge, and point your shotgun down. Wait for it...waaaiiit for it...BLAM! Right in the head when they're near the top.

Best method.

You can't do that all the time. Not on the top of the building where the cablecar is. There are too many of them coming too quickly.
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Ravenholm was some scary shite.
Yeah I'm definately getting that "Resident Evil" vibe from it.
The fast fvckers that climb the drainpipes are scary bastards.

"oh, look, the drainpipe's moving"
Run over to the edge, and point your shotgun down. Wait for it...waaaiiit for it...BLAM! Right in the head when they're near the top.

Best method.

shotgun!?
 

CheesePoofs

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Dec 5, 2004
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Its not easy to play that level when you have arachnophobia. The headcrabs just look too much like spiders, especially the poison ones.
 

magomago

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no way was ravenholm scary at all! I'm the kind of guy that can't stand scary stuff..i coudln't even complete silence of the friggin labms and I found ravenholm as a total calkwalk. True i start to run outta ammo, but the solution is to toss crap at the zombies, or just run up and smack them fools with a crow bar and just walk back when they swipe at you...pretty easy overall

hl2 never scared me at all...now halflife 1 sacred me to hell and i literally had a friend beat a part cause i was too scared...that game always gave me the jitters becaseu i was in some deep huge facility underground and had to travel alone for so much of it...
 

ThePresence

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Nov 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: jagec
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Ravenholm was some scary shite.
Yeah I'm definately getting that "Resident Evil" vibe from it.
The fast fvckers that climb the drainpipes are scary bastards.

"oh, look, the drainpipe's moving"
Run over to the edge, and point your shotgun down. Wait for it...waaaiiit for it...BLAM! Right in the head when they're near the top.

Best method.

shotgun!?
sk_max_buckshot #
;)
 

Tiamat

Lifer
Nov 25, 2003
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Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Nebor
The thing that started freaking me out 1/3 of the way into Ravenholm was when I realized I was running out of ammunition fast, and that I probably wouldn't find much more...
Throw those damn blade frisbees!

That was fun! They made nice sound when getting stuck into the wall. Shwing-thuuddd dddd.
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
Its not easy to play that level when you have arachnophobia. The headcrabs just look too much like spiders, especially the poison ones.

I don't have arachnophobia, but man, those crabs give me the chills for some reason...
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: Tiamat
Originally posted by: ThePresence
Originally posted by: Nebor
The thing that started freaking me out 1/3 of the way into Ravenholm was when I realized I was running out of ammunition fast, and that I probably wouldn't find much more...
Throw those damn blade frisbees!

That was fun! They made nice sound when getting stuck into the wall. Shwing-thuuddd dddd.

how does 5.1 sound with this game? I'm just using headphones and z-2200s (2.1) with it right now. mostly the cans because I'm playing at night.
 

CheesePoofs

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Dec 5, 2004
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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
Its not easy to play that level when you have arachnophobia. The headcrabs just look too much like spiders, especially the poison ones.

I don't have arachnophobia, but man, those crabs give me the chills for some reason...

The worst part is imagining what it'd be like to have one stuck to your face burrying itself into your brain. ugh .. gives me the jitters.
 

petejk

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Apr 6, 2002
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lol...man HL2 in general always kept me on edge....every single part of the game.... i hated it
how it jacked around my senses left and right...and back again

ravenholm.....that place gave me the willies.....and that weird russian guy w/ the accent was
memorable...

for a second....i thought you were talking about duskwood...lol
it was pathetic...i was afraid of duskwood also....
 

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
Feb 14, 2004
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Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
Its not easy to play that level when you have arachnophobia. The headcrabs just look too much like spiders, especially the poison ones.

I don't have arachnophobia, but man, those crabs give me the chills for some reason...

The worst part is imagining what it'd be like to have one stuck to your face burrying itself into your brain. ugh .. gives me the jitters.

great way to end my night. my parents will be up in 2 hours wondering why I'm screaming about aliens sucking out my brains lol.
 

yukichigai

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Apr 23, 2003
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I spent almost 2 hours killing those damn zombies in Ravenholm before it occured to me that they'd keep spawning regardless of how many I killed.

The small, fast headcrabs are the only ones I really hated. The regular ones were just a nuisance and the slow, powerful ones were easy to deal with. (Hello, my name is Gordon and this is my shotgun)
 

MrToilet

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Feb 28, 2005
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Hey, I'm slowly playing through it right now, and I've been plenty scared. I just love that you hear all the enemies, you know they're somewhere around, just stalking you....scary, and cool as hell.

Anyone else laugh at the "booby traps" Father Gregoriy leaves for you to play with? The suspended car was my personal favorite....

Honestly, though, the scariest game I've played (and still gives me the willies) is System Shock 2. Holy hell, I couldn't sleep at night.
 

vshah

Lifer
Sep 20, 2003
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fyi you can also zap headcrabs with the grav gun's primary fire. 2-3 zaps will kill them (and not use pistol ammo)
 

vshah

Lifer
Sep 20, 2003
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Originally posted by: MrToilet
Honestly, though, the scariest game I've played (and still gives me the willies) is System Shock 2. Holy hell, I couldn't sleep at night.

QFT good good remember those crazy throwing monkeys? eek.