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.
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What is the reason for the Eastern European setting in Half-Life 2? [closed]
I recently started to play through Half-Life 2 again. You can see a lot of places with these texts throughout the game:
Names like "Little Odessa" also suggest that Half-Life 2 takes place in ...
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Can you play Half-Life 2 without steam?
Is there an alternative to Steam? I would like to play Half-Life 2 legally, but I am not willing to install Steam (again). I looked at Steam alternatives, but non of them are offering Half-Life 2. ...
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Half-Life 2 Installation Error without a message
After a very long time I wanted to install half-life 2 again, but when I tried to do so it gave me an error without a message. When I select the games I want to install (original version so only CSS / ...
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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 ...
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How to add bots in Half-life 2 deathmatch?
I have the latest free Steam version of Half-life 2 deathmatch. I have tried to add Hurricane Bot 1.1.3 and rcbot2 and didn't succeed.
When I type hrcbot_add or bot_add, or rcbot addbot, console ...
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Who's that Gnome named after?
So, in a bunch of different games by Valve, there's this Garden Gnome, and he's usually associated with an achievement, involving carrying him through an area. Over the course of my internet travels, ...
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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:
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How to map mutliple keys to a button in Half Life 2/Team Fortress 2?
I'm sick of trying to get my rocket jumps accurate enough to actually jump places, that I'm left trying to jump instead of killing the enemy.
This would be helpful in Half Life 2 too. As they have ...
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Why did Gman “extract” Alyx Vance from Black Mesa?
In the cut-scene for Half Life 2: Episode 2 Gman says he "plucked" her from Black Mesa. Why?
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How do I automatically skip the valve loading movie on Steam/TF2? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a way to automatically skip the intro videos in Left 4 Dead?
Each time I open TF2 I see the wonderful valve loading movie, I remember there was an option of ...
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How to pass the “dark zombie garage” in Half-Life 2: Episode One?
In Half-Life 2: Episode One, the last underground level is where Gordon and Alyx find an unpowered elevator, look around for a switch to power it on, and then try to survive the zombie onslaught while ...
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Where is the best place to get the “Hot PotatOwned” achievement in HL2: EP2?
I'm using a PC, so I can't just get the achievement in HL2 or HL2: EP1.
I would like to know, where the best place is to get the achievement.
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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 ...
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How can the Freeman make this baby fly?
I'm playing Half-Life 2 Episode 2 and I need to get this car to the other side of the bridge. Perhaps I'm missing something dead obvious, but how on earth do I do this?
Update:
It seemed some ...
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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 ...
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Half-Life 2 (plus episodes) have a tendency of crashing my computer
I've recently started plowing through HL2 and the episodic content (currently starting out on Ep 2), and have noticed a weird problem.
It seems that after an undetermined amount of time, my computer ...
