Follow Freeman!
Gordon leads squads of Resistance fighters through the heavily fortified and ruined streets of City 17 toward the Citadel. You must neutralize sniper positions, deactivate defensive generator fields, and navigate a subterranean Combine facility. The chapter culminates in an assault on the Overwatch Nexus to lower a massive barricade, followed by intense urban combat against multiple Striders.
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Enemies
Takes multiple explosive hits to destroy and can fire a high-powered warp cannon.
Pinned down in elevated windows; their positions are revealed by visible blue targeting lasers.
Agile flying gunship that shoots down incoming rockets unless they are carefully guided around its fire.
Frontline Combine troops armed with Pulse Rifles and Shotguns, frequently utilizing cover and grenades.
Tips
- Use the laser-guiding feature of the RPG to direct rockets in arcing paths around debris and incoming suppression fire from Striders and Gunships.
- You can lob grenades or launch explosive barrels with the Gravity Gun into sniper window slits to quickly clear sniper nests.
- Inside the Overwatch Nexus, disable the three central beam generators by using the Gravity Gun to unplug the Combine power cords.
Not listed for this area: secrets, shops and people.
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