[vyper]

i did most of chapter 2 without ammo, just using the flares and alyx's machine-pistol to get through (cause wtf, she can't be killed ) ...

Can you imagine how annoying that would be if she could be killed? Half the damned game would be spent saving her ass.

[Fury]

I haven't confirmed it myself but it was mentioned somewhere that she can't be killed if you use the easiest difficulty level, not sure whether she can be killed at medium difficulty but apparently that's the case in highest difficulty. Again, I haven't tried it myself whether that's true or not.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

i did most of chapter 2 without ammo, just using the flares and alyx's machine-pistol to get through (cause wtf, she can't be killed ) ...

she can die

[Hippo]

i did it on easy (or normal, whatever the lowest setting is called) cause i wanted the storyline... maybe if you push her off a cliff? I know that by the elevator she had a whole bunch of zombines grenading her.


I do like the realism with her only shooting where she can see and she gets blinded if you look at her.

[Fineus]

Yeah, it's a nice touch. The section by the elevator had a great Aliens feel to it where you could only really see the monsters as they emerged from the darkness to kick your ass.

I am curious to see how differently the whole game would feel if Alyx died realistically and had to share in your health / ammo finds. She could use any weapon you gave her but only if she had ammo for it etc. It could either make the whole thing a bit more interesting or a lot more frustrating.

[WMCoolmon]

I haven't confirmed it myself but it was mentioned somewhere that she can't be killed if you use the easiest difficulty level, not sure whether she can be killed at medium difficulty but apparently that's the case in highest difficulty. Again, I haven't tried it myself whether that's true or not.

She can be killed, but it takes a lot. I managed it in the room where zombies swam in from the two doors, after jumping down from a ledge (just across from a ledge with goodies). Two or three zombines mobbed her while I was busy with some others, and by the time I started shooting them, it was all over...

The game informed me that "Alyx died". No duh.

[Deepblue]

Yeah, it's a nice touch. The section by the elevator had a great Aliens feel to it where you could only really see the monsters as they emerged from the darkness to kick your ass.

I am curious to see how differently the whole game would feel if Alyx died realistically and had to share in your health / ammo finds. She could use any weapon you gave her but only if she had ammo for it etc. It could either make the whole thing a bit more interesting or a lot more frustrating.

It would be awesome if HL2:Ep2 implemented the same sort of weapon swapping system in Halo 2. I would always outfit my marines with rocket launchers, sniper rifles, and shotties, and they would pretty much kick @rse.

[Hippo]

Perhaps her health just regenerates over time, and enough damage in a quick burst will do it... (more than a zombine at least i guess)


and giving ai heavy weapons in halo2 always seems to have really adverse effects.

[Fineus]

It probably does regenerate. I've not seen her asking for medical aid / using any medical aid scattered across the game.

[Ford Prefect]

I just beat it. I was pretty impressed, (although I'm a Half-Life fanboi so my opinion probably doesn't count for much). I really liked the trailer for Episode 2 that comes at the end.

[Dough with Fish]

Yeah, Alyx's health regenerates extremely fast, same as for Barney and the other heroes (Eli, Cubbage, Kleiner) Dog is the only one whose health that dosen't regenerate, instead he has the highest ammount of hitpoints in the game.

[Deepblue]

Perhaps her health just regenerates over time, and enough damage in a quick burst will do it... (more than a zombine at least i guess)


and giving grunts heavy weapons in halo2 always seems to have really adverse effects.

They have a tendency to blow themselves, or me, up.

[Hippo]

i found that they'll shoot right past me, miss, and hit something explosive near me that detonates grenages all around me and i die. seriously, i got a checkpoint where a grunt did it to a dead brute like how in halo1 they shot their dead enemies. no mattwer what i did i couldnt survive, and had to do the 2 chekpoints thing.

[Deepblue]

Wait, it was shooting the dead brute with a fuel rod cannon?!

[Hippo]

yes

[Colonol Dekker]

I just caught the last page of posts, There are brutes with Fuel rod guns in HL2 ???

[Fineus]

No, they got side tracked into Halo

[Colonol Dekker]

Freeman Vs Chief, Who would win?

[Fergus]

Just finished Ep1, and have to say I'm very impressed, it did feel much shorter after finishing it, but while playing the game I didn't have the feeling of 'oh here's another expansion pack'.  I did miss the lack of vehicle sections, and the freaky zombie bits in the dark (shudders) although still not as bad as the first time I did Ravenholm..oh the horror.  I would certainly say that the game is value for money, and that I would still pay again if given the choice.  I'd deffinitly give the commentry version a look in as I've started playing that and there's some quite intresting stuff in there.

[Ace]

Freeman Vs Chief, Who would win?

I win, with my stellar converter.

The Ringworld Halo is vaporized in the process, and the galaxy save for the Evil Pierson's Puppeteers(tm) Covenant rejoices at the death of Ringworld Halo.