They manage to locate Eli, but also discover that Mossman is a Combine informant. Along the way, Gordon encounters frequent Combine patrols, and helps one of the resistance leaders, Colonel Odessa Cubbage, to defend a Resistance base from a Combine gunship.ДЄfter crossing an antlion-infested beach, Gordon enters Nova Prospekt, where he is reunited with Alyx. Gordon is provided with a Dune Buggy, which he uses to travel along a crumbling coastal road to Nova Prospekt. After making his way through the town and a mine, Gordon makes his way to a Resistance outpost. Gordon and Alyx are forced to take separate paths to Nova Prospekt Gordon takes a detour through the town of Ravenholm, receiving help from its last survivor, Father Grigori. Black Mesa East soon comes under Combine attack and Eli and Mossman are captured to be taken to a Combine prison, Nova Prospekt. Alyx introduces Gordon to her large pet robot D0g and gives him a 'Gravity Gun', a weapon which allows Gordon to pick up and move any large object with ease.

Gordon is reintroduced to Eli and meets Dr. After obtaining an airboat, he battles his way to Black Mesa East, several miles from the city. Kleiner's makeshift laboratory, Gordon, re-equipped with the HEV suit and a crowbar, is forced to embark on foot through the city's old canal system. After a failed attempt to teleport Gordon to Black Mesa East from Dr. After arriving at the station and eluding Combine forces, Gordon joins Lambda resistance members including Barney Calhoun, a former Black Mesa security guard now working undercover as a Combine CP officer, and Alyx Vance, the daughter of one of Gordon's former colleagues, Dr. Portal, however, is a different matter altogether.Gordon Freeman is brought out of stasis by the G-Man, who inserts him into a train arriving at City 17. Episode Two on its own is nothing great though. If you havenвЂ™t played Half-Life 2 or Episode One before, get the Orange Box now. Valve has also released Orange Box-which contains HL2, HL2E1, HL2E2, Portal and Team Fortress 2-for a mere $49.95 (less than Rs 2,000). We wonвЂ™t ruin the ending, or too much of the plotline for those who still want to play it, but be prepared for another pot-boiler at the end-typical! Scenery-wise, everything you do in Episode Two is outdoors or in caves. If it werenвЂ™t for the Hunters that accompany each Strider, these monsters would be as easy to kill as a stray zombie.ДЄpart from the few new features, Freeman leaves City 17 for the first time and heads to White Forest. Sound really hard? Not when Freeman carries a Magnusson Device, itвЂ™s not! Use the gravity gun to shoot this sticky bomb at a Strider, then just pull out any weapon and shoot the bomb. The Magnusson Device: In Episode Two, youвЂ™ll face a dozen or more Striders.

Again, using the gravity gun to fling boulders or gas cylinders (if available) at Workers proved to be very effective. ItвЂ™s immune to water too, unlike regular Antlions that drown in a puddle. The Antlion Worker: The damn thing throws venom over long distances, while jumping and climbing like, well, an Antlion. The pulse rifleвЂ™s alternate fire is a one-shot kill, and the hunters become the hunted if Freeman is doing his Schumacher impression behind the wheel of a beaten-up jalopy (see hunter, point car at hunter, hunter go squish!). Throw something heavy at one and watch it get bowled over. ItвЂ™s fast, powerful, eight feet tall, shoots weird cannons, and basically spits venom. The Hunter: A badass machine youвЂ™ll often meet. Episode Two will give you a maximum 10 hours of gameplay, which is another irritant with the episodic format-IвЂ™m officially changing my stance from a supporter of the episodes to the point where IвЂ™d rather wait five years for Hе…ѓ and get my days/weeks of enjoyment, instead of this 10-hour teaser. The solution to the various puzzles seem too obvious, and I could always immediately see my way out of the current situation. Now along comes Episode Two, and it just feels like rehashed content.

Episode One was interesting, but nothing compared to the buzz that surrounded HL2. WeвЂ™re hoping that the lapses we detail below are because the developers were working on Portal, for thereвЂ™s no other explanation we can think of.Д®ver since Valve decided to release future instalments of HL2 in an episodic format, the innovations havenвЂ™t exactly awed us.

Portal rocks thoughДЇinally! After 16 months of waiting, Episode Two of the Half-Life 2 saga has been released. Verdict Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Portal detailed review IntroductionД«ottom line: HL2E2 could have been better.

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