- You'll emerge at a large compound, with Black Ops everywhere, who will
immediately begin to lob grenades at you. There is an orange storage in
front of you with some heavy machinegun ammo and some satchels. Run in,
toss the satchels right in front of the container opening. When the
Black Ops come for you, blow them up. You should kill
two or three Ops before moving on.
- Causing you great distress in the distance is an Ops member manning a
turret. Lob a grenade over, and the explosive crates surrounding him
will do the rest of the work.
- To the left are some stacked storage containers. One of them is open,
and provides a makeshift ramp to the next area. Before climbing, try to
peek through the crates and snipe the enemies on the other side. If they
don't notice
you, it's easy, but if they start lobbing grenades, you're in for a
bumpy ride.
- Once you've cleared the enemies out, smash the crates and grab what
you can. Continue and crawl into the small hole at the end. When you
emerge, you'll find two friendly troopers, who are having problems with
the snipers in the next area.
- This next area is -- literally -- a bomb waiting to explode. The entire area is wired with explosive crates and
trip mines, and any explosion will send the entire base up in smoke. Be very careful.
- As soon as you exit your buddies, look up to the right -- there's a
sniper tower there. Lob up an MP5 grenade and take him out. More Ops
will come for you, but your
squad mates should help. Work your way around the crates to the right,
paying mind to the enemies in the towers. More MP5 grenades should do
the trick.
- See that mesh area up at the top of that building? There's a doorway down
below, and at the top is an Op with -- a sniper rifle! Kill the Op, grab the rifle, and prepare to go to work.
- Climb back down, and hug the right wall. You should find a pathway unblocked by
laser mines. Have your sniper rifle ready.
- As soon as you round the corner, two Ops will come gunning for you.
Take them out quickly with the sniper rifle. From here, you will need to
take about 4 or 5 more Ops, and the sniper rifle is the cleanest way to
go. Hug the right wall and slip through the crack in the orange door at
the end to the next map.
- As you enter the indoor garage area, you'll see a battle going on
between the Black Ops and some aliens. back up and let them fight it out
for a bit. In the end, you should only have to kill one or two enemies
to clear the area out. Next to the truck is a ladder heading downstairs
-- prepare yourself for one of the most horrifying battles you'll have
in a while.
- In the sewers, turn on your night vision and try not to get
disoriented. There are a mess of nasty spiders down here, and you'll
need every bit of ammo you have to take them out. Move slowly, and try
and lure them into traps with satchels, grenades, rockets, the
displacer, and anything else you can find. Snarks work especially well
down here, remarkably.
- If you continually stay to the left, you'll eventually make your way
to a wall with a pipe running along the top. This is the exit out of the
first nasty area. You'll see a light at the end of the tunnel (really!)
Emerge at the ladder leading out of the water, and prepare to do some
running.
- Once you're out of the water, run to
the end of the ledge where aliens are emerging from. Flip the switch,
closing the door. Run around to the other side, and flip the other
switch, shutting the second door. Now that you've stopped what would
otherwise be a
never-ending supply of aliens, take the remaining ones out.
- Once this area is cleared, break the crates in the corner. Rockets are
there, and you'll be glad to have them before heading down the next
tunnel.
- If you can, lure the huge aliens out of the tunnel, back into the area
with the water in it. Once again, use satchels, the displacer, rockets,
anything you have to kill the spiders. Once done, head into the tunnels
and head left and forward, and you'll arrive in the next map, at the
bottom of a grating with a few
friendly troops on top.
- Stand back while the engineer blowtorches the grate to allow you out.
Once you climb up, listen to the squad members as they tell you about
the aliens outside, and some standoff at the dam up ahead. At your
disposal you now have a soldier, an engineer, and a medic, who will be
especially useful.
- From here, you have a long battle ahead of you. Outside this little
bunker are hordes of aliens, and you'll have to work your way slowly but
surely to the end of the map. Start by going left, wrap around the
crates and head to the right, and then hug the left wall, mowing down
all the enemies you encounter. Drop back regularly to have the medic
heal both yourself and your troops if necessary -- just make sure to
keep the medic out of harm's way.
- From here, make a right and head for the "Secure Access" doors.
There's an opening to slip through -- head through with your night
vision and head to the next map.
- As you move forward, you'll hear sounds of a battle. Look outside and
you'll see a few soldiers shooting a Gargantua, who is tied up on the
same dam you once crossed in Half-Life as Gordon Freeman. It's obvious
this scene takes place at a later time, as the area has taken more
damage and alien
plant life has begun to grow on the walls.
- Power up using the health and HEV stations on the wall, and then get
your
barnacle grapple ready. Hook onto one of the alien plants on the far
wall and pull yourself over. Try and pick a plant over dry land so you
don't accidentally fall in the water.
- Once you land, kill the aliens attacking your troopers, and then press
the plunger at the entrance to the dam. The fuse will light and explode
at the Gargantua's feet, blowing him up and opening a huge hole in a
pipe below. Drop into the pipe, to the water below, and to the next
episode.
Next: "The Package"
