When you come to a large room where two soldiers are fighting a... big
thing, dont bother helping them. Instead, run over to the tunnel on the left.
Conspiracy theory: that G-Man is everywhere.
Once inside, take the left hall up the stairs. Be careful around the
broken pipe with the flame spewing out. It'll kill you instantly -- but
it'll also kill any monsters that wander by it.
Crawl up the ladder and bust through the barricades to enter a control
room. The dying guard will tell you what you'll need to do to continue.
Sadists: you can whack, shoot, or blow up the guard, and while he'll
unleash a barrage of empty threats, he just refuses to die.
Exit the control room and jump down into the hole. Follow the
passageway until you come to two red doors and a wheel. Spin the wheel to
open the doors.
Climb your way up to the top, but be sure to stop and watch the
bullsquid fold a marine in half.
Continue on, dodging soldiers all the way. After crossing an open area
with sandbags in the middle, go up the ramp and to the left. You'll need
to go down that lift -- but first you need to get rid of the tripmines in
the way. You can try to lure the alien doggies into setting them off, or
you can shoot them while the lift is descending, or just toss a detpack
down and blow it all up.
Once down the lift, follow the path down the stairs twice to a flooded
room. Watch out for tiny swimming worms which will impede your progress
and are really hard to hit. Try using the crowbar on them.
Use the crowbar again to smash the boxes that are stopping the pistons
from pumping. This will prime the power and drain the water.
Climb up one flight of stais and go press the button in the small
control room. This will re-activate the power (as evidenced by the arcs of
electricity which will start shooting about).
Head back up the lift and backtrack all the way back to where you first
saw Big Blue.
When you see him he won't be very happy. You can try taking him on if
you have ample grenades, or you can be clever and let him chase you down
the big tunnel to the left. Run like hell between the two giant
electro-thingies, and press the switch when the monster is between the two.
Not quite as dramatic as the tentacle barbecue, but what the hell.
Go back to the idling train and drive it onto the rotating platform.
Jump off and go back up to the control room and pull the switch to rotate
the platform and position the train to continue. Cap the guard in the head
one time for luck, then jump out the window and board the train to continue
on, bashing through the barrier at full speed.
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