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[JoshBrickstien]

The Level: Ravenholm
The Location: The wait for the obscenely slow elevator just after fast zombies are introduced.
The Problem: I'm going for the "Zombie Chopper" achievement.

Last time, I manages to kill them all with crates, and the debris from them, except for one. I tried to shut it out of the elevator. I failed. It got in with me. I got mauled. Any advice? I know I should post on Steam forums, but I don't want to wait for post moderation after sign up. I figure some of you have played HL2 before...

[Kagus]

Hmm...  (Having played HL2 before achievements, I needed to look it up to see what you were on about)

I suppose the most reasonable course of action would be to find some hard zombie-slicing-device like a sawblade or trap propeller and just keep it with you.  This is kind of a moot point though, considering your current situation.


You might be able to toss over some furniture from the apartment block you go through before the jump, but I don't really know what would be in there aside from wooden chairs, cabinets and the like, which will all split apart upon landing.

There should be a couple canisters in the elevator shed, they'll help so long as you keep the zombies away.  And I believe there are a couple supply crates too, might as well use them to split some zombie heads before trying to collect the goodies.

But really, the only advice I can give you is to just not close that damn door.  If you close the door, they come in through the roof and are a hell of a lot harder to hit.  Keep it open, and they'll just file through waiting for you to pick 'em off.


Sorry I can't help any more than that though.

[JoshBrickstien]

I think I'll reload an earlier autosave. My latest one has a fast zombie right below me on the ladder up from the cistern.  Kinda makes grabbing extra stuff impossible. though, the door advice helps. Thanks for trying. Anyone else got something?

EDIT:
Status update: reloaded from when I got the shotgun, realized I had 3 radiators piled up. Lost one killing zombies, tossed the other two over.Those should help alot....

Edit again:

Thanks to a radiator, an a cinderblock, I got into the elevator safely. And I took the radiator with me. But now, the games begin. any tips for the rest of Ravenholm?

[Sir Pseudonymous]

You can only kill them with physics objects? That shouldn't be a problem from what I remember of the rest, I used more blades and cinder blocks than anything else, aside from barrels.

[Thexor]

I think I'll reload an earlier autosave. My latest one has a fast zombie right below me on the ladder up from the cistern.  Kinda makes grabbing extra stuff impossible. though, the door advice helps. Thanks for trying. Anyone else got something?

EDIT:
Status update: reloaded from when I got the shotgun, realized I had 3 radiators piled up. Lost one killing zombies, tossed the other two over.Those should help alot....

Edit again:

Thanks to a radiator, an a cinderblock, I got into the elevator safely. And I took the radiator with me. But now, the games begin. any tips for the rest of Ravenholm?

The rest? If you're at the church, it's should honestly be easy from then on. (That roof with the elevator is a total pain, though, if you didn't remember to bring lots of stuff up with you.) There's dozens of cinder blocks, barrels, and especially sawblades. Basically, the game re-stocks your physics objects once you hit the graveyard. Not to mention that, in the absolute worst case, you can just body-block them while Gregory shotguns them all for you. If you've gotten this far, I don't forsee a problem.


...and I'm assuming you'll be awarded the achievement before that headcrab-filled mine. That section always kills me even with weapons, I hate to imagine picking all those little pests off with props.   

(For the record, I failed the achievement when I reached the elevator wait, and I couldn't be bothered to go back and re-do it.)

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

HL2 has achievements now?  Glad I got it at launch so I could enjoy the game without worrying about trying to do all sorts of stupid crap for a little icon to appear on my hud.  Or just having the little icon appear on my HUD whenever I reach a new level, ruining any atmosphere the cutscene I was currently watching might have had.

Now I can go through and do all that stupid crap as an actual expansion of the gameplay rather than a hindrance of the experience.

[Kagus]

Note that headcrabs can be punted directly with the gravity gun.  It doesn't do a whole lot of damage, but it pushes them back and it will eventually kill them.


Also, I don't get why people keep calling Annabelle a shotgun.  Okay, so it spits shotgun shell sprites when it's firing, but it fires a single accurate bullet and looks nothing like a shotgun.

I mean, even spawning the thing for yourself creates a gun that fires revolver rounds.  And it also shows that it has the remarkable magazine size of 2 rounds per reload...

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

Well considering the fact that you aren't supposed to be able to use it, I suppose they assume it's firing slugs.

[Metalax]

...and I'm assuming you'll be awarded the achievement before that headcrab-filled mine. That section always kills me even with weapons, I hate to imagine picking all those little pests off with props.   

Nope, the achievement is awarded as you leave the top of the blender railway.

[sneakey pete]

...and I'm assuming you'll be awarded the achievement before that headcrab-filled mine. That section always kills me even with weapons, I hate to imagine picking all those little pests off with props.   

Pretty sure you can just sprint through that mine, no need to kill any of the suckers. Been a while since i played it though.

[Ze Spy]

i assume that you can't Dodge Headcrabs if you have Troubles in the Mine

Also , Kill That Monk with the Radiator and Steal his Annabelle , which is Basically a Rape-gun if you Aim for the head(but a Peashooter if you aim for the Body Mass)

[Calhoun]

HL2 has achievements now?  Glad I got it at launch so I could enjoy the game without worrying about trying to do all sorts of stupid crap for a little icon to appear on my hud.  Or just having the little icon appear on my HUD whenever I reach a new level, ruining any atmosphere the cutscene I was currently watching might have had.

Now I can go through and do all that stupid crap as an actual expansion of the gameplay rather than a hindrance of the experience.

Cutscenes? In my Half-Life?

What the hell are you talking about.

[Satarus]

As I recall from vanilla HL2, the radiator was your best friend after you got the gravity gun.  Large, hits hard, and (most importantly) doesn't really obscure your vision.

[Ioric Kittencuddler]

HL2 has achievements now?  Glad I got it at launch so I could enjoy the game without worrying about trying to do all sorts of stupid crap for a little icon to appear on my hud.  Or just having the little icon appear on my HUD whenever I reach a new level, ruining any atmosphere the cutscene I was currently watching might have had.

Now I can go through and do all that stupid crap as an actual expansion of the gameplay rather than a hindrance of the experience.

The parts where you can't actually do anything except listen to NPCs talk.  Just because you're in first person doesn't make them not cutscenes.

Cutscenes? In my Half-Life?

What the hell are you talking about.

[Calhoun]

Not by my definition of Cutscene, The only one in Half-Life 2 is perhaps when the G-man is speaking to you.

Those are what I'd consider scripted encounters, and actually, theres usually things you can do within the area. I actually like the early lab area, theres lots of really nice environmental details there.