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                   Half Life General Tips
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                     by Paul Griffiths

1.  Use your crowbar to break open every crate or box you see
(except those labelled 'explosives'), they often contain health,
HEV cells, or ammo.

2.  Watch out for those damn tongue monsters -- those skinny
little tongues can be hard to see, and hard to avoid even if you
do see them (other enemies will frequently back you up into one
you forgot).

3.  Even if you're a seasoned FPS player, take the Hazard Course
from the main menu.  Not only is it cool, it will teach you a few
new moves that are required to get though the game (like ducking
at the peak of a jump to raise your legs and maximize your
effective jump height, and the super long jump).

4.  Not only can you push crates and boxes (by just running up
against them), you can PULL them too.  Move up to a box and hold
down "use", it will follow you around as long as you hold down the
use button.  This is critical to remember for several areas.

5.  Save often (quicksave is F6 by default, and quickload is F7),
especially before attacking a difficult area.

6.  Feel like a little low-budget (ammo-wise) whapping on a tank
or a Bradley?  Check out Billings' cool piece over at CFTF.

7.  When faced with the alien-eaten scientists (those things that
have the crab for a head and very sharp arms), note that they're
so slow that you don't have to waste two shotgun shells on them;
just run right up to their face and blast once. It takes a few
seconds for them to fall but one shot will do it.


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