Half Life 2 Episode 1 Achievements
Half-Life 2 took 6 years to build, and here almost 6 years later we get to release it again - this time on the Mac. As of today Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode 1, and Half-Life 2: Episode 2 are available on Steam on the Mac. They're SteamPlay titles, so if you own the games on the PC you already get them on the Mac, and if you haven't played HL2, buying it gets you access on both systems. Half-Life 2 has one of the highest critical ratings of any Valve game, with a 96 on Metacritic, and has seen consistently high player numbers on Steam with over 216,000 users playing it in the last month.So to give everyone an excuse to play through them again, we've added Steam Achievements to Half-Life 2 and Episode 1, for both the Mac and PC versions. 32 achievements for Half-Life 2, and 13 achievements for Half-Life 2: Episode 1 (Episode 2 already had achievements).To make sure you never lose your progress, your save games will now be stored in the Steam Cloud automatically each time you exit the game. If want to upload existing save games to the cloud, just launch the game and then exit.
This guide focuses on obtaining all 13 achievements for Half-Life 2: Episode One as quickly as possible. It is possible to obtain all achievements in one playthrough. To speed things up, set the difficulty to Easy. There are no difficulty-related achievements, so it makes your playthrough. Aug 16, 2013 - If you do cheat, you will not be awarded achievements! Direct Intervention. From here on out be sure to not kill any Stalkers you come across until you have contained the core. Urban Flight.
The Steam Cloud will store your most recent 100MB of save files - each save game, once compressed, takes around 2MB so that's around 50 save files. We've spent a lot of time racking server boxes crammed with hard-drives, so please take advantage!The best part is that even the save games are Steam Play - you can take your PC save games and use them on the Mac. To demo this feature, we've got Alfred, the Mac team lead, showing off his work by starting a game of HL2 on the PC and then continuing it on his Mac.
Having jumped across another railing ( #16), you'll find yourself near a bridge. Notice the soldiers being blown away by the wind ( #17). Wait for the situation to settle and run across to the other side. You'll have to be quick about it, as the pause between the blows is quite short. Alyx will join you in a moment.You'll reach a big room ( #18). Jump down and wait for things to come.
When it's over, continue on. You'll enter a room where your Gravity Gun gets an upgrade. Take the weapon from the floor ( #19) and go forth. When you reach the end of the corridor, you'll notice that only one of the strings creating a force bridge is active ( #20). Use your gun to catch the energy ball floating around and throw it towards the mechanism to the left (the one with a red light).
You'll be able to cross.Once on the other side, you'll encounter first enemy soldiers in this expansion. Remember about the destructive power of your improved Gravity Gun, and use it to get rid of them.
Half Life 2 Episode 1 Walkthrough
When no one's left to threaten you, create another bridge, sending two energy balls to the two mechanisms on both sides. Go across the bridge and deal with even more soldiers. After the fight examine the bridge machinery. This time it won't be that easy, as the mechanism on the left is blocked ( #21). Turn left and enter the huge corridor.
Find a niche on the right and approach the edge. When you look down ( #22), you'll see an energy ball channel. Grab one of them and shoot it so that it hits the glass (it will reflect it to hit the target). Shoot the second mechanism too - you're free to use another bridge.There's a longer walk before you now.
Half Life 2 Episode 1 Conservationist
Crouch below the collapsed ceiling, kill the soldiers and run forth, jumping across the missing part of the floor. At the end of your way you'll see a door ( #23). Alyx will open it. If the girl's not with you, go back for her, as she's probably stuck in a fight with some soldiers you left behind. After a short walk you'll reach an elevator ( #24).
Enter the platform and examine the mechanism on the other side of the room ( #25). It lacks the energy, so grab one of the balls from the corridor and send it towards it.When you're going down, look up ( #26) to see that there are huge fragments of the Citadel falling around. If any of them hits the platform, you'll both end up dead. Position yourself in the center and patiently wait for the junk to fall. When you see that it falls dangerously near, grab it with a Gravity Gun and throw away. Do so three times, and the platform will eventually stop.