#Research and development half life 2 mod#

#Research and development half life 2 mod#

Weapon of Choice: Not like the player has a choice, but the Gravity Gun stays with them throughout the mod once they get it, and is their main method of doing pretty much everything.

Violation of Common Sense: Sure, let's stick the Zero Point Energy Cell into a microwave.

Video Game Interface Elements: Notably absent in this mod the most you're gonna get is the health meter on the left side of the crosshairs once you pick up the Gravity Gun.

That Poor Cat: A hapless feline stuck in the vents gets fried due to a misdirected laser in N.E.R.D.S.

Becomes Tactical Assisted Suicide during the Dual Boss, as the Chopper's mines are used to defeat its companion Gunship.

Justified, considering that its other machine gun attack can't exactly pierce through bulletproof glass.

Tactical Suicide Boss: Just like in Episode Two, the Hunter Chopper is dispatched by throwing its own mines back at it.

Counterweight puzzles appear many times in the first chapter.Stock Video Game Puzzle: Given the nature of the game, it's bound to use a few classics.Bypassing them involves disrupting the flow by breaking off weakened parts of the source pipe. Steam Vent Obstacle: One of the main puzzle elements encountered in the game.Precision F-Strike: The laptop displaying 'SHIT' as the tower you and it are on collapse.Rube Goldberg Device: One of the puzzles involves shoving a suspended catwalk onto a concrete block hanging from a rotating crane which will then knock down a domino chain of concrete dividers, crushing and exploding several barrels.Ramming Always Works: It works against a Strider, at least.Minecart Madness: The second chapter, Acid Test.Immune to Bullets: Brenda the Antlion, thanks to her radiation-hardened carapace.The penalty for falling into the hazard? Being sent back to the start of the obstacle. Harmless Electrocution: Some obstacles will involve a live cable in contact with a conductive surface.Grimy Water: The Waste Transfer Facility is flooded entirely with toxic waste.Grenade Hot Potato: During Acid Test, when the Combine can't directly shoot at your cart, they'll just lob grenades over the barrier instead.Luckily, My Luxgard Will Protect Me: The player uses sheets of bulletproof glass as their only defence against Combine firearms.Whirly's official designation: The EVacuation Improvised Self-Constructed Rotary-Action Tactical Offensive Razor, or EVISCRATOR. Chapter 2 of the mod, Acid Test, takes place at the Waster Transfer Facility, or 'WTF' for short.The mod takes place at the rebel outpost N.E.R.D.S., which stands for 'Necrotic and Extraterrestrial Research & Development Station.Fluffy the Terrible: The staff of N.E.R.D.S.

Final Boss: A Strider shows up to ruin your day just before your final escape.

Everything's Better with Rainbows: The final step in charging the Gravity Gun involves placing coloured blocks in a rainbow formation through a laser.