Headcrabs

[Parrot of doom]

How come you never see a headcrab make a successful leap at somebodies face?

My memory could be failing but I only recall seeing headcrabs either jump at someone, or already on their head having done the damage.

Perhaps it would be cool if Valve could 'allow' headcrabs to get on the face of an NCP, with some kind of rapid borg-like transformation to watch

Also, what happened to the original zombies with their huge claws?

 

[Absinthe]

Transformation of headcrab hosts takes some time, I would assume. And since the player can't be expected to wait around and watch it happen, I doubt they'll ever devote their resources to coding it.

It would be cool if some headcrab attacks would actually result in the headcrab attaching itself to the NPC as opposed to simply doing X damage, but anything further than that would be pointless IMO.

Zombies still have claws, but they're curved as fists. Just a redesign, probably.

 

[Adabiviak]

There's a scene in HL2 (Episode zero?) in which you see a guy get nailed successfully with a headcrab. It's actually rather hideous.

 

[JKENDALL]

It would be pretty good if Valve did make it so that you could watch the transformation. Kind of like how Bungie made it so you could watch the flood infect marines in Halo 3.

Another anoyying thing is that the head crab zombies always wear the same clothes :/

 

[Max_Fall]

I agree with JKENDALL,why dont they make like,atleast three outfits for the zombies

 

[Cheomesh]

There's a scene in HL2 (Episode zero?) in which you see a guy get nailed successfully with a headcrab. It's actually rather hideous.

Really? Where? That's awesome.

 

[Cheomesh]

I agree with JKENDALL,why dont they make like,atleast three outfits for the zombies

Yeah, like some dressed as C17 guys, a few as rebels, and a couple as metrocops or something (tougher).

 

[Calhoun]

Really? Where? That's awesome.

I believe it's right before you get the airboat, where it's being shelled. I always shoot the guy to put him out of his misery, except the headcrab and the citizen both end up exploding and flying away at a high speed.

 

[Planetary]

Yeah, the end of Route Kanal, when the radioactive rebel station gets shelled. They both fly out of view when you shoot, probably to disguise the fact that nothing actually happened.

 

[Azner]

Really? Where? That's awesome.

Route canal, after the combine bomb you with headcrab canisters, if you dont get the headcrab off, he goes into mutation state and doesnt attack you. If you shoot it off, he dies.

 

[blackiris]

And don't forget near the start of HL1 after the Resonense Cascade, when the scientist gets head crabbed in his lab after trying to push file cabinets over on top of it.

Such a memorable scene.

 

[Azner]

The memorable scene was his vitory dance

 

[Ridge]

Ooga booga booga!!!!

 

[ríomhaire]

A scientist gets headcrabed in HL1 too. You can also see an unmutated scientist but with a headcrab on his head.

 

[Azner]

The "Eli" one at next to the computer? Yes, can you can kill the headcrab off too!

 

[Hydra]

Only mutation I saw was at HL1. I saw a scientist yeah, but when a Headcrab got him, I saw no mutation. Then the dead scientist, not moving, not mutated, headcrab hat on himself. The only mutation I saw was at the red-lighted room, a scientist sits in a chair, getting mutated. I finished him off.

 

[Sgt.Tibbs]

The zombie having seizures and spasms in front of the mysteriously flashing computer screen? he makes me giggle...

 

[Cheomesh]

Ah yeah that guy.

 

[Sgt.Tibbs]

*sigh* fun times... i poked that little beauty with the crowbar a few times and he fell like a pinata full of crack at a druggy's party my friend!

 

[SamuraiKenji]

Ooga booga booga!!!!

see now thats the kind of pose that makes you think "WOO LETS DANCE" or "YEEHAW IMA DANCIN"!

am i right?

 

[Sgt.Tibbs]

were the frack did you shoot that? ive never seen that... he looks like hes practicin a golf swing or hes doin the i want my pie dance...

 

[Azner]

Only mutation I saw was at HL1. I saw a scientist yeah, but when a Headcrab got him, I saw no mutation. Then the dead scientist, not moving, not mutated, headcrab hat on himself. The only mutation I saw was at the red-lighted room, a scientist sits in a chair, getting mutated. I finished him off.

It takes time for mutation to take place.

 

[Sgt.Tibbs]

maybe, but what? ten minutes? like when you first encounter a zombie, its probably ten minutes time span from resonance cascade...

 

[Azner]

Why not. Ten minutes after crabbing they mutate. I dont see why there needs to be an argument :\

 

[Sgt.Tibbs]

i didnt know i sounded like i was argueing i hate arguements, it just seems logical, srry

 

[MJ12]

Route canal, after the combine bomb you with headcrab canisters, if you dont get the headcrab off, he goes into mutation state and doesnt attack you. If you shoot it off, he dies.

he goes into a mutation state? like they show him mutate? I don't recall that.

 

[Druckles]

Half-Life Uplink.

After coming back to the Security Guard and Scientist after setting the right frequency etc. you go through the door and there's a scientist on the floor with a headcrab on his head, saying something like "help... I can't see"