i havent played half life 2 yet i played through the original and loved it im addicted im waiting for my dad to update my comp so i may play iv seen all the videos and it looks impressive but i loved the look of the hydra .. then i herd it was taken out of the game... iv posted along time ago about dis but no 1 seemed to answer perhaps now i can get some answers... did they realy take the hydra out and if so why also : are there ichtysours in the game at all?