Tactics for a battle (spoilers)

[skedar]

I was wondering if anyone had any tactics for the mass fight against the striders at the end of the game i have got to the bit where the drop ships drop some more. i just can't hold off that many!:sniper:

 

[Stene]

Drive over the hunters and throw some logs at them, then blow the striders from behind. And when they are coming from the woods, be waiting for them and when first hunter appears try to drive over it.

I know it is kinda hard when there are two striders at the silo but just aim to them well. Don't hurry, because they fire their cannon when they are just next to the rocket.

 

[Gordon_X]

Run the hunters over first before you take on the striders. Then you go back to the silo entrance and take them out from there with interruptible mag devices.

 

[Cheomesh]

Use the Magnisons.

 

[AciD]

If you want I can make scan of striders coming ways from my Prima guide
And if you really cant fight them off change difficult of game.

 

[skedar]

i have it on normal and usually blitz through the games. and my friend who completed it said that it's no easier on easy.

P.S. can HL2 run on a macbook if it runs windows on bootcamp (or similar)

 

[Antlion guards]

Drive to the forest(far as possible) and kill hunters FIRST!Then drive to the nearest station wher you can get The Magnusson device and destroy them!!Just make shure that you kill every strider on the way there ...you will manage

 

[99.vikram]

Can HL2 run on a macbook if it runs windows on bootcamp (or similar)

Yes, AFAIK.

 

[Omnomnick]

No tactics required....

But I would say run over the hunters or punt logs off them twice to kill them, then make sure during quiet moments you collect magnusson devices from stations, then shoot it at the strider, and blow it up, Simple

 

[Van Kayne]

Note what Striders move fastest and be ready at their destination if you want to get the Neighborhood Watch achievement.

 

[Naph]

There are some striders that literally have their head down low and sprint to the base. I've had a save where I've just killed a strider and 10 seconds later, a strider would have positioned itself over 100m away from the mill and start to fire it's large laser. This took over 20 tries to kill the strider before he took out the mill. I ended up using the gravity gun to fire a magnusson from the mill to kill it... It was a truly epic feat.

 

[AciD]

2nd strider attempts to destroy sawmill,
7th strider attempts to destroy lodge,
8th strider attempts to destroy cabin,
9-13 striders are attempting to destroy base.

 

[Omnomnick]

2nd strider attempts to destroy sawmill,
7th strider attempts to destroy lodge,
8th strider attempts to destroy cabin,
9-13 striders are attempting to destroy base.

Spot on

 

[SolidSteel144]

Bunny hopping all the way can prove to be use full when on foot.

 

[Van Kayne]

Oh, and try and take out the Hunters before you fire magnussons, since they can actually shoot them off the striders with their flechettes.

 

[z0mbin3]

I use cheats so ammo isn't a problem for me specificly not for the AR2 thus hunters arnt a problem for me. But can I defeat the striders just by staying in that small cabin near the start and let the Striders come to me?

 

[AciD]

Cheating is for noobz

 

[MisterAnonymous]

I had a pretty rough time with the striders, but I came through the first time victorious without any cheats. The trick is to run over the hunters first, then shoot the ball things onto the striders from behind.

I found it helpful to get a little stash going of those ball things (man, I wish I remembered what they were called) at one of the depots in between waves. By the end that really came in handy for me when all of the outward stations got blown up, I was still able to get enough of those quickly.

 

[AciD]

Enter car. Press w. Aim for hunter. Hunter killed. Repeat.
Maugnisson device BTW

 

[McGooTheWise]

Magnusson*

 

[z0mbin3]

I dont care about what you people think about cheats I just want to know if my tactic would work. And I beat all my games without cheats once before I use them.

 

[Cheomesh]

Magnade.