Half-Life 2: Episode One - Lowlife
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Channel: Ross Mahon · 2016 · Gaming
This chapter sees Gordon and Alyx fleeing through the city's ruined, dark, and zombie infested underground as they continue to flee the city. Alyx is trapped under a pod with a restrained Stalker viciously attempting to break loose, relying on Gordon to set her free. After escaping from the train, the duo fights through the rubble of dark, deserted, underground parking garages and tunnels, searching for a way to head up to the surface of the city. In the process, they block off Antlion burrows, and battle various zombies in a pitch black environment, including zombified Combine soldiers, which were never seen during Half-Life 2. These zombified soldiers, referred to as "Zombines" by Alyx, are a prominent sign that the Combine is losing control of City 17. Trivia After Alyx opens the first EMP Field Gate, if the player zooms in on her face while standing next to her, she will nervously look away playing with her hair. She will then look up at the player and smile. In the next chapter, Urban Flight, she will do the same thing if the player zooms in on her face after she talks about the Striders, after exiting the Underground. In Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Alyx will do exactly the same thing in the chapter Riding Shotgun, after the player defeats the first Hunters and Alyx opens the Radio Tower Base gate.
