Half-Life 2 - Chapter 8: Sandtraps
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Channel: Ross Mahon · 2016 · Gaming
This is the eighth chapter of Half-Life 2. It details the second half of Gordon Freeman's journey to Nova Prospekt. After exiting a Zombie-infested tunnel then crossing through the last part of the coast without the Scout Car, he encounters the first Antlion Guard of the game and is then trained in usage of the Antlion Guard's pheropods. He then continues to the final part of the coast, where he battles many Nova Prospekt guards on his way into the prison. In this level, Antlions become the player's allies because Gordon has the Bugbait.
TriviaEdit
The circumstances under which an Antlion will be friendly to the player rather than hostile are determined by the map rather than possession of the pheropods. For instance, even if the player had pheropods during the initial journey across the beach before fighting the first Antlion Guard (through the use of cheats), the Antlions will still attack them regardless.
The Spanish name for this level is Bunkers.
The name of the chapter is a reference to the golf term Sand Trap, also known as bunkers.
The two large pipes coming down along the mountain late in the chapter resemble the pipes in the canyon featured in Surface Tension.
There is a glitch which can be used to explore the sandy area without being attacked or chased by Antlions. In order to do this, the player must first defend Sandy, and rush when he says "poor Lazlo", the Antlions will spawn, but the player can ignore them and run until being far away from them. The Antlions will chase Sandy, but Sandy and Lazlo will de-spawn, and the Antlions will simply stand there. As long as the player does not return to the point where Sandy is met, or does not kill Antlions, Antlions will not spawn and the player will be able to freely explore the area without worrying about the Antlions. However, this disables the achievement "Keep Off The Sand" as this will count as the player stepping on the sand.
