Half-Life Aliens
Headcrab
This weird little creature is the first enemy you'll encounter. It looks
like a four-legged spider only it has a relatively large body. It's very
slow, and won't notice you if you're more than 30 feet away from it, but
if you get whithin 10 feet, it'll jump you. It jumps very fast, and the
only way to avoid it is to make a very quick side-step. After having
attacked you it'll pause for about two seconds, then attack again if
you're within range. These guys can give you a real shock if you are
unaware of their presence, but most of the time you'll see them before
they're close enough to attack you, so generally they shouldn't cause too
much trouble. The best weapon against them is one of the most basic one
you have, the glock. Three shots will always bring them down, and since
the glock is a very accurate weapon, you'll have no trouble killing them.
Any other weapon is actually too powerful too waste on it, if you're in a
hurry you can use the MP5, but you'll more than often end up spending up
to five or six bullets on it, so I recommend that you just take your time,
aim with the glock, and....pow, pow, pow...it's dead.
Health: 10/10/20
Attack: 5/10/10 per bite
Zombie
This is the second enemy you'll face in Half-Life, and it has long arms
and fingers, and is pretty slow. If you let them get too close, they'll
try to hit you with their arms, which can actually hurt quite a bit if
you've got no armor to protect you, so be careful. When you first meet
them, you'll only have the crowbar and the glock, and although you'll
probably face some fair amount of ammo problems in the beginning of the
game, I would suggest using the glock. It takes ten hits with the crowbar,
and you're very vunerable to their arm attacks. Five direct hits in the
head with the glock will make them shake and fall dead to the ground. The
best weapon against them, if you've got it, is the shotgun. Two shots in
the head will always kill them if you're not too far away. You'll only see
these guys early in the game, so you won't have much of a chance to use
other weapons against them, they're also too weak for that, so stay with
the shotgun and you'll be fine.
Health: 50/50/100
Attack: 10/20/20 per single-slash
Attack: 25/40/40 per double-slash
Houndeye
These noisy fellas are one of the easiest enemies to kill in Half-Life.
They run around "squeaking" all the time, and actually sound and
look rather cute. When they come within range of you they stop and start
charging up their weapon, which takes so long time (more than 2 secs) that
you should be either stuck or be an idiot to get hit. When they fire they
send beams of energy out in circles from them, beware; this can set of
explosives and tripmines for instance. This will hurt you a bit, and as
they're often seen in large groups, you should be prepared to hide from
their beams. As said, these guys aren't really the toughest of them all,
so I recommend using the shotgun, one shot at point-blank range will kill
them. The glock is useful too, 4 shots and they're dead. If you don't
wanna waste time switching weapons, the MP5 can be used too, its rapid
fire can quickly get rid of large groups of them. If you face many of
them, a well placed hand grenade, satchel charge or tripmine is also very
good, especially because of the extreme joy it usually brings up in a
player, setting a nice little satchel charge off like that, repainting the
walls with blood. You should be careful when using the tripmines,
remembering that their attack can set it off. You shouldn't waste larger
weapons on them.
Health: 20/20/30
Attack: 10/15/15 per blast
Slave
These dudes are used as workers around the galaxy, you'll sometimes see
them work in mines or other places. It's fun to watch them work as they
run around, talk to each other and operate various machinery. They can run
pretty fast, and are good at hiding from you. Their weapon consists of
firing green electric beams at you. When they spot you, they'll run
towards you until they are within range (they can fire from as far as
about 100 feet), they'll then stop and start charging up their weapon.
They do this by "sucking" energy off the floor and surrounding
walls, you'll see green beams coming out of them. They do this for about a
second (takes 2 seconds on easier skill levels), then fire a hitscan green
ray of electricity towards you. They will always hit you no matter how
fast you are running or how much you are jumping, so your only hope is to
hide behind something. They have another way of attacking, which is by
slapping you in the face if you get too close. It's easy to avoid their
greasy hands if you quickly pull backwards, so you should't allow them to
hit you. You will however want to kill them, and this is best done with
the MP5 or the shotgun. Two direct buckshots will kill them, more than
three shouldn't be needed. The MP5 will get them down even quicker. The
reason for their weakness is that they can actually pack quite a punch
with their electric beams, and, considering the fact that they're often
seen in groups of up to four, it's only reasonable that they're not
stronger than they are. These guys will chase you throughout the game,
you'll even have to deal with them in the very last levels of the game. At
that point they are often so numerous, that it might be easiest to use the
magnum, two shots will kill them (one headshot). The last few levels are
by the way often so vast that you can easily take time to snipe them from
far distances. They are also called Vortiguants.
Health: 30/30/60
Attack: 25/25/25 per slash
Attack: 10/10/15 per zap (sometimes up to 50 actually, it's a bit hard to
say)
Barnacle
You'll find these things stuck to the ceiling, with their long tounge
hanging down from them. They are actually really easy to see, and
therefore you won't get caught unless you are very uncausious. When you
get too close to their tounge, you'll be slowly pulled towards their
bodies, then bitten and thrown on to the floor. It'll die by biting you,
just like a bee dies after having stung you. The bite hurts a lot,
and you might fall so far that you could crater from it so you must kill
it fast, once you've been pulled in. I suggest that you use the weapon you
have currently selected, however, most of the time you'll probably see it
whithout being pulled in, and the easiest wasy to kill it then would be
with shotgun. One or two shots from a not-too-far distance should kill it,
and since the shotgun isn't very useful later on in the game and against
bigger enemies, it doesn't matter wether you waste a bit of ammo. A couple
shots from the glock will also kill them, and so will one whack from the
crowbar, how strange it might seen. They can actually be useful too, given
their relaxed nature and passive attack. You'll sometimes find them
besides a platform that you won't be able to reach by jumping. You can
then let yourself be trapped by the barnacle, get as close to the ceiling
as possible, kill it, and then jump on to the platform from there. This
requires some training. I haven't really figured out exactly how this
thing deals damage, but if you've got less than a 100 health and get
bitten, you're dead. The thing is, that when you're bitten at first it'll
pause for about 5 seconds, then bite you again, and again if you're still
alive.
Health: 25/25/30
Attack: A fucking lot per bite - three bites will kill you no matter what
Bullsquid
While the name might suggest otherwise, these things have nothing to do
with bulls. Actually they're more like pigs, but I'll get back to that.
They can move quite fast, but you'll mostly see them just standing there
without moving, as they spit neon-green coloured slimeballs at you. They
aren't very accurate shooters, and if you're far away from them, they
probably won't hit you at all. If you get too close to one of these
suckers, you will hear them grunting in a very pig-like way, and then see
yourself being slapped 15 feet backwards, taking a fair amount of damage.
In rare situations, they can also whip you with their tail. This can kill
you quite fast, and you should not let this happen. When it comes to
killing them, many of the more powerful weapons will work. The magnum will
do the job magnificently, a couple of .357 rounds will make them fall flat
on their stomacs. The MP5 can be used too, circle strafe it while you
shoot, and it should be dead in not-too long. If you intend to use the
shotgun, use the alt-fire, and be prepared to spend at least 2x2 shells on
it. If you feel you've got enough ammo, the crossbow will work too. You
should note that they for some reason are three times stronger on
difficult than on easy and medium, so you can safely rely on weaker
weapons when playing on those skill levels.
Health: 40/40/120
Attack: 15/25/25 per bite
Attack: 10/10/15 per spit
Attack: 25/35/35 per tail-whip
Tentacle
A very rare enemy, you won't meet more than seven of them troughout the
game, two times in groups of two or three, and two of them are alone. They
have a long, green body and a huge blade at the end of their heads. If you
get hit by this thing, you'll be seriously hurt, even if you only brush
it. They're sort-of like the worms from the movie "Tremors",
they can only see things that move, and have an ear on each side of their
heads so that they can locate you. This means that you gotta walk slowly
past them if you don't want to get chopped. If you dare, you can distract
them by firing a grenade somewhere, they'll go nuts at the spot it
exploded. These are one of the only enemies in Half-Life that cannot be
killed, no matter how much you try, it wont help. You can, however, make
them leave you alone for a few seconds if you give them a shot with the
shotgun or another weapon. Be careful that you don't get "stuck"
to their bodies if you get too close (it's possible).
Health: Invincible
Attack: Up to ~100 per slash
Gargantua
This montrous creature (Garg) is not seen very often, and thank God for
that. He can't really be considered a boss, since you'll see him 4-5 times
troughout the game. He has two giant flamethrowers mounted on each arm,
and if you get whithin about 20 feet of him, he'll start frying your ass,
so be careful. He also sometimes stomps in the floor, which sends a slow
moving, red thing towards you, soaring above the ground. This is extremely
easy to dodge, so don't let yourself get hit by this. If you get too
close, he can whack you with his hands, which makes your view tilt about
40 degress, making it very hard to see where you are. I'd estimate his
height to about 15 feet, and he may seem impossible to kill. Well, one of
the coolest things about Half-Life is the fact that almost every enemy can
be killed/destroyed no matter how big they are, which means that it is
possible to kill him. There is one catch though; He can only be hurt by
using explosives, this is probably because of his body armor. The first
time you'll meet him is at "Power Up", where the only explosives
you can possibly have will be max. 10 handgrenades and a couple of
tripmines, which will just about do the trick. Other things that can kill
him are 7+ satchel charges, 10 RPG's, 10 MP5 grenades or 72 egon cells. Of
course you can't carry 10 RPG's with you, so if you wan't to use them,
shoot him in the head, 5-6 will kill him then.
Health: 800/800/1000
Attack: 3/5/5 per fireround
Attack: 10/30/30 per slash
Attack: 50/100/100 per stomp-fire
Ichthyosaur
These giant fish-like things are not nice to meet. When they spot you
under water, they'll swim fast towards you, and ocasionally bite you,
which really hurts, so be careful. When you get bitten, your view
will become seriously distorted, making it very difficult for you to
navigate. Three-four bites can kill you, so you do not want to stay near
these. They are very hard to kill, but luckily it often won't be necessary
to do so. First of all, it is nearly impossible to hit it with a weapon
that can't be fired under water, and any weapon that need to be thrown or
put somewhere is useless, because the fish moves around a lot. That leaves
us only with a couple of weapons, for instance the RPGL, you can fire them
under water, and they can be guided for maximum precision. Stay as far
away from it as you possibly can, be sure to maintain your breadth of
view, and fire four RPG's at it, that'll kill it. The crossbow is also a
bit useful, 8 shots will kill it, but arrows act very weird under water,
so you probably won't hit anything.
Health: 200/200/400
Attack: 20/35/50 per bite
Snark
These little annoying creatures are extremely rare. You've probably
encountered them once in a while in deathmatch, where you can irritate
your opponents by throwing them in their heads, but they aren't very
useful in single player. They are, besides being a weapon, also an enemy,
and if you don't remain calm, groups of these tend to overwhelm you. They
are very fast, making it difficult for you to aim at them, and they'll
keep attacking you until they explode after 15 seconds. The best weapon
against them is the MP5, considering it's rapid fire and tiny spread. You
are best off by running backwards while firing at them, as it might take a
while for you to hit them.
Health: 2/2/2
Attack: 10/10/10 per bite
Attack: 5/5/5 from explosion
Alien Grunt
These are one of the toughest, most intelligent aliens you'll meet, and
you should be careful not to walk right into them. They're as tall as you,
but about three times wider. They're heavily armored, and have a hornet
gun which they use to fire heet-seeking hornets at you. They're no faster
than you are, so if he starts firing at you, run as fast as you can in the
opposite direction, as the flies can only follow you for about a 100 feet,
they'll then disapear. If you get too close of these, they'll smack you
with their big hands, so keep a distance. You shouldn't be afraid to use a
powerful weapon against them. The magnum or crossbow will kill it with 3
shots, but you've gotta be quick, be sure to have reloaded them before you
walk into battle. The tau cannon is useful against them, one charged
alt-fire shot will gib them. If you want to use the gluon gun, you should
be prepared to lose some energy, as it takes some time for it to gib them.
The MP5 is very useful, one well-placed grenade plus a few rounds should
kill them. They generally don't move around a lot, so aiming at them
shouldn't be a problem. They have armor on their shoulders that protects
them from projectiles.
Health: 60/90/120
Attack: 10/20/20 per slash
Attack: 4/5/8 per hornet
Alien Controller
You won't see these flying bastards until the last part of Half-Life. They
have a huge head, and fly pretty fast trough space. They fire yellow balls
of energy at you, up to 10 at a time, sometimes only a couple. They are
often seen in groups, which makes it necessary to kill them fast. The best
weapon to bring these down with is clearly the magnum. It has hitscan-projectiles,
and three shots will kill them. Two crossbow shots will do the same, but
the problem is that the arrows are somewhat slow, and since these aliens
move around a lot, you'll often miss them. However, if you think you are
in a safe position, you can wait a while to find out in which pattern it
is moving, and then fire your arrows in correspondence to that. If you
feel you've gotta get rid of them quick, the gluon gun is not too powerful
to use. I feel the tau cannon is kinda hard to hit a moving target with,
and you'll probably end up wasting all your ammo. The hornet gun is great
for killing these things, hide somewhere, let the gun recharge, then get
out and fire the hornets at them. The RPGL is pretty useless against them,
you'll miss them for sure if you use it. Their weapon doesn't deal that
much damage, the projectiles are slow, and you shouldn't worry too much
about them. If you however bumb into hordes of them (as you can sometimes
do on the final levels) while in a cramped little room, it's time to
panic. Move around as fast as you can, use the magnum for a start, and if
you can hide, start using the hornet gun.
Health: 60/60/100
Attack: 3/4/5 per energyball
Alien Plant
You will find these "plants" on the later levels, where they
will stand at random spots, waiting for something to come by. When you get
too close to its tentacle it'll whack you approx. each second if you don't
get out of the way. This can be painful if you let it happen too many
times, so watch out. You can easily sneak past it by walking, it won't
notice you then. Crouch-walk if you have "always run" turned on.
They cannot be killed.
Health: Invincible
Attack: 10 per whack
Gonarch, AKA "Big Momma"
Wow, this thing is big! You'll only meet her once in the entire game, on
one of the final levels in the Alien World. It's about three times taller
than you, has four big legs, and a huge sack hanging from its body. It can
whack you if you get too close. It constantly spews out pods of acid with
baby gonarchs in them who will jump you when get whithin range. They will
first eat up your armor, one armor point at a time, then your health. This
might sound ridiculous, but they are often so numerous that they can get
you trapped, leaving you no chance. Also, because they're so small and
almost transparent, they're almost impossible to hit, so use the hornet
gun, that way you don't have to aim that much. The only way to kill her is
to just keep shooting the big egg-sack hanging underneath her until she
eventually falls to the ground, dead. In these situations you should
always use your most powerful weapons first, so start with the gluon gun.
Then use your RPG launcher, MP5 grenades, magnum, crossbow and so on. Take
note that the baby gonarchs don't die because she does.
Healthfactor: 1x/1.5x/2x - how many times more damage she needs to start
running away/dying etc.
Attack: 50/60/70 per whack
Baby Gonarch
As described above.
Health: 2/2/2
Attack: 2/2/2 per bite
Nihilanth
The final monster of Half-Life. This thing is HUGE, and it soars in the
middle of an enormous cave with a zillion feet to the roof. It has two
ways of attacking you, where one of them is really a defense. First, it
can shoot a pack of about ten white/blue balls of energy at you. If you
just stand there, you'll be killed for sure, so if you can't hide, at
least try to avoid them in some way. They have splash damage, so you
better stay as far away from them as you can. The second thing he can do
is the send a green teleport ball towards you, this will home in on you,
and then send you to another place. You can either hide in some way that
will make the ball hit a rock (remember, that if the rock is thin enough,
you'll still be teleported), or you can fire a projectile of some kind
into it which will make it disappear. This can't be a bullet or an energy
beam, so use an arrow instead, it's a shame to waste a grenade or an RPG
on it. He gets his energy from some orange-colored crystals hanging in the
cave, so the first thing you should do is to shoot them. Three-four magnum
or crossbow shots will do the trick. When you've done that you won't
really see anything change, but that's because he still has a crystal
inside his head. Just keep shooting him in the head, use your most
powerful weapons. You'll notice that he soon starts to sound weakened and
only fire one energy ball at a time, this means that he's almost dead.
Keep shooting, and he'll die in a gigantic blast of colored beams and
rays.
Health: 800/800/1000
Attack: 30/30/50 per energyball
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