So im about to go to Ravenholm

Hi. Im playing Half Life 2 and the next chapter is Ravenholm! Now, everyones been saying this is a VERY scary level. Im getting scared of this game already. Now, I've looked at the walkthough on youtube and it doesn't seem THAT bad. But still, it looks so gory and earie at the same time. Any advice for Ravenholm?

The first time through may scare you a bit. Just keep moving.

I think ravenholm was when the black headcrabs get introduced, and those always manage to jump out and scare me. beware dark corners lol.

You watched a walkthrough without playing it!?!?!?!? What is wrong with you? It takes some of the scare awaykris9031998

Half-Life 2 really isn't scary. Like, at all.

You watched a walkthrough without playing it!?!?!?!? What is wrong with you? It takes some of the scare awaykris9031998

I'm trying to remember. If that's the one with the flying zombies that climbed up drainpipes... YIKES! I found that part easily the creepiest. The black headcrabs will also knock your health down in no time.

This is where the fast zombie are introduced. The first time I opened that door into Ravenholm and encountered one of the those, I jumped out of my seat. :)

Ravenholm is not that much worse then the rest of HL2, its darker and the black headcrab are introduced + more zombies then anywhere Else I can think of...

its not that bad tho, my advice is to learn to love the shotty ^^ and make use of the traps that is allready set up in the map, to conserve ammo.

The Zombies that run on all 4s, and pretty much is a cardbord cutout of a warewolf is a bit annoying, but I think you will manage ^^

And remember: what is most scary? a zombie staggering towards you with a slow pace? or a madman wielding a shotty, glasses and an evil grin? Yup Freeman is far the scaryiest thing in HL2 ^^

When you have the fast zombies that climb and scream chasing you. Use your crowbar to kill them. I find that to be the easiest way to handle them.

I'm trying to remember. If that's the one with the flying zombies that climbed up drainpipes... YIKES! I found that part easily the creepiest. The black headcrabs will also knock your health down in no time.

jun_aka_pekto

Scary? Half life 2? Huh?JigglyWiggly_

My thoughts exactly...

The first time you encounter the fast zombies they'll probably give you a bit of a scare but other then that there isn't much to be scared of.

Save as much ammo as possible. The gravity gun is your friend.

There's those new achievements on Steam one of which is to complete Ravenholm with just a gravity gun. Is it possible? :)

This is where the fast zombie are introduced. The first time I opened that door into Ravenholm and encountered one of the those, I jumped out of my seat. :)

StrawberryHill

I got startled and spilled my can of Pepsi.:lol:

It may startle you a bit in places, but it isn't scary by any stretch of the imagination. It's really not as intense as it's made out to be. Just conserve ammo as much as you can and definitely keep one hand on the gravity gun, and it'll be over before you know it.

[spoiler] ...thankfully. Personally, I thought Ravenholm was the lowest point of the Half-Life 2. But that's just me. [/spoiler]

There's those new achievements on Steam one of which is to complete Ravenholm with just a gravity gun. Is it possible? :)

ralph2190

Dont be scurrd! Ravenholm is awesome, decently loud speakers and dark room is best.

Its too bad you spoiled it with the walkthroughs before you saw it yourself. :?

There's those new achievements on Steam one of which is to complete Ravenholm with just a gravity gun. Is it possible? :)

ralph2190

Hi. Im playing Half Life 2 and the next chapter is Ravenholm! Now, everyones been saying this is a VERY scary level. Im getting scared of this game already. Now, I've looked at the walkthough on youtube and it doesn't seem THAT bad. But still, it looks so gory and earie at the same time. Any advice for Ravenholm?

martinX3X

Well, for one be ready to see a big fat Poison Headcrab dude(I forgot a lot of the names, haven't played the game in ages) because he throws Poison headcrabs at you, and those things take your health down to zero until you give it time to regenerate. Second of all check your corners and look behind every few seconds to avoid and unexpected scares. Also be ready to meet an epic new breed of zombies, the fast running one, those things can climb building and all that jazz. Last of all remember that there are a lot of fake dead people there, so as long as a corpse has a headcrab on it's head, shoot it... in it's head of course.

That's all that I remember.

Oh and don't bother trying to kill the guy who will help you out occasionally, because first of all you can't, and second of all you need him.

There's those new achievements on Steam one of which is to complete Ravenholm with just a gravity gun. Is it possible? :)

ralph2190

Absolutely! The best part is that there are the circular saw blades lying around. Once you get one of those, you can kill anything!

Its not scary at all. In fact i replayed it again today. The only thing is the sudden out of nowhere attacks. Those jolt nothing too bad. But out of Hl2 if Hl2 can be called scary at all it would be because of Ravenholm.

You just ruined the best fun for you self by wathching a walkthrough :|

first time around ravenholm was awesome. why would you ruin it for yourself by watchin a walkthrough before playing? crazy

There's those new achievements on Steam one of which is to complete Ravenholm with just a gravity gun. Is it possible? :)

ralph2190

You can just sit in that room while the lift comes over and the zombies won't be able to get you. Easy-peasy

I tried restarting the black masa level, and i tried to get past the rubble that seperates you from Alyx. but it didn't work. I DONT WANT TO GO TO RAVENHOLM

If you already watched a walkthrough, you already ruined it.

Ravenholm was a pretty scary level, but there are two important factors that made it scary:

1) You DON'T KNOW what to expect, as in, you didn't watch a walkthrough.

2) The game was brand new, and other, scarier games like Dead Space were years away from coming out.

It's dated by now. Alone in the Dark scared the crap out of me when it first came out, but now it just looks silly.

Don't go to Ravenholm !