Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life (
More info?)
"Strider" <email.given@thepoint.youasknice> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c598fcadcf72f8298ab77@news-text.blueyonder.co.uk
> McGrandpa proclaimed...
>
>> Poison Headcrab, black and red, lazy, travels in packs on a
>> 'carrier' zombie, which will throw these at you....they're too lazy
>> to run and jump on you themselves
😉 they cause quite a speech from
>> the HEV suit.
>
> True enough. I thought the zombies thrown made the crack zombies. Oh
> well. Another day another lesson learnt.
I paid pretty close attention to the fauna in HL2, looking for new
species as any great naturalist would
😉 I even kept an eye out for the
places the old gameplay footage showed that had creatures that didnt
make to the final cut. Like the hydra. haven't seen those exact spots
yet. Going back and forth thru the game looking tho! If you're
interested in observing the behavior patterns of these three species of
headcrabs, then I have just the spot
On leaving Ravenholme, you go
thru the mines (kind of like LOTR 1 eh? Mines of Moria?
😉 ). If you
drop carefully down the shaft, from beam to beam, you can land on the
last one that jutts out a little ways, sit there and just pick em off.
You can also see the three distinct versions. The 'crack' headcrabs
must be a very evolved species indeed. Look at the differences between
their 'crack zombie' (that I call the Leapers) and the original slo-mo
stumbles along kind. The leaper crab almost totally converts the host
that it's a parasite to. Impressive. But the poison ones, must be a
throwback.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram