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Half-Life 2 Achievements

October 9, 2007 -

Okay, we've known for a while from the beta that Team Fortress 2 has achievements. And while I've gotten a few of those, I don't care too much about them. But when I find out that my absolute favorite game is also going to have achievements, I get excited.

Unless I'm mistaken, these achievements are coming to Steam as well as XBox 360. There are dozens, but here are some of my favorites.

Bone Breaker
Kill 30 enemies with thrown physics objects..
Hack Attack!
Kill five enemies with a Manhack..
OSHA Violation
Kill 3 enemies using the crane..
Zombie-que
Use flares to light 15 zombies on fire..
Flushed
Kill an enemy with a toilet..
What cat?
Break the mini-teleporter in Kleiner's lab..
Two Points
Use DOG's ball to make a basket in Eli's scrapyard..
Zombie Chopper
Play through Ravenholm using only the Gravity Gun..
Hot PotatOwned
Kill a Combine soldier with his own grenade..

While those are all very cool, (OSHA Violation cracks me up!) there are also some really hard ones...

Conservationist
Kill five enemies with the same energy ball..
The One Free Bullet
Beat Episode One firing exactly one bullet. Grenade, crowbar, rocket, and Gravgun kills are okay!

Between Half-Life 2, the two episodes, Portal, and Team Fortress 2, there are also 10 secret achievements. If these do indeed come to Steam, I'll be replaying Half-Life 2 for the third time.

Comments on Half-Life 2 Achievements
 
Comment Thu, October 11 - 3:10 AM by pmd
So far, I'm saving Half-Life 2.2 until this weekend.

I finished Chapter 1 in Portal... it was a piece of cake. So far, long-jumping using more than two portals was the toughest thing to get used to.