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Alien Grunts are the primary combatant force of the Nihilanth's Xen army, alongside the enslaved Vortigaunts.
A boss fight is a culminating challenge that pits the player against one or more enemies representing a greater threat and/or difficulty than those previously faced. These scenarios typically feature unique antagonists.
A squid-faced enemy that charges you like a bull. Seen in Half-Life and planned but cut from Half-Life 2.
Collective consciousness is best defined as a group or race of beings possessing no minds of their own, but act and are controlled in service of a greater overall purpose, much like ants. They make great villains!
A Final Boss encounter against an opponent designed to look like/represent a fetus.
The last boss you face in a game, usually representing the final climax of the game.
Spider-like parasitic animals from an unknown universe with amazing powers of genetic transformation. Introduced in the original Half-Life, headcrabs come in several varieties, all of which are incredibly dangerous to unsuspecting or unprepared humans.
A three-legged 'dog' creature that appears in Half-Life. It attacks the player in packs and emits LOUD sonic waves.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
The ability to float through the air without the aid of a mechanical device such as a jetpack, or the usual biological aids, such as wings.
Seen within the Half-Life franchise, Portal Storms are energetic shockwaves emanating from unstable dimensional tears. Portal Storm occurrence is resurgent after the destruction of City 17 and its Citadel.
Used in fighting games, projectiles are objects that a fighter can launch at another fighter to attack from a distance. While they can be used to simply inflict damage, projectiles are often used to maneuver opponents into disadvantageous positions.
An energetic and extremely destructive event which tears at the dimensional fabric of universes.
The ability to move from one area to another instantaneously - typically through some sort of special power or device.
Also known as the Universal Union, the Combine is a trans-dimensional empire comprised of enslaved species spanning an unknown number of universes, and Earth is their latest annexation.
An antagonist who isn't a villain by choice and is not in control of their emotions or a victim of tragic circumstance.
Vortigaunts are an extra-dimensional sentient alien species seen in every Half-Life game to date.
This is a place of special vulnerability. Particularly used in boss fights or when simply fighting Giant Enemy Crabs that cannot be defeated by usual means.
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