

Demoted to Extra: Alyx mainly stays in a house mourning Eli for most of the game.Death by Looking Up: Several fast headcrabs attempt to do this to Gordon within Borealis.Creator Cameo: Leon "SPYmaps" Brinkmann, the author of the mod, does the voice-over explaining the more/less enemies mechanic and the puzzle hints.Kleiner actively hinders Gordon's progress and tries to blow him up when Gordon arrives at the Borealis. He is clearly crazy but docile in City 18. Breen also makes a return, but he doesn't last long.He can potentially die at the end if the player opts to save Alyx over him. He makes another appearance when the Resistance takes the Borealis technology. The Bus Came Back: Barney returns in this mod, initially in City 18.

The war has escalated so much that there are no citizens in the city anymore and the Combine have orders to shoot any non-Overwatch unit on sight. Bug War: City 18 is in the middle of one between the Combine and Antlions due to a massive hive near the city.When Gordon meets him in City 18, Kleiner is crazed. Brainwashed and Crazy: Kleiner had a bad encounter with several zombies and headcrabs, giving him brain damage.

However, Kleiner is dead, and either Alyx or Barney were killed after the battle for the Borealis. The Resistance is also setting up governments in cities conquered from the Combine and generally replacing Combine rule.
