The HEV Forms are a hidden feature of your suit that customizes it toward different goals as tactics, espionage and action.
Press the "TAB" button to bring down the HEV Forms menu to switch form at any time and also read a brief description of each one: fastkeys are also available on the buttons "F1,F2,F3,F4 (default).
Every HEV Form gives you passive bonuses and 2 special abilities that you can activate with the "F" and "Shift" buttons (default).
The Gordon Freeman, Liquid Snake, Solid Snake and Big Boss HEV Forms are UNLOCKED WHEN YOU ACQUIRE THE CROWBAR FROM BARNEY. The secret Hev Form Gray Fox, instead,requires you to complete the game (stop Breen from teleporting) before you can use it.
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GORDON FREEMAN FORM
This energy field protects you from all kind of attacks in general and from melee attacks in particular. Zombies, antlions and even the gigantic antlionguards will not be able to harm you with this barrier on. The flashlight has now a variable focus option: using the USE Button you can either make it wider, to brighten up dark areas, or concentrate it on targets until the incandescent ray burns them.
Gordon tweaks HEV chargers and batteries to get a +100% bonus from them. Gordon Freeman is a MIT graduate: he is smarter than his enemies and this him the edge against his mindless enemies. Defensively speaking, he is king of the hill - the Black Mesa safety course taught him well - but on the other side, some of his weapons need some brains to become effective: spawning manhacks, turrets and antlions requires management, while hunting for headcrabs to stuff them with explosive requires good eye (and Gordon is the only one able to handle them in total safety). A fully loaded Irifle is the closer you will ever get to a fragfest, if you enjoy pure unadulterated Quake 1 style. |
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LIQUID SNAKE FORM
All the weapons in the game become 10X stronger: use it when you have the upper hand in a fight, avoid it when many enemies are already attacking you. Like the Doom berserk stimpack, this bonus makes your melee attack extra strong for a while, while suffering a small defense malus. You know when the combine orders you to pick up that cup and put it into the trashcan? Now you can smash him with that. Liquid has the largest amount of Bullet Time of the bunch,nearly a minute of uninterrupted Max Payne action. Liquid Snake is a warrior whose power lies all in his brute force: barehanded or armed, he is stil able to dish high damage in all conditions. His only weak point is the defense, but he can supply for that with his bullet time which grant him easy headshots. Always good in crowded areas. |
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Snake's suit is stealth camouflage equipped, meaning he can go invisible at any time. However, the effect is not immediate and enemies can still hit you and therefore return you visible. Stealth consumes aux power very fast and receiving damage deples the gauge even faster.
This device emitts a strong electrical pulse that damages all the enemies around you, often killing a whole room of them. When the pulse is released, all your suit's systems go offline and bullets fired at you miss their target. Speed: your speed is not limited by heavy weapons. Double jump: you can perform a second jump in mid-air. Leap: press crouch and then jump shortly after to take a long leap forward. Leap attack: attacking with the knife when leaping gibs any enemy immediately. Dodge: avoid attacks by crouching while moving. Playing Snake can be described as being both the alien and the predator in Alien vs Predator: agile, stealthy, deceiving and brutal in close quarters fights. His weapons are deadly, but they don't work well if you go Rambo through the levels. Better instead watch your back and trick your enemies thanks to your abilities. |
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This ability heals you but it also makes your attacks against enemies to be weaker. It comes in two varieties, Metal Gear Solid style and Splinter Cell style. Crouch for some time and you will go mimetic, resulting in enemies being unable to see you until you move again. Big Boss is the HEV Form of snipers and the most safe to play Survivor with, because of his easy way to acquire headshots to win health with, thanks to the Critical Hit System, or your ability to regenerate life points with the Morfine Shot ability. It surely takes some precision but the flaregun is also there for when you feel in the mood for some pyroclastic fun! |
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A ghost's natural habitat, this is here that you escape to recharge when your energy drops too low. A short-ranged smart bomb with unlimited ammo and gibbing damage. You are the King Midas of gore: everything you touch, it gruesomely gibs. This HEV Form can only be selected from the HEV Forms menu once you have completed the game, stopping Breen from escaping from the citadel in the final level of the HL2S. Gray Fox is both a ninja and a ghost: lethal at close range and armed to the teeth for ranged battles, yet defensively weak when he is the physical world. Be aggressive and catch a break in the shadows when you need it, you have become death. |
