Ravenholm

[Doomed Red Shirt]

The first time I played through Ravenholm it was probably the most unpleasant fight I'd never been in. I don't mean toughest, but most terrifying and stressful, between Grigori's sadistic traps and the zombies that are worse to fight than the flood, and then I saw that light at the end of the tunnel and I sprinted like #%$& and made it out and the I was in the wonderful open free non-zombie-infested world with nothing but Combine soldiers to kill, and I saw the crows take off and I have never been so relieved in a video game since my team beat Atheon. I know I didn't articulate this too well, but did this happen to anyone else's?

tl;dr ravenholm sucks, but the thrill from leaving is totally worth it.

[Crowbaria]

Ravenholm might be scary but you know what would be more scary?
Low life chaper from episode 1 without alyx

[Cat]

What you described is what makes me like Ravenholm and appreciate Valve's creativity for a zombie apocalypse environment at that time.

But yeah, Ravenholm is the scary part of HL2 that made me think "damn I never want to replay this game again after I finished once". Same goes for the Low Life zombie part and being chased by an angry antilon queen in episode 2.

[Just Chill]

I just played that Lowlife part yesterday to verify all personal changes in the models (trying out CM2013, with different character textures I downloaded and replaced myself) are working.

The bloom lighting is very spooky for that section and additional shadows add further thrill.
But I always had Alyx aside, so I actually tried to make Gordon acting cool, instead of freakin' around by being trapped in a dark tunnel with zombies. ^^

Ravenholm was a bit worse, but I really like Grigori's traps.

[SincerelySalem]

Try going though Ravenholm with only the gravity gun for the zombie chopper achievement, then that light at the end of the tunnel willl be all that much brighter

[Ghidrah1]

Do ravenholm part 1, (beginning to inside churchyard) with the GG, dog's ball and no kills

I think Lowlife is much scarier due to continuous spawning, lack of continuous light, grenade wielding zombines and speeders coming from nowhere.

[ooEVILGOAToo]

I only been to Ravenholm twice, only because i forgot what it was like. As soon as i knew i had to go again :(

[Cat]

What could be more unpleasant than zombies being revived from the dead like this thread?

[FuSioN_408]

HOW DARE YOU SAY THE HL2 ZOMBIES ARE WORSE TO FIGHT THAN THE FLOOD?
tl;dr = git gud, no seriously, use double shotgun blast or magnum at close/far enough distances so that they don't leap at ya.

[Ghidrah1]

Agreed the library flood was floody

[フタナリ]

Ravenholm isn't that scary. They just have annoying poison headcrabs