History Recap / HalfLifeBlastPit

* TooDumbToLive: The guard who tries to kill the Tentacle. The thing is a thirty-meter, armored three-headed monster, and he decides, "Pfft, what a pushover bitch, I can definitely kill this thing with my glock".
* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: At the end of the chapter, the pipe Gordon is walking through breaks and drops him in a storage room below. If you don't have enough health to survive the FallingDamage, you have no choice but to load an earlier save of use cheats to progress. The console ports rectify this by filling the room with SoftWater.

* CatharsisFactor: After spending half an hour patiently sneaking past (or hectically sprinting past) the Tentacle, getting to fire the engine and KillItWithFire is immensely satisfying.

* TooDumbToLive: The guard who tries to kill the Tentacle. The thing is a thirty-meter, armored three-headed monster, and he decides, "Pfft, what a pushover bitch, I can definitely kill this thing with my glock."

* {{Backtracking}}: Copious amounts, as the player must sneak back through the Tentacle's chamber at least twice again after the first pass.

In order to traverse his way through the Rocket Test Lab, Gordon has to fight his way into side areas around the rocket chamber in order to reactivate the liquid oxygen and fuel pumps along with turning on the electrical power in order to work the Rocket Test. Once everything's successfully turned on, Gordon initiates the Rocket Test to kill the Tentacles, which a tunnel is revealed that the Tentacles used to dig their way into the Rocket Test Lab. Gordon uses the tunnel to enter into a toxic waste dumping area, but as he traverses through it, the pipe he's walking through breaks, which results in him falling into a new area of Black Mesa.

Gordon accesses the silo known as the Rocket Test Lab where Black Mesa have been testing rocket engines. On the plus side, the military haven't breached this area yet. However, something much more dangerous has nested here: a massive, stationary predator known as the Tentacle. On top of that, the area is in severe disrepair and full of environmental hazards, including a toxic waste flood in the lower levels. In order to traverse his way through the Rocket Test Lab, Gordon has to fight his way into side areas around the rocket chamber in order to reactivate the liquid oxygen and fuel pumps along with turning on the electrical power in order to work the Rocket Test. Once everything's successfully turned on, Gordon initiates the Rocket Test to kill the Tentacles, which a tunnel is revealed that the Tentacles used to dig their way into the Rocket Test Lab. Gordon uses the tunnel to enter into a toxic waste dumping area, but as he traverses through it, the pipe he's walking through breaks, which results in him falling into a new area of Black Mesa.

Gordon accesses a silo where Black Mesa have been testing rocket engines. On the plus side, the military haven't breached this area yet. However, something much more dangerous has nested here: a massive, stationary predator known as the Tentacle. On top of that, the area is in severe disrepair and full of environmental hazards, including a toxic waste flood in the lower levels.

* BossBattle: Gordon spends most of the chapter trying to kill the Tentacle, sneaking past it several times to activate the power, fuel and oxygen before returning to the control room to [[KillItWithFire fire the rocket engine above it.]]

* WeaponizedExhaust: The rocket engine used to fry the The Tentacles and finish the chapter.

* VideoGameSetpiece: The Tentacle's introduction, where it smashes through the control room window and drags an unfortunate scientist away.

* NoOSHACompliance: While this trope is in effect all over Black Mesa, special mention must go to the SEVERAL GODDAMN ''LAKES'' of toxic waste in this chapter.

Gordon accesses a silo where Black Mesa have been testing rocket engines. On the plus side, the military haven't breached this area yet. However, something much more dangerous has nested here: a massive, stationary predator known as the Tentacle. On top of that, the area is in severe disrepair and full of environmental hazards, including a toxic waste flood in the chasm below.

Gordon accesses a silo where Black Mesa have been testing rocket engines. On the plus side, the military haven't breached this area yet. However, something much more dangerous has nested here: a massive, stationary predator known as the Tentacle. On top of that, the area is in severe disrepair and full of environmental hazards, including a toxic waste flood in chasm below.

Gordon accesses a silo where Black Mesa have been testing rocket engines. On the plus side, the military haven't breached this area yet. However, something much more dangerous has nested here: a massive, stationary predator known as the Tentacle.

* VideoGameSetpiece

* TooDumbToLive

* BossBattle