


It is held in the air by an extremely makeshift looking contraption, and a lever on the engine removes the pressure on the rope to drop the car (crushing anything beneath it), then the engine immediately pulls the car back up again.

The car is tied with a rope from a pulley to the engine. Car traps are created from a rope, a pulley, a car, and an engine.In addition to traps, Grigori separated Ravenholm into districts using wooden barricades (so Zombies can be found in a more organized manner). The traps are engineered so that Zombies can randomly stumble into them but they can be easily circumvented by normal humans. Due to the relative lack of ammunition in the area, Gordon must rely on traps and the Gravity Gun (with which he can launch blades and other projectiles) to kill the Zombies.Īs one of the survivors in Ravenholm (female screams can occasionally be heard in the ambient noise, implying there still are other survivors), Father Grigori set up many traps and structures in order to dispose of Zombies more efficiently. The entire town is also littered with humans and Classic Zombies that have been hanged, burned, sliced, and have suffered other horrific fates by Grigori's traps. Many areas of Ravenholm are littered with large saw-blades, propane cylinders, barrels of flammable material, and booby traps which have been contrived by Father Grigori. Alyx Vance points the gate to Ravenholm out to Gordon Freeman during his tour of the lab, and explains where it leads and that it was "sealed for a reason." Gordon is later forced to escape through Ravenholm when the Combine raid Black Mesa East, during the chapter "We Don't Go To Ravenholm.". Being linked to Black Mesa East via a tunnel, the entrance to Ravenholm was sealed shortly after the bombardment using a heavy gate, two barricades of crates, and stolen Sentry Guns to prevent Zombies from escaping. The town was ultimately completely overrun with Headcrabs and Zombies. It would seem that Ravenholm remained "under the radar" for some time, but was eventually discovered by the Combine, leading to its destruction via a massive Headcrab Shell bombardment. These buildings, along with the streets, appear vaguely Eastern European, complying with the style of architecture seen throughout the game. Several high-rise apartment buildings can also be seen in some sections of the town. The town of Ravenholm mainly consists of small to medium-sized houses, traditionally built from wood, stone and concrete.
