Comments on: I Played Through Episode Two Holding A Goddamn Gnome

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 20:15:51 +0000

I just put the gnome into the rocket and came here looking to see why I didn’t get the achievement. Thanks for telling me it’ll unlock at the end of the game!

This wasn’t the worst Steam achievement I ever got, but it was definitely on the more obnoxious side.

By: ASDASDASD

ASDASDASD — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:37:48 +0000

I’m I the only one who just happened to saw a gnome, decided to make it my friend and never leave it? And much later found out you have to but him in the rocket?

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By: Romertino

Romertino — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 12:29:07 +0000

i forgot to shut the rocket door… and later i deleted all my saves… facepalm.jpg

By: Bloodewulf

Bloodewulf — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:24:13 +0000

wait…. I forgot to close the hatch. I think this is the second time I got him to the rocket. Lol. That, sucks… Well, I believe I have a save before the big strider battle so I shall come back when I’m not annoyed at the game, and decide to try again Lol

I also have an issue with the other achievement, saving all the buildings. o.o I’m going to try on easy mode, and go all out trying to save every single one. (Even the Sawmill?)

By: bbb

bbb — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:15:59 +0000

GNOME!

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By: Champsie

Champsie — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:23:13 +0000

Gotta love it! no matter how many times it needs to be done!

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By: Ensignra

Ensignra — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 21:28:18 +0000

I played through the game holding the reakin gnome. It was aweful.
For mysterious technical? reasons after completing about 2/3 of the game, the game stopped of registering my achivements! So, at the end, the scientist mentioned that “we have some weight anomaly about 800 grams in the satellite” but that was it. It was all useless.
I feel raped! :(((

By: Shaun CArr

Shaun CArr — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:12:56 +0000

Tom!

You have inspired me to record my own account of how I sent a lowly garden gnome into the heavens.
Feel free to have a look, and keep up the good work!

http://shauncarrblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/chillin-with-mah-gnomie-then-launching.html

Shaun.

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By: ShpioOn

ShpioOn — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 08:48:12 +0000

Man this has to be the greatest achievement I’m going for, yet. I finished HL2, Episode 1 and 2, and now I’m set for the gnome baby! The only part I fear through the damn thing is the one with the chopper. Hope it doesn’t get that worse in makin me quit.

By: nornal

nornal — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:54:50 +0000

the gamer score was really stingy for how difficult it was to get. I mean in fable they gave 100G or mabey it was 50G for finding a hero a strength. To be fair though they did have to devide up the gamer score between 5 games. Either way i’m starting from my last save in riding shotgun to get it again (this time i’m closing the door though)!

By: nornal

nornal — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:45:21 +0000

i got the gnome to the rocket but didn’t shut the door so i lost the achievment

By: me

me — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:22:27 +0000

lolololololololololololololololololololololol its gnome chomsky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: demotivator

demotivator — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:54:19 +0000

You could have spawned him with a console command. Not saying you did but you got no proof you didn’t.

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By: bob

bob — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:07:14 +0000

pentadact what is half life episode 2 for

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By: Velvet Fist, Iron Glove

Velvet Fist, Iron Glove — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:28:11 +0000

A little more than two years after the game is released, I sat down to replay it, this time holding a goddamn gnome and squashing every single goddamn grub. The sense of relief with the last grub, and when you finally close the door on the gnome is amazing.

Now I just need to save every goddamn building from the goddamn striders!

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By: t

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:28:16 +0000

if u shoot the gnome up in the air right out side of where you get it you get the achievement

By: crazy konrad

crazy konrad — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:41:16 +0000

i think i will try taking the gnome with me too even though i know i will end up wanting to smash everyone that helped making this game in the face with my computer :P

By: Upsilon

Upsilon — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:11:47 +0000

Did you close the hatch door on the rocket, like so many people didn’t?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:23:45 +0000

ARGH

I spent a full day doing nothing but trying to get this achievement. I did it but it never registered at all. Played the game all the way through the closing credits and it still doesn’t show up in my profile. This supremely disappoints me.

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By: Sawyer

Sawyer — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:38:26 +0000

I tried doing this achievement. Now, I don’t know if anyone has pointed it out yet, but there’s a much easier way to transport the gnome in the “Get to the car”-part: At the beginning you can easily catapult the gnome on the bride, using the gravity gun. After you got the car you can easily grab him, without having to transport it through the whole zombie infested area :)

By: Arduin

Arduin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:02 +0000

Decided to go for this achievement, but after placing the Gnome in the rocket, and completing the game, no Achievement update… So I ended up on this page and read I needed to close the door on the rocket. Sjeesj, how the hell am I suppose to know?

Luckily I had saved my game right at the point were you insert the Gnome in the rocket. So I loaded the savegame, close the door… *pop* Achievement Unlocked! Little Rocket Man! Don’t know why this happened, probably because I already completed the game once, but I’m not complaining.

Nice screenshot diary from your travels with the Gnome!

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By: freeman

freeman — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:45:06 +0000

i just threw gnome over two left section of bridge before you go about getting the car! he was right where i threw him when i jumped the bridge, just be carful of throwing him too far.

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By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:29:50 +0000

Did you shut the door? You need to shut the door.

By: MISTERAMD

MISTERAMD — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:33:53 +0000

I have replayed the whole game 10 times, maybe more, still no luck to get the Gnome Achievement. I place him in the rocket with lamarr and I play further, yet no luck :(

By: Somegamer

Somegamer — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:01:38 +0000

lol… i wanna find some sort of physics object that will allow me to jam the fucking gnome in the car. GIVE US A GNOME SEAT GOD DAMN IT

By: Syzygy

Syzygy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:25:57 +0000

Nearly finished EPS 2 but wanted to get some info about the gnome for a friend and found this page. Lucky really as I had forgot to shut the rocket door!! Lucky I left a save stood in front of the door incase I had the wrong rocket or suchlike. I think I’ll finish the game from where I am (midway through strider fight trying to save all the buildings) and then reload from rocket and rush to the end of the game. Hopefully just closing the door will be enough though!

As for the Hunter-Chopper sections I resorted to driving to the end then running all the way back – ducking under trains all the way there and back – bonkers but successful!

Dame the gnome – is doubling the length of EPS 2 worth it for 35 gamer points!? Probably not but I did it anyway – sucker!

I’m also very annoyed at missing only 3 of 333 grubs and I’m sure I didn’t step on the sand in HL2 but I didn’t get those two! Finally – with regards to Puttin’ on a Clinic just save and load repeatedly so you don’t miss any shots. Also, if you pick one up but can’t make the shot just let it explode in your hands – this doesn’t count as a missed shot.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:10:12 +0000

there’s a box on the back of the car…

By: 80swaffleguy

80swaffleguy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:19:19 +0000

Dalek! If you read this, I had the same problem.

Go back, and close the door to the rocket. That’s all.

By: 80swaffleguy

80swaffleguy — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:17:09 +0000

By the way, my condolences at the fact that your favourite tf2 class will be useless for 2 weeks or so as everyone tries to get the pyro pack.

By: someone unimportant

someone unimportant — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:54:48 +0000

all you people complaining about having no saves left, why do you write over them? i just make a new save game every time.

By: Pentadact

Pentadact — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:08:52 +0000

Oh yeah? Well so’s your mother!

I did it in a few hours too. When I say “A month or so later” I mean that after a month or so, I went back and did it.