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The Robot Grunt is a mechanical HECU unit cut from Half-Life. There is no information available about where and when during the game it was to appear. However, it is used in the German censored version of the game.
Overview[]
- The original green Robot Grunt is featured in the Half-Life SDK files in the folder "RGrunt" (there the name "robot grunt" is given in the file "rgrunt.qc"), but not in the Half-Life game files.
- It is notably known for replacing all HECU soldiers in the censored German version of Half-Life. Germany heavily censors video games with an excessive amount of violence or strong Nazi references.[1][2][3] The German version of Half-Life also features other censored elements, such as when Black Mesa employees die.[4] It has the same voice as the uncensored HECU, even sometimes saying "Augh! Medic!" when shot.
- The model of the Robot Grunt was also used to replace all classes of Team Fortress Classic in the German version.[5]
- The only version available in the retail games is a bronze variant available as a player model for the multiplayer version of Half-Life, named "robo".
Gallery[]
Possible early Robot Grunt using an MP5 in an early screenshot of the Sector E Materials Transport.
The same early Robot Grunts in an early screenshot of the Apache confronting Freeman on the cliff.
Possible early Robot Grunt textures. From left to right: side, vent, neck.
"Robo" multiplayer model.
Preview image of the "robo" multiplayer model, holding an HECU SPAS-12.
List of appearances[]
- Half-Life (First appearance) (German version only) (Green version)
- Half-Life Deathmatch (After the 1.0.0.8 patch) (Non-canonical appearance) (Bronze version)
References[]
- ↑ Germany Tightens Censorship on Game Violence at Tom's Guide
- ↑ Computer Games on the Index List in Germany on the Blue Image website (listing all video games not allowed to be played at public Internet terminals in Germany, including Half-Life) (English version)
- ↑ Video Game Censorship in Germany: How it works, how it doesn't on 21st Century Digital Boy
- ↑ Gameplay in the censored German version of Half-Life (features the Robot Grunt replacing the HECU soldiers at 3:35 and onwards, and other examples of censored features)
- ↑ Schnittbericht: Team Fortress Classic at Schnittberichte.com (German)
 The Hazardous Environment Combat Unit
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| Characters | Dwight T. Barnes • Sharpe • Adrian Shephard • Minor HECU members |
| Weapons | Combat Knife • Desert Eagle • Dam Turret • Double Turret • Dynamite • Glock 17 • Land Mine • Laser Tripmine • M198 Howitzer • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M202A1 FLASH • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Minigun (cut) • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • RPG • Satchel Charge • Sentry Gun • SPAS-12 |
| Vehicles | AH-64 Apache • F-117 Nighthawk (cut) • F-16 Fighting Falcon • M1A1 Abrams • M2A3 Bradley • M35 cargo truck • V-22 Osprey |
| Classes | HECU Engineer • HECU Medic • HECU Sniper • Human Sergeant (cut) • Robot Grunt (cut) |
| Technology | Powered Combat Vest • Radio • Tactical Map • Welding Torch • Robot Grunt (cut) |
| Other | Military Police • Santego Military Base |