not all of them are converted humans though, it's implied the combine "bioform" the local population of any planet to police said planet. makes the most sense from an "all encompassing" techologically advanced race. as i understood it the "advisors" were the larval state of the true combine overlords. and considering the power the larva can have... fully grown "combine overlords" can easily (psychically) dominate entire solar systems at once, maybe even multiple at once.
@@gamiezion advisors are not larvae, they are fully grown, when they refer to them hatching, they're talking about the pods they inhabit, they have to adapt to our environment, so they are initially in pods and on special life support, but when they hatch, they no longer need it. there is no such thing as a "combine overlord" we dont even know if advisors are the ruling race. and the combine is what humans call them, not what they are actually called in reality they are called the universal union and the union is made up of an unknown number of alien species and worlds across multiple dimensions they control. the advisors themselves may just be another subjugated race working for the combine, or they may be one of the races that actually call the shots. and all combine soldiers are human or transhuman. the combine soldiers are the form that humans are modified into, striders, gun ships, hunters etc are all synths created from other alien species. the civil patrol, the guys you see patrolling the streets at the start, but dont actually fight in this game, are normal humans, they are volunteers who get better rations and other privileges for joining up. the ones that volunteer, or show promise are then memory wiped, and afterwards start to be modified. the more elite and higher rank the soldier, the more modified they become.
I think my friend the pigeon should stay out of here (the pigeon is not a pet every time i wake up and i look out the window he's there sometimes i give him treats the other times i just wave at him)
This shows Nano maybe looked weird but he has a smart personality when comes to gaming.The fact I like this guy even more that he loved to act more in his surrounding than talking to himself like any other youtubers .
"Why do aliens speak English?" They're not aliens. They're human collaborators, which is why it's so easy for Barney to pose as one. More specifically they're humans converted to sexless, half-human cyborgs.
Um Except for CP's the first enemy their just people that betrayed their own kind and their not modified their just wearing uniform but if they get promoted now there's where things get complicated
"Why is this a gate control mechanism?!" The combine repurpose life to do anything they want. They are known to re-bioengineer any species that they manage to get control of. This is why things like striders and the combine airships are made up of biological components. "Why do aliens speak english?" The combine soldier's aren't aliens; they're repurposed humans. Some humans take to the alteration process better than some, that's why some combine soldier's are like 8 feet tall. I think the white armored ones have the best of everything (intelligence, tactics, reflexes, speed, and relative power for their small size). One's that don't take the alteration process well turn into Stalkers. You see those in Half life 2 when you raid the citadel. they're like husks of people basically. I know WAY too much about the half life universe and can clear up any questions you have about the game.
I genuinely had to try throwing that grenade into the vent so many times when I went through, I reckon you definitely cut out some failed attempts. Or I could just be bad, probably that.
Maybe I was just amazingly lucky, but I got it first try. Got the footage in case you want to take me to court and I have to show it as evidence ahah. I did get pretty close so maybe that helped?
@@Nanoytgaming haha yeah I tried throwing all the way over from where you get them out of the box, I've always found it inherently hard though to throw anything accurately in VR
I absolutely love how they made combine talk more. Makes them more alive than in HL2, which I know it was 2004 and this is like 16 years later. Just saying. Nice job Valve
Well the City Guard are volunteers, also every other minor Combine class are volunteers. Only the soldiers and special Combines are heavily modified beings with a humanoid body.
_"Why do aliens speak English...?"_ For the unaware: Combine Enforcers and Soldiers are assimilated locals, rather than a unique alien species, so will converse in language from their native planet, in this case, human English! Oh, and the Vorts are psychic, meaning they can have learnt just from reading our minds...
5:44 Nano: “I’m so glad I haven’t ate yet.” Injured Zortigaunt: “Good! Roasted Headcrab sustenance is about to be served!” Nano: “… On second thought…”
Nano: **sees a pigeon**
Also Nano: _Peace was never an option_
Nano: *Friking hate your ass*
Me: *I found the reason.*
@@togerthetigerking951 ?
@@togerthetigerking951tell me reason
Niceni (696 likes)
@@huntsmanspider9053 _P e r h a p s_
Nano: *Sees Gibril*
Also Nano: Covers Gibril's jar's air holes with a pot.
He didnt even feed Gibril ;c
@@CutestDemon I looked in the comment section just for someone pointing this out lmfao.
murder by suffocation.
Except that pot thankfully had a hole in the bottom of it too.
@@Knightbrb im sure nano didint know that, if you get my drift ;-)
The combine soldiers are modified humans, this can be seen in the factory in the citadel from half life 2. That's why they speak English.
not all of them are converted humans though, it's implied the combine "bioform" the local population of any planet to police said planet. makes the most sense from an "all encompassing" techologically advanced race. as i understood it the "advisors" were the larval state of the true combine overlords. and considering the power the larva can have... fully grown "combine overlords" can easily (psychically) dominate entire solar systems at once, maybe even multiple at once.
Or speak spanish, well on my pocition
@@gamiezion advisors are not larvae, they are fully grown, when they refer to them hatching, they're talking about the pods they inhabit, they have to adapt to our environment, so they are initially in pods and on special life support, but when they hatch, they no longer need it. there is no such thing as a "combine overlord" we dont even know if advisors are the ruling race. and the combine is what humans call them, not what they are actually called in reality they are called the universal union and the union is made up of an unknown number of alien species and worlds across multiple dimensions they control. the advisors themselves may just be another subjugated race working for the combine, or they may be one of the races that actually call the shots.
and all combine soldiers are human or transhuman. the combine soldiers are the form that humans are modified into, striders, gun ships, hunters etc are all synths created from other alien species.
the civil patrol, the guys you see patrolling the streets at the start, but dont actually fight in this game, are normal humans, they are volunteers who get better rations and other privileges for joining up. the ones that volunteer, or show promise are then memory wiped, and afterwards start to be modified. the more elite and higher rank the soldier, the more modified they become.
he is just surfing on youtube algorithm , never played hl2 what a shame
@@infectiousproduction812 who?
*Puts pot on head: “Immaculate Best game ever”*
So plant vs zombie too
I WANT THAT GAME. WHY? Because i never had pot on head
I would agree
6:15 when Americans see someone not social distancing.
Which game is this?
5:23 when you are Italian and you are proud there's a little bit of Italy in Half Life Alyx 😅😂🇮🇹
pigeon: _breathes_
Nano: *_So you have chosen death_*
Plz save the pigeons 😢😢
Not fanni bru
pigeon: breatch
Nano: So you chose to die here very well
breathes XD
I think my friend the pigeon should stay out of here (the pigeon is not a pet every time i wake up and i look out the window he's there sometimes i give him treats the other times i just wave at him)
"I respect quarantines"
*Is breaking into literal Quarantine Zone.*
Lol
He will end quarantine himself and save humanity
Well you can always make exceptions and besides who doesn’t want to meet the brain damaged vortagaunt
The ending when you're holding the door back... epic play, my man!
kronicconquest Yeah, that was really epic!
I was just thinking of holding the door shut when the combine was outside, but throwing the grenade out there first was marvelous.
This shows Nano maybe looked weird but he has a smart personality when comes to gaming.The fact I like this guy even more that he loved to act more in his surrounding than talking to himself like any other youtubers .
Same
Mad respect to you for sticking in all the way to the end, I couldn’t take anymore of his BS after 5 minutes...
2 years later: Still waiting for the reason why Nano hates pigeons
Watch the second episode and it will all make sense
We will never know..
It’s 3 years now
@@Nate_wright ok bro
@@Nate_wright he already explained why he hates them
0:06 that is the best definition of a head crab
"Why do aliens speak English?"
They're not aliens. They're human collaborators, which is why it's so easy for Barney to pose as one.
More specifically they're humans converted to sexless, half-human cyborgs.
Did you just assume what they ARE ?
Thank you I was going to say that but you did it for me
Um Except for CP's the first enemy their just people that betrayed their own kind and their not modified their just wearing uniform but if they get promoted now there's where things get complicated
@@farhanmaulanailhamsyah6543 It's in the lore
Holy shiiiitt i read your comment the moment he said it💀💀
*sees highly advanced alien technology* “That’s one expensive window cleaner, man”
Higly advanced alien cyborg
Highly advanced window cleaner
when i see a ufo "thats one cool paper plane"
@@lukepague4039me: *sees super high advanced alien technology*
me: thats one cool car man
"hey wait.. i have something to say about this... Stop!"
*Global chaos drops to 0%*
ua-cam.com/video/ENfNCetSU4Q/v-deo.html
6:56 "its scarier when you cant see them" 7:00 yup you definitely got that right.
0:51 I can't stop laughing LOL
"I have a brain injury"
"oh im sorry to-"
"My brain is injured!"
" thats terrible-"
"Ow"
Oh so this is what 14 years has come to.
Yupp, and I love it.
Yeah. That's what he said. Um, thanks for repeating it like a parrot?
*DOCTOR MY BRAIN HURTS*
Ow.
@@codyking4848 And adding a comment on it?
Those first few seconds looked like he was taking his child on a walk
His child is a headcrab?
He had ses with the gonarch
0:20
EDIT: oh sorry, I thought u meant 0:20 lol
8:19 That’s exactly what I imagine Alyx did after getting the “sustenance”
sus
8:48 that headcrab absolutely desenegrated.
How dog speak in 1985: Woof!!
How dog speak in 2000: Awooo!!
How dog speak in 2077: 0:51
When I first watched gameplay of this game, I screamed when I saw a full 3D Gibril
aren't those bugs called Snarks?
@@rationalityfirst no one remember that name.
@@ashchisalleh1454 yes they do lmao
@@ashchisalleh1454 What do you mean no one remembers
1:02 *punches wall*
“Wow half life really stepped their game up”
Viscon probably means VISual CONtact or VISual CONfirmation (of target).
This is why I love my comment section, I learn so much. Thanks!
@@Nanoytgaming Also you should look up what the combine soldiers look like without their helmets, it's nasty.
VirCon is virus confirmed so it makes a lot of sense.
@@Nanoytgaming also they aint aliens . Tehy are brainwashed hoomans
@@2broken4u47 the metro ops are human but the Combine are alien
“I’m a man”
2 seconds earlier
*Giggling like a child*
There’s a child in all of us..
2:22 I guess you could say he is a pothead.
Nano's personification of a facehugger is the cutest thing i've seen in a while.
yes lol
H e a d c r a b
Its funny because it's not a face hugger, it's a headcrab.
@@LynTheNobody Eh, same difference.
@@randomstranger_3 No not really
5:23 I'm Italian and I gotta say that Russell is right: It actually come from that word
LOL
We were able to see Gibril again. The best character of the game.
"And then we just call freeman and let him solve it"
pretty much the plot of half life 2 (and episodes 1 and 2)
8:00 ow “this cracked me up”
7:55
I have a brain injury.
Oh. I'm sorry to-
My brain is INJURED.
Thats terrible, and I ho-
*O W .*
9:23 Viscon = VISual CONfirmed. They see you.
Visual Confirmed or Contact, I guess
2:40 *cuts of air supply* ooo i got you a pot :D *leaves* ....... *chok nouis intensifies*
6:22 two metres apart or two bullets in the heart
Nano:sees pigeon
Also Nano:Vietnam War flashbacks
Nano: They’re in the sky!!! They’re mocking me!! AHHH!!
"When life gives you aliens, make alien juice."
Why i had to scroll this far? Best phrase
I fear that phrase for obvious reasons.
@@RaraZeCat be happy your not me
@@Its-pronounced-ay-zaer-e why? did you get turned into alien juice?
@@RaraZeCat once
When she says shes home alone: 0:22
Let's hope you bring your Lego collection
@@Flour-4 😂😂
Nano: Starts playtrough
Also nano: skips most of early game
Me: *poker face*
Angry! Oh well nothing we can do it’s Nanos channel Nanos chose so..oh well
10:18 Alyx is awkwardly polite in death.
"Why is this a gate control mechanism?!"
The combine repurpose life to do anything they want. They are known to re-bioengineer any species that they manage to get control of. This is why things like striders and the combine airships are made up of biological components.
"Why do aliens speak english?"
The combine soldier's aren't aliens; they're repurposed humans. Some humans take to the alteration process better than some, that's why some combine soldier's are like 8 feet tall. I think the white armored ones have the best of everything (intelligence, tactics, reflexes, speed, and relative power for their small size). One's that don't take the alteration process well turn into Stalkers. You see those in Half life 2 when you raid the citadel. they're like husks of people basically.
I know WAY too much about the half life universe and can clear up any questions you have about the game.
1:27
“We cut the line here, here, here, and here”
Major foreshadowing
9:24 ”Viscon” stands for ”Visual Contact” He’s saying that he sees you.
Nano: I hate pigeons.
Me watching the video: Pff! What nano's sworn enemy is a pigeon, stupid people.
Also me: Wait. My sworn enemy are pigeons too.
My sworn enemy are seagulls
“Thank youuuuu...”
*falls into oblivion
They all just said they love each other as they watch Alyx YEET herself of a cliff xD 10:25
0:45 because they are spying on us
I genuinely had to try throwing that grenade into the vent so many times when I went through, I reckon you definitely cut out some failed attempts. Or I could just be bad, probably that.
Maybe I was just amazingly lucky, but I got it first try. Got the footage in case you want to take me to court and I have to show it as evidence ahah. I did get pretty close so maybe that helped?
@@Nanoytgaming haha yeah I tried throwing all the way over from where you get them out of the box, I've always found it inherently hard though to throw anything accurately in VR
It's easier to underhand throw the grenade, as it naturally moves in a upward-downward curvature.
Get f**ked Combine Soldiers
1:22 he just explained the plot.
6:32 Somehow that voice was, relaxing?
I absolutely love how they made combine talk more. Makes them more alive than in HL2, which I know it was 2004 and this is like 16 years later. Just saying. Nice job Valve
7:02
*local headcrab literally too angry to die*
9:42
Combine soldiers are not aliens
well, some are
pretty sure they're all heavily modified and brainwashed humans
Well the City Guard are volunteers, also every other minor Combine class are volunteers. Only the soldiers and special Combines are heavily modified beings with a humanoid body.
They’re human cyborgs, possibly genetically altered too. Same goes to the Stalkers.
CMDR BouncyStickman
Except with combine soldier, they still retain some humanity, and then there’s the higher ranks and also _5 years later_ .......
Nano: sees Gibril, "Its Gibril oh!!!
also u can feed Gibril ):3
0:57 ooooooh the good old references
"When life gives you aliens, make alien juice"
...which gives you _life._
@11:24 sounds suspiciously like something a pigeon would say
I bet this would’ve been called “Half Life: Eli” if Russ chose the other train to throw the grenade in
"Why do aliens speak english?"
Maybe because they're paid actors
Alright, i already fixed the damn comment, are all of you happy now?
Paid*
Played*
Oh, so this is a Chevrolet commercial?
😂😂
Well they might be
3:33, that was funny how u throwed pigeon with bottle
Pigeon:Comes To Nano's House
Nano:Your Free Trival Of Living Has Ended...
Nano:"And then we call freeman and let him solve it."
if only he knew.
0:00 *Roleplayers in a nutshell*
1:29
The entire series in a nutshell
Gibril is the cutest thing I've ever seen.
Pigeon: *exists*
Nano: *_torture with dishwasher intensifies_*
1:02 mid drink when he did that. Let me tell you flavored water hurts going back up through the nose.
Nano: finds toilet paper
“I’m boutta end the worlds whole career since I have the last 2 rolls of paper!”
Idk what this is.
ENEMY SHPEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Dat starting intro bro xD on 0:01
10:25
Alien:"I love you too"
Nano:**jumps into the void XD **
One of these days we'll find out Nano's hate for pigeons, It's just not today.
As soon as I heard Russel’s voice, I was like “Wait, that sounded very familiar.”
Nano’s expression when he saw Gibril was cute
Combine soldiers and civil protection (Police) are Humans.
Additional clarification: CP's are normal humans, soldiers - humans augmented with cybernetics.
@@DrCranium yes
@@DrCranium but when CP's are promoted they get altered too
@@Soul-zg8sd when they're promoted they're no longer CPs
2:30i could not beilive gibril nanos pet is in this game
Someone: doesn’t respect social distancing
Nano: so anyway, I started blasting
8:08
*S U S T E N A N C E !*
0:01 This is the cutest, and most adorable moment in this video
6:45 someone tried to go Kobe with a headcrab 😏😏
_"Why do aliens speak English...?"_
For the unaware: Combine Enforcers and Soldiers are assimilated locals, rather than a unique alien species, so will converse in language from their native planet, in this case, human English!
Oh, and the Vorts are psychic, meaning they can have learnt just from reading our minds...
After years, Gibril has come back, and I came back to watch this, Nano you're a masterpiece of the gaming.
9:59 THATS A LOT OF DAMAGE!
0:20 that laughter tho
ohuahaohohaha
11:31 just… wow
Lol he’s not scared that the robot might kill him but he’s worried about the repair cost of the roof 😂
Not gonna lie, that last one bit when you take cover from the explosion with the door is pretty hella cool.
6:44 hes playing basketcrab
I thought he was gonna say ima play on hard, because I’m hard
It's great
Gibril is back :D
I blinked
@@Sodaztabz yes YESSSSS
@@KITsuneCh_ NEE-
*ded *
"hey, that's mine," when the resin was being taken away. 😂
I have a friend who hates pigeons as much as Nano and whenever he sees one, chases it away. It's really a thing.
At 2:10 hes a pothead
Everyone during covid: 1:38
8:42 what happens if you drink too much coke.
6:28 "We have been trying to reach out to you about you're car's extended warranty."
i love your videos and the pigeon thing really got me dying and rolling on the carpet
And this is what I call a masterpiece
0:51 had me dead 😂😂
3:00 lol
5:44
Nano: “I’m so glad I haven’t ate yet.”
Injured Zortigaunt: “Good! Roasted Headcrab sustenance is about to be served!”
Nano: “… On second thought…”
The reason the combine on earth speak English is because it's their chosen language for the planet, and the soldiers are still humans.