its amazing how hl2 went from average looking 2003 game in the beta to timeless in the release. I played hl2 in like 2015 and I didn't even realize it was that old of a game, the graphics looked great to me like it could've been in the last 5 years
@@AnimationJ The stealth updates they do from time to time certainly help with that. The HL1 of 98 is not the HL1 of today when it comes to fidelity, for instance. Uplink is closer to what it was like playing HL1 back in the day.
early HL2 is often-said to be a lot darker than modern HL2, but i kinda feel like that's only half true. It feels darker in some areas, but definitely not darker in others. Like, the way the setting and story seemed to be told that early kind of suggests that instead of the Combine coming in and totally sterilizing all humanity and totally and utterly subjugating and taking control of the daily lives of all humans, the Combine kinda just came in, conquered the planet, and then didn't know what to do with what was left of humanity, so they kinda just left them as-is in a weird apocalyptic cyberpunk dystopia and only kinda tangentially enforcing rule. That's the kinda vibe I get from older, unreleased HL2 shit. Or to say more concisely I guess, older HL2 Combine seemed to largely be indifferent to human nature, while modern Combine seemed to be disgusted by it and wanted to scrub as much of it out as possible and was trying to integrate humans into their weird hyper-organized and sterile system.
One thing that I think a lot of people miss is the suppression field. In beta, humanity will live on even if Gordon and friends fail to stop the Combine. There's still a chance, albeit a miniscule one, that humans will rise up against their oppressors some day. In retail, the human race is on the road to extinction, and if the resistance fails, that's it. There will never be a second chance.
I dunno... they did comepletely drain the oceans (as opposed to the partial draining in the retail release) along with pumping poisonous gas into the atmosphere and build a device that could completely control Earth's climate. Honestly, I get the idea from both the beta and retail that the Combine see little use for humanity and only kept them around in a small amount simply because some of them had come up with a localised teleportation.
@@jimmyoakmeister well, like i said in OP, i more-so get the vibe that the Combine didnt extinguish humanity in beta stuff because it would have just been too much effort. not that they are incapable of doing it, but that it would be a waste of time and resources.
HL2 Beta, It may be, under detailed in some cases, but it's truly beautiful. I am truly too obsessed with HL2 Beta. It's so different, so dark, so freaking interesting! Thanks for these videos that go over HL2 Beta, Radiation. Fantastic work
I wish there was a mod that was just about a group of resistant members were on a personal mission to get as Meany people as possible to get free TV's, and they would use these newly acquired TV's as weapons. This would make me vary happy. Also, is that new music? do I see a new buddle of Rad Haz tunes?
hey radiation hazard, it's me again. i was messing around in the 219 beta of xcom alliance, and found something interesting. there are two maps in the build, called research 1 and research 2. research 1 at first, appears to be a typical sectoid ship. but there are strange elements, in it such as the walls being stripped down. and being replaced with ones, that do not resemble sectoid architecture. which tend to have repeating symmetrical shapes covering the floors and walls, that make it resemble some a metal beehive. and also, if you look hard enough. you will eventually find cloning vats, which appear to be producing freakish genetic hybrids. it's clear that there is a story, being set up and told visually in research 1. but research 2, is when things start to become both more clear and interesting.it appears that the sectoid crew that operated the ship in research 1, were ordered by their ethereal masters to convert their ship. into something that would appease them, against the sectoids will. since the ship, now resembles something made by the ethereals. with clean and metallic angular architecture, reminiscent of the ufos from the original xcom game from 1994. i thought this information would be helpful to you, radiation hazard. since you can use it when you finally start doing videos on xcom alliance. here also some images i took of the two maps for reference as well as possibly use in videos. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BMc71t6MNIbGzCo_1SSjrN8bDR5Z6_J_?usp=sharing drive.google.com/drive/folders/105dCiUthpPCCfff8L6tUZwB4vzP_sBPj?usp=sharing . also i cannot wait for the s.t.a.l.k.e.r videos and see your analysis of both the game's map design and cut content
Thank you Grail. Yes I was thinking about the XCOM beta the other day. Didn't have the chance to play it myself since folks want me to cover the HL2 Beta for now. I did get Stalker SoC earlier though, and who knows, I might make a video about it soon :)
Hey, Radiation Hazard. As a long-time Half-Life fan (since the mid-2000s) and someone who has been a bit disappointed with the retail Half-Life 2 I have been enjoying your videos on the beta quite a lot. Are you available for a chat on Steam, Email etc. ?
Glad you enjoyed the videos! Honestly - with my IRL hectic schedule, I'm not much active on online social platforms. You can reach me at contact.radiationhazard@gmail.com though. Might take me some time to reply back. Thank you.
@@RadiationHazardYT Thank you for your response. I am sort of a busy person myself but always enjoy cultivating new hobbies and old interests. Not quite 100% sure where my ideas are going, but I feel like one could further expand upon these ruminations about the Beta in some interesting ways. I will get in touch with you as soon as there is more time again. Best, MrC.
I wonder of there are any unofficial camera recordings of actual gaming & developer conferences that were recorded but never released by people who attended those conferences, similar to those "Theater-Recorded Bootleg" VHS & DVD releases of movies when said movies were still in theaters. (4:14)
I do wonder what Half-life 2 would look like if it had released in 2002 or 2003. What strange world that would have been. I guess it would look like Kingpin and have influenced gameplay from Half-life 1, I don't know. Looking at the games of those years, it feels out of place having Half-life 2 there. Half-life 2 most likely would have kicked over every other game released in those two years, that is if it had no problems and was playable. 2002 and 2003 didn't have bad games by any means (in fact some damn good ones), but nothing huge like Half-life 2 was. It seems like HL2 was always destined to release in 2004.
I didn’t realize half of this is still there just mostly missing some of the parts that are missing from the video like the building and some entities maybe people can reconstruct it now
There was no ragdoll physics in 1999 Other then golden eye for the n64
Місяць тому
@@gaminman4752 Get your free TVs” was the first Half-Life 2 demo, developed in 1999 and shown at SIGGRAPH 2000. Valve integrated Havok into the Source engine, and the gravity gun was leaked during this time. Also, GoldenEye had no physics or ragdoll system cuz i played it.
@@RobertCBRN Sure thing my dude! There's a DL link in the description. Download size is a bit big because it's uncompressed .wav audio but yeah. Feel free to use. There's also this if you want to listen to the previous tracks I made: ua-cam.com/video/K70XAclFGM4/v-deo.html
@@RadiationHazardYT well I seen... a weird hazard corse from hl1 Two zombies killing each other A ichi eating zombies and flying pooping flesh crashing and hman flyis away with a crow... Aswell a melon launcher
Greetings, Mr. Radiated Mitchell, as I recall, in one of your past videos, you incorrectly called the avtomat kalashnikov 47, a staple of russian engineering, "outdated", and that says much about your personality, such as your preference to play for the german side in games that seek to recreate the second world war.
I find it so upsetting to think about all of the perfectly upto standard assets that were put to waste after the complete remake such as all the citizens and metrocops, It saddens me to imagine what could have been.
Seeing early Alyx in later versions of this map that was supposed to prominently feature the gasmasked citizens has made me realize: if the air is supposed to be simultaneously being massively polluted and slowly stripped of its oxygen in the Beta, and all the citizens (and Combine troops) are appropriately masked... why do no beta models/characters like Alyx, Captain Vance, Odell, etc. wear any kind of breathing apparatus? Why are they all just freely huffing that shit air?
Thank you! As for the gas masks: There was a story element in the early drafts about the air being toxic and being unbreathable because of a Combine facility called the Air Exchange/Air Processor. The player/Gordon would have travelled to this facility and destroyed it, which in turn would have signaled the start of the uprising in C17. This, of course was cut, and the Air Exchange chapter was replaced with Nova Prospekt.
Unfortunately no. You can download the Mega Build and just play the maps. You can download it from HL2-beta.ru - just go to their Download section and find Half Life 2 Beta Mega Build.
i would love it if valve just came out and dumped the beta assets like this map. hl2 beta seemed like it could be really cool. probably not cool as canon material, but cool as just a novelty.
"okay.... free tv's who want's em? and yes, i'm givin' them away. remember, share share shARe! and anticitizens.... DON'T get blocked."
Guess what I got? Another free tv!
thank you Consul
ok reproduction simulation card when?
@@male_0757 Soon.
@@TheConsulC17 still haven't gotten it
its amazing how hl2 went from average looking 2003 game in the beta to timeless in the release. I played hl2 in like 2015 and I didn't even realize it was that old of a game, the graphics looked great to me like it could've been in the last 5 years
That's why valve is great, they can make games they look good for ages
@@AnimationJ The stealth updates they do from time to time certainly help with that. The HL1 of 98 is not the HL1 of today when it comes to fidelity, for instance. Uplink is closer to what it was like playing HL1 back in the day.
This test map is from 2000, goofy.
early HL2 is often-said to be a lot darker than modern HL2, but i kinda feel like that's only half true. It feels darker in some areas, but definitely not darker in others.
Like, the way the setting and story seemed to be told that early kind of suggests that instead of the Combine coming in and totally sterilizing all humanity and totally and utterly subjugating and taking control of the daily lives of all humans, the Combine kinda just came in, conquered the planet, and then didn't know what to do with what was left of humanity, so they kinda just left them as-is in a weird apocalyptic cyberpunk dystopia and only kinda tangentially enforcing rule. That's the kinda vibe I get from older, unreleased HL2 shit.
Or to say more concisely I guess, older HL2 Combine seemed to largely be indifferent to human nature, while modern Combine seemed to be disgusted by it and wanted to scrub as much of it out as possible and was trying to integrate humans into their weird hyper-organized and sterile system.
One thing that I think a lot of people miss is the suppression field. In beta, humanity will live on even if Gordon and friends fail to stop the Combine. There's still a chance, albeit a miniscule one, that humans will rise up against their oppressors some day. In retail, the human race is on the road to extinction, and if the resistance fails, that's it. There will never be a second chance.
@@GreenChillZone yeah, this is definitely another aspect where modern HL2 is darker than early pre-release stuff for sure
I dunno... they did comepletely drain the oceans (as opposed to the partial draining in the retail release) along with pumping poisonous gas into the atmosphere and build a device that could completely control Earth's climate.
Honestly, I get the idea from both the beta and retail that the Combine see little use for humanity and only kept them around in a small amount simply because some of them had come up with a localised teleportation.
@@jimmyoakmeister well, like i said in OP, i more-so get the vibe that the Combine didnt extinguish humanity in beta stuff because it would have just been too much effort. not that they are incapable of doing it, but that it would be a waste of time and resources.
ITS HERE, VALVE OFFICIALLY POSTED IT OMGOMGOMG
What a time
@@citywokbesitzer6834 he does not know what the concept of time is
1:54 He said the line! He said the line!
The first views of the map gave me a gold source nostalgia.
I always wondered what the full map looked like in that old TV stealing screenshot that's so cool
Sadly, it's the free TVs that never were. (5:05)
all most to 4k lets go
Free tv at 1M subscribers 😍🤔
Ayyyy :D
DaBaby less goooo
TVs you want it
its yours my friend
(achievement completed:happy ending)
Hey, thanks for covering this, Rad Dad!
Ayy :)
HL2 Beta, It may be, under detailed in some cases, but it's truly beautiful.
I am truly too obsessed with HL2 Beta. It's so different, so dark, so freaking interesting!
Thanks for these videos that go over HL2 Beta, Radiation. Fantastic work
Thank you Robert! :)
Shoulda said "Click that subscribe button for your free TV"
Yes
You deserve way more subs. I always feel like a kid on Christmas day when you upload
Ay thank you my dude :)
@@RadiationHazardYT welcome! :)
we've got a free TV now, mr. freeman.
The gas mask citizens trying to steal/pirate Cable/Satellite TV. (3:30)
Another epic video by Radiation Hazard
Let us commence forth
“Let’s move on, mister Freeman”
*gasp* “NIHILANTH”
“We’ll see about that!”
4:32 Vladimir Lenin was a combine collaborator?
dark and gritty just like my coffee but Alyx took all the coffee after Eli died
I wish there was a mod that was just about a group of resistant members were on a personal mission to get as Meany people as possible to get free TV's, and they would use these newly acquired TV's as weapons. This would make me vary happy.
Also, is that new music? do I see a new buddle of Rad Haz tunes?
Yup. Working on a new compilation of tracks to upload on the 2nd channel :)
3:48 sounds like a melody
"Free TV's? You want it, its yours my friend"
As long you have enough... No! The TV is mine now!
Sorry, VCC. I can’t give credit! Come back when you have access to the mmmm, Valve Repository!
hey radiation hazard, it's me again. i was messing around in the 219 beta of xcom alliance, and found something interesting. there are two maps in the build, called research 1 and research 2. research 1 at first, appears to be a typical sectoid ship. but there are strange elements, in it such as the walls being stripped down. and being replaced with ones, that do not resemble sectoid architecture. which tend to have repeating symmetrical shapes covering the floors and walls, that make it resemble some a metal beehive. and also, if you look hard enough. you will eventually find cloning vats, which appear to be producing freakish genetic hybrids. it's clear that there is a story, being set up and told visually in research 1. but research 2, is when things start to become both more clear and interesting.it appears that the sectoid crew that operated the ship in research 1, were ordered by their ethereal masters to convert their ship. into something that would appease them, against the sectoids will. since the ship, now resembles something made by the ethereals. with clean and metallic angular architecture, reminiscent of the ufos from the original xcom game from 1994. i thought this information would be helpful to you, radiation hazard. since you can use it when you finally start doing videos on xcom alliance. here also some images i took of the two maps for reference as well as possibly use in videos. drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BMc71t6MNIbGzCo_1SSjrN8bDR5Z6_J_?usp=sharing drive.google.com/drive/folders/105dCiUthpPCCfff8L6tUZwB4vzP_sBPj?usp=sharing . also i cannot wait for the s.t.a.l.k.e.r videos and see your analysis of both the game's map design and cut content
Thank you Grail. Yes I was thinking about the XCOM beta the other day. Didn't have the chance to play it myself since folks want me to cover the HL2 Beta for now. I did get Stalker SoC earlier though, and who knows, I might make a video about it soon :)
You are aware that the full source code for both betas and the entire story document, assets, concept art, etc. leaked right?
CONGRATULATIONS FOR 5K MAN ❤️❤️
3:49 top 10 anime fights
G E T Y O U R F R E E T V s!
I actually like the beta melee animations for citizens and rebels compared to what we have now, them all hunched over and such
GET YOUR FREE- GET YOUR FREE- GET YOUR FREE TV
Accurate vibes
There are free TV textures in hammer lol
Hey, Radiation Hazard. As a long-time Half-Life fan (since the mid-2000s) and someone who has been a bit disappointed with the retail Half-Life 2 I have been enjoying your videos on the beta quite a lot. Are you available for a chat on Steam, Email etc. ?
Glad you enjoyed the videos! Honestly - with my IRL hectic schedule, I'm not much active on online social platforms. You can reach me at contact.radiationhazard@gmail.com though. Might take me some time to reply back. Thank you.
@@RadiationHazardYT Thank you for your response. I am sort of a busy person myself but always enjoy cultivating new hobbies and old interests. Not quite 100% sure where my ideas are going, but I feel like one could further expand upon these ruminations about the Beta in some interesting ways. I will get in touch with you as soon as there is more time again.
Best, MrC.
there is a lost media page called: Get your free TV's (partially found "Half-life 2" tech demo; 2000). I didn't know lost media covers that.
I wonder of there are any unofficial camera recordings of actual gaming & developer conferences that were recorded but never released by people who attended those conferences, similar to those "Theater-Recorded Bootleg" VHS & DVD releases of movies when said movies were still in theaters. (4:14)
I do wonder what Half-life 2 would look like if it had released in 2002 or 2003. What strange world that would have been. I guess it would look like Kingpin and have influenced gameplay from Half-life 1, I don't know. Looking at the games of those years, it feels out of place having Half-life 2 there. Half-life 2 most likely would have kicked over every other game released in those two years, that is if it had no problems and was playable. 2002 and 2003 didn't have bad games by any means (in fact some damn good ones), but nothing huge like Half-life 2 was. It seems like HL2 was always destined to release in 2004.
3:50 He protecc, he atacc. But most important, he beats them bacc.
we finally got the free tvs
The OG dark and gritty.
you want to know why in city_test03 and city_test09 theres no tvs. its because i stole every free tv from entire hl2 beta files
DAMN IT share the TVs with the rest of us! >:(
i love your videos and Remember
DrInK wAtEr
U diserve more subs homie
1:55 He said it !!! he said the thing !!!
Great video!
The quest to find the free TV's
Also you should make a discord my dude!
@FireFlame He had a discord, but he couldn't handle it, so it was shut.
@@Matzu-Music I see
Yeah 😔
GYFTVS Edition. However this could be very early on...
Nice vid man
1:53 ... It feels weird when said out of context
I didn’t realize half of this is still there just mostly missing some of the parts that are missing from the video like the building and some entities maybe people can reconstruct it now
Well... Sadly, that we can't play on city_test version from legendary screenshot.
Dark and gritty, just like free tv's screen which is off. But impending 4k is not gonna be dark and gritty.
ayyy
My quote got used :D
he actually put in the dancing gordon and gman like I asked. 10/10 content
Ragdoll physics in 1999, Hmmmmmm.
There was no ragdoll physics in 1999
Other then golden eye for the n64
@@gaminman4752 Get your free TVs” was the first Half-Life 2 demo, developed in 1999 and shown at SIGGRAPH 2000. Valve integrated Havok into the Source engine, and the gravity gun was leaked during this time. Also, GoldenEye had no physics or ragdoll system cuz i played it.
3:31 stealing tvs during the downfall of an invasive alien empire that has owned earth for years at this point. Man has his priorities straight.
GET YOUR FREE GODDAMN TVS.
What is the background music??? I need to know, I can t get it out of my mind!!
Lol. It's a track I made for this video. Here you go (this track comes in at 12:52) ua-cam.com/video/4RwM31x1Ik8/v-deo.html
@@RadiationHazardYT oh my God! Thank you! I love it and also I can't stop watching your stuff! Keep it up!
@@RadiationHazardYT is there any way I could use these amazing soundtracks in my videos? :O
@@RobertCBRN Sure thing my dude! There's a DL link in the description. Download size is a bit big because it's uncompressed .wav audio but yeah. Feel free to use. There's also this if you want to listen to the previous tracks I made: ua-cam.com/video/K70XAclFGM4/v-deo.html
@@RadiationHazardYT thank you! I will make sure to credit your stiff in my future videos! They are also about "hazardous" stuff in some way xD
Will you do weird hl2beta maps?
Not sure. Don't remember coming across weird maps, just unfinished ones. Do you have any suggestions? I'll be glad to check them out.
@@RadiationHazardYT well I seen... a weird hazard corse from hl1
Two zombies killing each other
A ichi eating zombies and flying pooping flesh crashing and hman flyis away with a crow...
Aswell a melon launcher
Im even having a stroke doing this
Lmao. I think I've come across these maps before while checking out the Beta on my own. I'll try and fit them in a single video.
City_test03 home. At least it was until i fucked everything up
Where’s my free TV bro. I’ve been subbed since forever lol
you’ve got a free tv...
GET YOUR FREE TV!!!
Greetings, Mr. Radiated Mitchell, as I recall, in one of your past videos, you incorrectly called the avtomat kalashnikov 47, a staple of russian engineering, "outdated", and that says much about your personality, such as your preference to play for the german side in games that seek to recreate the second world war.
GET YOUR FREE- GET YOUR FREE- GET YOUR FREE TVS HEEEREEE
Edit: epic video, love it
😁
Get your free tvs is the greatest joke in gaming prove me wrong
I find it so upsetting to think about all of the perfectly upto standard assets that were put to waste after the complete remake such as all the citizens and metrocops, It saddens me to imagine what could have been.
Radiation Hazard if you see this message please reply but how would you feel if I made the entire half life 1 hazard course in half life 2
Would be poggers, ngl
@@RadiationHazardYT I've already started working on it! I just need to watch some more videos of how to make elevators and stuff like that work
not to say or anything but if i watch other vids yours can be a bit louder
Seeing early Alyx in later versions of this map that was supposed to prominently feature the gasmasked citizens has made me realize: if the air is supposed to be simultaneously being massively polluted and slowly stripped of its oxygen in the Beta, and all the citizens (and Combine troops) are appropriately masked... why do no beta models/characters like Alyx, Captain Vance, Odell, etc. wear any kind of breathing apparatus? Why are they all just freely huffing that shit air?
built diff
Facial animations block stinky combine gas
What happened to your video about ArkSynix?
get your- get your fr- get-
Great vid. Glad to see your improvement! But why are the citizens wearing gas masks?
Thank you! As for the gas masks: There was a story element in the early drafts about the air being toxic and being unbreathable because of a Combine facility called the Air Exchange/Air Processor. The player/Gordon would have travelled to this facility and destroyed it, which in turn would have signaled the start of the uprising in C17. This, of course was cut, and the Air Exchange chapter was replaced with Nova Prospekt.
Get yo- Get you- Ge- Get your free TVs!
Nice ! The fan made map has some Neil Breen worthy type of action. :D
So we just need to send gaben a HL3 Beta free tv map?
these are the best beta maps
i love how there is no dislike
I am a subscriber and didn't get a free TV. SCAM!
Jk great job again, I also love dark and gritty. :D
DARK... and GRITTYY!!! Thanks!! lol
i want a free tv >:(
FREE TVS let's go!!!
guys free tv is funny i think
Valve has the FREE TV'S VIDEO NOW
FREE TV! FREE TV!
The comment section is more peaceful than gmod servers
gmod servers are not peaceful
@@joshguymanpleasedontbestea7584 that's the thing
Get your free tvs here get your free tvs heeeeeeeer OH GOD WHAT WAS THAT *GETS SHOT* OGH UHG
here before 4 million views
Reminds me a lot of Poke646.
Yee new video
So is the project bata all finished and ready to play?
Unfortunately no. You can download the Mega Build and just play the maps. You can download it from HL2-beta.ru - just go to their Download section and find Half Life 2 Beta Mega Build.
Do you have a Discord server?
He used too
Not anymore... 😔
@@RadiationHazardYT Aw man :(
How to make a hl2 beta map: make a map in goldsrc then port it to source
TV'S FOR EVERYONE
TV'S FOR EVERYONE
I don’t know why, but that “gamespot” photo or whatever seems… disturbing to me, something about low-poly depression or being lost to time… idk bro
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA ITS HERE
No TVs? Scammed 😐😐😐
How do I download the beta?
i would love it if valve just came out and dumped the beta assets like this map. hl2 beta seemed like it could be really cool. probably not cool as canon material, but cool as just a novelty.
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3:49 *Groundbreaking AI*
What if they weren't free?
Aweosome
I don't think youtube tells me when you make a video
why do people like my dumb comments
GET YOUR FREE TVS
More or less accurate to the recreated scripted sequence source material. (3:04)
Bois since my last free tvs comments we got a new high tech tvs,if hazard hearts everyone will get them for free!
Edit:we did it again!
📺
half life 2 beta moment