Our Damnation- A Half-life story [SFM]
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- People are getting desperate. With the return of Gordon Freeman the city has been set off balance, giving the resistance a fighting chance. But not all people are so welcoming of this revolution. while most are willing to join in on the upcoming siege of City 17, some believe these resistance fighters to be terrorist and radicles and are willing to do anything to keep the human race on the track of evolution. Now with traders in the mix, see how far the resistance will go to restore the humanity to what it was, but should human race return to it's savage nature or evolve to be something greater?
So this video has a bit of backstory to it. I was originally working on custom maps and porting all the source compatible content I could. I started making really short Sfm videos that were only six seconds, they started building up and I got an idea, "what if I make a story from all this!". So instead of releasing them one at a time, I am releasing all of them now. Funny thing is, this video has taken me around a year and a half to make, so you can literally see the progression of my SFM skills in the process, which makes this video even more close to my heart. I went through plenty of hardships along the way though, new computers, corrupted files, school, my pet dying. But I worked through it! Funny thing is, this video could have been done four days ago for the Saxxys, but I decide not to rush and get done on my own time, Just in time for Half life 2's Birthday!. Happy birthday Half life! Hope You guys like it!
For those who are wondering. More soon...
Models and Stuff:
(steamcommunity.... Citizens - High Res Rebels
(steamcommunity.... Citizens - Hexed Mixture of Skins
(steamcommunity.... Civilians Hack Pack
Build your own rebel! Now with beards!:
(steamcommunity.... Gear
(steamcommunity.... Facial Hair
Music:
Ave Maria - The O'Neill Brothers
• Ave Maria
In memory of Sophia
![HL2 - Bad memories [SFM]](/img/n.gif)
I feel like Wallace Breen is just hurting deep down for him turning his back and trying everything he can to help humanity, while his exterior is to smile and be in support of their benefactors while he wishes they would go away.
his last words were "you need me", was he talking to the combine? or was he talking to gordon.
@@terrypvcringe9093 he said that to Gordon
Yeah despite what I just said I can't help but accept more likely scenario where breen is actually a good man a respectable one however he dose have the fatle flaw of fear but that fear is justified because he is technically the only thing between us and Anilation.
Ever read the Breengrub Twitter arg? It was written by Laidlaw. At one point Breen explains that the one in the citadel was one of many disposable clones. His original body is lost. It's kind of depression, but his intentions were actually good. Before, well, you know.
@@karveka4371 yeah. Sad story
This does a great job showcasing the gritty, unsavory parts of a real uprising against a totalitarian regime. Dealing with informants and traitors is half the battle. I also liked how you showed how the war was getting to Breen, people forget that he's human too
i like dr breen. hes a more.. i cant really say. a better villain id say. he has a very noble reason for being evil, to preserve humanity under the protection of the combine, without being needlessly evil like other villains are.
+Crackhead Mario! He just wanted the best for us!
Correction, Anticitizen Freeman is the true enemy of Humanity
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He's not evil. He's a coward since he's kneeling to the combines, but he had to do it.
Man,this is really underrated...
FullMetalPatriot severely underrated
I agree
Joseph Hernandez they commented this 4 years ago
@Aromko Komondor u still here
Wow, rude.
When there is a male_09 uprise.
Ahem
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@@familyguyepisodesgaming9015 It a joke. Get over it.
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The ironic thing is there are more scenes in this video where the rebels kill each other than the combine killing them.
When? When at all do you see Rebels turn on their own kind in this video? The only instance of this I saw was a Rebel executing a civilian for saying too much to the Combine.
9 Ske *AHEM* 0:11
That was one instance
Love your profile pic btw
payton jarden when?
Dark, violent, impressive, dramatic, fantastic. That was AMAZING. and the way the story was told... Keep it up!!
Thank you so much for watching! I was worried the story didn't get through! Also...I LOVE YOUR WORK!
@@mr.marooned6318 I think your video is going to give me nightmares..
This is one of the best HL2 SFM I've ever seen, very well done.
AMemeADayKeepsTheNormiesAway noice
I love that you used the Elite Metrocops, It's a shame their design was never put in the game, but they are canon.
Yeah I really wish we say like jury,razor and spear in the game
Where do they mention them in the games?
@@Thlormby they are not directly mentioned, but the Overwatch voice does mention higher ranked metrocops, which is most likely what the elite metrocops were supposed to be prior to being scrapped, so technically they aren't confirmed to be canon, but a potentially similar concept does exist
@@TylertheCC1010fan the idea i more so interpreted it as higher rank just means you become less human. and a suit change would make you stand out in combat so rebels know who to target so everyone no matter rank having the same appearance is not only strategically smart but also a very combine move. i think that's why it was scrapped.
@@TylertheCC1010fan Civil protection units say it aswell
I love how the half life universe good/evil thing has never been fully black and white. That'd be too simple..
EDIT: Five years later I think this isn’t totally untrue but my own comment reads a little pretentious to me, huh
That's what I exactly thought through the entire video. You can't trust in the combines but you can't fully trust the rebels neither.
Look at Mossman, she was a fucking traitor all the time, betraying Eli, the resistance, even betraying the whole humanity.
She's exactly the same type of person as Breen has been, both selling themselves to the highest bidder.
Joe Qust Eli put Mossman next to Breen to draw attention away from Eli. Mossman was simply influenced by Breen.
Um, I dunno about that. We never see the Rebels do anything bad and we never see the Combine do anything good. It's pretty straightforward where the lines are drawn.
Fine, Mossman betrays Breen, but she's about as much a member of the "Combine" as Barney is. They're not *really* working for the Combine, they're both Rebels.
rabels are just fucking up even more
Just In time for Hl2's birthday! Happy Birthday Half Life 2!
hey mind if I use this video for a tribute of city 17? I can credit you in the description of it.
+Combine Overwatch I would prefer that it stayed here. Sorry
I understand, though it was a masterpeice, I can say that you are very good at sfm.
Thank you
your welcome
Hi. I think you've heard from me before, but I just keep coming back to this.
This piece is truly masterful. It's raw animation quality isn't exactly godlike. But it doesn't have to be. The use of peaceful classical music behind scenes of carnage and despair. Breen's monologue about about the evolution of mankind, and how the dystopian state of Earth is seen as necessary. Rebels turning on one another, the fear of conspiracy stronger than ever.
This not only shows the chaos of the City after the fires start burning, it shows how easily the burning itself can be questioned, it shows that humanity as a whole can't pick a side, and that what would normally seem right, may not be right, that fighting such a losing battle may only be a waste of the chance they had to survive. It shows that Civil Protection believes they have to do whats necessary, not because they want to doom the human race, but because they want to save it.
While the original game comes off as more black and white, the setting itself proves to be more gray than what you see at first. This video really washes out the blacks and whites, and brings out the gray. And for that I say, *amazing work.*
It's a shame the Half-Life universe is so overshadowed and looked over.
Spockitans my man! I love your work. Thank you for your analysis. Half life is very black and white. And the reason I wanted to make this is because I grew up with half life. When I first played it I must have been in my first year of middle school. Back then I only saw the black and white. I am now a senior in high school and my views have changed with growing up. With all the literature I've read, the news broadcasts and how much I've noticed the try and control the public, the rise of terrorism, looking back on history like the Soviet union and Nazi Germany. You look back on things like this and just think and put yourself in their shoes. Plus there was a great short film called "escape from city 17" that really inspired me. There was a line where they say "You've heard about this freeman crap? One man doing all that?" And they are both skeptical. That there was like these guys are going on a leap of faith, damn! I feel like gordon was told as a tall tale to boost morals. But yeah. I kinda went on a rant there, lol. Sorry for lack of content. Not only do I have school, but I am enrolled in a television news class and a film class. So not only do I have to produce a short film skit for our segment every week but also a full length short film that my fellow students and I try to win awards for. So as much as I've promised content, it's coming along even slower than before.
Thanks for the little background, and good luck in film school. Hope you get more free time on your hands.
1:09 see that Citizen? He was at 0:51 too. After he saw resistance members planning a raid, he called Civil Protection, later in 1:09. Nice touch Mr. Marooned
That moment when you made something for the saxxys but wasn't at your computer to enter in and post the video to UA-cam...😅
Mr. Marooned if you did enter you would win 😕
the facial hair link is gone click on it
metro cop 1456# yeah, I know! It was such a good add on!!!
That moment when you loved this and want more like this.
Oh my god you're talented, you are one of, no, *the* most underrated SFM animator ever.
Thanks! Means alot!
really good well animated, well shaded peice of art- 79 likes how ever a shitty, poorly made, crappy fnaf sfm- 5k likes
sad isn't it?
They just appeal to an audience thats fresh off a new game. If you look at TheCompanyThatDoes NotExist, they have a amazing hl2 video that's around 900 views, while theyre GTA sfm videos are in the thousands.
Oh absolutely
Dr Breen has a nice bit of motivation to his character that I'd say a lot of other villains lack. His logic holds up, to some degree; Breen genuinely believed that if humanity integrated into an empire that spanned the Multiverse -- even as slaves -- they could never truly go extinct. The Combine, through their theoretically infinite reach, represented the closest thing to immortality humanity could ever achieve. In his eyes, it would be the ultimate form of existence -- even if it meant giving up what makes us human.
In his dialogue, you can sense him lying to himself just as deeply as he lies to the remnants of humanity. There's an almost desperate, albeit arrogant sincerity to his words. He KNOWS he's made the right choice -- and he'll commit whatever atrocity it takes to deliver his species to what he considers their destiny. He's genuine -- but deluded. And in the end, the Combine fooled him -- but moreover -- Breen fooled himself.
He did what he thought was best, betraying humanity in hopes of saving it. And for a storyline so often hidden in the details of a linear and focused game, that's pretty interesting to me. I hope it gets fleshed out somehow in whatever comes next for Half-Life.
k00za Freeman's actions -- and the destruction of the Citadel at the end of Half-Life 2 -- directly prevent the Combine from sending further reinforcements to reclaim Earth. Without the superportal, and without the Borealis, the Combine has no chance of reclaiming Earth. Even if they can never truly be defeated, Freeman at least succeeded in that way.
This is my favorite SFM
:D
you are a god, yet clowns are the ones that allways win the saxxy awards
Mr. Marooned mine too
Before gordon freeman: Kalm
AFTER FREEMAN
Panik
in the last part when dr breens words repeat, i feel like when he says something, it comes throgh my left side of the headphone, and the echo from the right side really cool
Amazing work.
+MGHAnimation I my gosh! Your one of my sfm idols! Thank you so much! It means alot!
10,000 views! I can not thank all of you enough! it means a lot to know people actually saw the thumbnail and decide to take a chance. Again thank you all!
Np
+Mr. Marooned It's pretty damn cool! good job :)!
This was actually amazing. My favorite Half Life inspired short (and I've seen many). Thank you so much for making this.
+Jack Rutledge Goembel I'm working on a new one! Not sure if it will live up to this one, but I hope you'll enjoy it
Mr. Marooned I can't wait!
It's been a while since I've watched this, I'd forgotten about how powerful it was. Man, it's been almost three years and this still blows me away.
This is absolutely beautiful. This is by far one of my favourite Half Life SFM films ever made. Bravo.
The most tragic part is that, no matter the armor and the mask, the metropolice are still human.
They still have a consciousness.
A capacity for mercy.
For pain.
For sympathy.
But, because of the reputation of their superiors to the rebellion, they're treated like inhuman monsters.
how can an outstanding and touching work like this be so underrated
my reaction to the burning metrocop: BURN BURN YOU SON OF A B#TCH BURN
The Cat Why though? We don't know if that was a corrupt Metro Cop. From a realistic stand point. Metro Cops are just like normal Cops. That is like some guy setting a cop on fire because he believes all of them are bad.
AAnomalousDuck Why? hell,they got benifits. Personal gain
he burned my friend you bitch.
many people lost there families and Innocent people died and bad living conditions what did you expect? no Resistance?
but still very great video like it basically shows who's the good or bad guy.
To me this is a piece of art nice job Mr. Marooned
thank you!
I don't see Breen as the "good guy", but I have to admit, he makes a pretty compelling character.
i've missed this sfm for a fucking while now
Impressive! I really like the lighting and everything! Tell me, what were your final layoff settings (Samples, Shutter Speed, etc) and what format did you render in? Quality is always important in my view (still haven't figured the "recipe" for good quality) and UA-cam loves degrading it in some form or another. Anyways I really liked it, keep it up!
+Sheath Entertainment™ Thank you for the time to watch this! I didn't mess with the shutter speed, I basically rendered it in H.264 with all samples to the farthest the can go. I only changed the speed of clips from 0.03 to 0.05 of it's normal speed. Aside from some color correction, really didn't change much. I put al the clips together in "VSDC free video editor" but that program is the worst software I've ever worked with(It crashes and corrupts your files a lot, plus it rendered In 60 fps even though all the clips are in 24fps). So cant really help you with the UA-cam degrading problem.
Why did this make me cry? I've played Half-Life:2 more times than I can count.
I like it when animations show how the side the good guys are on are actually no better than the cruel evil side.
Essentially, the so called "resistance" is no better than the combine, and it seems Breen really doesn't have a choice, and is really the only reason half life 2 happened.
Lord Of Sarcasm Thank you! I wanted it to seem like the combine could easily label them as terrorists and the audience could see why. Think of it though, they are putting the whole human race in jeopardy with their attacks, Combine could easily wipe out the planet. And these rebels are going up against a civilization that has conquered solar systems and conquered their planet in 7 hours, they have to be a little crazy to go up against that.
I love this sfm, it tells the story from both perspectives neither side is good nor evil everyone is fighting for a reason and has their own motivation and Views towards the fate of humanity. The combine is robotic and oppressive, but do they really hold towards humanity's future? The rebels want freedom and salvation from the clutches of their combine oppressors but what will be left for them in the long run even if they do somehow succeed? In the end, Breen wasn't a hero nor a villain but a puppet ruler to serve as a peace keeper. Deep inside Breen just wanted the best the best for humanity, but with the place he was put in and his real lack of control lead to his downfall.
just found this and it is pretty good. amaizing even. if only there were more of these videos.
I like how it shows "war crimes" on both sides. Beside all the fun and shooting combine
This is so well made. It shows that even Dr. Breen feel bad for what he did to humanity. Dramatic and awesome. Very good job!
As they say : "Resist to Exist!"
it was 7 years ago and u watch it again and...i just say wow.
Best sfm I have ever seen. The story, the narrative, the animation... Everything goes into a perfect gem.
+Guy Kazemeka Thank you. I hope you like the next one!
Bro every time i watch this I forever question this... "who are we... what are we...?" truly a work of art.
The Rebels by nature of being rebels and operating in a world where everyone's so desperate for basic commodities does basically preclude them from being completely moral all the time...
Oh-My-Holy-Frikin-Stupid-Crap, from that point you have +1 to your subscribers army, heh.
For serious now - Is this your first steps in SFM? cuz' it looks like you've been in this things for a long time! Animation, camera moves and cuts are amazing!
I'm happy to see another proffesional SFM animator on UA-cam :)
Seriously, fantastic job. Breen's words in tandem with the music and the conflict is amazing well done. Favorite SFM currently, don't stop making these!
Can I use it for a presentation of my GMOD serv HL2 RP ?
Somehow the City 17 uprising to me especially this video, reminds me of the Warsaw uprising in WW2.
An underground rebellion planning to do an uprising against an invasive empire
The uprising is bloody street fights and house to house fighting.
And the end cause is the city being turned into rubble.
The fact that the Rebels kill eachother reminds me of an old czech movie called Atentát which was a movie recreation of the assasination of Heydrich, and at the end, the people resisting the Nazis commit suicide.
Somebody stole this video (ua-cam.com/video/cJnX8CWp15M/v-deo.html) spread the word and hopefully we can get it taken down. It's straight up copied and re-uploaded, not even a change in the description. And since youtube really only cares about its big channels we need to come together and stand up for the little guys like Mr. Marooned here
+MrBaritonefreak Truth
Lore of Our Damnation- A Half-life story [SFM] momentum 100
I agree with Dr. Breen's ideas, we all should collaborate, that's a true thing, bc, playing gmod hl2rp made me think of the hl2 universe, and I found that how Dr. Breen's making the life for the citizens is good, is productive, is what we need, I consider myself a collaborator, and most important, no matter who you are, you can be a collaborator, thank you for illuminating me, I have an apartment and a business in industrial 17 and I will keep living as a fully loyalist of the Universal Union
Every time I see this video I end up replaying HL2.
It’s the fact that the animator uses civil protection and other civilians (loyalists) for the majority of the rebel murders, which are all unaltered human beings.
Such an old game... And it still looks great
This SFM changed the way I see Half Life 2.
The best villans are those who have reasons to do what they do.
I love the small things of rebels having older gear from before the combine like the M1 Helmet, it just makes sense!
I wonder why the rebels and citizens are fighting each other while the combine occupied they're planet
You just just SEE the shame and regret on Breen's face. I love it.
This Animation explains half life 2 in more then just 8 pictures
Oh my god! 500 subscribers! I have to release make a video for this occasion! Show some stuff! Thank you all so much!
Amazing choreography and excellently composed shots. Breen's speech, about the necessity of "evolution" and "growth" to become the playthings of a distant, horrible empire is chilling in both its eloquence as well as its relevance in today's world, with demands for forced assimilation of peoples and ceaseless wars against resistors. Truly wonderful work; well done.
You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers. I thought so much of City 17 that I elected to establish my Administration here, in the Citadel so thoughtfully provided by Our Benefactors. I have been proud to call City 17 my home. And so, whether you are here to stay, or passing through on your way to parts unknown, welcome to City 17. It's safer here.
That pile of corpses really show how many people died for Gordon....
0:49 combine conscripts after the fall of air exchange and 1:45 i feel really sad for the CP guy
I think that's the first time I've ever seen an OverWatch commander get decapitated.
this reminds me of my hl2 rp days in gmod
After many years, I watch over and over. Just because of how amazing this is. Every character expresses their feelings. Wonderful!
HOLY SHIT THIS WAS AMAZING!
This is a.....
This is a.....
A fu****g MASTERPIECE !
All is perfect :)
My favorite SFM
Really , REALLY nice job :)
You NEED to have more subs :)
Ave Maria goes with anything that is dystopian, elegant or mass killing.
I still have to give Breen credit, he's definitely not bad with words.
this step before arrival dela gordon freeman is very good, is ugly horriles see all these deaths, and Breen has the face of guilt
Someone please make a HL2 sfm life as a DAMN Rebel
Probably the 42nd time I've watched the video, and it still gets me.
This is, without the faintest shadow of a doubt, the best SFM that I have ever had the pleasure to watch. The use of Ave Maria is impeccable. As others have mentioned, the 'Good vs. Evil' ideology is challenged brilliantly. I honestly believe that they could have used this as a trailer for Half-Life 2.
Please, keep up the amazing work, Mr. Marooned!
Ryan Fitzpatrick thanks man!
Wow , nice work. It's deserve more views in my opinion.
the music fits very well,it's allways easy to show half life's dark side
This tackles not only the Resistance, but the Combine as well. Makes you want to ask the question: Am I fighting for the greater cause? Good video Maroon.
rabels are the bad guys
The theory is this: Breen was only trying to protect humanity by taking away their right to fight. He was preventing another war, which would plunge humanity into extinction. After Gordon supposedly kills Breen, Breen says that you need him, which is saying that he was acting as the olive branch between the Combine, the Resistence, and all of humanity.
cities are last inhabitable areas becouse xen creatures are running arround so yeah humanity in that universe is basically fucked
Dr Breen: so people have called me a calabarator as if such a term whas shameful I ask you what greater indiver than calaberation; Me: first of all what they mean by Calabarator is that you betrayed your people you get to live in luxury while we are stripped of freedom to speak to live with our own purposes saying we have give that up for the greater good devalues everyone's lives as we know your not 'Hero' No your humanity's worst qualities a dictator a communist and a traitor so yah I would modle my self on the trilobite just as long as it isn't You.
And yet I wonder if breen knows the truth while also hiding someo of it because he believes at least half of what he says
0:03 I can still hear the tf2 drums in my head
After being to Clock Work based HL2 RP servers, depcpite different understanding and lore for each of them, it gives a whole new appreciasion for this short story. But, most terrifying thing is - that its very related to the real world.
I actually like the fact that the voice actor of Wallace Breen explained what they're doing in a fictional universe for maybe about 2 and a half minutes.
This reminds me of requiem gaming, in the last days of requiem (apex rp) they changed the rule so rebels could kill any citizen or rebel. And there always was traitors, killing other rebels. I still remember just making it into the outlands, and then getting sniped by a rebel, although we where rebels. It was like this video, the whole thing was a mess, and everyone just killed eachother.
2:46 These words match nowadays situation.
The ave maria instrumental was the foundation of this amazing video
Where can I get those Resistance Models?
World feels like this nowadays
Hey the combine is doing there best ok?
I love this video a lot. It touches on a sentiment of human resistance and will that the games portrayed well already, but you add a layer of depth without the involvement of Gordon Freeman. What I especially liked about this was the portrayal of Dr. Breen. While already a good villain because his actions and comments indicated that he genuinely believed he was bettering mankind in the long run, you added to that by implying of a personal conflict in Dr. Breen himself; simultaneously believing what he was doing was for the good of mankind, while also depressed by the crimes that he was forced to commit in necessity of upholding his aims, and the disappointment that the rest of humanity didn't see it his way.
jredbaron96 the best villains are the ones who think they are doing good and are heroes in their own eyes
marooned your very correct breen only wanted us too live good lifes and not die.
To the tune of ua-cam.com/video/yKih6b7IssA/v-deo.html
Oh, I'm a good old Rebel
Now that's just what I am.
For this horrid state of terror
I do not give a damn.
I'm glad I fought against it,
I only wish we'd won.
And I don't want no pardon
For anything I've done.
I hates the Overwatch
This great Empire too.
I hates the transhuman forces
In uniforms of blue.
I hates the benefactors
With all their brag and fuss.
But the lyin', thievin' combine
I hates' em wuss and wuss.
I hates the combine empire
And everything they do.
I hates the Citadel
Of Wallace Breen too.
I hates the universal Union --
'Tis dripping with our blood --
I hates their union banner,
I fit it all I could.
I followed Odessa Cubbage for four hours, near about,
Got wounded in three places, and starved at Ravenholm.
I cotched the rheumatism a'campin' in the snow,
But I killed a chance o' combine, and I'd like to kill some mo'!
Three hundred thousand synths
Lie still in human dust
We got three hundred thousand
Before they conquered us.
They died of Human fever
And Human steel and shot.
I wish we'd killed three million
Instead of what we got.
I can't take up my rifle
And fight 'em now no more,
But I ain't going to love 'em,
Now that is sarten sure;
I don't want no pardon
For what I was and am,
I won't be reconstructed
And I do not give a damn.
Interesting...
*BORN* RESIST THE TRANSHUMAN MACHINE.
But freeman happendd
and with the return of Gordon Freeman,he is the anomaly that neither Breen nor the Combine count on.
Come back Marooned ...
DAMN
The metro cops did nothing wrong
This shows the bad side of the rebels while being my favorite half life animation ever
1:50 wouldn't there suits be fireproof.
Even if they were they would die from the heat of the fire. If they are, they probably had gasoline poured on them or something.
OG Bubs hmm maybe
*"War, war never changes"*
This was absolutely brilliant. It demonstrates the resolve of the rebels and the violent extremes they're willing to go through to accomplish their liberation from the Combine.
I like to think that this were the first years of Breen's government. When we see him in HL 2, we see him as a much less human person. But in this animation, we see his human side, which he has lost throughout the years.
Imagine this in s2fm
I love everything that you did in that video! The slow motion effects, how you placed the Dr. Breen narrations and effects, everything! I especially liked the lighting.