Correction: The mod author did credit me in the credits.txt file. I missed that. Apologies if I sounded pretenious in the video. I didn't mean to sound rude about the credits thing.
Thank you for mentioning my mod, 2002 Edition. Though it’s in active development now, I would be glad if you will play the RC3 version. As always, great video, like the old dark and gritty days))
Great Video Rad! ALSO I want to point out that the reason why the citadel was so shiny is due to the lighting being Baked into the texture itself (They put the lighting in the texture itself) which is why it’s so shiny and the lighting doesn’t change on it. I don’t know why valve did this BUT someone recently did a version of this citadel without all the baked lighting on gamebanana and it looks legit! But yeah that’s about it. That’s your Daily Bogi Fun fact of the day ( GUITAR RIFF)
i remember playing "Half-Life 2 Beta-Aesthetics 3.0" last year. it's decent and actually give me this weird déjà vu moment. where i felt like two realities are merging and we somehow got retail and the beta as the final product. i definitely recommend it for people who are already familiar with the series and want to just see how will the beta work when it got more HL2 DNA in it.
Still loving your work, very happy with your growth from a small 800 subscribers to over 54k, keep up all of the great work radhaz, 1m is just down the road
Tbh I think this deep down is what all people really want from the HL2 beta. The story and worldbuilding is pretty obviously better in the release version, but the designs in the beta were really cool.
A few months ago, I modified all the HL2 music tracks with your songs, a good part of your album Half-Life 2000, and some of your other albums, and used it together with the 2001 Beta Aesthetics, and it just combined perfectly, I didn't do this as a Mod, it was just for myself, and unfortunately I haven't been saving anymore. You make very good songs, I really like your work on them, and they fit well with the atmosphere of HL2, and especially Beta.
I do belive that the citadel model is shiny because of the texture itself. I remember exporting that same exact citadel model somewhere else and if i remember properly there were these shiny effects on the texure sheet. Correct me if i'm wrong!
I love this feeling! I do wish I could use these props and textures along with the normal HL2 assets in Hammer. Image the GMod maps! Edit, I like this style of video! If you do more I would be excited!
Best thing about the old HL2 aesthetics is that they can somehow make me feel nostalgic for a game that never came out. Dark n gritty for life brother!
Hello Radiation Hazard, took me a while to make this mod but I plan to change this up a bit because a lot of this is still currently using 2003 and 2001 Aesthetics Textures. As you mentioned with the city textures being disproportionate. I'm glad you reviewed my mod. I'm as siked as ever that you have reviewed this. I'm planning to get Sgt. Stacker to voice Odell in this mod and he also sent me the map files so I can editing the lighting, which I will get to and edit the lighting to capture the overhaul you were mentioning. And most of the credits are actually stored on the "Credits" text file packed in the mod if you were looking for the credits for your music. I could also start working on a Hyper Aesthetics mod. Solely based on 1999-2000 and Concept stuff. Since you suggested that I think it'd be a great idea if I could pull it off lol
The gun that you said was the earlier version of the MP7 is actually a different gun entirely... the H&K SMG II, which was a real prototype submachine gun.
I dig this style but I also like the more traditional radhaz videos. Maybe they can co-exist. (Random name suggestion for this type of video; Casual Hazard?) Time to chug that milk btw.
UA-cam glitched and said that this video had 276k likes. I like to imagine that this video actually has that amount of likes, because you deserve it. :)
I believe the creator did credit you for the music if I'm not mistaken. He packed a "credits" text file that contains more credits than what is on the Gamebanana page, there is a soundtrack section in the credits that features multiple people.
Kinda unrelated, but people seem to only remember 2001-2003 era of the beta, and some even remember the 1999 era, but what happened in the year 2000? I guess nothing notable because nobody talks about that development year.
Very nice! Also, do you plan to make video about Half-Life: Absolute Zero - Post-Mortem Demo? This update is only available on Steam page. It will be really nice to see it.
I like that the author used your music for the mod, I can't blame him for that, it's awesome and it fits the beta aesthetic very well but not crediting you it's pretty bad, not cool at all.
Seems like a very scripted video, yes, yes. Also, I do like the Civil Protection models, they are just nice. Also, for anyone wondering, the "XCCR" sign is actually Cyrillic for "ХССГ" which would transliterate to "HSSG". 11:43 Minor correction: it is actually an MP5k. The K of course meaning Kurz or "short" in English. What I find most interesting about this video is just how much knowledge about the HL2 beta you have off the top of your head. 14:04 Genuinely, not remembering it was yours I thought "that is some pretty good music choice". So, uhh, good job! Also, since this is a live reaction you would not have seen this, but the credits folder does actually credit you for the music.
I have to say I hope this mod will get worked on some more considering your critique's and others. I think it's definitely a nice 2002 mod but I hope there'll be some more work on it whenever it's possible. Now I was thinking, would it make sense for the Combine or Universal Union units to use any form of earth transportation or vehicles in retail lore? Out of curiosity mainly, I've known the metrocops used some unconventional tactics by just dumping old oil barrels in the way of people or vehicles and all. And it got me thinking of a what if scenario of them using certain earth vehicles like tanks or helicopters that are man-made and not necessarily anything made by the combine persay, sure a slapped label with the overwatch logo could work but It makes me rather curious.
Correction: The mod author did credit me in the credits.txt file. I missed that. Apologies if I sounded pretenious in the video. I didn't mean to sound rude about the credits thing.
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He took the 1999 challenge lmao
You're fine, nothing wrong with wanting to be credited and hey, shit happens.
@@Insanabiliter_In_Linea Yed farn
Rad is sounding particularly hazardous today. Very dark and gritty.
Rad is sounding particularly sussy today. Very bussin and skibidi
Griddy (EDIT: forgot the r lol.)
@@justaguy2486 *sigh*
@@justaguy2486bruh.
Dark and griddy.
I'm glad that Joe Biden from IGN is now reviewing HL2 beta mods, you can tell how much he loves the game by how coherent he was. Truly a miracle.
The first gaming journalist that can get past the first level in a game apparently.
Thank you for mentioning my mod, 2002 Edition. Though it’s in active development now, I would be glad if you will play the RC3 version. As always, great video, like the old dark and gritty days))
I have it downloaded. Will check it out soon! Thanks!
Do these mods also change the episodes?
@@RadiationHazardYT In case you haven't played yet, a new version is released)
Great Video Rad! ALSO I want to point out that the reason why the citadel was so shiny is due to the lighting being Baked into the texture itself (They put the lighting in the texture itself) which is why it’s so shiny and the lighting doesn’t change on it. I don’t know why valve did this BUT someone recently did a version of this citadel without all the baked lighting on gamebanana and it looks legit! But yeah that’s about it. That’s your Daily Bogi Fun fact of the day ( GUITAR RIFF)
John Bogi strikes again
(the absolute madman)
Truly a Dark And Gritty Moment
Now the game is truly dark and hitting the griddy
"Honey, wake up! it's time for your dose of beta hl2!"
"Yes RadHaz."
i remember playing "Half-Life 2 Beta-Aesthetics 3.0" last year. it's decent and actually give me this weird déjà vu moment. where i felt like two realities are merging and we somehow got retail and the beta as the final product. i definitely recommend it for people who are already familiar with the series and want to just see how will the beta work when it got more HL2 DNA in it.
We all know what you were thinking at 7:30 XD
Good video, I find that the trees in point insertion feel off, overall though it looks interesting.
Dark and gritty always comes back
this a very dark and griddy video thank you Rad
this mod is such a dark! i can feel the beta grittying inside me!
"It just feels off" says RadHaz while the crosshair is at Alyx' skintight suit. 😏
I can hear a Combine Soldier saying: "we gotta stay focused brothers" from 100 miles away.
Hope we get to see Conscripts with helmets in this mod.
All the conscripts are replaced by the rebels from 2003.
2002 was when the Conscripts died out and got replaced with rebels.
Conscripts weren't really part of 2002, though I still kept them in my mod. I plan to replace them with 2002 rebels in the upcoming update
@@iamjjanimatesNah, no changes. Conscripts better when rebels
21:07 there were a lot of revisions but in the end they decided jeans would look better on alyx than on a robot
You know it's a good day when Radiation Hazard posts
Thanks for the vid man definetly gonna download this mod
good to know where this mod falls on the dark and griddyness scale
quite a cool mod
and this is truly an Live Rad reaction
Dark and Griddy
I haven't even watched but I can already tell this is a banger by the source intro.
Rad haz your videos are fantastic. This unscripted content is really fun. You are probably the best HL youtuber out there
It’s where the Old European era takes place…
i think half life 2 beta would took place in America, possibly Washington or Chicago, but they decided to make east europe style
Very dark and gritty. Much love.
Thank you RH!
Ayyy
Dark and Griddy is always the best
17:32 i like this part of the mod, it makes you wonder “who is this mysterious mad russian guy behind the smoke of fire?” it looks awesome.
i think ive said it multiple times but your intro is iconic and it makes me uneasy everytime john freeman appears, smiling at me
7:33 You definitly loved that xD
Still loving your work, very happy with your growth from a small 800 subscribers to over 54k, keep up all of the great work radhaz, 1m is just down the road
1:42 brain fart
Lmao
"Alyx's futuristic suit that... Kinda.. Off (oh by the way nvm here's the lab)"
Yeah the lighting is really what makes it feel "happier" no matter how many texture changes they make.
I need a HL2 mod with your music in it, just vanilla Hl2 with your music, that's all.
Tbh I think this deep down is what all people really want from the HL2 beta. The story and worldbuilding is pretty obviously better in the release version, but the designs in the beta were really cool.
Btw i made a unofficial 4.0 of beta aesthetics that has 1999-2000 stuff and some leftovers from 3.0 but i never added that one in gamebanana either.
A few months ago, I modified all the HL2 music tracks with your songs, a good part of your album Half-Life 2000, and some of your other albums, and used it together with the 2001 Beta Aesthetics, and it just combined perfectly, I didn't do this as a Mod, it was just for myself, and unfortunately I haven't been saving anymore. You make very good songs, I really like your work on them, and they fit well with the atmosphere of HL2, and especially Beta.
I do belive that the citadel model is shiny because of the texture itself. I remember exporting that same exact citadel model somewhere else and if i remember properly there were these shiny effects on the texure sheet.
Correct me if i'm wrong!
I love this feeling! I do wish I could use these props and textures along with the normal HL2 assets in Hammer. Image the GMod maps!
Edit, I like this style of video! If you do more I would be excited!
Best thing about the old HL2 aesthetics is that they can somehow make me feel nostalgic for a game that never came out.
Dark n gritty for life brother!
My peeper puppy joined me to watch this lol. Hold on gotta stop him from making a sonic boom. He’s a silly doggo
I've seen game bananas mods, and it's quite spectacular. Also, when I watch ur videos, I enjoy it a lot well done
RadHaz back with such a gritty banger! I can feel the dark everywhere, you name it, it's there
Hello Radiation Hazard, took me a while to make this mod but I plan to change this up a bit because a lot of this is still currently using 2003 and 2001 Aesthetics Textures. As you mentioned with the city textures being disproportionate. I'm glad you reviewed my mod. I'm as siked as ever that you have reviewed this. I'm planning to get Sgt. Stacker to voice Odell in this mod and he also sent me the map files so I can editing the lighting, which I will get to and edit the lighting to capture the overhaul you were mentioning. And most of the credits are actually stored on the "Credits" text file packed in the mod if you were looking for the credits for your music.
I could also start working on a Hyper Aesthetics mod. Solely based on 1999-2000 and Concept stuff. Since you suggested that I think it'd be a great idea if I could pull it off lol
Still in its current stage, looks great! And sorry, I didn't notice the credits text file, I kept looking at the Gamebanana page. Thanks!
@@RadiationHazardYT It's not problem man lol
5:37 I couldn’t disagree more about the choice of citadel. Of all the versions it could have been, they chose the one that looks like a vape pen
they chose the right model though, it's the E3 2002 Citadel.
@@halflifeassassin I know, but still…
@@nfwramboYou're an idiot then
@@raisingthejay what?
The gun that you said was the earlier version of the MP7 is actually a different gun entirely... the H&K SMG II, which was a real prototype submachine gun.
BETA MENTIONED 🎉🎉🎉
I dig this style but I also like the more traditional radhaz videos. Maybe they can co-exist. (Random name suggestion for this type of video; Casual Hazard?) Time to chug that milk btw.
Knees weak arms are heavy
There is vomit on his HEV already
Dark and griddy
UA-cam glitched and said that this video had 276k likes. I like to imagine that this video actually has that amount of likes, because you deserve it. :)
what a dark and gritty madman lmao
This was HL2’s Teenage years, when it was still making the change from Dark and Gritty to Bright and Pretty.
The HL2 Beta was one of the best things going on and i wish they would've atleast implement conscripts,
they were a pretty neat faction.
Truly a “darker” moment
Glad to see my friend cursed making it into a rad haz video!
Yoooo hello its me JustARegularGamer from gamebanana, glad to see you.
I love the dark and griddy videos you make👍
I believe the creator did credit you for the music if I'm not mistaken. He packed a "credits" text file that contains more credits than what is on the Gamebanana page, there is a soundtrack section in the credits that features multiple people.
Lmao no way he is for real
Kinda unrelated, but people seem to only remember 2001-2003 era of the beta, and some even remember the 1999 era, but what happened in the year 2000? I guess nothing notable because nobody talks about that development year.
7:36 uh-huh, yeah. You're not fooling anyone Joe
Naaa the darker one from 2001 looks much better but this one is good too
My hunger for beta content is only now expanding more Pls make more beta vids!
what the hell skibidi toilet came out in 2002??
Oh beta Alyx is back 😏 (Someone was gonna comment this sooner or later)
Actually I made a 2002 beta aesthetics mod before this one but i wished to never put it in gamebanana.
I’m ngl, I really liked the original Civil Protection models from 2002/2003, but the modern APC is my favorite
ohhhh goodie!! time to replay hl2 again.
Very nice! Also, do you plan to make video about Half-Life: Absolute Zero - Post-Mortem Demo? This update is only available on Steam page. It will be really nice to see it.
Yeah :D
This video is so dark it made me griddy all over my desk
Ah yes, another beta mod very cool!
Truly, Dark & Griddy
This reminds me of Dark Life, you know with the new dark environments
remind me of Half Grit, with all the dirt and grime
This is Dark and Griddy 🕺
the beta alyx design is soo cook but i got the point... too "futuristic"
Wake up mr freeman, wake up and smell the griddy
I like that the author used your music for the mod, I can't blame him for that, it's awesome and it fits the beta aesthetic very well but not crediting you it's pretty bad, not cool at all.
I did credit him, it's stored in the "Credits" text file that comes with the mod
so *dark* and *gritty* moment
Seems like a very scripted video, yes, yes. Also, I do like the Civil Protection models, they are just nice.
Also, for anyone wondering, the "XCCR" sign is actually Cyrillic for "ХССГ" which would transliterate to "HSSG".
11:43
Minor correction: it is actually an MP5k. The K of course meaning Kurz or "short" in English.
What I find most interesting about this video is just how much knowledge about the HL2 beta you have off the top of your head.
14:04
Genuinely, not remembering it was yours I thought "that is some pretty good music choice". So, uhh, good job!
Also, since this is a live reaction you would not have seen this, but the credits folder does actually credit you for the music.
When I posted this comment I was not able to see the pinned comment as I first clicked on it a while before that comment was posted…oh well.
"Wake up and ... smell the hashish."
ARE YOU WEARING JEANS???
this is unrelated to the video i’m at the strider fight in follow freeman where’s the rocket crate
20:31
live GabeN reaction: o.O
this video is very dark and gritty
Another Dark and Griddy beta adventure
DARK AND GRITTY VIDEO!!!111
Finally, an answer to how dogs wear their jeans.
when the dark is griddy
1 year BC HL2 aesthetic pack when
chug the milk rad its been 3 months
i like this format, although i wouldnt do it all the time, i think itd be cool every few videos
that intro 💀💀💀💀
I have to say I hope this mod will get worked on some more considering your critique's and others. I think it's definitely a nice 2002 mod but I hope there'll be some more work on it whenever it's possible.
Now I was thinking, would it make sense for the Combine or Universal Union units to use any form of earth transportation or vehicles in retail lore? Out of curiosity mainly, I've known the metrocops used some unconventional tactics by just dumping old oil barrels in the way of people or vehicles and all. And it got me thinking of a what if scenario of them using certain earth vehicles like tanks or helicopters that are man-made and not necessarily anything made by the combine persay, sure a slapped label with the overwatch logo could work but It makes me rather curious.
16:51 When are we getting 2004 aesthetics?? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
That would just be Day 1 Half-Life 2 and it wouldn't be that interesting
semi gritty
dark and griddy
Rad question are you gonna check other add-ons that work with this mod?
I'm talking about half-life 2 2001 enhanced weapons and the Ultimate beta hud.
I might but won't cover it in a video. I wanted to focus on this mod itself for now.
@@RadiationHazardYT that's fine I was pointing them out in case you're gonna revisit this mod in the future
Forget this
Gonna start asking for snowdrop escape video again
Dark and griddy half life