Half-Life Retrospective

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @theMimicsBox
    @theMimicsBox 4 роки тому +4120

    "Most NPC's have their story to tell"
    "Sometimes... I dream about cheese"

    • @st4rsh1pz
      @st4rsh1pz 4 роки тому +256

      He wakes up
      In a world where all people are the last generation.
      His apartment no longer has a door.
      He is contemplating life as he walks to the toilet to make sure he has less of a chance of a break during work.
      If hes even able to get break today.
      He walks out of his apartment, onto the streets and sighs.
      Then,
      He sees it.
      Cheese.
      The snack he cant crave anymore.
      It leads to cheese heaven.

    • @dillondamore
      @dillondamore 3 роки тому +8

      @@st4rsh1pz kkkkkkkkkkk

    • @Clone3A7
      @Clone3A7 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah gus doesnt have any story to tell ;(

    • @denverbeek
      @denverbeek 3 роки тому +37

      I could eat a horse, hooves and all.

    • @cristianovignuzzi7283
      @cristianovignuzzi7283 3 роки тому +4

      Ew

  • @Saiks63014
    @Saiks63014 4 роки тому +1127

    "They need a game for their vr"
    That aged relatively well

    • @mad2fan2018
      @mad2fan2018 2 роки тому +6

      Alyx

    • @denverbeek
      @denverbeek 2 роки тому +63

      @@mad2fan2018 No shit

    • @antlionworkerfan2007
      @antlionworkerfan2007 2 роки тому +6

      my idiotic self thought it was the lab vr

    • @denverbeek
      @denverbeek 2 роки тому +6

      @@antlionworkerfan2007 If this isn't sarcasm, I retract my former reply, and also my faith in humanity.

    • @nukclear2741
      @nukclear2741 2 роки тому +11

      @@denverbeek you saying you had faith in humanity?

  • @ValhallaAMV
    @ValhallaAMV 3 роки тому +739

    *Ammunition depleted*
    "I thought this suit was for radiation!"
    Hazardous environment can mean many things my friend

    • @cykeok3525
      @cykeok3525 2 роки тому +7

      Indeed, an environment filled with bad guys who want to kill you is certainly quite hazardous!

    • @PaulGirdlestone
      @PaulGirdlestone 2 роки тому +1

      I mean it technically describes the world in general nowadays.

    • @elsiebartlett6808
      @elsiebartlett6808 2 роки тому +35

      He forgets we see bodies people wearing those suits in Xen showing that they were likely designed for combat scenarios as well since it appears the scientists have been making trips to Xen and capturing life forms as specimens for some time.

    • @denverbeek
      @denverbeek 2 роки тому +3

      @@elsiebartlett6808 I was going to say exactly this. Great minds think alike.

    • @friendlylaser
      @friendlylaser Рік тому +1

      I that black mesa scientists were too excited for unlimited budget and packed as much stuff in the suit as they can without thinking if anyone actually needs it.

  • @frgblae
    @frgblae 5 років тому +1596

    1:01:25 "There's no correct answer"
    Yes there is, you just hide in the turret box holding a turret with the gravity gun and let it do all the work. My MIT education pays for itself.

    • @vanilla8956
      @vanilla8956 5 років тому +133

      lmao I just got a suppressed memory of 14 year old me doing that exact thing and thinking I was so fucking clever

    • @hightechnician
      @hightechnician 5 років тому +25

      @@vanilla8956 damn

    • @Mathadar
      @Mathadar 5 років тому +31

      @r2zeke2 Thanks for the advice, Cave Johnson.

    • @lori7712
      @lori7712 5 років тому +7

      Lol i did that but you can still get killed

    • @modernmobster
      @modernmobster 5 років тому +6

      Bring the turrets into one of the cells and hide behind them. The turrets will mow down any combine that approach the opening.

  • @MrGermandeutsch
    @MrGermandeutsch 4 роки тому +2495

    Me, after Episode Two: *_Boy I sure hope Episode 3 comes soon!_*
    Me, after having my own Family: *_...any second now._*

    • @Pangloss6413
      @Pangloss6413 4 роки тому +199

      see, episode 3! oh no wait, that's alyx...

    • @Gelbton
      @Gelbton 4 роки тому +73

      Damn this comment makes clear just how much time has passed

    • @romania5106
      @romania5106 4 роки тому +8

      Admiral Anger so we still need to wait

    • @akiraeatsguitarpicks491
      @akiraeatsguitarpicks491 4 роки тому +10

      Just wait damn it. The more you wait the better the final product will be

    • @MrGermandeutsch
      @MrGermandeutsch 4 роки тому +34

      @@akiraeatsguitarpicks491
      which means more pressure for the Valve Devs to work on something to match the expectations and hype.
      oh boy
      am I glad that I'm not working there

  • @fonzcorp
    @fonzcorp 3 роки тому +192

    "I wont be boycotting you, I just wish that I can look at you the same way I did those years ago." That shit gets to me, thanks for this vid.

  • @zarrowthehorse
    @zarrowthehorse 4 роки тому +1268

    My grandma accidentally bought me HL in The Orange box when I asked for portal, but GameStop was all out of just Portal copies. I'm so glad she got that for me. It's been my favorite game for a decade

    • @bbsonjohn
      @bbsonjohn 3 роки тому +90

      your grandma loves you

    • @Guitar6943
      @Guitar6943 3 роки тому +95

      She bought you what you wanted, that doesn't sound like an accident

    • @randomtexanguy9563
      @randomtexanguy9563 3 роки тому +14

      thats a good grandma

    • @Lanthanideification
      @Lanthanideification 3 роки тому +66

      Portal was only ever sold in the Orange Box at retail.

    • @eSuaz
      @eSuaz 3 роки тому +38

      @@Lanthanideification you’re correct. Half Life 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 were only released on 7th generation consoles through the Orange box collection.

  • @DanMcLeodNeptuneUK
    @DanMcLeodNeptuneUK 5 років тому +1524

    "I thought the HEV suit was designed for radiation..."
    Dude, you've played hl1, you've seen Xen, you have graduated the Black Mesa training course...
    You have seen the lost expeditions to the borderworld and have witnessed the experiments conducted on the 'local wildlife'
    I think you and I both really know the real design choices behind the HEV.

    • @mike7DILFLUVR
      @mike7DILFLUVR 5 років тому +6

      fr

    • @aquelecientista4491
      @aquelecientista4491 4 роки тому +19

      @h_grunt What should they have called them? Super Alien Suit?

    • @masterzoroark6664
      @masterzoroark6664 4 роки тому +103

      And HECU soldier use the derevitive of HEV. Forgot it's name but Adrian Shepard has it so HEV is probably previous version or more lab oriented one. Besides, the thing monitors everything, so why should you be supprised it monitors ammo? The damn thing has onboard morphine injector

    • @Nikotheleepic
      @Nikotheleepic 4 роки тому +18

      @h_grunt yeah that's why it administered morphine and protection other than caustics and radioactive contaminants right?

    • @arnabbiswasalsodeep
      @arnabbiswasalsodeep 4 роки тому +3

      @h_grunt Isn't it Hazardous Environment Vehicle??

  • @ThatTallGuy0
    @ThatTallGuy0 2 роки тому +657

    Me a child who just finished ep2: damn episode 3 is gonna be crazy
    Me now with grey hair paying taxes and stuff: yep gonna be crazy

    • @PaulGirdlestone
      @PaulGirdlestone 2 роки тому +24

      I think you will be old and crazy before any of us get to see the crazy! I was 14 when Half-life came out and just started to get my first greys!

    • @ThatTallGuy0
      @ThatTallGuy0 2 роки тому +23

      @@PaulGirdlestone my hairs going grey due to lack of ep3

    • @theleonpasta7336
      @theleonpasta7336 2 роки тому +12

      Honestly, while it's probably gonna be decades before Half Life 3 actually starts being made and comes out, when it eventually *does* happen it'll be amazing. If it does happen and it's somehow shitty, then I don't even know what to say, I pray we never have to experience that absolute hell of a timeline, that's fucking worse than never getting it

    • @ChallengeGypsyboy
      @ChallengeGypsyboy 2 роки тому +2

      Bro i was 9 when half life 2 came out, now im 25… still waiting

    • @KaelumKrispr
      @KaelumKrispr Рік тому +1

      @@theleonpasta7336 That's pretty optimistic to say it'll come out, I would love to see it but I'm not planning on it releasing sadly

  • @Catman2123
    @Catman2123 5 років тому +306

    Aperture Staff: *Activates bootstrap device*
    Borealis intercom: “Alright, this next test may involve trace amounts of time travel. So, word of advice: If you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward! So do both of yourselves a favor and just let that handsome devil go about his business."

    • @jeddonaldson7526
      @jeddonaldson7526 4 роки тому +31

      I'm sorry but,
      PEANUT WATER

    • @Kendakki
      @Kendakki 4 роки тому +3

      @@jeddonaldson7526 no, scoliosis grape

    • @heyitzmae
      @heyitzmae 4 роки тому +2

      HOLY SHIT half life 3 had to be at least a little far in development by that point because that is way too close

    • @Kururu265
      @Kururu265 3 роки тому +5

      wait, is that quote from portal2?

    • @user-zn5zr2ed3x
      @user-zn5zr2ed3x 3 роки тому +4

      @@Kururu265 yeah

  • @LiamTriforce
    @LiamTriforce  5 років тому +207

    Since we have a ton of new arrivals flooding in from Vinny's streams, allow me to plug the remixes I used in this video. Morch Kovalski created some incredible remixes, and they're all compiled into an album called "Unforseen Consequences." Have a quick listen here: ua-cam.com/video/JYPg3pzCRKM/v-deo.html

    • @usuario4126
      @usuario4126 5 років тому

      I'm brazilian and understand a bit of the entirely vídeo
      But would be nice subtitles in portuguese and some others languages.

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice 5 років тому +1

      I was wondering why this just popped into recommended, then I hear Vinny mention it in VOD. Awesome production.

  • @ZugzugZugzugson
    @ZugzugZugzugson 3 роки тому +483

    "Eli, there's not a next one..."
    literally the most disappointing words ever uttered on this planet.

    • @netweed09
      @netweed09 3 роки тому +15

      I really enjoyed this video author's overview however I feel he was a bit too harsh with 'the delays' toward the end of it. I mean honestly it's bad saying this in a way but if Valve closed down tomorrow; Gabe is still one of the greatest people to have ever lived for me; sometimes you just gotta be grateful and really consider what we've been given. Yes, as a HL nut you'll always want more and the waiting burns but; they haven't closed have they? And then; we got it all revealed only last year. Let Valve do their thing.

    • @obi-potobi790
      @obi-potobi790 3 роки тому +9

      @@netweed09 Just when you're at the end of despair with Valve they allow Black Mesa and then drop Half Life - Alyx on us...
      I hope the plaudits and success of Alyx convinces them to give us more. Dare I say Half Life 3.. God I hope so..

    • @obi-potobi790
      @obi-potobi790 3 роки тому

      @@netweed09 not that I've been able to play either. Console guy. Contemplating getting a computer next year just for Black Mesa and Half Life 2 mmod. Not being able to play Black Mesa is a killer..

    • @brozy5720
      @brozy5720 2 роки тому +5

      @@obi-potobi790 Not going to play Alyx! Simply because I can't us a VR set. I need to able to keep an eye on my kids while playing. With that blindfold on, I can't see, if my 2 year old is eating his toys. And IF there's going to be either a Portal 3 or a Half-Life 3 and it's VR only as well, then, as far as I'm concerned, they might as well not make them.
      But hey, 3 is a mythical number for Valve. Like the holy grail. They know, it exists, but they haven't found it yet.

    • @obi-potobi790
      @obi-potobi790 2 роки тому

      @@brozy5720 You getting a steam deck?

  • @justawaterbottle4815
    @justawaterbottle4815 4 роки тому +2930

    "Unforeseen consequences", has a whole new meaning after Half Life:Alyx

    • @jeddonaldson7526
      @jeddonaldson7526 4 роки тому +276

      Damn that son of a bitch and his unforseen consequences
      Now here's a crowbar.
      Go crazy

    • @manmann6720
      @manmann6720 4 роки тому +38

      Jed Donaldson go stupid

    • @hank8735
      @hank8735 4 роки тому +70

      go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid go crazy go stupid
      Maybe I over did it

    • @melanchlorin
      @melanchlorin 4 роки тому +104

      The first 2 minutes in this video has aged terribly bad.

    • @ralexcraft990
      @ralexcraft990 4 роки тому +45

      Dam him and his unforeseen consequences.

  • @helium-379
    @helium-379 4 роки тому +775

    In highschool computer class, I found the half-life game burried below a bunch of files. I played every time after class. CS-Source was hiding in the files as well. The entire class would play the game on a local server when we finished our class assignments.

    • @Duckboyfi
      @Duckboyfi 4 роки тому +24

      does every school have this or you from Finland too? Like wtf because that happened to me too! Even tought we didn't play against each other (or any multiplayer at that matter). Would have been cool tho

    • @helium-379
      @helium-379 4 роки тому +23

      @@Duckboyfi Im from the U.S.. I checked other computers in other classroms and the games only showed up in one classroon.

    • @bencebajko4012
      @bencebajko4012 4 роки тому +3

      In hungary we had them too

    • @ay7828
      @ay7828 4 роки тому +7

      Hahah dude, yeah, smth similar we experienced in middle school. We had to play secretly during class time, though, as we didn't have access to computers after the class. Later the teachers discovered and erased it. LOL

    • @thethinkingassassins9321
      @thethinkingassassins9321 4 роки тому

      From Australia and the same thing with my school right now. There’s this one classroom my stem class has with a bunch of computers that have half life and CS-source.

  • @ReverendTed
    @ReverendTed 3 роки тому +267

    1:10:17 - Ha! You're not _supposed_ to dodge the energy balls. You're supposed to realize it's unreasonably difficult and use the door you pulled off to get in there as a shield.
    Those are always interesting moments where you're describing some uniquely-difficult section and someone says "whoa, you did that the _hard_ way."

    • @aliencrackgrunt
      @aliencrackgrunt 2 роки тому +10

      What i did is pulling the balls back by using the first fire of the Gravity gun

    • @dylanwfilms
      @dylanwfilms 2 роки тому +8

      Just finished that part this morning the hard way and now I feel like a fool reading this comment hahaha

    • @AlekDjRo
      @AlekDjRo 2 роки тому +8

      Since this game's creation I never used the door for this, and I play it every year. 🤣

    • @racer927
      @racer927 Рік тому +15

      Funnily enough, the commentary points out that the solution is open-ended. I just simply spammed the primary fire which you can do while the Gravity Gun's supercharged.

    • @commodore7331
      @commodore7331 Рік тому

      and here i was dodging the balls like a fucking idiot

  • @LiamTriforce
    @LiamTriforce  5 років тому +574

    Just wanted to take the opportunity to thank everyone that's been watching this video and giving it a chance. The amount of support it has received has been overwhelming and I greatly appreciate all of it. I read all the comments and I love reading the stories some of you have to tell about your experience with Half-Life. It's been great, and I'm glad my hard work has paid off in that regard. Thanks again!

    • @lucas1berti
      @lucas1berti 5 років тому +5

      Really awesome content, man! This series is really important to me and I found myself agreeing with every single point you made. Absolutely fantastic video!

    • @therealbearminator
      @therealbearminator 5 років тому +6

      I can honestly say its the best HalfLife retrospective ive seen. I even had to share the video with my friends. Thank you

    • @darknessviking
      @darknessviking 5 років тому +1

      in hindsight halflife 2 sucks and the dlc sucks even more. half life 1 is always amazing. thanx for this video, i wish gabe would stop eating and release a new game

    • @Feilongy
      @Feilongy 5 років тому +1

      what is this intro remix? i NEED TO HAVE IT!!!!!!!!

    • @darknessviking
      @darknessviking 5 років тому

      @Smunstu Stinkymonster yeah i was going to write episode 1 and 2 but i was on my phone so i rounded it down to dlc , sorry

  • @liammontgomery1825
    @liammontgomery1825 5 років тому +2309

    The real Episode 3 was the friends we made along the way.

    • @holydoggo4822
      @holydoggo4822 4 роки тому +15

      Liam Montgomery HALF-LIFE ALYX DOUGH

    • @lishanglong6762
      @lishanglong6762 4 роки тому +15

      The real Episode 3 was Half Life: Alyx

    • @grroppen2140
      @grroppen2140 4 роки тому +28

      if episode 3 is alyx by that logic opposing force is half life 2

    • @paulrazvan6156
      @paulrazvan6156 4 роки тому +21

      @@lishanglong6762 no it was hunt down the freeman

    • @JayMaverick
      @JayMaverick 4 роки тому +4

      Well, this comment shut me up. Beautifully said, sir.

  • @To-mos
    @To-mos 3 роки тому +187

    Man when I was a kid I was so shook up by Havenholm I painted a rooms interior with the gravity gun and a can of paint just to feel safe.

    • @noamias4897
      @noamias4897 3 роки тому +28

      That’s so incredibly cute and wholesome

    • @dallas2697
      @dallas2697 2 роки тому +13

      Same. I'm 11 as of the moment and I first played through the half life series when I was about 7 or 6 and ravenholm was the spookiest part of the series. I still get chills when I go through it even in gmod. Truly shows how skilled valve is.

    • @Nikotheleepic
      @Nikotheleepic 2 роки тому +1

      @@dallas2697 Glad a kid of your age is still playing half life 2 and appreciating what truly good games are, rather than the crap peddled to you all the time by ea and the like.

    • @flintfrommother3gaming
      @flintfrommother3gaming 2 роки тому

      When I was 11, I think, I remember I was jumpscared by a headcrab. Normally, that wouldn't be scary and you would just kill it but I had one HP so whenever I died I heard the jumping sounds of headcrab and the death beep. Probably the scariest moment in my life.

    • @PoProstuBoniacz
      @PoProstuBoniacz 2 роки тому +1

      Well I'm from 2003 but i love Half Life.
      My favourite game from series is Oppoaimg Force

  • @jaziferret1138
    @jaziferret1138 4 роки тому +2755

    "They will never be the company we want them to be again"
    Valve: *Half-life: Alyx*

    • @lolrus5555
      @lolrus5555 4 роки тому +404

      Honestly, I can't blame him for being so pessimistic, especially given that we only got Alyx after nearly a decade of silence from Valve. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy Valve was still able to capture the spirit of Half-Life with Alyx, especially after a majority of it's story writers left, but it didn't seem likely beforehand.

    •  4 роки тому +45

      yeah a several hour VR experience. lets save that comeback chant until they make a 3rd game in one of their few series they left hanging, an ACTUAL game.

    • @Sashashka
      @Sashashka 4 роки тому +7

      Morgoth Bauglir Exactly.

    • @theneed5037
      @theneed5037 4 роки тому +45

      @ it technically is a actual game

    • @AbdoJouma
      @AbdoJouma 4 роки тому +122

      @ lmao how is it not actual game. Quit crying just because you can't get VR. People had to get a whole graphics card for half life one and there was many doubters like you now. Half life alyx is the same length as HL 2 btw so what's your point?

  • @Zalinki
    @Zalinki 5 років тому +725

    Though not focused on the development cycle as much and more about the games themselves and the impact they've had on all of us, this is by far the best video covering the entirety of the half life franchise and Im definitely rearing up for another play through after watching

    • @Gadget-Walkmen
      @Gadget-Walkmen 5 років тому +4

      Zalinki true stuff.

    • @bigtonybruiser
      @bigtonybruiser 4 роки тому

      GadgetWalkmen nah

    • @Unkle_Genny
      @Unkle_Genny 4 роки тому +2

      There’s a really good documentary on UA-cam about the development process behind Half-Life and its expansions, as well as touching on Half-Life 2 iirc, called “Unforeseen Consequences: A Half-Life Documentary”.

    • @HistorysMysterys
      @HistorysMysterys 3 роки тому

      What effect? Extreme boredom?

    • @BucketheadArchive
      @BucketheadArchive 3 роки тому +3

      You should check out Noah Caldwell Gervais' Half-Life retrospective. It's really good

  • @GIJew
    @GIJew 4 роки тому +367

    Imagine all the people who died waiting for Episode Three, and those who never got to see HL Alyx....

    • @HistorysMysterys
      @HistorysMysterys 3 роки тому +2

      Who fucking cares... Its a game, a boring as fuck one at that.

    • @BenefactorsBlade
      @BenefactorsBlade 3 роки тому +45

      @@HistorysMysterys that’s an opinion

    • @gayzer1020
      @gayzer1020 3 роки тому +31

      @@BenefactorsBlade kind of a bad one but yeah

    • @BigVorst
      @BigVorst 3 роки тому +33

      @@HistorysMysterys All of these flavours, and you chose to be bitter.

    • @XENON2028
      @XENON2028 3 роки тому +12

      @@HistorysMysterys we waited literally decades for another half life game
      you see now?

  • @delta904
    @delta904 5 років тому +399

    Thanks for the suggestion, Vinny!

  • @GDDR14
    @GDDR14 5 років тому +233

    Jeff: Hey, it would be good idea to show a super high res G-man as a teaser for the awards!
    Valve: G who?

    • @vash_the_stampede6570
      @vash_the_stampede6570 5 років тому +18

      Valve:you mean Game Cards? Oh sure

    • @nikkity5491
      @nikkity5491 5 років тому +22

      Annnd half life trailer released
      *GAMERS RISE*

    • @vito3608
      @vito3608 4 роки тому +4

      This comment aged like milk :p

    • @Cscuile
      @Cscuile 4 роки тому

      Jeff is a scary bastard

  • @ExileTwilight
    @ExileTwilight 3 роки тому +90

    Regarding the headcrabs. Given that the Combine use Headcrab missiles to suppress rebels I always assumed the Fast and Poison variants were modified by the Combine.

  • @MrSonny6155
    @MrSonny6155 4 роки тому +383

    "And... ammunition depletion?" Yeah looks like some scientists forgot to turn off that setting when they gave it to Gordon. Technically speaking the HEV suit was designed for use in their previous undisclosed explorations in Xen, and protection against almost everything, so an ammo warning isn't all too unexpected actually once you figure that out.

    • @blockingdead64
      @blockingdead64 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah I didn't think about that, It makes sense now XD

    • @vibes_4225
      @vibes_4225 3 роки тому +2

      yeah that's what i had been thinking recently for why it's a thing

    • @burgerman72.
      @burgerman72. 3 роки тому

      but how does it know

    • @cykeok3525
      @cykeok3525 2 роки тому +4

      ​@LOAN NGUYEN Yeah, Gordon doesn't have conventional pouches and pockets, he has to use the suit's storage compartments. It's apparent that the HEV's compartments have internal sensors that maintain a manifest of what he's carrying, including type and amount of ammunition.
      The Hazard Course in Half-Life 1 makes it clear that the HEV suit has integrated systems designed to employ weaponry (likely due to the expeditions into Xen, as was mentioned).
      Black Mesa was staffed to the brim with scientists and engineers, not to mention cutting edge facilities.. it's conceivable that the entire suit, and all its systems, were designed and fabricated on-site, as and when the need arose.

    • @colin3ds1
      @colin3ds1 2 роки тому +1

      They also work on equipment for the military
      The HEV suit is built to eventually be rolled out to the military
      Thats why it provides armor
      Its meant to be an all purpose all terrain suit
      Think about it
      One man with this suit was able to do more than all the world's armies
      Ofcourse the military would have interest in surviving hazerdous environments

  • @Ribbons0121R121
    @Ribbons0121R121 5 років тому +208

    "initiate an accelerated backhop away from a cp into the cafeteria behind you"
    never could do that..

  • @piratessfifi
    @piratessfifi 2 роки тому +33

    Half life 2 was the first game I ever played, start to finish, with no help. It changed me and made me passionate about games and set the bar VERY high in regards to game design and storytelling. Learning that they'd given up on finishing the story broke my heart. It felt like a betrayal.

  • @velvetundergrad
    @velvetundergrad 5 років тому +364

    41:55
    Me in sync with The G-Man: Wake up and... smell the ASHES
    Liam: Most of us know this intro by heart

  • @jacklaw8209
    @jacklaw8209 5 років тому +283

    The graphics of Half Life 2 is still amazing till this day, you’ve gotta admit that, like it’s not realistic but it’s close

    • @DaSpoonyBard
      @DaSpoonyBard 4 роки тому +6

      Even moreso is the fact that it was also ported to the original Xbox..WITH the vehicle levels intact.

    • @nuttymanyelismate
      @nuttymanyelismate 4 роки тому +20

      Badass graphics for a 2004 game tho.

    • @rs6000_
      @rs6000_ 4 роки тому +5

      @@beefar0ni Really? I almost exclusively get uncanny valley vibes from HL2 & other early Source games

    • @cat_lord6415
      @cat_lord6415 3 роки тому +4

      @@rs6000_ that's a common thing though, isn't it? like empty gmod maps and the like

    • @rs6000_
      @rs6000_ 3 роки тому

      @@cat_lord6415 Yeah, Gmod especially since it almost exclusively uses HL2 assets.
      I dunno, every Source game except the very late one like CSGO & Portal 2 gives me the spooks.

  • @Horltum
    @Horltum 3 роки тому +78

    Liam: The aggressive nature of Combine Troops makes situations less exploitable
    Me: I will hide in a room, by the door, with a charged instakill double shotgun blast untill they are all dead.

    • @dallas2697
      @dallas2697 2 роки тому +1

      Ammo, bulletproofness, Russian tactic (rushing) hunter choppers, gunships, gas, medical supplies, bombs, etc. Yes I'm that guy sue me

    • @SplendidCoffee0
      @SplendidCoffee0 2 роки тому +1

      Now, the shotgunner combines are a different story

  • @paldinox1
    @paldinox1 4 роки тому +81

    The part at the end of Ep. 2 where Eli tells Alyx "I love you sweetheart, dont look!" makes me tear up every damn time i hear it.

  • @Chariot_Rider
    @Chariot_Rider 5 років тому +516

    Being a valve fan is so bittersweet. Valve has made so many truly amazing games and the industry would be worse without them. But at the same time, Valve fans have been thrown to the side. Half Life fans, puzzle game fans, TF2 fans, all of these groups have been left to dwindle. I have felt betrayed by this company in so many ways. Tf2 updates have come to a stop even though there is still a ton of people talking about and playing this game. Half Life has been left on a cliffhanger for 12 years! But Valve doesn’t care, at least they don’t care enough to actually do anything about it. All I know is that these games were definitional to my identity. HL is my favorite single player FPS series, but it has been tinged with sadness. I cannot think about HL anymore without feeling at least a little sad. And well, TF2 just makes me depressed.
    Not even Steam is safe anymore. Valve has just let Epic come in and trample on the consumer, and as a result many games of my anticipated games are now locked away on an inferior launcher. But Valve doesn’t care, at least they don’t care enough to do anything about it.
    I guess I am trying to say, it is time for Valve to wake up and smell the ashes, the ashes of their legacy which has smoldered away into disappointing nothingness. Your speech at the end really got to me because I have felt the same way, and it makes me sad, knowing the behemoth we have lost.

    • @bloodmachine6049
      @bloodmachine6049 5 років тому +30

      An important thing to remember about HL3 is that it's not for the lack of trying on the staff's end.
      There have been multiple fully-fledged iterations of the game, with far more work than has been put into any half-life project. It's been started over multiple times, yet nothing has been finished. and it seems largely a fault of the company structure.
      They have virtually unlimited resources, and people constantly working on things, with long work hours, however, nothing came out.

    • @gamertechkid1490
      @gamertechkid1490 5 років тому +9

      That's okay they're working on VR though which will solve all the worlds problems /s

    • @TheGleely
      @TheGleely 5 років тому +5

      Valve and Half Life fill me with happiness and with bittersweet sadness, as if remembering a long ago friend who has passed on, or a lover who has grown apart from you. Sad but happy. Wanting to forget the memories you cherish still. It is with a heavy heart and a weary love that I say, with a hint of mirth behind desperate pleading:
      Gaben plz
      HL3 confirmed?

    • @jakespacepiratee3740
      @jakespacepiratee3740 5 років тому +3

      @@bloodmachine6049 Everyone who comes in, nothing goes out.

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 5 років тому +1

      There`s a billion games with either mostly puzzles or a LOT of puzzles, there is NO shortage of puzzle games..

  • @dlcgaming9564
    @dlcgaming9564 3 роки тому +40

    "If you shoot them they game end you?!" He says as he kills somebody pre-experiment which would get his character arrested and probably have him die from aliens when they do appear.

  • @The-Real-Ivivik
    @The-Real-Ivivik 5 років тому +311

    Man you will not believe this new VR game that’s coming out.

    • @Goobiwann
      @Goobiwann 4 роки тому +3

      I wish i could afford VR

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 4 роки тому +4

      Cries in Intel HD 520 and i5-6200U, which means I can’t have VR.

    • @journey4109
      @journey4109 4 роки тому +1

      I found more affordable way to immerse in game. I've just purchased 32" 1440p monitor, good sound card, pro wide-stage headphones. VR is too much efforts, preparations..imho

    • @Lapizote13
      @Lapizote13 4 роки тому +2

      @@journey4109 seeing the prices of windows mixed reality headsets and the price of a good 32" 1440p monitor + good sound card + good headphones, I think VR is as expensive or even cheaper.

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 4 роки тому +4

      @@journey4109 have you ever actually experienced VR?

  • @quadrax608
    @quadrax608 5 років тому +326

    UA-cam recommended this to me... I'm thankful, this is one of the best videos I've watched recently!

    • @TheLostGrem
      @TheLostGrem 5 років тому

      Albert Ślusarek I agree completely

    • @JoeMama-br1mg
      @JoeMama-br1mg 5 років тому +2

      I agree 100%.
      At first i thought rhis video was gonna be like 20 minutes long.
      Then i heard it took a year to make.
      Then i saw the length was almost 2 hours.
      Then i sat through the whole thing and i STILL wanted more. This video is a work of art, and a great one to say the least.

  • @Wyattporter
    @Wyattporter 2 роки тому +19

    I left one comment about this before but it was a half-formed thought so I’m writing it again. Holy shit, Eli’s last words are gut-wrenching. The gravity of “don’t look” didn’t really hit me the first time I played EP2, but when I hear it now it almost brings me to tears. For my college fiction writing class a semester or two ago, I wrote an alien-invasion story that tried to genuinely interrogate how people would feel if something like that ever happened. The way all sense of normalcy, in every facet of life, would be ripped away if aliens showed up at our doorstep. Writing that really crystalized for me how earth-shattering that would be, what it would do to someone to have everything truly change like that. With that new perspective, Eli’s “don’t look,” for me, really captures the utter helplessness and resignedness of not only himself, but all of Earth in the face of the Combine. He’s been picked up by the Advisor, and both he and Alyx know he’s not going to survive - they both make sure to say “I love you.” What’s worse is that he knows that, whatever is about to happen, it’s going to be horrific, and he has no chance of making it out. All he can do is implore her not to look as the thing eats his spine. It’s all anyone can do anymore in the Half-Life world - try to look away as everything they love and hold dear is utterly, gruesomely destroyed.

  • @Saavik256
    @Saavik256 4 роки тому +300

    The Half-Life series is part of the reason why I decided to teach myself level design.

    • @bbsonjohn
      @bbsonjohn 3 роки тому +37

      Half life is part of the reason I get a PhD in physics (no joke)

    • @blurryvision942
      @blurryvision942 3 роки тому +6

      @@bbsonjohn legend

    • @TheXtrategaxd
      @TheXtrategaxd 3 роки тому +8

      @@bbsonjohn Fucking legend

    • @cinemalazare4850
      @cinemalazare4850 2 роки тому +10

      @@bbsonjohn do you work at black mesa with that PhD?

    • @Destilight
      @Destilight 2 роки тому +11

      He doesn't need to hear all this. He's a highly trained professional.

  • @LiamTriforce
    @LiamTriforce  5 років тому +214

    If you're wondering how my outlook has changed on the future of the series, here are my initial thoughts on Half-Life: Alyx. ua-cam.com/video/0-dPhKo0Zzk/v-deo.html

    • @asarnatskiy
      @asarnatskiy 5 років тому +5

      High-res model of G-man you say?

    • @spoopythescout
      @spoopythescout 5 років тому +2

      I think there was a space in the car's engine from episode 2 where you could wedge the gnome into place so it wouldn't fall out

    • @f.palmero5010
      @f.palmero5010 5 років тому +1

      Secondly, Yes you could have dodged the energy orbs. Or... use the door you pry off the vent as a shield that absorbs the shots.[Sorry for the split comments, I'm one of those beta cucks who types as the video goes on]

    • @thenoseflap521
      @thenoseflap521 5 років тому

      Who the fuck are you and why am I being recommended your videos?

    • @Naitanui1804
      @Naitanui1804 5 років тому

      Very well done on the advert placement, works like checkpoints throughout the video.

  • @accountwontlastlong1
    @accountwontlastlong1 3 роки тому +52

    I remember playing Half-Life 1 on a Windows 98 PC as a kid, and 98 was already obsolete by then, though I can't remember exactly when. It scared me shitless, though to this day I have images in my mind of being in an area that looked a lot like the Office Complex chapter, so even though I was so terrified by the game, getting that far, though it's still early, isn't half bad. It took years for my fear of the game to wear off. My first purchase on Steam was Half-Life 2: Deathmatch of all things, because it didn't have any zombies and other creatures. I eventually, slowly but surely, conquered my fear of the games, though Half-Life 2 was never as scary to me, maybe it was something to do with HL1's style/graphics that I was so scared of it. I ended up developing not only a love of the Half-Life series, but the GoldSRC and Source engines and what people, from modders to dev teams, crafted on these engines. There's something about these engines that make just about any game that runs on them appeal so much to me. I've never managed to make something on these engines myself. I remember trying to create Source maps when I was 15, but failed miserably. While I haven't been able to make something great myself, I will always treasure Half-Life, their engines and what they spawned as things that bring joy and entertainment to me and many others. I'm not good at writing things like this, I just wrote what came to mind after watching this video and it might not make too much sense. Anyway, Half-Life is amazing, as well as what came from it. I am grateful for its existence, regardless of lack of future titles for a very long time and one eventual title that released many years later that turned out to be far too expensive for many people to access.

    • @alejandropulidorodriguez9723
      @alejandropulidorodriguez9723 3 роки тому +7

      My dead wife would have loved this small thesis! Great work!

    • @DhocksGamingCentral
      @DhocksGamingCentral 2 роки тому +2

      Same here. Scared me shitless at a young age and Deathmatch was my first ever game on steam (step brother exposed me to CS in between that).

  • @TheDandyChap
    @TheDandyChap 5 років тому +367

    Right there at the end, your views about Valve's abominable radio silence, that hit the nail on the head. I've told myself over and over that I don't hate Valve. Valve created some of my best memories as a kid. They helped me through a difficult childhood. But the fact that I'm almost in my thirties now, and I've been waiting since I was in high school for more hurts my heart.
    Y'know, there's nothing I love more in this world than a good story. Half-Life gave me that in my formative years. I don't hate Valve, but boy do I ever resent them. Shame on you, Valve. You left the gaming industry behind for the money industry. I get it, why make games when you can sit on your ass and let Steam print money?
    Aside from the love and devotion of millions of people, I mean. Well, we'll just see how it pays off in another twelve years, won't we?

    • @jtcav6484
      @jtcav6484 5 років тому +12

      By the time I started getting involved in video games, particularly Valve and their games, Half-Life 3, or Episode 3, was already a lost cause. Something people would mention, but never actually consider happening. I’ve played both Portal games, Team Fortress 2, and plenty of Garry’s Mod, but never any Half-life. So while I have little actual connection to it, I’m familiar with the series. The state of the series has never really bothered me. It’s a shame, yes, but I held no stock in the matter.
      This video made me feel genuine sadness about the state of Half-Life, and of Valve. It made me realize the true tragedy of seeing such a revolutionary and compelling series being stopped in its tracks and left to gather dust, leaving the fanbase in just the same situation. Thank you so much for this video. It gave me a new appreciation for the Half-Life series.

    • @vicariouspunishment
      @vicariouspunishment 5 років тому

      Agreed wholeheartedly. Same here exactly same

    • @Jwallworth
      @Jwallworth 5 років тому +3

      Seems like it was only Marc laidlaw who had any genuine love for the franchise. I genuinely had hope every single year for some type of release from half life or the half life universe since 2011 after portal 2. But after that goodbye letter from Marc laidlaw explaining the plot of HL3, that was where my closure was found. Unsatisfying, annoying and yes it made me mad with the franchise, but I no longer have hope for that series. Not now, not ever. And I hope they don’t attempt to release it one day for money because none f the original writers are there anymore and none of them love the franchise.

    • @jasonfenton8250
      @jasonfenton8250 5 років тому +5

      @@Jwallworth Laidlaw is so kickass. His writing was awesome and when Valve stopped making games to rest on their stacks of Steam money he left. And he finally gave us the ending we wanted, well, as much as was developed. He basically admitted Half Life 3 was never happening, something the higher ups in Valve apparently don't have the guts to do.

    • @Jwallworth
      @Jwallworth 5 років тому +6

      Jason Fenton I still believe the whole situation is shady. Why go from (and I’m referring to gabe newell,) yes HL3 is in development and sounding excited to suddenly not even wanting to speak of it. It just doesn’t seem normal to me. Something happened during development that thoroughly put them off making the game. Either way yes laidlaw is an absolute legend and I’m so glad he took it upon himself give us the closure that we all deserved. Nobody at that company today is worthy of even drafting a structure for half life. They let it die and those who loved it have gone. They’re a selfish money grabbing company and gabe is a liar

  • @RainbowDash499
    @RainbowDash499 3 роки тому +11

    Thanking my brother for showing me all these awesome games. Rest in peace bro. 💛 You made my childhood awesome.

  • @mandatory055
    @mandatory055 5 років тому +366

    Holy shit dude, you predicted Half Life: Alyx

    • @weiinn9944
      @weiinn9944 5 років тому +5

      at which part of the video

    • @rucker69
      @rucker69 5 років тому +9

      @@weiinn9944 1:38:00 or so. Or just watch it yourself...

    • @splob1981
      @splob1981 4 роки тому +35

      @@rucker69 you ever hear of a guy named Tyler McVicker?

    • @المنهجالسلفي-س4ث
      @المنهجالسلفي-س4ث 4 роки тому

      He made this video before the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx

  • @uros.u.novakovic
    @uros.u.novakovic 5 років тому +240

    I'm a simple guy, I see Half Life content I watch it. Thanks for this.

    • @cDub3284
      @cDub3284 5 років тому +2

      Amen!

    • @666chapelofblood
      @666chapelofblood 5 років тому +4

      You obviously are simple if you are imitating a lame joke. Keep on lemming!

    • @uros.u.novakovic
      @uros.u.novakovic 5 років тому +1

      @@666chapelofblood Sure will

    • @vash_the_stampede6570
      @vash_the_stampede6570 5 років тому

      We all watch it cuz it's part of our life bro,its Half-our lives (no pun)

  • @nekipeh7373
    @nekipeh7373 2 роки тому +13

    Arctic is going to be a tropic landscape by the time HL 3 gets released

  • @worsethanyouthink
    @worsethanyouthink 4 роки тому +93

    My favorite tiny detail in the entire series is that each of the individual buttons on the hl1 vending machines work

    • @PurpleMoon799
      @PurpleMoon799 2 роки тому +15

      and that the sodas give you a little bit of health! somehow..

    • @bugjams
      @bugjams 2 роки тому

      @@PurpleMoon799 gordon *THORSTY*

    • @agent_sus3273
      @agent_sus3273 2 роки тому +7

      Ha. My favorite detail was the little animations when you’re holding the weapons. Amazing how a small thing can give a character personality like that.

  • @LiamTriforce
    @LiamTriforce  4 роки тому +172

    Half-Life: Alyx Retrospective is out! I know at least one of you is curious to see how I feel that game fits into this story, so here it is! ua-cam.com/video/0eQQhvL9ts8/v-deo.html

  • @coopywoopyphotography
    @coopywoopyphotography 3 роки тому +11

    41:53 this literally gives me goosebumps every time, this game was so well made

  • @king_kiff3969
    @king_kiff3969 5 років тому +810

    "I won't boycott you, I just wish I could look at you the same way I did years ago."
    Well said

    • @afrog2666
      @afrog2666 5 років тому +26

      - when it`s time for a divorce, but one side keeps clinging on

    • @miniwaern
      @miniwaern 5 років тому +2

      @@afrog2666 Weol said

    • @reasonsvoice8554
      @reasonsvoice8554 5 років тому +4

      Couldn't have said it better just lost all respect

    • @cheesygrilkaboomyawoman
      @cheesygrilkaboomyawoman 5 років тому +5

      We aren't angry at you, Valve, we're just disappointed...

    • @mike7DILFLUVR
      @mike7DILFLUVR 5 років тому

      shit hurted

  • @sladikk
    @sladikk 5 років тому +284

    is making a kid play through all half lifes only to tell them at the end that there's no half life 3 a form of child cruelty

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 4 роки тому +60

      No, that’s the moment your kid becomes an adult.

    • @Duckboyfi
      @Duckboyfi 4 роки тому +38

      @@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 "It seperates the boys from the men"

    • @goochencore4128
      @goochencore4128 4 роки тому +9

      It's a rite of passage.

    • @jockeyfield1954
      @jockeyfield1954 4 роки тому +10

      @@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 or the kid doesn't even touch the game because "lol these graphics suck"
      and just plays fortnite for 5 hours

    • @brotbrotsen1100
      @brotbrotsen1100 4 роки тому +7

      @@jockeyfield1954 This is why abortions should be allowed until they turn 18

  • @filiptrajkovski2198
    @filiptrajkovski2198 2 роки тому +52

    I still find it funny how a 7 hour war sounds ridiculous
    And at the same time in our real world we had a 34 minute long war in our history

    • @JimboTheMick
      @JimboTheMick Рік тому +1

      Wtf you mean? We've had a war that's lasted the same amount of time 😂😂 dumbf

  • @TheMrEvs
    @TheMrEvs 5 років тому +89

    i couldn't even watch the scene with Eli again. That shit still gets me

    • @vash_the_stampede6570
      @vash_the_stampede6570 5 років тому +6

      Dog that was some Actual Alein Facesucker (The Alien Films) but it's a Floating Worm that is A.K.A Brainsuckers ewwwww

    • @nothankyou4859
      @nothankyou4859 5 років тому +2

      the voice acting sells it so well. truly heartbreaking

  • @Kryptick_88
    @Kryptick_88 5 років тому +2222

    Who's watching this after seeing the HL: Alyx trailer?

    • @ValentineC137
      @ValentineC137 5 років тому +15

      :)

    • @Esteece
      @Esteece 5 років тому +17

      yeah, i am... lets hope Half-life 3 comes. but for now, we all have to triage at dawn. :)

    • @ValentineC137
      @ValentineC137 5 років тому +14

      Ethan White if HL3 comes it wont be a conclusion to the HL2 story :P

    • @jetsetpunch
      @jetsetpunch 5 років тому +2

      Ayyy

    • @2CanTwo
      @2CanTwo 5 років тому +1

      hahah i did that

  • @DjDolHaus86
    @DjDolHaus86 3 роки тому +9

    The combine combat AI in half life 2 is a masterpiece. They don't fall into the usual tropes of having obvious weaknesses and easily counterable strategies, they will use teamwork effectively to make your life incredibly difficult and often the only thing keeping you alive is your enhanced ability to absorb damage. If you were on an equal footing to them in terms of health they'd beat you almost constantly unless they'd got hung up on the scenery or something dumb like that

  • @oilers_fan_77
    @oilers_fan_77 4 роки тому +387

    The zombies when lit on fire are literally yelling crying to god just in reverse

  • @roflc0re
    @roflc0re 5 років тому +124

    Half-life changed everything. It formed my childhood back in 98' and my early teenage years in 04'.
    It helped give us amazing Mods, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, Steam and so much more.
    Even if people doesn't like Gabe Newell today as before because of reasons (i still adore him) we all should agree that video games wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for him and Valve.
    I want the time back when you would sit in a basement and play some CS and or HL-DM on a LAN with JOLT cola and chips while you listen to TOOL and SOAD. Those where the times man, before everything went downhill in society.

    • @merces47letifer4
      @merces47letifer4 4 роки тому +4

      Society is the same group of wretched, selfish, panicked sheep it always has been (COVID 19 being a perfect example at the moment). It's the people affecting positive change that make it bearable and fun to live. Be one of those people. By the way, I fucking loved playing HL and CS listening to Tool and SOAD.

    • @lurox5183
      @lurox5183 4 роки тому +1

      That was a beautiful era. Being born in 1986 your description of the past really resonates with me

    • @MicroageHD
      @MicroageHD 4 роки тому +1

      @@merces47letifer4 You sound like a sheep to me.

    • @benoscar-kp4hz
      @benoscar-kp4hz 4 роки тому

      @@merces47letifer4 4nite isnt 4 shep

    • @rey_nemaattori
      @rey_nemaattori 3 роки тому

      @@merces47letifer4 Even without Covid, society was already being ossified by mega corps buying everything up and using it to control the media, the internet, and the narrative, it was already starting after the dotcom crash, but was accelerated by the advent of smart phones a social media, which allow mainstream access to the internet. Covid&Trump only made this clearly visible, with alternative narratives being labled misinformation, whilst supplying only misinformation themselves.
      I mean back in the 90s and early 00s, when playing online you'd get name called, bullied, ridiculed, in _at least_ 10 different languages EVERY OTHER GAME, you'd just shrug it off, shouted back or ignored it. These days a single swear word could get you kicked or banned, cyberbullying is has many foundations to combat it and what not...instead of growing a thicker skin or fast rebukes, the seeds for snowflakes were already being sown. If you got banned from a server back then, you'd simply join another, but everything is so centralized these days, you're basically locked out of the game after having a few reports filed against you.
      The internet was more of a wild west back then, in regards to people being absolutely free in to do whatever they wanted, with privately owned dedicated servers, forums, (voice) chat channels all with their own mods, add-ons and rules and a small community around it, almost like some freehold out in the desert where people relied on each other for funding, technical support and what not. Being an asshole was only fun for a short time, joining a gaming clan or forming your own community was much more fun and meaningful, and it automatically made you less of an asshole as you'd have a stake in the community.
      It's this shift that basically drove me from gaming, for me signified by the advent of CoD:MW2, where the loss of private servers obliterated the communities and sense of ownership. No longer just joining your favorite server and encountering the same online friends with a few strangers in the mix, unless setup or agreed in advance. It wasn't long for more and more games forced this central lobby paradigm, often combined with microtransactions or pay to win...which basically turned them into an online casino.
      Of course this was done to 'combat piracy' and 'allow consoles to join the fray', but consoles are no match for pc gamers(I've never had a console, when a mate with a ps4 challenged me to a game of MW2 on a console, I absolutely struggled with the controls. Yet, playing dual screen allowed me to see where the fuck he was spawning and knowing all those maps by heart, I still managed to completely obliterate him), so i don't get why these two ecosystems had to be combined anyway, this apart from many games requiring always online connections, even if you were just playing locally on LAN.

  • @RevolutionaryOven
    @RevolutionaryOven 2 роки тому +9

    "It means they have to be careful with the inclusion of things such as time travel."
    *HL: Alyx releases a year after this video comes live, after a decade of silence*
    damn dude, they hit you hard after working on this video for a year.

  • @three-bark1928
    @three-bark1928 5 років тому +230

    1:39:45 "valve needs a game for the headset"
    What are your thoughts on HL:A

    • @jiraffe9600
      @jiraffe9600 5 років тому +7

      levi ackerman he made a video called “my thoughts on half-life alyx.”

    • @three-bark1928
      @three-bark1928 5 років тому +5

      ThePcGamer oh yeah, I just watched it

    • @jockeyfield1954
      @jockeyfield1954 4 роки тому

      @@jiraffe9600 that's nice, but what are your thoughts on half-life alyx?

    • @anhkietduongdo
      @anhkietduongdo 3 роки тому

      @@jockeyfield1954 Stop asking the same question dude, but what are your thoughts on half life: alyx?

    • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824
      @yourfriendlyneighborhoodcl4824 3 роки тому

      @@anhkietduongdo stop asking the same question but what are your thoughts on half life : alyx

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 5 років тому +226

    "And the world still hasn't forgotten."
    ...but Valve did.

    • @TheFlodyo
      @TheFlodyo 5 років тому +2

      Project borealis a group of people, who are putting effort to make ep.3, check them out. They have a yt and discord channel

    • @Helperbot-2000
      @Helperbot-2000 5 років тому +20

      i bet you feel dumb right now!

    • @OscRos03
      @OscRos03 5 років тому +1

      ...not

    • @Xenderman
      @Xenderman 5 років тому +13

      Valve: SIKE

    • @koboldengineering7687
      @koboldengineering7687 5 років тому +1

      OR DID THEY

  • @Grimsikk
    @Grimsikk Рік тому +3

    I just played HL1, HL2, EP1 and EP2 for the first time ever, just a week or so ago. Now I'm playing HL2 VR Mod (which is phenomenal btw).
    I don't know why I put this franchise off for so long. I don't know what kept me from it. I even played Gmod for almost 6000 hours years ago, and got used to the source engine's wonders. All I know is HL2+EP1&2 is now one of my favorite games of all time, and always will be. It has inspired me even further in my own game and story design, and I truly wish they had finished the story properly.
    I want to play Half-Life Alyx but my PC is a pre-built that just barely won't run it. Someday...
    Until then, I'll be revisiting HL2 both in flatscreen and in VR.... honestly, regularly.
    Amazing video, Liam. Absolutely loved it. I'll watch the HLA retrospective once I get the opportunity to build a better PC and play HLA.

  • @seamuspink9098
    @seamuspink9098 4 роки тому +201

    HL1: Revolutionary 1st person shooter that tells a linear history, without cuts, cutscenes or even text, just worldbuilding
    HL2: Continuation of an amazing story, character development and new mechanics and technologies like physics puzzles and the Source engine
    HL3 (Alyx lol): A big leap for VR technology finally releasing a complete original game and not just ports of older games

    • @dontsubscribetome3262
      @dontsubscribetome3262 4 роки тому +2

      alyx isnt 3

    • @seamuspink9098
      @seamuspink9098 4 роки тому +15

      @@dontsubscribetome3262 go watch 3kliksphilip video, he made some good arguments why we should consider alyx as half life 3
      Short history: With every new half life game valve pushes technology forward, storytelling and level desing, physics and graphics, and now VR and world interaction

    • @freezerounds
      @freezerounds 4 роки тому +15

      @ Neither of the episodes pushed the technology forward. They were expansions of HL2.

    • @Goobiwann
      @Goobiwann 4 роки тому +3

      I wish i could afford VR :(

    • @jockeyfield1954
      @jockeyfield1954 4 роки тому +2

      @Cullen Freeman you don't need gordon freeman to make a half life game
      and also, during half life alyx's time, gordon was in stasis, this takes place 5 years before half life 2 ya know?

  • @Hackerman2005
    @Hackerman2005 4 роки тому +26

    The reason the HEV suit has the 'Ammunition depleted' line and such is because not only is it a hazardous environment suit, but it's also the suit the survey team used going to Xen, where they DEFINITELY would've needed a gun.

  • @DrakiniteOfficial
    @DrakiniteOfficial 3 роки тому +3

    I'm so, so very glad that your intro was proven wrong - no more than one year after the release of this video.
    Valve hasn't forgotten their legacy. They are back and they're pushing the available technology to its absolute limits and beyond, making a gameplay experience never seen before, and refining it with an unreal amount of polish. I'm so excited to see how the entire landscape of gaming will respond to Half Life: Alyx

  • @pleasantlymixed5860
    @pleasantlymixed5860 4 роки тому +48

    I'm a new PC user and I can confirm hl2 is timeless it was a great starting game to get used to mouse and keyboard.

  • @Serenade314
    @Serenade314 5 років тому +28

    Dude, trust me, when HL came out, it was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. The graphics weren’t as impressive as Quake 2’s, BUT instead Valve paid a lot of attention to little details that Id sacrificed for their speedy play throughs. Half Life was meant to be experienced slowly. It encouraged you to spend time exploring areas and take in as much of the environmental story telling as possible. I was floored when I saw the little sparks flying off the connecting rails, rotating platforms, light rays cast by Barney’s flashlight in the opening tram ride... The only game that came close to the level of detail was Duke Nukem 3D, but that’s a different story.

  • @daffodyl_n
    @daffodyl_n 3 роки тому +1

    I just found your channel through this video, I watched it in its entirety, watched your Portal retrospective, then you Half Life Music retrospective, and now I’m back again to watch this one all over again. EXCELLENT work. Love to see love for my 2 favourite series’ of games

  • @GunshipMarkII
    @GunshipMarkII 5 років тому +37

    This is one of the best video essays I've ever watched, thank you for all your hard work.

  • @romanr1592
    @romanr1592 5 років тому +73

    Glock > SMG - same damage, perfect accuracy, shoots underwater.

    • @MoondogUSA
      @MoondogUSA 5 років тому +9

      Yeah the glock is baddass; I use it consistently through just about the whole game.

    • @vash_the_stampede6570
      @vash_the_stampede6570 5 років тому +7

      But without a Grenade launcher and Auto Fire

    • @Viviana088
      @Viviana088 5 років тому +4

      @@uncanny-hector-1906
      17 rounds, more damage < 50 rounds, higher fire rate (more DPS), and a grenade launcher.

    • @dmas7749
      @dmas7749 5 років тому

      i think only the crowbar and crossbow have perfect accuracy outside maybe the magnum
      also the glock DOES have have rapid fire with secondary mouse but the accuracy drops to MP5-level, so not worth using
      i find myself using the MP5 slightly more due to cramped and close quarters you'll be fighting in since it's accuracy isn't terribad...if only i could say the same for HL2's SMG, only use that for the grenade launcher which is not often lol
      speaking as FPS casual that barely experienced Half-Life outside gmod, make of that what you will

    • @dmas7749
      @dmas7749 5 років тому

      @Ben Silva: it barely outdamages the crowbar, besides that once you get the pulse gun you'll never go back to the SMG if you're at all conservative with its ammo

  • @cingtheking1350
    @cingtheking1350 2 роки тому +5

    Dude this is insane such a blast from the past

  • @FormaThought
    @FormaThought 5 років тому +67

    You've outdone yourself with this one. This is so thorough and well thought out. Really made me think of the games in ways I never even considered while playing through them, and your timeline approach to covering the whole thing brought back faint memories of the series throughout its history. Damn fine job.

    • @vash_the_stampede6570
      @vash_the_stampede6570 5 років тому +1

      Bro I thought the Little Rocket man Trophy Was getting Lamarr in the Rocket and launching it not the friggn Gnome.
      But I still got my 360 Disc and play it on the Xbox One X

  • @Flamme-Sanabi
    @Flamme-Sanabi 5 років тому +487

    And then HL: Alyx came around the corner.

    • @torimaritime6955
      @torimaritime6955 4 роки тому +21

      Being right has never felt so good.

    • @natebit8130
      @natebit8130 4 роки тому +4

      Aqua Marine YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @jdmnissan
      @jdmnissan 4 роки тому +4

      its so good, just finished it

    • @jockeyfield1954
      @jockeyfield1954 4 роки тому +6

      people still say that half life alyx is nothing but a way to promote the valve index and a tech demo for source 2
      even though the lab (a vr source 2 portal game) was made to test the source 2 engine along with promote the valve index

    • @aeyde
      @aeyde 4 роки тому +1

      @@jdmnissan if you have like $1000 :l

  • @egustafson
    @egustafson 3 роки тому +2

    Hl2 as a whole, "it's simple shooter combat done really, really fucking well." regarding combine soldier shotgun implementation, "in claustrophobic levels like nova prospekt, this can be a bitch to deal with." truer words have never been spoken. "just wreck shit, it's a nice reward for everything you've been through. And the final frontier has you blowing up Breen's portal reactor, only for one of the best ending sequences in the history of anything ever to ensue." Dude, I swear to christ I've thought all of these things you've said in this video. Just started play through again with Mmod for the first time (minus cinematic mod). Just the most fun ever.

  • @Tobuscus
    @Tobuscus 5 років тому +387

    Wow dude. Nice vid

    • @xXPlayAFF
      @xXPlayAFF 4 роки тому +12

      holy shit it’s tobuscus

    • @chronicrogue22
      @chronicrogue22 4 роки тому +8

      holy shit it’s tobuscus

    • @junktin1750
      @junktin1750 4 роки тому +20

      Holy shit its Tobuscus
      Thanks for filling my child hood with fun btw, you made me and my brother so happy! we loved your songs and you are a huge part of me growing up. Thank you seriously. From the bottom of my heart thank you

    • @JosephSampson
      @JosephSampson 4 роки тому +8

      I love you Toby

    • @ju7904
      @ju7904 4 роки тому +8

      holy shit it’s tobuscus

  • @simplyclapped
    @simplyclapped 5 років тому +13

    I came across this video by accident and I didn't expect to much of it at first other than the sheer length of the video. I'm just here grinding on Warframe listening to this and I had to stop playing for a while and just appreciate the care and energy you have put into this. It might be "haresy" but I've never played anything half-life, but I do see the draw that those games have with them. After listening to the whole video I have decided two things. 1 to play this masterpiece of a videogame series and 2 I created my own UA-cam playlist simply titled "Amazing Video's" and so far only this video resides with in it.

  • @Splintmat
    @Splintmat 4 роки тому +2

    You can jam the garden gnome in the back window of the car to "glitch" it in place. Stays in place most of the time. Way better than anything else. Great retrospective thank you so much!

  • @TheMetalfreak360
    @TheMetalfreak360 5 років тому +20

    This deserves so much more attention, great video. Thanks Vinny for sharing the video title to everybody so we could watch it.

  • @zacross8504
    @zacross8504 4 роки тому +117

    “The gman might have time travel powers but what does do most of the time?”
    “This is the moment you watch your father die”

    • @theredpanda00
      @theredpanda00 Рік тому

      I don't care what naysayers say, that scene went incredibly hard

  • @MiaTheBengal
    @MiaTheBengal 4 роки тому +1

    this might be the video that will surely make me say 'yeah i can't go without liking this video'. Absolutely stellar job with the review. I'm precisely 1 hour into this and haven't skipped a second. Fantastic video mate.

  • @derharlekin5205
    @derharlekin5205 5 років тому +112

    Strange, I had a lot of fun with "On a Rail" and the plattforming in HL. I actually liked the stop and go and the time "On a Rail" took

    • @Kid_Naps
      @Kid_Naps 5 років тому +9

      Me too. It felt like it grounded the events into being more realistic, immersive, a scene that would DEFINITELY happened irl, because we all know how incredibly convoluted and sometimes absurd things are done by beaurocrats, especially from those running science labs :D

    • @Needwagon4Speedwagon
      @Needwagon4Speedwagon 5 років тому +1

      Same, i've always considered half life an fps-platformer and always will

    • @liammontgomery1825
      @liammontgomery1825 5 років тому +4

      On a Rail is honestly my second favorite bit in HL1, after Surface Tension. I loved the sense of progression and fighting against entrenched enemies.

    • @chadbaker8705
      @chadbaker8705 5 років тому +4

      On a Rail the first time? Hated it. But I learned from it. The next time you play On a Rail, and you know exactly how to absolutely annihilate every enemy without so much as a scratch, it feels so nice. Squeezing those .44 rounds into bullsquids without a single shot wasted. Supreme satisfaction.

    • @miniaturesandstuff5209
      @miniaturesandstuff5209 5 років тому +2

      I found "On A Rail" to be very creepy, especially when I played it for the first time when I was much younger.... I loved it! 😁
      there was this chamber at the bottom of the rocket where there was a Bullsquid and a bunch of dismembered corpses and the "hell.wav" started to play and I got cold chills and was like "WTF was that?!"
      I hated thr Xen levels the most and my favourite was "Unforeseen Consequences" towards "Surface Tension"

  • @OscarGreenworth
    @OscarGreenworth 5 років тому +77

    I've taken every single reprogramable turret to the teleport out of Nova Prospekt. There's absolutely no challenge and it's awesome. You end up having like 8 or 9 turrets at the end.

    • @dylon4906
      @dylon4906 5 років тому +6

      Yeah on my last playthrough of the game when I got to the first area where you get the first friendly turrets I thought “what if I could just take these with me?” and I tried it and to my surprise it worked, and I took all of the turrets to the end room and it is some of the most fun I’ve had with this game ever. I even tried taking at least one through the teleporter but I couldn’t figure it out

    • @OscarGreenworth
      @OscarGreenworth 5 років тому +3

      @@dylon4906 That was my thought process too. It's quite a test of patience to take all 5 of them to the final room. It is so worth it though. Also you can't take one with you. You go to a completely different level and not just another load area of the same map

    • @gurdan-friedman
      @gurdan-friedman 5 років тому +2

      Great idea! I'll try that next time.

    • @Journey_to_who_knows
      @Journey_to_who_knows 5 років тому +1

      Don't they try to shoot the characters

    • @OscarGreenworth
      @OscarGreenworth 5 років тому +4

      @@Journey_to_who_knows They're the reprogrammed ones. They shoot only the combine.

  • @niccololorenzetti2547
    @niccololorenzetti2547 3 роки тому +1

    I have seen A LOT of half life video and.. you make a very great work man. Not only for the half life/ Valve theme, but in general. What a video !

  • @errornoname23
    @errornoname23 4 роки тому +57

    I feel like the perfect ending for Half Life should include a scene of, if he survives, Gordon going back to Black Mesa, or at least what’s left of it, and paying his final respects to all those that died. To all the friends he lost during the incident, to all the helpless, confused and scared aliens, to the abandoned, betrayed Marines. One final goodbye, to the series that changed the world.

    • @basically_boring
      @basically_boring Рік тому +3

      he'll be visiting a nuclear crater because of what happened in opposing force

  • @Ribbons0121R121
    @Ribbons0121R121 5 років тому +34

    "and the gluo gun which is just..just watch"
    *freeman activates full auto in the buildings*

  • @ExpiredPorridge
    @ExpiredPorridge 2 роки тому +7

    revisiting this video and also the half life universe for the 2034th time, this game's atmosphere does something to me that not many other games do

  • @RayLilith
    @RayLilith 5 років тому +118

    *VALVE* _We still make games, we just never finish them_

    • @GeneralArmorus
      @GeneralArmorus 5 років тому +6

      We still make games, it's just they are already finished. AKA updates.

    • @Kid_Naps
      @Kid_Naps 5 років тому +4

      ... and when we do, it's ARTIFACT!

    • @vash_the_stampede6570
      @vash_the_stampede6570 5 років тому

      Valve no Longer Cranks the Crank they just sit there and Rust and dust.

    • @ValentineC137
      @ValentineC137 5 років тому +1

      @Explodingsatellites :)

    • @Grimmx50
      @Grimmx50 5 років тому +2

      Half Life Alyx :D

  • @ARipeBanana
    @ARipeBanana 4 роки тому +17

    I still keep on coming back to this video. This documentary is a fine piece of work, and you deserve all of the positivity that comes your way. Hats off to you, Liam!

  • @jeffreytenthije
    @jeffreytenthije 3 роки тому +4

    'You've been watching for a hour now, thanks'
    Thanks for reminding me that I got nothing else to do

  • @Les1o
    @Les1o 4 роки тому +23

    39:17 never in my life i would realize that the greatest sequel to the greatest video game from the greatest company of all time was released on my own fucking birthday.regardless of not giving us episode 3,thank you so much Valve.

  • @h4724-q6j
    @h4724-q6j 5 років тому +38

    "Brings to question the ethics"
    Good one.

    • @Pheer777
      @Pheer777 5 років тому

      Really subtle underrated comment lmao

  • @widepootis
    @widepootis 2 роки тому +1

    One of the very few more-than-an-hour-long videos I've ever watched and enjoyed.
    I learned a lot from your game mechanics analysis and I've gotta say that I now have a different look on Half-Life 2 levels I used to absolutely hate (ravenholm) and I now understand why it holds such an important place within the video game community. You seem to love these games and it shows.

  • @matt4392_
    @matt4392_ 5 років тому +71

    Vinny sent me. I’ll be watching in full when his stream ends :D

  • @andrasfogarasi5014
    @andrasfogarasi5014 5 років тому +40

    Imagine if modern games were made with the Half Life 2 mentality of AI programming. Combine AI is somewhat impressive. Soldiers deal suppressing fire while another reloads. Enemies space themselves according to weapon accuracy. Shotgunners attempt to flank and retreat after they run out of all but 1 or 2 cartridges in order to be safe while retreating. Enemies actually avoid trying to throw grenades at eachother. If a game were to utilize modern processors and programming techniques with these principles, it could create an amazing AI.

    • @ChrisJones-rd4wb
      @ChrisJones-rd4wb 4 роки тому +2

      Me: Used almost exclusively mines, and the rail level was my favorite one
      Liam: No one uses the mines, rail level sucks
      Me: -_-

    • @lukkkasz323
      @lukkkasz323 4 роки тому +3

      There is even much more that. For example:
      When attacking rebel turrets they will throw grenades at them to overturn them. If they don't have grenades then they will rush them and knock them down by melee.

  • @maximiliandort3489
    @maximiliandort3489 4 роки тому +1

    all i needed to truly love EP2 was a cupholder in the buggy. fantastic video dude!

  • @aquelecientista4491
    @aquelecientista4491 5 років тому +147

    1:05:44 "creating all sorts of wonderful things"
    *shows Eli with aids*

  • @acuteness8046
    @acuteness8046 5 років тому +112

    I actually liked On a Rail...
    Oh, I meant Black Mesa’s On a Rail.
    edit: Four years later, and the original On a Rail is one of my favorite Half Life chapters lol

    • @MichaelMaxwell747
      @MichaelMaxwell747 5 років тому +4

      yes it was more streamlined

    • @austinchery
      @austinchery 5 років тому +6

      @@MichaelMaxwell747 They have the uncut version on the steam workshop as well as for the mod version.

    • @ashkuigp
      @ashkuigp 5 років тому

      I don’t know. Original on a rail was fine.

  • @julianself584
    @julianself584 Рік тому

    Thank you, that was superb, right the way through. I still can't believe the series hasn't been finished, but I fell in love with it all over again watching your retrospective.

  • @_fragment
    @_fragment 5 років тому +35

    The Half-Life series isn't a bunch of games.
    *It's an experience.*

  • @fnoigy
    @fnoigy 5 років тому +63

    All my phones' tones and alarms are scientist noises.
    SHTAHP!!!

  • @cirelachlan
    @cirelachlan 2 роки тому +4

    Half-life was one of the best games I ever played when it came out. I remember getting my tax return from my first job, buying a 200 dollar voodoo 3 card and a creative 4.1 surround sound speaker setup. The game was the first game I ever played with 3d sound. My friend and I sat within the speaker setup and enjoyed the "shit, it's coming from behind me" that people just don't realize how amazing it was when it was first implemented. That card was able to play the game in "opengl" which we thought was the best graphics we'd ever seen. So smooth. Lol

  • @PeacEDevriM
    @PeacEDevriM 5 років тому +5

    THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE BEST (AND LONGEST) VIDEOS ON UA-cam! AND I WATCHED IT FROM THE VERY FIRST MINUTE UNTIL THE LAST ONE! THANKS LIAM!

  • @miguelzavaleta1911
    @miguelzavaleta1911 5 років тому +7

    What an amazing game, and what an amazing video.
    I must have been in early middle school when Half-Life came out. It completely shaped video games for me. When HL2 came out, I must have spent hundreds of hours on that bad boy.
    You can't help but miss those times. I still play HL2 and its EPs every now and then for nostalgia's sake -- even if you know every single detail of the game already.
    I can't help but feel betrayed by Valve for not finishing the series. I'm 30, married, and have a shit ton of disposable income now -- if they don't cater to my demographic now, I doubt they ever will. Here's hoping they get to work!