Why would they? Half Life is all about interaction and how the games make you feel you're in a living world, making a movie trying to imitate that would just be ruining the formula, and most of us would agree that we'd rather have another Half Life game.
When you attempt to "smell" things in VR, you have reached peak immersion. This was an amazing trip down memory lane, and I realize more and more just how "peak gaming" Half Life: Alyx truly was. Excellent production value. You earned my sub.
This has been the biggest project I have ever worked on, and personally, I think it's my best. I would really appreciate it if you could subscribe, like and share to as many people as possible
dude, you deserve more than just a like and a subscription. This video is a real masterpiece. It makes you feel this atmosphere of your favorite game right away. Thank you for your content, bro) You top :D
I'm really looking forward to it. Also, that one dislike is that person who subscribes to a channel just to dislike every video for no reason other than to try and hurt the cc, and they don't realise that they are giving the channel interactions which helps the channel as they need to partially watch the video to dislike it.
@@aleppo5398 The non-vr mod is perfect for absolutely nobody besides mappers who need to test without putting the headset on every iteration. The entire game is built around VR, that mod destroys every single meticulously-crafted mechanic and flawlessly-designed level by virtue of the control scheme alone. What messedUP was getting at is that people play Half-Life for the _gameplay_ ,which is practically nonexistent with that mod.
@@OBSO_LETE Alright cool, you going to pay for all of the wayward fans that waited like the rest of you that can't get VR yet? Shit like this is why I hope HL3 isn't VR.
I really admire on the intro on the Citadel destruction and the death of Eli Vance to match up the beginning of Half-Life Alyx. Keep going because this is awesome!
This was very good. the cinematography was on point and even though I know the story, that's what is getting me invested. However I did notice a few issues, (as it happens with larger animations) Whenever you decide not to pose the fingers of the characters(mostly Alyx) its very noticeable. another thing was that when Russel threw that gun he very clearly was just starting straight in front of him and not even looking(with his pupils) toward Alyx, which made me feel some sort of disconnect. other than that, can't wait to see future episodes!
personal +: Great visuals, very cinematic feeling, fitting music, lots of subtitles for great reach of audience, natural character movement personal -: some scenes feel slighty long, most of the time the camera work was great, but I had the feeling that creating a realistic expression for alex was hard and that is the reason we don't,t see her face much and is also maybe the reason that some scenes feel forced into covering her face. But do correct me if I'm wrong. I just saw little of the main character and I had the feeling the sometimes you were ''filming'' just next to the main event, instead of spot on filming the main event. Like the camera was off focus.
But besides the whole arguments, I still loved watching it, will continue watching it because it's a proper cinematic of the half life universe. Gabe would be proud of you
I absolutely love it great work, aside from contrast being a little high and it losing the details a bit i think this is the perfect way for people like me to experience Half-Life: Alyx
finally! give this man a prize or something! with all the lore stuff out there, this is the best fan tribute I've seen. I'd only make the scenes / sequences shorter, the pauses and dark scenes don't need to take so long, I'm literally hitting fast-forward every 5 secs, but other than that - beautifully made!
Honestly this is exactly what I wanted, a cinematic version of the events of Half Life Alyx done like a film. Honestly man, great work, I look forward to Episode 2 (let's hope you make an episode 3 unlike Valve)! I've been associate editor for UK commercials and indie films for about 9 years now and I can say this is absolutely fantastic work, but I think you need to calm down with the close ups, camera wobble and quick editing when the scene doesn't call for it. The scene with Alyx and Russell should be calmer and not so many angles and cuts with camera shake. The wide shot of them looked great and I would have preferred something more subtle. You shot a dialogue scene like an action scene which I think is why I felt it didn't work as much (for me). There's a lot of redundant fluff shots which makes it a little confusing what to focus on like 9:49 with the helicopter or 16:16 when it changes to Russel's face. You've got to ask yourself what's the purpose of each shot and why it's in the edit. Shots of the city can have a purpose if it helps us better understand where we are and what the environment is for example, but if it has no relanvence other than 'it looks good' it'll subconsciously confuse the viewer because the shot's purpose is questionable. Whenever you cut to a shot, you're asking the viewer to take in new information that's important, whether that's a characters feelings, showing an important object etc. Also, shots in this change from moving to static to moving again way too frequently, for me, it feels like I can never get fully enveloped into the scene being of a certain tone. So if your scene is intense, use camera shake, if not have little to no camera shake within that scene. For example, when 16:10, when the shot of Alyx is static then the erratic shot of Russel. I had no idea spatially where Russel was, and the cut was very jarring. So try your best to help the viewer understand where everyone is spatially. Because you're cutting too often, we can't settle the position of the characters in our heads. Just remember, if it's not relevant, cut it, because it'll only make a better product. Hopefully you can see this is constructive an in no way meant to make you feel bad. You've done an amazing piece of hard work, I just think sharing my knowledge may be useful. Keep up the good work!
I really hope that this gets picked up by UA-cam's algorithms. I would really love as many people as possible to see the work you put into this, it's brilliant!
Many many many thank you for your effort! It is just a masterpiece and I feel lucky to see this and I hope I can see this series until the end. Thanks and thanks again :)
This movie is awesome. The amount of time you put into it and the quality it has is impressive. Congratulations for the feat of releasing it. Waiting for the next one :)
Damn, stopped playing Alyx because of reasons and that's a hella good way to remind myself of everything + it looks gorgeous and still somehow manage to capture the experience for those who can't affort a vr headset and/or a good computer! Already can't wait for the next episode
I like how you managed to work with a completely unfinished model since Alyx was never meant to be seen up close. If you look carefully you can even see that the inside of her jacket isn’t even textured and you can see through it.
This was incredibly well done and how I imagined a JJ Abrams Half Life movie to a painstakingly accurate degree, even to what I think he'd instantly get wrong, but still do very well regardless: A third person perspective for the majority of shots, if not just every shot. Half Life generally does the framing and pacing of cutscenes and other perspectives very quickly to keep the focus on its main character, and the added HL2 reference at 14:34 was a prime example of that being done very well. But the odd disconnected fan SFM of the third person framing, and large pacing issues with them because of how the game was designed reminded me of HDTF's cutscenes, if it had an actually good plot and voice cast in it. I think the best way to solve those minor gripes would be to see if more first person scenes can be added in and pick up the pacing, with the occasional third person establishing shots and more focus on in world third person shots in between, as if we were looking at something Alyx from another perspective. Maybe a combine camera like Halo Reach's CCTV, or Alyx's video feed so it doesn't feel as detached or like a typical movie shot. Overall, this is better than what I would've expected from a JJ Abrams Half Life movie, and the same nitpick would apply there if he used a more traditional detached camera perspective like here. This was nice, and I'm looking forward to the next one. Haven't seen it yet.
Damn, it looks really good! Great job! And it's also a great way to tell the Half-Life Alyx story without usage of (very expensive) VR Headset or boring walkthrough videos!
One of the best things about HL Alyx is the story. It's great that the game files lend themselves so well to telling the story in a cinematic way, albeit with some artistic decisions to skip over less important points. It's been over a year now and no sequel so I guess the project was abandoned. I get it. Way too much work. It would have been epic though.
I like how you included the dream sequence in the crash scene becuase the dream part is based on the original plot of Half Life Alyx where there's a dream sequence and the vortiguant says stuff like come and Eli says open your eyes honey. I like how you included it
It's well-made, but the perfectionist in me sees many moments where the editing could be sharper and camera work improved. Of course, since we're talking Source Engine (even if Source 2) I can understand it can be very tough to get it to cooperate properly.
Good Job!! Greetings from Perú (sorry for my bad English jajaja xd) We will be waiting for the continue, and i'll share this series on facebook groups, good luck broooo
That is absolutely amazing!! :DD, also to this day I thank you for explaining to me on the live stream about how to see the final results of the scene without rendering it """:> XD
some criticism some parts could've been shorter, like 3:00 (could be 5 seconds shorter) 4:00 (too much city shots, can cut out some) 7:32 (goes for a Little too long) 11:44 (goes on for too long) 15:17 (can be shorter, too much shots of the room imo) 18:15 (this can be just 1 second). in 18:19 the viewer doesnt know how the gloves work (i want to show this to people who never played half life before) so a scene where alyx is playing with the gloves, can go on for a minute or two, introducing the concept in a "show not tell way" would be great. 18:28 the joke is ruined, you should put a camera at alyx's level and then make it look at the gun falling and shooting the car when it lands, similarly to how it is in game. (this scene could be made 90% from alyx's level, the close up is kinda ruining the feel). anyway, great animation. looking forward to episode 2, but please if you combine all episodes together, fix these issues pls.
I'm sure it's been reported before, but the monitor just behind Russell, to his right, reflects what you are seeing in your HMD as you play through this scene. In this video, the monitor is blank, of course.
![The Half-Life Alyx Movie | Episode Two [S2FM]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/u9n7cmz7CCA/mqdefault.jpg)
![CRUSH DEPTH [SFM]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wGUJRlhu6yg/mqdefault.jpg)
The guy really went “Fine, I’ll do it myself” when valve said they’re not going to make a movie based on Half Life
reload time?
@@Windows_98 I miss you
Have valve said that outright? I thought they were working with JJ Abrams still?
@@itsgeegra That's for Portal.
Why would they? Half Life is all about interaction and how the games make you feel you're in a living world, making a movie trying to imitate that would just be ruining the formula, and most of us would agree that we'd rather have another Half Life game.
Great work!
Nice to see you here
I've already started to get worried about episode 3 of this series
Seriously, everyone stops at, or after their 3rd episode for any Half Life series :/
they do a rather large Amount Of trolling
Episode 2 part 2
@@HypnoStellar xD
@@HypnoStellar and then we get a prequel episode
When you attempt to "smell" things in VR, you have reached peak immersion. This was an amazing trip down memory lane, and I realize more and more just how "peak gaming" Half Life: Alyx truly was.
Excellent production value. You earned my sub.
Man the production value of the stuff you’re putting out on this channel is amazing! Seriously underrated.
Thank you so much!
people like you should support this dude this actually looks so good lmao
Hello man, I love your Shingeki no Kyojin fanfilms.
Oh god another alternate
Kane Pixels is that you?
This has been the biggest project I have ever worked on, and personally, I think it's my best. I would really appreciate it if you could subscribe, like and share to as many people as possible
dude, you deserve more than just a like and a subscription. This video is a real masterpiece. It makes you feel this atmosphere of your favorite game right away. Thank you for your content, bro)
You top :D
Great work 👏🔥
Holy crap man this actually blew me away! The SFM animation quality feels like something valve might have released themselves!
Dutifully subscribed to this superb realisation of the Half Life games. Big thanx
I'm really looking forward to it.
Also, that one dislike is that person who subscribes to a channel just to dislike every video for no reason other than to try and hurt the cc, and they don't realise that they are giving the channel interactions which helps the channel as they need to partially watch the video to dislike it.
It's the one douche at the bottom Zeus skateboard or whatever
@@ch3cksund3ad No i ithink its just the youtube system to balance out every video on UA-cam. Because not everyone video cant have a dislike.
Ufff can't wait for thisssssss
Thank you so much for the support!!!
Very excited, just don’t stop at episode 2.2! You got a great thing here.
This is fantastic for a person who can’t get VR.
@@OBSO_LETE exactly lol. What's perfect for someone who can't get vr is the non vr mod.
@@aleppo5398 The non-vr mod is perfect for absolutely nobody besides mappers who need to test without putting the headset on every iteration.
The entire game is built around VR, that mod destroys every single meticulously-crafted mechanic and flawlessly-designed level by virtue of the control scheme alone. What messedUP was getting at is that people play Half-Life for the _gameplay_ ,which is practically nonexistent with that mod.
@@OBSO_LETE Alright cool, you going to pay for all of the wayward fans that waited like the rest of you that can't get VR yet?
Shit like this is why I hope HL3 isn't VR.
I really admire on the intro on the Citadel destruction and the death of Eli Vance to match up the beginning of Half-Life Alyx.
Keep going because this is awesome!
This was very good. the cinematography was on point and even though I know the story, that's what is getting me invested. However I did notice a few issues, (as it happens with larger animations) Whenever you decide not to pose the fingers of the characters(mostly Alyx) its very noticeable. another thing was that when Russel threw that gun he very clearly was just starting straight in front of him and not even looking(with his pupils) toward Alyx, which made me feel some sort of disconnect. other than that, can't wait to see future episodes!
Loved It, no immersion breaking glitches spotted, the Russel scene had top notch photography
15:26 worked so nice in putting forth the atmosphere with the closeups and that piano. Truly a huge project and definitely your best work, Half Peeps.
personal +: Great visuals, very cinematic feeling, fitting music, lots of subtitles for great reach of audience, natural character movement
personal -: some scenes feel slighty long, most of the time the camera work was great, but I had the feeling that creating a realistic expression for alex was hard and that is the reason we don't,t see her face much and is also maybe the reason that some scenes feel forced into covering her face. But do correct me if I'm wrong. I just saw little of the main character and I had the feeling the sometimes you were ''filming'' just next to the main event, instead of spot on filming the main event. Like the camera was off focus.
But besides the whole arguments, I still loved watching it, will continue watching it because it's a proper cinematic of the half life universe. Gabe would be proud of you
You are highly underrated, looks like you put a lot of time and effort into your videos and I'm already sold.
Appreciate that
Pretty damn decent, nice work! Think if you trimmed a few minutes off it editing wise it would be more engaging.
big fat agree. lots of filler to add “mystery”, but all of us already know the story
@Cleumator so insecure and you didn’t even make it.
@@kennethchou4384 It's not as if bolloxed doesn't deserve it, considering how toxic the PoS is.
@@Darkspinesupersonic8 theres drama?
@@Darkspinesupersonic8 tf did he do
I absolutely love it great work, aside from contrast being a little high and it losing the details a bit i think this is the perfect way for people like me to experience Half-Life: Alyx
Great film. We really enjoyed reviewing this for our Halloween themed podcast for the Completely Machinima show, ep 9.3 if you want to listen!
Dude this is amazing, you're really talented
Thanks a ton!
This puts a smile on my face. For such a small channel (at this time), your production and quality is pretty solid. Continue what you're doing.
Amazing mate can’t wait to see more
Thank you! 🥺🥺🥺
When she got knocked out was that the “dream sequence” from the beta?
That is what I was going for, yes.
@@HALFPEEPS nice
Lol that dream sequence reminded me of nfs most wanted where you start at the end of the game and flash back to the beginning where the game starts
Underrated channel- I love this.
Thank you so much!
Can't wait to watch this masterpiece
finally! give this man a prize or something! with all the lore stuff out there, this is the best fan tribute I've seen. I'd only make the scenes / sequences shorter, the pauses and dark scenes don't need to take so long, I'm literally hitting fast-forward every 5 secs, but other than that - beautifully made!
This was awesome. I can see why you hyped it up so much.
Honestly this is exactly what I wanted, a cinematic version of the events of Half Life Alyx done like a film. Honestly man, great work, I look forward to Episode 2 (let's hope you make an episode 3 unlike Valve)!
I've been associate editor for UK commercials and indie films for about 9 years now and I can say this is absolutely fantastic work, but I think you need to calm down with the close ups, camera wobble and quick editing when the scene doesn't call for it. The scene with Alyx and Russell should be calmer and not so many angles and cuts with camera shake. The wide shot of them looked great and I would have preferred something more subtle. You shot a dialogue scene like an action scene which I think is why I felt it didn't work as much (for me).
There's a lot of redundant fluff shots which makes it a little confusing what to focus on like 9:49 with the helicopter or 16:16 when it changes to Russel's face. You've got to ask yourself what's the purpose of each shot and why it's in the edit. Shots of the city can have a purpose if it helps us better understand where we are and what the environment is for example, but if it has no relanvence other than 'it looks good' it'll subconsciously confuse the viewer because the shot's purpose is questionable. Whenever you cut to a shot, you're asking the viewer to take in new information that's important, whether that's a characters feelings, showing an important object etc.
Also, shots in this change from moving to static to moving again way too frequently, for me, it feels like I can never get fully enveloped into the scene being of a certain tone. So if your scene is intense, use camera shake, if not have little to no camera shake within that scene. For example, when 16:10, when the shot of Alyx is static then the erratic shot of Russel. I had no idea spatially where Russel was, and the cut was very jarring. So try your best to help the viewer understand where everyone is spatially. Because you're cutting too often, we can't settle the position of the characters in our heads.
Just remember, if it's not relevant, cut it, because it'll only make a better product.
Hopefully you can see this is constructive an in no way meant to make you feel bad. You've done an amazing piece of hard work, I just think sharing my knowledge may be useful. Keep up the good work!
never realized how clever that "tell her to stop moving around" "stop moving" line is. This is truly excellent stuff.
How is this even possible?! This is on another level!
How it's possible you ask? Hard work & effort + SFM/S2FM = The future of animation.
Man, it really is a Masterpiece! 💯
This is extremely good. To good... given the interest of my, employers.
because gman doesn't want good. He wants neutral.
I really hope that this gets picked up by UA-cam's algorithms. I would really love as many people as possible to see the work you put into this, it's brilliant!
i cant even begin to imagine how long the rendering took.
I don't know why I haven't seen this sooner but you guys did some amazing work here on this!
Many many many thank you for your effort! It is just a masterpiece and I feel lucky to see this and I hope I can see this series until the end. Thanks and thanks again :)
love that opening
Me as a Pole looking at the video lenght:
This movie is awesome. The amount of time you put into it and the quality it has is impressive.
Congratulations for the feat of releasing it. Waiting for the next one :)
Damn, stopped playing Alyx because of reasons and that's a hella good way to remind myself of everything + it looks gorgeous and still somehow manage to capture the experience for those who can't affort a vr headset and/or a good computer!
Already can't wait for the next episode
What are the reasons
@@yourdoom9868 Health problems, family problems, university, a psychopath that I’m suing.
I just can't get over how old Alyx looks in this
The game did not convince me much but your video film did it. Great work you made me love the game.
This video needs WAY more views! This is amazing!!!
Wow ! That's huge !
The sound effects, music and ambience is really up to the game
Sick, ur talented
I've got my little reminder set, and I'm sticking to it!
I like how you managed to work with a completely unfinished model since Alyx was never meant to be seen up close. If you look carefully you can even see that the inside of her jacket isn’t even textured and you can see through it.
This is really good work and sound spot on
this is amazing, can't wait for episode 2!
Russel through the window looks forwards insted of looking down, where Alyx is.
This was incredibly well done and how I imagined a JJ Abrams Half Life movie to a painstakingly accurate degree, even to what I think he'd instantly get wrong, but still do very well regardless: A third person perspective for the majority of shots, if not just every shot.
Half Life generally does the framing and pacing of cutscenes and other perspectives very quickly to keep the focus on its main character, and the added HL2 reference at 14:34 was a prime example of that being done very well. But the odd disconnected fan SFM of the third person framing, and large pacing issues with them because of how the game was designed reminded me of HDTF's cutscenes, if it had an actually good plot and voice cast in it.
I think the best way to solve those minor gripes would be to see if more first person scenes can be added in and pick up the pacing, with the occasional third person establishing shots and more focus on in world third person shots in between, as if we were looking at something Alyx from another perspective. Maybe a combine camera like Halo Reach's CCTV, or Alyx's video feed so it doesn't feel as detached or like a typical movie shot.
Overall, this is better than what I would've expected from a JJ Abrams Half Life movie, and the same nitpick would apply there if he used a more traditional detached camera perspective like here.
This was nice, and I'm looking forward to the next one. Haven't seen it yet.
Ur a real gun bruv. Thanks for making this. I enjoyed it
Amazing work! i'm impressed, really beautiful
Damn, it looks really good! Great job! And it's also a great way to tell the Half-Life Alyx story without usage of (very expensive) VR Headset or boring walkthrough videos!
Incredible, this needs high recognition it's so underrated
Well... Now, listen carefully my dear, when you see your... father, relay these words... prepare for unforseen greatness
^-^
Epic it feels like an actual movie! You should have it out in cinemas and stuff or something like that.
ITS BEEN 10 SECONDS AND SOMETHING'S EXPLODING!!!!! THIS IS GONNA BE A GOOD MOVIE.
One of the best things about HL Alyx is the story. It's great that the game files lend themselves so well to telling the story in a cinematic way, albeit with some artistic decisions to skip over less important points. It's been over a year now and no sequel so I guess the project was abandoned. I get it. Way too much work. It would have been epic though.
This is amazing, but Alyx's model though..
something I would like to say is the camera angles really help establish shots, nice work!
Super underrated. This is amazing!
I like how you included the dream sequence in the crash scene becuase the dream part is based on the original plot of Half Life Alyx where there's a dream sequence and the vortiguant says stuff like come and Eli says open your eyes honey. I like how you included it
This is really cool as fuck, cant wait for ep2.
YOU GOT ONE MORE SUBCRIBED!
Congratulations!
I can't wait for this to blow up! This needs more attention! Awesome!!!
Holy sh*t, this is simly amazing, so beauty, congratulations bro.
Istg if you stop at episode three of the series, the community is never gonna let you hear the end of it man
He'll probaly find another name for pt3 and then continue like normal
when I'm not distracted by funni vr stuff, I finally realised why there's such intense music at the start of the game
Wow that looks Awesome. Thanks @Hoezaay for sharing it
You know when you’re driving through scenic areas but miss the view because you’re driving, this is getting to be the passenger
that was an absolut joy. i have been lost the last 20 minutes
This reminds me a fair bit of the country I am from. Similar actions, different outfits and vehicles.
I'm so excited for the next episode ❤
This is so underrated!
More people should see it
It's well-made, but the perfectionist in me sees many moments where the editing could be sharper and camera work improved. Of course, since we're talking Source Engine (even if Source 2) I can understand it can be very tough to get it to cooperate properly.
Really feels like an actual movie
Oh my god! This is great. what you did at 11:20 with the dream was super and missing from the game. Good work!
sheesh that view like ratio
btw ur literally the most underrated channel ive ever seen
Thank you so much! that means the world to me!
Wow, that was cool. I hope that it will be even better in the future.
This Is gonna blow up soon
Absolutely Amazing!
Dude you keep this up and there's a job lined up for you at valve in the future I'm sure
THIS IS AMAZING!!!! Cant wait for episode 2 :)))
OMGGG HALF LIFE ALYX :D!! 🥀
Good Job!! Greetings from Perú (sorry for my bad English jajaja xd)
We will be waiting for the continue, and i'll share this series on facebook groups, good luck broooo
This fire deserves 100x more views
Excelent! Can't wait to see more, great job!
Dude!! This is so great!!!
8k views only is a crime for this level of dedication...
This oughta be so good. Thanks for this.
half peeps you make really good content my guy
That is absolutely amazing!! :DD, also to this day I thank you for explaining to me on the live stream about how to see the final results of the scene without rendering it """:> XD
This was amazing. Pls don't stop, thanks 😅
Wow! You animated it exactly like the game!
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some criticism
some parts could've been shorter, like 3:00 (could be 5 seconds shorter) 4:00 (too much city shots, can cut out some) 7:32 (goes for a Little too long) 11:44 (goes on for too long) 15:17 (can be shorter, too much shots of the room imo) 18:15 (this can be just 1 second).
in 18:19 the viewer doesnt know how the gloves work (i want to show this to people who never played half life before) so a scene where alyx is playing with the gloves, can go on for a minute or two, introducing the concept in a "show not tell way" would be great. 18:28 the joke is ruined, you should put a camera at alyx's level and then make it look at the gun falling and shooting the car when it lands, similarly to how it is in game. (this scene could be made 90% from alyx's level, the close up is kinda ruining the feel).
anyway, great animation. looking forward to episode 2, but please if you combine all episodes together, fix these issues pls.
I'm sure it's been reported before, but the monitor just behind Russell, to his right, reflects what you are seeing in your HMD as you play through this scene. In this video, the monitor is blank, of course.
Absolutely brilliant.
Not gonna lie, this is at the same value as Pootis Engage's recent sequel. And that's no exaggeration.