HOSTILES | A Half Life Short Film [SFM]

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  • @joacons
    @joacons  10 місяців тому +1942

    get scammed, this was made with Gmod, just wanted to test if it'd have more views saying its sfm. Gmod has bad rep...
    📣 *guys, my cat is sick and needs medications, im low on money irl, so... any donation would be really helpful :c Im southamerican so even a dollar is a reeeal difference xd* 📣
    USE HEADPHONES FOR BETTER EXPERIENCE, SOMEHOW MW2 MUSIC SUCKS WITHOUT IT
    Edit 1 week later, the scam actually worked lmao

    • @Emhinners69
      @Emhinners69 10 місяців тому +11

      noooo

    • @RUSLANconnection
      @RUSLANconnection 10 місяців тому +47

      Don't write in the title that it's sfm, just mark it in the tags.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому +131

      ​@@RUSLANconnection it'll be funnyyy...

    • @backupaccount5694
      @backupaccount5694 10 місяців тому +45

      I feel like based off your previous work we would be none the wiser.

    • @OFFICIALSOLARMY
      @OFFICIALSOLARMY 10 місяців тому

      It's a damn shame, but it's the only way to actually get views.

  • @TheSlayer.
    @TheSlayer. 10 місяців тому +4143

    It really shows how terrifying Freeman is to the average HECU.

    • @GeneralDelta072
      @GeneralDelta072 10 місяців тому +273

      If you were a HECU soldier, and Gordon Freeman pulled up, it wasn't fighting a super soldier, it was fighting God.

    • @hecu7366
      @hecu7366 10 місяців тому +49

      Bullshit

    • @Nillson1991
      @Nillson1991 10 місяців тому +157

      To be fair, if that suit of his can survive a Resonance Cascade, it can survive whatever the HECU will throw at him as long as it's juiced up.

    • @caesarsalad1336
      @caesarsalad1336 10 місяців тому +78

      @@GeneralDelta072 Gordon using console commands be like

    • @GeneralDelta072
      @GeneralDelta072 10 місяців тому +9

      @@caesarsalad1336 lol

  • @diegothedumbas
    @diegothedumbas 10 місяців тому +1762

    I like how in LZ Sparrow since its outside no one is wearing a gas mask,
    But in this Animation since everyone is inside they are wearing a gas mask

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому +198

      Thanks for noticing xd

    • @megalosergamer4480
      @megalosergamer4480 10 місяців тому +187

      Not to mention all of them are armed with Mp5's and spas 12's since this is a close quarters environment

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 8 місяців тому +23

      @@megalosergamer4480well, those are the only weapons the HECU uses in game.
      (Except for the snipers in surface tension)

    • @diegothedumbas
      @diegothedumbas 8 місяців тому +30

      @@Sapphiregamer8605 Look at the LZ Sparrow they all have M16a3 or M16a4s. But in this one they are armed with Mp5's and Spas 12's

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 7 місяців тому +6

      @@diegothedumbas I said *_in game_*

  • @drewbrown3116
    @drewbrown3116 10 місяців тому +1562

    I love that Gordon sparing the lone soldier suggests that he just only wants to survive as much as him. Def speaks of how brutal it can be trying to preserve one's own life in this kinda situation, no matter how terrifying it may look from the other.

    • @TheTechCguy
      @TheTechCguy 5 місяців тому +52

      Freeman wasn’t actually responsible for the disaster directly, either. The crystal he tested was given to Sector C by the G-Man. The military should have just been ordered to evacuate and protect the survivors while only fighting the aliens.

    • @JonPL
      @JonPL 5 місяців тому +26

      @@TheTechCguy HECU was trained for the containment scenario and I think you know what that implies.
      And TBH all they needed to tell them is that aliens reside in scientist bodies, so "they had to go".

    • @MajinMist603
      @MajinMist603 4 місяці тому

      @@TheTechCguyalso administration was on a rush to test even with building being faulty ( tho freeman was late but him being late was good )

    • @Gravity_studioss
      @Gravity_studioss 4 місяці тому

      ​@@MajinMist603 I am like 99% Sure that Doctor Breen was the one that ordered the HECU cleanup in order to hide his fault.

    • @Gravity_studioss
      @Gravity_studioss 4 місяці тому +20

      Yeah, it also shows in the part where he kills the Medic with the UBGL. To the Marines, he just comitted a war crime and killed the doctor trying to save their squad leader, for Gordon the medic is just another glowie trying to end him

  • @synth8519
    @synth8519 10 місяців тому +2089

    I love this so much - from the attention to detail, to their panic fueled frantic dialogue, it’s incredible. I’ve always wanted to see these guys fight from their perspective.

    • @adrv7919
      @adrv7919 10 місяців тому +21

      If you haven't check his LZ-Sparrow video

    • @spirecreator2888
      @spirecreator2888 9 місяців тому +8

      Have you played half-life opposing force? It's the first game, but from their perspective.

    • @sigis72
      @sigis72 9 місяців тому +3

      You would love Half-Life Opfor

    • @anirudhdwivedi6673
      @anirudhdwivedi6673 13 днів тому

      @@spirecreator2888 Yes. Exactly.

  • @halofly3
    @halofly3 10 місяців тому +860

    I always wondered where in the world did Freeman pick up his skills from. The man wasn't just dunking on HECU but literal black op assassins, armed and armored vehicles, aliens, and other extra dimensional beings. All this happens "hours" after the incident and for all we know the Hazard Course was the only time Freeman actually trained on a firearm.

    • @waffy_kun
      @waffy_kun 10 місяців тому +265

      Lots of morphine injections and constant adrenaline his body is producing in response to everything around him that could potentially kill him. It keeps his focus, nerves, survival instincts and wits sharp despite fatigue, injury, lack of sleep, hunger and et cetera. It's not that he is a professional shooter/fighter as seen in his simple shooting/reload animations but the HEV suit (both armor and chemicals) made him superhuman to the point that he can wack tough objects continuously with a heavy crowbar or see/aim/shoot straight and far under heavy combat despite not having the same training as the HECU.

    • @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen
      @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen 10 місяців тому +233

      I don't understand why people take the hazard course so literally, as if Gordon wouldn't have had to run it several times and receive extensive training just to operate the suit and his weapons effectively. Valve wasn't going to shove hours of hazardous environment training into a video game. The, "Wear the power armor and dive headfirst into a pile of Xenian bullshit," job isn't something you'd give a guy a single run through an obstacle course for.

    • @baloocallout678
      @baloocallout678 10 місяців тому +56

      ​@@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen
      I am ignorant of Half Life, but I doubt whatever Freeman training is as combat intensive as the HECU's,let alone the Black ops, since he is mostly being prepared for research missions not tactical combat.

    • @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen
      @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen 10 місяців тому +119

      @@baloocallout678 HEV specialists are the guys that go into Xen, so yes, he did need combat training.

    • @winternightst7001
      @winternightst7001 10 місяців тому +34

      @@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen even at that case Gordon would have just recieved basic arms training, I dont think he would be trained on any kind of tactic

  • @JpAmbulante
    @JpAmbulante 10 місяців тому +214

    2:47 "That is by all standards simply that an ordinary man... How can you have failed to apprehend him"
    THAT IS NOT A NORMAL PERSON ITS ALL BUT THAT

  • @Xander_canadian
    @Xander_canadian 10 місяців тому +349

    I like the small touch of the Marines saying the names of their squad mates makes it a little bit understandable as to why the Marine became shell shocked

    • @matthewjones39
      @matthewjones39 10 місяців тому +3

      When did they do that?

    • @Xander_canadian
      @Xander_canadian 10 місяців тому +25

      at 1:30 they called the shotgunner Glen and at 1:50 glen yells Lopez to the guy on the wall @@matthewjones39

    • @matthewjones39
      @matthewjones39 10 місяців тому +4

      @@Xander_canadian Oh, that’s pretty cool.

  • @nuxbronson
    @nuxbronson 10 місяців тому +1019

    God damn I love how heavy you made Gordon footsteps sound, like he's a walking tank.
    I also liked how the soldier panicked, and just gave up in the end, felt human if that makes sense.

    • @KristopherPrime
      @KristopherPrime 3 місяці тому +12

      and it's a nice bit of characterization for freeman. dude likely isn't a killer at heart, so he isn't going to kill someone he doesn't have to. he ambushed most of the other guys because at this point, they were hostile to him. but all that remained of this particular unit was the one injured bastard. there was no point in killing him if he wasn't putting up a fight. but at the same time, it might also show how terrifying he is to them: took out the whole unit, walks up like a talk, silently stares into the survivor's sole, and leaves him to potentially bleed out as he walks off. seems kind of cold to the marine.

    • @jeraldperkson255
      @jeraldperkson255 3 місяці тому

      @@KristopherPrime Lopez wasn’t injured, he just got shook up real bad by witnessing multiple squad mates he knew for potentially years die in front of him. At some point he just snapped and sat down.

    • @DarkViperUS1
      @DarkViperUS1 2 місяці тому +1

      @@jeraldperkson255 so he got shellshock experience and if he survives that... he will have a survivor guilt

  • @RichterBelmont2235
    @RichterBelmont2235 10 місяців тому +3478

    This shows just how much of a gap between a highly trained special forces and a highly trained professional is.

    • @Randomperson-tg5gx
      @Randomperson-tg5gx 10 місяців тому +361

      Probably because he doesn't need to hear all of that

    • @specialforces3114
      @specialforces3114 10 місяців тому +156

      Gordon freeman was not trained at all, he's literally just a scientist.

    • @nick33ee
      @nick33ee 10 місяців тому +66

      ​@@specialforces3114and still is a god that can reach the speed of light.

    • @RichterBelmont2235
      @RichterBelmont2235 10 місяців тому +127

      @@specialforces3114 He IS a highly trained professional.

    • @specialforces3114
      @specialforces3114 10 місяців тому +94

      @@RichterBelmont2235 Yeah he's a trained professional. Trained in handling of hazardous materials, probably.
      His only certification is a degree in theoretical physics from MIT, he's not a soldier or anything.

  • @lethaltags5400
    @lethaltags5400 9 місяців тому +198

    3:17 is the hardest background ever

  • @Leharn
    @Leharn 8 місяців тому +138

    Damn that HECU Marine in cover got his thousand yard stare.

    • @agentdeputyleon8933
      @agentdeputyleon8933 4 місяці тому +6

      Yeah and it's one he is gonna have PTSD over. He will never hear fireworks the same way anymore.

    • @BrodeyWelch
      @BrodeyWelch Місяць тому +1

      @@agentdeputyleon8933 yup he will never forget those shots, nore that day

    • @agentdeputyleon8933
      @agentdeputyleon8933 Місяць тому +1

      @@BrodeyWelch why do you have the same old Name I used to use? also agreed, the Marine will need some therapy.

  • @kidcheater5786
    @kidcheater5786 10 місяців тому +830

    Dude, you just keep getting better and better. The HECU falling down the stairs feels so natural, along with everything else the marines do, from the corpsman rushing to help their comrade to the panic attack at the end!
    Plus, I love how the team interacts with each other, in and out of combat. Makes them feel like they care. :)

  • @ivanonlyone7160
    @ivanonlyone7160 10 місяців тому +583

    Probably the best HL-themed animation I've ever seen. This one really portrays Freeman as a killing machine and shows HECU's fear facing Freeman, who's avenging the killing of his scientist buddies. The pacing, scene shots are cooked REALLY well. I don't care if this is made not in animation software but in GMod, this FEELS f-ing AMAZING
    I wish if there will be a Half-Life film, it must be made no less than in such quality

    • @KoalaTContent
      @KoalaTContent 10 місяців тому +10

      This video reminds me of "Patient Zero" in some ways, both have an intense take on danger in HL

    • @Vrooto
      @Vrooto 8 місяців тому

      Check out LZ Sparrow its a pretty good one aswell.

  • @AGenericAlias
    @AGenericAlias 10 місяців тому +217

    gmod?
    fucking gmod?!
    How in god's green earth is a GMOD animation this buttery smooth?!
    This man has somehow pushed GMOD animation to the bleeding edge - massive props to you man.

    • @KaijuG2
      @KaijuG2 8 місяців тому +19

      you'd be surprised what kinda shit people can make just using gmod

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman 6 місяців тому +11

      Plenty of gmod animations like this, the tools have been there for years.

  • @LezzyMania_02
    @LezzyMania_02 10 місяців тому +186

    I like how Gordon was just standing there Infront of a Marine and tells him that 'You Created this, Not Me.' stating that the HECU did not come here to save them.
    This shows that sometimes most people create their own monsters.

  • @bobross2140
    @bobross2140 10 місяців тому +885

    I imagine Freeman himself is still recovering from the shock of realizing that the HECU are NOT here to save the BMS personnel. So he lets the Marine live out of anger and grief, as if saying "you did this, now you have to live with it."
    Amazing work, I audibly yelped when I saw this in my reccomendations.

    • @BlackmesaScientistEmployee
      @BlackmesaScientistEmployee 10 місяців тому +42

      Honestly I can't blame him

    • @AzureDefiance3701
      @AzureDefiance3701 10 місяців тому +26

      Alot of soldiers and vorts died when things couldve gone differently.

    • @digarak
      @digarak 10 місяців тому +23

      During battle the HEV suit be like "injecting Adderall" after battle "injecting morphine".... i like to think the suit actually regulates gordon's emotions 😂😂

    • @nubs2594
      @nubs2594 9 місяців тому +4

      It also set up why he's being hunted for the rest of the game

    • @Dylan-xx2tk
      @Dylan-xx2tk 9 місяців тому +39

      Well, don't forget that Gordon is also just a normal guy, not a sadistic killer. He poses no threat and seems broken, so there's really no reason for Gordon to kill him.

  • @aereonexapprentice7205
    @aereonexapprentice7205 10 місяців тому +250

    Makes me wonder, despite this probably would never actually happen cause of either adrenaline or military disclipine, but if the game does code one or two HECU soldiers to breakdown or giveup and not shoot at you if you wipe their team out, would players spare them? Fascinating to think of.
    Also good job sprinkling bits of ded scientists and guards, spawning the feeling of "yeah those soldiers did to other people the atrocities they are experiencing right now" despite the visceral horror shown thus far. Good craft.

    • @josiadorthestrong1031
      @josiadorthestrong1031 10 місяців тому +44

      Reminds me of Metro Exodus, where sometimes surviving enemies will surrender, and not killing them (as well as doing stealth) gets you the good ending.

    • @Nobota113
      @Nobota113 10 місяців тому +7

      as a fps player, offline shooting games player, i won't spare them unless the game force me to do it ( just like Metro:Last Light and Exodus, they have karrma system that affect to the ending 😎

    • @rawpowerjagg
      @rawpowerjagg 9 місяців тому +5

      There's a mod for that for Black Mesa

    • @arian4562
      @arian4562 6 місяців тому

      honestly I think if you work at a laboratory like this and something goes wrong causing aliens to invade, you can pretty much expect to get liquidated. It's justified anyways, you wouldn't want anything spreading.

    • @chasechiamulera7704
      @chasechiamulera7704 5 місяців тому +1

      Spare them? Absolutely fucking not lol

  • @UnicornstalkRGaming
    @UnicornstalkRGaming 10 місяців тому +75

    0:40 I love the realism of the reaction, then the proper grenade throw

  • @overlordmgcover2262
    @overlordmgcover2262 10 місяців тому +219

    You have done it again man. Another incredibly great animation by your hand.
    I like how Gordon spared the poor traumatised guy. He is the same guy that says "This is messed up man" meaning he feels shit enough about the orders they were given to say it out loudly. Gordon recognised that he was no threat anymore. Gordon is a high trained professional, not a murderer.

  • @arizonaicesuntea9922
    @arizonaicesuntea9922 10 місяців тому +83

    I like that we get to see the HECU's perspective when it comes to fighting Freeman. And I also love how Freeman, in turn, isn't just portrayed as a blood thirsty Phyco. (Witch is how most people play in half life 1)
    Great job, man, really knocked it out of the park.

  • @onurpro9514
    @onurpro9514 10 місяців тому +92

    I can’t Imagine highly trained marines getting ass kicked,humiliated and traumatized by a badass silent nerdy scientist with orange tank suit and his trusty crowbar that explains why Gordon is highly trained professional lmao 😂
    The freeman don’t f… around

    • @TheDoomMarine975
      @TheDoomMarine975 4 місяці тому +2

      They weren't joking when they said he's a highly trained professional

  • @sauceman2885
    @sauceman2885 10 місяців тому +56

    You. Knocked. It. Out. Of. The. Park. There are so many things I love about this gmod animation. The brutality of the kills, they don’t get shot and die instantly, they linger in pain. The soldiers aren’t machines they are humans who panic and freak out. Freeman from this point of view is a monster, from his point of view he’s just trying to survive.

  • @uwuqt3.14
    @uwuqt3.14 10 місяців тому +32

    I really like how you had the last guy break down in the middle of all that, that kid's probably in his early 20's and is just witnessing all his friends/allies around him get picked off by someone he can't even see 😥no wonder why he broke down.
    Excellent work though! I got really engaged and it actually made me feel scared of freeman.. we're so used to being him that when we take on the pov of his enemies, he can be a real force to be reckoned with.

  • @Neon9th
    @Neon9th 10 місяців тому +35

    H.E.C.U training prepares you for a lot of situations. Getting crowbarred by a guy in a orange space suit is not one of them.

  • @RandomCriticalRocket
    @RandomCriticalRocket 10 місяців тому +19

    I love 0:39 where you can see Gordon if you zoom in!! SO MUCH ATTENTION TO DETAIL I LOVE IT

  • @burgerman2470
    @burgerman2470 10 місяців тому +19

    Really glad you didn't make Gordon execute the last soldier, really made him feel human. Bravo man, bravo!

  • @TheLadderman
    @TheLadderman 8 місяців тому +12

    This is really good dude. What Hunt Down the Freeman wanted to be lol.

    • @H1B04
      @H1B04 8 місяців тому +1

      Agreed

  • @garywyse3904
    @garywyse3904 10 місяців тому +128

    Animation???
    This is AAA quality drama. I am blown away, you perfectly illustrated how *terrifying* Freeman must have been to the Opposing Force! The speed the character can move, the accuracy of fire. . .and that emotionless, silent presence!
    Well done man! 👏👏👏👏👏

    • @Minecraftineer998
      @Minecraftineer998 3 місяці тому +1

      this right here is why we need a fuckin like HBO Band of Brothers tier series for this franchise.

    • @garywyse3904
      @garywyse3904 3 місяці тому

      @@Minecraftineer998 Yeah, or like the Chernobyl miniseries, where the resonance cascade event could happen in episode one followed by 7-8 episodes flicking back and forth between different l characters, you could even rewrite the HEVC Marines in the initial wave to be genuinely trying to provide disaster relief for the staff of B.M only for the FEDs to send in Black OP teams to silence everyone, once the event was deemed irreversible.
      It's very fertile ground for a dark SciFi. But could cause massive brand damage for Valve if it was not handled properly.

  • @cdru515
    @cdru515 9 місяців тому +8

    The lack of a clear look at Gordon (until the end) works pretty well for showing the chaos of a firefight

  • @yoji5759
    @yoji5759 10 місяців тому +28

    Im glad you scammed us because honestly idk if I wouldve clicked on this if Gmod was in the title. You just opened my eyes to a whole new medium man! This is absolutely sick

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому +5

      watch my recommended channels

  • @AnUnusualEg
    @AnUnusualEg 10 місяців тому +101

    It feels nice to see the HECU Marines being humanized as men just following orders since they really were screwed over in the half life lore during the Resonance Cascade.

  • @steveystovey
    @steveystovey 9 місяців тому +11

    This would’ve been a much better backstory for the main character of Hunt Down the Freeman lmao- not that it would make the game any better, but still 😂

    • @mysterythekitsune2988
      @mysterythekitsune2988 7 місяців тому +1

      Agreed watching all his friends die. And then then for the rest of the game Gordon unknownly fights Mitchell and defeats him and every hecu marine in a few battles each time Gordon slashes him with the crow bar leaving a new seat on his face. This would fit as Mitchell said. "
      Whatever it takes. Whoever it takes. Whatever I have I have to do before I die. I will kill you. "' This he probably say in the first or last encounter with Gordon Freeman. And each time Mitchell loses more of his men and friends die to Gordon hand and crowbar. And even though Gordon never sees Mitchell face. Mitchell would always remember Gordon Freeman as the man who his so many of his marine buddies.

  • @bubbles8871
    @bubbles8871 9 місяців тому +7

    I would like to see surrendering enemies in more games. There are so many games out there where you fight hordes of highly trained units who fling themselves at you without thought, despite witnessing dozens of the comrades being slaughtered before them.

    • @Name-nw9uj
      @Name-nw9uj 9 місяців тому +1

      entropy zero 2 actually did this pretty well. if an enemy is unarmed you can order them to surrender, or kick the gun out of their hands. of course, if you don't keep an eye on them they might run and find a weapon to shoot you in the back which makes sense.

  • @that_1_guy_from_mars939
    @that_1_guy_from_mars939 10 місяців тому +92

    It never ceases to amaze me how your Gmod animations can be on par with most SFMs films. Absolutely incredible and excellent work!

  • @Monicaser
    @Monicaser 9 місяців тому +6

    The gas mask breathing is something I felt stood out. It made the scenes that much more intense to me. Excellent work!

  • @Traycloudy0503
    @Traycloudy0503 10 місяців тому +71

    The gradual smoothness of your animations is becoming more apparent with each one. I also liked the little moment at 0:16 with the marine brushing himself against the wall, it's the little things like that, that can give us an insight as to what a character's general mood is, or their habits, and so on. Side note, I loved the use of the Insurgency 1 voice lines since Mikey Tsarouhas voiced the Security in that game too.

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf 9 місяців тому +5

    Silent protagonists must be so terrifying from the enemies' perspective.

  • @TotallyNotARebel_550
    @TotallyNotARebel_550 3 місяці тому +3

    I always love seeing fan films where you take a POV of basically any enemy soldier of a One Man Army type of video game and treating the main characters of the original franchise as basically horror movie villains

  • @Crazymarine-HECU-marine
    @Crazymarine-HECU-marine 10 місяців тому +45

    I'm amazed at your professionalism. Every frame of this movie is great. It is very noticeable that you are either studying to be a cinematographer / director or you just have a very good observation and developed taste. In any case, your work deserves the highest praise. Amazing, don't stop your creativity!

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому +10

      I am studying cinema 🥹

  • @DiversionDude
    @DiversionDude 9 місяців тому +5

    There's something very distinct about how SFM is rendered compared to Gmod in realtime. Regardless, that doesn't take away from the fact that this is very visually impressive and well made. Good work!

    • @eugeniaamariei8626
      @eugeniaamariei8626 9 місяців тому

      Apparently according to the description, this IS Gmod. Wow.

  • @Thewatchghostprod
    @Thewatchghostprod 8 місяців тому +3

    I love how freeman speared him. Let’s be honest tho that dude wouldn’t be spared by the players. Anyways this short film is amazing I love it so much great job

  • @andrewwales8827
    @andrewwales8827 10 місяців тому +36

    I was really hoping that the final reveal of Freeman was just going to be him running and jumping around like an absolute g-mod goon smashing crates, but good job nontheless!

    • @unclelarry8842
      @unclelarry8842 7 місяців тому +3

      I prefer this one, it shows what Gordon looks like to the HECU. A ruthless and unstoppable terminator that destroys everything in it's path.

    • @bluegum6438
      @bluegum6438 4 місяці тому +2

      @@unclelarry8842 Last time I played Black Mesa I bunnyhopped through this specific part lobbing cooked grenades, I was thinking about how silly an animation that played out like that instead would be

  • @rebelsolution8524
    @rebelsolution8524 10 місяців тому +78

    3:11 Freeman showed and was like, "You are not obviously mature enough to handle this! Now you sit there think what you done!"
    From Freeman Mind references.

  • @hunterfranklin1948
    @hunterfranklin1948 9 місяців тому +4

    This was so good! I love the coordination between the team members and the fact they don't just blindly charge like the Black Mesa AI always did. This reminds me of how much I love the AI in FEAR, and I really wish this game had squad coordination like that did.

  • @GeneralDelta072
    @GeneralDelta072 10 місяців тому +36

    I like HECU better than the Combine in the Half-Life universe. Instead of the "Contact confirmed. Engaging." like the Combine, I rather enjoy the "Contact! Contact! Engaging!" of the HECU.
    EDIT: You should also do a Half-Life 2 one called, "Officer Down", about Civil Protection in a gunfight against Rebels.

    • @DarkViperUS1
      @DarkViperUS1 2 місяці тому

      well Combine are literly made to be less human and be machine which can be more deadly then HECU which is but even they couldn't stand Freeman interaction

  • @MissCrepis
    @MissCrepis 10 місяців тому +12

    I love that the last one is spared, emphasizing the moral dilemna of Gordon having to kill fellow humans when there's clearly a much bigger threat everywhere you go. A morbid understanding of "following orders" from a simple theoretical physicist.

  • @JetorgXIII
    @JetorgXIII 10 місяців тому +30

    The background screaming after the explosive injuries really sold the atmosphere of the gunfight without focusing only on what was in frame. You set up the scene and it played out right. Great work, keep being creative my dude. :)

  • @zidancwijaya2581
    @zidancwijaya2581 9 місяців тому +13

    2:03 damn.. what a 1000 yard stare, Atmosphere...

  • @left4bread25
    @left4bread25 10 місяців тому +15

    Love how you made Gordon look like a being that doesnt show emotion, but in reality, Gordon is still a human being caught up in shit, unable to process what is happening, only showing nothing on his face. Leaving the single Marine without finishing him off, because he either knows he’s seen through shit like this or he just needs to give the Marine a few minutes to process what just happened.

  • @alexschannelorsomething6673
    @alexschannelorsomething6673 10 місяців тому +6

    Whats scarier is the suit honestly gives him that strong an edge in combat.
    Could only imagine how many tranqs he's on to not breakdown at having to take human lives, even if it's self-defense.

  • @bloodmarine26
    @bloodmarine26 9 місяців тому +3

    wow! that really good animation here, good SFM quality for a GMOD animation!
    i love the story. giving a more human and realistic experience.
    after playing half life 1 and black mesa i feel like a monster.

  • @detectivejonathan
    @detectivejonathan 10 місяців тому +13

    I could tell from the lighting and the certain overlays that this wasn’t sfm. Surely a stick it to the face moment for those constantly asking “I thought this was sfm?”

  • @khujohjr
    @khujohjr 9 місяців тому +3

    I think the most depressing thing show is how the shotgunner quite literally fought to the end you stop hearing shotgun shots and instead pistol shots while Gordon never ran out of ammo

  • @terrified057t4
    @terrified057t4 10 місяців тому +8

    Damn I was not expecting Freeman, thought it was multiple Black Ops! Insanely good video!

  • @nahoy350
    @nahoy350 10 місяців тому +7

    Thank you for portraying Gordon Freeman as not just a protagonist who kills all of his enemies, but just a scientist who wants to survive as well😢

  • @valcommander7981
    @valcommander7981 10 місяців тому +20

    can this PLEASE be the one that thrusts JoAcoNS into the spotlight now

  • @Arkhestra
    @Arkhestra 10 місяців тому +13

    Insane work, brings it all to reality when it can strike my prior service in the marines, you really capture that they're just scared kids who are under way too much pressure. Loved it man!

  • @romannumeralvii4285
    @romannumeralvii4285 10 місяців тому +7

    You make me love the HECU more than anybody else in the Half life universe. Amazing attention to detail, atmosphere and of course animation. The amount of character you put into the characters is superb, hope you get more recognition because you deserve it.

  • @agxtaxor9802
    @agxtaxor9802 10 місяців тому +11

    RIP to the countless hours of sleep and quality time lost to make this masterpiece. im working on a 3d animation project of my own and i can only imagine how long this took

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому +2

      :D....

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 10 місяців тому

      @@joaconsdo you have fun making these?

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому

      @@Sapphiregamer8605 of course xd

  • @romeoalvarado1622
    @romeoalvarado1622 9 місяців тому +6

    Holy shit, I think its a really cool detail actually showing Gordon at 0:33, the first time I saw this I didnt even notice, but the angle he's got makes him hard to see from the soldiers POV

  • @followingone7292
    @followingone7292 7 місяців тому +7

    me when you have **Black Mesa: Character Expansion** installed:

  • @sunscreeneater5937
    @sunscreeneater5937 10 місяців тому +4

    One thing I love about this is bringing the internal thought I’ve always had to life. I’ve looked through so much Half Life SFM/Gmod animations and never saw much of Freeman. Everyone focuses on the other factions and how hard it is to not have his HEV Suit.
    All of these SFM Animations showing how powerful the combine are or how terrified the HECU are, and in turn how scary the alien forces are, also hyped up how fucking menacing and lethal Freeman is. It’s like I watch all these videos and go “Damn, Freeman squad wipes *this* ?”
    This shows me exactly that and I love it so much.

  • @dotljc6895
    @dotljc6895 3 місяці тому +3

    he leans over and says "hey Marine, your boot laces aren't tucked, that's why this happened" then leaves

  • @geteeay3260
    @geteeay3260 10 місяців тому +3

    Bro what... I am genuinely shocked. I am an gmod/sfm addict since I can remember, and I have NEVER seen something this great. You can be proud of yourself man. Even kitty would be stunned :o

  • @herbet3011
    @herbet3011 8 місяців тому +3

    Bro I just noticed your fucking quality increased above the roof again. You are like the best if not one of the best animator I've seen on Half Life about HECU (probably the only one left that's still alive since I haven't seen much stuff comeout from other people), like damn I EXTREMELY fucking enjoy this type of animation, especially about HECU Marines since they're too fucking underrated in my opnion. By the way I wish I could find a way to send you some money, unfortunately I don't got paypal and I got only like local app shit restricted to my own country only, but I hope your cat get well soon, once again great video man, but yk don't rush it though if you're having trouble with life then deal with that first man, life comes first. As always keep it up man!

  • @cheezkid2689
    @cheezkid2689 6 місяців тому +3

    This is your best work so far. Absolutely incredible, probably one of the best if not THE best Garry's Mod animation I've ever seen. The movements are so insanely lifelike and realistic, it's hard to believe a lot of this isn't motion capture.

  • @D3K43
    @D3K43 10 місяців тому +18

    1:33 WAS THAT VOICED BY ACCURSED FARMS!?

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому +3

      who knows

  • @arifcso6633
    @arifcso6633 9 місяців тому +3

    Bro has great talent
    While story maybe absent but the animation really caught me off guard and made in Gmod gave me a double off guard

  • @jayantonio4487
    @jayantonio4487 8 місяців тому +2

    nice animation to let people see things from the hecu's perspective

  • @Xx_Tuberculosis_xX
    @Xx_Tuberculosis_xX 10 місяців тому +4

    For the average HECU, Gordon is literally a terminator. You’re just manning your position before suddenly you hear metal footsteps and gunshots. You fire at the source, but all you hear is lead clanking against metal. Then, you see the orange suit devoid of humanity with its helmet. Nothing lies beyond the visor but your own karma.

  • @5220640
    @5220640 9 місяців тому +2

    THIS IS EXCELLENT. Well gone. I always thought I should make a movie or serious of the Half Life 2 for example, with suspisodes 1 and 2

  • @mariodario1427
    @mariodario1427 10 місяців тому +24

    the thumbnail itself looks amazing, idk how godly the video will be

  • @candidate12
    @candidate12 9 місяців тому +2

    You did something alot of people dont do when they animate Gordon, which is make him human. He is still a guy with empathy

  • @ethanchen9611
    @ethanchen9611 7 місяців тому +4

    This is the first HECU animation that have actual realistic marines phrases then the old HL1 and Opfor, although still seen SL having Beret but the yell of corpsman just on point.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  7 місяців тому +3

      ik about the SL, but i didnt know how to present him as the leader without voice actors xd
      Had to rely on visual stuff

    • @Gravity_studioss
      @Gravity_studioss Місяць тому

      The HECU are implied to be a fictional joint ops unit using both army and marine assets

  • @Spodogo
    @Spodogo 3 місяці тому +2

    3:10
    Imgaine you were dying. Imgaine you were afraid; a long way from home in terrible and withering pain.
    Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, you looked up, and saw the face of the devil himself.

  • @TheYellowMan4
    @TheYellowMan4 9 місяців тому +5

    Animation?
    Stop lying,
    this is so smooth it should be classed as live action or motion capture
    Imagine if this was live action when this marines legs blows off 1:13
    "You're doing good man, ok you can stop screaming now.
    I said, Stop screaming in pain. Yes, i know we killed all of the actors."

  • @jacktheripper2408
    @jacktheripper2408 2 місяці тому +2

    It's soo good to see half life is getting more and more recognition. In 2013-2022 it just silent

  • @frame659
    @frame659 10 місяців тому +9

    OH PLEASE! I know it takes a bunch of time to animate but these 4 minutes are somehow still worth the entire progress and hardwork of yours! Your animations allways leave me speechless giving me motivation to work on my own projects and jeez, i've been waiting for months to finally witness another masterpiece of yours! INSANE QUALITY DUDE!
    Wish i could help you out with the cat by donating but i'm poor myself, but please, let everything be good with you and your cat, you're the best!!!

  • @DespicableDemon
    @DespicableDemon 9 місяців тому +2

    Holy crap this was masterfully done, LOVE the animation on the soldier who got startled and slipped down the stairs, it's so perfect with the movement/weight, how he grasps onto the steps but still stutter-falls down. The fact that the squad lacks cohesion once the lead is down and everyone starts doing their own thing makes for such a great narrative here. That ending is so *wonderful*, the only thing I would change for it is for it to fit into frame the dead scientists with the soldier on the ground, to show a nice parallel between the two. "I killed your guys, you killed civilians; who's the real monster here?"

    • @joacons
      @joacons  9 місяців тому +2

      I did wanted to show the scientists more directly, but didnt know how
      Tyy

  • @asovietplaytpus5828
    @asovietplaytpus5828 9 місяців тому +7

    Shotgunner was honestly goated

    • @sigmagamer76
      @sigmagamer76 9 місяців тому +1

      Fr, dude went charging in after his squad mates got taken down.

    • @nicknamed1267
      @nicknamed1267 7 місяців тому +1

      From the sound of it, dude even put up a better fight than the rest of his squad combined lol.

    • @Vratty
      @Vratty 6 місяців тому +3

      @@nicknamed1267 Shotgunners in black mesa dont fuck around they mess you up easily when they rush xd

  • @annoyingkraken
    @annoyingkraken 9 місяців тому +2

    omg bro, I assumed they were fighting the black ops because I was thinking, if they were fighting Gord he'll be sprinting around, jumping and blasting on full auto all the time, switching between his full arsenal of weaponry like a madman. He's a madman in this one alright, but in such a grim dark manner, that was 100% one of the best Half-Life animations I've ever seen to date. The choice of soundtrack for Gord's entrance was perfect too.

  • @TarsonTalon
    @TarsonTalon 10 місяців тому +4

    "You don't win wars by killing civilians...but you sure can start them." -Dark Freeman

  • @ubersoldado
    @ubersoldado 10 місяців тому +13

    1:56 what a shot. Amazing work, man!

  • @freeman5325
    @freeman5325 10 місяців тому +6

    The animation is so smooth and brutal, I love it!

  • @MikMoen
    @MikMoen 9 місяців тому +2

    This wasn't a Fan Animation. This was Cinema.

  • @agnogh1
    @agnogh1 10 місяців тому +7

    Amazing work as always.

    • @agnogh1
      @agnogh1 10 місяців тому +1

      This is for the cat 😁

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 місяців тому

      Thank youuauUu

  • @NinjaMan47
    @NinjaMan47 9 місяців тому +1

    I do love how you never see Gordon until the very end, makes him this unknown monster. But if it were more in line with the games Gordon would be more like a bulldozer.
    I think back to that 'Astardes' series but with the HECU soldiers setting up a firing position only for Gordon to blow through it in seconds.

  • @WAcrobat19
    @WAcrobat19 10 місяців тому +26

    Your animations genuinely inspire me to make some similar stuff, but instead relating to F.E.A.R. or Trepang2
    Edit: Ik it seems pretty far fetched, but my headcanon was that in between him graduating High School and going to MiT, I like to believe Gordon had some form of military training, hell, even being a former member of the HECU. This explains why he is so proficient in their weaponry and can go toe-to-toe with squads of them.

    • @ScoutTrooperMan
      @ScoutTrooperMan 10 місяців тому

      Ayo wacrobat wassup homie

    • @WAcrobat19
      @WAcrobat19 10 місяців тому +1

      @@ScoutTrooperMan YO YO YO YO

    • @Thoe675
      @Thoe675 10 місяців тому +4

      Trepang2 would be perfect

    • @WAcrobat19
      @WAcrobat19 10 місяців тому +2

      Yea, maybe I could port one of the maps and try to make a way for it to work. Probably around the final mission. It is literally perfect since the enemy operators you fight against already know how much of a living weapon Subject 106 is.

    • @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen
      @AParticularlyConcernedCitizen 10 місяців тому +4

      Nah, he receives hazardous environment and weapons training from Black Mesa as part of their HEV teams. It's a mixture of his adaptability, his intellect and his gear that makes him so impossible to defeat. He's smarter than them, has power armor and has already fought several squads by the time he reaches this point. Some people just are like that. There's plenty of men who've fought in real wars that make Gordon Freeman look like a light weight in comparison with how effective they are, and most of them weren't even trained as well as the HECU would be.

  • @brawlmaster7
    @brawlmaster7 5 місяців тому

    absolutely fantastic, the cinematography, story telling, atmosphere, sound design, and especially the animation! :D GREAT work man, i can't believe you pulled this all off in GMOD no less! incredible work!

  • @goofygoober69696
    @goofygoober69696 8 місяців тому +6

    Yo I heard this was made in gmod, gotta respect that tho

    • @joacons
      @joacons  8 місяців тому

      Yeea
      Where?

  • @LambdaSymbolMan
    @LambdaSymbolMan 7 місяців тому +1

    That's gotta be the most terrifying orange icepop I've ever seen.

  • @achkobys
    @achkobys 9 місяців тому +8

    👽Gordon, as always, with his favorite mount 🗡️ (3:34)

  • @Lichcrafter
    @Lichcrafter 7 місяців тому +2

    Really good stuff, this deserves a lot more views!

  • @lolzers7986
    @lolzers7986 10 місяців тому +3

    God damn this is amazing, especially the effects when the one HECU has a panic attack

  • @VulpezEdits
    @VulpezEdits 9 місяців тому +2

    Good stuff bro, love the creativity

  • @crowbarproductions5190
    @crowbarproductions5190 10 місяців тому +3

    Hell yeah! Another video from the king! I love when you do the Half Life stuff! 😍 Always an absolute joy to watch! You made Freeman really intimidating at the end there, a real weight to him and his suit! Bravo once again! 👏

  • @EPS1LON11NotFound
    @EPS1LON11NotFound 9 місяців тому +2

    Neighborhood war
    When the team is trying to Protect the Camp
    This is real

  • @Giddeon-twilight-general
    @Giddeon-twilight-general Місяць тому +2

    3:36 Hey i subscribed as You din’t kill the Soldier that wasn’t attacking.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Місяць тому +1

      Anti war crimes fan

  • @dutsonator
    @dutsonator 9 місяців тому +1

    How am I just learning about you? The fact this is done in Garry’s mod is a feat all together. You’ve got serious talent, and anyone who tells you otherwise is kidding themselves. This is astounding work. ❤