The Most CONTROVERSIAL Half-Life 2 Mod

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  • Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
  • Today we'll be looking at a Half-Life 2 mod that has stirred up the community way back in the early days, often viewed in a negative light, even in more recent times. Why was it so hated? Was it warranted? Let's find out.
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    The Intro: 0:00
    The History: 2:46
    The Good: 11:03
    The Bad: 17:04
    The Wack: 33:07
    The Alyx: 41:55
    The Conclusion: 45:30
    The Outro: 52:08
    MUSIC USED IN ORDER:
    Brane Scan - Half-Life 2
    Upgrade Station - Team Fortress 2
    The Only Thing They Fear Is You - Doom Eternal / Mick Gordon
    Triage At Dawn - Half-Life 2
    Tau-9 - Half-Life 2
    Map Muzak - Postal 2
    Dapper Cadaver - Team Fortress 2
    15 Acres of Broken Glass - Portal 2
    4000 Degrees Kelvin - Portal
    Procedural Jiggle Bone - Portal
    Planet - Half-Life: Opposing Force
    Archimedes - Team Fortress 2
    Broken Symmetry - Half-Life 2
    Android Hell - Portal
    Vague Voices - Half-Life
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  • @Endyyyyy
    @Endyyyyy  6 місяців тому +511

    *QUICK CORRECTION FOR **36:30**:* The pistol is actually based on the MK23 SOCOM, *NOT* the Beretta 92FS.
    You can tell my inexperience on firearms tripped me up on that one.

    • @adrianthe402nd
      @adrianthe402nd 6 місяців тому +26

      Also 2nd slight correction at 37:28
      The replacement for AR2 you pointed out is not an MP5 in fact it's based on the HK53 which fires a 5.56 round (similar to the one you find on the M4/M16)

    • @TheOneTrueMar
      @TheOneTrueMar 6 місяців тому +41

      You villianize Fake Factory too much. This is exactly what he was posting about. This was just his passion project. He put a lot of work into it. Yet people were pretty much harassing him all over the place because of content that they didn't even have to use. Modders don't have any responsibility to appease the audience of the FREE content. His response to the haters was 100% justified and you can see this even in the comments.

    • @numberyellow
      @numberyellow 6 місяців тому +15

      That's not even a MK23... the MK23 is even bigger.
      The vanilla pistol for HL2 is an H&K USP (match version), with a silver finish. The USP is, essentially, the baby brother of the MK23. Anyway, FF replaced the vanilla USP (Match) with either the standard or tactical version of the USP. Either way, it's still a USP.

    • @1marcelfilms
      @1marcelfilms 6 місяців тому +5

      POV you pissed off gun nerds for not knowing something

    • @numberyellow
      @numberyellow 6 місяців тому +21

      @@1marcelfilms I don't see anyone pissed off, do you?
      It's about factual accuracy. You don't actually believe that correcting factual inaccuracies is a bad thing, do you?

  • @akdreamer6497
    @akdreamer6497 6 місяців тому +1479

    So this is the guy they base the AI voice inflections off of
    EDIT: Ok guys this was never meant to gain this much traction but let's lay off the theorizing now. It's just a dude reading from a script with his reading voice. It is not that deep.

    • @cosmosofinfinity
      @cosmosofinfinity 6 місяців тому +175

      I'm glad someone already said it

    • @ThePowerofCutleries
      @ThePowerofCutleries 6 місяців тому +3

      His voice is literally autism in a wav file. It's incredible.

    • @ThePhantom4516
      @ThePhantom4516 6 місяців тому +249

      For real I actually cannot get through this video, what the fuck is this voice??

    • @nicklafleur7620
      @nicklafleur7620 6 місяців тому +72

      Watching it at 1.25x kind of helps

    • @ErrorNV
      @ErrorNV 6 місяців тому +113

      I swear no one actually talks this slow and its creators slowing the video down slightly to pad the length of the video.

  • @masterjoda999
    @masterjoda999 6 місяців тому +761

    If this is the most controversial half-life mod, the hl2 modding community must be the tamest bunch on the internet. I've seen skyrim mods way hornier and ridiculous than this on nexus

    • @grayfox2618
      @grayfox2618 6 місяців тому +116

      Very true. All the moral outrage at some mildly NSFW skins and artwork is comical.

    • @loggior.speedweed4345
      @loggior.speedweed4345 6 місяців тому +28

      @@grayfox2618 i think it's very sad and shows how far gone we are as humans.

    • @OmegaEnvych
      @OmegaEnvych 6 місяців тому +11

      this mod legit has nothing on IVCS+YAB(or Bibo+ ot Tre or T&F)+TBSE-X+Ktisis combination for FFXIV... A game whose authors outright ban people for using mods.

    • @qinlongfei
      @qinlongfei 6 місяців тому +19

      I think people give fantasy games like Oldman's Roll a pass because you know... it's fantasy. People usually don't bat an eye when they see fantasy warrior women wearing chain mail bikinis even if there'll always be modder who remove canon armor's boob curve and make them all flat.
      But put them into a military shooter (even a sci-fi one like Half Life), or even a more historical based sword fighting game without the fantasy (still remember certain players bitching and moaning when Mount and Blade got some chain mail bikini mods... before they are simply accepted in the second game)... that's where all the internet bitching moaning squad come in full force.

    • @masterjoda999
      @masterjoda999 6 місяців тому

      @@OmegaEnvych On the flip side, they only bother to ban people when they are basically made to care because those people stupidly call a lot of negative attention to it, like the ones who camera modded the omega protocol during the world first race.

  • @MidanMagistrate
    @MidanMagistrate 6 місяців тому +1013

    45:09 You neglect to mention the fact that the maker of that mod got the ORIGINAL Voice Actor for Krystal to re-record all of Alyx's lines

    • @Mace2.0
      @Mace2.0 6 місяців тому +153

      Commission money well spent, lol.

    • @MidanMagistrate
      @MidanMagistrate 6 місяців тому +319

      @@Mace2.0 Actually, she's doing it for free cause she loves playing Krystal again

    • @saiv46
      @saiv46 6 місяців тому +30

      Source modding was a mistake

    • @MidanMagistrate
      @MidanMagistrate 6 місяців тому +292

      @@saiv46 Your name must be Source Modding then.

    • @flappyjay_gaming
      @flappyjay_gaming 6 місяців тому +79

      @@MidanMagistrate r/destroyedbywords

  • @notaclass-d1822
    @notaclass-d1822 6 місяців тому +516

    Fun fact, the rebels in half life 2 also have combat armor, it’s just civil protection combat armor. So theoretically it’s possible for the rebels in this mod to have taken their more militaristic combat vest from the more militaristic combine models added into this mod

    • @Hamzajavid
      @Hamzajavid 6 місяців тому

      that's what I was thinking

    • @sebastijanglozinic8630
      @sebastijanglozinic8630 3 місяці тому +1

      The difference is that rebels wearing gear looted from civil protection makes sense within the context of the game. US military TAC-1 SPC plate carriers that look like they jumped straight out of Battlefield do not make sense within the context of the game. Especially since Half-Life 2 takes place in eastern europe.

    • @notaclass-d1822
      @notaclass-d1822 3 місяці тому

      @@sebastijanglozinic8630 the civil protection are also wearing the same gear in this retexture iirc

  • @Theguy1911
    @Theguy1911 6 місяців тому +2294

    I feel bad for the guy that made it. He got death threats for such a small thing, it's not a damn replacement of hl2, it's a slight graphical improvement (not exactly), and even though it's horny as fuck, it's still not that bad.

    • @user-qv3fj2nk3b
      @user-qv3fj2nk3b 6 місяців тому +120

      Agreed.

    • @Borgus1984
      @Borgus1984 6 місяців тому +225

      same here man, like ffs if you dont like it dont play it

    • @thedude4840
      @thedude4840 6 місяців тому +188

      The whole world’s gone crazy I called it kinda cringe and moved on. I can’t imagine the kind of person who sends somebody death threats over mod of all things.

    • @scaniadan2968
      @scaniadan2968 6 місяців тому +118

      It's literally just a mod you don't even have to download it why send death threats

    • @jonaspete
      @jonaspete 6 місяців тому

      Its horny af

  • @Rroaj
    @Rroaj 6 місяців тому +460

    What lesson was there to learn? He was right: It was just a thing for fun that he made public. Maybe if people were paying money for it, there would be more of a point.

    • @marlongomezacevedo2170
      @marlongomezacevedo2170 6 місяців тому +119

      Yeah, despite the video's attempts at making the mod creator seem "edgy", I can't help but agree with the mod creator, he got death threats over *optional* changes, if that happened to me then I would have stopped caring about people's opinions as well

    • @FR4M3Sharma
      @FR4M3Sharma 6 місяців тому +45

      I legit stopped watching when he said "he didn't learn any lesson, again". Like bro you literally read his words that people are hitching about *optional* things in a *free* mod that no one was asking them to play.
      People really like to hitch about the models but nobody know how much amount of work ff did on this mod, look at the maps. Like try creating one of his maps in the old janky Hammer, you'll start crying. It's insane amount of work.

    • @mangalink25
      @mangalink25 6 місяців тому

      @@FR4M3Sharma hitching?

    • @FR4M3Sharma
      @FR4M3Sharma 6 місяців тому +7

      @@mangalink25 Cencorsing words so YT doesn't nuke my comment.

    • @Assdafflabaff
      @Assdafflabaff 6 місяців тому

      @@FR4M3Sharma You're allowed to say bitch on youtube lol.

  • @GGClips
    @GGClips 6 місяців тому +598

    "he didnt learn his lesson"
    what lesson would that be? I'm 100% on his side. He's creating something for fun, for free and optional and people brag about it 24/7.

    • @Th0rn5555
      @Th0rn5555 6 місяців тому +70

      Indeed, it may not be my taste but nobody's got a gun to my head telling me to download it

    • @TheOutsider69
      @TheOutsider69 6 місяців тому +37

      The problem is the bait and switch. It was advertised as a "cinematic" mod not a "porno sexy lore-break" mod.

    • @derPetunientopf
      @derPetunientopf 6 місяців тому +23

      Maybe the lesson is dont feed the trolls and haters? What seemed to have happened is that the reaction hurt his feelings and later he calmed down again ... and then the same happened again.

    • @grayfox2618
      @grayfox2618 6 місяців тому +73

      ​@@TheOutsider69 Oh no, the name was misleading? Won't someone please think of the children!

    • @cl8804
      @cl8804 6 місяців тому +2

      nag? whine?

  • @gdttdeggegdh5471
    @gdttdeggegdh5471 6 місяців тому +261

    After looking at your old videos, I'm honestly convinced that you trained an ai model on your voice and used it to voice this video.

    • @iced-macchiato
      @iced-macchiato 6 місяців тому +16

      It does seem like that, it also seems like he slowed it down, I switched to 1.25 speed and it sounds way more normal.

    • @SucculentSpaz
      @SucculentSpaz 5 місяців тому +1

      Not sure why he is doing voice over, when he apparently has been doing it terribly for years, I mean, find something else to do if you're never going to improve anyway.

    • @channelchannelchannelchannel
      @channelchannelchannelchannel 5 місяців тому +2

      He talks so fuckin weird, is he ending his sentences with a high note or something? Not hating on him but its just a little different

    • @BrokenSmokinSpokes
      @BrokenSmokinSpokes 5 місяців тому +2

      sounds like a touch of the tism... lol

    • @gdttdeggegdh5471
      @gdttdeggegdh5471 5 місяців тому

      @@SucculentSpaz he's talking like a human in his past videos. But here he sounds like an AI model, yet it's undoubtedly his voice. I wouldn't even say he did poor voice over work before, sounding human is good enough compared to this.

  • @wilsoncrunch1330
    @wilsoncrunch1330 6 місяців тому +170

    They are his mods after-all and he can do what he wants with them so I see no lesson for him to learn. His doubling down makes me want the mods even more to support him.

    • @pegas203
      @pegas203 6 місяців тому +21

      my thoughts exactly lmao, his message just made me think "damn this guy is actually right" while giving me a laugh

    • @zavinci2372
      @zavinci2372 6 місяців тому +4

      Exactly, idk what this guy is talking about lol

  • @josedenueces
    @josedenueces 6 місяців тому +59

    Something I remember back in the day that despite the destain for FakeFactory, he had the interest of alot of source modders due to the fact whatever tools he was using allowed him to bypass the usual Source Polygon limits for models.
    Also beyond the clothes, all the physical character models he used came from some other 3D modeling library so he didn't actually model Alyx's cervix.

  • @MaximG.
    @MaximG. 6 місяців тому +73

    Wasn't _that_ feature in Alyx's model exist because it was originally created for 3D content of an adult variety?

    • @derPetunientopf
      @derPetunientopf 6 місяців тому +8

      Probably this.

    • @3t9l
      @3t9l 6 місяців тому +7

      It was some kind of template body mesh IIRC

    • @mapkidd
      @mapkidd 3 місяці тому

      @@3t9lprobably for realism idfk

  • @lambdaspecialist_source
    @lambdaspecialist_source 6 місяців тому +792

    When I tried the mod out it wasn't nearly as bad as people were saying, I enjoyed that the location was set in Latvia, it was nice to see the landscape change, yet the amount of trees in Highway 17 was maybe bit too much. However the fact that theres NSFW graffiti all over the game is annoying.

    • @Duck-Confused
      @Duck-Confused 6 місяців тому +43

      How tf are you supposed to record with all this nsfw

    • @Pepper2B
      @Pepper2B 6 місяців тому +167

      @@Duck-ConfusedThat's the neat thing, you don't.

    • @player70477
      @player70477 6 місяців тому +7

      @@Duck-Confused record_
      how do i stop the symbols changing place its straight up annoying

    • @KingJeffKiller
      @KingJeffKiller 6 місяців тому +14

      No it's progress 👨‍⚖️

    • @user-dh4sb8pl4z
      @user-dh4sb8pl4z 6 місяців тому +90

      there is also a mod to remove NSFW things in it...
      i play the game offline so i don't give af if it's NSFW or not. people seems to forget that shooting people, gush their brains out and splat them into pieces is NSFW too, all the gore and shit but when it came to sexualisation in complete optional mod, people get mad about it for some reason...
      i swear HL fans are toxic af :/

  • @DumDoDoor
    @DumDoDoor 6 місяців тому +28

    Can't continue with the video cause of the soulless AI voice.

    • @catritonix
      @catritonix 4 місяці тому +3

      ​@RealPunkrocketeerits not

    • @InVinoVeratas
      @InVinoVeratas 3 місяці тому

      Sounds like a skill issue.

    • @DaRealDemobird
      @DaRealDemobird 2 місяці тому

      It’s not an Ai voice, it’s just his reading voice

  • @05jake5
    @05jake5 6 місяців тому +277

    The hate this got is crazy and the maker was mostly right, think all the models were optional. I remember stumbling across the mod without knowing any of the drama or anything and thought it was alright. I liked that it was different after playing hl2 so many times.

    • @detective2221
      @detective2221 6 місяців тому +1

      You are wrong.

    • @obeseperson
      @obeseperson 6 місяців тому +55

      @@detective2221Dude’s going through all these comments waging a war against this mod and anyone who liked it lmao chill

    • @detective2221
      @detective2221 6 місяців тому

      @obeseperson Stop being an emotional brat and reconsider your options. Let criticism of a mod get through your thick and brainwashed skull.

    • @colbylawson5331
      @colbylawson5331 6 місяців тому

      ​@@obesepersonBro can't even provide a reason for his copium. He just gotta pull the "you ain't shit for that" card on everybody in the comments section.
      Somebody must have put a foot up his ass and gave him a good ass whooping 😂.

    • @SirDankleberry
      @SirDankleberry 6 місяців тому +5

      ​@@obesepersonGuess he has no life lmao.

  • @TamTroll
    @TamTroll 6 місяців тому +7

    11 minutes into the video, just wrapping up the "History" section.
    Respectfully, i gotta side with FakeFactory on this one. People getting mad at him for doing something harmless he wanted to do, that they made the active decision to engage with, is like getting mad at the ground for hurting you when you're the one who decided to jump off a balcony today.
    If they didn't like the models, they didn't need to play the mod. i can't say i understand WTF they're so upset about?

  • @ground5295
    @ground5295 6 місяців тому +24

    I feel like something that is neglected to be mentioned when Cinematic Mod is brought up that actually sets it apart from every mod that changes HL2's combat. It actually addresses the bullet-sponginess of the enemies by actually making it to where one headshot is lethal with every weapon.
    Pair that with the intended method of playing with a crosshair and the LAM on the Mk.23 SOCOM, and you create the most satisfying combat in HL2. That one balance change makes it, to me, the best gameplay mod for HL2. Compared to MMod, Cinematic Mod is way more enjoyable to play.

  • @t5in
    @t5in 6 місяців тому +8

    What I said through most of this 'Okay and...?'

  • @Woeden
    @Woeden 6 місяців тому +45

    He kinda has a point, models are optional. I remember playing it at the time only with the HD textures, it was pretty good, but laggy most of times.

  • @AnthonyAdrianAcker
    @AnthonyAdrianAcker 6 місяців тому +302

    I never got onboard the Cinematic Mod hate train. I enjoyed the hell out of it and kept checking out his updates. I never liked his HD models but his attention to detail within his level tweaks were pretty impressive.

  • @DivergentDroid
    @DivergentDroid 6 місяців тому +180

    8 minutes in. So far I applaud Fake Factory for sticking to his guns. He mad the mod he wanted to play and share it with others. How Dare people fuss because it's not the mod They would have made. I'm downloading it now.

    • @cl8804
      @cl8804 6 місяців тому +1

      this, lol. i have mad respecc for the guy's autism, though, ngl

    • @amalgamatewisdom
      @amalgamatewisdom 6 місяців тому +11

      Same.

    • @robbiee3479
      @robbiee3479 6 місяців тому +10

      Yeah, no kidding. How are these people so entitled over a mod they didnt make or pay for? How can the youtuber shit on the guy for having a breakdown when the guy was constantly getting shit on online? "Thats not how you respond to criticism", if something is making you that pissed off online, just like in real life, its just better to detach yourself from the situation and move on. It was some guys passion project, its not half life 3.

    • @InVinoVeratas
      @InVinoVeratas 3 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, seriously a bunch of babies. Complaining about something completely optional is the definition of entitlement.

  • @jpa3974
    @jpa3974 6 місяців тому +10

    8:00 "He didn't learn his lesson"
    Dude, are you serious? The lesson he needs to learn is to blindly please other people in a free mod that he makes for fun according to his personal tastes?
    In this video, you're behaving exactly like the entitled people that the modder rightly criticized in his replies. If you or others don't like a mod, you don't use it. You don't go around saying that the modder didn't learn his lesson because he didn't bow to the tastes of people who didn't like something in his mod. There's a difference between serious criticism and demanding changes to a personal project...

    • @ZxMoonLightxZ
      @ZxMoonLightxZ 6 місяців тому +4

      I think the modder itself said that he would not respond to stupid criticism that way no more, so he didn't learn his lesson at the end. It's totally valid to by piss off by stupid comments, but if your response is exactly like them, full of rage, then it's no good.

  • @flipflierefluiter5665
    @flipflierefluiter5665 6 місяців тому +40

    Im still not sure if this video is AI voiced or not

  • @melnik_edits
    @melnik_edits 6 місяців тому +181

    This has to be the most overhated mod ever, dudes you can play this mod without the weird character models and also you are not forced to use this on your first playthrough, i have played HL2 like 100 times, and CM2013 a handful of times, this is a fun mod, its just a lil different. You can even pair this with MMOD!

  • @CyberVirtual
    @CyberVirtual 6 місяців тому +38

    I feel like the Half Life fandom really has this Superiority Complex that All Mods should be lore friendly.
    This is the complete opposite of the Skyrim community with their Porn Mod Load Orders.
    I guess all the Source Engine Madness is specifialy reserved for Garrys Mod and whatever crazy creation people download on GameBanana.

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 6 місяців тому

      Depends. There's feminists making videos argueing the people behind Loverslab Skyrim section should be arrested and put in prison and anyone who so much as considers using any of it should be on a no-fly list or two.

    • @SlentVce
      @SlentVce 5 місяців тому

      @@nvelsen1975 its insane tha the Sims doesnt get this kinda hate with Wicked whims.. but oh wait. A large number of the audience who use that mod are female...

  • @Amgarrak
    @Amgarrak 6 місяців тому +84

    Oh no, a person doing horny mods. Oh wait, that is still literally a thing, in other games. Like the reason why we had significant advancements in Blender was for that very reason.
    EDIT: And the creator is right. It's all optional anyway.

    • @CODELIRIOUS-sy8xz
      @CODELIRIOUS-sy8xz 6 місяців тому +20

      I literally dont get the point of this video. Criticise the mod sure, but what is the point in making it 55min?

    • @Jason75913
      @Jason75913 6 місяців тому +9

      ​@@CODELIRIOUS-sy8xz I think why this ended up being 55 min is fairly obvious if you watch the vid

    • @skybluenerd219
      @skybluenerd219 6 місяців тому +11

      ​@@CODELIRIOUS-sy8xz Probably because he had 55 minutes worth of stuff to talk about, I think

    • @Anti-Furry_Core
      @Anti-Furry_Core 6 місяців тому +4

      We do not talk about the fallout 4 modding community

    • @Eaw-Enjoyer
      @Eaw-Enjoyer 6 місяців тому +10

      @@Anti-Furry_CoreActually speaking from experience the Skyrim modding community is way more horny but Fallout 4 is a close second

  • @Redbr34
    @Redbr34 6 місяців тому +77

    29:16 I'm pretty sure its missing the trigger_transition. This trigger carries stuff over from the previous level into the next one, like npcs and props. It explains why the doors are also missing.

    • @sairus3239
      @sairus3239 6 місяців тому +12

      And impulse 101 crashing the game means that there's some "dev" weapons that were removed from the mod files, but not from the code.

  • @chadmaxilla4064
    @chadmaxilla4064 6 місяців тому +105

    Childhood is hating Cinematic Mod for making unreasonably absurd changes and not being faithful to the original game. Adulthood is realizing FakeFactory is extremely based for spending so much time making a mod that caters to his own tastes and not listening to anyone who didn't like the changes he made.

  • @foolofdaggers7555
    @foolofdaggers7555 6 місяців тому +73

    If you’re accepting constructive criticism on the video, I think it’d be better if the firing sound comparisons placed each sound directly before its swapped counterpart: I had a hard time remembering what the first weapon sounded like in HL2/E2 by the time you got to what it sounded like in Episode 1.

    • @domino4843
      @domino4843 6 місяців тому +2

      How dare you presume to correct his artistic brilliance?!? And yes, I agree.

    • @inovade
      @inovade 4 місяці тому

      play it at 1.7x, that's what i did in every videos

  • @Palendrome
    @Palendrome 6 місяців тому +79

    The worst thing is the overplacement of props, especially like foliage in City 17, trees, ferns etc.
    But where his love of detail REALLY REALLY works is in the war zone sequences of late HL2 and Episode 1. The detail of rubble he puts in looks AMAZING

    • @madbruv
      @madbruv 6 місяців тому

      overplacement, is this not realistic? not talking about pc specs, just the look.

    • @Palendrome
      @Palendrome 6 місяців тому +17

      @@madbruv well no he does like a 100 ferns in a scene of city 17. City 17 plant life should be very limited. However when he does 100 pieces of rubble it looks great

    • @rafidsadman
      @rafidsadman 5 місяців тому

      you must remember that the Combine is basically sucking the Earth dry for its resources. The lack of foliage in the original HL2 was mostly due to technical limitations, sure, but it also made sense lore-wise, thematically and aesthetically. At least to me it does.@@madbruv

  • @kapelski104
    @kapelski104 6 місяців тому +6

    random person on moddb be like:
    >hmm this mod will modify the game
    >let's download
    >OH NO THINGS ARE VERY DIFFERENT
    >WHY WOULD *THE MOD CREATOR* DO THIS *TO ME*?

    • @daor4
      @daor4 20 днів тому

      perhaps..it's because they look nothing alike to the original

    • @kapelski104
      @kapelski104 20 днів тому

      @@daor4 It's completely free and optional to download mods. Why complain? Just don't download it if you don't want it. Simple as.

    • @daor4
      @daor4 20 днів тому

      @@kapelski104 why comment? you can make that point with anything, if commenting is optional, and you could just move on and not bother to reply, why do it?

  • @yizeverienametaken
    @yizeverienametaken 6 місяців тому +106

    6 minutes in and so far I see nothing wrong and I agree with the modder, he told no lie this thing is optional

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf 6 місяців тому +7

    All the character models in this mod look like the cast of a Netflix Half-Life movie that never got made.

  • @kryskiller666
    @kryskiller666 6 місяців тому +6

    I've come here just to continue the tradition of spamming 'FULLY MODELED' on anything related to this mod.
    May this tradition never die.

  • @nildzrecastellanos
    @nildzrecastellanos 6 місяців тому +93

    Probably the most needlessly overhated mod to ever exist really.

    • @M1X41I
      @M1X41I 6 місяців тому +23

      And mostly for author being down bad. I can understand criticizing gameplay and stuff, but making so much noise out of optional horny content? Really?

    • @camharkness
      @camharkness 6 місяців тому +10

      ​@@M1X41Ithe porn on the walls wasn't optional. You can't change the map settings.

    • @ZIZZOBLIZZ
      @ZIZZOBLIZZ 6 місяців тому +22

      @@camharkness but the mod itself is still optional.

    • @M1X41I
      @M1X41I 6 місяців тому +12

      @@camharkness Didn't know that, but still, In that case they should've asked author to make that optional too, like models, instead of straight up harassing him and shit

    • @mrinsomniac2968
      @mrinsomniac2968 6 місяців тому +2

      @@ZIZZOBLIZZ Dude, you cant use that as a point. if you apply this logic to ANY MOD out there it means they arent "bad", do you realize how stupid that is

  • @harryshuman9637
    @harryshuman9637 6 місяців тому +3

    Cyberpunk 2077 mod scene is 99% nude chicks, so I don't see how Alyx 18+ model would cause a stir.

  • @maplesalt1482
    @maplesalt1482 6 місяців тому +6

    Why does this dude read his script like he's Forest Gump

  • @biggypupps9628
    @biggypupps9628 6 місяців тому +6

    bro its a mod why do ppl care about the models lookin different

  • @silvyxiv
    @silvyxiv 6 місяців тому +16

    does anyone else think this guy sounds like an ai voice

    • @spritely
      @spritely 6 місяців тому

      YES DUDE, IT'S FREAKING ME OUT

  • @SirDankleberry
    @SirDankleberry 6 місяців тому +5

    How is he wrong though? The only argument is "How dare this man that's making mod content in his own time and not being paid not cater to my every whim." It's a pathetic and entitled argument point.

  • @Woff1dGM
    @Woff1dGM 6 місяців тому +11

    I think the APC always blows up in highway 17 because in vanilla you push it off a bigger cliff so the author just didnt remove the script for that

  • @PiterburgCowboy
    @PiterburgCowboy 6 місяців тому +9

    This video is another example on the world not understanding Germans and Germans not understanding the rest of the world.

  • @basilisk4848
    @basilisk4848 6 місяців тому +18

    With the whole plane thing, I feel like it’s a cool idea, but having it just remain completely intact is definitely an issue. If it was scattered into a bunch of pieces, or maybe even have the bridge itself be sort of repaired partially from the scrap, like say using a wing covered in patchwork metal, then having it there would feel a lot better.

    • @hentosama
      @hentosama 6 місяців тому +1

      i saw the plane in the vid for a split second and it looks so bad, no plane would crash and look like that

  • @dizzykwalla1198
    @dizzykwalla1198 6 місяців тому +9

    Is this an AI voice?

  • @quillclock
    @quillclock 6 місяців тому +6

    my man has s slight Chillz number 15 accent

  • @SableCraft
    @SableCraft 6 місяців тому +13

    Even though this changed the game dramatically, the depth of the mod is quite extensive and is worthy of praise. The whole purpose was that he wanted it to be as if Half-Life 2 was an action movie, and it does well. Everything is ridiculous in action movies. I think it nailed the aesthetic and overall there's a ton of unique and interesting overhauls never done before and still not done.

  • @Spaceman_u
    @Spaceman_u 6 місяців тому +6

    A mod quite litterally destroyed by being down bad. It is good that it's only optional tho so I gotta give the creator credit there

    • @mrinsomniac2968
      @mrinsomniac2968 6 місяців тому +6

      well aside of it being extremely down bad, it runs horribly and in general makes your eyes hurt due to the incredible amount of fucking bloom

    • @SlentVce
      @SlentVce 5 місяців тому +2

      @@mrinsomniac2968 that's kinda cherry picking. It'll vary per user. Blooming as never made my eyes hurt

  • @MsHojat
    @MsHojat 6 місяців тому +4

    He seems totally justified to be angry or rude to critics. That being said, assuming that it doesn't exist a disable option for NSFW content -or at least a warning of specifics- would have been a really thoughtful and great addition to the mod. Personally I can just ignore the dumb stuff. I do think that sexual graffiti can more realistic and immersive though, even if it is debatably worse for the game.

  • @aceous99
    @aceous99 6 місяців тому +59

    The ai running this channel is really good!

  • @Kyoto1x
    @Kyoto1x 6 місяців тому +10

    "It's been 84 years..."

  • @tacticalteamkilling6539
    @tacticalteamkilling6539 6 місяців тому +12

    I like the part of the video where you call the H&K USP replacement for the vanilla pistol a Beretta 92FS. Reminds me of the old H&K ad with the ammo loaded into the magazine backwards.

  • @snark567
    @snark567 6 місяців тому +63

    People hate this mod because they have nothing better to do with their lives. It's not like it replaced HL2, it's just a free mod someone posted online. Any mentally well individual will just move on and play something else but there's a vocal minority of terminally online people who can't wait to get behind a hate movement in order to feel like a part of something meaningful.

  • @JasonKane.457
    @JasonKane.457 6 місяців тому +7

    + I don't really get why this is almost an hour long & other people in the community have already talked about CMM and have done it way better, this just sounds like an AI talking thru-out which is very irritating once you notice it.

  • @spritely
    @spritely 6 місяців тому +7

    Is your voice text to speech

  • @kylehankins5988
    @kylehankins5988 6 місяців тому +3

    I feel like the creator had a right to be mad, complaining about optional texture models in a free mod is pretty ridiculous.

  • @klaus.sfc01official30
    @klaus.sfc01official30 6 місяців тому +7

    The amount of NSFW in this one makes me think that Jürgen was a teenager that had way to much free time and knew how to change models so he did....whatever the fuck this is.

    • @InVinoVeratas
      @InVinoVeratas 3 місяці тому

      If you're saying he's like a kid for not accepting criticism then fair enough, but the guy is clearly talented at making mods, so saying he's like a kid in the sense that he's not talented at what he does, isn't true, at all.

  • @Garrette63
    @Garrette63 6 місяців тому +9

    I hate when people try to dictate what modders should be doing with their own free time.

  • @jesuslikedpie
    @jesuslikedpie 6 місяців тому +3

    The laser on a handgun bounces because it is attached to a recoiling handgun.

  • @magickmskh
    @magickmskh 6 місяців тому +5

    The A.I. voiceover you use is really well done. What is it?

  • @GoldSrc_
    @GoldSrc_ 6 місяців тому +3

    The funny thing is, things haven't changed.
    Even today people whine about mods, "YoU aRe RuInInG tHe GaMe", things are still the same.

  • @crazyguy3542
    @crazyguy3542 6 місяців тому +5

    are you a robot?

    • @daor4
      @daor4 20 днів тому

      he isn't

  • @kallefight9947
    @kallefight9947 6 місяців тому +47

    Im a Game Dev and Im just gonna say how it is, FakeFactory did the mod for his own sake. He put time and effort in it (Because its a mod he cant make money out of it) and there are still people who complain about it. If you gonna complain do it your self. Its time consuming to make stuff like that because you often cant make your own stuff because you need to work around the game and cant really make it perfect. Also a note FakeFactory got threats and all stuff like that. For me, the video sounded a lot like copium (from both sides).
    Edit: And the mod is so big, because you asset spam a lot in mods. And I think he didnt bake a lot of stuff.
    Edit2: I meant from all sides, it shouldt sound like i go against the person who made the video "Endy" and if someone want to ask questions about game making or why certiant things are like that, just ask.

    • @universe-breaker
      @universe-breaker 6 місяців тому +1

      i am a source mapper for someone that makes a mod for hl2 and i can confirm it takes alot of time making content for games

    • @jaspermaglot5192
      @jaspermaglot5192 6 місяців тому +2

      better if he not made this mod

    • @mrinsomniac2968
      @mrinsomniac2968 6 місяців тому

      @@jaspermaglot5192 or a better result..not fucking release it

  • @brooke6472
    @brooke6472 6 місяців тому +5

    People should be allowed to create what they want to create

  • @workplaydie
    @workplaydie 6 місяців тому +1

    Number 15: Burger King foot lettuce. The last thing you'd want in your Burger King burger is someone's foot fungus. But as it turns out, that might be what you get. A 4channer uploaded a photo, anonymously, to the site, showcasing his feet in a plastic bin of lettuce, with the statement, "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." Admittedly, he had shoes on - but that's even worse.

  • @ashiagefa646
    @ashiagefa646 6 місяців тому +25

    people back then are used to legendary quality games, so when a mod with a different taste exist it's abhorrent, but now in 2023, even some hired professional teams might not do a job as goos as this

    • @maszkalman3676
      @maszkalman3676 6 місяців тому

      Yeah legaendary qulaity games booth half life and half life 2 had subpar graphics compared to the games come out in the same timespan even the overhyped black mesa is rigid as f@ck the models are sharp like they were modeled with an axe....

    • @ashiagefa646
      @ashiagefa646 6 місяців тому

      @@maszkalman3676 you should play with a graphic renderer, import a 3D model of a character, tug them around to build a photographic scene, that's peak gameplay

  • @stopEbegging
    @stopEbegging 6 місяців тому +4

    You read your script like an AI trying to mimic human speech.

  • @chadchadovic2450
    @chadchadovic2450 6 місяців тому +2

    To be honest, a Hollywood director should have added highly-textured cats to every female character.

  • @zesty2023
    @zesty2023 6 місяців тому +3

    *I literally thought you were an AI voice, and I'm still not even entirely sure.*

  • @Arelated
    @Arelated 6 місяців тому +14

    Its a good mod but i never understood why he never made the nsfw skins/stuff (like the graffiti and many other stuff) being a separate mod, still not a big of the character models except for the combine.

    • @user-ss6co6vj5f
      @user-ss6co6vj5f 6 місяців тому +1

      NSFW Skins - actually goes as separate mod/plugin which named FF's Pimper, but you atleast right about NSFW Graffiti - this, yes, quite strange decision.

  • @MetricCaboose1
    @MetricCaboose1 6 місяців тому +8

    can't believe they modeled her whole cat. like what in the world?

    • @Redmont_
      @Redmont_ 6 місяців тому +1

      What cat?

    • @kirboman5175
      @kirboman5175 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Redmont_ Watch the vid

    • @Redmont_
      @Redmont_ 6 місяців тому

      @@kirboman5175 you did not understood that reference

    • @kirboman5175
      @kirboman5175 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Redmont_ The quote is so generic it seems like a sentence.

    • @Redmont_
      @Redmont_ 6 місяців тому

      @@kirboman5175 and still you aint understanding it

  • @ngl2.0-qo2pl
    @ngl2.0-qo2pl 6 місяців тому +23

    36:30
    that isnt a beretta 92fs, that is a usp .45, just a much better model (meaning one closer to reality)

  • @cloudwasherr8799
    @cloudwasherr8799 6 місяців тому +4

    His point at 4:45 is kinda right everything is optional and there is a lot of models to choose from so like ye also its his creation so he doesnt have to listen to anyone yapping

  • @Khadharphak
    @Khadharphak 6 місяців тому +3

    The outrage this mod got feels a bit overblown. Nobody gets that mad at a horny skyrim mod. It's not like he forced everyone to download his version just to be able to play HL2. Honestly it feels more like the HL community being overly obsessed with being faithful to the original game, which is a bit silly to expect from a mod of all things. My only criticism would be maybe separate the aspects out into separate mods rather than just clumping everything together into one titatnic megamod. A texture mod, a map alterations mod, a music mod, mods for separate unique characters and packs for background NPCs, etc. That way you can pick and choose what you want to use without it clashing with the other stuff and not needing 53gb of files you might not use.

  • @pegas203
    @pegas203 6 місяців тому +2

    i get the metal track and flames to try and make his message sound over the top, but really it wasn't.
    >make a mod for fun/practice
    >decide to share it so if some people like it they can use it
    >people bitch because you didn't give them a free mod the way they wanted it???
    "learn from his mistakes" what mistakes exactly? constructive criticism (which those messages weren't) isn't always asked for.
    people really just feel entitled to someone's work.
    as the wisdom says "free game no bitching"

  • @vitz3
    @vitz3 6 місяців тому +3

    What's your ElevenLabs settings? I don't recognize this preset.

  • @venom-beeb
    @venom-beeb 6 місяців тому +3

    NOOOO I HAVE TO USE THE HECKIN' MOD AT GUNPOINT!!!!!

  • @littlefirez2870
    @littlefirez2870 6 місяців тому +9

    fully modeled

  • @jonahstewart3068
    @jonahstewart3068 6 місяців тому +2

    People think that modders have to follow some unspoken set of rules, and if they don't then they're selfish and indignant. I think it's absolutely stupid, that someone is criticized for something that is optional to download, that they made for free.

  • @originalcharacterplznostea2749
    @originalcharacterplznostea2749 6 місяців тому +22

    Yes, the cheaper AI voice is very noticeable, and it is worth paying more for a smoother, higher end AI voice.

    • @daor4
      @daor4 20 днів тому

      that's not ai

  • @nearby.forest
    @nearby.forest 6 місяців тому +4

    No offense but is the voiceover in this video AI-generated?

  • @ghostinng274
    @ghostinng274 6 місяців тому +4

    I kinda agree with FakeFactory. If you don't like the mod, dont play it. There's really no need to complain about it.

  • @onanthebarbarian4842
    @onanthebarbarian4842 6 місяців тому +2

    The thing about that mod that replaces Alyx with Krystal is that the modder got the original voice actor for Krystal to do all of Alyx's lines. Where this mod seems to be a scattershot of all the random features the modder ever thought about, including fully modeled kitty cats, the Krystal mod is on the opposite side of the autism spectrum: Laser-like focus on the one thing the modder absolutely, positively wanted to see in the game.

  • @solace2731
    @solace2731 6 місяців тому +9

    played cinematic mod myself and thought it delivered well
    im not even gonna talk about some of the hd models and graffiti
    overall the maps looked great, cinematic and had just the right aesthetic to make my exquisite goblin brain go brrr
    i will say, the half life community NEEDS to learn how to not be such butthurt purist bitches because this can genuinely ruin good and fun mods (like overcharged wich suffered so much hate for nothing)

  • @SuperMegatronus
    @SuperMegatronus 6 місяців тому +12

    In all honesty. The creators response paragraph at the beginning was entirely correct.
    Is he horny? Yes. But its a fan mod and from what it sounds like the parts of the mod that are strange are removable.

  • @ryant3295
    @ryant3295 6 місяців тому +5

    It looks like you can make Alyx dark skinned. That's great; I love dark skinned women. Don't judge me.

  • @frozarburst6350
    @frozarburst6350 6 місяців тому +1

    27:22 This Hunter feels like it would go on to become the one from Entropy Zero 2

  • @Walid-mk4jo
    @Walid-mk4jo 2 місяці тому +1

    You definitely gotta do a retrospective on that last part of the vid that had the illuminate in it lol

  • @ethnetomek3621
    @ethnetomek3621 6 місяців тому +33

    Hey I'm really enjoying your video. However, that model is not a Beretta 92, it is a H&K USP.

    • @unoriginalperson72
      @unoriginalperson72 6 місяців тому +6

      Literally the same gun just now with a new model

    • @TheMotorhead30
      @TheMotorhead30 6 місяців тому +5

      also the AR2 became an HK G53, not another MP5, but I can understand the confusion due to them both being based on the G3.

    • @ethnetomek3621
      @ethnetomek3621 6 місяців тому

      @@TheMotorhead30 dang good eye! Idk if i wouldve caught that either. Honestly it's a small crime that this wasn't made a bit more obvious, it's a really cool gun that doesn't show up in a lot of games. Plus imo it fits very well in context

  • @ExStepsister
    @ExStepsister 6 місяців тому +3

    You sound like someone doing a mean spirited impersonation of chills

  • @NiB-Productions
    @NiB-Productions 4 місяці тому +2

    What was that "certain other hl2 mod" you mentioned? 25:43

  • @JacobBite
    @JacobBite 6 місяців тому +2

    The crashed plane is a boeing 707 which is a very old model dating back to the fifties. Today practically none are in service except military models. Just something I found more interesting and odd than its crashed position.

  • @Ashtarte3D
    @Ashtarte3D 6 місяців тому +3

    All I remember of Cinematic Mod was using it very early on when all he did was retexture Alyx a bit and I wasn't bothered. It wasn't until years later when I saw he completely redid her outfits and gave her a weird new face based on some supermodel or something. I believe my exact thought was "what in the fuck?" Not mad, just weirded out. I can understand being horny for Alyx but what he did to her was eventually make her a totally different character. At that point I just don't understand.

  • @Flamma_Dreemurr
    @Flamma_Dreemurr 6 місяців тому +29

    This mod is actually pretty chill if you don’t mind nsfw content. (I don’t. Surprise surprise) it’s got some weird creative liberties, like uh… Americanized looking buildings in an Eastern European setting… weird highways that go over the coast. Etc. I think the game itself look fantastic in terms of visual effects. I love the way the coast takes place at night and in rain. Gives it a whole new vibe. And while the nsfw content is very… out of place in a game like half life… I don’t really care. Alyx kinda bad ngl. I actually wish that the creator had continued to put work into the nsfw stuff bc there was gonna be more “details” if y’know what I mean. (Like alyx getting visually horny with “animations” to go with it. And a sex scene) All in all it’s not a bad mod. People just lose their shit over porn and sexual content in literally anything and ofc they HAVE to let everyone else know how annoyed the are when they could just grow the fuck up and do anything else. Porn isn’t “creepy” nothing wrong with drawing or modeling porn. IM a hentai artist. Im not creepy. Just because YOU do not like it, that doesn’t make the people who DO like it creepy. The concept of “constructing the main characters” how you want them to look is actually really sick. It’s just stupid how pissed off people got over the nsfw stuff. You can just opt out of that and use the original alyx model. ADMITTEDLY there is no way to turn the graffiti off, but that graffiti is wayyy more tame than the actual nude versions of alyx. Plus dirty graffiti isn’t uncommon. What’s more believable? Alyx running around literally fully naked without anyone batting an eye, or nsfw graffiti on the walls of canals and abandoned buildings. You tell me. mod kinda feels like the culmination of someone’s view on half life 2 and what they wanted out of it and I appreciate seeing that perspective. Plus all the amount of work that clearly went into the making of it. I respect the fact that the dude stayed true to what HE wanted out of the mod. He didn’t try to appease people by tailoring it to THEIR standards, he did exactly what he wanted with it, and that’s really fuckin respectable. I don’t even think his response to the hate was bad. If I had spent hours working on something that was just supposed to be a personal project, and all these random people in the comments started bitching about what THEY wanted from it, I would be just as pissed. I just wish he hadn’t quit making it because I can see past all the stupid shitty critiques that people tried to make and see the actual quality and love that went into the making of the mod. Long story short, it definitely didn’t deserve all the hate it received. It’s really not a bad mod at all. If I could contact him somehow I would ask if he’s working on the source 2 version of it just to play on my own because I genuinely love this mod and would love to see more. It’s such a shame that bitchy and unappeasable people drove him to not sharing his work. I would have loved to see the finished result at max potential

    • @ryanfleshbourne3547
      @ryanfleshbourne3547 6 місяців тому +7

      believe me, we are not surprised that the gura pfp undertale username is both a yapper and a coomer.

    • @Flamma_Dreemurr
      @Flamma_Dreemurr 6 місяців тому +10

      @@ryanfleshbourne3547 I mean I just don’t take offense over stupid shit like nudity. Im not playing the game to get off, there’s legitimate porn for that. Gura Pfp and undertale reference or not, I try to be reasonable and respectful when evaluating things like this. And in my own personal opinion I don’t see the issue with the nudity. Whether you get that or agree is up to you. And if you want to act as though I’m less of a human being because I enjoy both undertale and gawr gura, that shows a lack of maturity on your part. As for the “yapping” yeah. I like speaking my mind and sharing my thoughts. You can simply choose not to read what I say.

    • @gaugea
      @gaugea 6 місяців тому +4

      @@ryanfleshbourne3547 im trying rly hard not to wake my roommate laughing at this comment

    • @Styxz__
      @Styxz__ 5 місяців тому +3

      You didnt have to write a whole paper on why you are okay with the unnecessary horniness lil bro

    • @Flamma_Dreemurr
      @Flamma_Dreemurr 5 місяців тому +1

      @@gaugea I’m mean I didn’t intend it to be funny but if that’s what makes you happy 😭

  • @Real_ark63
    @Real_ark63 6 місяців тому +1

    what is the link of the map that's shown at 34:53?

  • @vampyra1453
    @vampyra1453 6 місяців тому +2

    why does this guy sound like Matt Rose's impression of Siri

  • @panqueque445
    @panqueque445 6 місяців тому +4

    44:11
    This mod is an incredible achievement considering he made it with one hand.

    • @MewBlood
      @MewBlood 5 місяців тому

      Underrated comment. Thank you.

  • @ozalduin4383
    @ozalduin4383 6 місяців тому +33

    Through out the whole video SMG iron sight is been used wrong. 37:12 for example. I'm sorry y'all had to see that as well after all of this disaster.

    • @captainethanol1332
      @captainethanol1332 6 місяців тому +3

      call it point shooting and slap a smiley face sticker on it

    • @PresidentNUT
      @PresidentNUT 6 місяців тому +1

      Figured out how to fix it, but in the end I replaced the models anyway

    • @turkish8969
      @turkish8969 6 місяців тому

      Also the pistol is not a berreta, its the same as before, the HK USP, but for some reason instead of the silver slide its all black. And they got rid of the rail mounted compensator, which rustles my jimmies because the comp is really cool

    • @PresidentNUT
      @PresidentNUT 6 місяців тому +1

      @@turkish8969 its an MK23 Socom though

  • @anecro
    @anecro 6 місяців тому +12

    For being so controversial UA-camrs sure do like talking about it.
    Feels like there's a video on this every month.

    • @bakihanma4826
      @bakihanma4826 6 місяців тому

      Me to
      I watched last week a video made by Lucia on the mod

  • @KrisM189
    @KrisM189 5 місяців тому

    really like the video, good points made and nicely structured.

  • @JeanneFeisont
    @JeanneFeisont 6 місяців тому +4

    It’s crazy how bad modding communities are now a days. This was a sign to come I guess- Because now mods get removed for any and all reason despite being completely optional.