Anticitizen Freeman's Arrival

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  • Опубліковано 2 лип 2023
  • (DON'T TAKE THESE VIDEOS AS CANON)
    The first hour of Anticitizen One's arrival at City 17 through the eyes of Civil Protection.
    Thanks to @StorlFunny for being Gordon for most of the video
    I was a big fan of @wibble2482's Civil Protection Communication Logs so most of the chatter from the metrocops were taken or based around his video cause I'm a lazy idiot :|
    Please check it out if you liked this!
    • Half-Life 2 - City 17 ...
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  • @O_vk
    @O_vk 10 місяців тому +12305

    For anyone wondering why the civil protection didnt just stop Gordon as soon as he was called out by overwatch, in the game the metrocops get notified about gordon as soon as you exit the train station but are confused and asks for updates and or confirmation assuming its a mistake of some sort since they keep count of everyone who enters the border.

    • @christiangottsacker6932
      @christiangottsacker6932 10 місяців тому +1333

      And the citizens are aware of another person or persons who are already about to be "processed" who have no relation to Gordon.

    • @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413
      @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 10 місяців тому +610

      werent they sending you to nova prospekt immediately

    • @NoNameTaken117
      @NoNameTaken117 10 місяців тому +511

      @@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 Im assuming that all males are sent to Nova Prospekt while Undesirables are left with security for "questioning."

    • @Sheridan2LT
      @Sheridan2LT 10 місяців тому +719

      @@NoNameTaken117 No, some males live in City 17 just fine as you can see. I think Nova Prospekt is only reserved for political prisoners lol.

    • @NoNameTaken117
      @NoNameTaken117 10 місяців тому +140

      @@Sheridan2LT What about random male citizens also going to Nova Prospekt when trying to enter City-17?

  • @diogo763
    @diogo763 10 місяців тому +5741

    Seeing Gordon walk like a player while everyone else walks like an npc is way too funny for some reason. you gotta do a version of Gordon bunny hoping everywhere

  • @samedwards3285
    @samedwards3285 10 місяців тому +5259

    I bet Barney's initial reaction to the visual download of Gordon would be akin to seeing a ghost. His best friend, missing since single-handedly ending the Xen invasion of Black Mesa, never to be heard of for 20 years and presumed long dead just _appearing_ out of nowhere, and to paraphrase Kleiner "without warning". No wonder he would drop everything in his current situation and help out Gordon, since for all we know he's the one good memory he has untouched by the PTSD of Black Mesa and the Combine rule.

    • @a.k8185
      @a.k8185 10 місяців тому +303

      Nice interpretation.

    • @nathanchapin8445
      @nathanchapin8445 10 місяців тому +314

      DAMN!! Probably almost had a heart attack when he saw it lol

    • @ellieh.5419
      @ellieh.5419 10 місяців тому +354

      Love how this video implies Barney has to act quickly in order to save Gordon from going to Nova Prospekt

    • @youtubeguy5454
      @youtubeguy5454 10 місяців тому +298

      And if it’s the same Barney Calhoun you play in blue shift, the last time he saw Gordon, Gordon was being dragged away by 2 marines talking about killing and disposing the body of Gordon.(I’m basing this off of blue shift because yes it’s canon as valve endorses the expansions as canon.)

    • @anilsilvercock
      @anilsilvercock 10 місяців тому +46

      ​@@youtubeguy5454There is only one Barney

  • @entangledatoms7153
    @entangledatoms7153 10 місяців тому +3710

    I never knew Half Life 2 had these details/Voice lines in it. It really shows how much the Valve team put into making this game scarily realistic.

    • @a.k8185
      @a.k8185 10 місяців тому +108

      Can't say that it didn't lose a bit of stability at one point.

    • @Coodude26
      @Coodude26 10 місяців тому +159

      if you haven't already, you absolutely owe it to yourself to play through HL:A or at the very least watch a commantary-less playthrough of it. If you like HL2...

    • @libertarianterminator
      @libertarianterminator 10 місяців тому +24

      @@Coodude26 I got that game but never finished it. I like it, but I guess that Boneworks just outshines it for me when it comes to VR.

    • @notsotacticalsofter.v2966
      @notsotacticalsofter.v2966 10 місяців тому +5

      @@libertarianterminator amen

    • @pemo2676
      @pemo2676 10 місяців тому +39

      @@libertarianterminator practical gameplay is good and all, of course, but story and world building is way worth it to poke around and see just how vibrant HL:A is - it outshines most games full stop in the construction of visuals.

  • @Jandr02222
    @Jandr02222 10 місяців тому +1080

    I love how they slowly realize that the anticitizen is still out there because they keep getting 647e readings, at first almost treating it like an error, but eventually noticing that they're still out on the loose

    • @Resi1ience
      @Resi1ience 3 місяці тому +39

      5 minutes into the game, you're already being guided to Nova Prospekt because they recognize you as a miscount. Then they keep seeing the alerts, and they must not think it's real because, well, we _just_ got rid of that miscount, right? And he wasn't with Officer Calhoun, so he must be on the train, right?
      But Overwatch sends them images, and that's when they start blockading the apartment and the alleyways. They make sure he only has one place to go, and that he can't get out. But he's just barely resourceful enough to evade them.
      For a moment.

  • @NarrowSpider
    @NarrowSpider 10 місяців тому +2286

    Honestly the idea of a "Non-Citizen", someone who managed the impossible and slipped through the cracks of the Combine occupation is probably terrifying to any who collaborate with the Combine. Could be the reason why those Metro Cops were staying back and seemingly a little bit scared of an unarmed man is because they know that the Combine could decide to blame anyone of them for how someone was able to not get registered as a citizen.

    • @CorwinTheOneAndOnly
      @CorwinTheOneAndOnly 9 місяців тому +401

      Add that to the fact that Gordon is most likely not acting like everyone else, either. His "vibe" would be completely different than the sedated and compliant citizens around the city that the cops have been used to seeing for 20 something years.
      It must strike an unsettling and uncanny chord with all of them.

    • @HR15DE
      @HR15DE 9 місяців тому +174

      yeah he may be a self sufficient man that somehow evaded combine in the outlands full of antlions and headcrabs or a member of an underground rebel movement. somehow decided to hitch a ride in a train going directly into a heavy combine controlled area. either way a very dangerous man.even scarier that he passed all those security checkpoints. it could have been a terrorist attack from the metrocop perspective. not a pushover guy you are dealing with here. even seemingly unarmed.
      not suprising at all that they dont directly stop him but watch him and even waiting for a better opportunity, a better place to catch him for sure. but overwatch orders metrocops to engage anyway.
      overwatch knows how serious this is.

    • @TheD736
      @TheD736 6 місяців тому +112

      Sometimes overwatch will refer to the player as "Individual". That's because the Combine doesn't see the humans under its rule as individuals, but as cells in a larger organism. It refers to the storming of apartment blocks as "inoculation" and when rebels get evasive the Civil Protection units are ordered to "Isolate, expose, administer" like it's a wound that's been infected, with the only choice to have it found and treated. You could argue that the doublespeak of "Administering judgement" and "inoculation" give a cold judicial and medical edge to the distinct brand of totalitarianism the combine employ.
      Ergo, only humans that fight back are "Individuals". They aren't part of the one that is the Combine's Universal Union. They are other individuals.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 4 місяці тому +43

      ​@@CorwinTheOneAndOnly I imagine the icy look of pure hate and scorn in his eyes disturbs them too, as opposed to looking and acting like a beaten dog.

    • @Cysco8575
      @Cysco8575 4 місяці тому +35

      The most concerning thing about this scenario is that is Gordon Freeman we're talking about, the poor guy still have the Black Mesa incident events fresh on his memory, the guy saw his colleagues die at the hands of aliens and the military while he had to defend himself from them. The last thing he saw before being put on stasis after killing a powerful ancient alien was a man on a suit and a portal.

  • @Colddirector
    @Colddirector 10 місяців тому +6098

    Ive always thought a half life game from the perspective of the metrocop going up against Freeman would be actually quite scary. You'd be going up against basically an apex predator whos bodybagged tons of your buddies already, and if you survive but fail to kill him, you're probably going to lose "family cohesion" or suffer "permanent offworld reassignment"
    You couldn't be more fucked if you said "I'm only three days away from retirement!" out loud.

    • @Yourlocalwordrobe
      @Yourlocalwordrobe 10 місяців тому +148

      that coment is truth and truth only

    • @MarsCannon
      @MarsCannon 10 місяців тому

      hjkejejejejejejejejej

    • @memescavenger8612
      @memescavenger8612 10 місяців тому +214

      Yeah there’s a nod called entropy zero it where you play as a metro cop never played my self but heard it was good.

    • @Colddirector
      @Colddirector 10 місяців тому +136

      @@memescavenger8612 I was thinking more along the lines of something that captures the absolute sphincter-tightening terror of the SA-X appearances in Metroid Fusion.
      But yeah I’ve heard that mods really good.

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 10 місяців тому +9

      İ love this people doing this videos.

  • @tk-hf4oz
    @tk-hf4oz 9 місяців тому +732

    Gordon was in City 17 barely 5 minutes after his stasis and already the scanners, Overwatch, Metro Cops and everyone involved in the Combine imperium acknowledged his presence and that he was not in the system. I was sure that Gordon could hide for days, even weeks before being noticed but Earth was in much deeper shit than I thought.

    • @tacky4237
      @tacky4237 9 місяців тому +109

      Makes a lot more sense that they go "hold up this guys not in the system and just randomly appeared out of thin air."
      i thought he could've just slipped right on through had he not drawn attention to himself.

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob 9 місяців тому +127

      Not just that, they had Airwatch count people in the entire block in mere seconds and realised there was a "miscount". It's terrifying. No privacy whatsoever.

    • @thedemolitionsexpertsledge5552
      @thedemolitionsexpertsledge5552 7 місяців тому +75

      ⁠@@NavidIsANoob Then you realise that Airwatch had to go to that exact block, count every citizen, compare numbers, realise something wasn’t right, go back to Overwatch about it, then Overwatch updates every CP unit in the area and gets them ready to inoculate every citizen in that block while also trying to catch Freeman.
      In four seconds.

    • @jamesrosewell9081
      @jamesrosewell9081 5 місяців тому +13

      ​@@thedemolitionsexpertsledge5552Aliens bureaucrats know their stuff

    • @bigboysdotcom745
      @bigboysdotcom745 3 місяці тому

      Most of Earth's problems were due to xen flora/fauna, it's only in major cities (specifically 17) where things are tightly controlled like this, hence why they were able to build a nuke etc.

  • @stevetrzz
    @stevetrzz 10 місяців тому +2583

    This could make an incredible horror series

    • @stekingtv
      @stekingtv 10 місяців тому +34

      On it

    • @stevetrzz
      @stevetrzz 10 місяців тому +28

      @@stekingtv Nah.. Good luck bro

    • @rocky-ie7li
      @rocky-ie7li 10 місяців тому +8

      An arg series...

    • @anamericangrizzlybear8315
      @anamericangrizzlybear8315 10 місяців тому +74

      Maybe if you're a metrocop lol, Gordon melts anything in front of him
      Especially microwaved casserole

    • @kathiecraig2803
      @kathiecraig2803 10 місяців тому +7

      " *THE ANTICITIZEN 1 FILES* "

  • @2A_ROCKS_
    @2A_ROCKS_ 9 місяців тому +157

    1:03 when he said “pick up that can” I fully expected a “no fuck off” followed by immediate static

    • @Ciunics
      @Ciunics  9 місяців тому +24

      ua-cam.com/video/1vRpWjrMgFo/v-deo.html
      :)

    • @2A_ROCKS_
      @2A_ROCKS_ 9 місяців тому +9

      @@Ciunics no way

    • @V0IDWARE
      @V0IDWARE 4 місяці тому +17

      Tbh the cut to black was funny for me because it gave the implication that gordon beat the living shit out of that combine

  • @libertarianterminator
    @libertarianterminator 10 місяців тому +4130

    I never realized up until now that WE were the reason that apartment was raided. Or better say, the thought that the metro cops were just looking at us pass, but just quietly reporting and waiting for orders. This is why I love half life. They never outright tell you what is going on, but there is always more beneath the surface that you can figure out by observing the world.

    • @NoNameTaken117
      @NoNameTaken117 10 місяців тому +301

      To quote some random person, it makes it feel more realistic. This is how dictatorships rule over their own people, through fear.

    • @CanularRadio
      @CanularRadio 10 місяців тому +42

      Me too. Hl2 makes more and more sense. Free man.

    • @rogerphone481
      @rogerphone481 9 місяців тому +121

      yeah a lot of rebel camps get raided because of you too. we know from half life 1 that the suit has trackers in it. you're probably the reason black mesa east got attacked.

    • @judgeboony2695
      @judgeboony2695 9 місяців тому +6

      I am the 500th like, do I win a prize?
      Also, I agree. This is why hiring proper writers (like they did with the first game too) is really important.

    • @libertarianterminator
      @libertarianterminator 9 місяців тому

      @@rogerphone481 you constantly engage with their troops, scanners, cars and helicopters. I don't even think it's the suit that's tracking Gordon, just basic intel gathering. I mean for god's sake, before you enter black mesa east they knew where you last were even without Judith leaking data. They have the resources to intercept you.

  • @Itgetsbetterofficial
    @Itgetsbetterofficial 10 місяців тому +2412

    I think this recontextualizes that first chapter in a really good way. I always assumed that they weren't quite "onto me" especially after Barney helps you give them the slip.
    But this is much more interesting, it indicates that they're absolutely ontop of you the whole time, just waiting for the right moment to grab you. It'd work too if not for intervention from Alyx.

    • @Kiralmao
      @Kiralmao 10 місяців тому +81

      Def. In my playthrough I ran into the room, then ran back out and got tag teamed by them. White screen and all but Alyx helped me

    • @norwegianboyee
      @norwegianboyee 10 місяців тому +136

      @@Kiralmao That happens for every single player, it's an scripted event.

    • @Kiralmao
      @Kiralmao 10 місяців тому +30

      @@norwegianboyee ah ok. first time ive ever played so i dont know

    • @imperatorvegetarius
      @imperatorvegetarius 9 місяців тому +74

      I don't think they are 'onto you' as Gordon Freeman until Breen sees you after the teleport mishap. Rather, you are a much more standard anomaly, simply a face that hasn't been registered by the Overwatch before.

    • @norwegianboyee
      @norwegianboyee 9 місяців тому +90

      @@imperatorvegetarius True, that's also why the Combine refers to Gordon as the much more standard "non-citizen" and "individual" than the serious "anticitizen" and "anticitizen one" in later chapters.

  • @theseerllama
    @theseerllama 10 місяців тому +1033

    love how it had a slow escalation at first, all of them just subtly corralling freeman, then you hear the miscount alerts become more frequent, and then overwatch gives the terminal verdic go ahead and the metros just spring into action. it went from 0 to 100 real fast

  • @apparatus_solo
    @apparatus_solo 10 місяців тому +5424

    Can't believe you managed to get Gordon's VA for the video. What a brilliant and flexible artist.

  • @thedorgon9682
    @thedorgon9682 10 місяців тому +1627

    This is actually insane, I want to imagine what this would look like if Gordon had custom animations displaying his bewilderment to this new environment, and we got to see it from the metro cop perspective

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 9 місяців тому +93

      After everything Gordon saw just moments before in Black Mesa, I doubt he'd be visibly bewildered. Just moving forward because that's all he's been doing since the start of the incident.

    • @KorianHUN
      @KorianHUN 9 місяців тому +18

      This is an incredibly realistic explanation! If a metrocop runs after any random citizen they might be bait to lure them away.
      Of xourse they just report and wait for a standby team to assemble!

    • @mccperin
      @mccperin 9 місяців тому +51

      @@LordVader1094 i think he'd look... off. still moving on, but not casual. closed in body posture, looking down, barely making eye contact. i don't think he's particularly mentally healthy after all he's done and seen.

    • @LordVader1094
      @LordVader1094 9 місяців тому +13

      @@mccperin Which is why he'd fit right in with all the other citizens of City 17

    • @giovannicervantes2053
      @giovannicervantes2053 2 місяці тому

      ​@@LordVader1094I think there'd be more confusion instead

  • @jmtplays9998
    @jmtplays9998 10 місяців тому +734

    I love how it shows how fast Overwatch and the CPs react to Freeman. He’s immediately identified and tracked by city scanners and CPs constantly keep an eye on his location. The detail of the CPs calling the one citizen that blocks the door an “accomplice” and the correct usage of voice lines and codes really help make it seem more believable. Love the video, keep up the good work.

    • @wedoalittletrolling723
      @wedoalittletrolling723 10 місяців тому +7

      stealth was never an option

    • @V2_REAL_GAMING
      @V2_REAL_GAMING 9 місяців тому +6

      Never ask chatgpt what a CP sounds like

    • @wedoalittletrolling723
      @wedoalittletrolling723 9 місяців тому +1

      @@V2_REAL_GAMING what will it say tho?

    • @V2_REAL_GAMING
      @V2_REAL_GAMING 9 місяців тому +9

      @@wedoalittletrolling723 says that it's against policies even though who tf is going to type child porn into chat gpt. It doesn't realize that it means civil protection or club penguin

    • @wedoalittletrolling723
      @wedoalittletrolling723 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@V2_REAL_GAMING non mechanical reproduction simulation
      :)

  • @adotang_
    @adotang_ 10 місяців тому +980

    I see a lot of people saying this would work as horror, but honestly, I'm glad you didn't do that-I feel horror, especially analog horror, is pretty overdone with stuff like this. I like this new perspective of enemy NPCs confronting the player in a sensical manner; no comedy, no horror, just how this segment of the game probably did work in-universe, with great editing at that.
    One thing I want to single out that might seem odd to praise is how Gordon acts while walking from the plaza to the alleyway. I don't know, something about how he stops and stares evokes some player in 2004 getting immersed and looking around into the room the metrocop is guarding or at the scenery down the street-before clocking that's not where the level progresses and moving on when prompted-yet it does so without having Gordon hop around or try and shove his way through like an actual player probably would. I don't know why, but I liked that.

    • @user-ek3jz1io7e
      @user-ek3jz1io7e 10 місяців тому +50

      I think a better term for this kind of genre would be something like "tension"

    • @InvictusMatrix
      @InvictusMatrix 9 місяців тому +20

      ​@@user-ek3jz1io7eAnalog Tension

    • @vh4990
      @vh4990 9 місяців тому +5

      @InvictusMatrix Analog Stress

    • @celtic5yamum
      @celtic5yamum 9 місяців тому +15

      You hit the nail on the head. Also, i was that player in 2004, taking it all in (and trying to force my way through random spots on the 2nd playthrough, haha)

    • @QWERTY-gp8fd
      @QWERTY-gp8fd 8 місяців тому

      is called "thriller" .@@user-ek3jz1io7e

  • @Fatchick2316
    @Fatchick2316 10 місяців тому +221

    Finally, an NPC POV video where it doesn’t make Gordon freeman into a joke, but rather an actual person, bravo!

  • @kawa69
    @kawa69 9 місяців тому +94

    looking at it from this perspective made me realise why they were waiting to push on freeman, they assumed he may have been some sort of rebel spy or informant due to having no identification in their records and they were tracking his movements to see what destination he was heading to, and since he arrived at that specific apartment block overwatch assumed it to be linked to the resistance in some way which is why they were punishing the whole block

  • @Contrajoe
    @Contrajoe 10 місяців тому +298

    This is incredible. I'd love to see a full-length version or more small segments from later moments in HL2.
    It could also be interesting to see a view from one of the aliens invading Black mesa - either get killed by Freeman, get killed by Marines, or get killed when the G-Man's nuke goes off (if you take OPFOR as part of the story)

    • @tables8709
      @tables8709 10 місяців тому +3

      How would that work?

  • @hyperix-dead
    @hyperix-dead 10 місяців тому +873

    This is such an interesting perspective. It actually makes me feel bad for metrocops, they're still people, they have feelings and soul and families and if they fail to do their job they're gonna lose everything.

    • @scienceteam5984
      @scienceteam5984 10 місяців тому +81

      does Gordon freeman care about that? he literally kill humans enemy like soldier and agents, he got no control of his kill counts

    • @Raska7
      @Raska7 10 місяців тому +158

      On the flip side it shows their complete and utter inhumanity and their willingness to beat and fire on unarmed civilians simply for having been in the same building as Gordon.

    • @rrai1999
      @rrai1999 10 місяців тому +30

      @@weeklybeatrundumpz somewhat

    • @uwuqt3.14
      @uwuqt3.14 10 місяців тому +101

      ​@@Raska7yeah they have a "it's either us or them" mentality, though I'm sure a lot of them are just doing it for their families but I bet there's some crooked cops that do it literally just for the fun of it and for self preservation of course

    • @amineberhail7506
      @amineberhail7506 10 місяців тому

      The truth is that the combine soldiers are completely brainwashed and they are the law enforcement machine in the land where they have been completely distorted and mechanical parts added to them

  • @pepsiatlas5452
    @pepsiatlas5452 10 місяців тому +75

    I love the idea that the whole intro of the game every metro cop's been made aware of you and every one you bump into is just funneling to a trap

  • @ToxicBastard
    @ToxicBastard 6 місяців тому +48

    I love how the massive scale and ruthless efficiency of the Combine is shown as both a strength and a flaw. They're giant and have procedures for everything, but that also makes them predictable and causes them to overlook the small things or things outside of their routines.

  • @Terlinilia
    @Terlinilia 9 місяців тому +28

    This adds a whole new layer of tension to Half Life 2
    The CP all know you're not supposed to be there, you're a wanted target.
    They're all just waiting for you to corner yourself and watching you like a hawk while they're at it.

    • @diddykong521
      @diddykong521 5 місяців тому +7

      Just say civil protection bro please I beg of you

    • @Wojtek_Ch
      @Wojtek_Ch 2 місяці тому

      There's a lot things that CP can stand for, like Cheese Pizza, Cute Pictures and... more... Using full form (Civil Protection) is strongly advised.

  • @some-random-hobo
    @some-random-hobo 10 місяців тому +54

    I love how Gordan moves like an actual player even if the camera is on one of the civil protection guys

  • @Ginfeldi
    @Ginfeldi 10 місяців тому +72

    the coordination of the metrocops stalking Gordon patiently waiting for him to get cornered is amazing and scary

  • @Ciunics
    @Ciunics  10 місяців тому +1944

    Please read the description!
    If you guys wanted to understand the metrocops better, I've added custom captions to understand them better! (Hopefully you can see them it's probably a bit iffy on mobile.)

    • @Normalnyczlowiek
      @Normalnyczlowiek 10 місяців тому +7

      Pin it

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 10 місяців тому +15

      İ love this people doing this videos.

    • @C.A._Old
      @C.A._Old 10 місяців тому +4

      Can you make mores ? Please. :-)

    • @pyroplays599
      @pyroplays599 10 місяців тому +22

      the captions are bugged and show up at the beginning, ALL OF THEM DO. and it covers the entire screen

    • @mark030a
      @mark030a 10 місяців тому +3

      @@pyroplays599 Aww man...

  • @meiriongratland9272
    @meiriongratland9272 10 місяців тому +266

    I was kind of expecting an analog horror-esk video where we see how npc's would respond to a player using no clip / god mode.

    • @kingsnakke6888
      @kingsnakke6888 10 місяців тому +51

      Still pretty analog horror-esque, just with dystopian surveillance tech

    • @totallynoteverything1.
      @totallynoteverything1. 5 місяців тому +4

      this is way better, and scratches an itch I had on what it looks like being the enemies you mow down in hl2 accurately, what you just said is cliche and cringe tbh.

    • @Mcree114
      @Mcree114 5 місяців тому +2

      Seeing noclip irl would probably be like seeing a 4th dimensional being phasing in and out of reality.

  • @matthewmorrison9700
    @matthewmorrison9700 10 місяців тому +248

    This is sick, dude. The visuals and perspective give it a charm that you can't find much place else anymore. Also since Half Life 2 is a great game.

  • @cheems7903
    @cheems7903 10 місяців тому +252

    I seriously love this! I love this kind of "civil protection helmet cam footage" Its really cool to see this in a civil protection perspective. I honestly would love to see more of these. maybe even before freemans arrival?

  • @SushinokoLive
    @SushinokoLive 9 місяців тому +11

    0:04 bro got the face of someone who just rolled outta bed after 20 years in the vortavoid

  • @randomizingcolors
    @randomizingcolors 10 місяців тому +66

    this needs more recognition, its really good!

  • @pinpointthe
    @pinpointthe 9 місяців тому +50

    I didn’t know it was even possible to have MORE respect the writing and creation of HL2. The character of the combine being terrifying alien overlords while maintaining the jargon and behavior of human military/police, it’s chilling. Glad Gordon gummed up the works. This was such a great video!

  • @solderfromteamfortressthes6036
    @solderfromteamfortressthes6036 10 місяців тому +47

    It's awesome to see these new perspectives on this iconic sequence

  • @ImpalingWire
    @ImpalingWire 10 місяців тому +83

    i really hope this is a series this is so fucking cool! combine voices give my brain dopamine

    • @mrscruffles801
      @mrscruffles801 10 місяців тому

      I wish I was a combine

    • @EmperorAmbrose
      @EmperorAmbrose 10 місяців тому +3

      @@mrscruffles801no you don’t

    • @mrscruffles801
      @mrscruffles801 10 місяців тому

      @@EmperorAmbrose YES

    • @howisthisnamenottakenyet
      @howisthisnamenottakenyet 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@mrscruffles801would you enjoy pernament off-world relocation?

    • @mrscruffles801
      @mrscruffles801 10 місяців тому +4

      @@howisthisnamenottakenyet Only failed units face that. I do not fail.

  • @SpadesNeil
    @SpadesNeil 10 місяців тому +15

    I just realized the way the voices are garbled and obscured _does_ actually make it so your brain fails to pick up on relevant details of a conversation by just overhearing it. I suddenly see the value in this system. You don't understand it unless you are listening on purpose.

    • @kirtil5177
      @kirtil5177 9 місяців тому +2

      and even harder to understand if you dont listen to this on a regular basis, from what you'd get used to the garbling

  • @willmcgonigle3107
    @willmcgonigle3107 9 місяців тому +13

    I really want to watch a full game playthrough like this, through enemy perspective, only reverting to freeman in scenes with no enemies

  • @irvinsandison
    @irvinsandison 10 місяців тому +110

    I never realised that that citizen that told you to run died right after you left. Does that actually happen in the game if you wait long enough or was it a creative liberty?

    • @AerisBell
      @AerisBell 10 місяців тому +86

      yeah its canon, u dont have to wait long enough you just go to the rooftop and it will trigger as a scripted event, Im pretty sure you can hear the gunshots quite clearly even you just move straight forward.

    • @user-ez7ed7kd8e
      @user-ez7ed7kd8e 9 місяців тому +41

      Everyone you meet dies as long as they’re not a named character. All of those rebels you find in the canals? They die.

    • @beebfajeejy
      @beebfajeejy 9 місяців тому

      ​@@user-ez7ed7kd8etechnically all of them have names, but yes, just about everyone who aids gordon eventually dies doing so.

    • @trianglemoebius
      @trianglemoebius 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@user-ez7ed7kd8e Technically, every NPC in HL2 is named, the names aren't just necessarily revealed to the player and have to be found through the files. It's a neat touch.
      Also, all the Shorepoint Base guys might survive, since they don't have any on-screen death. Winston is injured, but - unless the player specifically waits until they die to intervene - the other three are unharmed.

  • @allahinkuluolmayantekadam
    @allahinkuluolmayantekadam 8 місяців тому +16

    0:50 his shadow is holding the crowbar ☠️

    • @Ciunics
      @Ciunics  8 місяців тому +7

      I like to see it as foreshadowing lmao

    • @m15tly
      @m15tly 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Ciunics heh, foreSHADOWING

    • @allahinkuluolmayantekadam
      @allahinkuluolmayantekadam 7 місяців тому +2

      @@m15tly pls shut up im listening something

  • @Orfeous_Writer
    @Orfeous_Writer 10 місяців тому +39

    This is amazing! Having played through the games a few times now, it never dawned on me that Gordon had been tagged and tracked from the minute he steps out of the train. The game makes you feel like you're blending in with with everyone else and we're just unlucky to stumble into that apartment raid, when in reality the Combine had been following your movements from the start.

  • @Bleplar
    @Bleplar 10 місяців тому +90

    holy shit this is amazing. i love how you portrayed the combine in this. the moment Freeman stepped off the train the combine knew something was wrong and every cp officer in the general area was commanded to look out for Freeman and report sightings. i also really like the detail of the cp officers being able to see a photo of Freeman from the scanners perspective on their hud. genius. this is the most well made half life content ive seen IN A WHILE. would love to see more

  • @_mikkimoose_
    @_mikkimoose_ 9 місяців тому +6

    0:57 the last viewing of a combine soldier before getting obliterated by a massive roast

  • @gromblereal
    @gromblereal 10 місяців тому +23

    ciunic’s videos are absolutely everywhere
    he could be posting a video about a really funny half life meme and then all of a sudden go “okay here’s a photorealistic found footage animation about the black mesa incident”
    I love it

    • @Ciunics
      @Ciunics  10 місяців тому +8

      my videos are a lottery lol

  • @EyebrowBandit
    @EyebrowBandit 9 місяців тому +6

    He's just a ticking time bomb. That first picture just makes him look like a normal citizen but with a terrifying presence, like a sleeper agent that you know is about to wake up any minute now.

  • @ROBOHOLIC1
    @ROBOHOLIC1 10 місяців тому +6

    Finally. 2nd person Half-Life

  • @minussoup9183
    @minussoup9183 10 місяців тому +53

    Trying to gaslight me into thinking valve put this much detail in these often off-screen interactions? Anyway, I LOVE this!

    • @skinnybuggo
      @skinnybuggo 8 місяців тому +17

      They did for the most part

    • @NavidIsANoob
      @NavidIsANoob 7 місяців тому +14

      These are all actual in-game voice lines.

  • @bean_boy4511
    @bean_boy4511 9 місяців тому +16

    Super cool edit, I don't think I've ever put too much thought into the inner workings of the Civil Protection's prosecution during this bit of the game.

  • @CWINDOWSsystem32
    @CWINDOWSsystem32 9 місяців тому +5

    This game is nearly 20 years old and it still doesn't cease to impress me.

  • @rhysthereddragon1326
    @rhysthereddragon1326 4 місяці тому +6

    I’ve said something similar on another video with the radio transmissions, but this also showcases how _routine_ the Civil Protection views instances like Gordon’s, where someone who isn’t supposed to be in a City gets in. It also shows how goddamn *fast* they are to crack down on Gordon when Barney helps him slip past the security at the station. Right up until Gordon teleported into Breen’s office, the Combine just viewed him as just another dissenter to be taken care of, quick and quiet, a simple blip on the radar, and the fact they, through Civil Protection, do so with such nonchalance shows how little they care for humanity, let alone those who actively resist. It was only when Breen confirmed who he was that the Combine started to view Dr. Gordon Freeman as a threat, likely due to knowledge of the events of Black Mesa...somehow. Then, and only then, did they start doing everything in their power to utterly destroy him.

  • @russon1999
    @russon1999 9 місяців тому +9

    This whole time at the beginning of the game, from the moment you got past the checkpoint, the Civil Protection were readying to grab you, and waiting for the right time to do so.
    Never crossed my mind while playing. I swear, learning new stuff about this game even years later.

  • @jstn9914
    @jstn9914 9 місяців тому +2

    "Your family cohesion is preserved."
    Chilling.

  • @alienseyes8546
    @alienseyes8546 Місяць тому +1

    Alyx:"Over here."
    Combine:"wut?"

  • @vestox.
    @vestox. 4 місяці тому +4

    This is unnervingly realistic

  • @sasasa1541
    @sasasa1541 10 місяців тому +20

    This is awesome. You've really built upon Valve's subtle worldbuilding. Excellent work

  • @macdrown3892
    @macdrown3892 Місяць тому +1

    I like how this shows that they had actually specifically planned to trap Gordon in the apartment block before bringing the hammer down

  • @red_reyne
    @red_reyne 8 місяців тому

    This is absolutely incredible, great work man!

  • @romancirigliano1210
    @romancirigliano1210 10 місяців тому +5

    Ok this is actually an amazing video, the perspectives are so well done.
    Also i love how in-lore it feels that even with the combine, half-human tech still uses ctr type resolutions for photos

  • @gunfunder
    @gunfunder 10 місяців тому +9

    awesome video... so many little details that do so much for immersion, like all of the transmitted images having to load (and being of varying quality) as well as the faint hexagons of the Metrocop eyes.

  • @kidnamedfinger217
    @kidnamedfinger217 4 місяці тому +2

    i like the detail in the captions where different voices have different colors

  • @dinodude722
    @dinodude722 2 місяці тому +1

    This video really shows the exact reason why i wish the metrocops, soldiers, and overwatch voice had subtitles on their dialogue in game(if you have subtitles on). Its really interesting playing through that chapter and realizing you are the thing everyone is talking about in the radio chatter you overhear, which can seem indecipherable when you just hear it in passing.
    Its also really fun to see the combine's utter confusion about the means you're using while breaking into nova prospekt later in the game.
    Just lets you more easily apreciate the tiny details the devs put in.
    Thankfully i know there is at least 1 mod that subtitles this stuff where it can.

  • @zigimfre
    @zigimfre 7 місяців тому +7

    4:03 alyx jumpscare

  • @mahuba2553
    @mahuba2553 10 місяців тому +5

    dude id be honestly wlling to see the entire game from this second person perspective, this is really cool, really does put some sense into how organized the combine is

  • @thewizard2390
    @thewizard2390 8 місяців тому +1

    Absolutely love this. Something about how this is presented makes it feel so real.

  • @RichRick13
    @RichRick13 9 місяців тому

    This whole video adds a whole lot more to the beginning. It really puts in perspective of how you were watched and followed by the Civil Protection, which adds a more sense of dread to it, especially when you read the cations. Nice job on the video 👍

  • @BustinNutz69
    @BustinNutz69 9 місяців тому +4

    This is awesome. Totally makes the introduction to this game feel even more realistic and dystopian.

  • @Cysco8575
    @Cysco8575 4 місяці тому +3

    So nice of Gman to put Gordon on stasis and drop him 20 years in the future with his glasses still on.

  • @gillmanmedia5487
    @gillmanmedia5487 8 місяців тому +1

    imagine a COPS tv show but it’s about the CP’s point of view

  • @cherryredinterloper8520
    @cherryredinterloper8520 Місяць тому +1

    I like to think the player character movement Gordon makes has some kind of Jamrock Shuffle-esque explanation, like there's a reason he moves around so weirdly in comparison to the NPCs.

  • @aleksandarlazarov9182
    @aleksandarlazarov9182 10 місяців тому +5

    the perspecitve of the metro cops looks very cool! Nice working compiling this masterpiece!

  • @SidorovichGaming
    @SidorovichGaming 10 місяців тому +5

    This is VERY impressive. I love this. Please, do more of such content!

  • @Luka2000_
    @Luka2000_ 2 місяці тому +1

    This video really opened my eyes and made me realize how actually important chapter one is. I always thought that the cps chased you because you were just in the apartment at the wrong time but it completely makes sense, they are not after other people thet are after you instantly.

  • @ZmaniacSuperRealOmg
    @ZmaniacSuperRealOmg 10 місяців тому +5

    This video is Amazing, I love how all the perspectives are from Metropolice and the Scanners.
    It would be really cool if you had a video that takes place in nova prospect when Gordan breaks in, With the same style as this video.
    I really enjoyed watching this and I hope you keep up the good work!

  • @GenericName23
    @GenericName23 10 місяців тому +6

    Imagine this but with Freeman's Mind Voicelines

    • @audiovisualcringe
      @audiovisualcringe 10 місяців тому +8

      I’d like to imagine that’s why the Civil Protection is on high alert for Gordon, not because he is THE Gordon Freeman that ended the Black Mesa Incident but rather because they just hear some madman rambling about his overqualified set of skills and displaying onset symptoms of schizophrenia

  • @sporeman2334
    @sporeman2334 8 місяців тому

    damn this is incredibly well-made!

  • @agoodguy8875
    @agoodguy8875 10 місяців тому +4

    this is awesome dude, hope you make more of these

  • @mattc7420
    @mattc7420 9 місяців тому +4

    This is the best tribute to the story of Half Life 2. This is why I love this game.

  • @wofel
    @wofel 9 місяців тому +2

    shout out to the dude who sacrificed himself for a complete stranger by holding back the combine at that door. his death was not in vain and he is a real one o7

  • @doot4246
    @doot4246 9 місяців тому

    i actually cannot describe how COOL this is.
    kudos dude i hope there is gonan be more :D

  • @aspiradora56
    @aspiradora56 9 місяців тому +4

    It is fascinating to see hl2 from another perspective and the amount of detail VALVe put into it. Also it really shows how bad the hl2 universe is, even for the metrocops. They are given rewards and those rewards are things that in our lifes we take for granted, and receive punishments such as amputation for not being able to catch Freeman. Great video.

  • @Felix-ve9hs
    @Felix-ve9hs 10 місяців тому +5

    This is the first time I realised that the metro cops are actually pretty tactical, and had an eye on you the moment you left the train :o

  • @darthjump
    @darthjump 4 місяці тому +2

    G-Man is a real Comedian. He placed Gordon back in the world and mere seconds after his arrival he is starting a chainreaction like that one Atom that starts the nuclear fission.

  • @Schlammie
    @Schlammie 10 місяців тому +1

    Second person is such an intriguing concept

  • @dontworryhouston
    @dontworryhouston 9 місяців тому +3

    This is such a cool concept and execution

  • @mafia2boy33
    @mafia2boy33 10 місяців тому +7

    Real good stuff man! Loved it!
    Hopefully you will grace us with another

  • @LZJoZ
    @LZJoZ 9 місяців тому +1

    I love this. Really reinforces the fact that Gordon was being watched from the moment that monitor snapped him getting off the train.

  • @micheal4007
    @micheal4007 4 місяці тому +2

    I love the style of this video. It gives an air of unease, as it should given what Freeman is capable of, but It feels like a horrorless analog horror, It's like...analog action or something. Super nifty.

  • @MagnetismR
    @MagnetismR 10 місяців тому +9

    Great job! Doubly so with the captions! Here's some free advice: If you want captions to be the default experience, you can force enable them by adding the tag yt:cc=on

    • @Ciunics
      @Ciunics  10 місяців тому +7

      Huh, never knew that! Never intended for them to be the default, but I'm too proud of them to just have them slip by lmao. Thanks!

  • @patrlim
    @patrlim 10 місяців тому +2

    the combine, unimagineable technological prowess
    cant make a normal camera.

    • @Ciunics
      @Ciunics  10 місяців тому

      lmao yeah

    • @GodofWeird
      @GodofWeird 10 місяців тому +1

      Banks use cameras like that so clearly it only makes sense to make cameras with the same quality.

  • @farquhaad3209
    @farquhaad3209 9 місяців тому

    The captions on these are AWESOME!!!

  • @josereyes3309
    @josereyes3309 4 місяці тому +3

    why does this feel like a arg

  • @rooty_rootz
    @rooty_rootz 9 місяців тому +3

    guy at 3:46 musta been high af on whatever they put in the water cuz he ain't hitting shit

  • @c64cosmin
    @c64cosmin 10 місяців тому +1

    This was such a great watch, almost like a documentary, thank you for making this!

  • @R4ndomUser567
    @R4ndomUser567 8 місяців тому +1

    This is really cool!

  • @suspiciouschicken
    @suspiciouschicken 9 місяців тому +2

    3:11 COPS is filmed on location with the men and women of combine law enforcement all criminals are guilty regardless of crimes viewer discretion is advised

  • @gekinatracksuit9710
    @gekinatracksuit9710 10 місяців тому +3

    you are definitely capable of making an extremely unique analog horror
    not a lot of analog horrors have action in them, make that your thing

  • @IDONTKNOW1072
    @IDONTKNOW1072 9 місяців тому

    This makes the can cop even funnier, they're all taking their job super seriously but he just decides to fuck with him.

  • @ChocoPantera
    @ChocoPantera 9 місяців тому

    Amazing piece of art my friend. Thanks for sharing with us

  • @RatKid69
    @RatKid69 5 місяців тому

    I had no idea about the family cohesion preservation line until I saw this, had to go hear it for myself in-game. Please make more of these vids, so cool and I love how you pay close attention to the story beats.

  • @uraniumdonut
    @uraniumdonut 8 місяців тому

    PLEASE make more of these!

  • @monstercloset2416
    @monstercloset2416 5 місяців тому +1

    That was probably the most epic episode of 'Cops' ever