The reason why he didn’t count zombies in Opposing Force is because it would clutter up the chapter deaths due to there being Security and Marine zombies
@@BloxedI don't know about that. After all, Zombines are zombie combine soldiers and they're not exactly on friendly terms with the Resistance... more like the opposite.
The much higher numbers of casualties and lack of saveable civilians especially in the airboat sections creates this interesting tonal shift from the previous video. Where Half-Life 1 was much more centred on making passages safe and rescuing people, the sheer amount of people you're powerless to help and the overwhelming force the Combine sends after you as you tear through them makes this video at times much less of a rescue mission...and more of a tragic tale of vengeance. And I think that's very fitting for this game, because it is ultimately hopeless to stand up to the Combine, but when's that ever stopped Gordon before? Give 'em hell and humanity's regards, Doctor Freeman.
The end was even chilling, like, it felt like you cannot save more than will die, but in the end, you still do it, just to spite the enemy, to show him that he can do his worst, but we shall do our best anyway. We will not abandon our principles, nor our mission for freedom, and we will triumpf, even if all that we have left, is ruin. But in the end, ruins can be rebuilt, if we dedicate our minds to it, but the first step, is not giving up. Odds are not in our favor, but that doesnt matter, let those few who survive help rebuild the better world, and together, we shall mourn the many that died on the way. May their souls find peace, for they gave their lifes in order to save whats left of the world
42:00 His head crab is called Lamarr, which is likely a reference to the Austrian-American actress Hedy Lamarr. Dr Kleiner is just using some clever wordplay with her name sounding similar to "head". Hedy Lamarr was also responsible for the patents which lead to the development of WiFi and Bluetooth (frequency hopping) and therefore also has some science qualifications making for an even stronger connection.
Plus she helped in WW2 to fight against the Axis Powers after escaping from his collaborator husband. Valve really do a good job when choosing names to their characters.
All those drugs from HEV suit gave Gordon hyper speed reaction to save everyone. Remember for us there can be as many tries as we need. But in thr game it's all made in one single shot.
Considering the way this video goes, I have a new head canon of Freeman having snagged a duffle bag or two, and is just grabbing and handing out guns like candy.
I never really thought about the reason the citadel goes into full lockdown in the start of the game Lamarr really did just cause Gordon to teleport directly into the citadel
Infact if not for Lamarr, Gordon wouldn't teleport into Citadel, Combine and Breen wouldn't even know Gordon is alive, because you just teleport to Black Mesa East the Combine wouldn't raid it because you didn't use the air boat, Eli wouldn't be Captured, and you wouldn't have to storm Nova Prospekt, and with that never happening the Uprising wouldn't begin, and the Citadel might've never been destroyed. Without Lamarr, Half-life 2 wouldn't happen.
@@RabdoInternetGuy The uprising was planned way before Nova Prospekt, they were just waiting for a sign. With the inevitable uprising following Freeman's arrival, the destruction of the Citadel seems like a guarantee.
@@RabdoInternetGuy Mossman was a Combine double agent, so they would still have realized Freeman arrived and still have raided Black Mesa East as they had the location.
1:08:40 i just wanna point out the combine get disintegrated when they're hit with the blue variant, Gordon just gets knocked on his ass for a second. Bro truly is the one free man.
@@yeetdabeans3883 him having small arms wouldn't make it weaker, also regardless of if he knew how to use it The Gravity gun launches stuff at a constant force you can't make make it "softer" for lack of a better word.
@@star-not-moon No but your aim could suck if you can't hold it properly lol. Tho for all we know Gordon has immaculate aim/hold of the gun and thus isn't kicked back as hard. He IS used to shotguns at this point.
I really like how you leave supplies and help ffiendly npcs arm themselves with better weapons. This is the kind of detail that shows you take the challange to heart. All on all a great and interesting video. Saint Freeman shows himself when he is needed most.
it's like the opposite of all those cheesy "pacifist" runs where it's like "if I use the 20psi overpressure airblast to fling their mangled corpse off a cliff the game technically doesn't count it as a kill so it's completely within the spirit of pacifism"
No I had this moment too when I rewatched the scene a few months ago I never remembered it being so good, I'm almost disappointed I didn't realize from replaying the game myself
@SaadTheGlad In the original Half-Life, The G-man tells Gordon his mysterious 'employers' were impressed with Gordon's performance and offers you a choice; Work for them, or fight an unwinnable battle. Gordon canonically accepts the 'job'. This is what Dr. Breen seems to be referencing.
Gordon is a demigod of destruction and science, and can[WILL] destroy a nearly unstoppable force with no chance of his failure. He’s the wrong man in the right place, making fate and destiny moot points. When Gman hires him, he places Gordon in stasis until needed again, then lets him loose once more for as long as is needed to fulfill his job duties. What that entails, nobody knows, but it seems like Gordon’s contractors wants humanity to survive.
The anti-rocket trickshot at 48:45 is nuts, this entire video is incredibly impressive but that's definitely the highlight. I never would've considered something like that to be possible - I'm still learning new things about my favourite game all these years on.
5:00 one of the first scientists you meet in opposing force says, and I quote "Oh, you've woken up. Corporal Shephard, is it? I've read the tag on your uniform"
17:27 Just imagine you are there and patroling the area thinking that gordon has escaped. But then that maniac comes out of the tunnel he escaped in and starts blasting you. Id imediatly shit myself if I was in that chopper.
I like to imagine that whenever you lock your squad behind a door they're like "GORDAN YOU DONT HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING ALONE" and Gordon's just like "I cant risk losing anyone else..."
@@RabdoInternetGuy I have faith in them to break a door off its hinges to escape an exploding citadel. Just because Gordon leaves the chapter before they can get it open doesn’t mean they can’t get it open at all.
Some would ask, "What's the point?" Of the billions of people killed by the Combine even before the uprising, what does it matter if Gordon Freeman personally saves a few hundred? Doctor Breen put it best. "How could one man have slipped through your forces' fingers, time and time again? How is it possible? The man that you have so consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that: an ordinary man." Gordon is not special. He was at ground zero of the Resonance Cascade and made it out alive just because of his willingness to fight. He may be a brilliant theoretical physicist, hearkening back to how every member of Black Mesa is worth their weight in gold, but that had nothing to do with his survival. The only thing that sets Gordon Freeman apart is a suit of powered safety equipment, and Alyx is proof that you don't even need that much to be one of the most important people in the Resistance. Gordon Freeman is any of us and all of us who are willing to fight the Combine. Any one of those people he saved could be a Gordon Freeman - and if we had hundreds of him, the Combine would be royally fucked. *That* is why every single life saved matters.
This reminds me of the Cuban Revolution in some ways honestly, going in with only a dozen people. Rising up against an oppressive regime & gathering people in the thousands just from cubans. It took only a few people to light the match that freed Cuba & brought forth the better tomorrow it has today, that endures despite so much against it.
@@MyUsersDark Cuba is a Dictatorship of the Proletariat or vanguard state. This means that the capitalist & private interests don't have as much sway in the democratic functioning of the country. Cuba is honestly pretty democratic & most Communist countries also had democracy & I'd say Cuba has one of the least flawed out of them all. The people of Cuba heavily support the government, they are actively one of the best Latin American countries despite the sanctions & work across the globe to help people with their advanced medical program. It certainly like many nations did some things wrong, like what it did to gay people, but Fidel Castro was the one to shut down the camps & the one to actually rarely for a world leader apologize for what was done. Cuba has some of the most progressive LGBTQ legislation in Latin America now, the Castro family also no longer is in power with someone else having been elected other then Fidel or after his death his brother I believe. If you understand the history of Cuba, what I wrote before makes perfect sense.
Watched a great video about the combine lol. I don't remember what it was called but basically without Gordon there's no way a rebellion would truly form
@@ewanb1086 yea a small resistance. Without the hope of Gordon Freeman it would never have been as big or been able to get close to beating the combine
@@Professor.Chucklenuts What you pointed out is still an interesting little detail to consider though, and a good one too, that's the beauty of Half-Life 2, there's room for many possibilities, the thought of Gordon pointing his gun with malicious intent at Mossman for her betrayal is one of those possibilities.
Funny enough what Mark Wahlberg said was 9/11 related “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did,” So if you didn't know that would make it funny
I love how he doesn't just save them from a game perspective, but through a lore perspective (or game world). Little things like taking out all the headcrabs and leaving weapons for resistance members to defend themselves.
43:48 Well, that explains a lot about every Resistance story ever. Angry Mobs are stupid strong, especially when there's AK 47 FOR EVERYONE!, you just need to work the mob into a frenzy.
6:09 This is how I and my HL1 Gordon canonically looked at non hostile Vortigaunts in HL2. *The fact that they still alive must mean Xen aliens won and we got work to do* 😤
This is generally how I play half-life and half-life 2, I’ve spent hours on that one stairwell part trying to save those unarmed rebels getting ganked.
not really a sequel, "episode 4" was the codename for a bunch of proyects by third companies with the permission of valve, they aimed to make a spin off of half life 2, the most notable is one made by the developers of dishonored, where you controlled Adrian Shepard, allied with Father Grigory, trying to escape ravenholm. it got cancelled by valve....cuz....valve likes to fuck up.
@@dylanzlol7293if you want to be pedantic, you could consider HL2 Deathmatch as a “expansion”, as it came out a few weeks after the base game, and you have to access it from it’s own steam page.
Devs always planing through several chapters of the story, so that they could change something in process. Imagine it like you creating a story and you will know how it is going to start, get going and end. And when you have this plan, then you can avoid situation of creation second wheel when you got some new ideas or you need to change some details
@@delawarevex4976 honestly, as much i and many others wouldve loved for return to ravenholm to be released, the fact that they reveal father grigori lives only to be killed by you probably would gone over extremely poorly. also i cant really blame them for cancelling it when the va for one of the main characters is dead
i genuinely adore this type of content, a lot of youtubers like this post "PLAYING HALF LIFE BUT I RUIN IT BY KILLING EVERYONE", but i love this way more. keep it up bro
I remember when I was a kid, playing Half-Life 2 on the Orange Box, I got to the Manhack Man in the sewers. I managed to break the boards and get inside before he jumped down. I decided to roll a barrel under him to see what would happen. Little did I know what this would bring. Once he jumped, the second he made contact with the barrel, he went FLYING into a corner, dead. That was the first time I ever soft locked myself in any video game. Thank you so much, Saint Jam. You truly are a legend.
Stealing HMG from a heli isn't even the greatest achievement of Resistance in terms of firepower before Gordon arrived. The fact that colonel had pushed out several dozens if not hundred guided missile launchers for Resistance in a WEEK after Gordon tested a prototype alone is very telling about the talents of people involved. Yeah, they use Combine ammo, yeah, they're likely ripped out APC launchers. But still, the sheer numbers of them.
I never considered them as being hand-made weapons made from APC scrap, but given that no combine footsoldier is using any of those, humanly-accessible ammo (not inside the vehicles) only appearing in rebel encampments and general weakness of striders, APCs and gunships to missiles, it makes some amount of sense, actually. This makes colonel Odessa Cabbage *much* more valuable member of resistance, placing him near the legends who yoinked the gun from helicopter somehow
@@jumpinghunter9152 There actually is a combine soldier corpse with a rocket launcher in Highway 17 chapter, as well as a rocket supply crate in Nova Prospekt. Also, episode 1 had rocket launcher armed soldier in game files.
I never considered that the RPG Cubbage gives you is a prototype, I just thought you walked in on him teaching rebels how to use it, then you walk and he's like "Oh, you'll probably be much better with this than them, here you go." Plus, laser guided rocket launchers existed in Half Life 1.
7:30 You know you really hadn't needed to do it, the locking up the Combine and the meme, but it's these extra touches you add to your videos that make it enjoyable experience all the way 😊
It may have taken a year but man was it worth it. Keep posting peak Saint jam. This may not be seen but during anti citizen I tried saving the rebels and I alternately left them so they would be farther from the citadel
gordon's most powerful weapon: map triggers "if i don't go through the door, they will never die" "if i don't go through the gate, the striders will never spawn"
At 17:00, you can kill the second Hunter chopper by running through the gate on foot, spawning it, then running back and using the MG tower to shoot it down. Joseph Anderson did it in the trolley saga.
he survived, since he can still move his head and he got covered by debris freeman gave him. The other one will protect him, the finest mind of the generation wont fall
Imagine if Laszlo was like, the kind of character who always gets into seemingly-deadly situations and somehow always comes out alive? Imagine laszlo being surrounded by zombies in Ravenholm with no ammo left but he manages to escape because the wooden floor is slightly cracked and laszlo takes the chance to kick that spot in the floor and he goes down a cave that leads somewhere else
you can actually save him, you have to kinda abh by that place where he lies so you will not trigger the cutscene and then you need to not touch sand until the end of that section of the level
I like how, technically speaking, you probably saved the Can Officer's life. Like, arguably the *least* sympathetic Metrocop in the game, hell, the least sympathetic character in the whole-ass series, and by trapping him back there for at least a good few hours (the entire system is focused on catching you), he was probably able to exit the city before it went boom after someone finally came back for him. Normally he'd 100% be one of the cops chasing after you, but stuck behind that door, he had to wait until freeman is out of the city and being chased to be let out. Just kinda funny to note, especially after Opposing forces where you went through some mental gymastics to let yourself not save your fellow soldiers, who 100% would and do help the resistance post-mesa, meanwhile your pettiness left this guy who's 100% joining the Neo-Combine alive.
Imagine a sfm animation of the can officer chilling on that small prison cell, hearing about what happens through the radio with multiple soldiers speaking
Gordon woke up and chose violence. His goal is to save as many citizens as possible, and nothing the Combine have to throw will stop him. The absolute rampage in the mission Our Benefactors was just amazing. It's always fun to just take off the kid gloves and unleash chaos on your enemies. And great job saving so many citizens, this was incredible. Humanity survives! But the fight is not over yet, Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2 are left to complete, with many more lives to save and Combine to destroy in the mission to save Earth.
When you block npc’s from sewer sliding by impeding them with props that’s a cannon to your character that they are putting their foot down for their lives
21:51 You could've let the ball into the base as the ball's faction is set to be an ally which basically attacks both combine and alien, the resistance would've probably used it for something.
What i do is bring it with me into ravenholm and then use as bait for zombies, they come to closest enemy and cannot deal any damage to The Ball. It also serves as a great cannonball too. It can serve the just cause even when away from human bases.
While I wish its faction was set to that, but it’s actually named something different (like Matt) so it can’t attack. it’s pretty obvious that it tries to roll into you, and the other members of the resistance don’t like it. I still find him to be the best character, just correcting that statement.
2:44 I know they're literally not real but it's important to note that they're just animals, not monsters with bad intent, they're just trying to survive, even if that comes at the cost of a human life.
That is the reason i hate the combine the most, they abduct other species and make them into weapons. The striders,gun ships, ect. are just animals, doing what they were trained to do.
6:48 - Your name was Barney... Whatever, you all have one face to me. Beer... I have no mouth even to speak, no mention to drink. Thank you, father G-Valve.
One thing I did whenever I disarmed Spider-Mines was moving them to choke points and POIs. For example, I’d spread them out around doorways and supply caches. Along the coast, at each cleared outpost, I also leave a “table” built of scrap and stock with guns, meds, gasoline, ammo, etc. I also tried to make networks of platforms after the lighthouse, just in case anyone has to move through the area. It wasn’t perfect, but I hope it helped.
I saw 5:10, realized they know, and was wondering how it's gonna end up. I was honestly hoping for i to never get addressed. like if it was like this all along
You really went into researching all the trigger and map events to save everyone even unintended npc. Much respect for effort, even the editing and meme subtlety are so good.
I absolutely love the effort you put into making these videos ! The voicing is perfect, the information is on a whole another level ! You deserve way more subs !!
There are very few videos of yours out here. And yet, I am able to safely say that every time I see a new one come up, I am excited. Roleplay is not something many people do, but more so when it comes to a challenge run. Especially where the run is not the norm of speedruns or 100% completions. These videos put a smile on my face, and I honestly can't wait to see the next one.
I love how you show a great care for the NPCs by saving their lives, protecting them, arming them up, and even left some supplies for the future survivors regardless of the circumstances
I was hoping you’d make this! I always felt bad for how much death there is in HL2 and I have a ton of fun memories of me throwing myself into fire trying to keep all the citizens/rebels alive but I always struggled with some of them so I really appreciate you taking the time for this, it’s insane how much effort and techniques you put into saving just a group of npcs in a video game.
12:25 In the ravaged streets of the once-great city, Crow, the Resistance member had been watching the Combine regime's brutal oppression for too long. With its sharp eyes and quick wit, Crow had been secretly gathering intel for the resistance, slipping in and out of the shadows to collect vital information and deliver it to the rebels. One fateful night, as the Combine's tyrannical leader, General Breen, prepared to address the city's terrified citizens, Crow swooped down to whisper crucial details into the ear of the resistance leader, guiding her to a hidden entrance beneath the stage. As Breen began his speech, the resistance sprang into action, taking down key Combine officers and disabling their communication arrays. With Crow's intel and their own bravery, the rebels overthrew the regime in a single night, freeing the city from tyranny and earning Crow a hero's place among their ranks.
The indomitable human spirit will not be stopped, the Combine will pay.
The morphine and adrenaline combo flowing through Freeman's bloodstream has to be enough to give permanent brain damage
"The earth is mine, and mine alone, to inherit"
-gordon probably
Adrenaline was not a myth
"Oh universe tremble, for mother earth has birthed an unforgiving force" -morgan freeman, probably
@@thefanfinfulo Small price to pay to carry the entire uprising
"i won't be counting the zombies for opposing force because there are too many" meanwhile... "Ravenholm has 247 zombies"
The reason why he didn’t count zombies in Opposing Force is because it would clutter up the chapter deaths due to there being Security and Marine zombies
One level against whole game
@@Asillyguy74 If he does Episode 1 he'll have to count Combine Zombies (Zombines) so we'll just have to wait and see.
@@BloxedI don't know about that. After all, Zombines are zombie combine soldiers and they're not exactly on friendly terms with the Resistance... more like the opposite.
When i saw the "247 zombies" i immediatelly remembered that one tf2 "animation" (medick calls heby fat)
1:06:28, The line, "Here, there are no survivors, and no casualties, and no one to save except the world." Is so hard.
The absence of any kind of music there and presence of only mechanical ambient really makes it go even harder
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The manly urge to face uneven odds and save the world is strong one here.
Chilling
🗣️🔥🔥🔥
@@lollikabosso.w.n7153 human*
The much higher numbers of casualties and lack of saveable civilians especially in the airboat sections creates this interesting tonal shift from the previous video. Where Half-Life 1 was much more centred on making passages safe and rescuing people, the sheer amount of people you're powerless to help and the overwhelming force the Combine sends after you as you tear through them makes this video at times much less of a rescue mission...and more of a tragic tale of vengeance.
And I think that's very fitting for this game, because it is ultimately hopeless to stand up to the Combine, but when's that ever stopped Gordon before?
Give 'em hell and humanity's regards, Doctor Freeman.
The end was even chilling, like, it felt like you cannot save more than will die, but in the end, you still do it, just to spite the enemy, to show him that he can do his worst, but we shall do our best anyway. We will not abandon our principles, nor our mission for freedom, and we will triumpf, even if all that we have left, is ruin.
But in the end, ruins can be rebuilt, if we dedicate our minds to it, but the first step, is not giving up. Odds are not in our favor, but that doesnt matter, let those few who survive help rebuild the better world, and together, we shall mourn the many that died on the way. May their souls find peace, for they gave their lifes in order to save whats left of the world
42:00 His head crab is called Lamarr, which is likely a reference to the Austrian-American actress Hedy Lamarr.
Dr Kleiner is just using some clever wordplay with her name sounding similar to "head". Hedy Lamarr was also responsible for the patents which lead to the development of WiFi and Bluetooth (frequency hopping) and therefore also has some science qualifications making for an even stronger connection.
Plus she helped in WW2 to fight against the Axis Powers after escaping from his collaborator husband.
Valve really do a good job when choosing names to their characters.
AAAHHHHH STOP LOOKING SUCK MY-
He also calls her hedy, so this is pretty confirmed
It's not Hedy, it's Hedley!
AAAAH STOP LOOKING STOP MIC UP🔥🔥
All those drugs from HEV suit gave Gordon hyper speed reaction to save everyone. Remember for us there can be as many tries as we need. But in thr game it's all made in one single shot.
Except that theres things that he couldnt know in the moment, like, he couldnt know that there were 4 stryders up ahead right in the moment
@@dylanzlol7293 Gman subconsciously warns him
@@dylanzlol7293 Intuition maybe? Players can't feel or hear subtle cues, Gordon can
@@mike-._ ok, but then where would he know the exact locations of the rebels he has to save?
@@dylanzlol7293 echolocation
Considering the way this video goes, I have a new head canon of Freeman having snagged a duffle bag or two, and is just grabbing and handing out guns like candy.
One thing to note, the hecu soldiers in hl1 have bags
That would explain how he has all those guns for himself and the citizens, unless he just taped them to himself or something
He was the Black Mesa gun runner and now he is The Rebellion's gun runner. That's why Gman recruited him. Because Freeman is actualy a Lord of War 😆
I like to pretend the Courier in New Vegas does the same thing at Hoover Dam if they end up siding with the NCR
HERE, HAVE AN AR2, ON THE HOUSE
I never really thought about the reason the citadel goes into full lockdown in the start of the game
Lamarr really did just cause Gordon to teleport directly into the citadel
Wait are those the sirens we keep hearing at canals? Oh, wow
Infact if not for Lamarr, Gordon wouldn't teleport into Citadel, Combine and Breen wouldn't even know Gordon is alive, because you just teleport to Black Mesa East the Combine wouldn't raid it because you didn't use the air boat, Eli wouldn't be Captured, and you wouldn't have to storm Nova Prospekt, and with that never happening the Uprising wouldn't begin, and the Citadel might've never been destroyed.
Without Lamarr, Half-life 2 wouldn't happen.
@@RabdoInternetGuy The uprising was planned way before Nova Prospekt, they were just waiting for a sign. With the inevitable uprising following Freeman's arrival, the destruction of the Citadel seems like a guarantee.
@@RabdoInternetGuyIf it wasn't for Lamarr, The Citadel would still be intact
@@RabdoInternetGuy Mossman was a Combine double agent, so they would still have realized Freeman arrived and still have raided Black Mesa East as they had the location.
1:08:40 i just wanna point out the combine get disintegrated when they're hit with the blue variant, Gordon just gets knocked on his ass for a second.
Bro truly is the one free man.
Looks like the suit was designed to survive in any hazardous situation :0
He didn't even lose any suit power. It just goes to show the Mark V is superior
not to ruin the fun but dr breen does have noodle arms and no knowledge of how to use it
@@yeetdabeans3883 him having small arms wouldn't make it weaker, also regardless of if he knew how to use it The Gravity gun launches stuff at a constant force you can't make make it "softer" for lack of a better word.
@@star-not-moon No but your aim could suck if you can't hold it properly lol. Tho for all we know Gordon has immaculate aim/hold of the gun and thus isn't kicked back as hard. He IS used to shotguns at this point.
the dog ball was definitely a casualty. you bring that goddamn HERO to ravenholm he can singlehandedly wipe the city CLEAN from the undead.
And give father Grigory a friend like Wilson from Cast Away.
@@hernanreipp3321or Wilson from entropy zero
Yes kris
@@unknown-dc2qo all hail me
@@wisdomax2891 MOSS
I really like how you leave supplies and help ffiendly npcs arm themselves with better weapons. This is the kind of detail that shows you take the challange to heart. All on all a great and interesting video.
Saint Freeman shows himself when he is needed most.
Can’t wait for the saint arbiter in halo 2
lol this is how I'd like to imagine Gordon went around
it's like the opposite of all those cheesy "pacifist" runs where it's like "if I use the 20psi overpressure airblast to fling their mangled corpse off a cliff the game technically doesn't count it as a kill so it's completely within the spirit of pacifism"
Watching this back, the line “did you know your contract was open to the highest bidder” made me realize how good this story was.
It's amazing going back through these games and seeing how insidious and ever present G-man is.
Truly an incredible story.
No I had this moment too when I rewatched the scene a few months ago I never remembered it being so good, I'm almost disappointed I didn't realize from replaying the game myself
I don't understand, could you explain?
@SaadTheGlad In the original Half-Life, The G-man tells Gordon his mysterious 'employers' were impressed with Gordon's performance and offers you a choice; Work for them, or fight an unwinnable battle. Gordon canonically accepts the 'job'. This is what Dr. Breen seems to be referencing.
Gordon is a demigod of destruction and science, and can[WILL] destroy a nearly unstoppable force with no chance of his failure. He’s the wrong man in the right place, making fate and destiny moot points. When Gman hires him, he places Gordon in stasis until needed again, then lets him loose once more for as long as is needed to fulfill his job duties. What that entails, nobody knows, but it seems like Gordon’s contractors wants humanity to survive.
The anti-rocket trickshot at 48:45 is nuts, this entire video is incredibly impressive but that's definitely the highlight. I never would've considered something like that to be possible - I'm still learning new things about my favourite game all these years on.
5:00 one of the first scientists you meet in opposing force says, and I quote "Oh, you've woken up. Corporal Shephard, is it? I've read the tag on your uniform"
17:27 Just imagine you are there and patroling the area thinking that gordon has escaped. But then that maniac comes out of the tunnel he escaped in and starts blasting you. Id imediatly shit myself if I was in that chopper.
As an overwatch sniper would say: "..Shit!"
I like to imagine that whenever you lock your squad behind a door they're like "GORDAN YOU DONT HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING ALONE" and Gordon's just like "I cant risk losing anyone else..."
* Proceeds to b-hop across the level to save more rebel allies. *
But then they die because they're locked in there and the citadel explodes.
@@RabdoInternetGuy I have faith in them to break a door off its hinges to escape an exploding citadel. Just because Gordon leaves the chapter before they can get it open doesn’t mean they can’t get it open at all.
I prefer to imagine it as him sending them away to fight on another battlefield.
Nah it’s more like Gordon to say “ “
Some would ask, "What's the point?" Of the billions of people killed by the Combine even before the uprising, what does it matter if Gordon Freeman personally saves a few hundred?
Doctor Breen put it best. "How could one man have slipped through your forces' fingers, time and time again? How is it possible? The man that you have so consistently failed to slow, let alone capture, is by all standards simply that: an ordinary man." Gordon is not special. He was at ground zero of the Resonance Cascade and made it out alive just because of his willingness to fight. He may be a brilliant theoretical physicist, hearkening back to how every member of Black Mesa is worth their weight in gold, but that had nothing to do with his survival.
The only thing that sets Gordon Freeman apart is a suit of powered safety equipment, and Alyx is proof that you don't even need that much to be one of the most important people in the Resistance. Gordon Freeman is any of us and all of us who are willing to fight the Combine. Any one of those people he saved could be a Gordon Freeman - and if we had hundreds of him, the Combine would be royally fucked. *That* is why every single life saved matters.
This reminds me of the Cuban Revolution in some ways honestly, going in with only a dozen people. Rising up against an oppressive regime & gathering people in the thousands just from cubans. It took only a few people to light the match that freed Cuba & brought forth the better tomorrow it has today, that endures despite so much against it.
@@AbstractTraitorHero didn't Cuba become a communist dictatorship? Not saying the previous dictator was good, but still
@@MyUsersDark Cuba is a Dictatorship of the Proletariat or vanguard state. This means that the capitalist & private interests don't have as much sway in the democratic functioning of the country. Cuba is honestly pretty democratic & most Communist countries also had democracy & I'd say Cuba has one of the least flawed out of them all. The people of Cuba heavily support the government, they are actively one of the best Latin American countries despite the sanctions & work across the globe to help people with their advanced medical program.
It certainly like many nations did some things wrong, like what it did to gay people, but Fidel Castro was the one to shut down the camps & the one to actually rarely for a world leader apologize for what was done. Cuba has some of the most progressive LGBTQ legislation in Latin America now, the Castro family also no longer is in power with someone else having been elected other then Fidel or after his death his brother I believe.
If you understand the history of Cuba, what I wrote before makes perfect sense.
Nigga casually dropping an independence day speech in the comments 🫡
@@AbstractTraitorHero Fidel Castro was a child molester and cannibal who destroyed his country and killed thousands.
Combine: "Nah there's no way they could get past us" Gordon: 😐
Watched a great video about the combine lol. I don't remember what it was called but basically without Gordon there's no way a rebellion would truly form
@Unlucky1776 combine propaganda
@@Unlucky1776that's just traight up factually wrong there was a resistance before Gordon
@@ewanb1086 yea a small resistance. Without the hope of Gordon Freeman it would never have been as big or been able to get close to beating the combine
@@Unlucky1776 alyx Vance single handedly took down most of their forces holding gman
39:52 I've always liked the detail that Gordon doesn't lower his gun at Dr. Mossman anymore, like he doesn't care if she dies or not.
He did lower the gun before the shield was activated
@@X_mezo_X Nope. I checked.
@@Professor.Chucklenuts 39:46 he lowers the gun while looking at mossman, once the shield activates he raises it again.
@@X_mezo_X Damn, guess I was wrong then.
@@Professor.Chucklenuts What you pointed out is still an interesting little detail to consider though, and a good one too, that's the beauty of Half-Life 2, there's room for many possibilities, the thought of Gordon pointing his gun with malicious intent at Mossman for her betrayal is one of those possibilities.
21:10 that’s like saying “it should’ve been me in the second tower”
Funny enough what Mark Wahlberg said was 9/11 related
“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did,”
So if you didn't know that would make it funny
AW HELL NAWWW😭😭😭REAL
hey, at 11:50, the guy who gets clocked has a breathing animation, he good
Cool find
@@varlenthamurtinez I’ve played the game so many times 😭
And fun lil theory, they might also be the consoling couple
@@DavidJMiller that, would be cool
@@monstrumenjoyer9800 they share the same model too
53:50 we not gonna gloss over this man's perfect timing with the crossbow. Immaculate.
Seriously, SaintJam is the real Gordon Freeman
32:30 i can imagine gordon freeman pushing everybody away as he tells them that its not worth going out to fight
I love how he doesn't just save them from a game perspective, but through a lore perspective (or game world). Little things like taking out all the headcrabs and leaving weapons for resistance members to defend themselves.
this is why he's the best he does jusr saves , he tries help the to live!
"Combine are pretty chill, maybe you should like, join it?"
Combine at it's peak calm: 5:50
This is the moment Gordon became the one free man
This is the exaxt moment Gordon Freeman became Freemanberg.
@@thefanfinfulo breaking bed
@@matthewgamer1294 breaking life 2
This is the moment Gordon freed man
@@thefanfinfulo bravo vince
“Whoever coded this is a monster.”
Best line in the whole video.
Sounds like a response to Hunt Down the Freeman back when it was worse than HL Source
@@thenexus8384It still is worse right? I know it's being fixed by the old unpaid dev team.
@@justhere4637 I mean HDTF is getting better reviews on steam so in that case I'd say it's slightly better but outside that, still fucking worse
*reminds me of AVGN*
"Whoever came up with this is an ASSHOLE"
the coder was monster for 20 years!
FINALLY LETS GO, THE NEXT HALF LIFE VIDEO THIS IS GOING TO BE AWSOME
Can’t wait for his half life 3 video!
@@evanbrown4083 whos gonn tell bro
yeah, i cant waaaiiiitttt🥲🥲
hol up... what about half life 2 ep 1?
And 2
43:48 Well, that explains a lot about every Resistance story ever. Angry Mobs are stupid strong, especially when there's AK 47 FOR EVERYONE!, you just need to work the mob into a frenzy.
6:09 This is how I and my HL1 Gordon canonically looked at non hostile Vortigaunts in HL2.
*The fact that they still alive must mean Xen aliens won and we got work to do* 😤
Lol, I didn't even knew they weren't hostile cause I sniped them with a crossbow
CAME AS FAST AS I COULD, HUMANITY WILL WIN.
ayo?
Weakest combine collaborator vs the indomitable human spirit
Came? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
That's what she said
@@rbahiaofc Bro stop being weird
This is generally how I play half-life and half-life 2, I’ve spent hours on that one stairwell part trying to save those unarmed rebels getting ganked.
You have a kind soul
"In the canceled Episode 4-"
Excuse me WOT? We were not only gonna get an Episode 3, but a 4 ALSO? THE FUCK VALVE?!
not really a sequel, "episode 4" was the codename for a bunch of proyects by third companies with the permission of valve, they aimed to make a spin off of half life 2, the most notable is one made by the developers of dishonored, where you controlled Adrian Shepard, allied with Father Grigory, trying to escape ravenholm.
it got cancelled by valve....cuz....valve likes to fuck up.
Half-life 1 had 3 dlcs + uplink, while hl2 barely got anything else besides lost coast i think
@@dylanzlol7293if you want to be pedantic, you could consider HL2 Deathmatch as a “expansion”, as it came out a few weeks after the base game, and you have to access it from it’s own steam page.
Devs always planing through several chapters of the story, so that they could change something in process. Imagine it like you creating a story and you will know how it is going to start, get going and end. And when you have this plan, then you can avoid situation of creation second wheel when you got some new ideas or you need to change some details
@@delawarevex4976 honestly, as much i and many others wouldve loved for return to ravenholm to be released, the fact that they reveal father grigori lives only to be killed by you probably would gone over extremely poorly. also i cant really blame them for cancelling it when the va for one of the main characters is dead
i genuinely adore this type of content, a lot of youtubers like this post "PLAYING HALF LIFE BUT I RUIN IT BY KILLING EVERYONE", but i love this way more. keep it up bro
i like how saintjam thinks of the game as real life, leaving explosive barrels for others use and giving others gun to help aid the life.
25:35 though it was found out he would become a zombie at the end and you would kill him as a final boss
@@FelixTheTiredShark yeah but the point is that gregori didnt die on ravenholm when gordon came through
I don't think you understand how much this caters to my playstyle in any videogame with a friendly but killable NPC
You can’t kill the friendly npcs in HL2, but you can kill friendlies in HL1
@@Aditya-px9zd
killable by enemies. He's saying that he likes to save NPCs.
@@dr.cheeze5382 ahh i get it now
@@Aditya-px9zd you can kill the friendlies in hl2 with cheats
@@dylanzlol7293
"Ent_create ai_relationship subject !player target * disposition 1 rank 99 reciprocal 0 startactive 1"
I remember when I was a kid, playing Half-Life 2 on the Orange Box, I got to the Manhack Man in the sewers. I managed to break the boards and get inside before he jumped down. I decided to roll a barrel under him to see what would happen. Little did I know what this would bring. Once he jumped, the second he made contact with the barrel, he went FLYING into a corner, dead. That was the first time I ever soft locked myself in any video game. Thank you so much, Saint Jam. You truly are a legend.
you killed him. monster!
@@Opinarehe just went to sleep trust
@@Opinare he dies anyway
Stealing HMG from a heli isn't even the greatest achievement of Resistance in terms of firepower before Gordon arrived.
The fact that colonel had pushed out several dozens if not hundred guided missile launchers for Resistance in a WEEK after Gordon tested a prototype alone is very telling about the talents of people involved. Yeah, they use Combine ammo, yeah, they're likely ripped out APC launchers. But still, the sheer numbers of them.
I never considered them as being hand-made weapons made from APC scrap, but given that no combine footsoldier is using any of those, humanly-accessible ammo (not inside the vehicles) only appearing in rebel encampments and general weakness of striders, APCs and gunships to missiles, it makes some amount of sense, actually.
This makes colonel Odessa Cabbage *much* more valuable member of resistance, placing him near the legends who yoinked the gun from helicopter somehow
@@jumpinghunter9152 There actually is a combine soldier corpse with a rocket launcher in Highway 17 chapter, as well as a rocket supply crate in Nova Prospekt. Also, episode 1 had rocket launcher armed soldier in game files.
Well, the RPG itself is based on AT4 anti-tank grenade launcher, not like it's a fully handmade prototype or something
APCs probably have really huge problems moving in the destroyed city.
I never considered that the RPG Cubbage gives you is a prototype, I just thought you walked in on him teaching rebels how to use it, then you walk and he's like "Oh, you'll probably be much better with this than them, here you go." Plus, laser guided rocket launchers existed in Half Life 1.
7:30 You know you really hadn't needed to do it, the locking up the Combine and the meme, but it's these extra touches you add to your videos that make it enjoyable experience all the way 😊
8:33 God tier reaction
The dude was saying "Poor Lazlo" because he got just a tiny bit scraped by one of the antlions.
uhh what about THE BLOOD POOL? i understand he thought they were a goner that.was a bit more than a pint
It may have taken a year but man was it worth it. Keep posting peak Saint jam. This may not be seen but during anti citizen I tried saving the rebels and I alternately left them so they would be farther from the citadel
As a kid I would always reprogram the hopper mines and make minefields to hopefully save more citizens after I go through an area
gordon's most powerful weapon: map triggers
"if i don't go through the door, they will never die"
"if i don't go through the gate, the striders will never spawn"
Rebel: "We're meant to be expendable"
Gordon:
Save every allied combatant in Cod: World at War on Veteran mode without going insane.
At 17:00, you can kill the second Hunter chopper by running through the gate on foot, spawning it, then running back and using the MG tower to shoot it down.
Joseph Anderson did it in the trolley saga.
maybe he could stop the trains as well?
I remember destroying the helicopter by the dam by just shooting it before it got off the heli pad.
TROLLEY CHAN NOOOO
I had to immediately check and make someone mentioned the Joseph Anderson trolly chan video when he said that chopper can't be killed.
I thought this video was just gonna be a challenge
ITS SO MUCH MORE.
The editing, the jokes, the narration, its a WONDERFUL WORK!
I really didn’t expect to see my badly drawn room setup used at 5:00 ! Super cool vid btw
24:30 There's something poetic about the father taking respnsibility to eliminate the zombies of Ravenholm.
27:23 i think the apc belonged to that antlion that desperately tried to recover it from you to the point of drowning
“My car! What the hell you one free man!
Laszlo will be remembered
he survived, since he can still move his head and he got covered by debris freeman gave him. The other one will protect him, the finest mind of the generation wont fall
Imagine if Laszlo was like, the kind of character who always gets into seemingly-deadly situations and somehow always comes out alive? Imagine laszlo being surrounded by zombies in Ravenholm with no ammo left but he manages to escape because the wooden floor is slightly cracked and laszlo takes the chance to kick that spot in the floor and he goes down a cave that leads somewhere else
you can actually save him, you have to kinda abh by that place where he lies so you will not trigger the cutscene and then you need to not touch sand until the end of that section of the level
Their needs to be a half life 2 fan game where you play as laszlo
@@dylanzlol7293 So basically Ciaphas Cain?
I saw countless hours of video about the HL2 for years and NEVER knew that there is a fast headcrab at the end of route kanal 15:45
Yeah I never knew about that detail either
I like how, technically speaking, you probably saved the Can Officer's life.
Like, arguably the *least* sympathetic Metrocop in the game, hell, the least sympathetic character in the whole-ass series, and by trapping him back there for at least a good few hours (the entire system is focused on catching you), he was probably able to exit the city before it went boom after someone finally came back for him.
Normally he'd 100% be one of the cops chasing after you, but stuck behind that door, he had to wait until freeman is out of the city and being chased to be let out.
Just kinda funny to note, especially after Opposing forces where you went through some mental gymastics to let yourself not save your fellow soldiers, who 100% would and do help the resistance post-mesa, meanwhile your pettiness left this guy who's 100% joining the Neo-Combine alive.
Imagine a sfm animation of the can officer chilling on that small prison cell, hearing about what happens through the radio with multiple soldiers speaking
14:49
the moment he said that, every gun nerd in the whole entire planet groaned in disgust.
It's an MP7
looking for someone to say this
THE LONG AWAIT SEQUEL!!!
You are a baby and special in a bad way
can't wait for half-life 3 !
@@sellerie8228 HL Fan waiting for the next half-life: 🪦
He is Really putting SAINT in Saintjam.
27:25 I'm just slightly baffled at how smooth that powerslide was lmao
29:20 I love this powerslide, flattening two soldiers and immediately blasting a third.
0:22 throwing flashbang
48:43 this is maybe the coolest strat in the whole video. God damn that was so fucking clean.
The fact that you don't just save them, you ensure they're tooled up for the challenges ahead is always such a great touch
This is the literal opposite of "How many people can I kill" or "Can I kill everyone" and it is genuinely nice to watch and experience.
The opposite of a genocide run, it's a messiah run. Very fitting for Half-Life tbh
STOP FUCKING WITH THE MICROWAVE!!
no ones gonna talk about how HARD the intro goes?
"I think you don't understand, Earth is not yours to conquer" -Freeman to the Combine, if he could speak
Gordon woke up and chose violence. His goal is to save as many citizens as possible, and nothing the Combine have to throw will stop him.
The absolute rampage in the mission Our Benefactors was just amazing. It's always fun to just take off the kid gloves and unleash chaos on your enemies.
And great job saving so many citizens, this was incredible. Humanity survives! But the fight is not over yet, Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2 are left to complete, with many more lives to save and Combine to destroy in the mission to save Earth.
Dont forget half-life alyx as well
@@dylanzlol7293 I can only recall there being 2 npc civilians in Alyx and I don't think you can save them
@@LemonFilmsForever there's a lot of things to kill, through.
When you block npc’s from sewer sliding by impeding them with props that’s a cannon to your character that they are putting their foot down for their lives
21:51 You could've let the ball into the base as the ball's faction is set to be an ally which basically attacks both combine and alien, the resistance would've probably used it for something.
You cant trust combine tech if there are lives on the line
What i do is bring it with me into ravenholm and then use as bait for zombies, they come to closest enemy and cannot deal any damage to The Ball. It also serves as a great cannonball too. It can serve the just cause even when away from human bases.
While I wish its faction was set to that, but it’s actually named something different (like Matt) so it can’t attack. it’s pretty obvious that it tries to roll into you, and the other members of the resistance don’t like it.
I still find him to be the best character, just correcting that statement.
Before the funeral for the citizen in 13:04 be like:
"So what was the cause of death?"
"Gordon Freeman walked to a tube"
İ cooked, did i?
Holy shit it's the Freeman
@Boongur damn right
What about Barney from black mesa 🥹
@@SwayzeConnor-n4m he got the easy way out
Gordon what happened in the new game
3:59 - The Machine from "Amnesia: A Machine for Pig's"
I knew I recognized that phrase from somewhere
4:00
Half-Life: A Machine for Gnomes
2:44 I know they're literally not real but it's important to note that they're just animals, not monsters with bad intent, they're just trying to survive, even if that comes at the cost of a human life.
They're still violent and seem to always attack on sight
He's talking about the fact that some of the hl1 aliens (alien grunts for example) were sent intentionally
@@dylanzlol7293 Same as bears n shit
That is the reason i hate the combine the most, they abduct other species and make them into weapons. The striders,gun ships, ect. are just animals, doing what they were trained to do.
@@dylanzlol7293polar bears
I like that you not only save people, but address the lore/logic, such as killing enemies for them, or giving them supplies
6:48 - Your name was Barney... Whatever, you all have one face to me. Beer... I have no mouth even to speak, no mention to drink.
Thank you, father G-Valve.
14:51 MP4???!NO!NO!THATS AN MP7!!THATS AN MP7!!!NO!!!!
Must’ve been an accident that went by unnoticed
nerd
@@dom64c
"nerd" this is the most basic knowledge in existence
@@dom64c i guess my guy havent heard of the word joke and the thing said above^
nerds
One thing I did whenever I disarmed Spider-Mines was moving them to choke points and POIs. For example, I’d spread them out around doorways and supply caches. Along the coast, at each cleared outpost, I also leave a “table” built of scrap and stock with guns, meds, gasoline, ammo, etc. I also tried to make networks of platforms after the lighthouse, just in case anyone has to move through the area. It wasn’t perfect, but I hope it helped.
8:33 Krystal moment I guess lol
lol yea
I saw 5:10, realized they know, and was wondering how it's gonna end up.
I was honestly hoping for i to never get addressed. like if it was like this all along
@@cola98765 wait wtf did I look away at that moment I didn't even notice that
You really went into researching all the trigger and map events to save everyone even unintended npc. Much respect for effort, even the editing and meme subtlety are so good.
You're the legend that they were talking about some rumors of npc saviour they called "The Guardian Angel"
Kickass vid man. Love this series so far. Good memes good cuts and the best concept ive seen in a loooong time.
22:36 "we don't go to Raveholm" the famous half life city - raveholm, they rave there
we don't rave in Raveholm 🗣🗣💦💦💥🔥🔥
MY NAME IS FATHER GRIGORI
THIS TOWN IS DARK AND GORY
I TAKE MY RIFLE AND I LIGHTEN IT THATS MY STORY
8 minutes in and i LOVE the parody/shitposting edits you've done just out of nowhere. it surprises me EVERY time lol.
I absolutely love the effort you put into making these videos ! The voicing is perfect, the information is on a whole another level ! You deserve way more subs !!
To me, this was the coolest and most interesting playthrough of the game I've ever seen. Kudos my man!
SaintJam is back with ANOTHER SAVING EVERY BODY VIDEO.
This is a time of joy
There are very few videos of yours out here. And yet, I am able to safely say that every time I see a new one come up, I am excited. Roleplay is not something many people do, but more so when it comes to a challenge run. Especially where the run is not the norm of speedruns or 100% completions. These videos put a smile on my face, and I honestly can't wait to see the next one.
I love how you show a great care for the NPCs by saving their lives, protecting them, arming them up, and even left some supplies for the future survivors regardless of the circumstances
17:07 there is a zombie that is hiding under the water near a supply cash near the section that brings you up to the concrete pipe
30:00 if you just gun it you can just barely make it off the bridge before the train hits the Buggy
Your intro is always so cathartic to go through, thank you.
CIVVIE SEWER REFERENCE! 51:36
Damn, I was scrolling to see if anyone else caught that 😂
@@CragHack19 Ha! same! :D
I was hoping you’d make this! I always felt bad for how much death there is in HL2 and I have a ton of fun memories of me throwing myself into fire trying to keep all the citizens/rebels alive but I always struggled with some of them so I really appreciate you taking the time for this, it’s insane how much effort and techniques you put into saving just a group of npcs in a video game.
15:53 You can save Arlene, by ignoring the hangar and going straight to the next level transition , and going back here , its tricky but it works.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT HARD ASS INTRO?!
8:02 You can take a bike from the start of the level to block the door, also they do actually technically die
I immediately stopped everything I was doing to watch this. The goat is back.
12:25 In the ravaged streets of the once-great city, Crow, the Resistance member had been watching the Combine regime's brutal oppression for too long. With its sharp eyes and quick wit, Crow had been secretly gathering intel for the resistance, slipping in and out of the shadows to collect vital information and deliver it to the rebels. One fateful night, as the Combine's tyrannical leader, General Breen, prepared to address the city's terrified citizens, Crow swooped down to whisper crucial details into the ear of the resistance leader, guiding her to a hidden entrance beneath the stage. As Breen began his speech, the resistance sprang into action, taking down key Combine officers and disabling their communication arrays. With Crow's intel and their own bravery, the rebels overthrew the regime in a single night, freeing the city from tyranny and earning Crow a hero's place among their ranks.
chatgpt ahh
22:25 Father Grigori really got bored in Ravenholm
(P.S. If you don’t get it, there’s a typo which makes it say “We don’t go to raveholm”)
"We're thrown into the thick of it." Guess you might say, he's in the thick of it and everybody knows
I guess they know him where it snows, he skied in and they froze