I understand your point of view. Several people have asked me to release these animations so they can be played as a "mod", however I am of the same opinion as you, and feel that cinematic cutscenes are not what makes HL great. The world is full of compromise. I didn't want this to simply be just another HL let's-play, like the thousands of others already out there, but I also didn't want to create a mod of HL that utilizes cutscenes. While I am using Black Mesa assets, and the game itself from time to time, most of what you see is animation made in SFM. The major difference in mindsets between us is that this is purely a cinematic experience, and is fundamentally unable to be controlled by the viewer. You can't change that, except maybe for a choose-your-own-adventure style playlist, and unfortunately that would put too much of a strain on production. Therefore, in my mind, the solution is to allow the viewers as much leeway as realistically possible when it comes to making "Half-Reality" I haven't streamed in awhile, so it may not be obvious. But I plan and prepare almost every scene with my viewers. I rarely do things myself. This way, some of that "spirit of Half-Life" is still present. I hope this helps! Thank you for your comment. Not many people have expressed this opinion yet, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to explain my thought process.
For those reading or lurking, please don't berate or misunderstand this person. I pinned this so that others who share the same mindset can find an explanation easier.
1:04 This is exactly what Black Mesa made me feel, the npcs are alive to the point that when the Resonance Cascade happen, I feel sad because they all died. 4:53 Wait, that's illegal You really managed to give Gordon a personality with his reactions and his hands/head movements.
I love the use of Hazardous Environments when Gordon gets the crowbar and swings it for the first time! It makes Gordon all that much more iconic as the crowbar swinging hero we know! I also like the way you use blinking, it reminds me of SCP Containment Breach. It provides an immersive way to switch between game footage and motion capture, and it's a very creative workaround. I also like how at some points you can tell that Gordon is wearing a helmet, with a bit of grain from the helmet's display being visible. It would also be cool to see Gordon's glasses get dirty at certain points too (if you ever plan for him to take off his helmet that is). What would have been cool is in the flashbacks if you included some cut lines/scenes from Kleiner where he says "Today's experiment will certainly bolster your curriculum vitae!", "The Administrator switched out sample EP-0021 at the last minute", and "We've come a long way from our theorems and computer models back at MIT, eh Gordon?" They're in the sound_vo_english vpk in the Black Mesa bms files. Maybe some of these voice lines could also be used elsewhere (I'm thinking if you go into Half-Life 2, when Gordon sees Kleiner at his lab, the last line could play in his head, and some lines maybe could play at other points in Black Mesa). I think all this could provide some extra exposition to this series in a small way. It also would have been cool to tack on "I fear the worst..." to Eli talking about his family. Personally, I thought it would have been cool to see Gordon fall when the elevator went down, as well as maybe trying to pick up a wrench to break some of the glass of the door, but that's just my preference. Also, did you mean to censor out the gibs of that guard when there's a censored version you already have a link to? Side question: Are you planning to have Gordon just kill a Vortigaunt or 2 in a steel corridor using his crowbar to establish continuity with G-man in Episode 2 saying the vortgaunts' only experience of humanity was a crowbar coming at them down a steel corridor? I'm thinking the best place to do that is in the lambda core chapter shortly after Gordon gets off the elevator after getting the Gluon Gun, there's a small hallway where 2 vortigaunts are standing over a dead scientist. I think that's the perfect opportunity to do that, but I'm not sure how Gordon would justify it unless he was low on ammo. I hope it doesn't sound like I'm being too critical, I actually love the way you're going about this! Keep it up! Sooner or later you'll get even more UA-cam attention at this rate!
Dude those are some great ideas! You should hop on my discord server to help make my videos, its the best place for us to work out scripts for each episode
atention to details i found 1: 5:52 he was about to press the button but he knew it would be dumb to so he regrets it and starts trying something else also fter the explotion he starts peeling glass of his face and mouth 2: 6:36 E A R I N G I N G 3: 6:57 Gordon panics in fear and points and turns on his flash light so the guard can see what to shoot 4: 7:39 Gordon holds his hands for his ears because his ears rang twice and it hurts so now he covers he ears
@@kabeam5643 almost perfectly, cause of the unnecessary physics puzzles they awkwardly crammed in a few places were out of place for half life 1, and just because it's a source game it doesn't need physics puzzles, i haven't played black mesa in a while so i forget exactly where they were but i must admit the rest of the game is all killer no filler and it looks gorgeous
I have a head cannon that the reason why Gordon freeman fought so hard after the resonance cascade was because he was worried about his Co workers, friends, and even family of he had any. Hopefully we can see Gordon being human more in this series
This kinda goes with how I think of Gordon Freeman. At the beginning of the game, he's scared and panicked. He basically indirectly caused a lot of casualties. But by mid to end game, he's fine seeing a corpse. ...And by Half Life 2, he's a traumatized maniac.
Sub Bot Soldier #1 I’ll get big eventually haha If it makes you feel better, I’ve already made contact with other famous HL youtubers like pinwheel arts, so I’m getting more popular... it’s just a matter of time at this point
Really love how you made Gordon feel like normal guy in this. Never cared much for the “boomer shooter/ubermench” version some players paint him as. Little details like the tenitis effect add so much to the emersion.
This seems so similar to Half-Life: Anomalous Materials especially given how Gordon gets scratches from the glasses shattering at 6:06 Man, I'm really looking forward to this series!
Thanks man! I've been in contact with Pinwheel from time to time. As you can see, I sometimes take inspiration from his series as well. I'm going back to work on it sometime soon, right now i'm busy porting Black Mesa to Source 2... which if successful, will massively reduce production time and likely make blending game footage and animation together virtually seamless.
This project is absolutely amazing! Putting on the glasses at 0:39 was such a nice little detail among so many others; this was hours of dedication well spent.
alright, im sorry for any discomfort that my excessive commenting may cause, its just that half life is one of my hyperfixations, but the way this hits? right after such disaster.. i love the way you played this. Everything seems so hazy, Gordon's movements are heavy, almost like he's experiencing a dissociative episode. Like hes trying so hard to process and separate everything all while trying to figure out where to go from where he's at. Feeling grief and fear, wondering if his friends and coworkers are okay, wondering if it was his fault, all while knowing that people are now counting on him specifically to go get help. So many subtle movements and moments im picking up on and they are giving me Big Feelings™ and the sense of urgency, the nervousness so clearly portrayed in his actions and behaviors!!!! my tiny little writer brain is overloading
The effect is magnified indoors, I think I actually toned it down for enjoyablity. But yes I did (and still do, I haven't abandoned this series yet) pride myself in making this webseries as realistic as I could
to think that probably somewhere, lurking in the shadows outside the map, the tf2 scout stands there, having served his purpose of deleting entities and such
Claustrophobic! 6:14 is a pretty nice touch of how he flicks the glass off. Strange part is how this doesn't look like SFM green screen, yet how else would've it been made (the hands and feet part)?
Some parts of it are full animation using the fixed BM1.0 maps that my talented friend and Hammer editor is making. I use full animation mainly for complicated scenes where Gordon must physically interact with the environment.
This is great, dude. I like how you used a blinking mechanic for smooth transitions. It also gives Freeman a little bit more personality. Instead of communicating through speech, he's a little more personable with hand gestures and such. picking pieces out of his face and him covering his ears during the gunfire is also a nice touch. I can't wait to see more. Also if you need more voices, I'm your guy.
This is absolutely amazing. Just seeing hand jesters from the silent protagonist makes Gordon have so much life to him. Hope you make more and can't wait if you do!
You did great job, i really like it! You've added more character, life and humanized Gordon's behaviours etc. I enjoyed those subtle additions, cool animations! :) Gj!
It's a reference to "Half Life But The AI Is Self Aware" where there is a character named Benry who always asks for Gordon's passport, and Benry looks like that guard.
I like that acronym a lot more the just “Hazardous EnVironment” And according to Crowbar Collective canon, the Mark IV has movement assistance, so it does sort of fall in line with the definition of vehicle.
So I dont know if ya plan on continuing this but it's really good so far. But it would of been cool to see the BMCE (Black Mesa Character Expansion) mod with this. It adds more life to the facility adding in maintenance workers, and some other jobs that's expected to be seen such as Janitorial staff and Engineers. Along with more variety to character generation and even Zombie models for the new staff. But either way this is the best BM series I've seen that feels like a true movie masterpiece (even though it's not complete yet). Keep up the hard work!
THIS IS FANTASTIC, I LOVE IT EXCELLENT WORK, I LOVE HOW HUMAN YOU MADE GORDON WITH HIS ACTIONS. AND I ALSO LOVE YOU MADE HIM BLINK OCCASIONALLY, (IDK WHY BUT I FELL A BIT DAYJAVU WITH THIS VID AND ME COMMENTING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS IN IT). BUT MAYBE THAT WAS FROM SOMEONE ELSE, ALSO, I LOVED THE PART WHERE HE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE TEST CHAMBER AND YOU AHD HIM REMEMBER ALL HIS FRIENDS AND THEN HE SAT DOWN AS HE ALMOST HAD A MELTDOWN, NICE ATTENTION TO REALISTIC DETAIL MY FRIEND. LIKE I'VE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, AND NICE "VOICE ACTING"/"SOUND EFFECTS" FROM GORDON DONE BY YOUR FRIEND THERE, HE DID A GREAT JOB. BTW ONCE AGAIN (IT HINK) I LOVE HW YOU USED HL2 EP 2'S MUSIC IT FITS BM PERFECTLY. ALSO, I LOVE THE REMIXED VALVE THEEM, JUPITER IS REALLY TALENTED, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT NOT MAY PPL MAKE HL REMIXES ANYMORE. XD! :D P.S, WHAT A NICE THING TO WAKE UP TOO, XD! :D
In my series, he will not get a helmet until he reaches the Lambda Complex Armory, and takes one from one of the spare HEV suits. In my mind, he does not wear one in the AMS chamber because his suit's High Impact Reactive System also extends over his head, which blocks radiation. He doesn't feel the need to wear one for the AMS chamber, (which I will explain as well in my next video) In an upcoming video, I will explain how Gordon can survive the events of every Half-Life game without a helmet.
Its okay :) When I made this, I didn't want to copy him, but I still needed Gordon to react to the glass realistically, so I went with something similar to Pinwheel Arts, but tried not to copy him directly.
Yooooooooo! This is so cool! This has me hyped as hell! Half-Life has had a special place in my heart for nearly a decade now, and just...seeing stuff like this? It blows me away. I can't wait to see more!
You betcha! I'm working on the falling elevator scene right now, hope to have it done within a few days. Gonna upload it as its own video, but its also going to be included in UC Part 2 as well.
@@Validatormaybelater I'll tell you this, I just came across your channel today and was impressed with the quality of the work. Keep up the good work and DON'T STOP! I will follow what is happening on your channel. Because... "...you have limitless... potential".
Thanks for the sub! If you watch the rest of my content (mostly little side projects) you’ll see how much better I’ve gotten since then. If you want to see my current progress, drop in on my stream! Www.Twitch.tv/validator_maybelater
Ok. Will absolutely check when have a free time. You know, I’m something of a old HL/Valve fan myself and seeing that lads like you can provide such a cool content warms my heart. I will 100% check your channel and wait for new content!
To be honest I already checked most of your vids and my favorite one so far is Barney and Gordon’s vent competition. Personally really wish someone of fans (hell maybe even Valve themself) do something like almanac (Black mesa: origins???) of Gordon & co. routine in pre resonance cascade BM. Maybe couple of short films or little source mod just to expand the universe and bring more life in it.
I know I'm four years late here, but I think this series is super cool and interesting! Conveying character in animation from the first person is something I find really fun and I've only seen a handful of games playing with that. Multiple vids giving Black Mesa that treatment? Hell to the yes. This episode really gives you the feeling of stumbling through a nightmarish haze. So much horrifying shit is happening all at once, and Gordon's mind isn't able to process much in the moment beyond "I need to get out of here, where is everyone, why can't I wake up, OH GOD IT'S ON MY HEAD GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!!!" and he's probably not going to feel the creeping dread what comes with deeply understanding that most of the familiar names and faces he saw every day have been reduced from people to deceased bodies for some time. But I know he will eventually. I adore the fact that this goes out of its way to establish that the Black Mesa staff mean a lot to our friend Dr. Freeman... even if I admit that I find the black-and-white flashbacks a little bit cheesy. I love how Black Mesa, the fangame, has a ton of charming little character moments in the lab before it all goes to hell. It hurts thinking about how Oskar will never be able to try his goofy flirting jokes on Gina, how that one scientist will never make it to the local comic con, and how Gordon will never get to play poker with that guard. Gordon, in the games, is supposed to be a vessel for the player's feelings, so why not have him reflect my feelings of affection for the NPCs? It's not a depiction I see around much, probably because the actual HL1 in all of its Goldsrc glory wasn't suited to creating the most expressive characters (though it was pretty remarkable in its day!), so it's neat to see it here.
I relate to Oskar quite a bit… I too have an infatuation with Gina haha I can’t seem to remember where his name is identified tho, is it in the games files somewhere? Also, I appreciate the in depth analysis! Not many people (outside of relatively close friends) are aware just how much thought goes into this stuff… it’s nice to see viewers like you glean as much as you have 😊
Sorry about the censored guard who gets cut by the laser! I forgot to remove that... Fully censored version: ua-cam.com/video/hrcnmXOgKhM/v-deo.html Join the Discord to offer suggestions! discord.gg/NRnR9P3
@@wiltonthefatty is seems that all the blood and gore is censored in the censored version and as he said he forgot to remove the censorship of the guard
I have always been planning on it... in pursuit of that goal, I have nearly finished porting Black Mesa to Source 2, as that will bypass many of S1FM's flaws. However, I am also attending a visual effects and game design school, which also takes much of my time.
@@spyrodrake7050 it’s because most hardcore HL fans understand that HL’s success in part came because of its lack of cutscenes. Implementing cutscenes into a HL inspired game is against the original vision that Valve had for it. The difference here is, HL is being viewed through a cinematic medium instead of a gameplay one. The viewers do not have any direct control over what happens to Gordon (outside of helping me plan out each episode in discord, and polls haha) which is already fundamentally different from HL. At least in a cinematic medium, there’s room for animated interactions with the environment. Thanks for the comments! Every little bit help when it comes to persuading the YT algorithm that my content is good haha
Just graduated from school, and i'm currently looking for a job in the motion capture industry. Hoping that once I get settled it'll be easier to devote time to this project.
@@AdminHouse I'm hoping to flesh out Mesabox (my big BMRF map in Source 2) so I can use it to continue this series. Technical difficulties have made it difficult to devote as much time as I used to, so I need to streamline the process more. Source 2 will do that.
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half-life is never a game with transitional video. This hurts the imagination. i don't like it.
I understand your point of view. Several people have asked me to release these animations so they can be played as a "mod", however I am of the same opinion as you, and feel that cinematic cutscenes are not what makes HL great.
The world is full of compromise. I didn't want this to simply be just another HL let's-play, like the thousands of others already out there, but I also didn't want to create a mod of HL that utilizes cutscenes. While I am using Black Mesa assets, and the game itself from time to time, most of what you see is animation made in SFM.
The major difference in mindsets between us is that this is purely a cinematic experience, and is fundamentally unable to be controlled by the viewer. You can't change that, except maybe for a choose-your-own-adventure style playlist, and unfortunately that would put too much of a strain on production.
Therefore, in my mind, the solution is to allow the viewers as much leeway as realistically possible when it comes to making "Half-Reality"
I haven't streamed in awhile, so it may not be obvious. But I plan and prepare almost every scene with my viewers. I rarely do things myself. This way, some of that "spirit of Half-Life" is still present.
I hope this helps! Thank you for your comment. Not many people have expressed this opinion yet, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to explain my thought process.
For those reading or lurking, please don't berate or misunderstand this person. I pinned this so that others who share the same mindset can find an explanation easier.
Your work is really nice. My comment is just a matter of ethics in half-life lore. It was an original work, thank you for your explanation.
@@Validatormaybelater hey when you gonna make part 2?
I love how Gordon is so scared and worried of the dead scientists and the Resonance Cascade.
he killed many things and doesnt speak doesn't mean he doesn't have a heart
@@hiimaRandomGamer What about the scientists I killed with impulse 101?
1:04 This is exactly what Black Mesa made me feel, the npcs are alive to the point that when the Resonance Cascade happen, I feel sad because they all died.
4:53 Wait, that's illegal
You really managed to give Gordon a personality with his reactions and his hands/head movements.
Its pretty tough, like you said i've got is head and hand movements. And he doesn't exactly talk much haha
@@Validatormaybelater Man of few words, aren't you?
@@alialatrach9788 more like Gordon himself
1:35 I feel Gordon's pain, even though he's nowhere near being a real person.
I predicted all of this you know.
Tacarish all of it!
All of it!
I love the use of Hazardous Environments when Gordon gets the crowbar and swings it for the first time! It makes Gordon all that much more iconic as the crowbar swinging hero we know! I also like the way you use blinking, it reminds me of SCP Containment Breach. It provides an immersive way to switch between game footage and motion capture, and it's a very creative workaround. I also like how at some points you can tell that Gordon is wearing a helmet, with a bit of grain from the helmet's display being visible. It would also be cool to see Gordon's glasses get dirty at certain points too (if you ever plan for him to take off his helmet that is).
What would have been cool is in the flashbacks if you included some cut lines/scenes from Kleiner where he says "Today's experiment will certainly bolster your curriculum vitae!", "The Administrator switched out sample EP-0021 at the last minute", and "We've come a long way from our theorems and computer models back at MIT, eh Gordon?" They're in the sound_vo_english vpk in the Black Mesa bms files. Maybe some of these voice lines could also be used elsewhere (I'm thinking if you go into Half-Life 2, when Gordon sees Kleiner at his lab, the last line could play in his head, and some lines maybe could play at other points in Black Mesa). I think all this could provide some extra exposition to this series in a small way. It also would have been cool to tack on "I fear the worst..." to Eli talking about his family. Personally, I thought it would have been cool to see Gordon fall when the elevator went down, as well as maybe trying to pick up a wrench to break some of the glass of the door, but that's just my preference. Also, did you mean to censor out the gibs of that guard when there's a censored version you already have a link to?
Side question: Are you planning to have Gordon just kill a Vortigaunt or 2 in a steel corridor using his crowbar to establish continuity with G-man in Episode 2 saying the vortgaunts' only experience of humanity was a crowbar coming at them down a steel corridor? I'm thinking the best place to do that is in the lambda core chapter shortly after Gordon gets off the elevator after getting the Gluon Gun, there's a small hallway where 2 vortigaunts are standing over a dead scientist. I think that's the perfect opportunity to do that, but I'm not sure how Gordon would justify it unless he was low on ammo.
I hope it doesn't sound like I'm being too critical, I actually love the way you're going about this! Keep it up! Sooner or later you'll get even more UA-cam attention at this rate!
Dude those are some great ideas! You should hop on my discord server to help make my videos, its the best place for us to work out scripts for each episode
atention to details i found
1: 5:52 he was about to press the button but he knew it would be dumb to so he regrets it and starts trying something else also fter the explotion he starts peeling glass of his face and mouth
2: 6:36 E A R I N G I N G
3: 6:57 Gordon panics in fear and points and turns on his flash light so the guard can see what to shoot
4: 7:39 Gordon holds his hands for his ears because his ears rang twice and it hurts so now he covers he ears
Black mesa in hl1: things are just like this, giant green pools and stuff...
Black mesa in bms: this wasn't like this at first this stuff happened.
Well Half Life had a lot of engine / overall limitations for at the time. I think BM:S captured Half Life perfectly though.
@@kabeam5643 almost perfectly, cause of the unnecessary physics puzzles they awkwardly crammed in a few places were out of place for half life 1, and just because it's a source game it doesn't need physics puzzles, i haven't played black mesa in a while so i forget exactly where they were but i must admit the rest of the game is all killer no filler and it looks gorgeous
I have a head cannon that the reason why Gordon freeman fought so hard after the resonance cascade was because he was worried about his Co workers, friends, and even family of he had any. Hopefully we can see Gordon being human more in this series
This kinda goes with how I think of Gordon Freeman. At the beginning of the game, he's scared and panicked. He basically indirectly caused a lot of casualties. But by mid to end game, he's fine seeing a corpse.
...And by Half Life 2, he's a traumatized maniac.
For this entire thing Gordon only has one trough in his head, "man I should have said yes, when asked about the helmet"
Oh. my. God.
This is Freeman's mind level production quality!
Sub Bot Soldier #1 that means a lot to me man... I grew up on Freeman’s mind, he’s one of the biggest inspirations for my channel
@@Validatormaybelater I went back and watched the other vids and sfms you made and, dude. _HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 481 SUBS?_
Sub Bot Soldier #1 I’ll get big eventually haha
If it makes you feel better, I’ve already made contact with other famous HL youtubers like pinwheel arts, so I’m getting more popular... it’s just a matter of time at this point
@@Validatormaybelater *Happy gamer noises*
But anyway, I've had a deep rooted love for half life games and Black Mesa full release had me hyped
Really love how you made Gordon feel like normal guy in this. Never cared much for the “boomer shooter/ubermench” version some players paint him as. Little details like the tenitis effect add so much to the emersion.
This seems so similar to Half-Life: Anomalous Materials especially given how Gordon gets scratches from the glasses shattering at 6:06
Man, I'm really looking forward to this series!
Thanks man! I've been in contact with Pinwheel from time to time. As you can see, I sometimes take inspiration from his series as well.
I'm going back to work on it sometime soon, right now i'm busy porting Black Mesa to Source 2... which if successful, will massively reduce production time and likely make blending game footage and animation together virtually seamless.
7:07 made me chuckle
Guard: “Jesus. This place is in bad shape.”
Gordon: *nods in agreement*
This project is absolutely amazing!
Putting on the glasses at 0:39 was such a nice little detail among so many others; this was hours of dedication well spent.
alright, im sorry for any discomfort that my excessive commenting may cause, its just that half life is one of my hyperfixations, but the way this hits? right after such disaster.. i love the way you played this. Everything seems so hazy, Gordon's movements are heavy, almost like he's experiencing a dissociative episode. Like hes trying so hard to process and separate everything all while trying to figure out where to go from where he's at. Feeling grief and fear, wondering if his friends and coworkers are okay, wondering if it was his fault, all while knowing that people are now counting on him specifically to go get help. So many subtle movements and moments im picking up on and they are giving me Big Feelings™
and the sense of urgency, the nervousness so clearly portrayed in his actions and behaviors!!!! my tiny little writer brain is overloading
I never expected anyone to take into account that nearby gunshots cause your ears to ring
The effect is magnified indoors, I think I actually toned it down for enjoyablity. But yes I did (and still do, I haven't abandoned this series yet) pride myself in making this webseries as realistic as I could
9:37 has too be the most badass moment and it gave me the chills
to think that probably somewhere, lurking in the shadows outside the map, the tf2 scout stands there, having served his purpose of deleting entities and such
Jeez, great work man! I love how Gordon reacts like a normal human!
Claustrophobic! 6:14 is a pretty nice touch of how he flicks the glass off. Strange part is how this doesn't look like SFM green screen, yet how else would've it been made (the hands and feet part)?
Some parts of it are full animation using the fixed BM1.0 maps that my talented friend and Hammer editor is making. I use full animation mainly for complicated scenes where Gordon must physically interact with the environment.
I feel Gordon’s pain. The music just made me so sad. This is probably going to give him trauma in half life 2
This is amazing.
I have no words
Damn, this is some high quality animation, I'm impressed, can't wait for the next part.
You ain’t seen nothing yet man x3
Fantastic video, especially with all of Gordon’s genuine reactions. I’m excited to see what happens next!
The bit where he puts his glasses back on is such a nice touch. Keep up the good work!
Just little Gordon Freeman things.
God......dayum
THIS IS AMAZING
Check out the trailer for the next episode!
"catch me later and buy me a beer"
This is great, dude. I like how you used a blinking mechanic for smooth transitions. It also gives Freeman a little bit more personality. Instead of communicating through speech, he's a little more personable with hand gestures and such. picking pieces out of his face and him covering his ears during the gunfire is also a nice touch. I can't wait to see more. Also if you need more voices, I'm your guy.
at 4:04 is he leaning in to try to give eli a hug?
This is absolutely amazing. Just seeing hand jesters from the silent protagonist makes Gordon have so much life to him. Hope you make more and can't wait if you do!
This was really cool I myself have played half life and I think that this is spot on. 👍
this is SO FUCKING COOL,
i loved when he covered his ears and the sound got all muffled !!
All those streams all those ideas led to this.........awesome
Amazing what streaming your work can do... thanks for all of your help so far man!
Nice Work Bro, This Is So Realistic.
You did great job, i really like it! You've added more character, life and humanized Gordon's behaviours etc.
I enjoyed those subtle additions, cool animations! :)
Gj!
Reminds me of Hardcore Henry.
MAN, I wish we could get another film like that.
2:18 The guard never got a chance to ask for Gordon's passport...
I don’t get it
It's a reference to "Half Life But The AI Is Self Aware" where there is a character named Benry who always asks for Gordon's passport, and Benry looks like that guard.
@@pootishoovy2158 :)
:)
This is very sad after the resonance cascade.
HEV real meaning:
HEV stands for Hazardous Environment Vehicle
I like that acronym a lot more the just “Hazardous EnVironment”
And according to Crowbar Collective canon, the Mark IV has movement assistance, so it does sort of fall in line with the definition of vehicle.
So I dont know if ya plan on continuing this but it's really good so far. But it would of been cool to see the BMCE (Black Mesa Character Expansion) mod with this. It adds more life to the facility adding in maintenance workers, and some other jobs that's expected to be seen such as Janitorial staff and Engineers. Along with more variety to character generation and even Zombie models for the new staff. But either way this is the best BM series I've seen that feels like a true movie masterpiece (even though it's not complete yet). Keep up the hard work!
I like the thumbnail for this it’s really good and I hope this will be a good day you know
This video deserves a lot MUCH more than 200 likes.
THIS IS FANTASTIC, I LOVE IT EXCELLENT WORK, I LOVE HOW HUMAN YOU MADE GORDON WITH HIS ACTIONS. AND I ALSO LOVE YOU MADE HIM BLINK OCCASIONALLY, (IDK WHY BUT I FELL A BIT DAYJAVU WITH THIS VID AND ME COMMENTING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS IN IT). BUT MAYBE THAT WAS FROM SOMEONE ELSE, ALSO, I LOVED THE PART WHERE HE WAS WALKING OUT OF THE TEST CHAMBER AND YOU AHD HIM REMEMBER ALL HIS FRIENDS AND THEN HE SAT DOWN AS HE ALMOST HAD A MELTDOWN, NICE ATTENTION TO REALISTIC DETAIL MY FRIEND. LIKE I'VE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, AND NICE "VOICE ACTING"/"SOUND EFFECTS" FROM GORDON DONE BY YOUR FRIEND THERE, HE DID A GREAT JOB. BTW ONCE AGAIN (IT HINK) I LOVE HW YOU USED HL2 EP 2'S MUSIC IT FITS BM PERFECTLY.
ALSO, I LOVE THE REMIXED VALVE THEEM, JUPITER IS REALLY TALENTED, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT NOT MAY PPL MAKE HL REMIXES ANYMORE. XD! :D
P.S, WHAT A NICE THING TO WAKE UP TOO, XD! :D
Dude this is amazing, can't wait for more. Black Mesa seen by Freeman's Eyes is a amazing!
You deserve more subscribers bro.
How does have only 2k views
also who made the Black Mesa theme remix
Honestly, this is awesome. I love how.. immersive it feels, I watched half way and instantly went to look for part 2. Your work is amazing!
in gta sa , when CJ Arrives home and hears sounds : stop it ehat are you doing Carl Brian Stop it
Looks like Gordon forgot to put the HEV helmet on.
In my series, he will not get a helmet until he reaches the Lambda Complex Armory, and takes one from one of the spare HEV suits. In my mind, he does not wear one in the AMS chamber because his suit's High Impact Reactive System also extends over his head, which blocks radiation. He doesn't feel the need to wear one for the AMS chamber, (which I will explain as well in my next video)
In an upcoming video, I will explain how Gordon can survive the events of every Half-Life game without a helmet.
I don't really imagine the protective systems being able to project over his head like that, but I am glad that he will get a helmet eventually.
When he quited the glass pieces out of his face remind me to the SFM of pinwheel arts
(Sorry for bad english)
Its okay :)
When I made this, I didn't want to copy him, but I still needed Gordon to react to the glass realistically, so I went with something similar to Pinwheel Arts, but tried not to copy him directly.
@@Validatormaybelater i didnt mean to say that you copied him and that stuff, i said that reminded me that scene
Also Nice video ;)
The begining of this. I cried. The memory Sequence was so good, the music made it even better. Just, Damn. You should make this a full game thing.
im gessing you played the game black mesa then you animated gordens arms and legs in there
Awesome 😮
Excellent work bro 😁👍
Ah..the mighty crowbar!
This series really makes you feel like Gordon Freeman!
Yooooooooo! This is so cool! This has me hyped as hell! Half-Life has had a special place in my heart for nearly a decade now, and just...seeing stuff like this? It blows me away. I can't wait to see more!
Just... incredible, wow. I want to see this finished so badly.
Underrated af
It's awesome job, bro! Please continue.
You betcha! I'm working on the falling elevator scene right now, hope to have it done within a few days. Gonna upload it as its own video, but its also going to be included in UC Part 2 as well.
@@Validatormaybelater I'll tell you this, I just came across your channel today and was impressed with the quality of the work. Keep up the good work and DON'T STOP! I will follow what is happening on your channel. Because...
"...you have limitless... potential".
wow, this is really cool. Freeman's mind level of cool. why does it have so little views?
I like Freeman's Mind! I also watched it at night.
Everytime I sleep, I put Freeman's Mind to listen to the action while I sleep.
Very great quality, good sir! This actually reminds me of first person movie Hardcore Henry and that’s very cool!
Thanks for the sub! If you watch the rest of my content (mostly little side projects) you’ll see how much better I’ve gotten since then. If you want to see my current progress, drop in on my stream!
Www.Twitch.tv/validator_maybelater
Ok. Will absolutely check when have a free time. You know, I’m something of a old HL/Valve fan myself and seeing that lads like you can provide such a cool content warms my heart. I will 100% check your channel and wait for new content!
To be honest I already checked most of your vids and my favorite one so far is Barney and Gordon’s vent competition. Personally really wish someone of fans (hell maybe even Valve themself) do something like almanac (Black mesa: origins???) of Gordon & co. routine in pre resonance cascade BM. Maybe couple of short films or little source mod just to expand the universe and bring more life in it.
This is awesome!
amazing stuff here
Amazing
Great to see this come our after all your hard work. Hopefully I can catch the next stream
I know I'm four years late here, but I think this series is super cool and interesting! Conveying character in animation from the first person is something I find really fun and I've only seen a handful of games playing with that. Multiple vids giving Black Mesa that treatment? Hell to the yes.
This episode really gives you the feeling of stumbling through a nightmarish haze. So much horrifying shit is happening all at once, and Gordon's mind isn't able to process much in the moment beyond "I need to get out of here, where is everyone, why can't I wake up, OH GOD IT'S ON MY HEAD GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!!!" and he's probably not going to feel the creeping dread what comes with deeply understanding that most of the familiar names and faces he saw every day have been reduced from people to deceased bodies for some time. But I know he will eventually.
I adore the fact that this goes out of its way to establish that the Black Mesa staff mean a lot to our friend Dr. Freeman... even if I admit that I find the black-and-white flashbacks a little bit cheesy. I love how Black Mesa, the fangame, has a ton of charming little character moments in the lab before it all goes to hell. It hurts thinking about how Oskar will never be able to try his goofy flirting jokes on Gina, how that one scientist will never make it to the local comic con, and how Gordon will never get to play poker with that guard. Gordon, in the games, is supposed to be a vessel for the player's feelings, so why not have him reflect my feelings of affection for the NPCs? It's not a depiction I see around much, probably because the actual HL1 in all of its Goldsrc glory wasn't suited to creating the most expressive characters (though it was pretty remarkable in its day!), so it's neat to see it here.
I relate to Oskar quite a bit… I too have an infatuation with Gina haha
I can’t seem to remember where his name is identified tho, is it in the games files somewhere?
Also, I appreciate the in depth analysis! Not many people (outside of relatively close friends) are aware just how much thought goes into this stuff… it’s nice to see viewers like you glean as much as you have 😊
Sorry about the censored guard who gets cut by the laser! I forgot to remove that...
Fully censored version: ua-cam.com/video/hrcnmXOgKhM/v-deo.html
Join the Discord to offer suggestions! discord.gg/NRnR9P3
The censored version is still censored. (Also, why is it called the censored version? Shouldn't it be the uncensored version?)
@@wiltonthefatty is seems that all the blood and gore is censored in the censored version and as he said he forgot to remove the censorship of the guard
This is truly incredible
I remember watching you make these, lol.
holy shit this deserves a lot more attention, this made me see half life on a whole different light
Fantastic.
I love how you voiced freeman when he was attacked by the head crab or was it someone else? But i still love that part
That was actually an in-game sound file, I was gonna replace it with some voice acting but it sounded good enough I think.
@@Validatormaybelater The guard from the Assassin part?
Hell yeah good job man
This is amazing
This is great
this is like Freeman's Mind: The Sequel
this is awesome 😃
1 Googolplex / 10, very epic
I thought these were done in VR for a moment
Oh, whoopsy. I thought the LIVE Stream was you making again, lol.
Is there any chance this will be eventually continued?
I have always been planning on it... in pursuit of that goal, I have nearly finished porting Black Mesa to Source 2, as that will bypass many of S1FM's flaws.
However, I am also attending a visual effects and game design school, which also takes much of my time.
Nice
Lit A F
this is truly amazing how long did it take to make!?
Only a few months I think... the next episode is taking longer, because i'm adding a lot more, and its much more complicated.
@@Validatormaybelater cool well i support it!
lol not to be annoying, but how do you convert/add black mesa maps to sfm?
A friend of mine is in the process of converting them, he made me go into an exclusivity contract with him until he's finished porting all of them.
Great
i want the song name at min 7:00 someone can tell me?
Wish this was turn into a mod
Most hardcore Half-Life fans would disagree with you. I hope I don’t have to explain why haha
@@Validatormaybelater eh Diffent views no biggy
@@spyrodrake7050 it’s because most hardcore HL fans understand that HL’s success in part came because of its lack of cutscenes. Implementing cutscenes into a HL inspired game is against the original vision that Valve had for it.
The difference here is, HL is being viewed through a cinematic medium instead of a gameplay one. The viewers do not have any direct control over what happens to Gordon (outside of helping me plan out each episode in discord, and polls haha) which is already fundamentally different from HL. At least in a cinematic medium, there’s room for animated interactions with the environment.
Thanks for the comments! Every little bit help when it comes to persuading the YT algorithm that my content is good haha
What’s the song what plays when Gordon activates the retinal scanner at 2:00?
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What was the soundtrack you used for 2:05?
I believe that is... the Black Mesa Theme? The remixed one that Joel made I think...
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4:53 wait who is screaming? gordon?! why
Is there no such mod? I'd like to replay the game like that
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Why have you abandoned your project?
Just graduated from school, and i'm currently looking for a job in the motion capture industry. Hoping that once I get settled it'll be easier to devote time to this project.
@@Validatormaybelater Thank you for answer
@@Validatormaybelater oh! Wish you the best! Hope that you'll get your dream job with mo-cap!
@@ValidatormaybelaterUpdate?
@@AdminHouse I'm hoping to flesh out Mesabox (my big BMRF map in Source 2) so I can use it to continue this series. Technical difficulties have made it difficult to devote as much time as I used to, so I need to streamline the process more. Source 2 will do that.