Well, I think it ties in more to the lore actually since the vortiguants hadn't had any actual intention to hurt freeman (due to the voritguants hating the nihilanth), they only were required to due to their shock collars. So since the alarms go off basically meant that if they didn't attack him they would get shocked, so they had to start attacking him.
I didn't. I just came in there blasting. I guess the game should be more harder in order to make player to take more carful approach and notice all of this shit.
Nah then we'd just have a bunch of people complaining about how hard and unfair Xen was. You'd have to make it REALLY ridiculously tough for most players to take the hint. (with the added upside that some hardcore players would still be able to brute-force through and make videos of it)
When it comes to Half-life, and most of the valve games I'd say, even though there's a more linear flow that everyone will end up to, there are always alternate ways to get to that very point at some point in the game that is.
@@natalie6811 Ravenholm can be played with only the Gravity Gun only the crowbar or with all the weps you want...Half Life 2 has alot to offer or nova Prospekt let the antlions fight for you or throw some shit the Physics left alot of space open to toy around with
5:36 Remember when the security guard in the Blast Pit said "Be quiet, this thing hears us."? I like how Valve made just the slightest amount of dialogue be beneficial in this situation.
@@flaminghailstorm9149 The training system goes out of its way to draw attention to the suit's stealth mode - you use it during the ducking demonstration - but it's barely used in the rest of the game, along with the long-jump module. Essentially it's only for dodging the tentacle things. I suspect there was originally going to be more stealth but it was cut.
@@JohnPeacekeeper True. As long as you stay out of enemy sight and stay silent they won't notice you. It helps on the cliff and some other sections of Surface tension. It actually works in both HL1 and HL2 unless enemies are not scripted to attack you position on spawn.
While cool, it's pretty odd to include a stealth system in this part of the game considering the player's got an arsenal capable of killing *literally* anything.
It almost seems largely unintentional to me. Like the Alien Grunts at the end only turn to look at the sound of the explosion, whereas basically any game with a sensible stealth system has enemies move to investigate them. The Assassins are the only enemy that does something and even then it's incredibly basic. Tentacles are about the only enemy I think stealth was a big thought for since they are basically unkillable and you have to distract them with sound and avoid making sound yourself around them.
i believe that too. TENTACLE was a enemy to the player learn some stealth. but the game doesnt took advantage of that because its meaningless use stealth or not.
Not really, some people wasted a lot of ammo fighting the big headcrab boss and stealth is a good alternative to pass the guards without wasting health armor and ammo. The part where the grunts turned to the explosion is pretty basic. You can do that to other enemies, not just this section.
vandal 33 That's a good point. Even then, it could be hinted at more or just be a bit more fleshed out. But at least now I can actually see a reason to even include stealth for this section
stealth was not just for this section... Half life in my opinion was intended to have stealth in any mission... But its not good or its broken... The minority of people play with stealth because is not good is basicly trail and error...
I didn't even notice half of these triggers, reactions, etc. And I've played Half-Life like 100 times. That's what I like about some of these games, like Half-Life, there's just so much more you can find, especially when you got someone like MarphitimusBlackimus dissecting the hell out of it. Keep up the good work. :)
King The Son You dismiss this guy as "bronyfag" immediately just because he has an MLP profile pic. This guy has done walkthroughs for Half Life 1 and its expansions on hard mode and then some.
*EricPaz* Nothing is native to Xen. If anything, they are from the same system as the Vortigaunts, hinted by their vast knowledge of the Antlions' nature.
*XEN RAİD started* Aah I need a HEV Suit. ... Gordon is in custody. Barney is in custody. Kleiner is in custody. Crowbar is in custody. XEN RAİD:FAİLED
@@kris1774 What's hard to understand? Okay, I should have put commas around "then" so it looked like "Award it Game of the Decade twice, then, if it makes you feel better." If a couple missing commas made that so difficult to comprehend, perhaps it's your understanding of English that needs work, not my usage.
I knew about the stealth route, but I had no idea you could move past the tentacles by sneaking. I always just ran for my life when it came to those things.
Definitive Dubs In the first time they were introduced in Blast Pit, a security guard tells you that the Tentacles don't see, but hear you. Short after, another security guard comes in yelling and shooting it and dies instantly.
well u subbosed to know that the tentecales can only hear and can't see and it's mentioned by the security guard in that level . when he said : be quiet this thing hears us
The guard never tells you it can't see you, only that it hears you. When it grabs the scientist, it's behind a glass window, heavily implying it just saw the scientist and went for him.
On this episode of Blackimus Man Does the Thing, Blackimus uses a tunnel full of blood, a rampaging 20-foot alien, and three pounds of C4 to sneakily infiltrate a military mining compound
6:52 = After Explode sound = AG1: Dude did u hear that??? AG2: Yeah i heard it AG1: Sounds like explode over there AG2: Maybe was a Ship got wrecked?? AG1: So shall we check it there AG2: Nah i think the crew is dead, should we stay here now AG1: Bruh fine....
@@elimalinsky7069 hexen doesn't flag any sectors as secrets so technically it has 0, though there are many nooks and crannies in the maps that a rational person would consider a secret area
I never noticed there were alarms in this part of the game, and I especially didn't realise that the additional enemy spawns were tied to specific triggers. I normally just run through this part of Xen though so I've probably missed lots of details like this
It took me way too long to realize the alarms were calling in reinforcements myself; the only thing that clued me in was the red lights on the pillars were off on one playthrough and only turned on when one of the guards started shooting at me. That was when I noticed the alarm sound too, then after a quick load, it all came together in my brain and made sense.
Edgiel Welp BM is more about the source engine capabilities... I think the priority is to finish Xen before adding small details but I would like if the improved Xen (as it isn't really liked by the fans)
Well Idk about Half-life having ever been topped, but I do know that both Half-life and Half-life 2 had (and still is pretty much) been revolutionary for gaming as a whole.
*Half-Life: Interloper Walkthrough [100% stealth, non-lethal]* It's pretty interesting. I wonder how many enemies you have to kill to complete the game at all.
they crushed a roach at 5:35, and the bullsquid did still teleport onto the catwalk and splat, but other than that I never realized that was actually a non-lethal run
Probably the Tentacle, or a Houndeye. They didn't fabricate it though if that's what your thinking. It's most likely a scientist who got teleported since there were rips in the fabric of time and space on both sides, or maybe just a corpse of a survey team member.
Gabe, he was eating that person before spitting her out of that cavern and quickly vanished when you entered, like he always did to Half Life fans to avoid answering where is HL3..
What's even more interesting is that it didn't started as an FPS at first, which explains all those enemies details, with the aliens having their own routine and world ecosystem of sort.
I remember fond memories trying to actually never be spotted by the aslaves and agrunts, 100% stealth xens levels, but sadly never did because that was back when I was 7, but I sure do remember quick loading and saving 500 times just trying too accomplish that goal. Great video Marph, a side note, how's the blinking video going? I am assuming its a little slower then your usual studies like this video, due the vast and different variables and cases for each blinkable npc/monster entity.
The blinking video is coming along fine. There's no delay or setback to speak of. This just happened to be a spur of the moment video that I was able to put together in the mean time.
I hope they make it a bit more obvious. My impression of Xen was that it felt like a collection of really abstract levels, not really feeling like real places, and had they made things like this a little more clear it could have gone a long way to making it feel more like an actual lived-in world.
The gargantua sprinting at the player was intense even though it was behind a screen and kicking away rocks to clear its path feels so ahead of its time considering its a 90's game
Ayyy, long time no see, priviet :D Pretty crazy i must say... been on vacation for two weeks, got back, reality hits hard... but, I can always escape it in my videos :D ... how are you, brate?
Life is good tovarishch, except i got a bit stressed out on some "projects" i am helping with, trying to establish some kind of realistic depiction of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. as a roleplay at the moment. Just chill, relax and think about videos when your mind is clear about what to do and what not to do when you have freetime. It always makes life hard when you are fatigue and heated which makes you think like if you had a hangover. And keep up with the good work and good luck tovarishch!
No problem! At the time. My S.T.A.L.K.E.R. RP is in development and it is in closed beta, i couldn't afford too much people at the time but having more admins and lore master's would help. Question is, is it a bit too direct to friend you so i can tell you if it's ready or generally chatting. I won't leak it for sure.
Half Life 1 has a great atmosphere! The low poly graphics, fuzzy textures, lightning system, funny and low bit rate sound effects (I'm convinced that the tentacles are just cows and the vortigaunts are just a recording of somebody saying "DIE!" in a really raspy voice), even the lack thereof of background sounds in some areas other than walking sound effects or the crunching sound from the tentacles (as weird and specific of an example that is) makes this game really unique. And it is really creepy and melancholic to walk through abandoned, old maps. My favorites are the map with the hotels set in very early morning (I think it is called 4 am) and the futuristic map in the Scientist Hunt mod.
Alm these things were a product of its time, this game actually had insane graphics and ai for its time, yes the atmosphere is great but it's not because of low poly and fuzzy textures...
Actually, the AI itself does allow to try a stealthy approach (for example, enemies can't hear you if you're crouching etc.), it's just that most of the game isn't designed with stealth in mind.
I didn't know there was an 'alarm system' because I just assumed they were scripted events triggered like everything else in the game. It's not like a police siren goes off.
I've finished this game 5+ times and I've never ever noticed the stealth aspect of Xen. Never knew you could sneak past the Tentacles either. Matter of fact I never noticed many things about HL1 until I started watching Marphy's vids. I should play through it one more time with his videos as a guide to noticing the details.
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension His only mistake is the lack of capitalization and apostrophe, minor mistakes compared to others I've seen and it could just be that he's in a hurry.
@@artificialintelligence8328 _And_ the space before the question marks. Technically the multiple question marks too if we want to get really pedantic, which I don't.
AUDIOTECA de Música sin copyright o sin derechos Quién mira a ese tipo tiene un "personaje" el cual de asusta de todo la realidad es qué es un pendejo.
Your Half Life Fact Series is truly a treat every time. No matter what gimmick you elaborate, it always makes the day. And I'm sure the blinking video will too.
Although I'm impressed by the whole addition of a stealth path in the level, you can really tell that they had been running out of development time at this point. The tentacles, especially, were very obviously not made for Xen. They still move up and down as if it was the rocket chamber, and sparks fly off when they hit stuff even if it's not metal. Plus, they just make footstep sounds when they hit the xen rocks. It's a shame that Xen had to be so rushed.
Definitely. Xen shows its signs of being half-baked rather badly. Visually it's pretty interesting and I like a lot of the world they've made of Xen. It's just a shame it's so unfun to play through.
The dirt footstep sounds when a Tentacle hits a surface here is intentional. Tentacles are defined by the mapper as to what sort of surface they "tap". In Blast Pit, they use the metal clang sound for the silo. In Surface Tension and throughout Xen, they use the dirt footstep sound for dirt. There's also a setting for tapping water, but this is not used in any of the games.
marph, in all seriousness, every time you make one of these you just always remind and reassure me why half life is my favorite videogame, thank you for that
Why do those Vortigaunts remain neutral? Are they tired of being slaves? Are they paying attention only to their work? Are they a different kind of Vortigaunt? Is it a bug?
Wow.... i played half time a bunch of times, and this "stealth" approach was the only one i always went throught, never knew about the main route you present first... good video and good work !
Stealth? Half Life? I did a video of stealth in Half Life too, I never knew about this :o I'm gonna try doing this, thank you for this wonderful video, hope Black Mesa has this feature too!
Didn't know the Vortis at the mines wouldn't shoot on sight. I actually tried to be stealthy in this part, spending a LOT of time trying to not get seen, and thought it worked. Lol.
I'm not sure who I'm more impressed by. Valve for thinking to put things like this in Half Life, or you for noticing them, and then going through the process of making videos about them. How do you find this stuff? Do you just go digging through the data files, and notice the alarms, and triggers, or are you really just that observant?
Finding these things can come about in a number of ways. Originally, my friend Barnz and I were looking up info on the piston machinery also seen in this video. This led him to identify the specifics of the alarm system in the courtyard. I looked further up to the alarm system in the later map and was able to piece together the intended stealth route meant for this section.
i didn't know about this on my first run through of hl1 but picked up on it as at that point i noticed that using the crossbow to kill stuff silently is a powerful tool, i even did this whole level without alerting anything besides the garg, its still interesting to see it dissected and i didn't even know about the alarm system, i just figured alerting the grunts triggered the spawns
![Half-Life 2 Mapping Scenario 2001-2050 [REMASTERED]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n4O5wLRy5V8/mqdefault.jpg)
"Ah yes, the tunnel with guts and blood coming out seems like the most sensible route out of this place."
Williamz well, you have to admit that progress in this game was through trails of blood and dead bodies.
Idk, that was the route I went first time I went through the level
"Whatever ate this guy, should be now full."
also blood and guts that literally lead you to a fountain that heals you
Williamz Where WERE the guts/blood coming from though?
I never knew it was an alarm, I just thought the vortigaunts at one point just noticed that Freeman wasn't one of them
Yea me too.
I thought it was due to the Alien Controllers.
I thought the sound was one of the vortigaunts eating a sandwich off screen and started gargling in shock when he saw Freeman.
Vrabo lol
Well, I think it ties in more to the lore actually since the vortiguants hadn't had any actual intention to hurt freeman (due to the voritguants hating the nihilanth), they only were required to due to their shock collars. So since the alarms go off basically meant that if they didn't attack him they would get shocked, so they had to start attacking him.
Freeman Gear Solid: Tactical Crowbar Operations
SOLID FREEMAN
@@hamburguejasalvapor Gordon Snake.
Shadow Mesa Island.
@@noahfessenden6478 Shadow Mesa Research Island.
That would be a good ass game
How many people would never even have noticed this shit
GG Valve.
Jill Nesbit not me
nice pp
Nice profile pic, I see you're a man of class as well
I didn't. I just came in there blasting. I guess the game should be more harder in order to make player to take more carful approach and notice all of this shit.
Nah then we'd just have a bunch of people complaining about how hard and unfair Xen was. You'd have to make it REALLY ridiculously tough for most players to take the hint. (with the added upside that some hardcore players would still be able to brute-force through and make videos of it)
I never even knew that was meant to be an alternate route, I thought it was decoration and realism
When it comes to Half-life, and most of the valve games I'd say, even though there's a more linear flow that everyone will end up to, there are always alternate ways to get to that very point at some point in the game that is.
Mr.Jankson Except HL2, the one exception.
@@natalie6811 In HL2 also. Highway 17 ,when you must destroy combine car to disable field,you can just shoot the blocks from distance
Kajzer can you name any more?
@@natalie6811 Ravenholm can be played with only the Gravity Gun only the crowbar or with all the weps you want...Half Life 2 has alot to offer or nova Prospekt let the antlions fight for you or throw some shit the Physics left alot of space open to toy around with
GORDON SNEAKMAN.
Solid Gordon.
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Solid Gordon snake sneakman
*_SNEAK 100_*
@@Jan_Strzelecki Solid Freeman
5:36 Remember when the security guard in the Blast Pit said "Be quiet, this thing hears us."? I like how Valve made just the slightest amount of dialogue be beneficial in this situation.
Yeah, I just ran past it on a first playthrough
It's a bit of a shame that just booking it like a madman and long jumping right past the Tentacles works just as well, if not better.
"Stealth is optional for this section"
for every section goddammit
???
Angry Man Payday 2 reference i think
Every online coop stealth game in a Nutshell.
Or if you can utilize stealth kills, that can also save time for one Gargantua Boss battle.
Another use for Xen's low gravity has been found - and it further expands on why stealth mode is referred to as such in the Hazard Course.
Can you explain that?
@@flaminghailstorm9149 The training system goes out of its way to draw attention to the suit's stealth mode - you use it during the ducking demonstration - but it's barely used in the rest of the game, along with the long-jump module. Essentially it's only for dodging the tentacle things. I suspect there was originally going to be more stealth but it was cut.
@@AshleyPomeroy I actually used it a lot against the marines too. Get into a better ambush position or set explosive charges.
@@JohnPeacekeeper True. As long as you stay out of enemy sight and stay silent they won't notice you. It helps on the cliff and some other sections of Surface tension. It actually works in both HL1 and HL2 unless enemies are not scripted to attack you position on spawn.
@HORSE馬 laugh in crowbar
While cool, it's pretty odd to include a stealth system in this part of the game considering the player's got an arsenal capable of killing *literally* anything.
It almost seems largely unintentional to me. Like the Alien Grunts at the end only turn to look at the sound of the explosion, whereas basically any game with a sensible stealth system has enemies move to investigate them. The Assassins are the only enemy that does something and even then it's incredibly basic. Tentacles are about the only enemy I think stealth was a big thought for since they are basically unkillable and you have to distract them with sound and avoid making sound yourself around them.
i believe that too. TENTACLE was a enemy to the player learn some stealth. but the game doesnt took advantage of that because its meaningless use stealth or not.
Not really, some people wasted a lot of ammo fighting the big headcrab boss and stealth is a good alternative to pass the guards without wasting health armor and ammo.
The part where the grunts turned to the explosion is pretty basic. You can do that to other enemies, not just this section.
vandal 33 That's a good point. Even then, it could be hinted at more or just be a bit more fleshed out. But at least now I can actually see a reason to even include stealth for this section
stealth was not just for this section... Half life in my opinion was intended to have stealth in any mission... But its not good or its broken... The minority of people play with stealth because is not good is basicly trail and error...
I didn't even notice half of these triggers, reactions, etc. And I've played Half-Life like 100 times. That's what I like about some of these games, like Half-Life, there's just so much more you can find, especially when you got someone like MarphitimusBlackimus dissecting the hell out of it. Keep up the good work. :)
Hey! Love your walkthrough (sorry if I said that again)
BigMacDavis the god of walkthroughs has written.
Love your chanel!
BigMacDavis Oh my god! I wanted to link this to you, but I found you here anyway!
King The Son
You dismiss this guy as "bronyfag" immediately just because he has an MLP profile pic. This guy has done walkthroughs for Half Life 1 and its expansions on hard mode and then some.
His videos are pretty cool :D
0:32 I wonder what is that machinery used by the vortigaunts, they look similar to the devices used to "scare" the antlions in HL2 (highway 17)
DarkZircon Yeah but they're no thumpers
From the half-life 2 lore, antlions came from Xen and they are nowhere to be seen, it is safe to assume these are the Thumper to stop them
Probably, or it was retconed (like a lot of things) because the Antlions weren't planned in HL1
EricPaz interesting
*EricPaz*
Nothing is native to Xen. If anything, they are from the same system as the Vortigaunts, hinted by their vast knowledge of the Antlions' nature.
You earned a stealth bonus! +20% experience on your next contract.
*Failing shadow raid noises*
PAYDAY 2 reference, lol.
///💀💀💀💀💀///XEN ASSAULT IN PROGRESS///💀💀💀💀💀///
*XEN RAİD started*
Aah I need a HEV Suit.
...
Gordon is in custody.
Barney is in custody.
Kleiner is in custody.
Crowbar is in custody.
XEN RAİD:FAİLED
This is more payday 1 stealth with it being a partially stealth mission that goes loud no matter what
Twenty years have passed, and half-life still surprises.
Thank you for your discovery =)
True definition of Masterpiece.
Forget Game of the Year, this deserves Game of the Decade awards.
@@Dargonhuman Decade is 10 years....
@@kris1774 And? I can count. Award it Game of the Decade twice then if it makes you feel better.
@@Dargonhuman i don't even know what you're saying please come back and improve your english
@@kris1774 What's hard to understand? Okay, I should have put commas around "then" so it looked like "Award it Game of the Decade twice, then, if it makes you feel better."
If a couple missing commas made that so difficult to comprehend, perhaps it's your understanding of English that needs work, not my usage.
I knew about the stealth route, but I had no idea you could move past the tentacles by sneaking. I always just ran for my life when it came to those things.
Definitive Dubs In the first time they were introduced in Blast Pit, a security guard tells you that the Tentacles don't see, but hear you. Short after, another security guard comes in yelling and shooting it and dies instantly.
well u subbosed to know that the tentecales can only hear and can't see
and it's mentioned by the security guard in that level . when he said : be quiet this thing hears us
The guard never tells you it can't see you, only that it hears you. When it grabs the scientist, it's behind a glass window, heavily implying it just saw the scientist and went for him.
That scientist was also running and making a lot of noise though
he doesn't tell you that he can't see you he just says be quiet this thing hears us
2:30 "watch me swooce right in"
Star Wars x half life
On this episode of Blackimus Man Does the Thing, Blackimus uses a tunnel full of blood, a rampaging 20-foot alien, and three pounds of C4 to sneakily infiltrate a military mining compound
6:52
= After Explode sound =
AG1: Dude did u hear that???
AG2: Yeah i heard it
AG1: Sounds like explode over there
AG2: Maybe was a Ship got wrecked??
AG1: So shall we check it there
AG2: Nah i think the crew is dead, should we stay here now
AG1: Bruh fine....
Gordon: "suckers heheheh"
“SUCKERRRRRRRRRRRRRR”
@@minh3264 nope he doesnt talk
@@henriquecosta1175 Gordon: " "
@@henriquecosta1175He can think though, so he could come up with some sort of reaction and response to the situation despite being silent.
I think half life has more secrets than the average doom level
Not Freeman In Doom 1 or Doom 2? Final Doom had a lot of secrets
Nah, average Doom levels have... say 3-5 secrets. In the first map the amount of areas I'd consider a secret is... one.
@Jan M
The first map has like three secrets already
I think Hexen has the most secrets per level.
@@elimalinsky7069 hexen doesn't flag any sectors as secrets so technically it has 0, though there are many nooks and crannies in the maps that a rational person would consider a secret area
I never noticed there were alarms in this part of the game, and I especially didn't realise that the additional enemy spawns were tied to specific triggers. I normally just run through this part of Xen though so I've probably missed lots of details like this
yeah the game does not took advantage of that. its not your fault
It took me way too long to realize the alarms were calling in reinforcements myself; the only thing that clued me in was the red lights on the pillars were off on one playthrough and only turned on when one of the guards started shooting at me. That was when I noticed the alarm sound too, then after a quick load, it all came together in my brain and made sense.
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I wish that Black Mesa devs watch your channel. To recreate those amazing details.
Edgiel Welp BM is more about the source engine capabilities... I think the priority is to finish Xen before adding small details but I would like if the improved Xen (as it isn't really liked by the fans)
ikagura The Black Mesa team is completely redesigning the entirety of the Xen portion of the game, which is also why the game is taking so long.
A lot of the intricacies of HL1 is lost in translation with BMS.
I wouldn't mind wait more for it If they release the full Xen with those details.
They actually do have some stuff like the bullsquid getting hungry and seeking out gibs
Solid Snake called, he wants his stealth mission back.
1995 called, they want their "____ called wanting its ____ back" formula back
A pinnacle in gaming that in my opinion, hasn't been topped.
Certainly not bye its shitty sequal F.E.A.R may have come close though but that game was more actiony than really explory
Half life 2 is better, change my mind
square shield 1. Hgrunts
2.The Blackmesa research facility
3. Xen.
For more go and check in on my youtube in a few months.
Well Idk about Half-life having ever been topped, but I do know that both Half-life and Half-life 2 had (and still is pretty much) been revolutionary for gaming as a whole.
Mr.Jankson F.E.A.R was the real sucessor too Half Life 1 half life 2 is just a false pretender
nonlethal run when
*Half-Life: Interloper Walkthrough [100% stealth, non-lethal]*
It's pretty interesting. I wonder how many enemies you have to kill to complete the game at all.
You don't HAVE to kill any. ua-cam.com/video/J0n-TIrpkDA/v-deo.html
And if we speak of a barely humanely possible run, only the Nihilanth.
they crushed a roach at 5:35, and the bullsquid did still teleport onto the catwalk and splat, but other than that I never realized that was actually a non-lethal run
3:04 the question is: what creature made these gibs appear ?
A grue?
Xen version of Shrek
Probably the Tentacle, or a Houndeye. They didn't fabricate it though if that's what your thinking. It's most likely a scientist who got teleported since there were rips in the fabric of time and space on both sides, or maybe just a corpse of a survey team member.
probly something of the env_ species
Gabe, he was eating that person before spitting her out of that cavern and quickly vanished when you entered, like he always did to Half Life fans to avoid answering where is HL3..
When I think of a safety stealth route I think to jump into a hole guarded by a tentacle monster where bloody meat just came out of.
Those tapping tentacles are so funny. Their violent tapping sound like calm steps.
This is why Half-Life 1 is the best first person shooting game ever. Literally puting small details into the game.
What's even more interesting is that it didn't started as an FPS at first, which explains all those enemies details, with the aliens having their own routine and world ecosystem of sort.
Wait what was HL first if it wasn't a FPS?
My god,this game was recreated in 1 Year (1997-1998) and have all this stuff
So you're telling me other first person shooters figuratively put small details into the game???
Other FPS just use details from concentrate, not directly pressed.
I remember fond memories trying to actually never be spotted by the aslaves and agrunts, 100% stealth xens levels, but sadly never did because that was back when I was 7, but I sure do remember quick loading and saving 500 times just trying too accomplish that goal. Great video Marph, a side note, how's the blinking video going? I am assuming its a little slower then your usual studies like this video, due the vast and different variables and cases for each blinkable npc/monster entity.
The blinking video is coming along fine. There's no delay or setback to speak of. This just happened to be a spur of the moment video that I was able to put together in the mean time.
If you haven't played Dishonored, now its time to consider then, I recommend it totally :)
damn, that must've sucked.
I did play it back in 2014, an all nightery with it, finished it in one day, worth it, but would not do it again ;)
nice, can't wait to see it!
Hahaha, the part when Gargantua was searching for Gordon kind of reminded me of Chris walker searching for Miles in the sewers in Outlast
I really hope Black Mesa: Xen retains this. How'd you manage to find this?
Athel It probably wont.
I hope they make it a bit more obvious. My impression of Xen was that it felt like a collection of really abstract levels, not really feeling like real places, and had they made things like this a little more clear it could have gone a long way to making it feel more like an actual lived-in world.
I still like HL1 Xen
+Butter Butt yeah Black Mesa altered so many things, I wouldn't be surprised if that happens.
+Athel I guess by viewing the map source files using the map editor, AFAIK you have to decompile the map before you can view it in the editor.
G-Man: Xen
Difficulty: Very hard
Length: 1 day
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The gargantua sprinting at the player was intense even though it was behind a screen and kicking away rocks to clear its path feels so ahead of its time considering its a 90's game
So much detail put into the game. Thanks for the video!
Ah, comrade, how is life.
Ayyy, long time no see, priviet :D Pretty crazy i must say... been on vacation for two weeks, got back, reality hits hard... but, I can always escape it in my videos :D ... how are you, brate?
Life is good tovarishch, except i got a bit stressed out on some "projects" i am helping with, trying to establish some kind of realistic depiction of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. as a roleplay at the moment. Just chill, relax and think about videos when your mind is clear about what to do and what not to do when you have freetime. It always makes life hard when you are fatigue and heated which makes you think like if you had a hangover. And keep up with the good work and good luck tovarishch!
Thanks, will do, comrade! Make sure to let me know when some of your projects are out there, so i could share them
No problem! At the time. My S.T.A.L.K.E.R. RP is in development and it is in closed beta, i couldn't afford too much people at the time but having more admins and lore master's would help. Question is, is it a bit too direct to friend you so i can tell you if it's ready or generally chatting. I won't leak it for sure.
Half Life 1 has a great atmosphere! The low poly graphics, fuzzy textures, lightning system, funny and low bit rate sound effects (I'm convinced that the tentacles are just cows and the vortigaunts are just a recording of somebody saying "DIE!" in a really raspy voice), even the lack thereof of background sounds in some areas other than walking sound effects or the crunching sound from the tentacles (as weird and specific of an example that is) makes this game really unique. And it is really creepy and melancholic to walk through abandoned, old maps. My favorites are the map with the hotels set in very early morning (I think it is called 4 am) and the futuristic map in the Scientist Hunt mod.
Alm these things were a product of its time, this game actually had insane graphics and ai for its time, yes the atmosphere is great but it's not because of low poly and fuzzy textures...
*Keep making more of those, you do a really good job!*
its crazy how you are still finding these the well never dries up huh?
If this was a well in Africa, it would have had wars fought over it.
Valve's ambition had no end
The PineApple well it definitely ended quite a few years ago haaha
Finding things that have been known about since launch year.
@@iambrett333 laughs in half-life alyx
Neat, but putting a random stealth section in a game which AI isn't normally built for it is quite weird design.
Actually, the AI itself does allow to try a stealthy approach (for example, enemies can't hear you if you're crouching etc.), it's just that most of the game isn't designed with stealth in mind.
Ahh I really need to play this game
Same here. My memories...
PLAY IT
Wow Half-Life AI is so intelligent and well coded!
*Hides in a tiny whole and giant monster forgets I exist*
No, it looks for you and can not find you.
It thinks there is a tunel leading somewhere else. so he looks for another exit
Better than most games coming out now, unfortunately :(
It's more like the giant monster gave up killing you because it can't reach you
1:02 someone saw suspicious activity and called the reinforcements
Chat: Kick Gordon pls
After all these years. I still terrified of Gargantuans. Especially when they are charging at you while your screen is shaking
I never even knew there was an "alarm system" because I always took the stealth route...
Yea, I'm surprised that many people didn't used this route.
You guys are both in 2037.
I didn't know there was an 'alarm system' because I just assumed they were scripted events triggered like everything else in the game. It's not like a police siren goes off.
6:50 *BOOM* "What's that then?" "There's someone prowling around 'ere!"
I've played this game for years and never knew about this.
I just learning more and more about how many details this game has.
The vortigaunt is like trying to work, but the Alien controller has alerted
I've finished this game 5+ times and I've never ever noticed the stealth aspect of Xen. Never knew you could sneak past the Tentacles either. Matter of fact I never noticed many things about HL1 until I started watching Marphy's vids.
I should play through it one more time with his videos as a guide to noticing the details.
7:15 The vortigaunts there are like: "I don't get paid enough to deal with your bullshit"
This level of quality in a game thats over 20 years old.... its beyond amazing
"However, ducking into this tunnel will trick it into hunting outside of the cave."
*Gargantua continues to glitch out*
Half-life is a masterpiece for all times!
half life really was ahead of its time, it even had a half baked stealth system that every fucking game has now
Let me say this again
Ahead of its time
That's awesome!
Never stop making this kind of videos.
*Stealth **_199_*
quit using mods, your stealth can't go up that high
@alessandro rascu
Same place you left your grammar, I'd imagine.
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension
His only mistake is the lack of capitalization and apostrophe, minor mistakes compared to others I've seen and it could just be that he's in a hurry.
@@artificialintelligence8328
_And_ the space before the question marks.
Technically the multiple question marks too if we want to get really pedantic, which I don't.
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension He's probably French or something.
oh my god that gargantua scared the crap out of me, when he was looking left and right then looked back, boom i literally died
Aguante Half Life! Nunca morirá!
siempre vivirá en el corazón de todo gamer amante de excelentes experiencias cómo está obra maestra.
Calla peruano mira a tu diepify
AUDIOTECA de Música sin copyright o sin derechos Quién mira a ese tipo tiene un "personaje" el cual de asusta de todo la realidad es qué es un pendejo.
Your Half Life Fact Series is truly a treat every time. No matter what gimmick you elaborate, it always makes the day.
And I'm sure the blinking video will too.
When I got to that part, the first thing I did was killing the Alien Grunts guards but other than that I never knew this before
3:50
Ah yes. Remember when it was just one garg chasing after you instead of ten? Good times, good times
Although I'm impressed by the whole addition of a stealth path in the level, you can really tell that they had been running out of development time at this point. The tentacles, especially, were very obviously not made for Xen. They still move up and down as if it was the rocket chamber, and sparks fly off when they hit stuff even if it's not metal. Plus, they just make footstep sounds when they hit the xen rocks. It's a shame that Xen had to be so rushed.
Definitely. Xen shows its signs of being half-baked rather badly. Visually it's pretty interesting and I like a lot of the world they've made of Xen. It's just a shame it's so unfun to play through.
The dirt footstep sounds when a Tentacle hits a surface here is intentional. Tentacles are defined by the mapper as to what sort of surface they "tap". In Blast Pit, they use the metal clang sound for the silo. In Surface Tension and throughout Xen, they use the dirt footstep sound for dirt. There's also a setting for tapping water, but this is not used in any of the games.
Really? If that's the case then Valve really just got kinda lazy then
Maybe rocket chamber just happened to match a kind of den they live in in their natural habitat?
Xen isn't that bad until you get to that factory...although that part where you get on a pipe is pretty annoying.
Lol the fact that I just straight went into murder mode on this spot, even killed the big guy
Best video I've seen this year
marph, in all seriousness, every time you make one of these you just always remind and reassure me why half life is my favorite videogame, thank you for that
This game is still amazing 20 years later.
you and half life 1 still amazes me. man your videos all goosebumps.
Solid Gordon
Gordon? Gordon?!!? GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANN
If only you could stealth swim past Muddy.
Why do those Vortigaunts remain neutral? Are they tired of being slaves? Are they paying attention only to their work? Are they a different kind of Vortigaunt? Is it a bug?
I think it's intentional, it's their way of subtly rebelling. If you stay too long a controller pops up and they all turn hostile.
That's just awesome. What a great game. Thanks Tamamo!
That or they're like any office workers
Proof that playtesting things into oblivion isn't always the best answer, nobody would find this gem and they'd remove it entirely in beta
Half-Gear Solid.
Here's to hoping that Black Mesa:Xen will expand on the stealth aspect.
*grunt noises*
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6:30
Fun Fact: An alternate way of getting through this bit, is by simply quickly jumping into the portal with your jet booster thing.
Half-Life: Tactical Espionage Action
ever since i saw this i've been taking the stealth path ever since.
I really hope Crowbar Collective translates this into Black Mesa's Xen chapters.
I always killed those first two grunts with the crossbow. Never had to deal with reinforcements from them.
When will we solve the mystery of the missing revolver reloading sounds?
Thanks for keeping the community alive! These videos are incredible, keep up the great work!
This is some next level shit on 90s.
I love your HL facts, dude. It's awesome how you kept doing these for so long. Respect: ++
Half Metal Gear Life Solid
"Hey what happened?"
"Well, a crazy guy came to our factory and started shooting everybody."
3:10 Air Gordon
huh, cool details
when i first got to the gargantua part i just used all my satchels and tripmines and it got the job done
metal gear gordon
Wow.... i played half time a bunch of times, and this "stealth" approach was the only one i always went throught, never knew about the main route you present first... good video and good work !
this kinda looks like a tutorial on how to pass it without killing aliens
btw awesome video as always bro keep up the good work
Such an engrossing video! I really rdidn't know about that route, and you showed it off wonderfully!
Stealth? Half Life? I did a video of stealth in Half Life too, I never knew about this :o I'm gonna try doing this, thank you for this wonderful video, hope Black Mesa has this feature too!
You just felt so lonely when in Xen. Was such an odd feeling.
Half-life was released in 1998, but this game still does not stop wondering
Didn't know the Vortis at the mines wouldn't shoot on sight. I actually tried to be stealthy in this part, spending a LOT of time trying to not get seen, and thought it worked. Lol.
Mines? I tought it was a factory...
4:30
*PANIC MODE ACTIVATED*
Oh god....this is why I hate Gargantuas.
@@alterrapda9057 you should see black mesa's version of the chase
Another great video. I have learned so much from you about this game that I love
"Okay, this is Xen job guys, nice and easy. Pickup the HEV suit when you will be ready. Dont trigger the alarm"
So much detail in this game. My god.
Wow. Now there's an alternate way to play the Xen chapter. I'll be damned!
Freeman: hides in a tunnel in front of the gargantua
Gargantua: hm idk where he went
Fun facf: Shockwave has a 14 meter blimdspot
I'm not sure who I'm more impressed by. Valve for thinking to put things like this in Half Life, or you for noticing them, and then going through the process of making videos about them.
How do you find this stuff? Do you just go digging through the data files, and notice the alarms, and triggers, or are you really just that observant?
Finding these things can come about in a number of ways. Originally, my friend Barnz and I were looking up info on the piston machinery also seen in this video. This led him to identify the specifics of the alarm system in the courtyard. I looked further up to the alarm system in the later map and was able to piece together the intended stealth route meant for this section.
Cool.
i didn't know about this on my first run through of hl1 but picked up on it as at that point i noticed that using the crossbow to kill stuff silently is a powerful tool, i even did this whole level without alerting anything besides the garg, its still interesting to see it dissected and i didn't even know about the alarm system, i just figured alerting the grunts triggered the spawns
I've played this game for so many years and I did not even notice about these details, good video