Tyler has very good musical ear, actually. I wonder if he was a musician at some point. At least, he always sings in pitch. Also also, he apparently listened to all Valve music tracks so many times he instantly recognizes them.
I guess I can say now that everyone who played "Half-Life Alyx" is Alyx, and everyone who watched "Half-life Alyx" is Russle. So ... We were all IN the game! 👌👌
@TheUltimateGamer245 because they know some people can't afford vr headsets so they are gonna watch a youtuber and/or a friend play it. that's my theory anyway
TheUltimateGamer245 actually despite getting much less attention, three months before HL: A came out a game called boneworks had similar spectator settings including even giving viewers better field of view
I love how all the bigger youtubers are doing playthroughs of this game (Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye etc.). It's really bringing half life back into the light as it should and its great to see half-life be more than just a nerdy old sci-fi game again. Also VR being popularized is amazing and Valve have truly outdone themselves once again.
Jacksepticeye has been a big proponent of VR ever since the Oculus devkit. I'm so glad he's doing a full series for HLA. His super long playthroughs like Undertale, Life is Strange, and Papers Please are genuine gold.
@@blackkissi Nope. The missing cat can be found in the game, including right at the start if you look off the side of the balcony behind the radio. The cat can be seen sitting on a chair.
On my second play through and my God what a game. I’m watching this video because only your reaction matters to me. All of the info and work you’ve done leading up to this. It’s a pleasure to watch you react to actually playing the game. I’m happy for you.
He played with the markers on the white board. Not really much different from the window. The true disappointment is when he didn’t let the barnacle eat the zombie.
Baghr I almost started crying during the strider part because I had no ammo, and no health. I was expected to fight more and more combine. And the strider can shoot through rubble props, so it was almost impossible to get cover. I was playing on normal.
There’s more jumpscares too which I think is a neat touch. I think it’s funny when streamers play and certain scripted encounters don’t happen and you can tell they play on easy mode lmao
Hanson just make sure you use the right weapons and play strategically rather than blunt force. I know which part you’re talking about, I guess I didn’t have as much trouble because I play VR a lot, but it also requires a slower way of playing.
I see that the design philosophy behind interactivity is pretty much "only one degree of interaction with unimportant environment, two degrees of interaction with 'toys'. Three with hero props."
Playing this game myself was sincerly magical. I started crying seeing City 17 again, probably cuz I've literally waited half my life to play the next installment in my favorite video game series, and I think this game might top Half-Life 2 to me as the best video game I've ever played. Thanks Tyler for being such a great youtuber and giving us so many great videos to watch! All your hard work has paid off!
Connor Gardner it really is a journey. It also has the effect of making every other half life game retroactively more interesting as gman’s “investments” pay off
Yeah, I'm really interested to see what direction they're taking the story. They're clearly going for a more nuanced approach, given they're using a more methodical way of environmental storytelling
Connor Gardner yeah valve have always been pioneers of that sort of thing so seeing them take it to the next level was awesome. Even random conversations with Russell can change based on what you do, and I had no idea till I watched someone else play!
After finishing the game I gotta say, it’s become one of my favourites. (Slight spoiler down below) The Zoo and Jeff were my favourite levels in the game, wish they had more stuff with the city vibes like in the zoo and (beginning of) northern star levels.
I love how Tyler has been so serious and critical of valve the whole time leading up to this, but as soon as he starts playing he's like a giddy child. It's probably one of the biggest stamps of quality this game could have.
@@hunted4blood he sucks up to Valve and praises their disgusting offal up and down even after they openly shat on his life's work and repeatedly kicked him in the dick. Valve can't stand him. He broke the news on what a shitshow that company is. He knows how dysfunctional HL:A's own development was. But here he is, hyping this game up and down, hall monitoring the Valve community, doing all he can to show them that he's a good boy now. Yes, he's a fucking simp.
@@okie9025 Well I'll defer to your judgement on that. I don't own a VR headset, so I don't really know how this whole cuckoldry thing works. Guess you're the expert
What are you talking about? Judging by the fact that he refers to corpses as "dad", as well as his remarks towards them, means only that they currently have a Very healthy relationship!
For real though I'm sorry for replying to a 3 day old comment but has he talked about his relationship with his father before? Is this just an unfunny joke or is it a psychological thing?
@@LTGVCasanova I might be making this up, but I remember Tyler talking about his dad Not being supportive about his chosen career path, but that was a couple of years ago at least.
@@DrewBert324 Also, does he really want to talk about his dad and remind himself of this bad relation they have when playing the first Half-Life in 13 years ?
I've said this on a few different occasions...after all these years I was so excited to watch this game live streamed since I didnt want to build a whole new rig and buy VR...Tyler's commentary really ruined the experience...it was excruciating to watch and have to listen to, to the point where I stopped watching finally after around 3 hours and just watched another streamer playthrough who didnt use commentary.
When entering the room with the VHS camera, If you check on the top shelf on your left you can found a early picture of Dog! I found this detail really cool! I think I passed a solid 30 minutes in that room alone being amazed
In case you were still wondering, Tyler, some VHS cameras DO have viewfinder screens on them, depending on the model and particular format. I, for example, own a JVC camera from the early 2000's that uses the VHS-C format, and it has a viewfinder screen. I had previously owned another, older model of VHS-C camcorder that also had a viewfinder screen. I've also seen both online and in person ones that use larger VHS formats. It's not at all off the table for a VHS camcorder of the period to have a viewfinder.
Anyone find it strange how before release he literally said his playthrough would be 15-20 hours because he'd look at every little detail yet in this he seems to be racing through it as fast as possible not paying attention? Guess he was spoiled on part of the story and maybe he just wanted to play it so he can get his next video out?
I have waited untill now to watch this because i am still waiting for my Index. This is great. If more people had VR this would have exploded much more. It literally is everything they imagined for Half Life 2 back then. A fully immersive, believeable scyfy world. Be it narrow or scripted, the VR makes is something else.
How long before he realizes he doesn’t have to rack the gun unless he fires the shot left in the chamber? ☠️ (edit: 41 minutes in) (edit 2: 51:30 he racked it again 😭)
When Tyler uses a health injector, how damaged is he? More than 1 heart - 10% About 1 heart - 20% A tiny bit of 1 heart - 30% Not in the slightest - 40%
I want to play this so bad, but realisticly speaking, it will be years before I get the necessary equipment to do it, and I won't be able to not spoil myself for that long, so I'd rather spoil myself the good way, seeing things unfold as they should.
@@joko49perez Lol no, I did manage to buy a new computer, but it's still barely enough to play games, most people wouldn't event consider it "entry level". VR is still far off into the future.
@@joko49perez Ryzen 5 3400G, no gpu. It can play anything I throw at it, although at 720p and low settings for most games. It's still far better than my old Intel HD 4000 lol.
Out of everyone I've seen play this, Tyler is the only one who knew what the hell a snark was. When I saw it I freaked out, but no one who's recording has even played HL1. smh
![[WORLD RECORD] Half-Life in 25:57 scriptless Speedrun](/img/n.gif)
The moment when he hear the gman song for a second and he immediately recognize it
timestamp?
found it, 2:55
@@CloroxBleach0 I think he meant the radio at the beginning.
Tyler has very good musical ear, actually. I wonder if he was a musician at some point. At least, he always sings in pitch. Also also, he apparently listened to all Valve music tracks so many times he instantly recognizes them.
Can someone explain the context? I don't remember ever hearing it. How is it associated with Gman?
I guess I can say now that everyone who played "Half-Life Alyx" is Alyx, and everyone who watched "Half-life Alyx" is Russle.
So ... We were all IN the game! 👌👌
@TheUltimateGamer245 because they know some people can't afford vr headsets so they are gonna watch a youtuber and/or a friend play it. that's my theory anyway
TheUltimateGamer245 actually despite getting much less attention, three months before HL: A came out a game called boneworks had similar spectator settings including even giving viewers better field of view
@@dudeboymanguy07 they meant that russle watches your POV on his tv the entire game
@@traceclawson my theory is before half life 3 they’ll sell a pancake version of Alyx.
1:16:23 "I have a brain injury." "Oh. I'm sorry to--" "My brain is injured!" "That's terrible, and I hope--" "Ow."
best dialogue in the whole game
Agreed
Agreed, wish we would have seen him more in the rest of the game
2:55
Tyler reacting the the City 17 music is just... it's so pure. I love how much of a fanboy he is.
I’d say it’s the gman music but yeah
It is Anticitizen-one-beginning-after-dog's-fight-in-broken-apartment-TV-Gman-on-a-boat music
what a passionate gamer
@@bbsonjohn also called: "distorted trumpets"
Damn I wish you had included the Valve Guy startup haha
Oh hey!
Headcrabs are actually adorable when they're not trying to eat your face.
They are really cute when they waddle around.
Especially debeaked ones
I'm glad to see more headcrab lovers in here
I would honestly buy one and let it suckle on a watermelon while we watched tv together
ikr?? i just want a debeaked head crab in steamvr home
Tyler: We'll do all the wacky stuff on the second playthrough
Duggy B: Allow me to introduce myself...
You cant just put a grabbable floppy rat in a game and NOT expect EVERYONE to immediatly start carrying it around, cmon Valve.
@@Uncompromising_Mode Half Life: Alyx but we carry a rat through the entire game for an achievement and also some brownie points
I love how all the bigger youtubers are doing playthroughs of this game (Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye etc.). It's really bringing half life back into the light as it should and its great to see half-life be more than just a nerdy old sci-fi game again. Also VR being popularized is amazing and Valve have truly outdone themselves once again.
Jacksepticeye has been a big proponent of VR ever since the Oculus devkit. I'm so glad he's doing a full series for HLA. His super long playthroughs like Undertale, Life is Strange, and Papers Please are genuine gold.
Me: sees missing cat Mind: what cat?
ah yes. HL2 when Dr. Kleiner and Barney tell about how they first tested the teleporters, they used a cat. That must be the poor missing cat
@@blackkissi Nope. The missing cat can be found in the game, including right at the start if you look off the side of the balcony behind the radio. The cat can be seen sitting on a chair.
Josh Goddard the cat can also be found later in the game on a roof, but only if you throw something at the cat on the balcony at the start
His reaction to just seeing a snark is incredibly wholesome.
This man is wholesome
On my second play through and my God what a game. I’m watching this video because only your reaction matters to me. All of the info and work you’ve done leading up to this. It’s a pleasure to watch you react to actually playing the game. I’m happy for you.
when your done w that play through you wanna slide me your VR?
Couldn't agree more. Well said!
Upset he didn’t play with the markers on the window at the beginning...
It's even more of a shame he didn't see the clipboard in the first room... with the making of D.O.G.
He played with the markers on the white board. Not really much different from the window. The true disappointment is when he didn’t let the barnacle eat the zombie.
2:33 "Grabing these things feels really good" -Tyler McVicker 2020
wallmenis jaja chinazo
I'm sad he didn't see the photo of baby Dog in the room with the snark.
thought the same, that was so sweet (I actually discovered that on my second playthrough)
So many people don't pick up the clip board it's staggering. I immediately did it because clipboards usually have nothing on them
What cat?
..........The question everyone has been asking since 2004.
BEATRICE.
Maaaaybe.
6:21 Tyler makes scientist noise haha funne
funee
@TheUltimateGamer245 when you are who ate the donuts
I’m so glad I played on hard mode, it made every enemy a threat and I had to be vigilant towards everything
I was having trouble in normal, lol
(the combine are pretty challenging)
Baghr
I almost started crying during the strider part because I had no ammo, and no health. I was expected to fight more and more combine. And the strider can shoot through rubble props, so it was almost impossible to get cover. I was playing on normal.
@@morphious86. especially the heavy combines. As soon as you hear his footsteps I started panicking
There’s more jumpscares too which I think is a neat touch. I think it’s funny when streamers play and certain scripted encounters don’t happen and you can tell they play on easy mode lmao
Hanson just make sure you use the right weapons and play strategically rather than blunt force. I know which part you’re talking about, I guess I didn’t have as much trouble because I play VR a lot, but it also requires a slower way of playing.
I see that the design philosophy behind interactivity is pretty much "only one degree of interaction with unimportant environment, two degrees of interaction with 'toys'. Three with hero props."
He single handedly destroyed half the bottles that remained on earth in this video alone.
Theres an achievement for smashing 50 bottles too.
Playing this game myself was sincerly magical. I started crying seeing City 17 again, probably cuz I've literally waited half my life to play the next installment in my favorite video game series, and I think this game might top Half-Life 2 to me as the best video game I've ever played. Thanks Tyler for being such a great youtuber and giving us so many great videos to watch! All your hard work has paid off!
Connor Gardner it really is a journey. It also has the effect of making every other half life game retroactively more interesting as gman’s “investments” pay off
Yeah, I'm really interested to see what direction they're taking the story. They're clearly going for a more nuanced approach, given they're using a more methodical way of environmental storytelling
Connor Gardner yeah valve have always been pioneers of that sort of thing so seeing them take it to the next level was awesome. Even random conversations with Russell can change based on what you do, and I had no idea till I watched someone else play!
“It is a matter of perspective, but alyx vance alone cannot change his fate.” Holy fuck I understand what he means by that now!
THE GLORIOUS RETURN OF DUGGY B.
You know when Tyler is excited over the snark, it's a good time.
took me a while to figure out why he was staring at his hand randomly at times
Yeah, chat box.
i feel like he's going insane
After finishing the game I gotta say, it’s become one of my favourites.
(Slight spoiler down below)
The Zoo and Jeff were my favourite levels in the game, wish they had more stuff with the city vibes like in the zoo and (beginning of) northern star levels.
I love how this guy just aggressively shook around that dead rat. The physics were amazing
6:20 *turns lights off*
*[scream]*
Finally some youtuber that has some respect for details that Valve put in the game for us.
@@SgtTom yeah right, he didnt even notice that dust texture behind.the desk of the gnar
I love how Tyler has been so serious and critical of valve the whole time leading up to this, but as soon as he starts playing he's like a giddy child. It's probably one of the biggest stamps of quality this game could have.
Or it just means he's a fucking simp.
@@ExValeFor If you're gonna call people simps, at least use it properly.
@@hunted4blood he sucks up to Valve and praises their disgusting offal up and down even after they openly shat on his life's work and repeatedly kicked him in the dick. Valve can't stand him. He broke the news on what a shitshow that company is. He knows how dysfunctional HL:A's own development was. But here he is, hyping this game up and down, hall monitoring the Valve community, doing all he can to show them that he's a good boy now.
Yes, he's a fucking simp.
@@ExValeFor bro in the time it took you to write your comment your wife's boyfriend could've gotten kids and started a family
@@okie9025 Well I'll defer to your judgement on that. I don't own a VR headset, so I don't really know how this whole cuckoldry thing works. Guess you're the expert
I think Tyler has dad issues
What are you talking about?
Judging by the fact that he refers to corpses as "dad", as well as his remarks towards them, means only that they currently have a Very healthy relationship!
@@19RaxR91 and his reminder of making Tim Forth his dad. And other Valve employees.
For real though I'm sorry for replying to a 3 day old comment but has he talked about his relationship with his father before? Is this just an unfunny joke or is it a psychological thing?
@@LTGVCasanova I don't think he has, and I was just poking fun at it. I don't know if it's serious or not.
@@LTGVCasanova I might be making this up, but I remember Tyler talking about his dad Not being supportive about his chosen career path, but that was a couple of years ago at least.
the way he yeets the bullet out of the chamber all the time duuuude
3:18:37 "Hostile is experiencing extreme panic" Very true
3:17:35 : Man Fumbling Around in VR While Pissing His Pants, the Movie.
My favourite movie. Thanks
He immediately recognizes the distorted trumpets lol
(NO SPOILERS) I beat the game yesterday and I cant wait to see his reaction to it, I also got to say i was wrong when denying something.
Fun fact: the newspaper at 3:21:23 is the same newspaper on the wall at Black Mesa East. I love Valve’s attention to detail.
"What is resin though, y'know?" 41:04
It's the gateway pc logo, duh.
27:20 ROFL
Biggest lesson learned from this stream:
Tyler has MAJOR daddy issues
I am now very concerned for Tyler with all of these dad jokes
Me too.
Hi dad
Too late, already wtahced the stream AND the archive :dab: Those streams were great, love you Tyler
6:30 This has to be one of the coolest scenes from the game
Litterally any enemy: Appears
Tyler: Hey, dad
This gets very old pretty quickly when every ennemy encounter is like this...
@@DrewBert324 Also, does he really want to talk about his dad and remind himself of this bad relation they have when playing the first Half-Life in 13 years ?
I've said this on a few different occasions...after all these years I was so excited to watch this game live streamed since I didnt want to build a whole new rig and buy VR...Tyler's commentary really ruined the experience...it was excruciating to watch and have to listen to, to the point where I stopped watching finally after around 3 hours and just watched another streamer playthrough who didnt use commentary.
@@MrM4xwell how about having to break every single bottle in the fucking game....god damn
12:03
*what cat*
Barney, what cat!?
I took 7 hours to play this exact same length of game. Interestering. Tyler also forgot to turn on the washin mashines at 10:59
Lol right? And he said he's playing the game "slow" here. I'm on my first playthrough now and feel no need to rush it.
When entering the room with the VHS camera, If you check on the top shelf on your left you can found a early picture of Dog! I found this detail really cool! I think I passed a solid 30 minutes in that room alone being amazed
I’ve never seen someone less delicate with their hands xD
Watching this when it was new I was pretty immediately done with the "Dougy B." bit. Now here I am 3 weeks later cherishing it.
Now everybody gets to see how excruciating it was to watch this live
Lol
Its honesty infuriating watching him play. There is no wrong way to play a video game but christ.
@@baseddragon0882 I wonder if anybody kept track of how bottles he broke
Do a Dougie B and David the Gnome playthrough.
I dare you.
10:40 in another life he was the citizen in the apartment raid.
Aw, you missed Gnome Chompsky where you got the gun.
Tyler you weren't paying attention to the very first barnacle you killed, so you *missed out on a free resin.*
"Oh, god, oh man." like watching Morty play
The details in the game are crazy.. can't wait for half life 3
Everybody complaining about the hud being slightly off in the first hour was really pissing me off.
You missed the window at he beginning!
Tyler 8:27 top shelf of that rack of soup cans is a picture of puppy Dog that you missed.
31:00 "No, not you." *Awkwardly throws object aside for pistol*
You missed the dog photo in the snark room >.
In case you were still wondering, Tyler, some VHS cameras DO have viewfinder screens on them, depending on the model and particular format. I, for example, own a JVC camera from the early 2000's that uses the VHS-C format, and it has a viewfinder screen. I had previously owned another, older model of VHS-C camcorder that also had a viewfinder screen. I've also seen both online and in person ones that use larger VHS formats. It's not at all off the table for a VHS camcorder of the period to have a viewfinder.
For God's sake, Tyler! How could you missed the whole train crash scene by looking in the wrong side?!
Anyone find it strange how before release he literally said his playthrough would be 15-20 hours because he'd look at every little detail yet in this he seems to be racing through it as fast as possible not paying attention? Guess he was spoiled on part of the story and maybe he just wanted to play it so he can get his next video out?
Yeah I'm pretty sure he did say people were sending him screenshots and stuff before the game came out or something idk
VR may be in its infancy, but it has just said its first words.
Apparently it's autistic?
Waits with bated breath for the video detailing where the series goes from here.
I wish you'd have turned the globe at 7:06
I've played this game at least 5 times and not once did I notice you could turn the lights on and off. Amazing lol
41:02 takes one rip of the joint and starts asking some questions like this
Tyler's ADHD was really acting up during all this. Starting sentences and never finishing them, just walking off somewhere haha
Watching these playthroughs make me realise how slow paced I play games
50:50 ive not yet seen a streamer/youtuber use the barnicle to kill the zombie, shoot the lock let the zombie walk under it :D
Vinesauce Vinny let the barnacle do the work
Vinesauce Joel as well
27:15 Okay, that's you.
1:16:24 Ow.
Oh look a piano who predicted that
*gunshots in the back ground while talking in a monotone sarcastic voice*
I have waited untill now to watch this because i am still waiting for my Index. This is great. If more people had VR this would have exploded much more. It literally is everything they imagined for Half Life 2 back then. A fully immersive, believeable scyfy world. Be it narrow or scripted, the VR makes is something else.
12:03
"I still have nightmares about that cat."
I felt physical pain every time Tyler pulled the slide with a bullet already in the chamber
The adventures of Tyler and Duggy B.
I just wish that he looked more at the sky box and other stuff
I finished the game but the bit in the garage before the ending I almost started crying because I couldn’t do it
you mean the one with the combine while the strider was chasing you? i had like no ammo and it took me forever to beat that part
This is so good to go back to I was in such an awe myself too!
How long before he realizes he doesn’t have to rack the gun unless he fires the shot left in the chamber? ☠️ (edit: 41 minutes in) (edit 2: 51:30 he racked it again 😭)
It doesn't even seem like you enjoy it.
Russel is like a new Weathly and I fuckin love it
We need more of Dougy B. Best character of the series so far.
It's been a blast, Ty. Glad I watched all of this (tho DUM TYLER moments were painful haha)
And I still gotta wait 6 and a half more weeks for my index to ship :(
Stil gotta wait a few years until I can afford one
Not going to watch this video until I finish playing half life alyx
When Tyler uses a health injector, how damaged is he?
More than 1 heart - 10%
About 1 heart - 20%
A tiny bit of 1 heart - 30%
Not in the slightest - 40%
“What does that mean? Deer?”
I was looking at the bottle and thinking that it kinda looked very Jägermeister. So, yeah. Deer.
HOLY SHIT. JUST PICK UP A LIVE RAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC WHY DONCHA?
“I’M IN THE HALF LIFE! I’M IN CITY 17! I MADE IT!” 🥳
“OW. MY COUCH.” 🤣
Secret weapon? Like a gun? A GRAAAAAVITY GUN?
Poopidoopiboiiiiiiis
Sad that he didn't find the clipboard with dog on it. He would've went nuts
3:03 look at his hand
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED
🔜
**Hits a scientists with a crowbar**
Scientist: 6:20
my brain is injured
I'm so sorry to-
ow...
I want to play this so bad, but realisticly speaking, it will be years before I get the necessary equipment to do it, and I won't be able to not spoil myself for that long, so I'd rather spoil myself the good way, seeing things unfold as they should.
Did you get to play it? I'm going through it right now and I was in the same situation as you when it came out.
@@joko49perez Lol no, I did manage to buy a new computer, but it's still barely enough to play games, most people wouldn't event consider it "entry level". VR is still far off into the future.
@@tralphstreet not entry level? What do you have?
And don't worry, it will be worth the wait, it's not just hype.
@@joko49perez Ryzen 5 3400G, no gpu. It can play anything I throw at it, although at 720p and low settings for most games. It's still far better than my old Intel HD 4000 lol.
Man! I wish we learned this Vortigaunt's name. Just like the one in HL2E2
I think their called Gary, apparently that's their name in the game files or something lol. Everyone seems to call him Gary so yeah.
even after 4 years I still get annoyed every time he racks the slide and wastes ammo
he didn't notice the headcrab in the fridge :(
8:50 there were some that has screens
Out of everyone I've seen play this, Tyler is the only one who knew what the hell a snark was. When I saw it I freaked out, but no one who's recording has even played HL1. smh
Yas 3 times I watched the intro and only him know, smh
War owl knew, which surprised me
That's why I avoid the general crowd of screaming dyed hair people. They rarely seem to care about the game as anything more than a toy.