Half-Life Easter Eggs Found in Other Games
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- Опубліковано 21 бер 2020
- In todays video we take a look at the many Half-Life References found in other games, from GTA: San Andreas to TimeSplitters to Borderlands 3, Half-Life has been referenced in games for the past 16 years and so to mark Valves return to the series with Half-Life: Alyx (13yrs since their last installment) I thought it would be cool for us to take a look at some of the Easter Eggs that pay homage to the influential series.
Hope you Enjoy!
Games featured:
Metro 2033
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
The Punisher
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Borderlands 3
Advent Rising
Viscera Cleanup Detail
Steamworld Dig
Mad Max
Rage
Dying Light
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Control
Agents of Mayhem
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Penumbra: Overture
Zombeer
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#HalfLife #EasterEggs - Ігри
Imagine being so iconic, that when someone just puts a crowbar in their game it is instantly a reference to half life.
Good job valve.
Ikr
Love your sarcasm.
@@alextyndyuk it's not sarcastic.
And some glasses.
I was just going to comment this but seriously valve good job.
Theres also a reference in dead risng off the record where if you give a crowbar to a survivor named Gordon, he'll say "a red crowbar. This is enough to make anyone feel like a free man"
That's dope! I'll have to check it out at some point.
what happens if you do it three times
@@Ribbons0121R121 Nothing happens after the second time...
I didn't expect Half Life is so iconic
@@Jack_Krauzers well it was only the *most techncally impressive and years ahead of its time along with the sequel being years ahead of its time even in looks* because thats how valve rolls
In Unturned, the crowbar's description is something like "For opening crates and fighting crabs."
"Construction tool for prying apart objects and fighting crabs." i never noticed that!
Ah yes, Gordon Freeman. The man who fought those crabs
@@bettercallsolman the same crabs that don't taste like crab
Crabs that look like chicken
@@veorangejuice733 I guess they looked a bit like chicken
In Doom Eternal there are mentions to a "Mesa" event
Glad im not the only one to notice!
In wich part?
@@SpanishDio In the Fortress of Doom there is a bookshelf. One of the books is called "Mesa Science Monthly: How to Predict Unforeseen Consequences"
@@arthurdsjrjbr damn thanks! awesome easter egg
Holy shit this comment deserves more likes. I hope he sees your comment
1:22 I was an idiot and thought "Stark Industries? A glove that shoots energy? They are making Iron Man references as well as Half Life." Then I realised what the game was...
Lol
16 years later and that music still hits hard.
Forsaille46 I can’t do it... I’m... I’m not strong enough...
Hits hard, I can relate.
yea, it does. why can't Valve just make episode 3 already?
@@isablisss Half life 3 is now confirmed, for real this time.
@MININUKE324 8:14
Did someone felt that feeling when half life music started playing
Which soundtrack???
*LOUD VALVE INTRO*
@@SevKast_7 "Triage at Dawn"
its a remix of HL2's triage at dawn. its known originally as "that long train ride" then after EP2 was released a reuploader called the path of the borealis. theres a suprising amount of remixes of that song.
I did.
There is a lot of hl1 references in that game called Black Mesa
I wonder why!
@@velkro1112 ha ha ha
Hmm, I never knew this.
ARGH, STAHP
Because Black mesa is a remake of half life 1 dipshit
Every hand holding a crowbar in every game in this earth will symbolize a legend called *Gordon Freeman*
everytime I see crowbar it always reminds me to HL 😂 IDK what curse Valve put in HL
There is a reference in escape from tarkov. One of the melee weapons is a Freeman crowbar and its description mentions the resonance cascade.
robert deldge Who need RR when you can have the stick that defines physic.
Probably one of the least subtle Easter eggs of all time lol.
The Minecraft achievement/advancement "On A Rail" is a reference to a chapter of the same name in Half Life 1
Notch was a huge valve fan, While his favourite game from valve was TF2, he still did like Half life.
@@thing. I know. The 2011 April Fools was a reference to Team Fortress 2.
Half Click Do you think he still plays it today in his LA Mansion?
@@TheBearWithOrangeFur He plays minecraft in his L.A mansion for sure.
I have a feeling the Nihilanth bossfight in HL1 is where the fight with the Ender Dragon is based off. At least the part where you have to break the crystals to stop the Nihilanth from regaining health, as the same goes for the dragon.
I'm doom eternal on the bookshelf there is a book called "prepere for unforseen consequences" and a reference to black Mesa.
The same sentence is said by Gman in Half Life 2 (Episode2 if i remember correctly)
please correct your grammar in this sentence
The title is actually: Mesa Science Monthly: Predicting Unforseen Consequences
@@arthurvarc241 unforseen consequences is mostly known for being the first actual chapter of half-life (apart from black mesa inbound which is just an introduction level). That G-man line in episode 2 already was a reference to that specific chapter title, so i guess that makes it a double reference in doom eternal
There's one in Payday 2
on the mission Shadow Raid you can find a crowbar in a locker room, it's in an open locker and above the crowbar is the text "Freeman was here"
In the counterfeit heist the tool boxes have the name white mesa on it referencing black mesa research facility.
And theres a Left 4 Dead reference when they tried to rob the Mercy hospital
What a legendary mission title
In Big Bank you can see on the stock list White Mesa and a version of Apature Science
In Murky Station heist, when you go into a vent underground you will see letters HL and the number 3 which is HL3 to Half Life 3 so half life 3 confirmed?
In Plague Inc, there's a news headline that says "Valve Time slower than thought", followed by "Researchers have calculated that it takes longer than expected for radioactive fluids with a half-life of 3 years to pass through valves. Reason unknown".
And in Cities: Skylines, there's also a Chirper tweet that says:
"Reports of trouble at the @black_mesa research facility. #smelltheashes #freemen"
Clever.
Lol, the thought of Gman using social media in that manner is actually hilarious.
MVP
Wake up and... smell the *ashes*
And in half the cases, it was a corpse...
Even other devs felt the 10+ years
He's dead. His time already occured, now it's up to this generation to be the new Freeman of gaming history.
not gonna lie, I never expected that Half Life is so iconic even veteran game devs put it in their games such as Id Software and Rockstars
It’s one of the best games ever made, so it’s not that surprising
Fun fact, the co founder of valve used to work at ID i think.
@@toaferson maybe that explained Goldsrc?
Well, it does make sense. Both Half Life's changed FPS games, and games as a whole. And it looks like Alyx is going be a very big deal for getting vr the recognition it needs to become a legitimate platform, if it hasn't already
@@Jack_Krauzers yep, Goldsrc is basically a modified version of the Quake engine, Valve bought the license for it
Your editing has come on so much its insane. I almost get Guru vibes watching this.
@Duo Cad Sordid go fuck you're self nerd
Cheers, it took a long ass time to get it all done mind, but I just try find cooler ways to showcase things, it's never perfect but it tends to turn out alright. 👍
@@oKnightzo oh yeah thx for deleting my comment
@@panosgiannoulis6465 why lol?
@@fl4k25 idk I just said to the other guy who said "fuck you" that he is zealous of eggcellent's and Knightz' editing skills
the real half life 3 was the easter eggs we found along the way
lol
good
Nice
half life 3 is us in real life finding references and seeing the magic happen in other games, magic that gives the story the structure and meaningfulness it deserves. In all universes in gaming, there can only be one crowbar.
Theres a Crowbar in Halo 3 on the Multiplayer Level Sandtrap in one of the Caves referencing HL2.
I found it :P
Yeah, that is a half life reference
Also one of the levels in HL2 was called "Sandtraps."
i found a Crowbar in my garage , must be a HL2 reference
@@abdullahyousef3481 However in this case, it is a direct reference, mainly because the crowbar is found in a level that almost shares the same name as a HL2 level, and the developers were interviewed and confirmed their love of Half-Life. Agreed though if you just had a random crowbar, with no other reference to go about, it could just be a crowbar, lol.
That is not an HL2 reference. That is a Half-Life reference in general.
Burglar: *break in my house with a crowbar*
Me: "OH MY GOD ITS GORDAN FREEMAN"
LEAD ON FREEMAN
@@InfinityPotato97 Hey, its’s Freeman! Let’s follow him!
5:30 I like how there are dead people (probably from waiting too much) along with the HL3 posters around the store
The top billboard: "... NOW (soon)"
Honestly it's a real treat seeing Half-Life all over the internet again, Valve's games have always been special cultural touchstones. Seeing that reverence still shared with so many after so long is truly amazing, and a testament to the artistic achievements of talented people at Valve over the years...
all of these are about Gordon being dead with a crowbar, where is the combine’s love? yes, i saw the “pick up that can” easter egg
Gordon went cheeki breeki in the zone in totally different timeline
That feeling when you survived an invasion of aliens in closed facility, but you died of hunger and anomaly in some abandoned soviet tunnel.
that was such a good easter egg
Don't see much other people who play stalker
Its the best one because it implies that Gman asigned gordon to the zone, it puts two awesome worlds together
Half-Life 2 is consederd as the best game of all time ''by the community and the gaming magazine''
8:15 The Feeling Of Half Life Music is nostalgic
Every goddamn time..
Bene what’s the name of the track called?
@@finnzza9090 Path of Borealis
@@bebooboobop2016 or triage at dawn
In Bioshock, before discovering your first weapon (the wrench), you are asked to find "a crowbar or something".
i love how in the data log it says "dr. jordan friedmann"
7:51 That's Rude....
Jealously
I wonder if the Splinter Cell devs had beef with Valve in the 90s or something
freeman is a fucking chad idk what shes talking about
Its called a joke my dude 😂
7:56 '' There should be a switch in the CONTROL room''
Postal 2 : Paradise Lost . There is the Gman in a factory level.
glad to know someone noticed it!
Crowbars in other games low key reference hl
I’m so glad others remember the reference in The Punisher as well.
It's an unlikely place to find a reference, but an awesome one!
Love the gearbox one since they did blue shift and opposing force.
and Decay.
GANTZ i always forget about decay damn it
@@GANTZ__
Owh, carp - I've never played 'Decay'!
@@enthouendhut I strongly recomend you to do it. Amazing experience in coop on ps2, or still a good challenge alone on PC.
Gearbox does not do Blue Shift.
Who would win in a fight?
Gordon Freeman: the scientist,
Issac Clark: the engineer,
Or Mario: the plumber?
Gordon has chosen combine as an enemy after beating these two
Mario is presently serving a life sentence for murder and dismemberment of a hooker, Judge waived his stage 7 brain cancer.
*Isaac slowly walking down a dark hallway on the Ishimura*
*RANDOM ASS FREEMAN COMING OUT OF A VENT*
No idea why I though of that but it's funny to imagine lol.
Mario
Well as a plumber, Mario deals with valves quite a bit. And I think we all know how powerful they are.
"A crowbar would come in handy right about now!" -Duke Nukem
I like the idea that when Gordon was in stasis he actually went to all these different games in between the time of HL1 and HL2
6:34 what I did was I threw the can to the combine and then it landed on the trash can
Guessing the crowbar in area 69 in GTA San Andreas will be included in the video.
That would be correct :)
@@oKnightzo Hahahaha pretty awesome man, I always thought that easter egg was quite overlooked by most people so I didn't expect it yo be here, good job!
In Torchlight II you can have a headcrab as your pet
*my only question is how did MARVEL Gordon find out how to control the Resonance Cascade.*
Because that Gordon could talk.
@@RE-45. if only....
There's a reference in Men Of War: Assault Squad 2 where a weapon you can place on the map editor is a crowbar, where it can be picked up and held by infantry. There is also a 'helmet' that can be equipped by infantry that is pretty much a headcrab. And they put it on their heads, of course.
5:38 I was paying more attention to the skeletons in front, but I just noticed the Black Mesa logo on the tent. Anyone else notice that?
Someone dies trying to open a crate using a crowbar
Everyone: ah doctor Freeman the right man in the wrong place
6:18 That voice over the PA sounds remarkably like Dr Breen in HL2 too.
7:04
That's why we DON'T go to ravenholm.
In escape from tarkov, there is a crowbar titled the freeman crowbar. In the description it says “Caution! May lead to resonance cascade.”
A game so beloved not only by it's players but also other developers. A game so iconic that every other developing studio tips their hats for every time. A game so timeless that no matter what day or age it is, it still remains relevant. Those are the only three words you need to describe Half Life, beloved, iconic and timeless. Shame that we'll never get to taste it again but maybe, just maybe, our grandchildren will and they would understand what we were talking about all those years. Thank you Valve.
Holy Christ! I'm so glad that someone else knew about the Freeman Crowbar in Penumbra Overture! :D
4:13 Magnusson still wants his Caserole? Lol
Not just any casserole, it was Magnuson's magnificent microwave casserole
Says a lot about the still-fresh wound that was Valve abandoning Half Life. Most of these easter eggs involve HL3 being due to release when the world ended or the game's characters being reduced to nothing but dead corpses.
22 years later and new games are still referencing Half-Life
It's a shame I can only recognize half of this games. They all look amazing.
@Mookie
I haven't played 'em, so probably you're right. LOL
Exactly, some looks interesting but hmmmm... Amazing, I don't thing so.
There’s an orange poster in The Uncertain showing a crowbar and also referencing the famous XFiles poster, it says “I want to believe”
* sees crowbar in a video game * “IS THIS A HALF LIFE REFERENCE??”
Hangover Reviews can you blame em I mean half life made the crowbar a badass weapon instead of a home tool
ChaoticPizza True, I love half life too but not every crowbar in a game is a half life reference lol ;)
@@anthonyliut9810 well, I agree with you as long as there's no another sign like Red painting in the crowbar, no glasses beside them, no words "Gordon" or "Freeman" in the crowbar and its description or another words related to Half-Life
Lots of these "references" can be seen as such because they're
- In a sci-fi / lab setting
- Come with nods to "Freeman"
- Specifically painted with red
- Come with glasses
It's not just because there's a crowbar, but because they actually allude to Half-Life
But even still, it's just so iconic that you can honestly put even a rusty crowbar in any game and you'd probably still think of Half-Life, just because it's a crowbar, and it's in a video game. Half-Life has left such a mark in the video game industry that the crowbar and lambda symbol are basically synonymous with Half-Life.
the most weird one was the metro exodus one with glasses. Like WHOT SORT OF EASTER EGG IS THAT?! THATS JUST GLASSES DAMNIT.
People are seeing half life everywhere lol
4:00 Sector C is also where the resonance cascade started
Gordon Freeman is truly a legend. When all hope seems lost, the one Freeman will come just in time and save everything.
Men of war: assault squad. You can find a headcrab model in editor.
Guess we could say that Gordon is no longer a Freeman since he's not coming back.
Gaming With KC nice joke man
Don't say that! 😢
Yeah, I'm gonna have to disagree with ya there bucko!
Guess what.
He did come back in half life alyx... Well yes, for a couple of seconds haha.
There's a crowbar you can find in the game Unturned. The description says something about being the perfect weapon for warding off crabs.
I think this channel is so much better for gaming comparison.
also, your editing is so smooth brother. I love this. keep it up
Thank you! 🙏
5:31 half-life 3 confirmed!
WE DIIIIIID IT
YEAH A FKING VR WTF VALVE
@@dapperfield595 shut up
No u
@@dapperfield595 it's more likely a full game teaser for the real HL3
You know that the half life saga is probably the best saga of all the games when the fans still want the 3rd game 16 years after the 2nd
Boi did the nostalgia hit me hard when I heard the stalker shadow of Chernobyl main menu music...
In Black Ops 3, the description for the Big Jim Crowbar has “The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in combat”
2 of my favorite game series’s coming together! 😀
Dishonered as one of the main villens at the begining say to you "The wrong man in the right place can make all the diffrence", not only that but th tech aspects of the city look very much like the Combine structurs mostly because they were created by the same artist.
“look gordon a easter egg! this is a way of surprising the player”
Viscera Cleanup has WAY more than just that :D The news crawl in one level is hysterical.
Gamemakers: *names character Gordon"
Every single easter egg youtube: *IS IT HALF LIFE REFERENCE?*
Why are so many of em depicting a dead Freeman with his crowbar. As long as he has it he literally can't die
Also, in Dota 2. One of the heroes called "Tinker", several of his dialogues references Half Life as well.
Fun Fact: The voice actor of Tinker is also the same voice actor of Dr. Kleiner.
Duke Nukem Forever....... ''wheres a crowbar when you need one'' said while breaking wood panels off a doorway
There's one from Escape from Tarkov. There is a crowbar melee weapon with a description saying something like "Can cause a ressinace cascade" or similar.
Great video as always
When it comes to easter eggs
You are one of my favorites
"Pick up that can.... Thats a good boy."
Firstly METRO, and now ADVENT RISING, you finished me there, I miss this game so much. Thank you of remembering this masterpiece :''3
Great work, I've missed a lot of them!
Great vid, I didn't know about lot of these
I spotted a Half-Life reference in the game Black Mesa. At one point, you go to another dimension called "Xen", which was also the name of the borderworld in Half-Life. When you arrive on Xen, there is an animation of you picking up a crowbar.
There are also several references in Garry's Mod. Some of the spawnable NPC's have names of Half-Life characters, such as "kleiner" or "gman". There's also a chance of G-Man appearing on the main menu screen.
There's an often heavily over looked reference in Guild Wars 2. In a mission after deafting an Eye of Zhaitan, you have to reanimate the eye in able to see what it has seen shortly before its death (possibly also a reference to Wild Wild West). The Asura scientist and his assistant run through a start up phase extremely similar to the two scientists in HL1 going through their start up in the test chamber. When they are done, you have to press a button, much like Gordon.
5:26 They were wayting too long...
The Borderlands has lots of refferences because Gearbox (Creator of game) Worked toghether with Valve to make HL1 expansions (Decay, Opposing Force, Blue shift) So its used as a memory and a big thanks for working with Valve.
Great compilation.. thanks
The editing is hella smooth. I'm getting major Kid Guru vibes rn
I think its heavily inspired
Crowbar as a weapon in any games=half life references..well may be its just a coincidences or a real hl references but no one can deny that crowbar is truly an iconic weapon that is used by the one and only gordon freeman as main weapon. Watching this as hl 1 fan makes me soo proud.. Hl is truly a masterpiece
Awesome videos man keep up!!! 🙌🙌🙌🤟🤟🤟🤟
Thanks you! 👍
5:20 that's not only a reference, but that's also just straight facts
In Left 4 Dead 2, when crawling through vents, Ellis says “I’m so glad I play video games!” or something like that.
“Pick up that can, that’s a good boy” amazing
There's a reference in Max Payne 1 during "The Deep Six".
I love advent rising and I'm shocked to find that here. Never noticed that Easter egg.
Love your content man keep it up 👍🏻
Thank you!
Your welcome
You forgot Half Life: Alyx. That's got a few references
Yeah, maybe just a few.
No, really?
Bruh you are something out of this world . How you found that much
Incredible
A very unsubtle one in Escape from Tarkov, where you can rarely find a red crowbar on dead scavengers that's made by the "Freeman Company"
it only just now hit me that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Half-Life 2 were released in the same year, and not even a month apart from each other
I love how 4A has some of the dudes from GSC that made STALKER SOC and put in the literal same Easter egg in both Metro and Stalker.
What if all these easter eggs are just bits of Half Life 3 shattered across the multigame dimension
The two I expected was San Andreas and Call of Duty
Those were the two I didn’t expect, honestly. Those and Splinter Cell
Also in subnautica the propulsion and repulsion canons are designed after the gravity gun