One of my favorite games ever! It's a bit tainted considering how long it's been since HL2 came out... And it ended on a cliff hanger...Not mad or anything... But still, one of the coolest gaming experiences I had as a young kid. And HL2 is even better. HL2 episode 2 is probably the best out of all the HL games/expansions though. It's short, but it's one huge epic moment after another the whole way through. Looking forward to the next part, Jirard!
I remember my dad playing this when I was little, with me sitting in a chair next to him watching his stats and giving him a heads up when his ammo or health were low, and being a second set of eyes for zombies or crabs. I have a lot of nostalgia for a game I never actually played first hand.
Episode 130: 3+1+0 = 4. There are 4 Corners to a square. SquareEnix owns the Final Fantasy franchise. Final Fantasy 6 was technically Final Fantasy 3 in the US. Half Life 3 is confirmed for release.
Filthykur actually in the us FFVI is still FFVI, awhile ago it WAS FFIII but now its not, so unless half life three was made in the past and used roman numerals, half life 3 debunked
More people need to like/reply to this; it was a dick move to put those in there without a disclaimer, especially when they seriously screw up some people.
Video has been out for two years. Everyone is going on about the date it came out or making all these convoluted ways to reference Half life 3 and no one has mentioned that he made a half life 3 menu screen at 5:42. Disappointed.
Good luck with the platoon vid! Also, I am proud to be one of the three that watched to that point. Woot. And I got a diehard montage to top it off. Thanks!
I'm surprised they(valve) didn't expand on Adrian Shepard's story, all throughout Opposing Force you're chasing Freeman, you see him multiple times, your whole mission is to get Freeman, so I'm surprised they didn't use him to pick up where HL2:EP2 left off, being as Freeman seems to be breaking free of G-Man, why wouldn't G-Man send in Shepard, who is already experienced and proven, not to mention, IMO Gordons equal.
Given the line "I wonder what the game industry would have been if Half-Life never existed"... have you ever considered covering Shenmue &/or Shenmue II?
you know when my birthday is? JUNE FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRST!!! (if you don't get it its a tf2 joke. just watch the video its amazing.)
I recently played through Half Life and I felt that the visuals held up in such a way that makes it timeless since the setting is presented so well. I'm surprised to hear you point it out as a small negative more than once. I'm hardly a fan of the Half Life series but I appreciate what they pulled off visually here.
awesome video guys. I am in the middle of playing through Half-Life for the first time. When it came out, I didn't have a good enough computer to play it so I only heard about it from other kids at school. Now I can finally experience it for myself. I would like to suggest you do a video on Folklore for the Playstation 3, it's a very underrated gem from the early PS3 era.
I was born in the same year as Half-Life, just a few months before the game's release, so it's my favourite game. And it's just amazing! I loved every second of every game. Amazing gameplay and awesome story. I love it.
I like to credit this as my first mature outlook as a game. Sure I grew up with mario and donkey Kong and f zero... but this was the first game where I was old enough to not be tainted by my age... I was 13 when this came out and I absolutely freaking adored it... I even put down my obsession of runescape when this game came out... mario and all that I enjoyed... a lot... but I didnt know why... I was too young and all I knew was I enjoyed it... if you asked me why I would have probably froze and just blankly stared for a while... but half life I knew it was a massive jump forward in gaming... I knew it was an immersive experience I had never felt before... I knew I loved cracking out a trick shot and knowing I just bought myself an extra few seconds before the next shootout... sure I went back with my childhood games and I now know why I was so captivated... but half life was my first mature analytical playthrough where my first experience was feeling out the game and exploring why I was so happy playing it... I dont know if all this makes sense because it's really hard to put into words but I'm trying my best here lol...
I, sadly, live the life of a pussy. I hit my head against the corner of my wall and stubbed 3 toes at the same time when that jumpscare happened. If you couldn't tell, I'm not very good at basic horror games. I really like people who use jumpscare warnings
Man, I love the graphics! I love the feeling of playing a 90s shooter, there are too many over realistic games nowadays, and Half Life proves it doesn't need to be realistic to be the best game ever
Ok, I have to be brutally honest... fuck those unwarned jumpscares. I literally can't handle that shit, and thought they were restrained to the FNAF videos and such, allowing me to avoid them by choice. Putting them in another video like that is just... I want to say rude, cruel, and other such things, but I don't feel like any of them fit. I'm sorry, but seriously, please refrain from using those without warning. I love watching the show, but if they keep showing up, I really will not even be ABLE to watch.
Same right here, as soon as the first one passed I covered my eyes because I instantly knew more were coming up, and that sh*t still scared the crap out of me
I can't play this game :( I get dizzy with old fps games and any valve fps game, even watching your video got me sick in my stomach. I decided to hear the video like a podcast instead and still was super entertaining :) I love this show, so glad i found it!
I loved this game save for the final boss, took me a lot of deaths before i realized that you can only damage him with the proton pack weapon and once you find that out he dies in like 2 shots, just trial and error with all the weapons to kill him
honestly, I love the way half life:source looks. I wouldn't mind more games going for low poly looks to save money as long as they have art direction. I mean, we get so many 16-bit games.
As someone who didn't grow up on PC games from this era, I personally find Half-life's original graphics charming. Something about the music and visuals of the game scream classic to me that any HD remake can't beat.
I personally never use the HD model pack. I think it's better for a classic experience, I mean just look at the classic crowbar! Its basically a red shiny pipe!
Kelly Bailey is fucking fantastic composer, and he really stepped his game up in HL2 and the Episodes . Every time I hear Lambda Core or What Kind of Hospital is This it immediately gets me pumped and ready to kick some ass.
One of my favorite games ever! It's a bit tainted considering how long it's been since HL2 came out... And it ended on a cliff hanger...Not mad or anything...
But still, one of the coolest gaming experiences I had as a young kid. And HL2 is even better. HL2 episode 2 is probably the best out of all the HL games/expansions though. It's short, but it's one huge epic moment after another the whole way through. Looking forward to the next part, Jirard!
Oliver Harvey
I agree. I love Half Life 2, but the first game is fucking amazing as well.
Fancy seeing you here
Oliver Harvey cuz random racism is funny
PeanutButterGamer Hi PBG!
Rhymes with platoon you say?
Sweet we've got a Witcher 3 video next week guys!
Nope
Cue the Witcher ads from the Polaris pax stream!
BBOOOOOO
indeimaus frieken indeimau5
indeimaus Withcher 3?!?!?! I thought it was keyboard simulator!
Didn't think anyone could actually make a modern review of this game and say things worth hearing. Color me impressed! Great work!
rerez! what are you doing here?
Did not think I'll would see you here
No one remembers Half-Life: Decay :/ it was a fun co-op expansion for half-life, but here Jirard only mentioned opposing force and blue shift...
luske2 it was only for the ps2 and most never played it on that system.
Erick Shafer it got converted to pc as a mod too
Also Half-Life counter strike, that was originally a mod for HL but then became its own part of the game in Half-Life: Platinum.
Jirard played half life on the 130th episode
1"3"0
"3"
Half life 3 confirmed
Paltuscine Saying nice meme has become a meme itself.
***** So true, nothing is safe on the internet.
Jay Yule But, 1X3X0 is zero, so... even your joke has poor structure...
Sly Cooper BUT, 1+3+0=4. Four is one digit, and 4-1=3. Half Life 3 confirmed.
Thank mr skeltal.
"And gets separated from his platoon"
Sounds like Splatoon
You're a kid now
You're a marine now
+Minrod Vils
Wut
That escalated quickly.
Yeah you thought you could get me with those jumpscares. Well it didn't work.
***** What was that second one?
harken2890 I think it was P.T
DashieSparkle got me with the first one and the last one, had me here just saying to myself: god. fucking. dammit
Rena Ryuugu Ah, now I'm sad again...
DashieSparkle
Wait... there were jumpscares? O_o
I just started playing this morning... Then continued playing it for 5 hours....
Hail Gaben
I played a week ago by selling perler bead headcrabs on reddit
For half life 3 I want Adrain Shepard to come back cause more character development
that would be perfect
that would be perfect
that would be perfect
that would be perfect
that would be perfect
Do you guys think Adrian volunteered to be a Metrocop or do you think he was transformed into a transhuman Combine Soldier?
That shot of Alex eating ramen with a crowbar is literally the best thing.
I agree
10:56
Half-Life blue *Shit*
***** Someone else noticed!
***** i was just about to comment XD
***** I saw Half-Life Bullshit
***** So he did say that and im not jut hearing things
I heard blue shit haha
I remember my dad playing this when I was little, with me sitting in a chair next to him watching his stats and giving him a heads up when his ammo or health were low, and being a second set of eyes for zombies or crabs. I have a lot of nostalgia for a game I never actually played first hand.
the picture of gabe newell had jonathan ross in it, not the other bloke
Tom Preston I saw that and couldn't stop laughing.
Tom Preston I wasn't sure whether it was Jonathan Ross or they just look similar...
Tom Preston Yeah, I'm confused as to why he used that image....wait, why is Jonathan Ross taking a picture with Gabe anyway?
NextGenVixen It was at the VGA in the UK a very years back
Tom Preston Yeah, I saw that and was rather confused as to why that made it into the video... BUT WHO CAN GET ENOUGH OF WOSSY AM I RITE?!
Dude I have literally watched like 100 of these videos in a few days. I’m addicted, love you and your teams work!!
Episode 130: 3+1+0 = 4. There are 4 Corners to a square. SquareEnix owns the Final Fantasy franchise. Final Fantasy 6 was technically Final Fantasy 3 in the US. Half Life 3 is confirmed for release.
I c u hav goten gud
Doesn't make sense
Half Life 3 Bar Mitzvah Confirmed!!!!!!
Filthykur actually in the us FFVI is still FFVI, awhile ago it WAS FFIII but now its not, so unless half life three was made in the past and used roman numerals, half life 3 debunked
Renic Kobett Are you saying that Half Life 3 is already made? And that its confirmed?
"When you rush, you die. A lot." Tell that to Quadrazid.
10:56 half life blew shit
XD
lol
When I was young, the scene at 3:53 scared the shit out of me ,so much that after that I only kept on playing the training portion.
How long did it take for you to finish it
Wake up, Mr. Beardman...
Rise and shine*
GrumpFan12 Not to imply that you've been sleeping on the job
zedersteel NSSmod Wake up and, smell the trophies.
zedersteel NSSmod wake up breadman its 2012
Aubsil How was that movie by the way?
So happy to hear you're recovering, Beardy! Great episode.
FnaF jumpscare at 5:05, you're welcome.
Thank you XD
Thanks
***** by the spooky scary puppet
More people need to like/reply to this; it was a dick move to put those in there without a disclaimer, especially when they seriously screw up some people.
+Dr. Matt Thank you so much ;-;
Video has been out for two years.
Everyone is going on about the date it came out or making all these convoluted ways to reference Half life 3 and no one has mentioned that he made a half life 3 menu screen at 5:42.
Disappointed.
Half-life 2 confirmed?
smexyvigoro lol
smexyvigoro HL2 is coming out this x-mas
Kinaldio Source?
smexyvigoro Actually, Source 2.0.
smexyvigoro i cant imagine how was the internetbefore half life 2
Glad to hear you're feeling better Jirard!!!! Can't wait till the next episode
Enclave Box on the shelf??? Sir, you have proven me you are a real gamer today. Love that game man!!!
JUMP SCARES AT ABOUT 5:15
Ayyy lmao thank you so much
IT WAS not scary, it was funny
Ayyy lmao You shouldn't be reading the comments before you finish the video....
Ayyy lmao What the hell is wrong with you people? That wasn't scary at all!
You're a parody of yourselves at this point...
***** It sure didn't cause anything on me...
One of my favorite, you showed a little more of your humorous side
1:31 Just as a correction, the picture shown is actually of Jonathon Ross and Gabe Newell. (Jonathon Ross is a comedian/presenter in the UK)
Good luck with the platoon vid! Also, I am proud to be one of the three that watched to that point. Woot. And I got a diehard montage to top it off. Thanks!
The little lady Katie. Goes kaboom
Even though I have less favorable views of the game this is one of the best and funniest reviews ever. Thank you so much for making these man!
Marvel vs Capcom *3* on the background of Jirard's scenes...
You know what to do.
Dante, Frank, And Taskmaster, bro.
Marvel vs Capcom 4 confirmed
glad you're feeling better and almost back to normal Jirard
At 10:55 did he say Half Life Blue Shit? XD
***** Well it sounded like he did lol
He didn't he jut put too munch emphasis on the t
I literally just finished playing Half-Life for the first time last week and get the pleasure of finding this uploaded!
damn jirard.. back at it again with those FUCKING JUMPSCARES
You got my like simply for the crowbar bit! F'ing hilarious!
I'm surprised they(valve) didn't expand on Adrian Shepard's story, all throughout Opposing Force you're chasing Freeman, you see him multiple times, your whole mission is to get Freeman, so I'm surprised they didn't use him to pick up where HL2:EP2 left off, being as Freeman seems to be breaking free of G-Man, why wouldn't G-Man send in Shepard, who is already experienced and proven, not to mention, IMO Gordons equal.
I just got spoiled for episode 2.... and I was going to play it after 1 month... WHYYYYY
this isn't accurate, Freeman isn't "Free" of G-man
Opposing Force was made by Gearbox, not Valve, and it isn't canon
abobo Well, Marc didn’t say it was canon or uncanon
Glad to hear you're almost healthy again Jirard. Hope the rest of your recovery continues smoothly!
10:56
Half-life blue shit
+Goku SSJ God Son
lol
blew shit
Good review, and good thing I was on the toilet during that jump scare.
Given the line "I wonder what the game industry would have been if Half-Life never existed"... have you ever considered covering Shenmue &/or Shenmue II?
Vito Lanci love shenmue but what have noting to do with each other
Half-Life defined FPS and storytelling.
Shenmue paved the way for modern day open world games.
So the line makes perfect sense for both.
Vito Lanci oh I though you meant that they did the same thing for fps sorry about that
Wait...Half-Life is episode 130. 130-130=0. 3 is 3 numbers after 0....HALF-LIFE 3 CONFORMED
Vito Lanci Oh man, Shenmue was my fucking childhood. I/II are both my top games of all time.
Your rating scale is awesome - the donate tier is clever, and ethical. Jirard, I like u (;
This was uploaded on my birthday.
I know nobody cares.
I care, hope you had a nice birthday!
Alex Cole : )
you know when my birthday is? JUNE FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRST!!!
(if you don't get it its a tf2 joke. just watch the video its amazing.)
i'M OVERWHELMED !!!!!
omg the episode we've all been waiting for, and im not talking about episode 3 sadly
I actually like Opposing Force more than the original game. I find the weapons more enjoyable to use and the game just better in general.
I recently played through Half Life and I felt that the visuals held up in such a way that makes it timeless since the setting is presented so well. I'm surprised to hear you point it out as a small negative more than once. I'm hardly a fan of the Half Life series but I appreciate what they pulled off visually here.
Ep. 130 "3" Half-Life 3 Confirmed
Sorry valve can't cont to 3
Creeperhero051 cont?
Creeperhero051 Actually every time someone calls GabeN fat he pushes the release back another month
Half life 3 bar mitzvah confirmed
hahaha nope
This video got me to play the game and it is now officially my favourite game ever so thanks man.
5:05 - 5:18 That wasn't funny....
EDIT: Yea, it's a bunch of jumpscares.
awesome video guys. I am in the middle of playing through Half-Life for the first time. When it came out, I didn't have a good enough computer to play it so I only heard about it from other kids at school. Now I can finally experience it for myself. I would like to suggest you do a video on Folklore for the Playstation 3, it's a very underrated gem from the early PS3 era.
Good vid, but you can't complain about he graphics. I don't think they're ugly at by 1998 standard -- I was shocked how good this looks for its time.
Mason A.
Maybe they looked good for its time, but as of now, it's aged terribly, far worse than even Half-Life 2's graphics.
Glad to hear the recovery is going well, thank you for the update. Also #hello and Mark nice job.
SPLATOON HYPE!
Bramwell Tackaberry I am very much hyped for that game :)
Preordered yesterday
Bramwell Tackaberry So much hype
Im literally geting a wiiu JUSt for that game
I was born in the same year as Half-Life, just a few months before the game's release, so it's my favourite game.
And it's just amazing! I loved every second of every game. Amazing gameplay and awesome story. I love it.
Gabe will never release HL3 :(
HahahahahahahahahHhahahahhaha yay
Sarcasm
can't wait to see you run Half-life 2. One of the only games I've ever 100% completed.
Lambda [Lamb- Duh]
Nihilanth [ Nye-Hill-Lanth]
I like to credit this as my first mature outlook as a game. Sure I grew up with mario and donkey Kong and f zero... but this was the first game where I was old enough to not be tainted by my age... I was 13 when this came out and I absolutely freaking adored it... I even put down my obsession of runescape when this game came out... mario and all that I enjoyed... a lot... but I didnt know why... I was too young and all I knew was I enjoyed it... if you asked me why I would have probably froze and just blankly stared for a while... but half life I knew it was a massive jump forward in gaming... I knew it was an immersive experience I had never felt before... I knew I loved cracking out a trick shot and knowing I just bought myself an extra few seconds before the next shootout... sure I went back with my childhood games and I now know why I was so captivated... but half life was my first mature analytical playthrough where my first experience was feeling out the game and exploring why I was so happy playing it... I dont know if all this makes sense because it's really hard to put into words but I'm trying my best here lol...
Am I the only one who thought that Half-Life was better than Half-Life 2?
+Duncan McRae nope I like the first game better too
Yup, especially multi-player.
Bro your channel is the best bro!!! And the thumbnails are so good
Aww he didn't do half life decay
Those skits about the crowbar caught me off guard 😂
That jumpscare was EXTREMELY uncool. Please add some sort of warning for mobile users, assuming you already have an annotation.
pussy
I, sadly, live the life of a pussy. I hit my head against the corner of my wall and stubbed 3 toes at the same time when that jumpscare happened. If you couldn't tell, I'm not very good at basic horror games. I really like people who use jumpscare warnings
Thanks for the heads up. Gonna find another video to watch instead. Fuck jumpscares.
Geez, he's pulling out ALL the obscure references today.
#hello
Dogmaster7777 #goodbyecruelworld
#half-life3confirmed
JamaLlama #whyyouusehashtags
Bill Kerman #watchtheendofthevideo
I think this guy is the only guy that will ever 100% his complete Steam library
Half life is the best game ever
I was waiting for these episode for a long time, thanks beard man! :D
First!
(of this string of comments)
ABOhiccups he did say of this string of comments, which he created
Man, I love the graphics! I love the feeling of playing a 90s shooter, there are too many over realistic games nowadays, and Half Life proves it doesn't need to be realistic to be the best game ever
I didnt enjoy Half life 2 all that much
*Flame Shield Activated*
Oh hi how are you doin....... THE FLAMES THEY HURT WHYYYYYY
***** Wheres Daimon or Rin? If anyone gets this reference they are awesome.
CoolWolf_ Gaming Actually the flame shield protects me from flames.
DerpyMuffins555 You're not the only one. Never got to play 1... but I played through 2 and could not see the draw.
MultiCool55 Yeah. But hate on my fandom is starting to finally die down luckily
4:32 You ran bast one of the dying Barnie's! D: one of the most memorable interactions in the beginning..lol
Ok, I have to be brutally honest... fuck those unwarned jumpscares. I literally can't handle that shit, and thought they were restrained to the FNAF videos and such, allowing me to avoid them by choice. Putting them in another video like that is just... I want to say rude, cruel, and other such things, but I don't feel like any of them fit. I'm sorry, but seriously, please refrain from using those without warning. I love watching the show, but if they keep showing up, I really will not even be ABLE to watch.
Same right here, as soon as the first one passed I covered my eyes because I instantly knew more were coming up, and that sh*t still scared the crap out of me
Wow, I wasn't even suprised by the jumpscares.
None of the jumpscares got me at all I didn't even blink
Well I'm glad you're feeling better.
I don't know why but I laughed so hard when Alex started eating with the crowbar
The Beardman doing Half-Life
"HALF-LIFE 3 CONFIRMED" lol
It's about time you played this!
I can't play this game :(
I get dizzy with old fps games and any valve fps game, even watching your video got me sick in my stomach. I decided to hear the video like a podcast instead and still was super entertaining :)
I love this show, so glad i found it!
Everytime i see him doing games we all expected, i raise my hands erryday.
Celshaded HL. Headcrabs, skags and plot, Oh my! That's what I think of when I hear Valve working with Gearbox
I loved this game save for the final boss, took me a lot of deaths before i realized that you can only damage him with the proton pack weapon and once you find that out he dies in like 2 shots, just trial and error with all the weapons to kill him
YES I CAN WAIT FOR THE PLATOON EPISODE!! I'll use your review to determine if I want to get it or not
"rhymes with platoon"? Way to be subtle Jirard lol
“Players would walk right into a lot of ambushes than normal” god quote
I sneezed at the end and was greeted with a giant Jirard face saying "I am"
honestly, I love the way half life:source looks. I wouldn't mind more games going for low poly looks to save money as long as they have art direction. I mean, we get so many 16-bit games.
Oh Boy, if Jirard reviews Half-Life 2, he's going to have a really fun time driving an airboat!
half-life doesnt need a cutscene, its one giant cutscene
None of those jumpscares got me. lol. MY favorite game
As someone who didn't grow up on PC games from this era, I personally find Half-life's original graphics charming. Something about the music and visuals of the game scream classic to me that any HD remake can't beat.
I always watch the end of your videos, so you are never talking to yourself. Don't worry.
The failed puppet jump scare kills me cause you can see the first few frames then it freezes then an ad plays
I personally never use the HD model pack. I think it's better for a classic experience, I mean just look at the classic crowbar! Its basically a red shiny pipe!
Kelly Bailey is fucking fantastic composer, and he really stepped his game up in HL2 and the Episodes . Every time I hear Lambda Core or What Kind of Hospital is This it immediately gets me pumped and ready to kick some ass.
ohhh this Half-Life intro....and the intro music....nostalgia
Jumpscares didn't even make me flinch.
Your not MLG until you can make Gordon fly backward through the air for most of the game.