Something I noticed in Half-Life 2 is that some citizens have cuts in their clothing and scars on the backs of their heads due to Manhacks being used to keep them in line. The attention to detail is... honestly still impressive after all these years.
I saw you in my stream and I remembered you made this video. good one. my favourite part of these games is that you have total freedom of control over your character. no cutscenes where you have to basically just let go of the keyboard and step away from the desk, no animations where you get your control taken away from you, it felt like a very bare metal raw player-to-character connection.
you are still walking linear hallways from one invisible trigger to another. there is no control. making proper cutscenes is just more expensive and would allow player to skip the travesty of a story half-life 2 has.
Half-life fans: we’ve been waiting for half life 3 for over 20 years Tf2 fans: there are aimbot bots in every official server and we haven’t gotten a major update since 2019 Portal fans: we died but it’s not too bad
@@dr.3998 tbh its better if it doesn’t continue. The game is done. The story is finished with a satisfying conclusion (except for weathly getting stuck in space). The devs are probably satisfied too. I think a portal 1 and 2 remake on source 2 and vr port for both games will be better.
Seeing how cool the Orange Box was together makes me wish that Steam didn't become their man focus, even though it makes complete sense from a business standpoint. Valve made some great games. Awesome video
MandaloreGaming well its not like they stoped working on things, they are just working on innovations instead of making new games, yhea its sad but steam VR and the steam controller werent easy side projects either, so im ok with it
Great video. Absolute props for doing proper under the hood research on TF2 both casually and competitively, a choice not enough out of the loop creators choose to do.
@@Nmille98 nah I'm pretty sure that's a simile. Similes are directly comparative, metaphors say that a thing is something else to give an implied comparison. Since this statement compared the barrenness to a nun's porn collection, it's a simile. If he'd said that it WAS a nun's porn collection (thereby implying that it's non existent), that would have been a metaphor. That metaphor didn't really work, tbh, but you get the idea, if it's comparing it to something else it's a simile. Than is also a comparative word, same as 'like' or 'as'
@@Jtzkb you need airblast to put people out of fire. Literally everyone would be grateful tp you if you put them out of fire in that one fight near control point.
@@Jtzkb they are running away not because they don't want to but because they don't expect you to do it. That doesn't mean and excuses you not to do it.
That final line made me tear up a bit. "Valve were known for their results. And now, they're known for their business. Grateful for the results, I don't hate them... I miss them..."
I hadn't even heard of the Orange Box when I saw it in Best Buy on black Friday. I looked at it and thought, "Well, I don't know what Portal is. Hey, isn't Team Fortress a Quake mod? Whatever; it says it's five games and they're practically giving it away." I bought it and Bioshock that day for peanuts. No regrets.
I mean if not for lag messing with my ability to time airblasts... I run the gambit from 50ms-350ms ping(airblast isn't lag compensated). Then factor in the different rocket launchers differing projectile speeds too?
Yay so glad someone showed up to just correct my spelling and not add any functional data to the conversation. XD No seriously this amuses me on some level.
Like, there's the group that watches them, and the people that make them have their own group. It's a really nice way to bring people together, I find.
One note about freeman’s backstory, You could be a wonderfully decorated engineer and still be reduced to wearing a suit and pushing carts. The ivory tower of academia will reduced those without proper experience in the field to grunts, especially if the project is as ground breaking as what Gordon was working on. Ask your scientist friend. They’ll tell you all about it.
I mean, no? Such jobs are typically given to lab techs and some professors undergrad students. Their qualifications are much different from those of engineers. And 'academics in ivory towers hating engineers' is a tired trope at this point, since most academics are actively teaching engineers alongside their core subjects and often have to work with them in industrial sectors. I haven't met a scientist who is so openly dismissive towards engineers since they have to rely on them for helping them out in projects/writing papers. At the most, I have seen some of them consider engineering and non theoretical fields to be a poor choice for whom they consider intelligent.
@@ronbali3429 Forgive me, I know only a few engineers and they all work in the field. I imagine it could be different from science to science. What I do know is a plethora of life-scientists. I believe it must very lab to lab, because my ex roommate was a published biologist specializing in botany. She's a doctor now and still is forced to do field work. Her direct only has her masters and works in the indoor lab, but since she already spent her 5-odd years as a field grunt, hunting down samples 4 hours a day.
I can confirm, did a Diamond Cubic Crystal BvK model fit and what I did was not the theory but instead the coding with next to no background knowledge on BvK while minimal at best knowledge on phonon dispersion.
@@ronbali3429I see it like astronauts. Astronauts aren’t at the top of the ladder it when to comes to space traversal. They don’t design he rockets or perform the equations needed to make it all possible. Yet they’re still very very educated and are expected to do the grunt work and out their neck on the line. There are tasks that require very educated people to do very risky things. And so that’s what Gordon is. He’s very educated and needs to be on site to manage this project. It can’t be handed off to an assistant or student or anyone else. They need a top mind in the room at the moment, in case anything goes wrong.
@In K no, in some interviews they have said they're already working on other games, and we don't know anything about the plot yet for HLA. Theres speculation that it could tie into the 3rd game (by time travel) because there's audio files for 2 different Alyx's, and even then, the fact that it's vr doesn't detract from the fact that it *is* a new game from valve. I'd rather have something than nothing
Some of the houses you could enter on Highway 17 had great atmosphere. Something about the way the houses were out in the middle of nowhere, slightly dilapidated, and probably only had a couple people living in them really made you feel what the citizens of this new world felt. One of the houses (the one with the burning corpses outside) gave me really ominous vibes. The way there is barely anything in the house in the way of food, the fact that there is nothing in the way of entertainment for those living there. It really felt bleak and hopeless, and set the tone for the game spectacularly.
Likely won't happen. Joseph's been approached and he isn't interested due to how difficult it is for him to work with people on projects. At least, that's what I recall. You can ask him on a stream tomorrow if you get the chance.
TF2 is one of the most tightly knit communities there is. Everyone knows all the content creators, we all know the reccurring jokes about lack of support and random crits, and we are all aware of the very small but surving esports scene. TF2 is a game that is hard to describe from an outsiders perspective. A solid 200 hours might be a lot in other games, but TF2 its considered nothing, most veterans average 4000. There's a lot to learn. One of its biggest problems is wasted potential. TF2 is the goldilocks of esports. Recognisable characters, beautiful design and artstyle, mechanics with incredible skill ceilings, easy to understand the basics, and high acessibillity. But, Valve left it to rot. It has a team of 4 programmers. They went to CSGO and Dota, leaving TF2 with bi-annual updates, and a neglected esports scene and community. But thats just my ramblings. Its very interesting to see the perspective of a new player. For example, the backburner may be powerful at lower levels, its detremental as the airblast is it most powerful tool, often neglected. It can reflect projectiles and push players away, essential in pyro v soldier matchups, and only being able to do 4 of them hits . you hard. It all changes with skill. Also, no-one uses crafting. There's other things, but this comment is getting too long.
Might be a little late but yeah I completly agree with this comment, the tf2 community is tightly knit as well which is the thing keeping it alive. I'm hoping to get back into it again and try the community updates
After 2500hrs in this game and 4 seasons of competitive, tf2 is still my favorite game. I have so many memories and friends in this game. Tf2 is a masterpiece abandoned by its creators with a loving and dedicated community.
"If you can get 30 seconds of fun, you can pretty much stretch that out into an entire game." Ah. So that *WAS* the core design philosophy behind Destiny....who'd-a-thunk.
Came here from NakeyJakey, was seriously surprised by your willingness to point out legitimate criticisms of the games and give an honest opinion rather than just an hour long nostalgia-driven compliment fest. Great video- watched it through and through, and in a year or two, I'll be back to watch it again. Got yourself a subscriber, that's for sure.
Oh wow. Okay, I'm gonna have to watch this over multiple viewings due to its length, but I just wanted to voice my support, 10 minutes in. This is seriously impressive.
@@NicDoesDumbThings I was asking about the video, not the audio. I mean that part where he's clearly walking out of the facility, is that in Portal (is it some sort of alternate ending)? is that a mod? What the hell is that?
I disagree. It absolutely shreds everything if you use it right and as long as you aren't spamming airblasts or trying to play a support role (which the weapon is obviously not meant for) it's downside literally doesn't matter.
@@Laroac What did they do it? I've playing TF2 on and off for the past few years and never noticed any major changes in its effectiveness. If anything shouldn't it be a lot stronger now since they buffed pyro's damage?
@@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 Its airblast cost is the problem, it's understandable that you don't know the reason why most prefer stock compared to back burner from playing tf2 on and off. The one big problem from that drawback is its flexibility, the back burner is good for flanking and... that's it, you certainly cannot 1v1 soldier, heavy, and demoman with it face-to-face because of that airblast cost. Airblast is one of the reasons why pyro could even directly confront these classes especially when encountering them in choke points, it could reflect rockets, arrows, pills, and stickies while also pushing back enemies to have a momentary breathing space that could be important in a short-term such as quick escape or finding cover. Sacrificing so much for one niche that the stock itself could already do consistently isn't a good strategy, with the players now, 9/10 times enemies could predict your strategy and severely punish you for that.
@@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 I've got 10+ years and 4000+ hours in TF2, you're completely wrong and Rycore is completely right. Skilled players don't even touch the backburner, it's a gun for noobs. It's fun in pubs for tormenting bad players, but it's garbage against anyone that doesn't just W+M1 their way through the game. About 75% of the time, stock is better than the sidegrades.
Eli's death got me. Like a true father he was more worried about his child watching a traumatic event than his own death and calmly told her to "Close your eyes honey..."
When I see and hear that scene from HL2EP2 it always affects me the same way and I have to remind myself that they are 'fictional' characters. (Then I make my fingers pretend to walk like Ben Affleck explaining to Jay and Silent Bob that they are getting worked up over fictional characters). I get pretty angry at Valve for leaving us there and that's it. I have listened to Merle Dandridge discuss voicing Alyx and she says it is her favorite role. The sound of her crying for her murdered father seems so real not like acting and I would bet that she was truly affected by that scene as well and it is there in her anguish. Fictional characters DAMN!
I had never played much of Valve’s games, but I decided to finally play the Orange Box in 2019. One of the best gaming decisions I ever made. Now I’m a die-hard Half-Life fan.
It's so incredibly surreal that I used to (sort of) know you back in the day when we were both doing Let's Plays and trying to one-up Gamespot and IGN with our heavily edited game reviews. Very cool to see you're still going strong a whopping seven years later with great video-game related content.
Ahh I thought it was Sector Sweep for a second. God I was much into this game and it's soundtrack. DOOM 2016 and it's soundtrack is giving me this same feeling I had years ago with HL2 as well. the good ol' times.
The Antlion defense part in Episode 2 always gives me goosebumps once Vortal Combat kicks in. It's the kind of song that just makes you want to get right up in the action and blow up some fucking bugs.
if you play pyro as support, airblast is the most valuable thing, reflecting rockets, grenades from demo, and even spies or ubered enemies, putting out teammates on fire etc
24:15 That line is actually in the final release of Half Life 2, only *very* slightly modified. The budget isn't mentioned, just Freemans work at Innsbruck
Half Life 2 is a huge improvement in graphics over Half Life 1, compare HL2 to other 2004 games and it looks breathtaking, it still holds up pretty good today tbh
When you remember the sound design, sound of the guns, voice lines of the enemies and NPCs, and music. not just the song but you remember the exact moment in gameplay where the music kicked in - as much as you remember the plot and gameplay highlights, you've got one hell of an employee working on audio
Bro I’ve been going thru your vids and it stunned me when I saw you are only at 500k like bro where’s your gold play button. Your documentaries are astounding The flow of the videos are so smooth, it keeps my attention hooked and before I know it I’m 1hr deep. You deserve more
The Orange box single handedly got me into REAL PC gaming in 2008. Was only $20 and got me (reluctantly!) invested in steam to this day. It still stands as the greatest game bundle of all time.
I picked up the Orange Box on a whim because it was so much cheaper than other games in my local game store. Holy shite was it the best €20 I've ever spent.
Well, I didn't say I got it on release day. I bought it two years after its release, so by that time the few copies they had left in the store were marked down in price.
I know how much of a struggle it was for you to get this out. But god damn was it worth it. 10/10 would watch at 5:30am again. Also Genital Jousting when ok thanks bye
Vantave I can already see the intro. "I really... REALLY didn't want to make this video. But the memes are just too strong in my audience, so I guess I have to do a serious review of this.
1:01:00 "What's more valuable, criticals hits or airblast ammo?" The answer is airblast ammo, every time. The Pyro lives and dies by his ability to airblast to negate projectiles and control enemy movement. Good players won't let you just burn them down with the flamethrower. If you're only using it once every few lives, you haven't learned how to use it yet. You should be airblast in almost every engagement.
YayDude123 Umm, inferno update?* *Dead ringer deserve that nerf tho, since its actually spamable in the pre-update, making it unfun to play if you keep spychecking and a puff of smoke spriting away after they feign, knowing your not able to catch up. Still, I think the DS is in need of a bit more adjustment or even a buff than taking the no resupply or after decloak nerf.
wrong, w+m1's win 95% of all confrontations and are almost always topscoring (in pubs) even though they downloaded the game a day ago. Bottomline: Valve loves the pyro and doesnt care if its op
Defronnie, you're playing with bad players. That's pretty common on the official matchmaking servers, but W+M1 is objectively a very weak playstyle that any experienced or just skilled player can easily destroy.
Defronnie you just went to either asia server. Apperently, unlike your american or european here, everyone is a tryhard, like everyone. I think its a bit judgement that you went of your way to say volvo love pyro to the max. If that's the case: #1 why is the axtinguisher not buffed and remains shit? #2 That all weapons on every class is has anti-pyro weapon. AND: #3 You either deserved it for walking to the fire or get reflected when ya know, press s to back off or just shoot at a further distance. Dying to a f2p is not a valid excuse to say volvo did on purpose; the players should be the one to blame. 4# Or (oh shit), a bad player, even worse than #3.
I'm a TF2 player and I'm sad that Valve almost never updated it anymore. The amazing community is still carrying the game for a decade though so that's good
I love to reload during a battle! There's nothing like the feeling of slamming a long silver bullet into a well-greased chamber! if you know what i mean ;)
If this video is too long you better don't even watch or comment it . idiot I just had to say thank you for this channel for made such great video with a lot of content!
My little mistakes with time of the words don't change the fact of how much your commentary are stupid. Blame the channel for make a big video with huge quantity of content.. What great generation of "gamers" we have.
Trying to get the achievement in the climax of Episode 2 where you have to prevent any of the buildings from being destroyed, drove me absolutely furious.
@@FreshTillDeath56 imagine BMW stopped making cars and only produced the i3, no one cares about. Wouldn't you say that they aren't what the were before?
Mip Mup I don't think i'd say it's a cash grab, because I and many others believe the core design is very solid and entertaining. They're a business trying to make money like anyone else. I'd say that the monetization awful in its early stages and not consumer friendly, but that's something that could be easily tweaked. From what I understand they are implementing ranked matchmaking and in-game ways to earn cards right now. You're right though, EA is total garbo :D
The snow setting that was planned for Half life episode 3 sounded so cool. Not to mention finally being able to see the Borealis. The Episode 4 return to ravenholm made by Arkane would have been epic also.
So Half Life 2 may have helped kill Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, and Portal may have helped kill Half Life 2: Episode 3 and even Half Life 3 for that matter. This almost makes it seem like game development is a zero-sum game.
+DrIvanRadosivic Yes, they do. Gabe said recently that they're going to start shipping new games soon, and I hope they do. I just want them to take it seriously and release something people have asked for. Like say, I don't now... HALF LIFE 3 THE GAME THAT'S BEEN ASKED FOR FOR TEN $%^^&* YEARS!! A new IP, or Left 4 Dead 3 would work too, but HL3 should be their main priority.
I highly suggest to anyone/everyone to listen to the commentary recently released for HL2. It actually explains several of the complaints in this video. One interesting thing is that alot of the puzzles and 'cutscenes' were added as combat fatigue breaks due to playtesters needed a second to chill. A binch of changes were due to actually having playtedting and listening to the complaints. Which is aomething that fee companies seem to care about anymore.
One of the other points that tf2 has that you didn’t mention, which I don’t blame you for as you don’t have very much time in it, is the games skill cap. All the subtle game mechanics and class interactions add up to a near unlimited skill cap that no one has truly reached. As someone with 2300 hours, I’m still awful and play on the lowest competitive division
Mediocrity makes money, as long as you sell it right. Raycevick (2018). Well said, you often wonder how people could be so ignorant about a topic you have a passion for, only to realize you are just as ignorant when it comes to many other topics those same people are interested in.
The Orange Box... one of the best deals in gaming history, and also my first time getting into Valve's exceptional development prowess. It pulled me into the Half Life series (which sadly never received its full conclusion) stamped Portal onto the gaming scene and set up a fantastic multiplayer game that I'm still playing a decade later. Still remember playing all five games a ton on PS3, despite that version's problems. I wish Valve were still making games but nowadays it seems they're mostly kicking back and letting Steam do the work for them. Excellent analysis as always and a really neat way of examining Valve in one video rather than five. Will you look at Max Payne 3 next?
Possibly, I'm not sure how it would sit with the fanbase, but ports to Source 2 are still enticing, that is if Valve even wants to develop another game at this point.
The Orange Box: My first game that required excessive DRM. Spent all week complaining about how I needed an internet connection to play HL2 and Portal... then Spore happened. Never whined about Steam again!
The TF2 part was a little underwhelming and not really a full picture of the masterpiece it is. I still feel you made one of the best reviews for Being a non-tf2 youtuber. Props to you great video
boi oof tf2 isn’t an FPS it’s a war themed hat simulator But really tf2 is an entirely unique entity so calling it just an FPS is not even a quarter of a story, it’s an amazing team based, class, multiplayer game that is so fun that the games community has pretty much reached cult status . The gameplay is the most fun I have ever had in an FPS and learning new ways to traverse the map or kill enemies is what makes me really enjoy tf2,I mean if it was the worst fps why is the game still alive even without an update for over 2 years? But it’s your opinion so have fun I guess
@@peanutgallery5427 he probably just booted up the game, joined a game as sniper, and got his ass handed to him by a spy, pyro, or literally anybody else in the game.
Ooh, this was FANTASTIQUE, and I thank Jake for recommending it! I think you really hit the nail on the head with TF2. Despite that being my most-played game probably EVER, my familiarity with it over all that time made it easy to forget just how bloated it became. Truthfully, the most fun I ever had with it was in the extremely early days, before I even got a gaming PC when I'd play the 360 version for a dozen hours at a time. It was simple to learn, but had a tremendous skill ceiling, and what was there was polished to a mirror sheen, as Yahtzee described it.
I believe your look at Team Fortress 2 was somewhat unfocused to the point of this video - not because I disagree with the points you made, I mostly agree with what you have to say, very well worded by the way. But TF2 in the Orange Box is not the same TF2 we have today. Depending on which console you talk about the Orange Box on, TF2 varies the most since on every version of the Orange Box except for PC, TF2 is only the original release of the game from 2007 without any added content: all stock weapons, only about 6 maps, and no cosmetics/hats. I think it would've been worthwhile to talk more about this fact.
LuckyStrikeLT the point he is trying to make is that console tf2 *was* pc tf2 back when it was released. The game has evolved from its original position in the orange box and its almost unrecognizable in comparison.
i feel like you don't understand that this video is meant to be a look at these games 10 years later, not about look at these games as they were 10 years ago.
Lucio and Mercy didn't undergo tweaks, but entire revamps to their character, with a slight semblance to their old abilities that justifies the change.
Mercy went from holding left button to holding left button both on ground and in the air. Symmetra is the one you're looking for here. Completely different character from what she once was.
that discord call made me so annoyed and confused i was like "who the hell is calling me i just started really getting into this go away" then i paused the video searched discord and found nothing then i finally pushed play and was so glad i wouldnt have to stop the video for anyone
At the time the way half-life 2 handled level loading was quite revolutionary. Other FPS games back then had smaller levels. Half-life 2's ability to pause the game for a moment to load meant continuity of the level and the atmosphere. The entire game felt extremely cinematic. Other games often used a door with no windows, so often players would instinctively know that must be the end of the level. HL2 usually allowed the player to go back and forward and bring whatever they liked with them. Also if you died half-life 2 was extremely fast as it would only need to reset the environment, at a time when most other games had to completely reload all assets.
I can't believe I just watched this entire hour-long video. I wasn't expecting to cry at the end of this video, god damnit. You are such a great writer.
Watching this video in 2024 only to come to the end and see the comment about Total Biscuit and realizing this video was made while he was still alive. Broke my heart man RIP TB
24:17 This Line is actually in the base game, I got it to trigger during chapter 5 in HL2 just by walking up to Eli randomly, just thought you should know.
First off, absoultely fantastic video! As a "tf2 veteran" with thousands of hours of the game this video really made me think about the game in a way I havent before. I've just never thought about half of the critisms in that way before. Also the backburner isn't a direct upgrade and airblasting is a super good tool for experienced players ;)
The backburner came out as a direct upgrade. It was slightly weaker when burning someone from the front, but way stronger when burning someone from the back.
Valve can avoid making a “3” by just making all their sequels at once and putting them in “The Orange Box 2”
Wow
VALVE HIRE THIS MAN AT ONCE PLZ!
How about, Half Life 2 Episode 2 Part 2?
Half life 3 with portal 3 and left for dead 3 and it tf3
I would love a orange box 2.
Something I noticed in Half-Life 2 is that some citizens have cuts in their clothing and scars on the backs of their heads due to Manhacks being used to keep them in line. The attention to detail is... honestly still impressive after all these years.
Holy shit I never saw this
Dang for 2004 this game was and always will be phenomenal
@@realmug I'm talking about the ones with the blue denim looking jackets.
@@realmug I think a more apropriate term for them would be "dissidents".
Were the manhacks used to keep them in line?
I saw you in my stream and I remembered you made this video. good one.
my favourite part of these games is that you have total freedom of control over your character. no cutscenes where you have to basically just let go of the keyboard and step away from the desk, no animations where you get your control taken away from you, it felt like a very bare metal raw player-to-character connection.
A break time of sorts during which you can backwards bunnyhop out of the map, righ?
you are still walking linear hallways from one invisible trigger to another. there is no control. making proper cutscenes is just more expensive and would allow player to skip the travesty of a story half-life 2 has.
@@solitudesf8111 it is a bit gimmicky but what makes it a travesty in your eyes?
DeSinc w
Solitude SF that’s just like, your opinion man
Half-life fans: we’ve been waiting for half life 3 for over 20 years
Tf2 fans: there are aimbot bots in every official server and we haven’t gotten a major update since 2019
Portal fans: we died but it’s not too bad
Over 20 years? 17 years at best, but actually 14 years beacause Ep. 2 was released in 2007
Actually the last major update tf2 got was in 2017, yep 4 years without a update
As a portal fan: Yep. We died, but it was a pretty final conclusion. I'm okay with it.
@@dr.3998 tbh its better if it doesn’t continue. The game is done. The story is finished with a satisfying conclusion (except for weathly getting stuck in space). The devs are probably satisfied too. I think a portal 1 and 2 remake on source 2 and vr port for both games will be better.
@@Oddgamer0917 You're right. Though I've heard that they were interested to make a vr portal, but it had too much motion sickness.
Seeing how cool the Orange Box was together makes me wish that Steam didn't become their man focus, even though it makes complete sense from a business standpoint. Valve made some great games. Awesome video
MandaloreGaming Love your videos Mandalore!
I don't know about steam but you sure as hell have a man focus as you are in fact a homosexual.
MandaloreGaming big fan of jour videos
I, too, wish that Steam didn't become their man focus.
(Just because I'm a big fan doesn't mean I'm not a cunt)
MandaloreGaming well its not like they stoped working on things, they are just working on innovations instead of making new games, yhea its sad but steam VR and the steam controller werent easy side projects either, so im ok with it
Great video. Absolute props for doing proper under the hood research on TF2 both casually and competitively, a choice not enough out of the loop creators choose to do.
FUNKe Oh hello.
Yo, Funke. How you living?
Gibbe more tf2 (or jojo) pls
What did he mean TF2 plagurized Overwatch?? in What?
Yeah, that's right
"More barren than a nun's porn collection."
These are the metaphors that matter folks.
where did he say that?
@@Kingofdinner no, it's a metaphor.
Similies use the words "like" or "as"
AnduRo 12:41
@@Nmille98 nah I'm pretty sure that's a simile. Similes are directly comparative, metaphors say that a thing is something else to give an implied comparison.
Since this statement compared the barrenness to a nun's porn collection, it's a simile. If he'd said that it WAS a nun's porn collection (thereby implying that it's non existent), that would have been a metaphor.
That metaphor didn't really work, tbh, but you get the idea, if it's comparing it to something else it's a simile. Than is also a comparative word, same as 'like' or 'as'
Well... theres sinner Susan she has that name for a reason
You know he’s new to tf2 when he says the backburner is better than stock and uses the persian persuader with normal demoman
demoknight tf2
Jtzkb it’s really not worth 50 ammo per airblast
Jtzkb One of the most mained classes is soldier, explosives are common and it’s rare to see a game without a single explosive class
@@Jtzkb you need airblast to put people out of fire. Literally everyone would be grateful tp you if you put them out of fire in that one fight near control point.
@@Jtzkb they are running away not because they don't want to but because they don't expect you to do it. That doesn't mean and excuses you not to do it.
That final line made me tear up a bit.
"Valve were known for their results. And now, they're known for their business. Grateful for the results, I don't hate them... I miss them..."
2ndLieutenantBadger god bless
why am i crying in the club rn
"I don't hate them... I miss them..." And right after those lines "I want you gone" music kicks in, lol.
Yeah, that hit me too. Quite a meaningful line. Reminds me of all the games that have spawned from their engines. (Like Science and Industry)
"Mr Gaben I dont feel so good"
I hadn't even heard of the Orange Box when I saw it in Best Buy on black Friday. I looked at it and thought, "Well, I don't know what Portal is. Hey, isn't Team Fortress a Quake mod? Whatever; it says it's five games and they're practically giving it away."
I bought it and Bioshock that day for peanuts. No regrets.
That might be one of the best video game hauls in history
Yes 101
I can tell from your reaction to Team Fortress 2 that you are a man of culture as well
Warlocke000
They got us in the first half not gonna lie
How had you not heard of portal?
25:01 Actually thought my mate was calling me
same i actually opened discord
What’s a mate?
@@RobertG1998 ....friend
quit my game to open it
@RobertG23998 when a mommy and a daddy really love each other...
“So we have this game he-“
“You wanna make it in the source engine?”
"Due to the updates and support this game has"
Had
1,000 days since last major update hell yeah
the profile pic just makes this entire comment perfect
Had
;_;
"Airblast is an ability I use once every few lives" Jesus Christ, way to expose yourself as a noob Lucas
I know, right?
I mean if not for lag messing with my ability to time airblasts...
I run the gambit from 50ms-350ms ping(airblast isn't lag compensated).
Then factor in the different rocket launchers differing projectile speeds too?
@@TsuladanGaming *gamut
Yay so glad someone showed up to just correct my spelling and not add any functional data to the conversation. XD
No seriously this amuses me on some level.
@@TsuladanGaming somebodys angry
"Were it to have transitions like No Man's Sky..."
Well, Shammy pretty much asked for it
Stop victim blaming that poor owl
'Tis true.
Swan I love how there’s a group on UA-cam that watches all these review channels
Like, there's the group that watches them, and the people that make them have their own group. It's a really nice way to bring people together, I find.
One note about freeman’s backstory,
You could be a wonderfully decorated engineer and still be reduced to wearing a suit and pushing carts. The ivory tower of academia will reduced those without proper experience in the field to grunts, especially if the project is as ground breaking as what Gordon was working on.
Ask your scientist friend. They’ll tell you all about it.
I mean, no? Such jobs are typically given to lab techs and some professors undergrad students. Their qualifications are much different from those of engineers. And 'academics in ivory towers hating engineers' is a tired trope at this point, since most academics are actively teaching engineers alongside their core subjects and often have to work with them in industrial sectors. I haven't met a scientist who is so openly dismissive towards engineers since they have to rely on them for helping them out in projects/writing papers. At the most, I have seen some of them consider engineering and non theoretical fields to be a poor choice for whom they consider intelligent.
@@ronbali3429 Forgive me, I know only a few engineers and they all work in the field. I imagine it could be different from science to science.
What I do know is a plethora of life-scientists. I believe it must very lab to lab, because my ex roommate was a published biologist specializing in botany. She's a doctor now and still is forced to do field work. Her direct only has her masters and works in the indoor lab, but since she already spent her 5-odd years as a field grunt, hunting down samples 4 hours a day.
I can confirm, did a Diamond Cubic Crystal BvK model fit and what I did was not the theory but instead the coding with next to no background knowledge on BvK while minimal at best knowledge on phonon dispersion.
@@ronbali3429I see it like astronauts. Astronauts aren’t at the top of the ladder it when to comes to space traversal. They don’t design he rockets or perform the equations needed to make it all possible. Yet they’re still very very educated and are expected to do the grunt work and out their neck on the line.
There are tasks that require very educated people to do very risky things. And so that’s what Gordon is. He’s very educated and needs to be on site to manage this project. It can’t be handed off to an assistant or student or anyone else. They need a top mind in the room at the moment, in case anything goes wrong.
valve 2007: lets make 3 games into 1 disc
valve 2019: why make a game when you can sell other peoples?
They're making games again
@In K no, in some interviews they have said they're already working on other games, and we don't know anything about the plot yet for HLA. Theres speculation that it could tie into the 3rd game (by time travel) because there's audio files for 2 different Alyx's, and even then, the fact that it's vr doesn't detract from the fact that it *is* a new game from valve. I'd rather have something than nothing
I selled my wife for internet connection
@@CrazyGamer1541 it's also speculated there's 2 other vr games coming from them, one being left 4 dead vr and the other is unknown.
Gaben 2020: "Why clock in to work when i can just cooooooooom"
Seriously though this is my favorite vid of yours. Amazing work mate.
Skill Up, but Skillup. The video is over an hour long and you posted this comment 45 mins ago! Love ya shit m8
Check mate, mate
Too bad you block people over jokes
Oh shit the aussies are in the house hahaha
"Don't drink the water. They put something in it, t-to make you forget. I don't even remember how I got here."
Fucking love this game.
[picture of belle delphine bath water[
i'm a fucking goofball
GreedAndSelfishness what game is this?
@@VEE0034 Half Life 2, when you first enter City 17.
why did he drink it and how come he's advising me not to? how did he even remember lulz
Some of the houses you could enter on Highway 17 had great atmosphere. Something about the way the houses were out in the middle of nowhere, slightly dilapidated, and probably only had a couple people living in them really made you feel what the citizens of this new world felt. One of the houses (the one with the burning corpses outside) gave me really ominous vibes. The way there is barely anything in the house in the way of food, the fact that there is nothing in the way of entertainment for those living there. It really felt bleak and hopeless, and set the tone for the game spectacularly.
You are so right dude
Making this video over 10 minutes for revenue? Disgusting
YayDude123 thanks man
i laughed
Boss I'm sure you have better things to do over writing UA-cam comments.
Big boss.....
SHOW ME THAT BIG FUCKING THING!
So it was 71 minutes this whole time? Now I know your pain...
raycevick, what's the name of the music that plays at the beginning during it shows the names of the games in the orange box?
DaDARKPass
Vortal Combat
Indigo Gaming iii
The story of how Gabe employed all of the original Portal devs on the spot is always amazing to hear
Jackie Chan and he said to make this game on the source engine... 15 minutes into the presentation
Back when Valve still cared about games and their fans. Makes me sad.
imagine if the gaming community, Valve and the FBI tried to arrest a hacker today, *it would be memed to shit*
it’s never to late to *MEME*
A one hour plus video on video games? But you're not Joseph Anderson.
I'd pay to see that crossover.
Since Matthewmatosis is back to doing UA-cam stuff, JA's status is officially reduced to "twitch streamer"
Collen Black Funny how both of them are Canadian.
Collen Black I don’t know if you like older games, but check out XboxAhoy!!!
Likely won't happen. Joseph's been approached and he isn't interested due to how difficult it is for him to work with people on projects. At least, that's what I recall. You can ask him on a stream tomorrow if you get the chance.
TF2 is one of the most tightly knit communities there is. Everyone knows all the content creators, we all know the reccurring jokes about lack of support and random crits, and we are all aware of the very small but surving esports scene. TF2 is a game that is hard to describe from an outsiders perspective. A solid 200 hours might be a lot in other games, but TF2 its considered nothing, most veterans average 4000. There's a lot to learn.
One of its biggest problems is wasted potential. TF2 is the goldilocks of esports. Recognisable characters, beautiful design and artstyle, mechanics with incredible skill ceilings, easy to understand the basics, and high acessibillity. But, Valve left it to rot. It has a team of 4 programmers. They went to CSGO and Dota, leaving TF2 with bi-annual updates, and a neglected esports scene and community.
But thats just my ramblings. Its very interesting to see the perspective of a new player. For example, the backburner may be powerful at lower levels, its detremental as the airblast is it most powerful tool, often neglected. It can reflect projectiles and push players away, essential in pyro v soldier matchups, and only being able to do 4 of them hits . you hard. It all changes with skill.
Also, no-one uses crafting. There's other things, but this comment is getting too long.
lol I only have 5 hours in TF2 so far, looks like I have a lot to go
Might be a little late but yeah I completly agree with this comment, the tf2 community is tightly knit as well which is the thing keeping it alive. I'm hoping to get back into it again and try the community updates
Hopefully, when Valve releases Alyx, some of the devs can move back to Tf2
After 2500hrs in this game and 4 seasons of competitive, tf2 is still my favorite game. I have so many memories and friends in this game. Tf2 is a masterpiece abandoned by its creators with a loving and dedicated community.
I’m F2P (so far), and crafting is a struggle. Random item drops don’t happen ‘every 30-70 minutes’ and you never have enough space.
This was UNBELIEVABLE. I'm so happy for you being able to get this monster out there. Amazing work dude.
I am the 1000th liker. I feel so powerfull.
I come from the future. I think Valve might have finally learnt how to count to 3
Nope but they showed that they can say names
@@slinky1277 the ending implies more than that
the name Alyx is not the number 3
MR JOESTAR
calling alyx the third game is like calling the hobbit lotr 4
but they still can, they released more gun 3
"If you can get 30 seconds of fun, you can pretty much stretch that out into an entire game."
Ah. So that *WAS* the core design philosophy behind Destiny....who'd-a-thunk.
BirdsEyeView I'd imagine the hacks they hired probably massively perverted that philosophy after the OG guys left
But that's a concept I've even heard in a TLOU making-of, I think its pretty common and (as he said in the video) not necessarily a bad thing.
That was the philosophy of Halo's gameplay. Not thirty seconds of fun for the whole game, but fun 30 second segments connected by gameplay corridors.
Imagine going to prison for 10 years after playing half life 2 and coming out of prison just to find it still doesn't exist
God can you imagine what those kids must of felt after Gabe was like "we'll take it your hired"
😮
Dyionisis Yhe horned one right after their presentation as well
Well they didn't feel could on the street, That's for sure
@@slinky1277 What?
@@toastedt140 yes
@@slinky1277 no
Came here from NakeyJakey, was seriously surprised by your willingness to point out legitimate criticisms of the games and give an honest opinion rather than just an hour long nostalgia-driven compliment fest. Great video- watched it through and through, and in a year or two, I'll be back to watch it again. Got yourself a subscriber, that's for sure.
In which video Jakey recommends this video? I'd like to rewatch it.
@@abcdeikaI know it’s been 9 months but the video is “valve has changed”
Oh wow. Okay, I'm gonna have to watch this over multiple viewings due to its length, but I just wanted to voice my support, 10 minutes in. This is seriously impressive.
*IT WAS*
*ABOUT*
*DAMN*
*TIME*
*RAY*
Yes. Love the dude but he might be a tad too obsessive about games. Guess that's why the videos are so good, eh?
17:04 Warfame!
Hell... it's about time.
The way GLaDOS referenced how the combine have taken over gave me chills (51:59)
Where's that moment (and I don't mean the audio, I mean the video) from?
@Mr Edgy Yes it is, after the third core is detatched in the glados fight
it's called GLaDOS_escape_02_spheredestroy4-02.wav
@@NicDoesDumbThings I was asking about the video, not the audio. I mean that part where he's clearly walking out of the facility, is that in Portal (is it some sort of alternate ending)? is that a mod? What the hell is that?
@@tximinoman it's from a mod
@@CamC159 Awesome, do you happen to know the name of the mod? Thanks!
"that's not what tf2 is"
*kazotsky kick plays in back round*
"...I miss them." A great video and a fantastic conclusion.
RIP - rest in profit, Valve.
half life : Alyx: *laughs in VR*
Valve with half life Alyx: If you strike me down i shall come back more powerful than you can ever imagine...
Valve & the HL Franchise: our deaths were... greatly exaggerated
Valve is back, BAYBEE
@@crisisasp5396 YARRAJKK
As an avid tf2 player I should probably tell you that the back burner is actually kind of shit for skilled players.
I disagree. It absolutely shreds everything if you use it right and as long as you aren't spamming airblasts or trying to play a support role (which the weapon is obviously not meant for) it's downside literally doesn't matter.
It used to be nuts, but was nerfed heavily in the last couple years.
@@Laroac What did they do it? I've playing TF2 on and off for the past few years and never noticed any major changes in its effectiveness. If anything shouldn't it be a lot stronger now since they buffed pyro's damage?
@@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 Its airblast cost is the problem, it's understandable that you don't know the reason why most prefer stock compared to back burner from playing tf2 on and off. The one big problem from that drawback is its flexibility, the back burner is good for flanking and... that's it, you certainly cannot 1v1 soldier, heavy, and demoman with it face-to-face because of that airblast cost. Airblast is one of the reasons why pyro could even directly confront these classes especially when encountering them in choke points, it could reflect rockets, arrows, pills, and stickies while also pushing back enemies to have a momentary breathing space that could be important in a short-term such as quick escape or finding cover. Sacrificing so much for one niche that the stock itself could already do consistently isn't a good strategy, with the players now, 9/10 times enemies could predict your strategy and severely punish you for that.
@@remembertotakeshowerspleas355 I've got 10+ years and 4000+ hours in TF2, you're completely wrong and Rycore is completely right. Skilled players don't even touch the backburner, it's a gun for noobs. It's fun in pubs for tormenting bad players, but it's garbage against anyone that doesn't just W+M1 their way through the game. About 75% of the time, stock is better than the sidegrades.
Eli's death got me. Like a true father he was more worried about his child watching a traumatic event than his own death and calmly told her to "Close your eyes honey..."
Pathof Phobos I never realized :O
I'm gonna cry now
When I see and hear that scene from HL2EP2 it always affects me the same way and I have to remind myself that they are 'fictional' characters. (Then I make my fingers pretend to walk like Ben Affleck explaining to Jay and Silent Bob that they are getting worked up over fictional characters). I get pretty angry at Valve for leaving us there and that's it.
I have listened to Merle Dandridge discuss voicing Alyx and she says it is her favorite role. The sound of her crying for her murdered father seems so real not like acting and I would bet that she was truly affected by that scene as well and it is there in her anguish. Fictional characters DAMN!
I had never played much of Valve’s games, but I decided to finally play the Orange Box in 2019. One of the best gaming decisions I ever made. Now I’m a die-hard Half-Life fan.
Congrats
My condolences.
I got it in 2017. I only playedthe games in 2020.
It's so incredibly surreal that I used to (sort of) know you back in the day when we were both doing Let's Plays and trying to one-up Gamespot and IGN with our heavily edited game reviews. Very cool to see you're still going strong a whopping seven years later with great video-game related content.
There's your channel! I lost track of it back in the day. Glad to see you're keeping the drumming alive!
Raycevick Haha thanks dude! Still the same humble Canadian with almost 200k subscribers and millions of views. This was a great, great video.
Seeing old friends reunite after so many years warms my heart :)
Maybe you guys could consider a collab
Stating your subscriber count and that you have millions of views doesn't seem humble. Just sayin' lol! - This was, of course, a joke.
OP was talking about Raycevick's numbers, not his own.
That intro was fucking god-like
"Vortal-Combat" just has that +100 badass factor
Any Half-Life soundtrack has a badass factor of +100
Ahh I thought it was Sector Sweep for a second. God I was much into this game and it's soundtrack. DOOM 2016 and it's soundtrack is giving me this same feeling I had years ago with HL2 as well. the good ol' times.
The Antlion defense part in Episode 2 always gives me goosebumps once Vortal Combat kicks in. It's the kind of song that just makes you want to get right up in the action and blow up some fucking bugs.
The song inspires you to pick up your shotgun, SMG, and throw some mines at some bugs.
Anyone else suddenly think:
"oh, wait. it HAS been 10 years. where did 10 years go?"
that moment when you realize, high school musical is older than the orange box. then I wonder why I am realizing that.
if you play pyro as support, airblast is the most valuable thing, reflecting rockets, grenades from demo, and even spies or ubered enemies, putting out teammates on fire etc
24:15
That line is actually in the final release of Half Life 2, only *very* slightly modified. The budget isn't mentioned, just Freemans work at Innsbruck
A year later, and I can further confirm it; it's triggered after going into the room Mossman went into herself.
Half Life 2 is a huge improvement in graphics over Half Life 1, compare HL2 to other 2004 games and it looks breathtaking, it still holds up pretty good today tbh
of fucking course it's an improvement over hl1, these games came out 6 years apart
You're breathtaking!
@Kweepo Well, it's really all about opinions. San Andreas also came out in that year (correct me if I'm wrong.)
@Kweepo That *is* a good point!
@TDFPL Bruh what the hell Underground 2 looks like a goddamn comic magazine compared to HL2 take off your nostalgia glasses and lay off the pipe
for mobile users:
00:00 - Intro
02:06 - Pre-Production
10:22 - Half-Life 2
26:41 - Half Life 2: Episode One
32:57 - Half Life 2: Episode Two
45:59 - Portal
52:50 - Team Fortress 2
1:05:31 - Conclusion
Merlin We do, but its nice to see.
Nice to know, thanks
On a mobile device right now. For some reason the time stamps in the description don’t work but the ones in this comment thread work.
'The Orange Box... 10 Years Later'... 2 Years Later
*three years later
@@quincy2376 ayy
@@ziMikeyy ayyyy
@@quincy2376 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
@@octobro1729 AAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
When you remember the sound design, sound of the guns, voice lines of the enemies and NPCs, and music. not just the song but you remember the exact moment in gameplay where the music kicked in - as much as you remember the plot and gameplay highlights, you've got one hell of an employee working on audio
And I still get chills EVERY DAMN TIME
25:01 i thought i was actually getting called on discord -_-
I was listening to this in the background and checked my discord only to check the video and see what it was -_- 🤔🤔🤔
IKR!!
Fucking hell, the same thing happened to me. I was so confused at first.
I paused the video and checked my discord.
same kek
"Why would I trade crits for an ability that I use once every few lives?"
*once every few lives.*
AAAAARRRRGH
Well he did say he wasn't an expert...
Bro I’ve been going thru your vids and it stunned me when I saw you are only at 500k like bro where’s your gold play button. Your documentaries are astounding
The flow of the videos are so smooth, it keeps my attention hooked and before I know it I’m 1hr deep.
You deserve more
Clickable index
00:00 - Intro
02:06 - Pre-Production
10:22 - Half-Life 2
26:41 - Half Life 2: Episode One
32:57 - Half Life 2: Episode Two
45:59 - Portal
52:50 - Team Fortress 2
1:05:31 - Conclusion
Thanks.
Your a life saver
@@chriskross2859 You're*
@@theblinkstykrab3106 You're annoying
Raycevick? More like Baecevick.
gottem
I love your videos man,
based baecevick
Whitelight His content is awesome and his voice is audio porn
Honestly? You make better content than him. In my very honest opinion.
Matpat: maybe the next theory will be on the orange box... haha.
Ray: I gotchu
The Orange box single handedly got me into REAL PC gaming in 2008. Was only $20 and got me (reluctantly!) invested in steam to this day. It still stands as the greatest game bundle of all time.
I just got it for about 3 canadian bucks.
I picked up the Orange Box on a whim because it was so much cheaper than other games in my local game store. Holy shite was it the best €20 I've ever spent.
Gotakibono the orange box was 60 on release, 20$ per game
Nope thats not the exchange value tho
Well, I didn't say I got it on release day. I bought it two years after its release, so by that time the few copies they had left in the store were marked down in price.
I know how much of a struggle it was for you to get this out. But god damn was it worth it. 10/10 would watch at 5:30am again.
Also Genital Jousting when ok thanks bye
can’t wait for the “Genital Jousting: 10 Years Later” video in 2027
Vantave I can already see the intro.
"I really... REALLY didn't want to make this video. But the memes are just too strong in my audience, so I guess I have to do a serious review of this.
half life 3 is the greatest work of fan fiction that has ever been released
*never
JACOBPAC2003 can confirm. The fanfiction has been released.
gunnar bucher except it was lazy and stupid and ended in a cop out
Don't you mean the Bible / Quran?
"When is the next Siege video?"
The response to this didn't age well. RIP TotalBiscuit.
What happened?
@@natebit8130 TotalBiscuit died of cancer. Hard to make a dead man tweet.
1:01:00 "What's more valuable, criticals hits or airblast ammo?"
The answer is airblast ammo, every time. The Pyro lives and dies by his ability to airblast to negate projectiles and control enemy movement. Good players won't let you just burn them down with the flamethrower. If you're only using it once every few lives, you haven't learned how to use it yet. You should be airblast in almost every engagement.
YayDude123 Umm, inferno update?*
*Dead ringer deserve that nerf tho, since its actually spamable in the pre-update, making it unfun to play if you keep spychecking and a puff of smoke spriting away after they feign, knowing your not able to catch up.
Still, I think the DS is in need of a bit more adjustment or even a buff than taking the no resupply or after decloak nerf.
wrong, w+m1's win 95% of all confrontations and are almost always topscoring (in pubs) even though they downloaded the game a day ago.
Bottomline: Valve loves the pyro and doesnt care if its op
Defronnie, you're playing with bad players. That's pretty common on the official matchmaking servers, but W+M1 is objectively a very weak playstyle that any experienced or just skilled player can easily destroy.
Defronnie you just went to either asia server. Apperently, unlike your american or european here, everyone is a tryhard, like everyone.
I think its a bit judgement that you went of your way to say volvo love pyro to the max. If that's the case:
#1 why is the axtinguisher not buffed and remains shit?
#2 That all weapons on every class is has anti-pyro weapon.
AND:
#3 You either deserved it for walking to the fire or get reflected when ya know, press s to back off or just shoot at a further distance. Dying to a f2p is not a valid excuse to say volvo did on purpose; the players should be the one to blame.
4# Or (oh shit), a bad player, even worse than #3.
I solely play on European servers(yes all official valve servers)
The editing was fantastic. The way the _Half-Life 2_ popped up on the screen with the funky circles was really cool man. 10/10
Are you *the* Half-Life 3?!
BRO WHEN ARE yoU COMING OUT
I bet your Nick name is myth
So this is where Half Life 3 was. UA-cam
April 1st:
- Half Life 3: Infinite years later
- Raycevik: X years later
Ray's April Fools video will be Halo Wars years later.
I'm a TF2 player and I'm sad that Valve almost never updated it anymore. The amazing community is still carrying the game for a decade though so that's good
1:27 I just realized, that's the same combine look that they had in the trailer for Half-Life: Alyx
Why do I keep seeing you lol
Wait you telling me that the combine in alyx are dark blue and orange?
In the words of Liquid Ocelot.
It's been too long!
I love to reload during a battle! There's nothing like the feeling of slamming a long silver bullet into a well-greased chamber! if you know what i mean ;)
If this video is too long you better don't even watch or comment it . idiot
I just had to say thank you for this channel for made such great video with a lot of content!
+Rafael Nogueira
Wow, rude much?
Maybe master the basics of the english language before throwing insults.
Now go home and get your shinebox!
My little mistakes with time of the words don't change the fact of how much your commentary are stupid. Blame the channel for make a big video with huge quantity of content.. What great generation of "gamers" we have.
No, you still don't understand my comment.
>using airblast once every few lives
boi
I do the same thing!
I never said I was a good Pyro
At least he doesn't w+m1
If he uses the dragon he is w+m1
What's that? Airblast is useless?
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhh
Soldier mains.
I love this video so much and yet cringed so hard when he said that
One of my favorite things about Team Fortress 2 is that most of the time your mistakes are not devistating unlike many other multiplayer games
Trying to get the achievement in the climax of Episode 2 where you have to prevent any of the buildings from being destroyed, drove me absolutely furious.
now get the gnome acheivement
The biggest disappointment in the history of gaming is Valve stopping making games.
I'm not counting the dota card game.
You should! It is a game! Just because I've never played Half Life doesn't mean I'm going to discredit it as a game that valve has made.
@@FreshTillDeath56 its a shitty cashgrab, disguised as a videogame. just like most EA games these days.
@@FreshTillDeath56 imagine BMW stopped making cars and only produced the i3, no one cares about. Wouldn't you say that they aren't what the were before?
Mip Mup I don't think i'd say it's a cash grab, because I and many others believe the core design is very solid and entertaining. They're a business trying to make money like anyone else. I'd say that the monetization awful in its early stages and not consumer friendly, but that's something that could be easily tweaked. From what I understand they are implementing ranked matchmaking and in-game ways to earn cards right now.
You're right though, EA is total garbo :D
*a card game*
SHAMMY! NICE TO C U
41:47 my man predicted that g-man and alyx had something going on between them before the prequel lol
Oguz Sunel yeah half-life : Alyx
I mean, that was already implied in Episode 2 and even Epistle 3.
The snow setting that was planned for Half life episode 3 sounded so cool. Not to mention finally being able to see the Borealis. The Episode 4 return to ravenholm made by Arkane would have been epic also.
So that WAS you in HL2DM
Noctane But who could the one other player player be?
considering only like 12 people play hl2dm, im not surprised
and im 11 of them
Vitzel nah like 300
So Half Life 2 may have helped kill Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, and Portal may have helped kill Half Life 2: Episode 3 and even Half Life 3 for that matter. This almost makes it seem like game development is a zero-sum game.
Raycevick should do Vampire Masquerade 14 years later
There's only a finite market for games. There's only so many consumers.
Ah, but VTMB at least made it out the door, let alone a game that was deserved to be recognized. Even if it was rushed out the door in a horrid state.
How did Portal kill Half-Life 3? Because more people wanted to make Portal 2 than Half-Life 3?
+DrIvanRadosivic Yes, they do. Gabe said recently that they're going to start shipping new games soon, and I hope they do. I just want them to take it seriously and release something people have asked for. Like say, I don't now... HALF LIFE 3 THE GAME THAT'S BEEN ASKED FOR FOR TEN $%^^&* YEARS!! A new IP, or Left 4 Dead 3 would work too, but HL3 should be their main priority.
I highly suggest to anyone/everyone to listen to the commentary recently released for HL2. It actually explains several of the complaints in this video. One interesting thing is that alot of the puzzles and 'cutscenes' were added as combat fatigue breaks due to playtesters needed a second to chill.
A binch of changes were due to actually having playtedting and listening to the complaints. Which is aomething that fee companies seem to care about anymore.
"talk about dark souls and i will cut you, you coward"
- my favorite youtuber
slimehunter who was that guy?
Turnerrxz Animations shammy
Oh thanks
of course shammy said that
@@stan5794 the way he says it makes him immediately recognizable.
One of the other points that tf2 has that you didn’t mention, which I don’t blame you for as you don’t have very much time in it, is the games skill cap. All the subtle game mechanics and class interactions add up to a near unlimited skill cap that no one has truly reached. As someone with 2300 hours, I’m still awful and play on the lowest competitive division
This November, Left 4 Dead... 10 years after the first infection
13:43 The Spas 12 shotgun has two modes it can be pump fired or auto so there is a reason that the combine can fire that fast.
Then why can’t Gordon fire his shotgun semi auto?
Mediocrity makes money, as long as you sell it right. Raycevick (2018).
Well said, you often wonder how people could be so ignorant about a topic you have a passion for, only to realize you are just as ignorant when it comes to many other topics those same people are interested in.
The Orange Box... one of the best deals in gaming history, and also my first time getting into Valve's exceptional development prowess. It pulled me into the Half Life series (which sadly never received its full conclusion) stamped Portal onto the gaming scene and set up a fantastic multiplayer game that I'm still playing a decade later. Still remember playing all five games a ton on PS3, despite that version's problems. I wish Valve were still making games but nowadays it seems they're mostly kicking back and letting Steam do the work for them.
Excellent analysis as always and a really neat way of examining Valve in one video rather than five. Will you look at Max Payne 3 next?
Possibly, I'm not sure how it would sit with the fanbase, but ports to Source 2 are still enticing, that is if Valve even wants to develop another game at this point.
DrIvanRadosivic They did? Guess I'll have to keep an eye out. Do you know what their current project is?
DrIvanRadosivic L4D3? The 3 theorists are going to have a field day with that one...
The Orange Box: My first game that required excessive DRM.
Spent all week complaining about how I needed an internet connection to play HL2 and Portal... then Spore happened. Never whined about Steam again!
The TF2 part was a little underwhelming and not really a full picture of the masterpiece it is. I still feel you made one of the best reviews for Being a non-tf2 youtuber. Props to you great video
boi oof tf2 isn’t an FPS it’s a war themed hat simulator
But really tf2 is an entirely unique entity so calling it just an FPS is not even a quarter of a story, it’s an amazing team based, class, multiplayer game that is so fun that the games community has pretty much reached cult status . The gameplay is the most fun I have ever had in an FPS and learning new ways to traverse the map or kill enemies is what makes me really enjoy tf2,I mean if it was the worst fps why is the game still alive even without an update for over 2 years? But it’s your opinion so have fun I guess
boi oof
That’s...heavily debateable. And pretty much objectively wrong.
@boi oof is this a personal attack or sumthing?
@@peanutgallery5427 he probably just booted up the game, joined a game as sniper, and got his ass handed to him by a spy, pyro, or literally anybody else in the game.
@@robertryan8462 probs even an engi
The Orange Box... 12 Years Later
Two minutes in, I subscribed. You've got some amazing content, keep it up!
91Tech Same lol
>a boatload of implications
I see what you did there
I heard that it is quite unhealthy to try to greentext outside of 4chan.
What a wrong opinion
Mojito XD
i don't. can you explain?
reference to a famous line by character Dennis Reynolds on the TV show "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"
Ooh, this was FANTASTIQUE, and I thank Jake for recommending it! I think you really hit the nail on the head with TF2. Despite that being my most-played game probably EVER, my familiarity with it over all that time made it easy to forget just how bloated it became. Truthfully, the most fun I ever had with it was in the extremely early days, before I even got a gaming PC when I'd play the 360 version for a dozen hours at a time. It was simple to learn, but had a tremendous skill ceiling, and what was there was polished to a mirror sheen, as Yahtzee described it.
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I freaked out when I heard the discord call. I thought someone was calling me
I believe your look at Team Fortress 2 was somewhat unfocused to the point of this video - not because I disagree with the points you made, I mostly agree with what you have to say, very well worded by the way. But TF2 in the Orange Box is not the same TF2 we have today. Depending on which console you talk about the Orange Box on, TF2 varies the most since on every version of the Orange Box except for PC, TF2 is only the original release of the game from 2007 without any added content: all stock weapons, only about 6 maps, and no cosmetics/hats. I think it would've been worthwhile to talk more about this fact.
Maybe it's because no one gives a damn about console TF2? TF2 on PC is and always was the main focus.
LuckyStrikeLT the point he is trying to make is that console tf2 *was* pc tf2 back when it was released. The game has evolved from its original position in the orange box and its almost unrecognizable in comparison.
i feel like you don't understand that this video is meant to be a look at these games 10 years later, not about look at these games as they were 10 years ago.
In other words it was a good game
"Reinhardt's tweaks don't change how he's played"
MERCY ON THE OTHER HAND.
Lucio and Mercy didn't undergo tweaks, but entire revamps to their character, with a slight semblance to their old abilities that justifies the change.
@Kyros Droztamyr Yeah it's not like they have a opinion different from you're own, unless what you said was sarcastic then sorry.
Symetra....
Mercy went from holding left button to holding left button both on ground and in the air.
Symmetra is the one you're looking for here. Completely different character from what she once was.
@@Veellinn I still feel kind of bad about Symmetra.
that discord call made me so annoyed and confused i was like "who the hell is calling me i just started really getting into this go away" then i paused the video searched discord and found nothing then i finally pushed play and was so glad i wouldnt have to stop the video for anyone
25:02
Man, that Episode 2 ending is so chilling. Reminds of how empty I felt at the end of Twin Peaks: The Return
At the time the way half-life 2 handled level loading was quite revolutionary. Other FPS games back then had smaller levels. Half-life 2's ability to pause the game for a moment to load meant continuity of the level and the atmosphere. The entire game felt extremely cinematic. Other games often used a door with no windows, so often players would instinctively know that must be the end of the level. HL2 usually allowed the player to go back and forward and bring whatever they liked with them. Also if you died half-life 2 was extremely fast as it would only need to reset the environment, at a time when most other games had to completely reload all assets.
I can't believe I just watched this entire hour-long video. I wasn't expecting to cry at the end of this video, god damnit. You are such a great writer.
"I don't hate them, I miss them." That's perfect, exactly how I feel about Valve's direction.
Watching this video in 2024 only to come to the end and see the comment about Total Biscuit and realizing this video was made while he was still alive. Broke my heart man RIP TB
24:17 This Line is actually in the base game, I got it to trigger during chapter 5 in HL2 just by walking up to Eli randomly, just thought you should know.
It wasn't quite the same. I think it was actually better in the shortened version that we got though.
First off, absoultely fantastic video! As a "tf2 veteran" with thousands of hours of the game this video really made me think about the game in a way I havent before. I've just never thought about half of the critisms in that way before. Also the backburner isn't a direct upgrade and airblasting is a super good tool for experienced players ;)
The backburner came out as a direct upgrade. It was slightly weaker when burning someone from the front, but way stronger when burning someone from the back.
Oh dear, it's almost a feature-length film.
Time to grab the popcorn and get comfy.
41:22 Damn, how those cut dialogue of Eli had SO MUCH GRAVITY now that we have Half Life Alyx.