they nailed the art style and the graphics in such a way where (unlike other games from the same period) it doesnt look like complete garbage compared to modern games
It's the art style. The texture quality and animations and lighting all look very 2004. The art style however, is timeless and compliments the engine very well.
Back in the days, i loved this game soooo much, that i actually wanted to "live" in this world (just my teenage fantasies).. today, i kind of made the experience with Half Life Alyx in VR
@@I.O_ProductionsI also played left 4 dead as a kid so I'd say I felt like I could deal with a few shuffling zombies with aliens on their heads Also as a kid I thought nova prospekt was bad ass, being in command of Antlions and using them to battle the Combine
i think they recorded a demo which is basically like a halo 3 replay for the source engine and then got all the shots and things needed for the video with freecam
Today's kids cannot understand how MASSIVE was the graphic revolution of Half-Life 2 back in 2004. Scariest thing is its other aspects are just as groundbreaking, especially its immersive narrative and the physics engine.
Not gonna lie. When I first saw Half Life 2 back in 2022 I was like "It doesn't look like a game that I would play". Eventually 1½ years later in 2024 when I finally got Steam a while back I got the Orange Box collection and thought to myself "If I have these games maybe I should actually try them". I did try them and I had so much fun. This game was amazing and even the episodes are too. 1 memory I remember having was when I first played Highway 17. I was supposed to drive the Jeep throughout the chapter but for some reason I went through the entire chapter without it. It was still fun either way.
At first when I got to this part, i was like "fuck this shit, too hard", but then the music kicked in and next thing i know i just blasted a strider and beat up a team of 30 combine soldiers
To be honest i just enjoyed this even more because of your amazing gameplay footage. Y'know these 2003 E3 showcases from half life where the players kinda of act like their actually fighting as if it was real and it really looks cool? You were able to capture that feeling perfectly.
The music pass the exact felling you should have during the chapter, the war of the resistance against the combine, total chaos with Gordon running through the streets and destroyed building hiding from strider and killing combines, I love when the game developers do it right, it's just perfect
The final chapters of Half-Life 2 were the best, the Resistance getting an advantage over the Combine and finally having a chance to resist and save humanity
This is my favourite section of the game along side the area that's at end of Sandtrap and the beginning of Nova Prospekt(Not sure if I spell the chapter wrong or not)
Definitely same. Except I also love the part where you ride up the elevator thing in the Citadel and can see the city. Also the checkpoints in the airboat.
I remember when I tried to complete this section on hard + Mmod (Combine better aim and they can shoot ALTs) this is hell, literally. But this music is really good, and I didn't even rage because of it.
imagine being a normal dude before this, a bit coward and selfish at times, like we all are at some point in our lives. but many years later, being in a war fighting along humanity's savior, slaying cyborgs, giant synthetic creatures, and biotech ships with a weapon you've probably never used before.
in fact, the whole track is about the battle with strider, at the beginning the sound is muffled kick is how the main character stays to the point where the battle unfolds 0:06 then the sound of the siren he is already near0:07, then the sounds of strider his mechanical soprano 0:19, then the sounds of laser shots 0:33, then the beating on drums with distortion so that the sound feels metallic, the costume of the protagonist is metal, so this sound, the composer wants to show how hard the strider works with Freeman, this is already the author showing how all these mechanisms work inside the strider as if the car has it, this means the main character met with the strider 0:50 but there is no fight yet, after the strider howls and the fight begins 1:05, lull, Strider has lost sight of the hero and is looking for him, the sound is like a metal detector 1:23, 1:57 strider's scream mixed with the beating sounds of the mechanisms inside He's the end of the battle
@@Toby-lr1yn Dang, it must have been great experiencing one of the best shooters for the first time lol. I wish I could go back to the time where I played Half life 1 and 2 for the first time
Yeah it was great, it had a lot of mechanics and cool game design that are nice for even today's standards. Even If the game is loaded in sections it really felt like a big world you were exploring.
This song sounds like a mix of despair and hope and perfectly summarizes why Half Life 2's City 17 segments are so well made; the rebels, in theory, should have absolutely 0 chance against the Combine, especially not in some loosely organized rebellion.But they still have hope and they still keep fighting, and the menacing tones in this song do a good job of describing the kind of hopeless but determined fight against the technologically superior Combine.
Half-Life 2 mi juego favorito es del 2004 y sigue/seguirá viéndose muchísimo mejor que los juegos triple A de la actualidad lo que deja en evidencia lo triste y sucia que se volvió la industria del gaming que cada día tratan de vendernos mierdas a precio de oro
Normally I save my AR2 energy ball ammo and submachine gun grenade launcher ammo to take out one or two of the striders early on, that way I don't have to deal with them while fighting all the soldiers.
Sad and afraid but determinated, crying but still fighting, hoping that some day, this will end. Absolute legendary beautiful and eternal masterpiece of art. Half-Life
I remember when I first finished the game on hard (mmod+ update combo so cmb soldiers had smg nades and ar2 balls) and I had this song playing in the background of the actual level because the music too short. I also remeber the top of the building with the gunship and the was fing beutiful... The gunship in the air, striders on the streets, destruction and smoke everywhere, and plenty of combine left to slaughter. It took me atleast 30 tries to get past that part with how much damadge the striders put out, but I was having fun, and at that moment, I realized, I had a new favorite game.
LG Orbifold икстендед - самый лучший и мощный саудтрек я каждый раз вспоминаю ту напряженную и захватывающую битву с альянсом у стен цитадели в центре города 17.
Such an intense level but quite short. I love how them music is making things more intense and is giving the playing how much stress Gordon is going through, even the player!
gas mask people with guns, infected humans with a turkey like crab on they head, giant ants with a big area in the dirt, the person with the crowbar that start is all, it is Gordon Freeman
Dr.breen isnt a leader ...hes just there to keep the left over human some sort of hope or what ever .... No doubt dr.breen was taking orders from the advisors I can imagine twice the combine ass kicking once Adrian shows up .......but too bad valve ain't gonna do anything about it
I know it's a game, but it's crazy how gordon freeman can survive black mesa, and even survive xen and defeat a whole army of striders and combine by himself
1:23 This part is just amazing. The low-pitched alien bassline rising and falling in slow tempo is just on whole another level. It feels like I'm dreaming, immersed in dreaming about a landscape of deep dark imaginary space, kind of sci-fi things they used to imagine in 90's - although I cannot express it exactly well by words.
Rebel: "Follow Freeman! We need to get to the horse!" Gordon: "What horse? I don't see it!" Rebel: "Over there! The big horse in the distance!" Gordon: *crying* "WHAT HORSE???"
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"Kelly Bailey its just a sequence with a Strider, no need to go hard."
Kelly Bailey:
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Tbf this was the penultimatum of the game, the last combine line of defense before the citadel
Exactly. Kelly Bailey is a straight up G
And then he did it again for Alyx
@@ImNotFunny541 nah that was Mike, Kelly was only consulted
The HEV suit must be made by the Nokia company to have taken all the abuse Gordon goes through by the end of Ep2 and still be in full running capacity
Very cheeky comment
You seen it in the end of alyx? There’s a huge ass gauge taken out of it
@@SharkZora yet it still works
@@HerahKobayashi true dat man
It's made by H.E.V.(tm), the mark V is by Kliener himself.
"The right song in the right place, can pump all adrenaline in the world" - Garry Man
Nova Prospekt is destroyed
1 week later
Combine: Why do we still hear boss music?
Cidatel destroyed
few days later
Combines: why do hell i
We still hear boss music
Eli vance gets killed and the combine super portal is destroyed
Combine : goddammit 15 years later and I still hear boss music
@@Bacho5 gordon got his revenge in hl3
Gordon:Wanders out in the canals // Combine chopper:Why do i still hear boss music?
because Gordon is still alive.
Unbelievable that this game is from 2004. It stiil looks fantastic.
Valve always liked to put effort into their games
they nailed the art style and the graphics in such a way where (unlike other games from the same period) it doesnt look like complete garbage compared to modern games
Add some dynamic lighting and it'll be timeless.
@@OkuriLucy Already doing it with CM13, PROJECT HL2 Addon for MMod, Combine Soldier Revoice and more. It's really good.
It's the art style. The texture quality and animations and lighting all look very 2004. The art style however, is timeless and compliments the engine very well.
Every time I hear a bit of half life music like this, it makes me think of how much I love the world that was built around these shooters.
Few shooters pull you into their world like half life does
pick up that can damn you
*charges you with electric stick* 🔌 ⚡
Back in the days, i loved this game soooo much, that i actually wanted to "live" in this world (just my teenage fantasies).. today, i kind of made the experience with Half Life Alyx in VR
@@nabn3014 what do mean by lived in like part of the combine or rebels citizen?
Now This makes me wanna play half-life 2 again
with mmod
Yeah
But you have to go thru ravenholm
Edit: this was before I wasn't shit at the game
@@strebicux6174 but no one cares, even if this frightening because Half-Life 2 is LEGEND.
Go ahead dude.
Gotta respect the rebels for keep spawning
Truly an npc_maker moment
🗿
"We gotta get to the horse!"
"Look out, Freeman!"
"Strider!"
T A K E T H I S M E D K I T
Half life 1 "freeman I got a message for you make sure you don't **shot** agh."
Do you know who ate all the donuts?
Why do we all have to wear these ridiculous ties?
can you plz stop
When I was a kid playing this, this song always conveyed one message in my mind "Drive off the Invaders" with how alien it sounded
Damn as a kid you went through Ravenholm and Nova prospekt to get here- were you traumatized? 😂
@@I.O_Productions lol almost to middle school and I already beat the game 🤣
@@I.O_Productions i did go trhu ravenholm as a kid, and i still am, and yeah i can tell you 1 thing: F U C K N O that shit was horrifying
@@alexandersndergaard8927 I played through ravenholm as a kid and i didn't get that scared.
@@I.O_ProductionsI also played left 4 dead as a kid so I'd say I felt like I could deal with a few shuffling zombies with aliens on their heads
Also as a kid I thought nova prospekt was bad ass, being in command of Antlions and using them to battle the Combine
Honestly the way you play it and the way you made this. It looks like a gameplay demo or something like that.
when the game is so good you think its a tech demo
Or an e3 demonstration
@ThatRandomUser Very cool! I do the same.
i think they recorded a demo which is basically like a halo 3 replay for the source engine and then got all the shots and things needed for the video with freecam
Damn this gameplay is really well made, really captures the intensity of the strider square
Today's kids cannot understand how MASSIVE was the graphic revolution of Half-Life 2 back in 2004.
Scariest thing is its other aspects are just as groundbreaking, especially its immersive narrative and the physics engine.
If “battling an evil dystopian alien empire” had a theme song, it’d be this.
World War III: *starts*
Those who played Half-Life 2:
Time to kill everyone
@@Ataurion what
WW3 will be the 7HW
Michał Ziemba then WW4 will be the rebellion.
Combines are extremly awsome just imagine the citadel mk II in real life
Kelly Bailey is a G O D
He truly is.
I REALLY with every fabric of my being hope he composes the music for Half Life 3...(don't worry,valve WILL release that game)
not making HL3 was a huge mistake
Not making HL3 YET.
3:48 I love how that Combine just flew through the wall haha!!
Yes you didn't
got sent to the backrooms
you are kicked from this arena for standing in cheat areas.
Half Life 2 is the best fps game ever made.
Not gonna lie. When I first saw Half Life 2 back in 2022 I was like "It doesn't look like a game that I would play". Eventually 1½ years later in 2024 when I finally got Steam a while back I got the Orange Box collection and thought to myself "If I have these games maybe I should actually try them". I did try them and I had so much fun. This game was amazing and even the episodes are too. 1 memory I remember having was when I first played Highway 17. I was supposed to drive the Jeep throughout the chapter but for some reason I went through the entire chapter without it. It was still fun either way.
@@MedicalHazard67 For me the greatest game ever.
@@urazsoktay5275 fr, those graphics for its time are insane. AND THOSE PHYSICS!!!!!
At first when I got to this part, i was like "fuck this shit, too hard", but then the music kicked in and next thing i know i just blasted a strider and beat up a team of 30 combine soldiers
This music will now remain in the top 1 on my list of the most beautiful and memorable soundtracks from video games
The city 17 uprising is my favorite part of half-life 2, this is why.
Gordon brought hell to Earth, and now he's gonna send it back
reference to l4d2?
@@thisisnotfunny69 Yes
nice@@TheAmazingBlitzo
@@thisisnotfunny69 l4d1 actually
@@NovaProspekt19 counts as l4d1 ig because it's in l4d1 loading screen
1:07 is probably my favorite part
THE DRUMSSS
Awesome extended version, the gameplay makes it even better.
I still forget how amazing the game looks for 2004, my friend thought it was a 2012 game
forget about freeman this shi good
@@ThumbsUpWhatever1yeah dude, LG Orbifold slaps
this song is a mix of action, alien, and horror at the same time.
sounds like something i’d hear in bo2
Action, alien, and psychological horror is pretty much half life.
@@Nova-vk5qb True lol
how can you find this game scary? You're supposed to be blasting, not shitting your pants.
@@dallas9397 I planted a bomb in my local hospital
legendary game, top 1 best of all genres
Combine: We will take over the world!
Gordon Freeman: Im about to end their whole career
Haha nova prospeckt go boooom
Technically they already took it over
I’m bouta end this whole races career
I'm*
Gordon didnt tho
He just kicked Combine out of the planet
the 25 dislikes are from the combine soldiers.
The rest of the world: Spiders are scary, but they're not really much of a threat.
Australians: 1:04
"..." - Gordon after killing the strider with a fucking crowbar
@@MidnightHorrorsIsPEAKif gordon had the strength/speed of dog maybe
@@MidnightHorrorsIsPEAK true australian
To be honest i just enjoyed this even more because of your amazing gameplay footage. Y'know these 2003 E3 showcases from half life where the players kinda of act like their actually fighting as if it was real and it really looks cool? You were able to capture that feeling perfectly.
The music pass the exact felling you should have during the chapter, the war of the resistance against the combine, total chaos with Gordon running through the streets and destroyed building hiding from strider and killing combines, I love when the game developers do it right, it's just perfect
The final chapters of Half-Life 2 were the best, the Resistance getting an advantage over the Combine and finally having a chance to resist and save humanity
I love how sometimes the footage just goes *"h m y e s s t r i d e r"*
This is my favourite section of the game along side the area that's at end of Sandtrap and the beginning of Nova Prospekt(Not sure if I spell the chapter wrong or not)
Definitely same. Except I also love the part where you ride up the elevator thing in the Citadel and can see the city. Also the checkpoints in the airboat.
I cant say my favourite part, only that my least faviurite was citadel and ravenholm lol
I loved parts where you fight combines or cps with the rebel because i made a mod that makes them actually useful
Bigfanm3new wow that sounds cool! Can you give us a link?
I remember when I tried to complete this section on hard + Mmod (Combine better aim and they can shoot ALTs) this is hell, literally. But this music is really good, and I didn't even rage because of it.
imagine being a normal dude before this, a bit coward and selfish at times, like we all are at some point in our lives. but many years later, being in a war fighting along humanity's savior, slaying cyborgs, giant synthetic creatures, and biotech ships with a weapon you've probably never used before.
C17 urban warfare at its finest.
So its not just me who felt this music should have been extended to that exact point in the game where they gameplay in video ended.
god damn this goes hard
@@MedicalHazard67 i'd take a squad of striders over a single hunter chopper any day now
in fact, the whole track is about the battle with strider, at the beginning the sound is muffled kick is how the main character stays to the point where the battle unfolds 0:06 then the sound of the siren he is already near0:07, then the sounds of strider his mechanical soprano 0:19, then the sounds of laser shots 0:33, then the beating on drums with distortion so that the sound feels metallic, the costume of the protagonist is metal, so this sound, the composer wants to show how hard the strider works with Freeman, this is already the author showing how all these mechanisms work inside the strider as if the car has it, this means the main character met with the strider 0:50 but there is no fight yet, after the strider howls and the fight begins 1:05, lull, Strider has lost sight of the hero and is looking for him, the sound is like a metal detector 1:23, 1:57 strider's scream mixed with the beating sounds of the mechanisms inside He's the end of the battle
Just completed half-life 2 and the episodes for the first time. Can't stop listening to the soundtrack
Was it your first time playing?
@@thiccjerry5232 Yeah I've messed around in gmod a lot but never played half-life until very recently.
@@Toby-lr1yn Dang, it must have been great experiencing one of the best shooters for the first time lol. I wish I could go back to the time where I played Half life 1 and 2 for the first time
Yeah it was great, it had a lot of mechanics and cool game design that are nice for even today's standards.
Even If the game is loaded in sections it really felt like a big world you were exploring.
@@Toby-lr1yn yeah, what was your favorite chapter?
This song sounds like a mix of despair and hope and perfectly summarizes why Half Life 2's City 17 segments are so well made; the rebels, in theory, should have absolutely 0 chance against the Combine, especially not in some loosely organized rebellion.But they still have hope and they still keep fighting, and the menacing tones in this song do a good job of describing the kind of hopeless but determined fight against the technologically superior Combine.
Like Star Wars
0:39 I believe I can fly.
Half-Life 2 mi juego favorito es del 2004 y sigue/seguirá viéndose muchísimo mejor que los juegos triple A de la actualidad lo que deja en evidencia lo triste y sucia que se volvió la industria del gaming que cada día tratan de vendernos mierdas a precio de oro
If I were in a real war and I listened to this music during the war I certainly won
oof, doesnt fit well in this war.
time to go to ukraine 😎
aged
Normally I save my AR2 energy ball ammo and submachine gun grenade launcher ammo to take out one or two of the striders early on, that way I don't have to deal with them while fighting all the soldiers.
Sad and afraid but determinated, crying but still fighting, hoping that some day, this will end.
Absolute legendary beautiful and eternal masterpiece of art.
Half-Life
It's still baffled and surprised me to this day that Half Life 2 is releases in the same year as Halo 2.
fr... and halo 2 sucks so much ass
@@jorgereyes8071 uhh? No?
and GTA San Andreas!
@@Mroziukz yeah one of the best years for gaming, alongside with 2007
@@caboose8110 What did he say? The comment was deleted.
This shit goes so fucking hard man. Thanks for making an extended version.
I remember when I first finished the game on hard (mmod+ update combo so cmb soldiers had smg nades and ar2 balls) and I had this song playing in the background of the actual level because the music too short. I also remeber the top of the building with the gunship and the was fing beutiful... The gunship in the air, striders on the streets, destruction and smoke everywhere, and plenty of combine left to slaughter. It took me atleast 30 tries to get past that part with how much damadge the striders put out, but I was having fun, and at that moment, I realized, I had a new favorite game.
The beat drop right as a strider revives from the ruble is great
LG Orbifold икстендед - самый лучший и мощный саудтрек я каждый раз вспоминаю ту напряженную и захватывающую битву с альянсом у стен цитадели в центре города 17.
The music of this game is one reason why I love this game and consider it the best video game ever made
this shit feels real it's like your against something you have a very small chance of winning
2021/Marzo/23 hasta que la encontré después de aaaañoooos buscándola, Gracias amigo desconocido ❤️
bruh solo tenias que buscarla en las files del juego
@@oberon_2800 En play?
A really good extended version of a half life song possibly the best
Such an intense level but quite short. I love how them music is making things more intense and is giving the playing how much stress Gordon is going through, even the player!
it's so cool, cheers from argentina
gas mask people with guns, infected humans with a turkey like crab on they head, giant ants with a big area in the dirt, the person with the crowbar that start is all, it is Gordon Freeman
Songs like this are NUTS
humanity last war for freedom must have been a bloody one
bro this is so good
Pov: a stroll next to twitter land.
this was the best part because when you go to the building with a rpg ammo crate while this music is still playing
you can blast striders in style
This is a real example of what the combine can do...
With synths...
Not really.. with better leaders, like the advisors, instead of a bad leader like Breen, they would do so much more.
Agreed
Dr.breen isnt a leader ...hes just there to keep the left over human some sort of hope or what ever ....
No doubt dr.breen was taking orders from the advisors
I can imagine twice the combine ass kicking once Adrian shows up .......but too bad valve ain't gonna do anything about it
Fun fact: This song's name is very close to being an anagram of God Forbid
It’s super close, if it was DG Orbifold that’d do it
I know it's a game, but it's crazy how gordon freeman can survive black mesa, and even survive xen and defeat a whole army of striders and combine by himself
This song is so good a tech brand was named after it
Most nostalgic track of all imo.
top tier music, top tier mission, top tier game
In Cyrillic languages, Nova means 'New'
New Prospect
Well, it's actually not only in Cyrillic, also just Slavic languages in general. And also, if using proper grammar, it would be Novy Prospekt
Is actually latin derived
Nova propsket is basically "new possibilities"
this part is the best part, no contest.
It's sad that this game got kinda ruined by weird kids and televisions i want to end my life by just thinking that.
dont worry i just bough 12 beers i was a little drunk@m15tly
1:23 This part is just amazing. The low-pitched alien bassline rising and falling in slow tempo is just on whole another level. It feels like I'm dreaming, immersed in dreaming about a landscape of deep dark imaginary space, kind of sci-fi things they used to imagine in 90's - although I cannot express it exactly well by words.
"It's Freeman! The Alliance's Judgment Day has arrived" ©vortigaunt
6:31 perfect timing
Dislikes by 4 combines, 1 strider, Dr. Brin and LG Electronics.
yeah cause they don't want to be an orbifold, they want to be electronics
Best action sequence in the whole game
*industrial 17 map judgement waiver flashbacks*
amazing
striders are so sick
STRIDER!!!
i got lost on this section several times the first time playing and even a few times after
oh and no horse, idont see it anywhere
Rebel: "Follow Freeman! We need to get to the horse!"
Gordon: "What horse? I don't see it!"
Rebel: "Over there! The big horse in the distance!"
Gordon: *crying* "WHAT HORSE???"
1:04 that horse
6:24 seems like the combine didn't like the horse
21/10 Half life games
The best game in the world.
Half life 2 will always be the best game ever made on the planet.
*TO THE HORSE*
1:20 did they just forget about their flashlight or something
0:50 1:07
my favorite moment in soundtrack
but let's be honest
entire soundtrack is favorite moment
The lack of explosions and dakka make it sound like i haven't heard this 400 times.
just a theoretical physicist
ok he got gun training but he's not going to understand aliens
pfft
One of ny fav hl2 soundtrack
When I heard this music, I realized that a real massacre was taking place, and everything that had been in the game before seemed like a child's game
*FREEMAN!*
No dislikes, good...
Great my children!!!
Some fuckhead ruined it
@@jj2002ful Reload, Dr Freeman
@@installshieldwizard3017 And their name is selτкιrκ.
Perfecto!!
Music to put on at war.