Half-Life 2 - Battle at the Lighthouse
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2025
- Gordon Freeman arrives at Lighthouse Point, a Resistance base that marks the end of his lengthy journey on Highway 17. However, the Combine has tracked his car, and converges upon the Lighthouse via Dropships and Gunship, leading to one hell of a battle to the tune of one of the best tracks in the series, Nuclear Mission Jam.
![Half-Life 2: Episode Two - Ambush at the White Forest Inn [Hard]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EtwMakz0PEE/mqdefault.jpg)
I remember cheesing this part by camping behind the dropships so that the turret can’t shoot me, then shotgunning the soldiers in the back as they emerge. Good times.
Hahaha yeah, I remember seeing another player do that in a video waaay back and thinking to myself "Wow, this battle just got 10x easier". I really wish they made the Dropship Container turret be able to swivel around 360 degrees so that players wouldn't be able to do that.
History's first ever spawn kill
@@Sexy_Nutella It used to do that. A major update to the Source Engine in 2013 broke the dropship gun and now it will only shoot you if you are within hair's length of a straight line in front of the gun. This scene used to be REALLY hard with the gunships dropping half your HP in a couple seconds while similtaneously dropping tons of Combine soldiers off. You were never able to get anywhere near them without certain death. Sad that Valve never bothered fixing it.
@@GIJew This is the Steampipe update yes? I do remember it introducing a bunch of bugs into the HL2 games. Episode 2 still has that flickering APC and missing Advisor sounds during the Sector Sweep segments that bug the hell out of me
@@Sexy_Nutella I believe so. I remember it caused a whole ton of issues with Episode Two as well, biggest one being that none of the NPCs talked anymore lol. They fixed most of those issues but left HL2 in the dust.
I think its awesome how you manage to play the game in a more cinematic style without detracting from the gameplay. It makes the video 100x more enjoyable to watch and really sets you above similar creators. They shoud hire you to make the demo videos for new game releases.
That's very kind of you to say, thanks man!
the music syncing up with the shot at 1:30 is the ultimate pinnacle of badassery
Glad you liked it :)
@@Sexy_Nutella all those crossbow shots lined up
What can I say? Something secret steers us
1:30 Good timing on how you synched the crossbow shots with the music. 😜
Thanks! Glad you noticed :)
0:28 valve's tactic to prevent player from using the Tau cannon
Apparently Gordon was originally supposed to detach the Tau Cannon and carry it with him for the rest of the game :/
@@Sexy_Nutella
At least that's possible now with *_MMod_*
It just never recharges when detached-
@@MrGermandeutsch They could've added some ammo for it from time to time. Maybe make it use combine charger? I'd be fun if player had to decide wheter to charge suit or Tau Cannon. Is' quite pointless to give player a weapon they can't use.
@@Sexy_Nutella I wonder if there is a mod besides Mmod that can restore that into the main game.
I just noticed the car had a tau cannon mounted to it.
I don't know how I didn’t see it and thought people just used console commands to put it on.
I’ve just started playing through Half Life 2 again myself. It strikes me how big a deal this game was to me at the time, and as a console player it was the first game I felt like I was playing in an open world (before Oblivion and Fallout 3 and the likes) despite the fact it isn’t truly open world, just that the level design is so good it gives the impression of it.
Agreed. The coast levels are so good in this regard, really makes it seem like Freeman's embarking on an epic journey through the highway
1:30 Perfect shot to kick off Nuclear Mission Jam!
The crossbow firing sound seemed to match the most with that drop so I used it :)
1:39 One of the best gaming soundtracks! Coming in over the road!
Totally, probably one of my favorite tracks in the game
my god, there will be no other game as legendary as this one, not ever
I agree. HL2 is my favourite game of all time. It's just too good.
HL1?
@@morkgin2459 yeah. HL1 is way better IMO.
@@z411_cl for me, both are equal.
Almost feel bad for the gunship desperately trying to shoot down your rocket as you just run donuts around it
Haha, yeah, they don't stand a chance against Gordon's impeccable aim.
I love this part
The OST kicks serious ass
Yeah me too. Just played this and came here to see it again XD
1:30 Great timing man! its really great
Glad you noticed it! I wish I had bumped up the music volume just a tad bit, the gunshots overwhelm it
Bro that Dropship tho flying near Gordon to flex that the Dropship have his car lol
Haha, what a douche :(
I'd love to see your playthrough of this game with MMod. It makes enemies more aggressive: combine soldiers often use secondary fire, dropships start shooting you as soon as you're in range.
I really should play MMod, I've heard many people say great things about it :) Unfortunately I don't think I will upload another HL2 playthrough anytime soon, given that narratively the MMod version would cover the same ground.
This battle used to be harder, until an update broke the dropship turrets
Yeah, they used to have turrets that fired on the player right? Shame it got broken
Honestly feel like this section would be a lot more challenging if instead of jumping out one by one (where they can be safely picked off from a distance), the SIDES of the dropship pods should open and the soldiers should rappel out all at once. That, or multiple dropships should come at once. This battle never feels as epic as I want it too because of the trivial nature of picking off the soldiers as they jump out of the pods. I wish there was a mod that made this a lot more of an epic climax. Getting creative with it, I think it'd be a cool idea to mod this whole section so it's a lot more destructive and a definite end to the Highway 17 section of the game, with the combine finally pinning down Gordon's location and absolutely curbstomping the resistance outpost, with Gordon barely escaping with his life. Could even have a scripted sequence where the buggy is destroyed in some epic explosion.
Yeah, I believe in the original version of the game the Dropship turrets were way more effective and shot at Gordon when he appears in front of it. They really did make it easy to cheese the fight right now.
An update to the source engine in 2013 broke the turret on the drop ship. That thing used to cut your HP in half if you were anywhere in its line of site. This scene used to be really hard and you’d usually die several times before completing it. Sad that Valve never bothered fixing it.
@@GIJew It has been fixed.
Just wait for them to attack
1:19
I love how the first guy who came out just runs because you threw a grenade
Probably freaked out and ran lol
Lmao did you want them to stand around and get blown up?
The H.E.C.U and Black ops teams are now citizens and when Gordon freeman was here, Combine drop-ship just arrived and Nuclear Mission Jam started
That's actually interesting to think that some of these rebels might be former HECU soldiers! Super cool
The bug causing the dropship guns to not shoot at Gordon unless he's directly in front of them has been fixed in the latest update, this battle is definitely much more harder now
That's great - it was so easy to just run right up to them and shoot the Combine one by one as they came up
In all my years of playing Half life 2, I have never noticed the dropship takes the car away when you're on the cliff side!
Yeah, really sucks. They probably took the airboat too back in Black Mesa East
Sneaky motherfuckers.
Gotta love your syncs
Glad you like them! :)
In my case, I manage to sync the music with my shotgun blast as I was waiting for the combine to come over.
Syncing gameplay to music in Half Life games is always awesome!
i like how your showing the cool parts of these games
Yeah, I've been doing a lot of playthrough videos so I felt I should upload shorter sequences that I love from the older games. I did want to do Vortal Combat from HL2EP2 but I'll save that for further down the line :)
You should totally do another one of these, the Combine Dropships now properly fire at you and I'd love to see how you'd adapt around that.
Oh wow, finally! I gotta check this out again - just preoccupied with Focal Point right now in Black Mesa: Blue Shift :)
0:49
“Having you here is going to make a big difference for morale”
And battle results.
This part made me feel like the most badass hero in the world
Same here. Nuclear Mission Jam really does help
He synched every crossbow shot
Pinning that last combine to the wall was an unforeseen consequence ;)
@@Sexy_Nutella Prepare for unforeseen,Consequences.
But the Combine didn't cuz he was a brainwashed soldier.
I remember just running up to the top of the lighthouse and shooting everybody with rockets. Cuz you know, unlimited rockets
1:31 SAY HELLO TO MY HOT BOLT!
Crossbow is always satisfying to use. Doubly so if I manage to pin a Combine to a wall :)
The problem with this part is that the soldiers move out of the dropships one by one super slowly instead of all running out so it was super easy to cheese this part by just dropping soldiers as soon as their animation completed
I can't figure out how to kill the gunships ;( they just shoot down my rockets
You have to steer the rocket with your mouse to hit the Gunship from behind, otherwise it will destroy your rocket.
I’ve nearly finished half life I’m on episode 2 and on the final strider battle thingy and it’s reallyyy hard
It is a tough fight for sure. Did you manage to get past it?
@@Sexy_Nutella not yet it’s real hard to aim at the striders xd
I feel like this battle would be way better if the Dropship cannons would totally shred you if they saw you, so that you couldn't camp the dropships. Alternately, there could be some sort of ariel unit to cover the dropships.
I believe they did use to fire upon Freeman much more liberally than in this version of the game. Not sure if it's a bug.
@@Sexy_Nutella they used to, and it is a bug. An update in 2013 (I think it was Steampipe) broke the turrets along with a lot of other things such as Combine Soldiers and Metrocops no longer using their pain sounds when hit. After the update, the turrets can't move and can now only shoot you if you are directly in front of them.
Amazing gameplay
Glad you enjoyed :)
I remember running to the lighthouse and destroyed combine dropship containers with rockets first instead of direct combat with them. I thought it was a good idea to destroy em before they come out.
I let the group of rebels deal with the combine for me.
Very interesting, do the containers actually get destroyed if you fire enough rockets at them? Never tried it myself
Yes it does. If not mistaken 3 or 4 rockets should be sufficient enough to destroy them. You can't kill the Dropship though, only the containers.
@@marcusyapmingfeng306 That's very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
You can kill them before landing just go up the lighthouse and you will find rocket ammo then you can kill them before landing
You mean the dropships? Never tried that, very interesting
@@Sexy_Nutella try it and if you can make video about it and show my comment to help other players 😉😉😉😉😉
P.S do it as fast as you can to Ganne more time and save there this is the best part from half life 2 After the dropship battle you will find gunship shoot the rocket and try to confies it and hit it do that to all the gunships and you will kill them easy
I got a question. Are you going to play Half-Life EP1 and 2? I really like your gameplay and how you take your time to listen to what other NPCs have to say. And again, this is how real Gordon Freeman would do the job
Thanks man! Yes for sure, I will definitely play through the two episodes as well. Just getting through some other games right now but they are definitely on my list :)
@0 1 bruh, this ain't a competition
no matter what you do, no matter how you play, it will still be legendaric fight none the less...
unless u are me and just destroys everything from lighthouse with rpg
Hey Nutella! I must ask: what chapter/mission does this take place in?
the actual gameplay:🙁 the music:😃
The lighting looks really different. what mod is this?
It's called Half-Life 2: Update, which improves the lighting of the base game and fixes a bunch of bugs. The game is otherwise virtually untouched.
666 subs, the demon, okno, I like how you play
Luckily I'm past that now haha
epic
Indeed :) one of those battles that make you feel like a badass
What's the map name
d2_coast_10
What chapter is this in?
Sandtraps
@@Sexy_Nutellawhat patt of Sandtraps? Like is it near the beginning, middle or close to the end?
Nutella -- super!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
@@Sexy_Nutella Oh, yes, very-very enjoued! I'll almost love you... my clever Sexy... You -- the best!
Настольгия))
Играя в эту игру, я каждый раз вспоминаю свое детство!
@@Sexy_Nutella ты русский?
@@sagnost Нет, я просто использую Google Translate, чтобы понять других :)
@@Sexy_Nutella аааа
@@Sexy_Nutella очень мило с твоей стороны ) А ты перевёл никнейм "Я сказал подними эту банку"? )
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