Whoa, it's Mr. Kane! It's such an honor to see you here! I just want to say I love your music. And your animations are top notch! Maybe you and this creator should do a project together since your animations are both so realistic Lol. Very awesome to see you
Half life’s ambience and atmosphere in sound, music, landscape, dialogue and lore is what makes half life so interesting, vivid and immersive. All of that alone is what makes simple still camera shots like this so enduring
I love how the Elites are the last squad to enter the door, trying to stop Freeman and Alyx from using the teleporter before the entire place faces total destruction. Amazingly detailed as always.
@@quakethedoombringer One wouldn't need to hold that huge of a facility if there weren't any prisoners there, would they? Just because Gordon didn't see any besides Eli doesn't mean there weren't any. Also keep in mind the game engine limitations.
@@quakethedoombringer did u forget the part where u go and meet Eli vance, Alex was searching for her father through camera systems, there was literally tons and tons of people in that prison at least 5 people where shown off in the camera system untill you find Eli vance.
This speech at best: If the soldiers don't prove themselves useful, the Combine will not switch off the suppression field and wipe out humanity. This speech at worst: The Combine will wipe out humanity except for soldiers; but they'll be wiped out too if they don't step up.
@@nagashimayt9083 that right there is why I find Tb e whole “they have no humanity/feelings” etc thing to be silly since if they didn’t, they wouldn’t care.
Oh my God this perfect The clash between a bunch of highly trained OTA units using tactical chatter while Breen berates them in the background, begging the question if they're even listening to what he's saying All the different soldiers clearly coming from different places intently moving to the same location regardless of status The walls trying to gain more territory even though that checkpoint is very much already under Combine control The motion of the turrets being extremely accurate to the games Those four elites heavily implying the reason why they're all moving to the same location is that Gordon is in the teleporter room, and those Elites are the same we see in the end of that sequence It shows the organism that is the Universal Union so perfectly, confusing but methodical; alien because it is exactly that.
Considering how augmented they probably are, they probably aren't listening that much. They probably can think enough to think creatively in a tactical situation, but likely not much more than that.
Those walls in the background aren't meant to gain more territory, they're the Combine's equivalent to a grinder where it breaks down a building's internal structure for resources.
I really love the way the first man infront always stands aside and watches behind the squad, consistent everytime a new group arrives. Such a cool little detail for squad tactics
Whenever another one of these types of videos get posted I'm reminded of just how devastating the Combine are systematically on humanity. HL2, for all its advances and nuances, sometimes isn't fresh enough to display to me the true extent of destruction, both to infrastructure and human society, and these videos do the Universal Union more justice.
"This is not some agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing" He is more than that, and he doesn't need to hear all this..... HE IS A HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL!!
Am I right in assuming the Combine Elites at the end are the ones that surround Gordon and Alyx at the teleporter? If so, that's an extremely nice attention to detail and it really shows in your work how dedicated you are to accurately presenting this universe.
@@TheParryGod Ohh i see so this is a side event view at nova prospekt, gordon was about to teleport and the combine getting to him had to go through the biotics infestation, they were shaken and easy to kill partly because of the effort they already put in just getting to Gordon!
sound design is phenomenal as always. y'know what I really appreciate? it's small but it's that eerie riser noise at the very beginning before the scene shows up with the bass hit. it really sets the mood and it's seemingly nothing but that's why sound design is often overlooked. here, it's at 0:00 (and now just rewatch the whole thing because there's a million other things that are also 10/10)
Thank you! This is a technique I really adore to use and see being used. To me it evokes a certain "appetizer" feeling and then the slight bass hit and the rest of the sounds kicking in with the visuals just catapults me to that world.
I hope you do that one segment from Water Hazard where Gordon has to open up the water gates and inside another breen cast plays for the civil protection
@@TheParryGod perhaps put the breencast over a camera angle showing a resistance underground railroadway station being evacuated while civil protection closes in.
@@TheParryGod CPs operating the control station at the helipad, maybe? Coordinating with other CP units all along the canals. The hunter-chopper returns and lands with damage to be patched quickly as the airboat approaches, and the last we see is it taking off and the alarm at the dam sounding.
0:03 Turret 1st victim 0:16 Squad 1 with grenade 0:38 Turret 2nd victim 1:16 injured soldier 1:28 another soldier with the injured one 1:43 turret 3rd victim 1:59 M A N H A C K 2:06 Elite Squad
Man, I love that Overwatch Soldiers are depicted as wounded/weakened by Gordon Freeman's attack on the Nova Prospekt with one of them, Barely making his way back to the rest.
It is not intentional actuall, just kinda-sorta works out this way, haha. Takes some mental recharge time to come up with an original, but I want to put something worthwile out at least once every 2 months.
God I love those small details, the first squad of Nova Prospekt's guards being all tactical, with the first one being the last one to enter the room while looking back for threats, while the last one of the Elites was more hurry-like and didn't even crouch while looking back. BUT DAYUMM those models and that room looks sick! God I'm so glad I'm subscribed to this channel, amazing work!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. They do actually. It might be the color grading + that they're small in frame but I can assure you the shotgunners have red eyes here.
it is so cool especially because the elites are important unites it makes sense for them to not wasting time , i really like how more the first one is doing the actual check befor giving the other 3 the go. so if there was a trap the whole squad dosnt get wipe out.
Loved the detail of the antlion leg sticking out of the guard, causing his limp, as well as the ambient HL2 OST playing softly in the background. Nova Prospekt always stood out as such a fantastic set piece, and chapter(s) in HL2. From storming the beaches, to clearing the prison block by block, these chapters always had the most immersive details, and stories playing in the background, outside of the chaos Freeman himself was causing. From the radio chatter, distant gunshots and antlions roars, to the cameras you could interact with and watch guards set up defensive perimeters and win the odd battle against against the bugs, there was so much going on in the background to take in. It all came together to bring this specific environment to life - you nailed capturing a piece of that, fantastic work as always!
Breen was written to be so beautifully smarmy. He doesn't talk like a military dictator or even a seasoned politician: he is instead reminiscent of a pompous academic or obstinate professor who pedantically refuses to grant a passing grade and berates their students for failing to see it the right way; that is to say, the professor's way. One of the things I love about Half Life 2 and the Episodes is how distinctly un-military both sides are: on the lighter end, we have Eli, Magnusson and Kleiner, three scientists fighting back not by turning themselves into an army but a laboratory; a triumph of human innovation and inquiry penetrating the mysteries of the Combine. Meanwhile, Breen is the dark side of that same intellectualism: whereas the Resistance leadership strive to pull back the veil of mystery surrounding Combine technology and methods, Breen is a master of obscurantism, treating the concerns of citizens with a patronizing promise that he knows the truth of what the Combine is and what it intends, that really, when one looks at the situation with an intellectual eye, the situation is turned on its head: the Combine, who are poisoning and strangling humanity and raping the Earth which nourished it, are in fact a good thing for mankind: that the traditions and life that the Combine destroyed are not worth mourning, that their destruction is in fact something to be celebrated. He puts together these elaborate hagiographies for the Suppression Field and the forceful augmentation and alteration of humanity which use high-minded language and a barrage of buzzwords to distort the issue and leave citizens confused, with the aim of tricking them into believing that since Breen understands and they don't, he is clearly smarter than them: he must therefore be right when he praises the Combine and reassures them that everything is alright. The tragedy of it is that Breen is even fooling himself. I really do think that he sincerely believes the lies he spouts daily. Like a lot of great characters, he is a smart man: but not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.
I actually _don't_ think he's fooling himself: given how he behaves in his office, I think he understands perfectly well Earth and Humanity are lost, and at this point is simply trying to bargain his way out (that, or he's gone legitimately insane from "seeing too much").
1:07 I see that sneaky G-man up there on the left lol 0:59 That was so scary though, how the walls moved, holy crap, imagine running from these things while they swallow the city behind you.
The small details of the squads moving into what I assume to be Gordons location makes me feel as if they're all just unfortunate friends that got caught up in all this. It's hard to explain, but they feel like bros to each other.
Every Combine Soldier has had their memories wiped and are basically corpses with mechanical augmentations. There's no bros here. Just a squad of dead people puppeteered by an AI killing any human resistance.
Absolutely amazing, ever since I found you just a few weeks back I have been absolutely obsessed with your content. There's so much deeper lore and stories to be discovered within the Combine Regime, so I really appreciate giving you these perspectives that would otherwise not be seen.
I love these videos :). I'm a big Half Life 2 fan (it is my first half life game) and this man does the video game a lot of justice by doing these animated shorts.
Damn it, youtube has failed to notify me. Either way, the atmosphere, the Combine Wall, and the injured (I assume) Nova Prospekt guard limping onto the safety and his "buddy" guarding before rushing in as well, really adds up to the whole doom-ish mood of the current situation, along with Breen scolding the Combine forces.
Even tho this is just a speech in-game, you made it so much better with background and the details like breens speech sounding more buzzy and static when the grenade explodes and then it turns normal! These animations and details are god-like! keep it up :D
This is so amazing! Even without moving the camera you get a strong, compelling story and environmental detailing on a whole other level. Seriously great stuff!
I love how these animations just fit right in with the canonical events of the game. For example, the Combine elites moving into the forcefield near the end lines up perfectly with when Gordon and Alyx are departing from Nova Prospekt through the Combine teleporter in the depot as it is exploding
OMG. I DIDNT EVEN REALISE GMAN STANDING AND SEEING HIM THROUGH THE WINDOW ON THE TOP LEFT WTF. I'll admit ive watched this too many times because of just how God damn beautiful this is but holy shit
I absolutely love these. Could watch a full length film made with still shots like that, the sound really carries the atmosphere forward. Great job like always!
Ааа ! так вот в какую анимацию пошла моделька из новостей твоего сообщества, а я думал она будет в анимации "Дезинфекция" Выглядит как всегда на высшем уровне Восхитительно , чел , ты номер один на всём ютубе по созданию SFM
Google translate might be failing me here but if I understand correctly, you're referring to the Combine soldier model I showcased in the latest community post? Then no, the model used in this video (for the regular NP guards) is found in HL:A's game files and were to be used for the retail game early in development. My custom models will be part of a huge project that is still very much in its infancy.
ОЧЕНЬ КРУТО Тебе тысячи человек говорят что тебе надо в Valve работать Начинал путь с Маленьких роликов в Gmod и заканчиваешь шедевроми в стиле фоновых роликов и жёстких перестрелок в коридорах Чего только стоит Anticitizen который в Tik-tok уже чуть ли не боготварят Protectors стал легендой и тянет за собой множество поклонников Привью тоже на высоте С тобой реально может сравниться буквально пара создателей SFM на всём You tube )))
I LOVE the HL2 Combine models with the HLA touch-up. It really brings the mood Half Life 2 made right to the present, such a fucking awesome feeling seeing the Elites too, great job man!
There's so much in that speech that here are probably videos dedicated to analysing it alone. Thanks for the S2FM. Wonderfull as always. I loved these antlions apperenig every few seconds.
Not sure what the grenade was for. Gave me the vibe of "I'm at max grenades, and I know I will be able to pick up a fresh one in the next area, so might as well use one now".
Like in the game, block the hole the antlions use to travel to the surface, combine soldiers use nades, you the player use abandoned cars in ep1 to cover the holes
Beautiful, this could easily be an in-game scene. Also love how you always kept something going on in the background, the Overwatch entering through the gate, the antlions being killed, the walls moving, there was always something minor going on that kept your attention.
The combine walls moving is always so terrifying to me. Its something that should be solid and concrete and suddenly it could move and destroy the building your in, so menacing.
I love these! I love how the Combine center at Nova Prospeckt was actively expanding. Literally slowly destroying everything in its path and claiming it
I've been watching plenty of your half life animations, and all I just wanna say is you are doing a very great job and I love your work. You are filling up my childhood needs when I used to play half life ALOT. Every time I see you upload new half-life animations I always get excited and hyped.
Interesting to see the combine soldier leg get impaled and continues to hold the weapon, keeps walking and ignoring the pain like nothing happened, it shows just how much that everything gets removed from them like feeling pain and emotions, such as anything that isn’t useful in combat
Someone else will have already noticed and commented on it here, but I'll say it anyway: I love the detail in these animations, the best part in my opinion is the one with the injured Combine Soldier, trying to get to the door blocked by (well, I think it is) dark matter that only authorized ones can pass, no matter that he is injured. He obeys without flinching and without question. It shows that the modified human soldiers, or what remains of them as humans, not only lost much of their capacity for pain and humanity itself, blindly following orders without questioning or resisting, as is well known; but that the Combine themselves don't give a shit about human loss and humanity itself, to them, we are nothing more than new replaceable, modifiable, and adaptable toys for their own purposes and nothing more.
After an hard day, I open up youtube and found a new video from you. Man, you cheered up my day! I truly love your series of the Half Life and episodic ambience videos, simply gorgeous. From one of your subscribers on buymeacoffee, thank you, thank you a lot. :)
ENG:This is a great animation, every small detail is spelled out with the highest quality and the gloomy and dark atmosphere of nova prospect is well conveyed. RUS:Это великолепная анимация, каждая мелкая деталь прописана максимально качественно и хорошо передаётся угрюмая и темная атмосфера nova prospect.
Dude I REALLY love your half life films - I come back to re-watch them every so often still. Would love to see more!!! Regardless I hope you are doing well in life my friend @TheParryGod !!!
A nice audio detail is the reverberations due to the enclosed space/hard walls and floor. This is especially apparent with the grenade. Its punchier and louder because the shock wave bounced off the walls a couple times.
Your cinematography really highlights the world and the deep mood of these games. I just watched a whole main menu sequence because I was so enthralled by it.
It's like you are a program designed specificially to create works of flawless art. Well almost. The only flaw I or anyone could find in these pieces is that they end. You're incredible and if I were wearing a hat I'd tip it.
I can sympathize with Breen. Its either enslavement and complete transformation into the combine or utter extinction due to being viewed as: "Unworthy wastes of resources."
Always thought it was interesting that Breen decided to give the Overwatch soldiers a dressing-down, and we hear the Overwatch Voice repeatedly tell soldiers that mission failure will result in things like "recall & recycle" and "permanent offworld assignment." Consequences for failure would be wasted on braindead drones who know nothing but their programming. It means Overwatch soldiers retain just enough humanity to be motivated (or intimidated) into performing their duties. I wonder if other cyborganic units, like Striders and Gunships, also have a voice they can understand piped into their heads telling them what will happen if they fail. Or maybe they did fail their previous mission, and now they're serving on a permanent offworld assignment as punishment.
When I heard this speech, I was just in awe like everything else in this game. What an experience that first playthrough of HL2 was.. Still holds up to this day. I love how this speech makes you feel like a true badass, that the leader of the entire Combine is talking about YOU and berating his best soldiers about how they can't apprehend/kill you. The atmosphere in that game is amazing...even to this day.
Man I love how it makes you realise how powerful Gordon Freeman really is! When I watched your other animations I couldn't believe how scary the combine were
Really liked how one of the soldiers was limping, yet still rushing into battle all the same. Really shows how mindless the combine make their soldiers
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These are incredible
As are your works sir. Thank you.
Woah you here??
Whoa, it's Mr. Kane! It's such an honor to see you here! I just want to say I love your music. And your animations are top notch!
Maybe you and this creator should do a project together since your animations are both so realistic Lol. Very awesome to see you
Two amazing 3d animators exchanging compliments. Good faith, hooray!
Praise from Caesar
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Probably the last survivor of a squad, limping towards his next assignment. Baddas scene.
he fought through from the antlions just trying to survive
+a combine was beside him at the end of his scene
_"Requesting stimdose."_
If you look closely you can see he has a large piece of shrapnel that pierced his lower leg
@@jacksonputterschmit Probably the severed leg of an antlion
Half life’s ambience and atmosphere in sound, music, landscape, dialogue and lore is what makes half life so interesting, vivid and immersive. All of that alone is what makes simple still camera shots like this so enduring
well put.
Выглядит очень красиво!
It's amazing that HL2 still sounds good nearly 20 years later.
And that's what makes it terrifying to me even without being a horror video game.
That's why Dishonored is so great. Same artist.
The writing for Breen was so fantastic in HL2. Really hope Laidlaw works with Valve again in the future.
He left
@@cpte3729 yes, but it doesnt mean that he wouldnt like to participate if Valve will seriously make continuation of Alyx
@@Industrialman96 They'll only do that if they know it'll make a ton of money.
@@SomeKindaSpy no shit
@@SomeKindaSpy we all thought this way, but the Raising the Bar: Alyx told us a completely different reasons for it
I love how the Elites are the last squad to enter the door, trying to stop Freeman and Alyx from using the teleporter before the entire place faces total destruction. Amazingly detailed as always.
Its interesting how no one talks about the prisoners that most likely perished in Nova Prospect due to teleport malfunction
@@Cx10110100 are there any prisoners there left? From what I have seen so far the place is empty besides some dead vortigaunts
@@quakethedoombringer One wouldn't need to hold that huge of a facility if there weren't any prisoners there, would they?
Just because Gordon didn't see any besides Eli doesn't mean there weren't any.
Also keep in mind the game engine limitations.
@@quakethedoombringer did u forget the part where u go and meet Eli vance, Alex was searching for her father through camera systems, there was literally tons and tons of people in that prison at least 5 people where shown off in the camera system untill you find Eli vance.
@@quakethedoombringer From the areas of the game it looks like no, as someone else stated I believe they have all been taken into Combine custody
This speech at best:
If the soldiers don't prove themselves useful, the Combine will not switch off the suppression field and wipe out humanity.
This speech at worst:
The Combine will wipe out humanity except for soldiers; but they'll be wiped out too if they don't step up.
I don't think the combine will just wait for the suppression field to do it's job when they decide to conclude their experiment.
Some of the cut dialogue and Breen’s speech about immortality makes me think you’re right.
Overwatch: get gud k1d
Permanent Offworld Relocation is enough motivation to die trying to catch Gordon
@@nagashimayt9083 that right there is why I find Tb e whole “they have no humanity/feelings” etc thing to be silly since if they didn’t, they wouldn’t care.
Oh my God this perfect
The clash between a bunch of highly trained OTA units using tactical chatter while Breen berates them in the background, begging the question if they're even listening to what he's saying
All the different soldiers clearly coming from different places intently moving to the same location regardless of status
The walls trying to gain more territory even though that checkpoint is very much already under Combine control
The motion of the turrets being extremely accurate to the games
Those four elites heavily implying the reason why they're all moving to the same location is that Gordon is in the teleporter room, and those Elites are the same we see in the end of that sequence
It shows the organism that is the Universal Union so perfectly, confusing but methodical; alien because it is exactly that.
i also like to imagine that the garrison is struggling to regain control of nova prospekt from antlion infestations in the background
I love hearing the combine death noises in the background, really builds atmosphere
Inoculate, shield, pacify, pressure, sword, sterilize.
Considering how augmented they probably are, they probably aren't listening that much. They probably can think enough to think creatively in a tactical situation, but likely not much more than that.
Those walls in the background aren't meant to gain more territory, they're the Combine's equivalent to a grinder where it breaks down a building's internal structure for resources.
next half life game should have background footage more like this, you do a very good job with these :)
Half life 4?
Yeah it's gonna be good
@@newstart640 half life 3 isn't even out yet
@@outforlunch1258 u didn't get it?
Lmao
@@outforlunch1258 The joke is that Valve can't count to three
I was about to say if a half life 2 remake was made imagine live menu backgrounds like this
I really love the way the first man infront always stands aside and watches behind the squad, consistent everytime a new group arrives. Such a cool little detail for squad tactics
squad leaders rush first and enter the last whether it's a building or a vehicle
Whenever another one of these types of videos get posted I'm reminded of just how devastating the Combine are systematically on humanity. HL2, for all its advances and nuances, sometimes isn't fresh enough to display to me the true extent of destruction, both to infrastructure and human society, and these videos do the Universal Union more justice.
not only on humanity, they draining the entire earth of life.
"This is not some agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing"
He is more than that, and he doesn't need to hear all this..... HE IS A HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL!!
Gold.
This joke is completely overused but this one was actually greatly executed. Have great year m8
I wonder if all of this would've been avoided if he showed up on time to work that day.
@@Dakurar Would've happened the same way. The xen crystal was always going to cause a resonance cascade, G-man made sure of it.
The combine dragging his leg: This but a scratch
I liked the attention to detail on these, it's what makes them so good.
Respect to the combine soldiers for being so dedicated to their job
Am I right in assuming the Combine Elites at the end are the ones that surround Gordon and Alyx at the teleporter? If so, that's an extremely nice attention to detail and it really shows in your work how dedicated you are to accurately presenting this universe.
Yeah, it was kinda my intention to hint at that with them, haha. But of course it's very ambiguous.
Could also be the same squad of Elites you see running in one of the screens in Nova Prospekt.
@@NPC_GENERIC_ENEMY_INFANTRY pretty sure its the same one
@@TheParryGod Ohh i see so this is a side event view at nova prospekt, gordon was about to teleport and the combine getting to him had to go through the biotics infestation, they were shaken and easy to kill partly because of the effort they already put in just getting to Gordon!
sound design is phenomenal as always. y'know what I really appreciate? it's small but it's that eerie riser noise at the very beginning before the scene shows up with the bass hit. it really sets the mood and it's seemingly nothing but that's why sound design is often overlooked. here, it's at 0:00 (and now just rewatch the whole thing because there's a million other things that are also 10/10)
Thank you! This is a technique I really adore to use and see being used. To me it evokes a certain "appetizer" feeling and then the slight bass hit and the rest of the sounds kicking in with the visuals just catapults me to that world.
There's something about the atmosphere in the Half life universe. The machine eating the city it's just so incredible.
I hope you do that one segment from Water Hazard where Gordon has to open up the water gates and inside another breen cast plays for the civil protection
It's on the list, just waiting for inspiration to hit ;)
Do you think the red bard on Water Hazard with the open loft and a helicopter flying by was an homage to Roadhouse?
@@TheParryGod perhaps put the breencast over a camera angle showing a resistance underground railroadway station being evacuated while civil protection closes in.
@@TheParryGod CPs operating the control station at the helipad, maybe? Coordinating with other CP units all along the canals. The hunter-chopper returns and lands with damage to be patched quickly as the airboat approaches, and the last we see is it taking off and the alarm at the dam sounding.
These are so good, the attention to detail and those little yet really amazing scenes of soldiers, a manhack and those antlions were really nice 👌🏻
0:03 Turret 1st victim
0:16 Squad 1 with grenade
0:38 Turret 2nd victim
1:16 injured soldier
1:28 another soldier with the injured one
1:43 turret 3rd victim
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Man, I love that Overwatch Soldiers are depicted as wounded/weakened by Gordon Freeman's attack on the Nova Prospekt with one of them, Barely making his way back to the rest.
And the guy doesn't even really care, he's probably waiting medical attention to fix his wounds and awaiting his next assignment immediately after
I am sooo hooked on with these 'after upload' series. They have a wholly differentiated aura of their own and are certainly appreciated!
It is not intentional actuall, just kinda-sorta works out this way, haha. Takes some mental recharge time to come up with an original, but I want to put something worthwile out at least once every 2 months.
@@TheParryGod your works are most certainly appreciated and very admirable! Thanks wholeheartedly for your content!
amazing job man, these little stories that we can see trough the soldiers are such a delight to watch, you never know what will come
God I love those small details, the first squad of Nova Prospekt's guards being all tactical, with the first one being the last one to enter the room while looking back for threats, while the last one of the Elites was more hurry-like and didn't even crouch while looking back.
BUT DAYUMM those models and that room looks sick! God I'm so glad I'm subscribed to this channel, amazing work!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. They do actually. It might be the color grading + that they're small in frame but I can assure you the shotgunners have red eyes here.
it is so cool especially because the elites are important unites it makes sense for them to not wasting time , i really like how more the first one is doing the actual check befor giving the other 3 the go. so if there was a trap the whole squad dosnt get wipe out.
Loved the detail of the antlion leg sticking out of the guard, causing his limp, as well as the ambient HL2 OST playing softly in the background. Nova Prospekt always stood out as such a fantastic set piece, and chapter(s) in HL2. From storming the beaches, to clearing the prison block by block, these chapters always had the most immersive details, and stories playing in the background, outside of the chaos Freeman himself was causing. From the radio chatter, distant gunshots and antlions roars, to the cameras you could interact with and watch guards set up defensive perimeters and win the odd battle against against the bugs, there was so much going on in the background to take in. It all came together to bring this specific environment to life - you nailed capturing a piece of that, fantastic work as always!
Breen was written to be so beautifully smarmy. He doesn't talk like a military dictator or even a seasoned politician: he is instead reminiscent of a pompous academic or obstinate professor who pedantically refuses to grant a passing grade and berates their students for failing to see it the right way; that is to say, the professor's way. One of the things I love about Half Life 2 and the Episodes is how distinctly un-military both sides are: on the lighter end, we have Eli, Magnusson and Kleiner, three scientists fighting back not by turning themselves into an army but a laboratory; a triumph of human innovation and inquiry penetrating the mysteries of the Combine.
Meanwhile, Breen is the dark side of that same intellectualism: whereas the Resistance leadership strive to pull back the veil of mystery surrounding Combine technology and methods, Breen is a master of obscurantism, treating the concerns of citizens with a patronizing promise that he knows the truth of what the Combine is and what it intends, that really, when one looks at the situation with an intellectual eye, the situation is turned on its head: the Combine, who are poisoning and strangling humanity and raping the Earth which nourished it, are in fact a good thing for mankind: that the traditions and life that the Combine destroyed are not worth mourning, that their destruction is in fact something to be celebrated. He puts together these elaborate hagiographies for the Suppression Field and the forceful augmentation and alteration of humanity which use high-minded language and a barrage of buzzwords to distort the issue and leave citizens confused, with the aim of tricking them into believing that since Breen understands and they don't, he is clearly smarter than them: he must therefore be right when he praises the Combine and reassures them that everything is alright.
The tragedy of it is that Breen is even fooling himself. I really do think that he sincerely believes the lies he spouts daily. Like a lot of great characters, he is a smart man: but not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.
deep
really good comment man!
Awesome comment, very insightful
I actually _don't_ think he's fooling himself: given how he behaves in his office, I think he understands perfectly well Earth and Humanity are lost, and at this point is simply trying to bargain his way out (that, or he's gone legitimately insane from "seeing too much").
Those moving walls are such a cool idea, it auto-expands crushing anything in its way.
Dr Breen's VA did stellar work portraying his character, sadly he passed sometime in 2012 but it would have been great to see a cameo in Alyx
Theres is the "Right man in the Right Place can save us all" and "Congratulations, this city has been selected"
Cameos
God I'd love so much to see something similar to The protectors, Anti-citizens or even Infestation but taking place in Nova Prospekt
Antlion perspective?
Imagine lol. Guard bursts through the bathroom. I still love that setting. So eerie.
This is fuckin S tier, as always. You consistently put out amazing work and I can’t thank you enough for it
1:07 I see that sneaky G-man up there on the left lol
0:59 That was so scary though, how the walls moved, holy crap, imagine running from these things while they swallow the city behind you.
Where gman?
@@gahler8552he's in the upper right corner in the window
The small details of the squads moving into what I assume to be Gordons location makes me feel as if they're all just unfortunate friends that got caught up in all this.
It's hard to explain, but they feel like bros to each other.
they're castrated
@@fdsyu Non-mechanical reproduction simulation says otherwise.
@@LordVader1094 no
'homies over hoes' has taken a new meaning @@fdsyu
Every Combine Soldier has had their memories wiped and are basically corpses with mechanical augmentations. There's no bros here. Just a squad of dead people puppeteered by an AI killing any human resistance.
LOVE YOUR WORK, BRO, CLICKED AS SOON AS I SAW THE NOTIFICATION. HYPED FOR YOUR NEXT BIG PROJECT
Absolutely amazing, ever since I found you just a few weeks back I have been absolutely obsessed with your content. There's so much deeper lore and stories to be discovered within the Combine Regime, so I really appreciate giving you these perspectives that would otherwise not be seen.
I love these videos :). I'm a big Half Life 2 fan (it is my first half life game) and this man does the video game a lot of justice by doing these animated shorts.
Damn it, youtube has failed to notify me.
Either way, the atmosphere, the Combine Wall, and the injured (I assume) Nova Prospekt guard limping onto the safety and his "buddy" guarding before rushing in as well, really adds up to the whole doom-ish mood of the current situation, along with Breen scolding the Combine forces.
Even tho this is just a speech in-game, you made it so much better with background and the details like breens speech sounding more buzzy and static when the grenade explodes and then it turns normal!
These animations and details are god-like! keep it up :D
I watched all of your HL animations over the last couple of days - thank you for taking me back into that universe. Subscribed and keen to see more!
Nova Prospekt is my favorite chapter. Thank you for making such marvelous short!
Another great one! I love these scenes you're recreating :DD
This is so amazing! Even without moving the camera you get a strong, compelling story and environmental detailing on a whole other level. Seriously great stuff!
I love how these animations just fit right in with the canonical events of the game. For example, the Combine elites moving into the forcefield near the end lines up perfectly with when Gordon and Alyx are departing from Nova Prospekt through the Combine teleporter in the depot as it is exploding
OMG. I DIDNT EVEN REALISE GMAN STANDING AND SEEING HIM THROUGH THE WINDOW ON THE TOP LEFT WTF. I'll admit ive watched this too many times because of just how God damn beautiful this is but holy shit
I absolutely love these. Could watch a full length film made with still shots like that, the sound really carries the atmosphere forward. Great job like always!
Honey, TheParryGod uploaded again! Once again, great stuff. I'm addicted to your animations.
I adore this. Probably one of my favourite videos ive ever seen for Half Life, my favourite franchise! Please keep making these!
Another amaizing piece of work, done right and with passion, keep it up, I'll be waiting impatiently for the next one!
This is insane! I'd love to see Breen's "Welcome to City 17" speech from the very beginning of the game in this format!
Amazing, i always loved the atmosphere of locations in hl2.
Ааа ! так вот в какую анимацию пошла моделька из новостей твоего сообщества, а я думал она будет в анимации "Дезинфекция"
Выглядит как всегда на высшем уровне
Восхитительно , чел , ты номер один на всём ютубе по созданию SFM
Я думал я один русский который смотреть его кстати дай свой дс
Google translate might be failing me here but if I understand correctly, you're referring to the Combine soldier model I showcased in the latest community post? Then no, the model used in this video (for the regular NP guards) is found in HL:A's game files and were to be used for the retail game early in development. My custom models will be part of a huge project that is still very much in its infancy.
@@TheParryGod ;)
ОЧЕНЬ КРУТО
Тебе тысячи человек говорят что тебе надо в Valve работать
Начинал путь с Маленьких роликов в Gmod и заканчиваешь шедевроми в стиле фоновых роликов и жёстких перестрелок в коридорах
Чего только стоит Anticitizen который в Tik-tok уже чуть ли не боготварят
Protectors стал легендой и тянет за собой множество поклонников
Привью тоже на высоте
С тобой реально может сравниться буквально пара создателей SFM на всём You tube )))
@@ПуПс-с3й8д я тоже в восторге от его видосов
I LOVE the HL2 Combine models with the HLA touch-up. It really brings the mood Half Life 2 made right to the present, such a fucking awesome feeling seeing the Elites too, great job man!
a simple yet stunning scene, great work
There's so much in that speech that here are probably videos dedicated to analysing it alone.
Thanks for the S2FM. Wonderfull as always. I loved these antlions apperenig every few seconds.
2:14 i like how the elite wastes little time checking their 6, as opposed to the less modified soldiers, who also have more fear of the Antlions
Not sure what the grenade was for. Gave me the vibe of "I'm at max grenades, and I know I will be able to pick up a fresh one in the next area, so might as well use one now".
Probably for blasting/closing the Antlion breach in the floor.
he threw it in the antlion hole
@@thebluesavior ☝
Like in the game, block the hole the antlions use to travel to the surface, combine soldiers use nades, you the player use abandoned cars in ep1 to cover the holes
This series is filling a void I haven’t been able to even remotely attempt to fill since 2005.
I humbly thank you.
I still think it's hilarious that Breen roasts Freeman about his PhD to the Overwatch soldiers
Outstanding job, pal! Love your animations soo much!
Beautiful, this could easily be an in-game scene.
Also love how you always kept something going on in the background, the Overwatch entering through the gate, the antlions being killed, the walls moving, there was always something minor going on that kept your attention.
Dude your stuff is flipping nuts dude, please dont stop, or stop to make a movie or something, I cant stop getting over your work, it's amazing
I just really really love these videos!!! The atmosphere is so calming yet unnerving. Please keep making them!
Hey Parry, great stuff as always. Keep up the good work.
Love the details, like the soldier with the impaled leg, limping while the Antlion's leg is still stuck in him. Awesome, like always!
I love your attention to lore and detail of Half Life series, one if not the best cinematics I've seen.
As much as I love your longer videos scenarized video, i love your scenes like this almost just as much. You can feel the mood
The combine walls moving is always so terrifying to me. Its something that should be solid and concrete and suddenly it could move and destroy the building your in, so menacing.
I love these! I love how the Combine center at Nova Prospeckt was actively expanding. Literally slowly destroying everything in its path and claiming it
I've been watching plenty of your half life animations, and all I just wanna say is you are doing a very great job and I love your work. You are filling up my childhood needs when I used to play half life ALOT. Every time I see you upload new half-life animations I always get excited and hyped.
absolutely beautiful. you encapsulate the atmosphere of the half life universe flawlessly. (please make a 7 hour war video)
i love videos that explore and expand the lore of how the combine operate and well the soldiers look badass as well of course
I believe addiction to your content would be an understatement.
Great work, as always. Keep it up.
Interesting to see the combine soldier leg get impaled and continues to hold the weapon, keeps walking and ignoring the pain like nothing happened, it shows just how much that everything gets removed from them like feeling pain and emotions, such as anything that isn’t useful in combat
dude, you nailed the nova Prospekt vibe awesome the environment the sound affects the realism the soldiers the speech it's outstanding
Another amazing peace of work! Each one of these is better than the last!
The atmosphere in this is incredible! And the model animation is just phenomenal. Such a great video!!
It's amazing how much hype you can generate for such an old game. Astounding work.
Всегда приятно заценить очередной шедевр по HL2!
Someone else will have already noticed and commented on it here, but I'll say it anyway: I love the detail in these animations, the best part in my opinion is the one with the injured Combine Soldier, trying to get to the door blocked by (well, I think it is) dark matter that only authorized ones can pass, no matter that he is injured. He obeys without flinching and without question. It shows that the modified human soldiers, or what remains of them as humans, not only lost much of their capacity for pain and humanity itself, blindly following orders without questioning or resisting, as is well known; but that the Combine themselves don't give a shit about human loss and humanity itself, to them, we are nothing more than new replaceable, modifiable, and adaptable toys for their own purposes and nothing more.
After an hard day, I open up youtube and found a new video from you. Man, you cheered up my day! I truly love your series of the Half Life and episodic ambience videos, simply gorgeous. From one of your subscribers on buymeacoffee, thank you, thank you a lot. :)
ENG:This is a great animation, every small detail is spelled out with the highest quality and the gloomy and dark atmosphere of nova prospect is well conveyed.
RUS:Это великолепная анимация, каждая мелкая деталь прописана максимально качественно и хорошо передаётся угрюмая и темная атмосфера nova prospect.
TH-cam has a translation feature, you don't have to write both languages
@@deadlybunz not on PC doe
@@deadlybunz I know, I do this for those who are not very good at using this function. Just in case .
A Half-Life AND a Hollow Knight enjoyer?
You are a gentleman and a scholar
It feels like a Half-Life 2 menu with those live backgrounds. Fantastic job!
Fantastic work as always! Thank you for putting these out :)
COMMUNIST. DETECTED.
Man, you put this out fast! And it’s so good! Can’t wait to see more.
Great work! Love your videos. Looking forward to see big project.
Another mastpiece as always.
its uncanny to see the combines walk and run like normal humans and even suffer injuries.
im not saying that its bad, you did a REALLY great job
Dude I REALLY love your half life films - I come back to re-watch them every so often still. Would love to see more!!! Regardless I hope you are doing well in life my friend @TheParryGod !!!
A nice audio detail is the reverberations due to the enclosed space/hard walls and floor. This is especially apparent with the grenade. Its punchier and louder because the shock wave bounced off the walls a couple times.
Your cinematography really highlights the world and the deep mood of these games. I just watched a whole main menu sequence because I was so enthralled by it.
It's like you are a program designed specificially to create works of flawless art. Well almost. The only flaw I or anyone could find in these pieces is that they end. You're incredible and if I were wearing a hat I'd tip it.
1:07 Nice G-Man easter egg
(Above the door)
Edit: I just realized why you put g-man there, man you're a genius.
I can sympathize with Breen. Its either enslavement and complete transformation into the combine or utter extinction due to being viewed as: "Unworthy wastes of resources."
Always thought it was interesting that Breen decided to give the Overwatch soldiers a dressing-down, and we hear the Overwatch Voice repeatedly tell soldiers that mission failure will result in things like "recall & recycle" and "permanent offworld assignment." Consequences for failure would be wasted on braindead drones who know nothing but their programming. It means Overwatch soldiers retain just enough humanity to be motivated (or intimidated) into performing their duties. I wonder if other cyborganic units, like Striders and Gunships, also have a voice they can understand piped into their heads telling them what will happen if they fail. Or maybe they did fail their previous mission, and now they're serving on a permanent offworld assignment as punishment.
When I heard this speech, I was just in awe like everything else in this game. What an experience that first playthrough of HL2 was.. Still holds up to this day. I love how this speech makes you feel like a true badass, that the leader of the entire Combine is talking about YOU and berating his best soldiers about how they can't apprehend/kill you. The atmosphere in that game is amazing...even to this day.
This is just perfect as always!
I'll just leave it at that.
Your work is unbelievable marvellous and breathtaking. So is your advancement that you made I don´t even have words for that...
This is a loading screen I would watch load for hours.
Man I love how it makes you realise how powerful Gordon Freeman really is! When I watched your other animations I couldn't believe how scary the combine were
Really liked how one of the soldiers was limping, yet still rushing into battle all the same. Really shows how mindless the combine make their soldiers
They should honestly get you to work on the next Half-Life game, these videos are amazing man.
The ambience and the details on this...good god, mate. You really are one of the greatest S2FM animators out there
Absolutely brilliant animation, this video really replicates the atmosphere that Half-Life 2 had and does it pretty much without flaw.