Looking at the game scripts for Combine soldiers, these lines are not used at all except the Grunt's "Hey Alyx, you there? Hey Alyx it's us!" in a scripted sequence and one of the Suppressor's laughs when first fighting one. Also these laughs are appropriately named in the captions file "Gloating chuckle".
@@trashmammal7798 not really, they're animals who have chemicals pumped into them so sadism and aggression is rewarded/fun to them. If you gave a dog treats after they killed someone, they would end up the same. Humans aren't the only things that feel emotion, and after a these become ordinals or above, they're not human anymore. They're Combine
@@PillagerCaptain Overwatch is requesting all units refresh and resolve. Cognitive dissonance will not tolerated. Negative memories, included update is live acceptance is mandatory.
I love how you can hear the disbelief in the last grunt laugh, it’s like he didn’t expect Alyx to fall for the “friend game” and he thought it was hilarious when she did
The hunter originally was going to have a feature to make them have low pitched laughing when Gordon was at low health, meaning that the hunters are sadistic.
"hahahahaha... friend game effective..." man they did such a good job making these guys scary and cold, even despite the emotion you can feel from them in some of the other voice lines
I’ve looked through the dialog scripts, and I think-sadly-none of these are ever triggered durring normal gameplay. They only happen during scripted sequences (such as the field at the end of the zoo).
I think you're right, I've looked as well and I see the Suppressor laughs in the first fight with one but other than that they don't laugh or try and lure you out with "Hey Alyx!"
@@RescoeZ At least they try the "target is friendly" trick in there taunt lines, right? I wish there was a way to test some of these lines. I've seen in the scripts for stuff like noticing grenades in inventory, and the player reloading, but I've never heard those lines myself.
@@RescoeZ Is what happens after 57:59 of this Let's Play scripted, or is it evidence that this stuff does happen dynamically? th-cam.com/video/rHAmwG3VXC8/w-d-xo.html
@@leegofilms they do say hey alyx at some point, it's when you're leaving the northen star and you are in that weird kitchen area thingy. You can hear them through the wall, and Alyx will ask Russel " are they saying my name?" and he responds with "Yeah, that's not good"
Makes sense that they are capable of some kind of enjoyment of killing their enemies. Such a capability would be useful to preserve in trans human soldiers.
it's really interesting to know that even the most intensively cognitively dampened soldier, the charger, is still human enough to the level at which they're capable of understanding humor and laughing.
Grunt - normal human laugh in a gas mask Charger and Ordinal - Windows and Google have become self aware and are laughing at their plan to take over the Earth Suppressor: *DEMONIC LAUGHTER*
I feel like when everyone kills Alyx they start laughing and then just akwardly stare at APF when he makes his absolutely unhuman and seemingly forced laugh
Me and my Combine bro chuckling as we successfully fakeout Alyx. (We forgot to take into account that she is currently wielding two vortessence energy spheres)
That's the thing about the combine. Despite their antagonistic role they, unlike other video game antagonists, do not compromise their ability to use creative and effective tactics against the player. It's so FUN!
*old HLA (supposedly) takes place before HL2! "Supposedly" because it seems like an alternate universe, and the HL/Portal universe has delved into them (most notably the Perpetual Testing Initiative by Aperture), but who knows! Maybe it's just a semi-reboot :]
Sounds like grunt said "hahahaha,i got this off discord" Someone please get the Voice actors to a discord call with the voices modification and they talking about their day i would love this
I actually think those are not voice filters those are just their masks distorting their voices due to the various life support devices and if we could hear them from their radios (like how they probably listen to each other at all time) we could probably hear a complete normal and clean voice from them
I think the voice filters are 1. To make them seem intimidating, making the enemy have second throughts before beginning to fight 2. So its hard to understand them, this is most relevant for the Ordinal. Most people make fun of the Ordinal because you can barely make out what they're saying, but thats the whole point, they made the Ordinal almost unintelligible so the enemy couldnt hear their commands and predict the next attack from then. But I agree, I think the combine soldiers can understand eachother as clear as day.
They actually do hear normal voices through the radio and the vocoders are used to make it difficult for non combine units to understand them and in the jumble of voices discern which unit is speaking. Hence why each suit has its own vocoder.
Whats terrifying to me is how much the soldiers sound like synths. Clearly a midpoint between human and something like a strider or hunter. Makes me think if the synths are still chattering and talking in their own language or if theyre even aware they are speaking
![Half-Life: Alyx - Combine Fakeout Voice Lines [Captions available]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DOHKQ3_NaZg/mqdefault.jpg)
Looking at the game scripts for Combine soldiers, these lines are not used at all except the Grunt's "Hey Alyx, you there? Hey Alyx it's us!" in a scripted sequence and one of the Suppressor's laughs when first fighting one.
Also these laughs are appropriately named in the captions file "Gloating chuckle".
I could've swore the grunts called me by name and tried the friend game on me.
Me and the boys giggling to ourselves as we wait to ambush Freeman in our cunning explosive barrel fort
angry freeman the mobile game
You could call it the greates-
@@drbup1736 PLANNNN
YOU FOOL THOSE BARRELS WILL-
*you fucking big-brain master!*
It's a cold comfort these guys can be so sadistic. It means in some basic level, they're still human.
@Qimodis Overused, but correct.
@@trashmammal7798 not really, they're animals who have chemicals pumped into them so sadism and aggression is rewarded/fun to them. If you gave a dog treats after they killed someone, they would end up the same. Humans aren't the only things that feel emotion, and after a these become ordinals or above, they're not human anymore. They're Combine
@@corvidconfidential8826 But like, they are part of the human species lmao
that’s what I was saying, not chemicals and dog treats
I agree
That is a stupid and naive thing to say.
when no off-world reassignment
ok noice
@@PillagerCaptain wallhammer sector status report
@@overwatchvoice-092 Hostile is live.
@@PillagerCaptain Overwatch is requesting all units refresh and resolve. Cognitive dissonance will not tolerated. Negative memories, included update is live acceptance is mandatory.
when mechanical reproduction simulation
everyone: *speaks clearly*
charger: **TOILET NOISES**
Negative.
I love how you can hear the disbelief in the last grunt laugh, it’s like he didn’t expect Alyx to fall for the “friend game” and he thought it was hilarious when she did
I like to imagine that the radios are manually controlled and they activate it everytime they laugh
No, radios are activated by voice.
@@combinemetrocop4213 "I like to imagine"
@@combinemetrocop4213 thank you, Metrocop, very cool!
@@themyofmy hi
@@combinemetrocop4213 You of all people, would know.
Ok, now we need a laugh for a strider and hunter in case player doesn't hit strider with Magnusson's device.
Strider bass-boosted distorted earrape noises
The hunter originally was going to have a feature to make them have low pitched laughing when Gordon was at low health, meaning that the hunters are sadistic.
@@dinkthegreatest I've never heard of this. But if this is so, then I do not know why Valve removed it. It would only make hunters better.
The audio for the laughing sounds are still around however. You can try finding them in the files or somewhere in the internet.
@@dinkthegreatest I didn't know the laughing was removed, that's a shame.
when asthma hits hard 0:37
Man I knew he was coughing , bet its hard cough with all that body modifications
Im asthmatic....and i can say this is
False. Did you expect me to say True?
@@magicmanhs7718 yes.
@@magicmanhs7718 Definetly
0:11 that wheeze gives me life
Ordinal laugh is basicaly the same that when he died
Lung cancer soldier
@@combinemetrocop4213 wheezer
*cough* *cough* sorry what did you say again?
@@PillagerCaptain Wallhammer sector status report....
Just imagine them laughing with their helmets off. Their faces are like feet wrapped in leathery burnt bacon.
FEET WRAPPED IN LEATHERY BURNT BACON
@@Resi1ience And yes, I DID steal that phrase from a Robot Chicken episode. Sue me.
@@Resi1ience tasty
@@odstat1949 the... the feet or the bacon?
@@themyofmy BOTH
"hahahahaha... friend game effective..." man they did such a good job making these guys scary and cold, even despite the emotion you can feel from them in some of the other voice lines
0:29 The monster when your arm is hanging off the side of the bed
"hahaha, hostile is pranked"
Seem to be enjoying themselves a little too much when dolling out the law.
Human enough to laugh
Joke is live. Laugh is mandatory.
Heheheha
@@MarcoAdventures Heheheha
@@Zialt3Hehehehe
Did anyone else expect an immensely vocoded Heavy laugh for the suppressor?
0:37 when you step on a lego
I’ve looked through the dialog scripts, and I think-sadly-none of these are ever triggered durring normal gameplay. They only happen during scripted sequences (such as the field at the end of the zoo).
I think you're right, I've looked as well and I see the Suppressor laughs in the first fight with one but other than that they don't laugh or try and lure you out with "Hey Alyx!"
@@RescoeZ At least they try the "target is friendly" trick in there taunt lines, right?
I wish there was a way to test some of these lines. I've seen in the scripts for stuff like noticing grenades in inventory, and the player reloading, but I've never heard those lines myself.
@@RescoeZ Is what happens after 57:59 of this Let's Play scripted, or is it evidence that this stuff does happen dynamically?
th-cam.com/video/rHAmwG3VXC8/w-d-xo.html
@@leegofilms they do say hey alyx at some point, it's when you're leaving the northen star and you are in that weird kitchen area thingy. You can hear them through the wall, and Alyx will ask Russel " are they saying my name?" and he responds with "Yeah, that's not good"
@@shoneorsomethin5573 That's what I meant. That scene is scripted. It will always happen.
0:57 When you're trying to start an old car.
Comedy gold
0:22 Hostile has been scrambled.
-grunt guy
He goes from laughing to complete serious.
i like how expressive are the metrocops in this game compared with half life 2
They aren’t metro cops they are actual soldiers
@@King-xe3kt the only time that i call them metrocops and not soldiers is wrong lol
@@Mon-O-Chrome hahahaha
hahahaha
No metrocops, but yeah, by the time of the events of half-life 2 they've cut almost every bit of humanity from the soldiers
me and the boyz gigglin after getting our humanity fried and brains scrambled to serve the combine
Me and the boys after making a nerd pick up a can
Soldier: *Laughs*
Officer: Please mute your mic
0:37 why he sound like general grevious tho?
A fine addition to my collection
@@itwontcomeout5678 **cough** **cough**
1:01 sounds even closer
@@eyeballpapercut4400 yeth
Or A Combine Hunter
The way the laughter blends into the walkie talkie sound on some of them. Perfect
Makes sense that they are capable of some kind of enjoyment of killing their enemies. Such a capability would be useful to preserve in trans human soldiers.
Me in the military in 40 years when someone says imposter among us
Lmao
it's really interesting to know that even the most intensively cognitively dampened soldier, the charger, is still human enough to the level at which they're capable of understanding humor and laughing.
Grunt - normal human laugh in a gas mask
Charger and Ordinal - Windows and Google have become self aware and are laughing at their plan to take over the Earth
Suppressor: *DEMONIC LAUGHTER*
I feel like when everyone kills Alyx they start laughing and then just akwardly stare at APF when he makes his absolutely unhuman and seemingly forced laugh
Me and boys laughing after we hit a old person in the road
after we make them pick up cans
in the road? not on the road?
Damn bro you got the whole fireteam laughing
@@itwontcomeout5678 stabilization team*
@@itwontcomeout5678 yeah! he actually does :)
Oridinal sounds more coughing than laughing
When you try to express the funny to your friends but too much augumentations
@@MarcoAdventures ikr
When Combine has a good day
Man i love this channel
Me and my Combine bro chuckling as we successfully fakeout Alyx. (We forgot to take into account that she is currently wielding two vortessence energy spheres)
That's the thing about the combine. Despite their antagonistic role they, unlike other video game antagonists, do not compromise their ability to use creative and effective tactics against the player. It's so FUN!
The fact that these guys don't even have a face anymore and are still able to laugh creeps me out to no end.
I love how the new combine sounds so more human. It makes me like them a bit more
*old
HLA (supposedly) takes place before HL2! "Supposedly" because it seems like an alternate universe, and the HL/Portal universe has delved into them (most notably the Perpetual Testing Initiative by Aperture), but who knows! Maybe it's just a semi-reboot :]
Me in the HL2 Rp server as a guy on the CP Radio says "Balls" or "69, Nice".
W
The Charger be sounding like a truck
0:22 me making eggs at night
youre laughing. target one is quiet and youre laughing.
Sounds like grunt said "hahahaha,i got this off discord"
Someone please get the Voice actors to a discord call with the voices modification and they talking about their day i would love this
the giggles sound so childish and wheezy
the effects of smoking 0:30
i don't think the ordinal knows how to play the friend game with that voice
Man this guy can translate is legit an combine soldier
when you get mechanical reproduction simulation
The ordinals laugh sounds so scary lol
Me after knocking over “that can” for the 30th time today
Me and the boys laughing at the word "penis"
The charger laugh sounds like a truck idling
IDK why but i genuinely love the combine voices as ASMR ,do i have a problem?
Nope.
@@RescoeZ I'm guessing you like them as asmr aswell,which one is your favorite?mine is the grunts laughing and panickIng
@@idioticed4379 if I had to pick I'd say their idle chatter.
The Charger feels robotic. Perhaps it’s inline with its armor and weapon? Powerful, almost robotic?
Kinda true. Heavy shotgun-like weapon,slow moving,mechanized like,and extreme modification to their voices. So..yea pretty much
One of the best channels for this gaming experience. Ever.
0:37 when someone suggests that combine soldiers should have better ai ( they will be op)
holy shit imagine if they did this in half life 2 and its subsequent episodes
The charger sounds like a Flesh Pound from Killing Floor when it laughs
When you pick up that can and throw it into the trash can...
Thank you so much to upload this videos!
Seeing someone as physically and mentally modified as the Charger or Suppressor laughing sends chills down my spine.
The Grunt Reminds me to the Hgrunt's Laugh from Half Life 1
I just hear the charger and I thought someone had tried to start an engine lmao
The second ordinal laugh sounds like some type of head crab noise
The last grunt one was really funny to me for no reason
You aren't the only one.
Me and the boys after our family cohesion is preserved
The Suppressor’s laughs sounds like a Maniac.
Suppressors ARE maniacs
When you’re allowed a memory recall
0:11 just leaving this here
Evil combine be like
0:09 body? What body?
Damn bro you got the whole squad laughing
0:11 Me when armour lock
I actually think those are not voice filters those are just their masks distorting their voices due to the various life support devices and if we could hear them from their radios (like how they probably listen to each other at all time) we could probably hear a complete normal and clean voice from them
I think the voice filters are
1. To make them seem intimidating, making the enemy have second throughts before beginning to fight
2. So its hard to understand them, this is most relevant for the Ordinal. Most people make fun of the Ordinal because you can barely make out what they're saying, but thats the whole point, they made the Ordinal almost unintelligible so the enemy couldnt hear their commands and predict the next attack from then.
But I agree, I think the combine soldiers can understand eachother as clear as day.
They actually do hear normal voices through the radio and the vocoders are used to make it difficult for non combine units to understand them and in the jumble of voices discern which unit is speaking. Hence why each suit has its own vocoder.
Cant beat my laughter tho.
Grunts laughing sounds like a baby laughing.
Whats terrifying to me is how much the soldiers sound like synths. Clearly a midpoint between human and something like a strider or hunter.
Makes me think if the synths are still chattering and talking in their own language or if theyre even aware they are speaking
"lol
lmao even"
-Combine
When you successfully look like a ball player
The Charger laugh kinda sounds like the Hunter laugh a little bit.
The can cop laughs when you put the can in the trash can 🗑
Alright you can go *chuckle*
*hahahahaha* Hostile is scrambled.
When you don’t have cognitive dissidence
Remember people just cause the OTA don't have emotions doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor
"Heheheha I love my job"
The Universal Union benefactors: "WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN"
Me and my friends after feeling a bit silly and doing some trolling
You have to laugh *in the radio*
Based micspam
Huhuhuhuh *HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE*
When you put the can in the trash.
*[gets a strike in bowling]*
Combines has good humor
They're more Human now
alright, you can go. heh heh heh
I didn’t even know the bionic elites (Ordinal, Wallhammer, and Suppressor) could laugh.
Plot twist: the actors were laughing while performing their voice lines
Bois having fun
I didn't know they could laugh