Half-life: The Lore Behind Hunters

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  • @misterfister5810
    @misterfister5810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +661

    If I remember, when you’re low on health, and they manage to hit you with any of their abilities, they actually let out a unsettling noise of what sounds like laughing.

    • @Gamercap10
      @Gamercap10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Yes they also do that when they kill alyx at the start

    • @FightingMachineTripod
      @FightingMachineTripod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Gamercap10 they don't kill her they injer her

    • @Gamercap10
      @Gamercap10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@FightingMachineTripod she did, when she got stomped on by the hunter and then stops breathing

    • @minelayer26
      @minelayer26 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Gamercap10 she didnt, the vortigaunt confirms she did not die, vortigaunts cant bring people back from the dead

    • @iowaadesx
      @iowaadesx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FightingMachineTripod Jeff Wayne war of the worlds is better then you

  • @oxide1570
    @oxide1570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    The Hunters is my favorite enemy in any game I’ve played. The sounds they make when they stalk, they communicate with other hunters, it’s multiple ways it can attack, their big but not too big health bar, their intelligence, their purpose, it’s iconic and unique design, and overall how believable and terrifying this creature is. I mean it starts laughing at you when you are about to die. It has no feelings and just dose what it has to do to get a job done. They are a pain in the butt to fight in numbers but it’s in a fun way because they are so authentic.

    • @Ribbons0121R121
      @Ribbons0121R121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      the double beep at the start of some lines suggests radio type communication starts
      this could suggest they actually radio in to their allies when they spot you or engage

    • @Dan_Kanerva
      @Dan_Kanerva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Ribbons0121R121 all Combine military bionic creatures have radios build-in into their cortex

    • @ZacksRockingLifestyle
      @ZacksRockingLifestyle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I need a good *dose* of Hunters in my Half Life. It *does* the body good!
      They really are great enemies to face.

  • @hannibalcase1100
    @hannibalcase1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    "In the White Forest battle, hunters were extremely effective."
    Me, smearing them across the car's bumper: What?

    • @LonesomeKrow
      @LonesomeKrow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      The most effective weapon against any foe

    • @Goku_blackfan1553
      @Goku_blackfan1553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@LonesomeKrow Apart from advisors.

    • @Patrickmayonaiseinstrument
      @Patrickmayonaiseinstrument 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Unless they jump out of the way XD

    • @hannibalcase1100
      @hannibalcase1100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Patrickmayonaiseinstrument They can be slippery, but IIRC, they telegraph the direction of their dodge. Could be misremembering, I need to pay it again.

    • @Dan_Kanerva
      @Dan_Kanerva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@hannibalcase1100 i think that is gameplay decision to not make the palyer frustrated... if the developers of any war game like Call of Duty implemented realistic war tactics in it , then the game would be Dark Souls difficult . No enemy soldier would just appear run&gunning or even show up before an air strike

  • @GingerSnape46
    @GingerSnape46 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Hunters scare me to death. Those fletchett launchers (I thought those were eyes) make the hunter look like an evil camera from the 50's

    • @ItsMeBS0w0
      @ItsMeBS0w0 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I also thought those were eyes and now they are less cute

    • @BungieStudios
      @BungieStudios 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those aren't eyes?

    • @tdfhsfhf6695
      @tdfhsfhf6695 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think those are eyes just like strider turret

  • @Cursedc23
    @Cursedc23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    The combines way of adapting is so unique. Like how they take the already existing soldiers and turn them into super soldiers and the drop ship, it looks like it would be an animal. And the chopper, they definitely took that from the humans.

    • @catzilla9330
      @catzilla9330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      well, the drop ship is an animal, just with thrusters and stronk muscles

    • @ig-101magnaguard7
      @ig-101magnaguard7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Actully the gunship and dropship are the same creature just changed in shape and armor

    • @MisterJohnDoe
      @MisterJohnDoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think I remember the combines were originally going to use normal human helicopters, but it seems they made their own in the retail version.

    • @falloutgamer347
      @falloutgamer347 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ig-101magnaguard7 source? Or is this your headcanon?

    • @subsarefood.foodistasty.3326
      @subsarefood.foodistasty.3326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@falloutgamer347 man it would be cool to have a cannon for a head

  • @combineadvisorwithinternet6040
    @combineadvisorwithinternet6040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    Could the Hunters be connected to Houndeyes? Judging by their three legs, movements and attacks. Houndeyes curved (or how you call it) their body when about to attack, Hunters kinda act similar when they shoot or charge towards the enemy. What if those blue explosions from flechette rounds are the sound beam Houndeyes used and the Combine re-designed them?

    • @numbdigger9552
      @numbdigger9552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I believe they could be from the same planet at least. Notice how all land vertebrates have the same body plan (4 limbs a tail and a head)? Maybe they are from the same planet and thus share a similar body plan, even if they aren't closely related to each other.

    • @TeddyOG
      @TeddyOG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@numbdigger9552 I've always wondered too if they are may be related to striders, like if striders were the T-rex of their planet then the hunters are what raptors are to them. The hound eye theory is a good one too though

    • @AreX715
      @AreX715 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      greetings, my Benefactor

    • @gdfish3532
      @gdfish3532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      surely if anyone knew, it'd be you?

    • @Sam-K
      @Sam-K 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maybe the Houndeyes 'The Freeman' encountered in Half Life OG were just... you know, kids?! That'd also explain their cowardly nature.
      Whatever the case maybe, these Hunters are indeed remarkably similar to Houndeyes, minus the sonic boom.

  • @JadedWallace
    @JadedWallace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I’ll be honest I always thought these were robots and the guns were eyes. I hadn’t put much thought into it outside of being terrified by the weird way they moved. Them being at least partly biological makes them so much scarier tbh

  • @phalanxHH
    @phalanxHH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This makes me wonder, what the hunters looked like before they were transformed by the combine. If their current form isn't their original form.

    • @MolkoKillStyle
      @MolkoKillStyle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Spy so, houndeyes? :D

    • @MisterJohnDoe
      @MisterJohnDoe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I feel like they’ve been changed by the combine but not as much as synths like striders and gunships, looking at the way they aren’t metal or have machine-like organs. Though it’s possible the larger synths are more “crustacean” in nature while the hunters are something else.

    • @BungieStudios
      @BungieStudios 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Earth dogs.

    • @alexisalfar4055
      @alexisalfar4055 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Houndeyes

  • @champagnesupernova1839
    @champagnesupernova1839 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    the way the flechette launchers look and move, and the seemingly out of the way eye placement... it makes me think the combine actually replaced the creature's original eyes with the launchers.

  • @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
    @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I get the impression striders and hunters are from the same world, but are distant cousins.

    • @gagaplex
      @gagaplex ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, same basic body plan.

    • @visinshavingvisions
      @visinshavingvisions 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      them and houndeyes

  • @fkl770
    @fkl770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    wow I didn't know that them boils were eyes but now i look at the hexagon texture of them I can see that they are, fucking nice that

  • @Raurie4
    @Raurie4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I feel like hunters where naturally an effective predator where they came from. The combine probably didn't need to adjust to much about them, opting to mostly change there internal structures to make them smarter and easier to control by the combine. I think the launchers are both launchers and eyes. I've never sat there to watch them but I thought they spat there flenchetes rather than fired form the eyes.

    • @Fiercefighter2
      @Fiercefighter2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think the armour, and launchers are the synthetic parts, as well as the metal augmentation to the existing claws/spikes

    • @glaxxico907
      @glaxxico907 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they are a synth version of houndeyes.

    • @jamesleung2446
      @jamesleung2446 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glaxxico907 That wouldnt make sense though Because houndeyes are alot less mobile than them also the design of hunters looks comletly different than a hound eye

    • @glaxxico907
      @glaxxico907 ปีที่แล้ว

      @jamesleung2446 Synths undergo heavy genetic and cybernetic modification. Both are 3 legged pack animals with many eyes, which make similar sounds and have a charged energy attack. This is just my headcanon though.

    • @jamesleung2446
      @jamesleung2446 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@glaxxico907 Yeah and hunters are more tall and have a completely different color

  • @nonyabeeznuss304
    @nonyabeeznuss304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Due to the similar body morphology to striders, I kinda thought that maybe the strider/hunter combo is actually male/female. In man species the males are significantly smaller than females, and the combine could have worked the males natural instinct to protect the larger more cumbersome females into the combat doctrine of the synths they turned them into.

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'd rather consider them distantly related species from the same planet.

  • @thememester1190
    @thememester1190 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As someone who played Entropy Zero 2, I can't help but think that these mfs can be cute if they are on your side. It's like they put the mind of a dog into an alien monstrosity.

  • @red_5572
    @red_5572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    One of my favorite headcanon theories is that the hunters use similar or modified projectiles to that of the grunt from the first half-life game. The main differences are that the projectiles aren't seeking and that the hunter's explode after connecting with a target. But I think that in some way the weaponized xenian grunt weapon could've been used by the Combine to give the hunters deadly weaponry. I feel like the weapon connection is understandable but when looking at the rest of their body you can notice the obvious three leg trait that's shared with the strider, my point here is that maybe the hunter was supposed to be the best of the Combine's most effective units, taking most of their traits and creating the best anti-living-murder-machine possible. Not only that but they're highly intelligent to the point where they notice the Magnusson devices and shoot them on sight, plus they are collaborative and are an amazing stealth unit as they stalk and track targets within episode two. Personally they are really annoying to fight in game but are probably the most challenging enemies in the HL continuity.

  • @SirKolass
    @SirKolass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think hunters could be actually organic instead of synthetic, they're very different from other synths, they have blood when shot and can be disintegrated by energy balls, those only disintegrate organic stuff. They also do actually look like they have the armor implanted on them. They might be turned into cyborgs just like overwatch soldiers.

    • @rvh1999
      @rvh1999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good points, I agree

    • @carlosbustos8096
      @carlosbustos8096 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dont forget about their curiosity

  • @The_Lamash
    @The_Lamash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I believe those fly like eyes are just boils from the augmentation I think the launchers double as eyes

    • @evanhenking2496
      @evanhenking2496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes. I agree. They literally look at you/others with them. And use them to show frustration when their hits don’t kill you. They’re not just the flechette launchers.
      Also, as a fun fact, their pupils contract when you shine your flashlight on them.

  • @binglemccringle705
    @binglemccringle705 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    id love to see what the creatures looked like pre-combine integration

    • @BungieStudios
      @BungieStudios 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Earth dogs.

  • @StefsEngineering
    @StefsEngineering 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Imagine these in HL Alyx.... almost as scary as Jeff

  • @maddoxgrant1845
    @maddoxgrant1845 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:53 The biggest-
    strider

  • @tacticalpossum7090
    @tacticalpossum7090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What I came for: lore
    What I got: an in-game description, preluded by "they came with the Combine"

  • @blackflame_
    @blackflame_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So glad I subscribed to this channel

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for subscribing!

    • @blackflame_
      @blackflame_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Skyrionn thank you for the quality content and good luck for the future of the channel

  • @s.satvinraj
    @s.satvinraj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I have a hunch that the Combine Hunters were originally Houndeyes from Xen. Here's why :
    -Houndeyes have 3 legs
    -Hunters also have 3 legs
    -Houndeyes have many eyes
    -Hunters also have more than one eye unit
    -Xen is currently under the rule of the Combine's hand.
    -Combine Empire would have performed biological experiments to create a hybrid version of Houndeyes and Synth, which are the Hunters..

    • @King-xe3kt
      @King-xe3kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hound eyes have 1 eye

    • @s.satvinraj
      @s.satvinraj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@King-xe3kt Oh I see.

    • @Breached18
      @Breached18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Combine can't access Xen, the Nialanth fled there for a reason. And G-man's employers are in charge of Xen

    • @s.satvinraj
      @s.satvinraj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Breached18 But if the Combine can't access Xen, then how did hybrid Headcrabs such as the fast Headcrabs or poisonous Headcrabs came into existence? It is obvious that Headcrabs are native creatures from Xen and the reason why the Nihilanth fled to Xen was due to his efforts to save his species from the Combine in their previous homeworld. Another suspicion is that, how does the gravity gun only works on fast Headcrabs and poisonous Headcrabs and not on regular Headcrabs?? This is because those hybrid Headcrabs have a tracking chip inside their bodies (which is an inorganic object). Hence, this is the reason on why the Gravity Gun works on those Hybrid Headcrabs. Now the issue of suspicion is, who, how, why, and when did those hybrid Headcrabs came from?? Who implanted those tracking chips inside their bodies?? Well, combine soldiers are hybrid transhumans genetically modified by the combine aren't they?? Then, those hybrid Headcrabs are genetically mutilated versions of their former brethren. Lastly, should the Combine create genetic hybrids of Headcrabs, they must only invade Xen, hence that is the place where creatures came from. In this manner, if the Combine were able to modify ordinary Headcrabs, then how much simpler would it be for them to modify Houndeyes into Hunters??

    • @s.satvinraj
      @s.satvinraj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@King-xe3kt Sorry, but the Half-Life wiki states that Houndeyes have more than one eye unit up to a thousand.

  • @johnbadman3340
    @johnbadman3340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    If they’re possibly cyborgs then maybe the gray fluid is some sort of coolant 🤔

    • @tachikomagaming2451
      @tachikomagaming2451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      more like hydraulic solution cuz they constantly do that piston like sound when walking

    • @numbdigger9552
      @numbdigger9552 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe their strenght is enhanced mechanically

    • @SwindlerJeff
      @SwindlerJeff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Its nut

    • @emmanuelm2291
      @emmanuelm2291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tachikomagaming2451 I bet it is hydraulic fluid.

    • @jdavis234
      @jdavis234 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t overthink it, it’s a video game

  • @TheSandwhichman108
    @TheSandwhichman108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You ever wonder if the combine were always evil or did they become so advanced that they got corrupted by power?

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Surely an agenda like that would be completely evil?

    • @TheSandwhichman108
      @TheSandwhichman108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Still not once does the game explain the origins of how the combine started up in the first place. I don’t mean where they came from I mean how did they form in the first place? What where they even like before even being called the combine? So many questions when think about it.

    • @CASA-dy4vs
      @CASA-dy4vs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheSandwhichman108 maybe they started out as a group in another planets army and expanded after gaining too much power can became greedy after seeing they can take over there homeworld and take on there original army

  • @ilikepigeons6101
    @ilikepigeons6101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:06 no one gonna talk about the dead corpse to the right?

  • @charglesdarbin
    @charglesdarbin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fun fact: the launchers are the eyes, not the boils on the side

  • @lohphat
    @lohphat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Those white domes on each side may be ear-drums for detecting different frequencies of sound.

  • @pizzastick7879
    @pizzastick7879 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:21 bro dance

  • @TinyDeskEngineer
    @TinyDeskEngineer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When I first heard of them, I thought "it's a mini strider"

  • @Scarlet_Chrysalis
    @Scarlet_Chrysalis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Imo Hunters are the most unique and my favorite enemies in all of Half Life

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They creeped me out.

    • @Scarlet_Chrysalis
      @Scarlet_Chrysalis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Skyrionn They are pretty scary when they are charging xD

  • @keyspam_
    @keyspam_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I always thought the dart shooter things were their eyes

  • @handlenottaken
    @handlenottaken ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Hunters are one of the tallest-“
    Drop ship when you make it stand up in gmod:am I a joke to you

    • @TryingToImproveOnArtHere.
      @TryingToImproveOnArtHere. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hunter: AHEUEGKWHQKWJ
      strider: haha who can be taller now?! HAHEHAHE **does leg split sideways**
      Hunter:WHRRWRWRRWWROAOAOAIARHHHH?!?!

  • @ghjpkshdgtjdgvbzm
    @ghjpkshdgtjdgvbzm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's also that antenna on their back that no one talks about, it might be a cybernetic implant to aid with communication or something.

  • @codaboi138
    @codaboi138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm pretty sure those flachete launchers are the eyes. They must be because those bumps on the side of hunters are pretty clearly boils of some kind. If you look at the opposite side of a hunter, one of the boils has popped. So if those bumps were infact eyes they'd be on only one side of the creature.
    Terrible for hunting with right? That's a huge blind spot. Plus it doesn't even really look like compound eyes, theres no segmenting or pupils to speak of. The double stacked launchers look around just like eyes, though I'm not sure how you could possibly see out of what's essentially a gun barrel. Maybe the flachetes are loaded under the eyris and fired once it's infront of the eye?
    To be honest, the design doesn't make much sense as cool as it is. But either way, I cant see those spots being eyes.

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those spots indeed aren't eyes, the flechette launchers are referred to as "Eyes" in the model bones, and their pupils contract if you point a flashlight to them.
      Either way, you can see how they move those things like eyes, searching around, you don't do that with a gun.

    • @codaboi138
      @codaboi138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SirKolass The striders have something similar though. I thought for the longest time that the minigun they have was their eye since it looks around like one, but I watched the dog v strider fight in ep2 the other day and Dog actually rips it's gun out, but the strider can still see. And in the half life Alyx model they things I thought were boils are actually their eyes. The synths have some baffling design ideas for sure.

  • @netweed09
    @netweed09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish these were just a little longer. They are awesome, amazing and fascinating.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Check out the latest videos! I changed my style and length. Slowly working through the older videos to improve them too ☺ Thanks for watching too

    • @dr.robotico7879
      @dr.robotico7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skyrionn imagine if there was a Hunter Queen!!!!!

    • @CASA-dy4vs
      @CASA-dy4vs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dr.robotico7879 it could have 3 eyes 2 on front and 1 on back and it makes very unsettling noises and it can see from behind so you can’t sneak up on it

  • @spivogenesis5457
    @spivogenesis5457 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your videos are great bro keep pushing🙏 i sense your intelligence

  • @edwardcornell1263
    @edwardcornell1263 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Usually i just drove into them

  • @BruhImmaBrokeAight
    @BruhImmaBrokeAight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Honestly to me hunters are just really giant dogs but now they have 2 on the front eyes and shoot things

  • @THE_PERSON555
    @THE_PERSON555 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im so glad these things are getting mentioned for once and will never get mentioned again

  • @YootlPlayz2
    @YootlPlayz2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:16 aight imma tapdance

  • @asterlofts1565
    @asterlofts1565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks to FunWithGuru, I found out that those two big blue things ARE her eyes.

  • @hayleycross4486
    @hayleycross4486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you should make a video about the ministriders

  • @red.psycho02
    @red.psycho02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:44 I always thought the fletchette launchers were their eyes.

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are called eyes in the model, this guy is wrong. The flechette launchers are actually eyes, they even contract their pupil if you point a flashlight at them.

  • @Toddoss5875
    @Toddoss5875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What if the combine is a single being. By this I mean, what if a civilization created an artificial intelligence that either killed or enslaved it’s creators in an act of self preservation, possibly making one of the races enslaved its creators. This would fit well with the theme of individuals being the focus of half life. By this I’m referencing how the Nihilanth enslaved the vortegaunts in order to survive, this could parallel with the combine AI enslaving it’s creators. The Nihilanth may have been a vortegaunt originally but was created by the combine after perhaps collaborating with them in order to become a part of the combine at first but eventually escaping and enslaving it’s own species. The Nihilanth created itself in this case, however, being a vortegaunt originally would make it arguable that the vortegaunts created the Nihilanth in a way. Interesting note as well is that the combine refers to the main character (the player) Gordon Freeman as “individual”. Seeing humanity in a hopeless position and thus not a threat, except for the player, another individual. The Freeman was originally just a scientist but due to where he found himself was made into something more powerful, even mythical, but regardless, he was made different by the efforts and beliefs of humanity, making him the reflection of both the Nihilanth and the Combine AI. Another note: some may ask why did the combine not just make machines instead of using fleshy creatures as living machines. It’s likely easier to just use what’s there rather than figure out how to set up a manufacturing center to produce robotic creatures. There was also a study done where an advanced AI can always beat a human at chess, however it’s been shown that an AI cannot beat a human-AI combination where they both make a decision on each move. Make of this what you will.

  • @musicaleuphoria8699
    @musicaleuphoria8699 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I kinda want to see Dog take on a pack of these.

  • @TimSlee1
    @TimSlee1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They have a similar aesthetic to the advisors leading me to believe they may have come from the same planet and are treated like hunting dogs.

  • @deathrobot10k58
    @deathrobot10k58 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just realized, hunters look shockingly similar to houndeyes. Yes, they don’t blast sonic booms but they got three legs, a hunched posture, and three eyes. Houndeyes also use pack hunting strategies and are quick. Though it’s most likely just a coincidence, Skyrionn also mentions how modified the hunters look. I don’t think it’d be too off to say that the Combine just heavily modified the houndeye to something useful to them, and that the rest of the regular houndeyes couldn’t adapt to the environment.
    And one last thing… In Half-Life Alyx we see a huge drawing made by a vortigaunt. One part of it shows the Combine invading the vortigaunt’s original world before they escaped to Xen. In it, we see Combine striders but no hunters. Yes, again, this could just be because it’s a simplified drawing, but it would make so much sense. We always hear about the Combine wanting to take in every single life form they can, I don’t think this would be too far fetched.

  • @eyesack6845
    @eyesack6845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to think that the combine deployed hunters to hunt down any surviving humans that weren't brought to the cities.

  • @Warriorcat_Youtube
    @Warriorcat_Youtube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They kind of remind me of beefed up Pit Drones

  • @andrewmartina2715
    @andrewmartina2715 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Its cool we get too see the hunters after the ciadel callpas

  • @Pnezyx2056
    @Pnezyx2056 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "hunt down the freeman"

  • @Vic47
    @Vic47 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm surprised that you didn't cover their appendages (one of which being a massive antenna).

  • @DR.Oofster
    @DR.Oofster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:51 hunters are the tallest creatures in half life
    Striders:am i a joke to you?

  • @TryingToImproveOnArtHere.
    @TryingToImproveOnArtHere. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why are Hunters so cute?😭😭😭😭❤❤❤❤❤

  • @citrineelephant6576
    @citrineelephant6576 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i figure they're like tarantulas, with the toe claws? i imagine their exoskeletons were taken off and replaced with something sturdier. if they were web making, maybe that's what their launchers used to be. hell, maybe it's duel purpose and they can indeed see with them as well as launch lol.

  • @LSet360
    @LSet360 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    which map is the one used at 0:59?

    • @chickenassasintk
      @chickenassasintk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      its on the way to white forest

  • @racman9964
    @racman9964 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great, out-of-time design. This game is pure gem

  • @cristianos8361
    @cristianos8361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remembered seeing something similar in the 2020 war of the worlds ...imagine if this is a synchronicity and this terrible future is about to happen in real - life

  • @jackdaniels5071
    @jackdaniels5071 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the flechette launchers also function as eyes somehow. Wouldn't put it past the combine

  • @apexaeon8764
    @apexaeon8764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Of course the hunters are biological. All of the combine synths are combinations of genetically engineered organisms (which were edited from lifeforms that the combine conquered) as well as mechanical parts.

  • @youregenericjoeboibcyes
    @youregenericjoeboibcyes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im pretty sure hunters are mini striders because of the connections 3 legs very effective and killing i mean there i a high chance that the hunters are just striders but tiny

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're not mini striders, they were just nicknamed this way in ep1 because they didn't have a name yet.

    • @youregenericjoeboibcyes
      @youregenericjoeboibcyes 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      actualy i dint take that from ep1its just a point out of connesctions

  • @noidea3487
    @noidea3487 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like to think Hunters are like a dogs they don’t care if they are under combine control they are happy with their job and they are enjoying it (for example when it laughs at you when you are at low Hp)

  • @lolbackwardslol
    @lolbackwardslol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    they look like an baby strider

    • @eletronictoenails
      @eletronictoenails 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They were originally called Ministriders before Episode 2

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      adorable little strider

  • @rey4874
    @rey4874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    0 dislikes, just how it should be

    • @rokzila
      @rokzila 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      3 random kids

    • @rey4874
      @rey4874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rokzila d'aw Frick

    • @chloe_gospinny
      @chloe_gospinny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rokzila 4

  • @perfecttred
    @perfecttred 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dalek logic puzzle.

  • @poisoncrab
    @poisoncrab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why the hell is alyx getting impaled the most replayed 💀

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think I know why.

  • @ugurben
    @ugurben ปีที่แล้ว

    which platform can we play this game?

    • @smarkiw
      @smarkiw ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pc and Xbox 360

    • @gumbojjumbo
      @gumbojjumbo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      bro can't google

  • @red.1428
    @red.1428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I always thought the launchers were eyes

  • @ramblinnernd5905
    @ramblinnernd5905 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They almost seem like a predatory kind of “space horse” judging by the way they gallop and have a bit of a “horse chuff” or a “neigh” when they communicate. My guess anyway.

  • @slinkerdeer
    @slinkerdeer ปีที่แล้ว

    The Hunter didn't kill Alyx because they are cruel and leave their victims to die in pain if they judge them to be certain to die

  • @kenziegraham5282
    @kenziegraham5282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do dropships and Jeff

  • @Mini-wd7qz
    @Mini-wd7qz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why is it that I never seen these in half life 2?

    • @eletronictoenails
      @eletronictoenails 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They never appeared until Episode 2

    • @Mini-wd7qz
      @Mini-wd7qz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eletronictoenails I’ve been stuck on episode 1 for 17 days- I can’t get past the strider fight it’s impossible

    • @Mini-wd7qz
      @Mini-wd7qz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I ended up getting past the strider fight now I’m stuck on the last strider fight on episode two xd

  • @Mehdi69420
    @Mehdi69420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I saw there mouth i remember race X that they have the same mouth maybe that what happened to them

  • @denelloangelo
    @denelloangelo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    tbh i think that the hunters are actually real actual dogs just augmented and modified by the combine empire, because if you listen closely it also makes a dog's grrrrrrrrr or a roar, so for me i think they are poor and helpless dogs who managed to get in the notorious torture of the combine empire D:

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is a disturbing thought

  • @AmbroseBoaBowie
    @AmbroseBoaBowie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey what part of the game is this?

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is from Half-Life 2 episode 2

    • @AmbroseBoaBowie
      @AmbroseBoaBowie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skyrionn ahh ok thank you

  • @imadrifter
    @imadrifter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hunters prefer the left Twix over the right

  • @ihatedio7513
    @ihatedio7513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What game is the Hunters from?

    • @ihatedio7513
      @ihatedio7513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like Ik it’s half life but what half life.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe it is episode 2

    • @TylertheCC1010fan
      @TylertheCC1010fan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      HL2E2, but their beta design is in HL2E1

  • @tinygreenoodles3371
    @tinygreenoodles3371 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i always used to think their eyes were their guns

  • @babufacio_____wczesniejvin2847
    @babufacio_____wczesniejvin2847 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When Mitchell Shephard

  • @Orangey380
    @Orangey380 ปีที่แล้ว

    I mean you could also say the hunters are a upgraded houndeye

  • @Some_one_dude
    @Some_one_dude 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The combines made giant ships and metal buildings and conquered lots of civilizations and even made modified "organic" puppets to explore areas for them , all to get killed by a nerd who only got basic training ONCE yet somehow went against MARINES and won

    • @CASA-dy4vs
      @CASA-dy4vs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agent 69 “Gordon “Nerdman” Freeman.

  • @bitterliquid2640
    @bitterliquid2640 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never noticed the white parts were fleshy before

  • @doomguy7258
    @doomguy7258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahhh yes the hunter...the most annoying enemies that I ever encountered.

  • @sergeant_cheese
    @sergeant_cheese 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    cool video

  • @zoltanperei4789
    @zoltanperei4789 ปีที่แล้ว

    I tought the two blue thing on their front are their eyes.

  • @wee6838
    @wee6838 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m still gonna pretend the launchers are their eyes

  • @Ilovemycatsx3
    @Ilovemycatsx3 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love combine dogs :3

  • @AreX715
    @AreX715 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glory to the Aliance.
    Join us, we have:
    Immortabillity
    synths
    technology of future
    free Wi-fi
    Great weaponory

  • @owl8074
    @owl8074 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i have a theory that the hunters were bred from houndeyes

  • @jolten5956
    @jolten5956 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hunters are pretty cool

  • @ThePkhoury10
    @ThePkhoury10 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn the combine really do have to torture everything

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They're awful. Someone should try and take them down

    • @CASA-dy4vs
      @CASA-dy4vs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skyrionn call Gordon free man

  • @thegoldenbucketstudios9896
    @thegoldenbucketstudios9896 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Underated

  • @TylertheCC1010fan
    @TylertheCC1010fan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I struggled to deal with these things on easy mode.

    • @tims.1615
      @tims.1615 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why are you playing on easy mode

    • @badideagenerator2315
      @badideagenerator2315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tims.1615 because fun is entirely subjective, so people may want to adjust the difficulty in order for the game to not be frustrating with their level of skill.

    • @tims.1615
      @tims.1615 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@badideagenerator2315 sure, but I feel playing on easy mode is just kinda pointless. You're better off just watching a playthrough, considering an equal amount of player input is required haha

    • @badideagenerator2315
      @badideagenerator2315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tims.1615 not everyone has the time to hone their skills on videogames, some of us have responsibilities like work or an education and just want to wind down.

    • @tims.1615
      @tims.1615 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@badideagenerator2315 I understand that, but Half-life isn't that difficult. I can say that because I suck absolute ass at FPS games

  • @ambrusraul2297
    @ambrusraul2297 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think they are modified hound eyes, they sure act like hounds and use their eyes to destroy

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's not a bad theory! I like that :D

    • @ambrusraul2297
      @ambrusraul2297 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Skyrionn yes well what got me was the pack thing and their attack is blue ish . Here is a suggestion video : Are there things on Earth way dangerous than the combine ? My theory is that the combine are a week species as the gman says : You wouldnt need all that t trap Gordon Freeman . They take week things like hound eyes and better them , they even tried with combine soldiers to see how would they react and the result was Zombines . As far as their actions The Combine are research scientists . I see no difference between Questionable ethics chapter and what the combine have done to people and technology . The combine are scientists trying to enhance and improve the universe , but they are also here to defend something against someone way more powerful than them . They are way too many just for an orange tank and the gman is in worst case The lesser master to defeat and the vorts all of them can evade their advanced tactics now that they are free. But i guess it s another half life game 2 continue the story

  • @evantgse
    @evantgse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hunters were originally called mini striders

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's interesting

  • @ben2741
    @ben2741 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Had to wrestle these things with my bare hands. I’d kill 10 or 20 a day easily.

  • @tankcastingdummeh
    @tankcastingdummeh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the 20 hunter was killed by male 02 with only fist

  • @dillspickles.3467
    @dillspickles.3467 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait....
    What if hunters drive hunter choppers..
    It would be cool if the torso flies the chopper.
    Or the be deployed from choppers with parachutes.

    • @Sgt_Kane
      @Sgt_Kane 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      When you destroy a hunter chopper a combine soldier falls out.

    • @dillspickles.3467
      @dillspickles.3467 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know bruh.

    • @dillspickles.3467
      @dillspickles.3467 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s a what if.

    • @オジーはビッチだ
      @オジーはビッチだ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dillspickles.3467 there wouldn't be a way that the hunters drive hunter choppers, the way that they are built makes them incapable of driving anything

    • @dillspickles.3467
      @dillspickles.3467 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fusion. I know was being funny and making a joke. What if they were able to give it small 2 arms. Lol.

  • @justastrider3252
    @justastrider3252 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite good boys