@@Skyrionn there’s a Citadel in every single city that the combine have humans rounded up into and I think each have their own human collaborator as the city administrator, There all the same size I believe. But the only thing that makes C17’s so special is that it’s Dr. Breen’s residence and he’s the head administrator of all of earth. I think it’s also connected to the rest in terms of powering and keeping them operational, once C17’s was destroyed it crippled and disabled the rest.
You forgot to say about anti-pregnant field that combine spread across city/earth to make humans unable to breed. The field was shuted down when Gordon destroyed Citadel. We can khow this from Dr. Kleiner messeges in Half Life 2 episode one. But great video anyways. I really like how you don't only talk but make cool backgrounds too, this make topics easier to understand.
@@scamhunter2346Not only that, but the severe drained water, 99% of Animals and Insects extinct, the un-habitable environments, no food or possibly even drinkable water, humans are beyond fucked even in victory.
@@Fatchick231625% of the Earth's water is gone,a good chunk of all Wildlife is extinct,Humanity has been on a severe population decline and even less resources
@Jurassic_Park_II_Enjoyer and the fact that the combin will come back to earth it will take time but they will come and take earth and it's people all the rebels did was buying time to rebuild there Population
I love your lore videos. They are straight forward and slow paced, so we can understand. Never stop doing them :D So if there are more than one Citadel, would Dr. Breen also control those as well?
@@Opanker_ George Orwell's 1984 it's a book about a authoritarian government controlled future. and doom 2 because the enemy takes over earth which doom eternal is based on as well.
hi man i like your videos and i recently subed keep making half life vids about lore and stuff and if u could make portal lore vids too that would be nice. also ur channel is rlly underrated haha
So... when is a streaming service gonna pick up a license and make a show about city 17 (or another one). Just random resistance fighters but name-drop some known characters, here and there, shoot it in eastern Europe with some CGI enhancements, get main characters eaten by head crabs, friendly vortigaunts for weirdness and comic relief (and fixing plot holes because they're basically wizards anyway), lots of drama because families are torn apart by the combine, double agents, people who start out as civil protection and get their memories wiped occasionally and then their families struggle dealing with the amnesia, people getting turned into stalkers... so much lore to explore and have fun with. So much merch to sell, overwatch catchphrases we can drop in our office jobs, this is the way!
What I think some of the other cities are: City 14: I think City 14 was in New York, and I think it was the most protected City, metro police, combine soldiers, hunters, striders, cremators, everything, half life 2 enemies, cut enemies, half life alyx enemies, all of em, I think a few months before Gordon was brought to city 17, there was a disaster at City 14 that involved its destruction, and I think city 14s destruction would’ve also messed with the cities closest to it
lets say city 17 was in new york maybe because it easy to invade since the army can't make air-strike on their own civilians and easy for the combine to take the city and make civilians slaves
Well it is near shore and we know it is a pretty big city and have infrastructure from before of 1970. Largest city of that infrastructure was Sevastopol in Crimea. It also got old socialist child playgrounds. Only countries where city 17 would be allocated are Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Baltics countries, Ukraine and Russia.
I know Entropy Zero shows city 10, but in my opinion, there are no other cities - Just because the sign at the train station shows different cities, doesn't mean they exist. The only place they seem to send people from the train station is Nova Prospekt, I'm surprised there isn't a video on this topic alone. 'I was hoping I'd seen the last of him in city 14' Maybe the Combine implant thoughts of a city 14, they're able to make people forget, who is to say they're unable to make us think of places that don't exist. (some giver/cave allegory stuff, I think it's an unexplored theme)
Hey - I typically avoid replying to negative comments because I understand that everyone has an opinion. But I thought I'd address this one. Sentence structure is absolutely something I've been working on, and even watching this back - I can see that it is much better than it was as I'm always working on it. Still a little rusty, but I'm fairly happy with it. Your second point, I streamlined the story in this because I had explained processes of how the Combine had protected the city and how the Resistance used these systems against The Combine. The whole video is about City 17, so of course I'm going to mention the events that led to it's destruction. If that's enough for you to unsubscribe, I wish you well.
This video would be a lot shorter if he didn't do a recap for most of the video.. City 17 isn't a deep lore location it's just "this is a hub city for the combine, it may have Europe inspirations, water, moniters, patrol, that's it"
unhelpful comment tbh, I liked the research he put in to it... HL lore is so complex, you often need to reiterate points to bring the listener back into the universe, and to trigger memory, so they can follow. I've been playing for years, but still cant remember certain points... just today I remembered the 7 hour war.
I never get tired of Half Life lore videos, such an interesting universe. Thanks for the great content!
The lore behind...
Gets me every time
Wait a minute you are telling me there’s more than one citadel on earth
Yeah - the one we see just happens to be the one that ends everything.
@@erikpng I'm not Skyrionn but yeah, it's the main Citadel of Earth
@@Skyrionn there’s a Citadel in every single city that the combine have humans rounded up into and I think each have their own human collaborator as the city administrator, There all the same size I believe. But the only thing that makes C17’s so special is that it’s Dr. Breen’s residence and he’s the head administrator of all of earth. I think it’s also connected to the rest in terms of powering and keeping them operational, once C17’s was destroyed it crippled and disabled the rest.
Every urban city I’m pretty sure there is one I played roblox city 8 and 24 they have citadels too
@@King-xe3kt every main combine city has a citadel
I just say i love your half life lore videos , good work
Thank you! I appreciate that :D
Valve should of had the houndeyes be attack dogs for the combine.
Hey thats a good idea 👍➕
You forgot to say about anti-pregnant field that combine spread across city/earth to make humans unable to breed. The field was shuted down when Gordon destroyed Citadel. We can khow this from Dr. Kleiner messeges in Half Life 2 episode one.
But great video anyways. I really like how you don't only talk but make cool backgrounds too, this make topics easier to understand.
It is called Suppression field
@@alphenex8974 Thanks for the info.
@@remigiuszdarmach4233 no problem :D
It also affects the entire earth, but it's probably split up into sections
Kleiner in episode 1: sex, now!
I consider myself a pretty huge HL fan and I never thought about the "they drugged the water" part. Where did you get that from?
The citizens tell you not to drink the water because it makes you forget. There's other references too ☺
@@Skyrionn you’re absolutely right, I do remember that now. Love your channel! And thanks!
_"Don't drink the water. They put something in it t-to make you forget. I don't even remember how I got here."_
You should've added the Qurantine Zone to the video. Love the video btw.
Great work man!!! I love City 17. Город 17.
kinda crazy how one man destroyed the communication with an alien species thats known to to destroy galaxies
A based man at a cringe place can make all the difference in the world
Wow this is only yesterday i just found out about your channel nice video
yo these are so addicting to watch, love them
Subscribed yesterday and today a new video, nice
Perfect timing. Thanks for the follow!
Excited for more half life! Also love the fable lore!
"formerly a prison, now a terrible place to be sent" lmao
Even if humanity wins and gets the Combine off Earth they are still completely fucked.
Correct, the population of Humanity has been decreased rapidly during the 7 Hour War, Wild to imagine that.
@@scamhunter2346Not only that, but the severe drained water, 99% of Animals and Insects extinct, the un-habitable environments, no food or possibly even drinkable water, humans are beyond fucked even in victory.
@@Fatchick231625% of the Earth's water is gone,a good chunk of all Wildlife is extinct,Humanity has been on a severe population decline and even less resources
@Jurassic_Park_II_Enjoyer and the fact that the combin will come back to earth it will take time but they will come and take earth and it's people all the rebels did was buying time to rebuild there Population
@@Fatchick2316xen wildlife and zombie
Here's one disturbing thing In HL Distorted Trumpets You hear in backwards you hear Gordon, All of us are dead. you can't Hear it cuz of the bell.
2:59
"Hey man can I get a little bit? Come on bro my rations were taken away due to "indecent exposure""
Although nothing much is known about the G-Man, it would be great if you can make a lore about him.
I love your lore videos. They are straight forward and slow paced, so we can understand. Never stop doing them :D
So if there are more than one Citadel, would Dr. Breen also control those as well?
Never play half life. But i play portal. Interesting universe indeed these 2 legendary games
Ohh it's absolutely worth playing the Half-Life games! If you like Portal, you will likely love Half-Life!
Overwatch Elites, Gordon Freeman, The G Man, Bullsquids, Gunships, or Alyx Vance next please
This sounds like a found footage video and I love it
It was part of the setting I was going for!
You should make a video about the lore behind the rations lol
Yes! Thank you!
Love the hl videos
This so much fun to watch
Glad you liked it! There's so much more on the channel too
@@Skyrionn I love the half life 2 series , I'm currently replaying the hl2 ep2
so basically half life 1 is doom inspired and half life 2 is doom 2 and 1984 inspired.
What?
@@Opanker_ George Orwell's 1984 it's a book about a authoritarian government controlled future. and doom 2 because the enemy takes over earth which doom eternal is based on as well.
@@midwaygamer-ou3my Oh I see, so are the episodes also Final Doom then?
Dark souls lore, half life lore, bible lore. Top 3 best lores.
hi man i like your videos and i recently subed keep making half life vids about lore and stuff and if u could make portal lore vids too that would be nice.
also ur channel is rlly underrated haha
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
I ve just gave u a sub .Love ur Half Life lore. MAKE MOREEEEEE!!!!
Thank you! There's a playlist of lore videos on the Channel if you haven't discovered them already :)
It's actually scary how well this fits the description of China during the covid lockdown.
Look for video called "Half Life 2 is real in China".
Theres only 1 citadel and probably the 1 through 21 cites are destroyed except city 17 until ep1 and 2
Good Job mate! You earned a new subscriber>3
Awesome thank you! Stick around for more :)
Nova Prospect
Former Prison
Now a terrible place to be sent
Love these!
tbh i would join the cp if I had the choice
are you going to do some more half-life lore's?
Every other Friday :D
Happy new year !!!
Happy new year buddy!
So... when is a streaming service gonna pick up a license and make a show about city 17 (or another one). Just random resistance fighters but name-drop some known characters, here and there, shoot it in eastern Europe with some CGI enhancements, get main characters eaten by head crabs, friendly vortigaunts for weirdness and comic relief (and fixing plot holes because they're basically wizards anyway), lots of drama because families are torn apart by the combine, double agents, people who start out as civil protection and get their memories wiped occasionally and then their families struggle dealing with the amnesia, people getting turned into stalkers... so much lore to explore and have fun with. So much merch to sell, overwatch catchphrases we can drop in our office jobs, this is the way!
What I think some of the other cities are:
City 14: I think City 14 was in New York, and I think it was the most protected City, metro police, combine soldiers, hunters, striders, cremators, everything, half life 2 enemies, cut enemies, half life alyx enemies, all of em, I think a few months before Gordon was brought to city 17, there was a disaster at City 14 that involved its destruction, and I think city 14s destruction would’ve also messed with the cities closest to it
lets say city 17 was in new york maybe because it easy to invade since the army can't make air-strike on their own civilians and easy for the combine to take the city and make civilians slaves
city 17 is from what I heard eastern europe
@@basedgorilla999city 17 is in bulgaria some say.
The lore behind my airtight closet
dead bodies, for sure
i think you should make one about the combine captain
my number 1 youtuber
Thank you!
@@Skyrionn i love your content bro the lore videos are amazing and the other stuff too bro
Thanks
Wouldn't boiling the water get rid of the drug?
Boiling water kills bacteria and viruses. It wouldn't get rid of the drug. Possibly degrade it but unlikely
Government building is from Belgrade, Serbia.
I think Half 1 and 2 might be inspired by when Nazi Germany occupied Poland in WW2 cuz both stories are pretty similar
Have you guys realizied how simalir half life 2 is to the holacaust
Half Life: The Lore Behind Refugees?
Good idea - if I can find enought information I'll see what I can do!
Come to Sofia, Bulgaria. You will experience Half - Life IRL.
Half Life 2 is in Bulgaria.
Well it is near shore and we know it is a pretty big city and have infrastructure from before of 1970. Largest city of that infrastructure was Sevastopol in Crimea. It also got old socialist child playgrounds. Only countries where city 17 would be allocated are Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Baltics countries, Ukraine and Russia.
Reminds me of Minas Morgul
City 17 is St. Petersburg or Leningrad
Quite possibly!
It's in Bulgaria
@@Trolaum45 dont tell me you saying this just because viktor antonov was born in bulgaria
Australia 2025
can you do city 14 plz
Sadly there is little to no information on City 14 unless we explore fan-made mods
ok
I know Entropy Zero shows city 10, but in my opinion, there are no other cities - Just because the sign at the train station shows different cities, doesn't mean they exist. The only place they seem to send people from the train station is Nova Prospekt, I'm surprised there isn't a video on this topic alone. 'I was hoping I'd seen the last of him in city 14' Maybe the Combine implant thoughts of a city 14, they're able to make people forget, who is to say they're unable to make us think of places that don't exist. (some giver/cave allegory stuff, I think it's an unexplored theme)
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What's with the weird pauses in the middle of a sentence?
Like number 1k keep it up!
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Mr Freeman you are late at work, calm down he is a proffesional not!!!
Your speaking like a robot and no really talking about city 17 just a bloody game recap. Unsubbing
Hey - I typically avoid replying to negative comments because I understand that everyone has an opinion. But I thought I'd address this one.
Sentence structure is absolutely something I've been working on, and even watching this back - I can see that it is much better than it was as I'm always working on it. Still a little rusty, but I'm fairly happy with it.
Your second point, I streamlined the story in this because I had explained processes of how the Combine had protected the city and how the Resistance used these systems against The Combine. The whole video is about City 17, so of course I'm going to mention the events that led to it's destruction. If that's enough for you to unsubscribe, I wish you well.
This video would be a lot shorter if he didn't do a recap for most of the video.. City 17 isn't a deep lore location it's just "this is a hub city for the combine, it may have Europe inspirations, water, moniters, patrol, that's it"
unhelpful comment tbh, I liked the research he put in to it... HL lore is so complex, you often need to reiterate points to bring the listener back into the universe, and to trigger memory, so they can follow. I've been playing for years, but still cant remember certain points... just today I remembered the 7 hour war.
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The HL universe has a lot of mystery to it so the voice seems fitting.