Half-Life 2: Episode Two - 07 - T-Minus One [Hard]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2020
- Chapter 7: T-Minus One
With the Combine assault on White Forest successfully repelled, Gordon returns to the base. With the Superportal close to becoming active, the launch must be successful if humanity is to survive and avoid another full-scale Combine invasion. At the same time, Alyx has prepared a chopper for her and Gordon to get to the Borealis and save Judtih, in the final chapter of the Half-Life 2 saga.
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Notes:
- SPOILERS FOR HALF-LIFE: ALYX FOLLOWS:
- The ending of this game has been slightly retconned by the events of Half-Life: Alyx - G-man orchestrates a plan to have a 5-year younger Alyx Vance save Eli from the Advisor, which results in Eli being kept alive but results in the disappearance of Alyx in exchange
- After the game cuts to black, it can be assumed that Gordon passes out for a bit before being woken up by a now resurrected Eli, tying in to the post-credits scene of Half-Life: Alyx
Trivia:
- The area at 0:10 is the same area Magnusson takes Gordon through to introduce him to the Magnusson Device, though it seems that all the devices have now been used up in the supply room
- Alyx's comment at 0:43 is a callback to Magnusson's comment one chapter prior, when he says "Well what are you waiting for Freeman, a hug?" if Gordon does not descend the launch tube to investigate the secondary silo alarm
- Kleiner's comment at 2:14 seems to indicate that Lamarr has been unintentionally left inside the rocket, and that she weighs 8-1/2 lbs
- This is Freeman's second time launching a rocket (3:05), the first being the satellite delivery rocket in the chapter "On A Rail" in Half-Life 1. Coincidentally, the rocket that he launches in this chapter is supposed to sync up with the satellite he launched in HL1 to transmit the data
- If Freeman does not push the launch button, Magnusson will audibly grow increasingly impatient
- The last appearance of Kleiner and Magnusson to date in a Half-life game at 4:40
- The hangar bay at 6:43 was completely recreated in Source 2 in Half-Life: Alyx
- If one were to use noclip and explore the outside of the hangar bay, the two Advisors that attack can be seen in idle mode just past the windows that they break through later. Shooting the Advisors enough times "kills" them and breaks the scripting of the ending sequence if the player decides to go back to the elevator afterwards
- The ending of this game initiated a 13 year cliffhangar that was finally addressed in Half-Life: Alyx
- In August 2017, Mark Laidlaw, writer of the Half-Life series released a post on his website titled "Epistle 3". The post essentially tells the story of what he had envisioned for the plot of the still-to-be-released (or never-to-be-released) Half-Life 2: Episode Three, without directly referencing the events of the previous games (for instance, in the post Eli Vance is instead referred to as Elly Vaunt. With the release of Half-Life: Alyx, Epistle 3's plot is now non-canon, though a fan project called "Project Borealis" aims to develop an imagiining of Episode Three based on Laidlaw's writings. The post itself can be found here: www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/
- As confirmed in the e-book "The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx", killing off Eli was Gabe Newell's idea - เกม
Time? Is it really that time again? It's crazy to think about, but I've only started uploading these playthrough videos 7 months ago, back in January of this year, with my Black Mesa playthrough. Since then, Black Mesa has come out of public beta, Half-life: Alyx released after a 13 year hiatus, and I've completed 5 Half-Life games in total. Time sure does fly!
Hopefully these videos have served their main purpose: to show this amazing series of games in a cinematic and easy-to-follow manner, as if it was one long movie from Gordon Freeman's perspective. I'd like to think my quality of playthroughs has gotten better with each passing game as well. Episode Two in particular was always one I was looking forward to because of the amazing setpieces it has. Again, I can't thank you guys enough for the support and comments.
While we all wait for the next installment in the Half-Life series, I will continue to upload more Half-Life related content - just because I finished all the playthroughs doesn't mean I don't have any more ideas! I will be taking a break first, as I've pretty much uploaded non-stop for 5 games in a row. I never wanted to commit myself to a regular upload rate outside of these playthroughs, but rest assured that when the time comes, I'll have more Half-Life (and potentially Portal) content for you guys.
Until then everyone :) Cheers.
SEXY NUTELLA FINISH HALF LIFE SAGA
Sexy nutella: Well , i guess i'll take a load off :)
Thanks to playing and we will see to Half Life Alyx to Vance family's fate.
so will you do mods like entropy zero?
Thanks for such a great series. No better way to watch Half-Life gameplay than here!!!
Play Sven coop! Make a event like thing and invite us to play together. That'd be cool
Eli: *dies*
G-Man: It's r e w i n d t i m e
Alyx: No...Don't leave me
G-man: we do a little trolling
*rewinds time*
It's rewind time ;)
"Dad, please. Dad!
Oh my God.
No..."
the end
SPOILERS FOR HALF LIFE ALYX
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I just remembered, now that Eli is alive, he can finally tell us about the G-Man and what he can do. I personally think it’s a Shu’lathoi.
Yeah I'm super excited that Eli's back. Hopefully he'll be able to shed more light on the G-man
From what I think and know, Gman intentionally sucummed himself to the Combine so he could test Alyx's ability and use her to save Eli so he could work with his original plan which could only work if Eli was alive(that's why Gman told Alyx to tell Eli "Prepare for umforseen consequences"). I wonder what would have happened if Dog stayed with Eli closer saving him from the advisors. The whole "Vault Incident" wouldn't happen as Gman wouldn't need her to save Eli. Will they just go destroy Borialis? Half Life lore is so confusing yet so fascinating lol.
I too think G-man deliberately allowed himself to be captured. I'd imagine certain elements of the timeline, even down to Dog being a bit further away from Eli so that he dies, was pre-determined by past events that the G-man had some part in.
Alyx and Eli exchanging "I love you" kills me. He's making sure his daughter knows he loves her before he dies, and Alyx is making sure that the last thing her dad ever hears is an affirmation of his daughter's love. Eli then choosing to make his very last words a gentle direction to his daughter to look away so she isn't haunted by the vision of her father being violently killed. The gentle acceptance Eli has of his death here - he knows as soon as he's picked up that there's no hope and so he chooses, in his last moments, to take care of his daughter and help her start the process of working through the death before he's gone. Absolutely selfless and an act of pure love. I genuinely cannot watch this scene without tears. It is so beautiful and maybe the most touching death in all of fiction for me.
and it comes to an end, your series is the best walktrough series i've seen.
Thanks dude :) Really appreciate the kind words, and your continued support all this time!
recently got a vr headset and wanted to play all the half life games before alyx to understand the lore, im glad i found you because even though i would skip to a part im stuck on or just look back at gameplay that amazed me, your videos are always so pleasing to watch, i appreciate it and now i’m onto alyx finally
Glad you enjoy the videos and have fun with Alyx :)
3:05 imagine this button teleported you back to On a Rail level xd
Haha, love that callback
hell
There would be a word coming out of Gordon's mouth fr, he had to re-do all of the thing from HL 2, Ep1, Ep2 but now he can talk lol
Someone else pointed it out in a different video, but the way the injured Advisor crawls away, squirming violently like a desperate, unhinged animal, brilliantly fills you with total contempt towards this species in such a clever way. A "True colors" moment.
The Combine, as far as we can tell, are LED by the Advisors, and they try so hard to parade themselves as an unstoppable empire of all-powerful, telekinetic overlords, latching onto other habitable worlds, enslaving their races, and draining them of their resources, crushing them into submission effortlessly. They insist on being remembered as an invincible species that will dominate anyone they can find across the multiverse.
But once they receive strong-enough pushback, when they take the slightest physical damage, you see them for what they truly are: Spineless, soulless freaks that leech onto foreign life, stealing away everything you love and cherish, to sustain themselves out of desperation. They're nothing more than an off-world parasite. Weak, pathetic, revolting, and in no way qualified to hold the power they've obtained.
They're a weak-but-dangerous predator that must be destroyed at its core, for the good of all worlds.
Oh yeah, the track that was playing at the end was "Dark Interval", yes? I recall the All-Knowing Vort's line: "We do not fear the interval of darkness."
Turns out the Dark Interval was more for us than any character in the series. We sure have waited for so damn long before HLA. I credit my busy life for the past decade that I haven't been too stressed out with waiting, but deep down I really wanted to get all the way to the end of this saga we all love.
Thank goodness the dark interval is over... or is it? I guess what counts for now is the reassurance that Valve still intends to see through the end, even if it means taking long. Hopefully we all live to hold that crowbar again, for all the right reasons.
Once more, really appreciate your playthroughs! ♡ Now onto HLA nyehehehehehe~
Thanks for the comments :) Loved the song name choice and how it ties to what the Vort says. Here's hoping HL3 comes out at some point in our lifetime haha
@@Sexy_Nutella Kelly Bailey's taste for naming his tracks HL2 onwards are just [*chef's kiss*]. Obvious references for plot points (like "Dark Interval" as we just talked about + wordplay between game elements and physics concepts (e.g. "CP Violation" can both mean "Civil Protection Violation" and "Charge-Conjugation and Parity-Reversal Violation").
@@Sexy_Nutella man, it HAS to be in our lifetimes, otherwise I'll go beg whoever is the head of our afterlife to gimme a console for afterlifers so we can play HL3 too. :^( Corny joke aside, realizing the pains it does take for a great game fitting for the HL title, I'm fine with waiting...
...as long as HL3 does come out before the devs', or our lives do. ;; As my in-game brain says at times of distress, "when you feel like your life is a meme, just remember: Half Life 3 confirmed, and it's a meme no longer". :^
@@pizzazzindoofus Yup. God-tier tracks and god-tier naming (I believe LG Orbifold is also a scientific term mentioned by Kleiner during the teleportation sequence in "A Red Letter Day")
SUBJECT: FREEMAN
STATUS: TERMINATED
REASON: FAILURE TO PRESERVE MISSION-CRITICAL RESOURCES
COMMENCING EVALUATION OF REPLACEMENT CANDIDATE
SUBJECT: VANCE
8:27 - RING-A-DING-DING! RETCONNED!
"It's rewind time"
What a way to end off a series, a cliffhanger. Maybe Valve intended that so the community can make their own head-canons like "Freeman visits Borealis" or "Freeman dies and Barney takes his place" or something like that, letting fans expand the lore on their own
That would be a...
considerable nudge.
3:14 On A Rail Reference from Half-Life 1/Black Mesa.
If I Loved this Rocket Launching Sequence, the VOX System can hear them. According to Security Guard when he says, "The Military Aborted the Launch, so if you find the rocket. You'll have to get the controls first"
My Favorite Part. 🚀
Off to HL Alyx. 🤗🤗 again, I Love your Walkthroughs, it's different from everyone, Yours are unique ❤❤❤ Happy New Year!
Thank you! Happy New Year to you as well :)
Thanks for the videos!
Glad you like them!
I hope that in Half-Life 2.5 we get to look for Alyx.
It's kinda sad to see project borealis so freezed. It has been a year since their last info update and that brings some eagerness... But I guess the main problem is Covid, though they've not said anything about it, or at least, i don't know, bc some redditors said they were working on ravenholm, but... It has passed a lot of time, don't you think? Anyways, let's hope it will be like Black Mesa, which was in development like 16 years and was a complete succesful fanmade.
I've checked their subreddit recently, looks like they're still actively working on it, just haven't had anything to showcase for a while :)
4:17 Xenium Resonator? I mean sure, it's to neutralize the superportal, but why exactly THAT name? Hmmmmmmm..............
I ALWAYS thought he said "Xenian" resonator - thanks for pointing that out. No way that would've been a coincidence
@@Sexy_Nutella inb4 it's them purposely causing a resonance cascade somewhere; even though it is technically neutralizing the portal on Earth POV, its bigger scope involves redirecting the portal's "POINT earth" to "POINT another place not on Earth", so it diverts the Combine off Earth- oops. :^
Ok that's actually just my random brain; a resonator is something that creates resonant frequencies for some procedural stuff. A.K.A. more physics.
So a Xenium Resonator is just the usual resonator but uses xen crystals. (There's irl stuff like microwave resonators, optical resonators, etc. resonators. I'm dumdum at physics so F.) And yes I just googled all the resonator stuff like just now. xD
Q gran final episodio 2 y tristeza para alyx por la muerte de su querido padre, te felicito *Sexy Nutella* espero q juegues otros tipos de jugos HL
Gracias por todos sus comentarios :) Definitivamente seguiré subiendo contenido de Half-Life cuando tenga nuevas ideas
@@Sexy_Nutella perfecto lo estare esperando 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Would you consider doing this type of playthrough for the original 1998 release of Half-Life? I've watched the Black Mesa playthrough, HL2 and both Episodes. It'd be cool to see this cinematic style (though you can't do the nice 'suit zoom' thing) done in the original game.
I'm glad you enjoy this playstyle! Though I likely won't cover HL1 anytime soon, narratively it goes through much of the same hoops as Black Mesa
I've always hated the end of EP2.
I remember being super bummed out that Eli died so soon after he revealed that he knew much more about the G-man than Gordon is aware of.
Сколько же эмоций в последней сцене в оригинальной озвучке, а теперь сравните это с российской локализацией.
Dude I hate the advisor, it killed my happiness as a bee looking.
I could actually beat down the shitty bee more faster than that in real life...
Tips: grab its tail and rip off it
It's more of a maggot thing.
Explain me 1 thing:
Eli is dead in the end of hl2 ep 2, right?
So...How does him continues alive in hl alyx, when her released their father from advisor hands?
I don't understand this logic...
Well, like you said, Alyx saved Eli from the advisor. So he never got killed in the first place.
Thus basically rewriting a part of the timeline.
People always thought that the G-man could manipulate time as well, we got our answer
Btw the G-man continues being a misterious character...
Rebel 1: who is that guy using social outfit?
Medic Rebel: Dunno, I never seen him before.
Rebel 1: is it probably an any government man's?
Medic Rebel: who knows?
G-man: prepare for unforeseen consequences!
@@marcusviniciusmorronesarto4807 Btw you're welcome for the info you got. Not that people bother to thank anyone for it... smh
dicen que el consejero es breen? xd
Sí, creo que Breen se transfiere a un organismo de asesores. Sin embargo, no estoy seguro de si fue uno de los dos que se muestran en este video.
@@Sexy_Nutella tal ves si porque menciono que acabaria con el padre y la hija
Can you play original half life (1998) plss
Probably not, Black Mesa already covers the same ground narratively.
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