If you really think about it, canonically this City can still exist in the HL2 universe, just with a different number. Hell the more I think about it those brief couple seconds of the wasteland we see in HL2 during chapter 2 could damn well be what's left of the US.
I'm a big fan of skyboxes too. They don't get much recognition but contribute so much to the atmosphere! It's really fun making your own too, now that it's super easy to stitch together smartphone panoramas
5:03 - this frame hit me. A combination of cloudy gloomy weather, music and the nostalgic Lambda logo, reminiscent of the Black Mesa incident are excellent
I'm pretty sure in the early versions like 2001 and before Alyx was gonna come in later in the game during the wasteland sections but then they changed it for her to appear at the start of the game.
Well the meet up with alyx was to be in the wasteland. 2001 and early 2002 you were to meet her after the train you were riding on crashes near the airexchange. You can find this in the rtb book of the whole scene.
The beta build should get a whole new game. Sure there are mods but they don’t finish the game. What about the wasteland, the depot, Eli Maxwell. Everything that happens after the city 17 chapter. I need it!
Now this one looks like a proper HL2 sequel. I enjoyed the original HL2, but the design and atmosphere wasn’t what I expected from a HL sequel. I remember first playing HL2 back in 04 and i was like “wait is this a HL sequel?”. My another complaint about HL2 is it’s not only a lack of dark atmosphere but a lack of gore and too casual gameplay: inability to turn combine soldiers into meat mush, lack of friendly fire, downgraded AI, lack of different enemies in comparison with beta.
You know beta 17 could exist in retail, there are more cites in half life 2 other than city 17 which is in European country but there are a lot of cites in america such as new York city. It would look almost the same as beta city 17 because its in a american styled city but the only thing that would be missing is the citadel. Id call this city, city 25.
The USA's completely destroyed by the time HL Alyx happens. It was probably nuked by the government to try and contain the Combine and other aliens there.
the mod Dark Interval starts the player on a ship The Borealis (before we saw it in Episode 2) to me that would be the ideal way to get into City 17 instead of by train like in the final game.
I am two years late to comment on this, but i really think that Vitoi(y) has done so much for the Beta community in the 2010s that his vmfs are used in practically every HL2 Beta mod and people use his fixes in everything. He even shares everything(maybe that is the Stalker modding community influence).
These early beta maps might confirm a theory I've had about HL2's art design for a while. I think City-17's design was heavily inspired by Soviet-era Russian cities. It's a shame they didn't go further with this idea, Soviet-era cities are probably the most dystopian settings I can think of. Great video.
Thank you :) Your theory is actually correct! The game's lead designer (Viktor Antanov) has often said in many interviews that he based City 17 (retail version) on his home town of Sofia, Bulgaria. He has also mentioned that other Eastern European/Former Soviet States were a big inspiration for designing C17.
Sure! It's just one track. It's the menu theme from Midnight Club 2. It really fits with the Beta City 17 aesthetic. Link: th-cam.com/video/0HM3QMxfoCI/w-d-xo.html
Alyx wasnt appear until half of game, for this reason she isnt at kleiner's lab and some dialog lines was given to kleiner, also she wasnt be Vence, but was daughter of a general.
I don’t understand why, but in beta maps there is some kind of attractive and at the same time depressing atmosphere. Which is missing in the release version. What's the secret? Cloudy lighting? Low level detail, reminiscent of old games?
5:45 These people are murdering their own kind and do not even know. They think its a game... Suddenly I am feeling guilty for all the pedestrians that I have been killing in GTA: San Andreas.. 😂
This version definitely reminds me of the first two Max Payne games. Also the Midnight Club 2 theme on the background is definitely fitting for the atmosphere this version of C17 presents.
Apologies, I hope I'm not being a bother, but I recently became a really big fan of your music in these videos. But was having trouble finding the specific track used through out this video, on your music channel. What's the name per chance? Unless it's not been featured yet.
Not really. If they don't know and just think it's a video game, it's harmless fun. Do we deserve to be enslaved because we play violent video games? No, because we know they're not real and enjoy them as entertainment.
@@ghhn4505 i mean yes, for them it's just a game, but imagine if in our world there would an arcade, where the only game would be some gore game about JUST torturing people. Yes, we have violent video games. But violence is not the center (or not the only) center part of them. Manhack arcade seem to have no plot or meaning besides torturing and killing people and, more important, IT'S A MASS ENTERTAINMENT.
100 subs :)
Thank you! You're going in the Hall Of Fame, in the channel's About section :D
Now 11k
*laughs in 9 months ahead*
@@rokcris7313 *laughs in another 9 months ahead*
@@RadiationHazardYT 37k
If you really think about it, canonically this City can still exist in the HL2 universe, just with a different number.
Hell the more I think about it those brief couple seconds of the wasteland we see in HL2 during chapter 2 could damn well be what's left of the US.
I'm a big fan of skyboxes too. They don't get much recognition but contribute so much to the atmosphere! It's really fun making your own too, now that it's super easy to stitch together smartphone panoramas
May have went a bit far with the dramatic commentary. What do you think?
NNAA
naaah mate, it fits really well with the video B)
Works well.
5:03 - this frame hit me. A combination of cloudy gloomy weather, music and the nostalgic Lambda logo, reminiscent of the Black Mesa incident are excellent
I'm pretty sure in the early versions like 2001 and before Alyx was gonna come in later in the game during the wasteland sections but then they changed it for her to appear at the start of the game.
Ah ok. There was so much shifting around in the earlier stages of development. It makes tying the story together a bit difficult.
This channel's so underrated it hurts.
We'll get there, hopefully soon. Thanks for watching! :)
@@RadiationHazardYT I already subbed, don't give up hope though, you have a lot of potential.
@@leonardwimbelton8920 Thank you!
Facts lol
Yees
Your editing is really good!
Thanks man!
Well the meet up with alyx was to be in the wasteland. 2001 and early 2002 you were to meet her after the train you were riding on crashes near the airexchange. You can find this in the rtb book of the whole scene.
Great video! Greetings from Finland
Glad you enjoyed it! Kiitos! :)
Hello fellow finnish person in the comments!
The beta build should get a whole new game. Sure there are mods but they don’t finish the game. What about the wasteland, the depot, Eli Maxwell. Everything that happens after the city 17 chapter. I need it!
i know i am 2 entire years late but raising the bar redux
Beta minimalist mod
I didn't realize how well the MC2 menu theme fits with the HL2 beta atmosphere
what is MC2
@@Tahsildaroğlu-w5v Midnight Club 2
The beta conscripts have some real funky sounds
Lmao yeah. I saw some in a couple of the Beta maps I was checking out.
@@RadiationHazardYT "WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Stay put, Manwich, that’s an order!
Now this one looks like a proper HL2 sequel. I enjoyed the original HL2, but the design and atmosphere wasn’t what I expected from a HL sequel. I remember first playing HL2 back in 04 and i was like “wait is this a HL sequel?”.
My another complaint about HL2 is it’s not only a lack of dark atmosphere but a lack of gore and too casual gameplay: inability to turn combine soldiers into meat mush, lack of friendly fire, downgraded AI, lack of different enemies in comparison with beta.
This channel deserves allot more subs then 3000+ the quality is excellent and expertly done keep it up
Thank you so much :)
this is one of the best half life 2 beta videos i have seen
Thank you :)
Dark Intervals City 17 was by far one of the best versions of a beta City 17. Atleast in my humble opinion.
F in chat for beta kleiner
You know beta 17 could exist in retail, there are more cites in half life 2 other than city 17 which is in European country but there are a lot of cites in america such as new York city. It would look almost the same as beta city 17 because its in a american styled city but the only thing that would be missing is the citadel. Id call this city, city 25.
The USA's completely destroyed by the time HL Alyx happens. It was probably nuked by the government to try and contain the Combine and other aliens there.
The Citadel all chrome looking in the distance feels strange but in a good way.
the mod Dark Interval starts the player on a ship The Borealis (before we saw it in Episode 2) to me that would be the ideal way to get into City 17 instead of by train like in the final game.
I am a fan of that game, also thanks for the midnight club 2 music.
i just realized, city-17, half life 2 came out 17 years ago, project citadel, hmmmmm
Kinda getting The Longest Journey vibes from early City 17
I am two years late to comment on this, but i really think that Vitoi(y) has done so much for the Beta community in the 2010s that his vmfs are used in practically every HL2 Beta mod and people use his fixes in everything. He even shares everything(maybe that is the Stalker modding community influence).
These early beta maps might confirm a theory I've had about HL2's art design for a while. I think City-17's design was heavily inspired by Soviet-era Russian cities. It's a shame they didn't go further with this idea, Soviet-era cities are probably the most dystopian settings I can think of. Great video.
Thank you :) Your theory is actually correct! The game's lead designer (Viktor Antanov) has often said in many interviews that he based City 17 (retail version) on his home town of Sofia, Bulgaria. He has also mentioned that other Eastern European/Former Soviet States were a big inspiration for designing C17.
@@RadiationHazardYT Oh, cool! I'll have to watch/read some other interviews about this game.
you definitely deserve more views bro
Thank you my guy :) We'll get there (hopefully).
Do a video on even more mysterious characters such as the G-man and Race-X Creatures.
Do you have a track list for the music used in this video? I really like the song that plays in the background. 😮
Sure! It's just one track. It's the menu theme from Midnight Club 2. It really fits with the Beta City 17 aesthetic.
Link: th-cam.com/video/0HM3QMxfoCI/w-d-xo.html
@@RadiationHazardYT Thank you!
i want valve to make a new half life game but it's just the finished beta
Alyx wasnt appear until half of game, for this reason she isnt at kleiner's lab and some dialog lines was given to kleiner, also she wasnt be Vence, but was daughter of a general.
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I don’t understand why, but in beta maps there is some kind of attractive and at the same time depressing atmosphere. Which is missing in the release version. What's the secret? Cloudy lighting? Low level detail, reminiscent of old games?
5:45 These people are murdering their own kind and do not even know. They think its a game...
Suddenly I am feeling guilty for all the pedestrians that I have been killing in GTA: San Andreas.. 😂
my guy gordon is a god they had no hope only despair untill gman decided screw it and let freeman do his thing and so he did
some day half-life 2 beta will become real created by the hands of the modding community
and when dat day happens
things will finally be complete.
I have to admit, I like the Beta version a lot more than the retail. But that's just my opinion.
This version definitely reminds me of the first two Max Payne games. Also the Midnight Club 2 theme on the background is definitely fitting for the atmosphere this version of C17 presents.
Oh yeah, the whole 2001 City 17 reminds me a lot of Max Payne 1.
I don't remember this background music from either Hazardous Based Materials volumes
Lol. This is Midnight Club 2's main menu theme.
Apologies, I hope I'm not being a bother, but I recently became a really big fan of your music in these videos. But was having trouble finding the specific track used through out this video, on your music channel. What's the name per chance? Unless it's not been featured yet.
What is this music? Great job btw
Thanks! Music is from Midnight Club 2 th-cam.com/video/0HM3QMxfoCI/w-d-xo.html
@@RadiationHazardYT Thank you for the quick response. I really enjoy the music that you picked.
I gotta know what song is playing over this
I noticed you deleted your stream highlights on Beta Aesthetics.
Just uploaded all of them to the 2nd channel.
th-cam.com/channels/X4Tvo2wcHsZjOtSKPlxQhw.html
what a video :)
Reminds me a bit of Blade Runner
Someone should make a HL Beta story, like portal stories: mel
Background music track name?
@Ivan Vinogradov thanks
this mod is depressing not because of the atmosphere but because alyx is not in it
Reminds me of what the government is doing to us now. Great video.
1 more sub :) ... i see all your vídeos
2021 pandemic is like Half life2 and become real !!
Is it only me or the world when manhack arcade can be an entertaiment, deserves to be enslaved?
Not really. If they don't know and just think it's a video game, it's harmless fun. Do we deserve to be enslaved because we play violent video games? No, because we know they're not real and enjoy them as entertainment.
@@ghhn4505 i mean yes, for them it's just a game, but imagine if in our world there would an arcade, where the only game would be some gore game about JUST torturing people.
Yes, we have violent video games. But violence is not the center (or not the only) center part of them.
Manhack arcade seem to have no plot or meaning besides torturing and killing people and, more important, IT'S A MASS ENTERTAINMENT.
Imagine being the one dislike
Best enjoyed on mute :)
Honestly, at this point - I agree with that lol
@Gordon Freeman nah
I'm glad they removed the man hack arcade. it just seems too corny.