@@djcuevas1057 the way they made the dumbed down ai still look intimidating or smart is very cool though, love half life and i hope we get a 3rd one...
3:46 that is a very cool perspective. Reminded me of the mg bunker in saving private Ryan. Hope to see more half life Alyx NPC wars. Love how they move and act alive. Also when they derp out.
The Stormtroopers who bravely engage in battle always move and inspire me with respect! Thank you so much for creating another great Stormtroopers battle video.
Can you imagine how sick a combine bruiser (I think that’s the combine soldier’s name the one with the shield) fighting against a dark trooper phrase 3.
the fact Ordinal rush behind Charge and then to the TIE fighter wing for cover....that is some good A.I right there, not to mention the smooth movement
The beauty of HL:A's ai, it's kinda realistic how tactical the Ordinals are compared to the others. Using cover much more often then grunts, and using the support as cover.
It depends on how much heavy equipment the Combine has. That ATST would have given the Combine a bad day, but admittedly. I don't know enough about them to accurately say.
These combine are specific to the Quarantine Zone, an infested area of an occupied city the combine has. Their standard units are a lot lighter, and they have massive, intelligent fighting synths like Striders, Gunships, Dropships, Combine Guards (if you consider the beta build canon), hunters (basically heavy assault synths),and modified APCS. Not t9 mention orbital bombardments and ability to instantly teleport anywhere in the cosmos. Pretty scary stuff.
My only gripe is that the Empire is only using their E-11s and grenades while the Combine units have some unit diversity: riflemen, LMGs, riot shields, etc. It seems kinda even, but if the Empire got some weapon/unit diversity like the Combine the fights would be a lot different.
It's a bit complicated, HL:A mods can only replace things that the game already has, in this case stormtroopers and their E-11's replacing grunts and their pulse SMG's
I love how the charger realized the firepower was overwhelming and decided to use it’s shield as a means to get close so it could use it’s shotgun more effectively.
The chargers seem to struggle the most in these combine vs. combine scenarios. For one they tend to get confused as the way they pursue a single target directly influences how they engage from a distance. Chargers are programmed to pursue a single target (the player) and force them out of cover via slowly but surely walking towards them, and using their shield to protect from headshots. Once they get close enough they deploy their shotgun which deals major damage. In this case they seem to get very confused as to which target to pursue and simply stand in place and deploy their shield instead of returning fire once they get shot (something they seem to remember). Something that doesn't help is the fact that the "stormtroopers" who are basically just reskinned grunts have infinite grenades, which are essentially the chargers kyrptonite. If the grenades were disabled or maybe limited the charger would probably have a much better time.
1:00 ok THAT was cool! Ordinal runs to take cover behind the energy shield emitted by the Wallhammer before running off to better cover under the TIE Fighter then gives out a direct command on who to target with the hand gesture.
There’s something so scary about hearing the regular voices of the stormtroopers and then hearing the overly mechanized and robotic voices of the combine
When talking about the combine we have to make a few things clear, we can’t count non-cannon stuff, which probably includes all the cut content and some synth soldiers from the combine. We don’t know enough about the combine to truly come to a conclusion on who would be victorious in a battle
Technically, there is no TRUE lore, it's kinda all up to the player as small parts of a much larger universe is slowly revealed, but it's safe to say the combine would still win with their better armor, weapons, and vehicles/synths that would destroy the AT-AT, AT-STs, And TIE Fighters/Bombers Let's also put into fact that the combine are a multi-universal army, they would have MUCH more bodies and weaponry to throw then the Empire would have.
The combine would win by a mile if they had to fight Stormtroopers. Against higher ups like Jedi or Siths? Yeah, I could see them struggle, but thats when the Advisor comes in.
Advisors would clap with the telekinesis, but the dark energy bullets used by combine might prove more difficult to block as they don't move as slow as blaster fire does.
Fun fact ceramic armor is almost immune to heat base weapons considering it can basically touch the sun it’s self. so if blasters are ionized gas then a carbine would be immuned to blaster fire if there armor is clay base
Physical kinetic bullets would due a lot against stormtrooper armor, since its meant to protect from laser/plasma blasters instead of kinetic rounds- almost would probably crumple like plastic against bullets. Not to mention the tactics Half Life Alyx NPC's have due to learning it from earth's tactics- basically, Plasma blaster would easily penetrate our modern body armor today, as our modern weapons and guns would penetrate Stormtrooper armor today, unless I'm wrong.
In the lore armour in star wars is supposedly so effective against against kinetic projectiles that it's nearly impossible to kill someone wearing armour while using projectile weapons. When asked about Endor and the Wookies the general sentiment is "we don't talk about Endor." Some transhuman units do use actual Combine weapons though and they're not bullets. They're weaponized dark energy.
The bullets used by combine are Dark energy as @Reaper08 said, and modern guns do exist and they're called slugthrowers and are ineffective to near useless against armor, while very effective against sith and jedi as for you can not block or deflect the projectile with the lighsaber. but the Combine would still clap considering their weaponry and synths(+the use of biological warfare/Crab shells)
@@illuminatorgd3137 Not easily. I'd reckon a few decades of fighting before complete conquest by the Imperium. The Galactic Empire does maintain control over sixty million plus worlds after all and they still possesses a fleet of millions of ships and an army of trillions of troops. An invasion by the Imperium would probably unite the Empire and various rebel factions temporarily so it wouldn't just be the Empire.
man and these are only the humanoid combine soldiers they are fighting, can't imagine they do any better against the other off world forces constructed by the combine elsewhere
@@greg77389 Almost like they left only an occupational garrison force behind that was only good for controlling the cities and their surroundings and had trouble fighting back when the entire planet rose up as a mythical heroic figurehead literally got Deus ex Machina'd on the planet.
@@benceklock4831 If they control entire dimensions and universes then you'd think they wouldn't have problems with spreading their numbers too thin, but clearly they do meaning they'd struggle against the Empire. And if it's merely an issue with expanding too fast then it's an issue with the higher-ups making poor tactical decisions. And at what point do you decide some tiny backwater planet isn't worth defending? The trope you mentioned is common, where a vast army is thwarted in large part by a single person. It applies to Half Life, Star Wars, Doom, and many other games/movies. It's not realistic but it makes for a good story.
Stormtroopers bullied literally from everyone. Most shitfull and bullied imperial forces. I think their elite version is in warhammer - Lamenters. Yes, because they has fixed aim, loyality and might. And yes, it's also because they suffer. Always.
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Would love to see more of this mob, thanks for your vids mate
How do u do this can u download it on ps4 ?
@@RealSipSiphalf life Alyx is a computer VR game
@@content4810 dam
GARRYS MOD SOURCE 2 ???
Ive always admired how well the Combine ai in Halflife games commits to formations and battle tactics. Its kindof scary..
Not to mention the AI had to be dumbed down to make it more manageable to VR players!
@@BEANBOYOBEANITHyeah if they used the same AI as half life 2 the wouldn’t have been playable. A VR wouldn’t have a chance.
@@djcuevas1057 the way they made the dumbed down ai still look intimidating or smart is very cool though, love half life and i hope we get a 3rd one...
@@BEANBOYOBEANITH Wish we got the smarter version of this AI as a mod.
@@djcuevas1057 half life 2 VR players reading this comment:
Can you imagine if the combine ended up invading the galaxy when the galactic empire was in control?
Combine has aim.
Combine can create army from anything
Tactical (Earth gave them new doctrine)
Headcrabs
I think they would’ve been absolutely destroyed by all the force users
@@poteto9147 imagine reflecting smg shots dude
Dodge? Nah hell naww, how you gonna dodge it. They still gonna shoot
That would be like the Yuuzhan Vong but bleaker
@@SX41799
*They are the good guys.
3:45 Best shot by far, great job.
D day 😂
@@SamuelMerckwhat?
3:46 that is a very cool perspective. Reminded me of the mg bunker in saving private Ryan. Hope to see more half life Alyx NPC wars. Love how they move and act alive. Also when they derp out.
I love how terrifying the suppressors really are.
3:46 this combine went on an insane killing spree
He must felt like Rambo
*suppressor casually activates doom music*
And this 5:17
They don't call him suppressor for nothing in real life this guy would be a nightmare.
5:20
(3:46) POV: You are a German soldier on D-Day
XCOM vibes
The Stormtroopers who bravely engage in battle always move and inspire me with respect! Thank you so much for creating another great Stormtroopers battle video.
0:59
Man when that soldier went behind big guy. A.I are starting to impress me. Also wow the animations for the way everyone moves are great.
And the imperial army is “weak”
who do you have to be to be impressed by the technology from 2005
@@I-Nex this game isnt from 2005??
@@FirePonk_ this one is not
@@I-Nex what were you referring to? Because games didnt have this ai back then
3:45 The inner German has woken up in that Suppressor
bros german bloodline did not die out
2:07 "I'm done with this sh*t"
Seeing this makes me want another battlefront game so bad
Could you image if they made a half life battlefront
@@kingofworms831 That sounds awsome, I hope Neon Prime is like that
@@kingofworms831 that would be an amazing crozzover but theres not alot of halflife heroes that could matchup to jedi and bounty hunters.
@@Phaz0nFckrNeon Prime?
@@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq Half-Life 3
There’s just something so satisfying about that noise of the Combine flat lining whenever they die
true dat
but also something satisfying about stormtroopers AGHHH
Can you imagine how sick a combine bruiser (I think that’s the combine soldier’s name the one with the shield) fighting against a dark trooper phrase 3.
Chargers aka Wallhammer
dude it just step on him and he'd die. there is no way he'd stand up to that menace.
5:44: Anakin Skywalker: I hate sand.
If regular bugs weren’t bad enough
The storm troopers seem to have no problem killing something that's not a main character.
It looks like those stormtroopers finally found the droids they were looking for.
the fact Ordinal rush behind Charge and then to the TIE fighter wing for cover....that is some good A.I right there, not to mention the smooth movement
Not to mention Ordinal stopped for a quick reload behind the Charger.
The beauty of HL:A's ai, it's kinda realistic how tactical the Ordinals are compared to the others. Using cover much more often then grunts, and using the support as cover.
Now I want someone to make episodes about what if the Combine went into war with the Galactic Empire.
2:08 now thats badass
It depends on how much heavy equipment the Combine has. That ATST would have given the Combine a bad day, but admittedly. I don't know enough about them to accurately say.
Если говорить о применении техники, то у альянса есть тот же страйдер с аннигиляторной пушкой которая легко пробьет лоб ат ст
These combine are specific to the Quarantine Zone, an infested area of an occupied city the combine has. Their standard units are a lot lighter, and they have massive, intelligent fighting synths like Striders, Gunships, Dropships, Combine Guards (if you consider the beta build canon), hunters (basically heavy assault synths),and modified APCS. Not t9 mention orbital bombardments and ability to instantly teleport anywhere in the cosmos. Pretty scary stuff.
The Storms winning that first round was surprising.
The Combine soldier was simply outnumbered.
@@Glawackus-1600 What still got knocked by teddy bears?
AT LEAST NPC UNIVERSE HAS RETURN
7:26
Hearing the rapid flat-lines is very demoralizing for the Combine soldiers.
5:36 Combine gunner: "I wonder if that's a..."
just realized the reason why grunts was never used was because the storm troopers was the grunts but reskinned
My only gripe is that the Empire is only using their E-11s and grenades while the Combine units have some unit diversity: riflemen, LMGs, riot shields, etc. It seems kinda even, but if the Empire got some weapon/unit diversity like the Combine the fights would be a lot different.
It's a bit complicated, HL:A mods can only replace things that the game already has, in this case stormtroopers and their E-11's replacing grunts and their pulse SMG's
I love how the charger realized the firepower was overwhelming and decided to use it’s shield as a means to get close so it could use it’s shotgun more effectively.
MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! Epic video, as always. This topic is my fav.
The chargers seem to struggle the most in these combine vs. combine scenarios. For one they tend to get confused as the way they pursue a single target directly influences how they engage from a distance. Chargers are programmed to pursue a single target (the player) and force them out of cover via slowly but surely walking towards them, and using their shield to protect from headshots. Once they get close enough they deploy their shotgun which deals major damage. In this case they seem to get very confused as to which target to pursue and simply stand in place and deploy their shield instead of returning fire once they get shot (something they seem to remember). Something that doesn't help is the fact that the "stormtroopers" who are basically just reskinned grunts have infinite grenades, which are essentially the chargers kyrptonite. If the grenades were disabled or maybe limited the charger would probably have a much better time.
3:45 i am yet to see someone who can outsmart bullet
YATATTAATATATTTATATATATTATTTAAAA
Favorited the Combine side a bit here giving them different variants. Should've been Death Troopers or Dark
It’s about time the combine met their match.
Another Real fraking Incredible AF NPC battle right here
Stormtrooper’s vs Combine neat
1:00 ok THAT was cool! Ordinal runs to take cover behind the energy shield emitted by the Wallhammer before running off to better cover under the TIE Fighter then gives out a direct command on who to target with the hand gesture.
Stormtroopers : we will kill you
Combine : naw i'd win
There’s something so scary about hearing the regular voices of the stormtroopers and then hearing the overly mechanized and robotic voices of the combine
Imagine a game like this. Gmod but with the Half Life : Alyx engine…
5:42 zerglins rush
When talking about the combine we have to make a few things clear, we can’t count non-cannon stuff, which probably includes all the cut content and some synth soldiers from the combine. We don’t know enough about the combine to truly come to a conclusion on who would be victorious in a battle
Technically, there is no TRUE lore, it's kinda all up to the player as small parts of a much larger universe is slowly revealed, but it's safe to say the combine would still win with their better armor, weapons, and vehicles/synths that would destroy the AT-AT, AT-STs, And TIE Fighters/Bombers
Let's also put into fact that the combine are a multi-universal army, they would have MUCH more bodies and weaponry to throw then the Empire would have.
Very cool at 4:25, the bug creatures were also a surprise lol. Combine definitely faired much better against them for sure
The combine would win by a mile if they had to fight Stormtroopers. Against higher ups like Jedi or Siths? Yeah, I could see them struggle, but thats when the Advisor comes in.
Advisors would clap with the telekinesis, but the dark energy bullets used by combine might prove more difficult to block as they don't move as slow as blaster fire does.
im inpressed that they didn't really miss that time
we got to achnolage that the basic troops of the empire faced the special forces of the combine not grunts.
Nice. I love these.
So the Combine Soldiers are So Strong that as few as 10 or even 2 is enough to kill an entire horde of stormtroopers.
I feel there should be more different types of stormtroopers like scout troopers or death troopers
Rip friendly fire 2:47
0:48 that legs animation
Fun fact ceramic armor is almost immune to heat base weapons considering it can basically touch the sun it’s self.
so if blasters are ionized gas then a carbine would be immuned to blaster fire if there armor is clay base
Pretty sure there are stormtrooper varieties like the shock trooper, scout trooper, jet pack trooper, sand trooper, shore trooper, death trooper, etc
Physical kinetic bullets would due a lot against stormtrooper armor, since its meant to protect from laser/plasma blasters instead of kinetic rounds- almost would probably crumple like plastic against bullets. Not to mention the tactics Half Life Alyx NPC's have due to learning it from earth's tactics- basically, Plasma blaster would easily penetrate our modern body armor today, as our modern weapons and guns would penetrate Stormtrooper armor today, unless I'm wrong.
In the lore armour in star wars is supposedly so effective against against kinetic projectiles that it's nearly impossible to kill someone wearing armour while using projectile weapons. When asked about Endor and the Wookies the general sentiment is "we don't talk about Endor." Some transhuman units do use actual Combine weapons though and they're not bullets. They're weaponized dark energy.
The bullets used by combine are Dark energy as @Reaper08 said, and modern guns do exist and they're called slugthrowers and are ineffective to near useless against armor, while very effective against sith and jedi as for you can not block or deflect the projectile with the lighsaber. but the Combine would still clap considering their weaponry and synths(+the use of biological warfare/Crab shells)
Imagine if the storm troopers didn't replace the grunts. Would be intresting seeing combine grunts vs star wars stormtroopers.
"Taking heavy fire!"
Bro wasn't even holding a gun 💀
The combine just sound so cool.
Reply what makes them cool to you!
Alyx: where are the wallhammers?
The wallhammers :
They should really learn to cook their grenades
The combine just nonchalantly steps to the side
Oh wow, wasn't expecting this at all 😂😂
Been a while I've seen something from Half life 💔
Combine soldiers have more drip compared to the stormtroopers lol
Was this in Gmod or HLA?
You can also change stats and increase the units intelligence to make battles more interesting.
It's HLA, thanks for the info will play around with stats next time.
@@NPCUniverse Test both Gmod and HLA and see if which is better to make a cinematic battle.
@@Callum_Summer0972 gmod is source so hla would already be instantly better
I really wish we could make NPC act like real people as it become painfully clear after a minute you're just looking at 2 dumb bots duking it out.
Do an open world battle. It's going to be super cool to watch
0:37 what a sellout 😄
Imagine your a stormtrooper that is going upstairs suddenly you saw a suppressor
I'm impressed these storm troops survived through lunch time, let alone the battle.
Storm trooper at 5:13 was like "hey guys! Check me out!" Might as well have walked up the stairs backwards
I wanna see stormtroopers vs the imperial guards and space marines from warhammer 40k
Dude... WH40k army stomps the empire from star wars easily.
@@illuminatorgd3137 Not easily. I'd reckon a few decades of fighting before complete conquest by the Imperium. The Galactic Empire does maintain control over sixty million plus worlds after all and they still possesses a fleet of millions of ships and an army of trillions of troops. An invasion by the Imperium would probably unite the Empire and various rebel factions temporarily so it wouldn't just be the Empire.
"taking heavy fire"
combine: *has shot once*
Fun fact, if an Ordinal Dies then any other unit in its squad will make uncoordinated decisions and attacks
Death Korps of Krieg vs Stormtroopers?
Assuming there are bayonet animations of course.
Death Korps easily stomps the stormtroopers
I like that even that even the Stormtroopers grenades are thermal detonators.
Combine definitely won. Deflecting shots? The ammo would melt and the debris would still hit the person with the lightsaber
*Combine speaks*
"What he say?"
Do you put the combine in squads? I think doing that makes the ai less likely to friendly fire on eachother.
Yes I do, otherwise they wouldn't fight each other, since stormtroopers are modded combine I have set a different team for each side.
Combine is nice! However the combine soldier with the shield needs to be fired lol. He has a big gun but I never noticed him using it.
He actually has been using it.
Well done mix of worlds
6:03 BRO DID A BACKFLIP
War is a game like serious matchmaking
I’ve just noticed that the stormtroopers are just grunt reskins
man and these are only the humanoid combine soldiers they are fighting, can't imagine they do any better against the other off world forces constructed by the combine elsewhere
Unlike stormtroopers, the combine dont miss 💀
Now this is content creating!
2:47 bro how did that storm trooper take out 3 combine soldiers
Not very realistic they need to have bad aim to be realistic
@@combineshotgunner9104bud learn star wars, stormtroopers have decent aim
@@large-turkey They can't even kill a jedi, their existence is just to get obliterated by jedi
@@combineshotgunner91043 weeks late but comparing a Jedi to an average stormtrooper is a horrible comparison
Throughout all time, the imperials have had the AT-ST as an ornament, as decoration, just to show it off, or not?
I'd like to see the republic clone army and the jedi against the combines.
Them laser bolts would one shot a combine soldier
What an odd combination
The troopers don't seem to work together as well as the Combine. Just an observation.
This game is really becoming gmod 2.0
The galactic empire would probably be the first and only thing that could give the combine a run for their money
Yeah, no. The Empire has trouble controlling a single galaxy. The Combine rules entire dimensions.
@@benceklock4831
They also lost to a guy with a crowbar.
@@greg77389 Almost like they left only an occupational garrison force behind that was only good for controlling the cities and their surroundings and had trouble fighting back when the entire planet rose up as a mythical heroic figurehead literally got Deus ex Machina'd on the planet.
@@benceklock4831
If they control entire dimensions and universes then you'd think they wouldn't have problems with spreading their numbers too thin, but clearly they do meaning they'd struggle against the Empire. And if it's merely an issue with expanding too fast then it's an issue with the higher-ups making poor tactical decisions. And at what point do you decide some tiny backwater planet isn't worth defending?
The trope you mentioned is common, where a vast army is thwarted in large part by a single person. It applies to Half Life, Star Wars, Doom, and many other games/movies. It's not realistic but it makes for a good story.
@@benceklock4831there’s also the fact that divine intervention took place as well.
Is it possible to do HECU marines vs Combine Soldiers but in this format especially for the Marines?
Why weren't there other disvisions of stormtroopers involved?
I didn't know you can import g mod assets to source 2
Why do the Combine in HLA look like they're from Warhammer 40k
sucks to see the combine grunt never being used
A killzone mod would be cool
5:14😂😢
Stormtroopers bullied literally from everyone.
Most shitfull and bullied imperial forces.
I think their elite version is in warhammer - Lamenters.
Yes, because they has fixed aim, loyality and might.
And yes, it's also because they suffer. Always.