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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I'm taking a look at a personal favourite mod of mine, Underhell. I will be summarizing, reviewing and analysing it
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The link to the unofficial official Underhell discord server: / discord All new members are welcome!
Download link for the mod: www.moddb.com/...
Link to the Soundtracks bandcamp: tomstoffel.ban...
Credit to metrofan1000 for his video showing the bonus scene: • The Hermit after colle...
My twitter: / 1__lucia
Big shoutout to Mxthe and the We Create Stuff team for making this mod! :)
Be sure to watch until the end!
Also, here is the link to the unofficial official Underhell Discord Server: discord.gg/yqwKZ4V Be sure to join it! :)
The 10 year anniversary stream has happened: th-cam.com/video/j5_nfI-jadk/w-d-xo.html in case anybody wants a quick recap of what was talked about:
Mxthe streamed with facecam and played through the whole game in ~12 hours.
A lot of voice actors were present, but not all. They came and left periodically.
He confirmed that the script for Chapter 2 is fully written and has been for a while.
He seems to have interest in continuing, as of right now it's a time and money issue. He also dosen't know if he's allowed to do stuff like crowdfund while working for another company, and also is afraid to do a crowdfund in case it falls flat on its face.
He seems to have a rough plan for at least 4 chapters. A total of 7 chapters were originally planned, and still seem to be planned.
He said Chapter 1 would be the longest of the first 4 chapters by a lot. Chapter 2 would be a bit shorter, chapter 3 even more so and chapter 4 would tie a lot of things up and be pretty short.
Chapter 2 would've been semi-openworld, similar to the beginning of the prologue in the city.
A bit of lore he revealed, so SPOILERS AHEAD:
He said that the cut-off point for things being real and things being an imagination is right when Jake got shot in the head near the end of chapter 1. Which was widely speculated but it is now confirmed to be true.
He also confirmed the western Janus to be Jakes Dad, but didn't reveal the eastern one, other than that it's a russian scientist.
The glass rooms we see later in the game, where you see all characters, actually has a meaning. It shows what characters survived and which ones didn't. Left being dead and right being alive (I think so). It confirms for one that Frank is indeed dead but also confirms that Matthew is alive!!! Which is awesome. Also Terry and Ben are alive!
Without revealing too much, he said that the player went to the ARC/UDRC twice. Something happened in present time and something happened 5 years ago. Which is pretty interesting to think about. He also said Chapter 2 would answer a lot of questions currently floating around. ALSO everything before the player first goes to sleep in the prison is 1 of the times visiting it, and after we wake up again that is a DIFFERENT TIME. The cutscene of the mirrored house inbetween is meant to represent switching the time its set in.
Mxthe will soon upload a recording of the stream on his channel, I will be sure to link it here once it does come out! (He said he'll cut it down, which I pray he dosen't. I need the full thing!) If anybody was there live and remembers more stuff, let me know! I was also gone for about 3 hours of the 12 hour stream!
Best note out of all of this is that Chapter 2 is NOT dead!!!
Why did you change the thumbnail?
Been hoping to hear this for years, I really hope he finishes it.
Ideally though, it should be ported to the Source 2013 branch, as it doesn't always run amazingly well.
5:43 Perfect ever. :-')
*i wish he make sequel chapter 1... chapter 2. what i can say. masterpiece+ mod. if valve do mod creation like this. that would be Unbelievable+! least 10. year anniversary... good days in 2010s.*
So, Lucia, I’ve heard that all of employees working at New World Interactive have all been sacked by their parent company , Embracer Group. And this means that Mxthe has lost his job. Honestly, this is quite sad to hear.
Don't know if it's mentioned, but the enemy soldiers are voiced by Michael Tsarouhas. He provided the voicelines for the HECU in Black Mesa.
That’s cool! Didn’t know that!
And for all Security forces in the OG Insurgency and helicopter gunner in the Insurgency Sandstorm
@@uncleizya8760 He also is one of the creators of the Insurgency franchise and the co-founder of NWI.
@@uncleizya8760 Well, he also voiced the insurgents, meaning he was both sides in the game. It's why in the game they have shared death sounds, cause they're the same guy.
I just finished this mod a few days ago, so it's incredibly convenient to get a story recap. I was initially really confused by the mix of the paranormal and technological but the gameplay was so good I just let it slide. Hermit is the best character. Loved watching this!!
This mod will always hold a special place in my heart.
Underhell is one of my personal favorite mods.
good old underhell, what could have been but glad to know the devs have moved on to make great things
I remember reading that Frank may not be dead. Someone noclipped to the remains of the helicopter and there is no body to be seen.
yeah, it's sad that Underhell was never ended, it has a good story, horror atmosphere and amazing gameplay.
Remember Sandstorm's cancelled singleplayer campaign? Mxthe may have written it.
@@teslasharkCancelling that was a massive mistake imo. Such an interesting part of the world unrepresented story wise in any game.
@@SadenIsWatchin All because Erdogan, literally Erdogan
@@teslasharkWhat did he have to do with this?
@@ConstantBit9 In late 2017 there were people writing to NWI arguing against a YPG/PKK--related campaign and they're supposedly supported by Turkish diplomacy.
Voice of Eric here. Thanks for checking this out! I remember contributing to this many years ago.
Awesome to see you here! Would someone have told me years ago that the voice of an underhell character would watch a video of mine I wouldn’t believe it :P
legendary comment
Damn
Is it that old?
@@lucaswallo8127 I remember playing this mod back in like 2014 when I was still in high school so yeah its pretty old
My friend was or maybe still is in contact with Mxthe. Back then, when the chapter one was released he said that Mxthe had the complete script for the mod containing something around 600 pages of text. Can't tell if this is true, but considering how big and complicated the prologue and chapter one are, it could be possible. Either is possible the return of the Underhell rather as the source mod or as satandalone game on a different engine if the complete script thing is true.
As mentioned by @WAcrobat19, there's definitely a market for these kind of games now. With how successful the Insurgency series is, hopefully New World Interactive takes that opportunity to expand their horizons. A definitive edition alongside Chapter 2 would be a definite buy from me.
@@CaptPatrick01 Issue here is that the current NWI isn't the same. A lot of dev studios are a shell of their former selves, morally.
Mxthe confirmed he has a full script for chapter 2 in his 10 year anniversary stream
With Trepang2 released, and Selaco coming out in the near future, I hope this lets the Underhell development team see that the market is still strong for horror gun-fu Fear-like FPS games
Mxthe who is the lead developer works at New World interactive now and We Create Stuff is busy on a different project rn sadly :( even if Mxthe revives the project We create stuff is probably not going to join to work on it again.
Fun Fact:
One of the Developers of TREPANG2, Brandon, had something to do with the development of Underhell.
Wait, We create Stuff is making another Game?
@@GameZocker22 mxthe is working on the Insurgency: Sandstorm
@@nightie7757 Mxthe isn’t part of We Create Stuff and wasn’t when Underhell was in production. The team was helping him with the project
This mod also have Horde event, when You making a lot of noises or wandering around for some amount of time, there would play very unsetting creepy-ass ambient and You will hear a lot of footsteps around You, and when any infected sees You, the horde event will activate, so You better hide in nearby closet until they calm down.
I played this mod for around 10 times and this event still makes me panic)
And very rare hunt event in the house...
I would just mow down the horde. lol
You can also climb onto something where zombies can't reach you, and just melee them to death. Useful for clearing the area before you escort survivors.
Decision on going with Bryan and Junior or with Terry and Benjamin affects, who you will be fighting. With Bryan and Junior, it's lights out, zombies in, situation, while with Terry and Benjamin it's PMCs you get to fight.
Also, fun fact - if you do stealth mainframe section successfully, opening mainframe will release horde of zombies, that will massacre all soldiers in the area, so better not stand near door as it opens and quickly hide.
is that the part when you need to sneak into a break room because its power was on another fuze or something.
so you sneak/fight there and then talk whit someone over MSN whit the player texting and the other talking in voice.
and you also have diffrent responses if you sneaked or fought your way there?
@@Zack_Wester No, you describe part with getting into mainframe.
Damn, I remember playing this mod back when it came out, I was just 14 and it seemed like the most mind-boggling interesting game I had ever played back then. This video is a real blast to the past.
Having played a shitload of games I have to say there is genuinely nothing that comes even close to what this game tried to be. It's insane how ambitious it is but manages to succeed anyway. It's impossible to describe what this game is supposed to be, it's like a fever dream first person shooter but sometimes a horror game but also a scavenger hunt puzzle exploration game with random events... It's just, it's insane. If there ever was a museum for interactive media, this game should be front and center. I admire how boldly it mixes and matches various rpg, fps, horror, mystery, thriller elements to create this blend that I don't think anyone will ever have the balls to attempt again. Maybe the new Alan Wake? Tho I doubt it
Totally agree. It seems disrespectful to even label it as a "mod" because it goes so much further than other mods. It was several years ago when I played it and I'd completely forgotten about it until I came across this video, watching this completely reminded me of what an amazing piece of work it is both as an exciting gaming experience as well as an awesome piece of storytelling that is fit for a TV series.
@@HC100_my only real gripe with this mod is that sometimes the cutscenes are really corny or janky and most of the characters aren't well voiced. Like Mathew i think would've sounded much better if he had a makarov like voice
Oh and that the zombies use mostly default animations and their lack of variety and how they all make the same 4 sounds.
@@Glenn_Quagmire personally I think the corniness and jank are part of it's charm. it shows that it was truly a passion project. also, nearly all of the cutscenes were in-engine and source wasnt really meant for cutscenes. it's hard to pull off convincingly without using SFM
DUDE I FUCKING LOVE THIS MOD!!! I played it when it first came out and legit got so sad knowing chapter 2 wont be coming out because Mxthe moved on to work on insurgency sandstorm.. ahhh im so so sooo happy youre talking about this mod!!
It's a shame that this game wasn't fully finished and probably never will be.
Fun fact: there are some unused audio clips for when the ACEs encounter the infected enemy types in the game's files which were probably intended for chapter two at some point.
What are the contents of the clips? How do the ACEs handle it?
just a heads up, all the ACE voicelines are just lines from the normal enemy soldiers, excepted put through a filter and heavily distorted so it likely wasn't much effort to make any of the lines. Just play the correspondingly numbered infected callout (or any of the other matching lines for situations) for each enemy and it's very apparent.
This game literally was my childhood. I'm so glad there's still recognition to this day, even if its full product will never see the light of day.
It's insane how long this game actually is. For a free mod it's just packed with stuff. And the gameplay loop is so well done, you never get tired of it. High-octane FEAR inspired shootouts and then slow burn explorations of the creepy House.
The House was probably my favorite part in Underhell. I think that's the closest thing to a Room from Silent Hill The Room I've seen. A haunted player's base full of secrets which gets creepier and creepier as the time goes by.
I love how much inspiration Underhell took from FEAR, doing something unique with it too! The surprisingly gripping story on both games always gets me.
I remember Vargskelethor Joel playing this a while ago, he was mostly just playing on the house for the spooky factor, but after reaching the more actiony part of the game, he stopped playing. Going to guess he was more interested in the horror part of it and action was not something he was looking for.
What an idiot
Yes, he always makes fun of the idea of a horror game giving you a gun and I've probably heard him say "OBJECTIVE: KILL" in a mocking macho accent like 12 separate times now.
@@Mate_Antal_ZoltanThe guys at Vinesauce are experts at repeating the same three jokes.
same with markiplier.
I love this mod so much, so underrated. Still coping hard for chapter 2 to come out. A steam release of this and nightmare house 2 would also be nice...
Think I will give it a replay myself and then come back and watch this vid :D
Is the story somewhat closed or does chapter 1 end in a complete cliffhanger or something like that? Kinda wanna play but I don't like to be kept hanging forever lol
@@GuilhermeTobal5150 Chapter 1 ends in a complete cliffhanger.
But, you don't need to feel being kept hanging forever, since everyone knows the game will never be continued again.
So just play it.
This mod/game is the REAL definition of HYPE. Playing it since prologue, and at least once every year. I love above all the love put on it,: the plot, the ambience, the music, the (amateur but lovable) voice actors... Thanks to all of them for having been part of this. I hope and wish that we will see a full game.
Where you end up after fight in shower depends from outcome - winning fight gets you into high security section, losing gets you into infirmary.
Interesting! Didn’t know that! :P
@@1lucia That guard you mentioned at first also has quite dark sense of humor. When he escorts you to Warden, it's possible for you to close 2 other guards inside high security cell with someone possibly dead from infection there, and he would only say "I saw nothing, for all I care it was wind closing door or something" and laugh a bit.
And if you avoid the fight entirely, you return to your cell block. So the game has three different starting locations for the player before the encounter with the infected.
@@ceu160193 its more fucked up after you found out what happened to those guys. on one of the PDAs its mentioned that someone else found those 2 guards passed out and prossibly vomited in their masks iirc
And also if you kill alot of guards, youll get to see Ito during the high security cell cutscene.
47:06 That Piano soundtrack is epic and it gives me chills.
Underhell is one of the best mod I’ve ever played! I finished it last month. Seeing a channel like you making a video about it makes me pretty happy due to how little this mod is talked about nowadays
I really hope they continue this mod one day. The story of it is so intriguing.
I have to correct you there for that last cutscene in the dead city (spoilers)
It's raito who's in the suit that follows you out the window, not Royce. You can see he kills the guards trying to shoot Jake as if he's trying to talk to him.
I theorize Mia was asking her brother personally to bring Jake to her.
"The best mod never finished" is more appropriate.
Matthew has his own quest later on - he will ask you to locate information on your search for keycard into gassed labs. In exchange he gives you silencer for your pistol, so you can be more discreet.
Please make more of these longer Videos. I loved the Entropy Zero one and this one aswell.
Gonna have to wait and see how well this one does, right now it’s rather low on views. If it stays that way I‘m afraid it isn‘t rentable since this video took me like 100 hours to make in the last week lol
@@1lucia oh that sucks :/ but its understandable. Sadly longer videos arent in such high demand. Thank you for your effort and i hope this video does well :).
A friend of mine did at least some of the first person animations in this mod, as far as I know he's currently working for 1047 Studios, the guys behind Splitgate. As much as I miss the golden age of Source modding, it's still nice to see how so many of the people from back then have gone on to go pro.
Not really. Growing up in those times,I can tell you a lot of them were very cliquey and smug.
@@itsabug4274 Oh absolutely they were, you do NOT want to know the shit that the guys behind A Hat in Time were doing back in their source modding days.
@@asteroidrules That's why I don't think it's nice. They screwed over people who either weren't there to learn it first, or they gatekept so hard only people they liked got to progress.
A special breed of tale is Underhell, this project earned its flowers.
Undertale
Matthew's death still lives rent-free in my head to this day.
“Death” huh? You might need to replay the game and look around a certain hallway and you’ll notice something veeeeery interesting.
@@jimjellyjinjamjimbo mind telling me more? i only ever noticed bryan running off to somewhere at the end of chapter 1
@@vendybirdsvadl7472 It’s before that. It’s when Michael makes you go back into your head to read Tom’s journal. You’ll walk through a hallway that has certain characters on the left side and the right side. There’s an interesting pattern you’ll notice between the two and what side correlates to what.
when i was younger i only saw the first moments and i tought it was a swat game, but now i see its something much more fun!!!! thank you for showing us these, youve been my number one hl2 youtuber for a while now
This isn't at all what this video is about, but I do wanna say that I appreciate you not censoring your subtitles. A lot of people leave swears uncensored in their audio but remove them from their captions as if people can't handle reading the word "fuck"
idk it's just nice to see :)
it's more youtube will demonetize you for swearing if your not in their good graces which is equally as dumb
14:31 average boring prison staff nerd VS average fuck point enjoyer
Dude, I watched some guy’s retrospective video on this mod and decided to replay Underhell a couple weeks ago and then I discover this video, (at the time of this comment at least) being uploaded 2 days ago
Is Underhell having some sort of resurgence?
Probably, it is incredibly ahead of its time, and if you think about what kind of god-like entity you have to be design this clusterfuck of a game it's probably getting more attention from people who are into game design.
I know I shouldn't get my hopes up. But I really hope Mxthe drops some hints about Chapter 2's development during his stream later this year. Thank you so much for covering this mod, it's hands-down the best HL2 mod anywhere on the internet! Such a terrible shame that the rest of the game might be stuck in development hell for the foreseeable future, but I'm still really happy with what we got.
I have definitely seen this name before, but never played the mod myself. From your description and provided gameplay it reminds me of the F.E.A.R. games but much more narrative driven.
Still waiting for Chapter 2. . .
dont hold your breath
Thank you so much for recommending this game. I just finished it and I am astonished at how incredible it was.
"I'm sure it would be impossible to fight your way through without God mod"
Me who fought the whole army and killed them all: Naaaaah
Edit: also yes, if you mange to kill them all and the backup before they call more, the game won't spawn anymore.
I've played this mod more than once, it's very cool even though most people criticize it, in my opinion the mod is very well made and we'll join the game, sad that it wasn't finished
there does not exist a masterpiece that hasn't got its share of criticism
sup, kunen!
@@vendybirdsvadl7472 Hello!
Hey Lucia dude, This music at 7:37, I SWEAR TO GOD, I HEAR THIS SOMEWHERE BACK AT 2010!
Im not sure if was a game but was a old Source mod i think maybe Underhell itself which the video was called Catching the assassin, they used if im not wrong the savanah hotel from L4d2 and the guy killed the assassin using a sniper rifle to shot at a explosive barrel to kill the assasin, plus i do remember Fear's Bullet time effect, do someone remember this?
I've never had a video catch me for being a time-skipper. *slow clap* well done
I still don’t understand the story at all I watch through this entire video 3 times already and I am so confused on what’s going on.
It'd be awesome to interview the dev(s)
They really knew Hammer inside and out
I remember when the prologue first came out. Me and my friends in high school were terrified of "The House" due to the creepy elements to it. After playing and finishing Chapter 1, I fully agree that this mod really has been flying under the radar since it came out. There is barely any coverage about it here on TH-cam. So much effort was put into this mod, yet barely anyone seems to have noticed it. It has really unique design choices and gameplay compared to the average HL2 mod.
weird, back when it was released I could only see people sing praises about it.
Yeah, it's like it never existed😢
@@weirdautumn Indeed. Hopefully it has gotten more recognition since this video got posted
I hope Mxthe (Jeremy) realizes that his creation is still beloved by so many players like me. It’s a game that would genuinely benefit from a rerelease and conclusion. So much potential for a unique game. A masterpiece of its genre. It’s a game I often think back on because tbh, there’s nothing else like it. Sure there’s F.E.A.R. but to me Underhell does something FEAR doesn’t with the whole House aspect. Even that little side mode was fun on its own. Loved the story twists, characters, the gameplay elements mixing survival elements with a FPS narrative adventure game. Perhaps too ambitious for its own good, but that didn’t stop us from enjoying it.
im not huge into source modding but this does look amazing, my limited experience with it though tells me that it's a pain to work with for ambitious projects. One can hope they'd one day try it again
Wish this video included proper walkthrough of stealth part. In summary, it's like this - you stealth past PMCs, until you locate active computer with what seems like a video call. Answering video call, you see scientist trapped in mainframe room and communicate with him using text chat(Jake actually types answers on keyboard). He explains, that many survivors rushed there for shelter, but some of them were infected, so he is only one alive there at the moment, but he can unlock door for you, if you promise to rescue him.
Also yes, it's basically impossible to do it loud without godmode, as being spotted summons about 4 PMCs with ballistic shields, that will almost certainly kill you.
Man that part was fucking hard lol
I got through this part without godmode lol
@@uhsir9852me too,if you shoot from the vents it’s ez
14:57 cool thing about the prison fight. If you win the fight, you wake up in the high security cell and if you lose you wake up in the infirmary or I think it was your own cell? I don't remember exactly but it's a nice detail.
You can also just not participate in the fight. If you don't, you can either return to your cell when its lights out, or ignore the order and be knocked out by a guard, which puts you in a high security block cell.
I also love this mod and I'm disappointed it's not finished.
I've played it maybe three times
Oh wow, I haven't seen this in a good while. I was involved in this mod too, having animated the guns! :D
Thank you for your work on this mod! The weapons are great!
biggest plot twist for me was mxthe working on fucking insurgency and isandstorm lmao
I really dig the amount of passion that you have for this mod
and the amount of passion in the video, keep up the great work!
So, Lucia, I’ve heard that all of employees working at New World Interactive have all been sacked by their parent company , Embracer Group. And this means that Mxthe has lost his job. Honestly, this is quite sad to hear. Also, I don’t think we should get our hopes up for Underhell Chapter 2, just yet as this is quite upsetting news
I heard this as well. It’s incredibly sad. Hope him and everyone else at the company that got fired is doing well. Perhaps this is his opportunity to start a Patreon and fundraiser for Underhell Chapter 2, but that is up to him of course.
@@1luciaI believe everything happens for a reason. So, this could mean that an Underhell Chapter 2 could be made.
Valve can't count to 3, i guess this guys can't count to 2.
Thanks for reviewimg one of my most loved mods ever!
YES YES
SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT UNDERHELL
FUCK YEAH
Now that he got his foot in the industry, maybe he's working on realizing his idea in a standalone project with an actual budget? Wishful thinking I know but certainly would be dope.
The part you mentioned about about the guy that got teleported that was not Royce that's Takeo/Raito Kitano he returned to save Jake and Bryan like he said on the radio when he went looking for his sister Mia.
Takeo is a bro
The mod doesnt even have anything to do with half life
"What the hell is going on out there?"
*"IT'S A GODDAMN AIRPLANE!"*
Just downloaded it. Very slow and long prologue, but afterwards I really enjoyed it.
This needs more views. really happy to see Underhell get more coverage
I’ve watch through all of this and holy shit, i never seen a good hl2 mod with a plotwits, i probally should play it on my own, also congrats on you’re 10k subcriber!
Pyrocynical if he made good videos
Dude its like F.E.A.R thats what it is! Thats sick! I really think the creator was inspired by half life 2 and f.e.a.r , the spas 12, the duel pistols, the slow mo, !
I have been following this since its release! always hanging up to hope it makes a comeback :( Planning on playing it once more soon.
underhell is the only game where i get the felling of wanting to play it again for the first time, because its just so incredibly good. i love nearly everything about it. the story is so damn good, the setting of chapter 1 is outstanding, the ambience throughout chapter 1 is the best in any video game i've ever seen, the soundtrack is just perfect and nearly everything else is perfect as well.
but im incredibly sad about the fact, that even if chapter 2 was released at some point, it wouldn't be on the source engine anymore. source just has that special vibe to it, wich fits the game perfectly. no other game engine (except maybe source 2) would be able to replicate that feeling.
Maybe I'm just a little stupid, but that ending plot twist went right over my head
When you finish hours worth of a mod and you're only 10% done lol
For the most part, I didn't care much for the main campaign, but the house part alone is my single favorite horror game. I wish there were more stuff like it. I want a whole game about only the house, with different environments, and maybe other supernatural entities, subtly haunting the player.
What I like about the menu is that it describes the setting as "the house", not "home".
I didn’t skip the one part and I’m still completely lost 😂😂😂
Amazing story and depth in this tho really sad to see it not get popular enough
the 10 minute part is revealing the protagonist being MK-Ultra'd for information. As the conversation goes it sounds like you were brainwashed and made into a sleeper agent or are being psychologically manipulated to explain and describe what you've been through throughout the entire chapter.
It's hard to tell how much of the previous story is "real" or not after we realise that some things were a creation of Jake's memory. If I got this correct then the journal at the end is of Jake's father, and that he was someone high up or in charge of the facility/Janus? So then is the narrative of him entering the hospital at the start completely factual or is it just another twist of his memory? It's hard to say.
Anyway its an amazing storyline with so much potential, just a shame that we never get to see the next part. I've no doubt that Chapter 2 would have its own twists and turns that widen the story even more, but we would definitely have got more clarity on the background of Janus, the virus as well as Jake's own past and the nature of his Father's involvement.
I'm not exaggerating when I say this almost feels like the myhouse.wad of HL2, sans the layered meta-narrative outside of the actual game itself. Would love to see where the story would've led from the first chapter onwards. Fantastic video all around, will definitely be subscribing.
I tried giving this mod a chance, I really tried, but I can't look past the fact you play as fcking Johnny Knoxville
this mod is just iconic back in the day when i didnt have half life 2 in steam i did all a mumble of stuff just to get to play this mod
Yuuup, this was one of favorites. I played through this at least 8 times, and still would find something new each playthrough!
We Create Stuff (the people behind nightmare house 1/2, and Portal the flash version) also made a new game around 2021 called In Sound Mind! its pretty fun IMO haven't seen anyone big cover it yet really sadly, the ost is made by the Living Tombstone too even.
An intersting thing to note about underhell is it actually started out as a mod for Half life 2: SMOD. Originally the prologue was released on its own, running off SMOD (which is extremely modular).
You can actually see the mods origins in a lot of the gameplay, with a lot of elements being upgraded / more polished version of SMODs elements.
Perfect examples being the ACE, which is very similar to the SMOD npc_combine_ace, and the zombies which are essentially SMODs npc_zombie2.
I swore I saw some stuff for chapter 2 several years back.. always wondered how things ended up. Sad to see such an awesome project quietly peter-out, bumpin soundtrack tho.
bro is underrated🥲
very nostalgic as i remember actually messaging back and forth with the developer about ideas for the mod years and years ago, before even the first chapter was released. Probably my biggest criticism in retrospect is just how terrible the voice acting is, but i know how hard it can be for mod teams to find decent voice acting.
"The main project it was built for, Janus."
Gets Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War Flashbacks...
Underhell holds a special Place in my heart, being a wee kid back then, i binged the videos on my phone for countless Nights, watching all kinds of youtubers play trough it, defo some memorable times. And partially the Reason why i appreciate everything Source so much nowadays.
52:10 - I believe Mxthe is pronounced "Meh-Kis-Da". Note that he is from Mexico, and according to their alphabet, the X is actually the "la equis". I struggled to pronounce this myself initially but I think this pronunciation is most accurate. Of course, if you can reach the dev himself, maybe he can correct me if I am wrong.
39:27 i love how you flipped the text here, top tier editing!
I remember when this was still in development
Ah, Underhell. Surprisingly fantastic gameplay, stacked with content while having a wonderful mix of action and horror...and also having batshit writing that catapults itself into the comically ridiculous later on. I remember I streamed this game for a group of friends ages and ages ago, and when it got to the "THE GOVERMENT IS FAKE" nonsense Metal Gear Slid type shit, I just started uncontrollably laughing. I then realized that my microphone had slight background echo to my actual audio, so I played a video of Tidus Laughing while still dying of laugther. And then I layered another video of the same thing. And then another. And then another.
By the time the cutscene ended, all of us were crying and red-faced laughing at the game's writing, made worse by the twenty layers of Tidus amidst it all. We all agreed we had genuinely experienced collective hysteria and remember it even about a decade ago.
Good times.
F.E.A.R. for Gaben-sexuals.
fun fact: frank greene's voice actor is the same guy who voiced bad cop from entropy zero.
DO I see sachiko in the thumbnail?
Wanna let you know that i binged a few of your mod reviews a few years back and i forgot your channels name and tried to find you multiple times and i finally found you again thanks to underhell😅 p.s i love your mod reviews
Ho giocato molte Mod di HL2 ma questa le supera tutte atmosfera ,trama set di armi .Veramente una Mod fatta bene .
This to me is the best and longest mod of Half Life 2. The story is complicated. Even now I don't quite understand the entire story..
I don't really like playing horror games so thanks for not ending the video early.
This looks extremely fear inspired. If you want to check out more things similar to this please check out the original fear !