yea

god bless Universal Union

Great video man. It's plainly and simply explained, which is harder than it sounds. I would say tho you definitely need to put larger gaps inbetween sentences. Also some lore corrections from a dedicated HL lore nerd here. We know from final hours of half life alyx, in a bit where they talked about the striders, that the striders and other synth most likely (other synth are not mentioned) are infact creatures that were at some point scanned and altered to a point of no semblance to the original creature - only fitting what the combine had imagined for their purposes, and are then cloned endlessly and augmented. They said that the construction strider was supposed to be an imperfected strider that is still in development / in the altering process. At first I thought this was alot less cool than having these creatures be real creatures stolen from their homeworld and augmented, but the more I think about it the more I think it's incredibly impressive the combine is able to do these types of things, just completely play god and create an entire species from scratch with nothing but a simple layout / idea / reference from another species. I'd also refrain from using the cinematic mod for capturing footage - yes it can look good in some areas but it is completely lore inaccurate and it might twist what some people imagine these locations to look like - if they're not half life fans, and it might make some lore nerds incredibly upset.

Great video! I subscribed and cant wait to see more vids like this

But shouldn't we then hear the combine everywhere?

i'm 16 seconds in, and it has to be said, you need to work on the pacing of your speech and the articulation of your english, my brother. you may not think people will stick around for 30+ mins, but it's more important that was you do say is clearly understandable. i hope you take this criticism as constructive and i will give a sub to see how you get on in the future

Stopped listening after words 'climate change'. You are a brainwashed woke zombie.

My own opinion of breen is this he certainly care about his fellow employees, since he wish to talk to eli instead of putting a bullet, however he is short sighted, unable to see writings on the wall since he is removed from from the scene, in black mesa all he sees is papers that say the equipment can manage the experiment, however there where warnings, then he work to negotiate with the combine after all they came when humanity was at a downpoint, he sees the combine as a empire capable for the good of humanity, but this was due to bieng very much in a tower, he only sees things on the papers. He has humanity best interest as it seen, but he seem to buy into the combine propaganda, I dont think the combine even care about earth or has any intention to honour the deal. To them any race is but a tool, to remove any flaws rend it down to base components and to the combine, humanity are only fit to be the role of stalkers.

Yes, he was.

About the citadel been 5 years only is logic since hl2 told us that the administration of Breen there is new, so why not?

bro is NOT getting ANY sterilized credits for this one 🙏😭😭

Very good video idea but man, PLEASE speak more clearly! I can barely understand what you say, you sound so muffled. Anyway I'll click like

this was a good video but the cinematic mod footage is wild 😭

it's kind of sad people draw on villains for role models. we should be better people. not monsters.

They are waiting for you gordon, in the testing chamberr.

I love this kind of theory, discussion, and debate. I'm going to say, that ultimately, Breen might actually be a GOOD guy. I know, it's not what you're supposed to think. He might even seem like the worst person ever in mankind's history, if you don't think about it too much. But, I'll explain why I think this. So, how can Breen be a GOOD guy, when, over the last 20ish years, he's the face and representative of the occupying force, broadcasting propaganda speeches, and even administering coordinated efforts against the Resistance? Simple.. what other choice did he /have/? What else could he have *possibly* done? He became aware of this enemy - an enemy that's insanely powerful, an enemy that if it so wished, could wipe out mankind entirely in a matter of days, an enemy that's SO technologically advanced that just by broadcasting some sort of radio waves, can prevent pregnancy. And, he somehow convinced them that instead of destroying man entirely, it would be better for them if he was to manage the occupation, and that mankind had more to offer, and that it would be easier to try to convince willing participants. In other words, I'm thinking he's one HELL of a salesman, and even a con man. Imagine if instead, he wanted to BUY AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE for the Resistance, because he must has known a Resistance effort will form. That he's dragging out the process for as long as possible. Now sure, you may be thinking "Didn't he order the capture of Eli?" Yes, he did. But again, what choice did he have? I have no doubt that at some point, his bosses were demanding results. Maybe it's kind of like a General Manager of a large box store who pays his employees better and treats them better, not only because it makes his job easier but because he thinks it's the right thing to do, but this same GM has to balance it against the demands of his bosses. So sometimes, he may effectively be forced to enforce minor policy violations anyway. You know... if I was in a position similar to that of Breen, I might have very well done the exact same thing, if I was able to. The alternative, if you can call it that, is to spit in the fact of the Combine, which will just mean they'll wipe out mankind almost right away, with NO opportunity for a Resistance to form, and possibly find some way to fight back. There's nothing about the Combine from what I can tell, that required a representative. Breen talked them into it. He's making the best of an extremely bad situation, and to give the Resistance the best chance and shot possible. Anyone else think the same way?

Bro why do you interpolated the scene of Amrikaan Psycho!? And you also used A.I Upscaling... why do you hate movies!?

Im thinking about it now if germany had won ww2 and developed more futuristic weapons but the black mesa incident still happened had the humans may won or have stood a chance against the combine?

Respect for playing the cinematic mod without the ugly remodelled character models

I feel like I can't get a good read on Breen because I don't know how much of what he says is his own views and how much is him needing follow the orders of the Combine. Putting that puppet of an administrator aside, though... There is the question of how powerful the Combine is. I mean, they are an organized, hostile alien force that was able to establish total dominion over humanity in a matter of hours, and they have done the same to multiple other planets. If you personally put credence into Epistle 3, they even have at least one dyson sphere. Attempting to fight off the Combine feels extremely foolish-- flippant, even --because they would likely be inclined to just kill off humanity entirely should they really value what they're taking from Earth... and they already seemed to put in more than a minimal amount of effort. Even if the resistance sees short-term successes, the ultimate success of the Combine seems inevitable, just in terms of the difference in technology and scale of force. The resistance will lose if the Combine actually try to win... and, if humanity gets in the way of the harvesting the Earth by fighting off the Combine, I struggle to imagine why they wouldn't fight back harder. Humanity is outmatched by an unfathomable margin. It's a battle with no chance of winning... rather an anticlimax after-- ...but... accept the demands... and you can eat, drink, live... ...Would you not begrudgingly accept that ultimatum? _Basically, the world of Half-Life 2 is truly hopeless; everything the resistance fought for was for naught, and they're only sabotaging humanity's survival; thank you for coming to my TED Talk._

I don't get why some people try to apologize for Breen's actions like he wasn't a slick totalitarian leader. Good vid anyway.

Breen is evil. Living under Combine is not a living. Im with Gordon and resistance. ✊😁

Well he did cause the resonance cascade(YES GORDON FREEMAN DID THAT BUT BREEN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR AUTHORIZING THE EXPERIMENT)

Breen bless. Glory to our Benefactors.

Robert Culp played the best Columbo villain(s). Ironically so did Robert Guillame who was Eli’s actor.

My headcannon: Breen surrendered knowing that there would be an uprising later, he did it to get some time for humanity to organize. He could not collaborate with the resistance becasue the Advisors would know, so he had to fully commit to its paper. He knew that this meant that he would be killed by the resistance when the time came. Becasue Freeman was put on stasis, that uprising came many years later than Breen expected and grew complicit and comfortable on its position, plus "forgot" that the original plan included him being killed. When Freeman abruptly appeared at his office he got cold feet and started to move things around in a rush to keep the status quo as he did not want to die.

bro thinks he's gonna get an extra ration for making this video

He's a complicated character. I did save humanity from COMPLETE extinction, but like I the worst way possible.

Was Breen a gad guy? Well during the story of Half-Life 2 he certainly was. He probably wasn't evil to his core and his negotiated peace with the combine was in good intend and in the end it was what made the resistance possible in the first place. The other option was complete eradication of humanity as a species... Bun when Gorden enters the frame and the resistance grows in power Breen failed to see the opportunity to free Humanity, but rather cowered in fear to the Combine and did all their bidding. So yes... during HL2 he was a bad guy.

He's evil, I mean, the confrontation you have at the end is proof enough that he's vile. But most of the rhetoric that he spills on the game through the Breencasts he tries to come across as the unwilling middleman between the Combine and humanity that's trying to save everyone, but he's more like someone who's thoroughly enticed by the technological wonders the combine has and wants humanity to bend the knee so he can witness everything it has to offer. I mean, in pre-release versions of the confrontation at the end of the game he pretty much goes off about the impossible sci-fi wonders of the combine. I honestly think he has more blame for the Black Mesa incident than anyone else except G-Man, it's too convenient that the administrator of the same place that caused the resonance cascade and the portal storms was also the only one able to communicate with the combines and the world's governments had no choice but to let Breen decide on all the terms of humanity's surrender (as per HL:Alyx's newspaper prop). Just because the Breengrub in Epistle 3 is depicted a little more sympathetic I think people are willing to give Breen the benefit of the doubt, but I believe he's just evil and is using humanity as a stepping stone for all the technology of the combine.

breen is the reason the resistance exists, if he hadnt struck a deal to enslave humanity earth would go extinct

Would the combine ever actually integrate humanity?

My headcanon Is if breen didnt take the "Job" of Earth’s Administrator. Combine would be like in Half life 2 beta. More Parasitecs that in Offical Relise of the game

Cinematic mod 🤢

Really nice video, a pleasure to have it show up on my recommended. I am curious though, if you think Breen is working with the Gman, do you think the Gman could have whisked him away into stasis at the end of hl2? Since as far as I know we don't really know what happens to him after the citadel initially explodes. But then again, maybe the Gman's goals with Breen have already been accomplished, and since he would have no use for him anymore, he could have just let him explode. Curious what your thoughts are!

“Idk why dr breen is so afraid of Gordon freeman” I mean, if you were at black mesa and saw a single scientist literally fight an entire alien army (and multiple gargantuan creatures) without breaking a sweat, it makes sense that breen would be pretty terrified when that one man army turns his sights over to him Gordon freeman is the nerdy John wick calling it now

I am from Ukraine. Of course Vichi is traitor, evil and overall France gave up way too easy unlike us. I mean Soviet Union. Because USSR fought not only Germany but most of Europe. Like Russia does now in some way.

I do think that it's clear through all his speeches, especially the one addressing the Trans-human soldiers, that he is always bargaining with the combine to keep mankind around and not just genocide and assimilate it right away, so he's not totally egoistic, he probably thinks living as pawns of the combine is the only alternative left with earth being completely ravaged

He's saved humanity but lost in thoughts and started to believe combine.

Theory: the advisors aren't in charge of the combime They are but just middle managment The true combine leaders probably don't even know of earth's existance. That's how insignifficant it is to them.

Breen is evil, here I saved you time.

Dr. Rosenberg is the one who called the HECU.

I cant put my finger on it, but the graphics look off. What mod are you using to do this? Aswell as what chapter is Breen in a room on a monitor talking about Gordon?

I love breen

He was manipulated by the combine, however he knew the difference between right and wrong and rolled with the combine anyhow...

Neil Breen > Breen

In breen we trust

how did bro manage to fit a ww2 campaign into a half life game