The FULL Half-Life: Alyx Iceberg

[@1lucia]

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[@denifnaf5874]

Can't wait for Half-Life: decay iceberg!

[@davidhabda9797]

FOR THE LAST TIME ITS " László" DAMMIT

[@denifnaf5874]

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[@memememe609]

Barney reading the conspiracy books still makes sense because, while he was in the incident itself, Rosenberg would have made him aware of the Black Mesa conspiracies he was unaware of (Black Mesa having experimented with Xen earlier) and he would want to learn as much as he could.

[@blazergamer6425]

As somebody who works in security, Calhoun would have very little idea of what was actually going on behind the scenes No matter what his security clearance was even throughout the original games most of the scientists had NO IDEA what the lambda sector teams were doing with only a small number of scientists that worked on the Xen project in fact I wouldn't be surprised that's why Barney Calhoun took the job at Black Mesa was to see if he could find anything and he did find a little alien he put in a Box but other than that he probably had no clue.

[@rebooted_red]

might be rosenburg himself?

[@AJSCATMAN]

The music for the vault is not just that it’s reversed, it’s the fact the music is actually palindromic to emulate the mirrored distortions.

[@benjaminzarkhin1293]

The idea of Merle Alyx and Ozioma Alyx interacting hasn't crossed my mind, but I've subconsciously realized that giving young Alyx a new voice actress could differentiate the two possible Alyxes, and that in future releases Ozioma Alyx would be the one you're playing as/interacting with.

[@mattcy6591]

I don't think Merle left on good terms...

[@GloriG_C17]

Well I had a theory, Maybe in the Hl3 or future title Gordon and Alyx will met Gordon and Eli in Borealis/Combine structure that held Borealis. In there Gordon, Eli and his Bodyguard team will found Alyx tweaking combine computer the same as we see in Entanglement Chapter of HL2 instead of face to face we probably see her in Monitor while Eli do the Hacky thing like Alyx did supporting Gordon by Unlocking doors or find paths and communicating with Gordon. Eventualy Gordon found her but she would act like a stranger to him since this Alyx is Young Alyx and got rehired as Gman footsoldier like Gordon, doing his tasks. Skip until Borealis sequence Gordon and Eli will meet both Alyx and Young Alyx. Idk whats next. This more like a Headcanon rather than Theory?

[@Myne1001]

@@mattcy6591 she didn't leave and as far as I know she has said she would love to voice Alyx in a future game

[@mattcy6591]

@@Myne1001 sorry poor wording. I wasn't implying that she left of her own accord.

[@vroomvreew]

Y'all don't understand the story at all.

[@fridje]

The dynamic in-game between rhys darby and ozioma akagha is so good, it makes me wonder if they ever met or recorded lines at the same studio. If they pulled off such a good and believable character dynamic without ever recording together, even likely recording from opposites sides of the world, then that is even more impressive than just how good their characters are individually

[@tallestone88]

Only real half-life fans know that Lucias' dad fell I'm not a real half-life fan😭 31:37

[@Rob-rd4em]

'No more animals :(' is on the whiteboard you can draw on with pens. I think it has the old work schedule drawn on it too.

[@redwiltshire1816]

Why does that sound like line from the marvel comics “no more mutants”

[@Bendyy_VR]

I saw it on my first playthrough and thought "huh, that's funny"

[@Deergamer5000]

As of now, I have taken gnome chompskie to the part shortly after leaving the star hotel. He has brought me much pain.

[@1lucia]

🫡

[@Thekatbo]

as of now same thing.

[@G7ue]

I remember the physics on the gnome glitching out for me near the end of the game. It would very often phase through the ground, or randomly fling off into the stratosphere. It was pain, but I got it done.

[@yarisher3127]

You have failed the challenge

[@jd_kreeper]

In HLA's developer commentary (please play), it is revealed that there were plans for the player to feed headcrab hearts to a vortigaunt.

[@1lucia]

Interesting!

[@mihailos490]

@@1lucia Yeah, by squishing the heart you could juice it into the vortigaunts mouth which would heal him from a critical state. I'm pretty sure that's why you are able to squish the hearts in regular gameplay

[@StyxDescension]

I absolutely love your theory on why Alyx's VA was recast, that would be SUCH a cool thing for them to do.

[@fac-story7172]

At 13:22 , with the G-Man build board, I'm 97% sure its almost most likely to the insanely famous book The Great Gatsby, in which similar bill-boards are found in the book and are usually seen as metaphor for God/Other-worldly being looking over the lands, forever watching every action.

[@N1kola22]

I have Meta Quest 3 and no VR game is close to immerssion level of Half-Life Alyx. I'm not talking about graphics, but interactions, physics, voicelines, scavenging, gravity gloves, etc... I've spent almost half an hour on the starting balcony, interacting with objects or drawing on the window using markers. Made me feel like three year old again. Then you take gravity gloves and you're back at the start messing around with the world. The thing I like to do the most is break bottles and push doors with a weapon. We need Valve to push boundries again, either more VR games or HL3.

[@G7ue]

I am surprised you didn't mention how you can also tune into a song on the radio, that being the trumpet music that accompanies G-man on the TV in HL2. Its a nice little Easter egg.

[@Myne1001]

>"FULL" Half Life: Alyx Iceberg >No mention Combine Horses My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined

[@1lucia]

Ohhh real that should’ve been here

[@G7ue]

That was from Alyx's development? I remember seeing a model on the Gmod workshop, and thought it was a really cool concept.

[@Myne1001]

@@G7ue it was.

[@Spartan_Tanner]

@@1lucia smh man can't appreciate the DarkNGritty Horse.

[@Maolo92]

Props for not usingthe cursed Alyx model in the thumbnail

[@vibaj16]

HLX datamines have found references to a "xen gorilla". Maybe the headcrab gorilla line was hinting at that?

[@Nasrosee]

Two long half life lore videos from my favourite channels coming out the same week is a blessing

[@eljestLiv]

26:45 Strongly disagree. Ozioma absolutely nailed a younger, more naïve and less battle-scarred Alyx. Merle plays Alyx like she’s already experienced the events of HL2 and onwards. Look at the leaked beta HLA ending. Alyx should be confused, since she was expecting Gordon, as she is in the final product, but in the beta, she’s more pissed off at Gman, which she has no reason to be because she doesn’t know him yet.

[@Deadricblood]

It's also such a small difference, my first playthrough I didn't even notice and thought it was the original voice actor. People get worked up over nothing.

[@BeyondBaito]

@@Deadricblood Merle herself has even stated that she doesn't believe there's any bad blood with Valve, and if they asked her to voice Alyx in the future she would always be down for it, and said she liked Ozioma's voice.

[@cammyiskewl]

The "red door ending" idea would finally put a stop to the wait for HL3 and I hate it with a passion WE WATIED LONG ENOUGH THANK GOD THEY DID A DIFFRENT ENDING

[@willysuna]

I really like the idea of the Combine Killer being Barney! I'd like to see more Otis in a future entry...

[@madlesshatter7393]

24:14 The "Got him." line plays when you shoot the rat in the ceiling of the room where the QZ's door console is. (In the same level you showcased funnily enough)

[@M4rco880]

It is very impressive the way that you put subtitles in all your videos, respects for that

[@Deadricblood]

I absolutely remember Combine commenting on my upgraded weapons. Pretty sure it was the first part of the game where you find the first resin machine.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

What did they say?

[@Messier_-82]

6:45 I believe in the Raising the Bar book it was stated that City 17 look was based on a few different cities - Sofia, Prague and St Petersburg

[@NotZealot]

since purplecolnel won't make part 2 of his half life iceberg, you shall be a perfect substitute.

[@misterk7_-]

Something I noticed but what I've never seen anyone mentioned are the secret voicelines in the vault. I think you're able to hear bits from Episode 2 and 'cut' voicelines like Eli saying "open your eyes honey" distorted and spliced.

[@benjaminzarkhin1293]

Is assume it's from before the rewrite.

[@misterk7_-]

@ no it’s in the retail game for sure!

[@CharlieGass-d6l]

24:35 okay so you can call me crazy but I remember seeing a video where it said that the G man actor (Mike Shapiro) had hidden Easter eggs of half life on his album the long dog. On a window on the album cover it has (if I remember correctly) the number 176 was believed by the creator I watched to be the possible release date of half-life three thank you for listening to my TED talk

[@elsienova4269]

Interesting add about Strider Canyon, we actually had that map without textures and props leaked back in late 2016.

[@chaosmiles07]

The unfortunate problem with the No-VR Mod argument is... there are only two categories of options for VR systems now. One is the expensive category, which includes the Valve Index and HTC Vive lines. The other category is... _supporting Meta or Apple._ So NoVR Mod it is! As long as the game itself is paid for and not obtained illegally, that's the most important thing... right?

[@TheSpoonyCroy]

I mean the PSVR2 also fairly decent albeit it has some hitches for PC integration.

[@dray1195]

Okay here’s a counter argument, if you bought/built a PC powerful enough that you can play games like half life Alyx then money shouldn’t be an issue. There’s also the massive misconception that VR now is 500 dollars minimum when there are other cheaper options, you can even just buy a used index for less than 300 from eBay since it’s a 5 year old headset

[@llordluke850]

tbh if you're determined enough you can get it working on a WMR and honestly your computer doesn't even need to be that powerful. i use a samsung odyssey+ with a lenovo thinkstation S30 and it works fine. might be more or less expensive than what meta's putting out depending on the seller but you do have options.

[@pingas2467]

if you can't afford a game, very few dev's see it as stealing to play something you never could. valve knows people torrent and pirate their games but like any good company they've simply turned a blind eye and don't mention it, but there's a reason space war has 400k players randomly.

[@StiekemeHenk]

I built a PC and bought the Valve Index, just to play this game. I didn't really have the room to spend, but I did. And I'm so incredibly glad I did. VR really brings me to tears at times.

[@Flooph_YT]

1:30 It could also be added because one of the artists who worked on HLA does some Garfield fan art like Garfield mountains or landscapes where Garfield is the landscape.

[@elidatkitty]

Dead advisor might be foreshadowing for the ending lmao.

[@positivebiscuit2348]

9:36 that advisor looks like the one you killed so they probably put it there to be spawned in later

[@SendirianAja]

exactly what i thought

[@G7ue]

Your theory on why they recast Alyx's voice was exactly what I have been thinking. My theory is that HL:A is an entirely different timeline that runs parallel to HL2, and at some point its going to get crossed with the main HL2 timeline, likely due to the Borealis causing some fuckery with space time. I'm sure there will be a twist in HL3, where we meet back up with Alyx near the Borealis, and slowly realize that her past experiences do not align with ours, only for it to be reveled that we are actually with HL:A's Alyx, who was pulled to our timeline, or that we are in hers. At the very least, I 100% think that we will have two Alyx's in one place at the same time. I'm sure that will cause some story drama with HL2 Alyx realizing there is a place where her dad is still alive. Maybe its revealed that she turned down G-man's offer in our timeline?

[@Tourettes-syndrome-gaming]

Half life Alyx beta was dark and gritty

[@DigiveeMHF]

Fun fact about the recasting, Tyler Mcvicker has a leaked early build of HLA that has Merle voicing Alyx all they way through the game. She even asks gman "Who are you?... WHAT are you?..." which leads to the gman's infamous line in response.

[@eljestLiv]

14:33 Or, you know, the nuke that Adrian and Gman orchestrated in Opposing Force

[@BeyondBaito]

A semi-surface level warhead in the New Mexico desert would not have destroyed all of North America.

[@Spendingryan]

​@@BeyondBaitoMy theory is ​maybe the USA put up a immense resistance too, im probably going too far into it, but they probably have the biggest Navy in the world and resources wise didn't have a collapse like the Soviet Union in 1996, they did profit off a lot of wars in the past, have extremely well armed police forces and probably have enough guns for several armed militias lol.

[@ryanallmaras1337]

8:34 the "No more Animals" written in the Zoo is found on a white board that used to be used as the staff's scheduling calendar. Its not off the beaten path or anything. If I remember correctly, its in a room with a large tiger cut-out.

[@humanharddrive1]

I’m glad you included a link to the iceberg itself because I don’t need to watch a video to know all that

[@NA-he5my]

It's on almost the exit of the zoo, where u need to do a puzzle solving to unlock a combine isolation field to pass the area

[@thedude6389]

The metrocop drawing at 15:35 I believe is actually an easter egg to some original artwork for the civil protection/metrocop design back in 2004, if you look up the image where he holds the stunstick and glowing blue eyes you'll see that they're pretty much the same given some childish drawn liberties with it.

[@swgman]

15:25 Another funny thing, this stand says "My favorite animal lmao

[@redwiltshire1816]

I think the adviser in the vault is just environmental story basically saying “yes g-man is stronger than this, and no g-man isn’t an adviser himself or even work for them” the second half of that being an old theory people had about g-man

[@extraordinaryrock2013]

I always thought that g-man intentionally let himself be captured by the combine to lure alyx to him, and he probably killed the advisor that was monitoring him. I'm still open to the possibility that gman is a fully-hatched Shu'ulathoi, not one working for the combine, but part of the secret cabal evading capture from them. Either way, I'm curious where they decide to take the story. In the 20th anniversary documentary for hl2, Marc Laidlaw is back in Valve's offices. Maybe he's working with them on hl3?

[@xvx_k1r1t0_xvxkillme7]

The theory was never that he was an advisor, rather their species that evolved in a different way. BreenGrub revealed that the Advisors are still a Larval stage, rarely they choose to grow, and can reshape their bodies however they see fit. One of those forms could be a human.

[@StevenChad117]

I thought it’s for the cutscenes at the end

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Thinking that a hidden prop most cannot see disproves a theory you personally hate is really funny. And nobody thinks G Man works for the Advisors, rather he is an evolved, non-combine version of their species. True name: Shu’ulathoi. Maybe that’s what his “Employers” are!

[@TVeesVault]

25:32 it would have been so fun to have a pet snark that followed you around and be able to be used in combat

[@dabeltgiver]

I think that sign with the GMan for vision could be a reference to The Great Gatsby. In it, there is an eye doctor who has a billboard with eyes that are claimed to be the eyes of God. Maybe it's an illusion to that with the GMan always watching.

[@TheSpyDispenser1]

You know what's crazy? I remember owning that exact same model of Garfield clock shown at 1:52 but my parents threw it away after we moved to a different location.

[@Quiettopscomic]

This game is probably my favourite out of all the series and this just made me realise how much cooler it actually is, i also wonder if we're gonna get anything on the 5th anniversary in march

[@Lemmons_]

19:25 just btw, this run is by Sychke, I never streamed my runs 24:10 there's also an impossible resin at the end of a2_pistol to the left of the sawhorse where the headcrab is introduced under some xen flora

[@1lucia]

Oh thanks for letting me know! I‘ll put a correction in the description!

[@1TodGA]

As far as I know, city 17 is generally based on Sofia, even since hl2, not only in Half-life: Alyx. That is probably thanks to Viktor Antonov. Also, fun fact, a part of the signs that are in cyrillic in HLA are in bulgarian (for example the sign that warns about electricity "НЕ ПИПАЙ! Опасно за живота!" or "DON'T TOUCH! Dangerous for health/life; depends on the context of the translation, generally it's the same"), but not all of them.

[@Spendingryan]

I always remember the ОПАСНО written on the tails of the military helicopters of the Russian Federation like the Hind, Hip and Havoc, and was curious, I kinda thought it meant danger or something along those lines.

[@hpkurdo9144]

I bought half life alyx 4 hours ago and i am seeing this video in my Feed what a coincidence

[@percher4824]

Shoutouts to the Half-Life but the Gnome is Self-Aware series, especially the ending.

[@E4734-d2n]

7:17 - How could valve remove the Cobmine, what a terrible choice smh

[@fidemomos]

Didn't expected you to be the number 1 Half Life ALIX fan hahsha

[@j.cormier8737]

I kinda like the idea of the Alyx stepping into the test chamber and stopping it all. It would be an ending at least. And it would show that the only way humanity can beat the combine is by never engaging with them at all.

[@tam5tam_]

love how the lucia dorfeldt death sound reminds me of the hl2 civilian death sfx

[@Rae167]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, also very gamer video.

[@Austrlian-Ellis-t10]

I've finally escape stasis

[@saschaberger3212]

First thing I tried in the contaminated zone was to attach the breathing filter mask. That it worked blew me away. The little things.

[@holderian0]

HL:A got me into VR. Now I pretty much only use my headset for Beat Saber. Amazing game though, we need more like it.

[@pooplydooply584]

you should try vertigo 2

[@Thekatbo]

think im getting some new pc parts for christmas, so ill be happily returning with gnome chompski to take him to the vault!!

[@FunntimeC]

Thank you for making this video, I know very very little about the whole game series I recently played half life 2 and a tiny bit of half life 1 (gonna play black mesa instead because it’s more similar to hl2) I also watched a playthrough of half life alyx (a very long time ago) but I am planning on getting a pc and connecting my Quest to it so I can play the game

[@rebooted_red]

LUCIA HAVE GOOD CHRISTMAS

[@1lucia]

YOU TOO!

[@rebooted_red]

I GOT NOTICED YAEY

[@yaso8564]

As a bulgarian, I can say that living here is like playing Half-Life IRL everyday

[@brianhogg358]

26:48 the game takes place 5 years BEFORE half life 2, of course Alyx would be younger than the sequel to Half-Life 1

[@jd_kreeper]

I remember when I first played HLA in 2023, there was a health station near the laundromat in the Northern Star that was broken. You could put a vial in it, but when you open it, there is no handprint of needles or whatever. It was just the frame.

[@AmBush2048]

Sometimes they are connected to an external power source that needs to be turned on first

[@jd_kreeper]

@@AmBush2048 If that's the case there was no indication of that.

[@althegamyr]

Finally, there is no realistic gordon in the thumbnail...

[@Spendingryan]

The cylinders that have organic material inside that you can rotate is really weird, i remember the first time i saw it, it freaked me out lol, is it a an organic storage unit like a brain memory unit, or power supply, since the human body/brain produces electricity.

[@lizardizzle]

You brought up your idea of them recasting Alyx so they can use both voice actresses as separate "characters" in the future, the younger one and the older one. Did you perhaps get that idea from me and my video about it? It's obviously not a well made video, but I like to think I was also one of the first to talk about it, and I never see other videos or posts anywhere discussing such things. It really does help explain why Merle was recast the best way, and I hope Valve does something with the potential setup. Great video as always!

[@1lucia]

I think I have watched your video in the past, though I don’t think I did in full. I think I came up with the theory myself not that long ago, though perhaps your video subconsciously planted a seed in my head a few years back :D

[@commander_eaa2862]

I haven't heard too much of HL: Alyx beta's stuff. But I am curious to what that scene with G-Man grasping his head while sitting at the table was about... It would have been trippy and jarring to walk in on him and see him in any remotely vulnerable position, let alone showing any strong emotions. I wonder what it originally implied there.

[@britishbeef4890]

I think the G-Man was only in the vault because he wanted to be captured to get alyx.

[@StrangeCorvus]

The credit for the Cutting Room Floor page is absent in the description

[@Brayden608]

I didn't even notice Alyx had a different voice actor in HL:A

[@lonergothonline]

I had a wild theory, g-man didn't get his powers to travel time until alyx was brought back from the great beyond via vortessence manipulation and therefore the half life alyx version of him is a younger, stronger, g-man that wasn't YET responsible for the black mesa incident. he didn't have the briefcase. I'm assuming he eventually gets the briefcase at some point in the future. we don't know who his clients are, so, perhaps they were eli/kliener/barney all along, doing a deal with a devil, which brought them what they asked for, culminating in the events of half life 2, episode 1, 2, and alyx surviving the great beyond. we can also say that alyx will eventually be responsible for using her connection to the vortessence to deal with the combine, since it exists across all of time and space, perhaps events are leading to alyx prime, brought back from the great beyond, teaming up with a green-lightning bolt powered younger alyx to deal with the combine once and for all through their combined use of the vortessence. after all in half life alyx the green energy was syphoned off of the vortegaunts.

[@lajf28]

slingshot would be so cool, launching objects at enemies like with a gravity gun

[@EugenijusKrenis]

I still prefer the interpretation the Metrocop in child's drawing is actually holding a spatula because the kid didn't get what a stunstick is so just drew a household item instead.

[@yogurtspace2062]

I have a Quest 2 but I just don't like VR, the headset is uncomfortable and hot and and VR makes me motion sick. I feel like most people feel the same way. Great video as always!

[@1lucia]

A ton of people definitely get motion sickness. Sometimes it takes getting used to it though, I couldn’t do long sessions in the beginning, by now I can play for hours on end. This isn’t the case for everyone though obviously :P

[@brianhogg358]

15:59 as of now Half-Life: Alex costs 77.99. IS THAT NOT A REASON AS TO WHY NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE GAME?!?!

[@TotorL_GD]

77.99 what money It's 58,90€ for Czech Republic

[@VitriolicVermillion]

Personally, I will have to use the HL:A-NoVR mod if I want to play. I may also need some reduced-fidelity resources to make it run on hardware that was mid in 2015. That all might make it sound pointless, but the new physics features would be pretty cool to play with, I think. It'd be super cool to port Black Mesa, HL2, and its episodes to Source 2, though I suspect Valve will do that for maybe the official games in the way they did HL: Source. (So, not ideal, but we can always finish the work ourselves.)

[@TheRealKingDaniel]

Regarding the very last one, we all already did that a long long in the Half-Life 1 mod Timeline III😂

[@starsjosephfrost]

What if the Gman just allowed himself to be captured. Knowing he would be mistakenly rescued by Alyx.

[@TotorL_GD]

Yeah, I think it was kind of an additional test for Alyx

[@sirduckyda3rd76]

19:25 just looks like a regular blue bottle jellyfish with slight changes

[@denifnaf5874]

Can't wait for the Hl: decay iceberg!

[@TotallyBolero]

The grenade zombie as You mentioned was prob some sort of zombine

[@blasting1148]

I like all these half life icebergs. Just waiting for the HL3 one now...

[@ΝΕΙ]

light

[@Moonknife]

I rented a VR headset with a cappable PC for 65 bucks for 2 days, played HLA all day long, finished, enjoyed the sh out of it. thats an option.

[@SanityDrop]

"and some Zoomer scary images to its side so that any of you even care." I'm in.

[@Sodaholic6502]

Describing to the audience what a floppy disk even is makes me feel old :(

[@Leggenda007]

I really wanna see all that cut final

[@imaginary_unit]

You can’t rely on pitching to carry an entire role. By the time the second episode was released, Merle Dandridge was already 31, which imho already made her voice sound a bit too mature for this character. Add to that the 12-year gap between the second episode and "Alyx," and pitching becomes an even less viable solution.

[@1lucia]

I disagree, frankly I don’t even think they would‘ve needed to pitch it. Alyx never sounded like most her age, she always had a deeper and strained voice, as people sometimes just do. Even if one might think she sounds older now, definitely not old enough for that to be a reason for a last-minute recast. There are a bunch of Merle Dandrige voice lines left in the files that you can find online, they sound perfect!

[@azrielsatan8693]

28:45 i also suspect something like this may be the plan, we know they are still working on VR while also working on a desktop experience, so I wonder if we are gonna have two games on different timelines release; one game following episode two's ending and one following Alyx, maybe using the same environments.

[@SturgGaeming]

I'm kinda upset there this didn't include a bunch of the unused weapon upgrades.

[@ovcole]

the fully modeled... is leaking

[@TheReal_OfficialRordTGC]

One of the best way to utlized VR. Valve really did outdo themselves.

[@TwizzTBD]

lowkey i need the resonance cascade prevention ending finished to live

[@FL4WLESSAGN]

Fröhliche Weihnachten 🎄🎁

[@tonzik884]

21:10 Different shirts for different timelines. We already very clearly saw that Eli dies in the "original" HL2 timeline.

[@notalex3112]

„Cobmine“

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

Thank you for letting me know the no-VR mod exists. I played through HL:A and loved everything about it except for the damn uncomfortable headset. I felt eye strained and nauseous after more than an hour playing it. If the headset wasn't a freebie, then I wouldn't buy one to play this.

[@kirtheweasel]

Xen Jellyfish looks exactly like Flocking Floater

[@jacobquestionmark]

My headcannon for the garfield clock is that is it dorefeldt