A Half-Life Tragedy [Prospekt]

In this video, I talk about the game "Prospekt" :(
In this Half-Life fan-game, you take on the role of Adrian Shephard as he's brought back from stasis to help Gordon :(
This was supposed to be Opposing Force 2 :(
It wasn't good :(
store.steampowered.com/app/39...
Thanks ‪@aSkyclad‬ for gifting me a copy of Prospekt :(
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[@Cats-TM]

12:10 Clearly this mod does not care about canon, Mitchell Shephard is not even there.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

That is the true tragedy of this mod

[@therapiisty]

"sir a second mod has hit the steam store"

[@NoVIcE_Source]

lmao

[@andrew-dunai]

"Wake up the president."

[@novalmaxxed]

​@@andrew-dunai the president was actually awake and at a kindergarten

[@Ag_33]

Crazy how two of the most disappointing hl2 mods are both connected to Opposing Force

[@Shuji_the_great]

The opposing force sequel curse strikes again and again.

[@Deliveredmean42]

Just like Shepard being cursed to be froze forever. Not exactly dead, but not exactly alive either. A fate worse than death.@@Shuji_the_great

[@imgvillasrc1608]

I can only pray that Through the City becomes THE Opposing Force 2. From the clips I've seen, the story so far is pretty good (the script needs some tweaking though). How the citizens react to Shephard is really good, they got the voice actor of Postal there, and it also has Colette Green from Decay. Really promising mod sequel if done right.

[@Theonetrueerenyeager]

Hunt down the freeman isn't disappointing, it's garbage.

[@brentsaner]

It's the Curse of Randy Pitchford

[@adrianthe402nd]

"But hey at least it's better than Hunt Down The Freeman, right?"

[@ZackExplorer28]

yeah, but that's not saying much. that's like saying the crap i took today was better then the crap i took last month.

[@gaming-98]

Hard disagree on that. The dev for Prospekt over promised, and under delivered while the devs for HDtF promised very little update wise yet have continued to update the game, and attempt to make it better. In the current builds of HDtF the level design is actually pretty fun, while the levels in Prospekt are just kind of nothing, having the same combat sections pretty much copy pasted. Prospekt has pretty much zero differences in combat, other then the enemies being damage sponges, and a lack of cover. HDtF has redesigned combat mechanics with enemies being one shot when getting a headshot, and the enemies also dealing higher damage. This makes the player take combat more slowly, and also gets the player to use mechanics like leaning, and prone. While HDtF relies a lot on combat (like Prospekt) it actually puts in gameplay mechanics to keep it fresh, and to an extent rewarding with mechanics like the one hit headshots. HDtF gets its story criticized but at least it has one lol Even if we are talking about the 2018 build of HDtF Id still say its better. It had memorable characters, tried new things, and had interesting mechanics which would go on to inspire mods like VANCE to add similar stuff.

[@boyboisass4068]

And that's why I love hunt down the Freeman

[@benb9151]

HdtF developers in the house

[@the10ofdiamondscard]

@@gaming-98 youre crazy bruh hdtf was nothing but bugs, at least prospekt was a finished game at launch

[@boomdonuts9996]

15:10 they must’ve hired Half-Life Source’s janitor because those floors are almost just as shiny in there!

[@cerealexperimentsuboa]

im gonna think about this exact quote whenever i see shiny floors now

[@user-hw7lx4bk3c]

The Virgin Prospekt The Chad through the city

[@AntonDVasiliev-ss1ie]

still no update this year :(

[@redactedgamersgd1788]

Virgin HECU Perspective mod Chad Combine perspective mod

[@FatherMcKenzie66]

THAT FANART OF ADRIAN, GOOD GOD WHAT THE HELL 💀

[@64_three]

I mean I can't blame Gman for "keeping" him all this time

[@noclick]

wakeupgrababrushandputalittlemakeup

[@Cyclop4Eye]

didyoutakeyourpillstoday

[@ButtonMasherReal]

hidethescarstofadeawaytheshakeup _(hidethescarstofadeawaythe)_

[@cakercupp37]

noiwanttheopposingforcesteelbriefcase

[@501stcloneboi2]

opposingforcebriefcaseforthewin

[@arrogleinadtra]

Idontknowwhatyouretryingtosay

[@Awesomeness-iz3dh]

6:47 To be completely fair, this is perfectly in-line with how the grunts talk at the start of Opposing Force.

[@Feasco]

except that sequence felt natural as a pastiche of the one scene in Predator, was short, self contained and not so obviously poorly acted

[@NoelleExpunged]

15:15 the half life source janitor is jealous

[@DeepseaOddities]

😂😂😂😂😂 *HL Source Barney getting hit once and grunting in pain indefinitely*

[@SplinterZero1213]

The vortigaunt speech sounds a lot better when you cut out 80-85% of it. "The last time you encountered our kind, we were enemies. [Short pause] Now our races are one. [Long pause] The man you know as Freeman, is of no enemy to you." Then something to end off the speech, no need in trying to prolong it using filler words.

[@soupcangaming662]

u kill us b4, no more. help orange popsicle.

[@modernmobster]

Indirect helping is usually called signposting in game design.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

THAT'S what it's called. I tried searching for the term but for the life of me couldn't remember or find it. Thanks!

[@modernmobster]

@@RadiationHazardYT No problem. Do you think you could check out a mod for Oppoising Force called "Under the Black Moon?" I haven't played it yet, but it's supposed to be one of the best.

[@____.__._.._]

Old HL1 mod. Nothing new in sense of gameplay defying, but very much alright experience.@@modernmobster

[@NoVIcE_Source]

If your sole reason to finish a game is to just use it to get accepted somewhere, then you can't put any soul into the project. There's no story you want to tell, no internal reason to keep you going, only superficial external motivation- how it should be: "why are you making this?" "idk i really wanna portray " vs how it is: "why are you making this?" "i wanna get a job at valve" so yeah

[@winternightst7001]

This is true, many projects were created as sudo-job applications and ended up failing, in contrast to the amount of pasion projects that ended up becoming official valve products or in valve games, like the Dust 2 map or Left 4 Dead

[@NoVIcE_Source]

​@@winternightst7001 hey its you also true.. this is also the reason that the hl2 21st edition mod stalled, there's no substance to it.

[@jeremychicken3339]

Ironic considering the animators of One Punch Man were doing the show's animation as a job application. Then again, they didn't write the story.

[@jeremychicken3339]

@@denis2381 I am not using your extra british letters because I'm saving on typewriter taxes (look it up.)

[@jking4854]

@@NoVIcE_Source Well ain't that a shame, I was actually looking forwards to one day playing the hl2 21st century edition mod, but at the same time I'm not surprised, I've seen similar stuff happen to stuff themed like that mod

[@thealandude9146]

Vortigaunts saying god speed is something I never knew I would hear lmao

[@scarletcrusader5431]

Ah Prospekt, another title in the annals of abandoned/failed HL2 mods

[@1upD]

I got a big jumpscare when I suddenly heard my name in the video :D I'm really glad you brought up the addon. I completely forgot that I uploaded it. All it was was the wrench from the cancelled Opposing Force 2 mod which released all their assets when they stopped development. (Now there's a new team working on it and it's called Urban Chaos, but I don't think that had started at the time) I was really disappointed by Prospekt and I remember wishing that more could be done, like an overhaul mod or something along those lines. One thing I will say that I liked was the new textures and especially the voice lines for the Combine soldiers.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Hey my man! :D

[@rosecarter5597]

I actually did work on an overhaul mod back in 2017 or so, and thought of overhauling the mod (mostly cos I was a rookie then). Though the second overhaul is currently on hold rn.

[@overlordmgcover2262]

Ah yes. Prospekt. The only game I ever preordered. Still regret it to this day.

[@tom-ks]

What a poor man, I feel bad for him, but I also blame him for it a bit.

[@BoSPaladin-102]

Aside from the Wrench Edition, there is also Prospekt Overhaul that utilizes more custom assets to try and make the mod a bit better. Still a tragedy though.

[@TrashGoblin824]

Prospekt Overhaul wasn't that good, the added areas were really buggy and the new stuff was weird. Why was there a M41A pulse rifle, or the Tau Cannon on a Combine space station?

[@BoSPaladin-102]

​@@TrashGoblin824hey, at least the unnecessarily long intro has been shortened and you get sprint and a hud as soon as you spawn in Nova Prospekt and get a wrench instead of the crowbar. Also, many of the custom addons are optional and can be changed around to where they don't appear in the game if that's your preference. As for the buggy maps, like the AI being disabled, you have to either start a new game or wait until the dev for Prospekt Overhaul releases a new patch to fix those kind of problems that it has.

[@rosecarter5597]

Creator of the overhaul here! A lot of stuff I worked on back then was when I was still a rookie. I tried in 2020 to make a new overhaul, but got burnt out after a while. This video actually is giving me a TON of inspiration to completely fix up the mod.

[@BoSPaladin-102]

@@rosecarter5597 good to know, look forward to what you have in store if you get around to making a new version of Prospekt Overhaul.

[@kkarhiiv95]

2 views, he fell off :(

[@RadiationHazardYT]

:(

[@Onetruefreeman]

⁠@@RadiationHazardYT123 views milestone!! 🎉

[@IGoByLime]

dark and gritty view count

[@JohnMBlue1992]

@@RadiationHazardYTNaw just slow day! Hell its one of those days i guess ;]

[@Detah_]

@@RadiationHazardYTit’s radiover

[@dragonwing1900]

Is Adrian Shepard cursed to be in questionable fangames?

[@AntonDVasiliev-ss1ie]

even the official game foiled :( (return to ravenholm)

[@korbi3449]

Prospekt? More like no prospect aaaaajjjjjjj

[@INFILTR8US]

Who's AJ

[@AlienIOIandroktone]

You couldn't pay me to get that story about being let go, getting turned down at valve, and releasing my CV as a game that gets terrible reviews. I'd take that story with me to the grave. It's a bit embarrassing for that guy, hope he's doing well but damn

[@StickDudeYT]

Wow, i died of radiation because of the radiation hazard

[@MindAtItsFinest]

Wunderbar, I have been waiting all day for an other video!

[@Buttersaemmel]

i love this game. it gave us a new radiation hazard video!

[@Aoi_the_Hert]

I remember playing this back when it came out cuz it was dirt cheap and seemed kinda legit, but then i got through it in a day and realized why it was so cheap. I thought it wasn't too bad since I didn't know that much about what makes games good or bad, but looking back through this video, i see exactly why it didnt do so well. MY GOD THE FOG.

[@muratsmg62]

If you actually want a good "Opposing Force 2" Check out Through The City.

[@UNTITLED_UNDEFINED]

Adrian on that mewing grind🔥🗣️

[@SpookySkeleton738]

🤫🧏‍♀

[@HellsAsylum]

The fact that Hunt Down The Freeman might actually be canon still blows my mind.

[@arran4285]

What?

[@Buttersaemmel]

it was all just a fever dream you had the last time you got sick. don't worry this "hunt down the freeman" you're talking about doesn't exist.

[@Pyrashusband]

⁠​⁠@@arran4285the fact that Hunt Down The Freeman might actually be canon still blows his mind

[@someoneelse803]

the mere fact that "you fucked up my face" and "..." are both one liners in the same universe is astonishing

[@INFILTR8US]

It should be fired out of a cannon, yes

[@Vienna3080]

This mod is just dark and not griddy

[@DeepseaOddities]

you fucked up my face

[@Hyper_1989]

This mod is like if someone looked at the amazing detailed combine rooms in Minerva metastasis and thought that's all you need to make a good game.

[@robanator9083]

I just hope Through The City doesn’t suffer the same fate

[@hydroponicgard]

The way prospekt was made genuinely makes me feel bad for the developer... but is also a good lesson for devs. I will take into account how the maps flow in this game, and do the opposing (force huehue). Thank you for reminding me of this game. It honestly helps me with my project more. Stay awesome, mr. RadHaz

[@RyuHaya]

Like using a band-aid to stop a gun shot wound, that was a good one lol

[@OutPut64]

"The half-tragedy"

[@babygingy4]

g...g...g...gulp. NEW RADATION HAZARD VIDEO

[@babygingy4]

OMG HE HEART MY COMMENT🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@flamsey]

Thanks for the years of videos! Please do a video on Redemption aka Absolute Redemption, the mod that was bundled officially with the original Counter-Strike in the USA. Specifically that Commercial version that was bundled with counterstrike, not any version thats on moddb

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you! I'll take a look!

[@boxfigs1710]

The quality of the maps increases as the mod progresses is because the creator improved as he worked on it but never went back and redid his old maps. This is common for larger mods made by a single person who's new to modding. Although it's only the visual quality that improved, as he never learned how to do much with gameplay other than push buttons and fight combine soldiers.

[@pixelash1069]

I love watching these vids because it gives me notes for what not to do when I make my own half-life mod. Currently I only have some experience in Hammer, but I’ve been making mockups using Gmod Addons to really give me an idea of where I want to go.

[@filuren9609]

I don't know how you keep up this upload rate, but i'm lovin' it :)

[@Ribbons0121R121]

he was a level maker, not a story writer but this does have a lot of genuine effort put in it, just maybe not the best choices at times

[@Drebin416]

I cannot believe you hit a combine ball with a grenade at 20:05.

[@caroline1724]

I watched this video on a CRT monitor and couldn't see a thing even with max brightness. Not even Outlast or Alien: Isolation were this dark.

[@Meeps0825]

Ah yes, all the best Half Life mods start with a long exposition cutscene where you have no control and can’t even skip it.

[@vicentenoob7903]

MY FAVORITE HALF LIFE CHANNEL!

[@DeepseaOddities]

I loved this video...man I remember being so hyped for this thing back in 2016, only for it to be a total turd. I'm glad you were so critical of Prospekt in this video cause yeah, anyone who's played it can tell you it is THAT bad and completely misses the mark on the creative essence of Half-Life. The lack of a pipe wrench + any new content in general was always a huge letdown. And no, just because HDTF is hilariously bad doesn't make Prospekt any better retroactively. Something you didn't cover in this video is Seabrook was promising a big content update back in 2017 with new chapters for Prospekt, I think it was called Black Forest and he had some other devs helping him with it, and then he seemingly abandoned it and the new stuff never saw the light of day. I remember seeing dev screenshots with bullsquids and even a Cremator, I'm pretty sure, so maybe they were trying to revitalize the project but Seabrook decided to cut his losses or something like that. A tragedy indeed.

[@johnbadman3340]

Sucks about how the dark rooms limit you to the small area your flashlight illuminates. If only there were some other, different way of seeing in the dark Adrian Shephard could use? Something with a military feel to it... oh well

[@draxthedarkreaper]

Seems like the extra dark areas were designed with NV in mind, which OPFOR had. Guessing when his job application didn't pan out, he most likely just "finished" what he had and stopped there.

[@paweszutowicz5732]

15:19 They could've put some sort of caution tape on that peice of architecture and maybe a spark to signal where your suppost to go.

[@amogusaveragefan4990]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of A Half-Life Tragedy momentum 100

[@Gubbus.]

Rad I’ve been gooning and edging to ur videos recently 💔

[@mr_beezlebub3985]

Your intro song is groovy

[@Joeyd1184]

Crazy how there’s so many high quality mods that aren’t even sold on the store

[@consciencexp116]

Would have made it a sequel to Blue Shift personally. Since that game didn't add any new enemies or weapons types. Plus, would explain where Barney was during Episode 2.

[@matijajovic8125]

Never heard of this, it came out when I was on hiatus from HL community. Holy cringe Batman for that flashback! Thanks for saving me the time bro.

[@yougnomed630]

the commentary for popularising dark and gritty content!

[@Aqzw]

Nice

[@cabbot_]

this is truly dark and gritty

[@LifeIsPain878]

Dank and griddy

[@Tycitron6000]

More like wet and slippery looking at those floors

[@RUBEN_Gavril]

The timenail looks intresting

[@tymon7054]

"People are more lentient on free mods than they are on a game that they paid for" 3:34 Oh yeah? Four words Portal Forbidden Testing Tracks

[@23masterOf_salt]

I really love Prospeckt

[@algret132]

This is a good video about a mod for what not to do in a HL mod

[@dr.donnerwerfer7620]

The soundtrack is really the one good part about this "game", and I'd highly recommend people give it a listen, "techno rock shot" lives in my head rent free. Also the HEV- excuse me- PCV voice done by Harry101UK is pretty stellar.

[@bryles1085]

If anyone is asking then yes there is a Chad face inside the mask of Shepard in the thumbnail

[@ElmeriThePig]

I think HL: Through The City has the potential to become the first good Opposing Force sequel. No, EZ2 isn't Opposing Force 2, because it's not about Adrian Shephard. Actually I have no idea what the current status of the mod is, but hopefully it's still going. You never know what happens to Half-Life mods if you don't follow their development. Though that can be said about any game.

[@cac_deadlyrang]

The least they could’ve done for the weapons was use CS:S hands.

[@BmPAlt]

Tragedy

[@MinorLife10]

Oh dude, you wouldn't believe what happened! We had like a 7 hour war, and it all ended in 7 hours!

[@myhunterinsurance]

I can imagine being super stoked and excited to play this game BEFORE the release.... Only to be severely disappointed by the finished game. Oh well, I still wish the dev. the best in his other efforts!

[@Slomi_DMC]

How about this idea for a short mod? Shifting the blue 2, basically you play with Barno after going to that train in the EP1 or after he gived the bar to Gordon Ramsay and we don't see it in the whole game untill we found him fighting in Florida 17 but in his point of view

[@langam7017]

2:00 How can you not hire a guy after he applies like that? **sees game** Oh.

[@sensiblecat364]

good vid cheese

[@chadjacket]

15:13 Yea combine employed the gman as that janitor (Gman face actor was a valve janitor)

[@GeZz.]

in the past week i played a lot of HL 2 mods, is crazy the talent some ppl have to create such amazing mods (not this mod tho) But man a sequel to Half Life OP following the story of Adrian would be 10/10

[@Nahobussyino]

Hunt down the freeman has Postal dude and Midyonetta, Prospekt does not but it does have Adrian I think

[@thedonttouchthatdialguy]

Let me tell you something. Syph0, the lead developer of Rogue Lambda, told me that he and his team would be working with Richard to complete Prospekt and create the parts of the mod he'd intended to create but had been unable to do so himself. Sounds great, right? Well, it's not. It's an unmitigated disaster, and let me tell you why. I was a former member of the Rogue Lambda modding team and I was around pretty much since its inception. I was probably one of the longest serving members besides Syph0 himself, and that's only because he's the founder. Rogue Lambda came about in the aftermath of one of the many failed attempts at creating a Source Engine remake of Half-Life: Decay, way back in 2017. There are many different reasons why it failed, but the most prominent of these was the introduction of a member who appointed himself leader and became a self-styled dictator within the group, alienating many people with his poor behaviour. As we'd later discover, he was suffering severe mental health problems and eventually attempted to take his own life, though thankfully last I heard he's in a much better state now and used to make some really great custom maps for CS:GO. But we didn't know about any of that in 2017. We just knew we weren't happy and we wanted out. So we jumped ship, and a fair few of us went on to join this new team Syph0 had made. He called it "Rogue Lambda" as kind of an in-joke about the rebellious nature of the team's inception. Things were good, for a while. We were young and ambitious and we had some great mods in progress. Three, to be precise - a sequel to Opposing Force titled Race X, a remake of Opposing Force 2, and a truncated version of a mod concept of my own - an experience of the world in the aftermath of the Black Mesa incident but prior to the Combine invasion, exploring the social and political ramifications of the events unfolding, featuring elements inspired by Poke646, youreviltwin's story draft for the unfinished Critical Mass (still the greatest mod never made), and 2015 Inc's Hostile Takeover. Unfortunately, development was fraught with problems. The Op42 team, initially cooperative and encouraging, refused us permission to use their logo and certain assets, and insisted we change the name. Eventually, a compromise was reached where we would use a subtitle - Opposing Force 2: Lost. Of course, that never came into fruition, because the cloud where everyone's files were stored wasn't backed up, and partway through development (I'm not sure how far exactly but it was probably around 40% by my estimates) I was informed that a 14 year old Russian hacker had hacked into the repository and deleted everything. For a joke. It was around this time that I started noticing problems internally. The development of Race X kept being restarted from the ground up, and the story didn't seem to be coming together. After several years of barely clinging to life, the mod was finally put out of its misery. Syph0 does not know how to direct a mod, and it seems he struggles with writing too. Several times he approached me asking me to help with the story writing for various projects. Most prominently in my memory is an occurrence in 2021 where he requested that I help him with the story for the latest mod, Radiated (since renamed to The Badlands), in return for which I would be given the opportunity to have my own mod made by the team with 100% creative control. This never happened. What happened instead is that when I pitched a concept to the team that I felt certain we could get the rights - and the funding - for a fully licensed video game adaptation of a cult classic action film by creating a short demo and showcasing it to the rights holders, the team summarily clashed with me on what engine to use (an entirely arbitrary question at that stage, as we only needed a proof-of-concept showcasing the visual style and the gameplay), rejected any input from me for frivolous reasons, and quietly cancelled the project outright. Without telling me. It was then that I noticed the change that had occurred over the years - most of the people I knew had drifted away, and those that remained were younger and less experienced, and no less ambitious than I'd been when I started - but they were all highly irreverent and unprofessional, and seemed to only be in it for the fame and kudos. I noticed the team were taking on more and more ambitious and high-profile mod projects - a reimagining of the the fan favourite Vance after its controversial creator departed, the long-gestating Blue Shift 2, and most recently, the Prospekt gig. That's three high-profile, high-maintenance mods that are undoubtedly going to demand a lot of attention to bring them up to the standard expected by the community - so you tell me, how was Syph0 intending to keep his agreement to have the team develop my own project when mired with at least four other ambitious projects in the works, when the team are already displaying an unspoken but readily apparent contempt for me and my writing? Things finally came to a head when I had an altercation with one of the developers and was forced out. They had the call to call me immature when making childish comments about me. You can read my full post-exit meltdown here, if you're interested: web.archive.org/web/20240223190138/www.moddb.com/mods/revance/news/open-letter-from-a-disgruntled-ex-writer#articlesform Make no mistake - Rogue Lambda is not capable of finishing what they start. Their taking on Prospekt is the kiss of death.

[@suenisilva4921]

It's so bark and driggy

[@frankthatfunks2428]

I like how all the dark areas could’ve been easily fixed IF THEY GAVE HIM A NVG just like he’s supposed to?

[@sillyGooberHamza]

I love silly, I love this video, I love the case

[@501stcloneboi2]

Very cool video.

[@ToddyPlays54]

Make a tutorial on how to download mods and/or other half lifes (I watch you from Brazil 🇧🇷)

[@AIABSmonke]

this half is life and tragedy

[@deadruins]

the tragedy of Prospect made me reminds me of Bob's Game. These two thing have common. both games let down by it's over over-ambitious project, overrate themselves' skills and trying to contact multi-billion companies. but the difference is, that Prospect's Developer made learn mistake, and while Bob was... well just disappeared.

[@WolfmanDude]

I wish the creators of "gordon freakman" or "cracklife" did that stunt of sending the mod to valve in a briefcase!

[@ozzieoster]

wake up babe, rad haz has just uploaded a killer video!!

[@Robgoofs]

Prospekt.

[@SamaFuego]

La cara de Shepard en la miniatura XD

[@unknowspecimen]

Prospekt is the original history made by marc laidlaw for opposing mid, my uncle is gabe newell and he say this is real

[@ChrisWithAnExistance]

a tragedy in a half

[@evandromendes9996]

Crack

[@AntonDVasiliev-ss1ie]

when i saw the game on steam for the first time i was like "is this a mod? why is this paid?" while wondering about the bad review watching videos about it and now i know also can we get timestamps on the fanarts?

[@ZAAAALLLLVEEEEEEE]

This game makes HDTF look like it belongs in the hall of fame

[@streetystuff]

Flopspekt.

[@Butter_studios]

WHERE DID YOU GET THE ART AT 4:13 LIKE WTF I NEED TO USE THIS AGAINST HUMANITY

[@LightROOM01]

We're so back

[@gobbleygourdiscursed6782]

Through the city is better (u should do a vid on it if its complete)

[@yougnomed630]

yes

[@moosevelt9148]

10:51 Could've used some yellow paint ;)