Half-Life 2: EPISODE 3 - INFINITE FINALITY Demo - Full Walkthrough

[@DmitryBalabanov]

51:58 You didn't pick up your friend, you left him lying there

[@Blorp52]

Kleiner and Magnusson’s voices are on point but I think Alyx needs a bit of work. A lot of promise so far

[@Ashley-b3z5]

I think alyx’s voice is fine it just seems like she needs more emotion, she sounds a little depressed or dead.

[@kingakis6596]

@@Ashley-b3z5 her dad just died, that is the point so very good for the voice of alyx and his face

[@Ashley-b3z5]

@@kingakis6596 yeah, she could lean in to that more tho, she sounds kinda off

[@chpsilva]

@@kingakis6596 you're right, but her voice does not transmit sadness or mourning, but instead sounds like she's just sleepy. Specially when the original voice lines are used and you notice the stress the contrast is really bad. A little bit more of energy from the VA when pronouncing would improve things a lot.

[@SolverCyn-vx1kv]

​@@kingakis6596Lol you don't have a dad anymore -wheatley probably

[@Hodenkat]

Wow! Fantastic!! The map complexity and puzzles are so perfectly executed in their faithfulness to the entirety of the series it's emotionally gratifying! SUPERB!!

[@jasoncampbell3558]

A lot of good potential here, but as someone who tried this himself, there is a lot of room for improvement. Next to some VA rework and bug fixes, the lighting in the cave during the BullSquid ambush could be toned down, the swing speed on the IceAxe could be faster as it feels pretty cumbersome, and the animation on the alt attack could look smoother, some combat encounters could use some work like the Bullsqiud ambush being better choreographed on what to do and where to go, the first big Combine encounter being not as intense for that early on and Alyx being better at telling the player where to shoot the vents and some better direction on where to go. The massive chaos that ensues at the Apreture Radio outpost on paper sounds like a good set piece, a lot of Zombies an Combine almost at once. But with how far apart resources are and with the limited arsenal you have, it's bit too much chaos to deal with effectively. Plus the three hunters at once while all that was going on was the nail in the coffin for me personally. Not to mention in that same area, while it's cool to explore, it's also hard to tell where to go and what to do. Like seriously I was wandering around for an hour the first time, and then more after I found out I was suppose to open that hatch for the first generator, but couldn't figure out where to go and said f*ck it, and watched this. It's not bad, far from it. The mapping and atmosphere are immaculate and it's closest we've gotten to a realization of EP3, even in demo form. I only criticise because I see the potential the team has and only want them to not only continue, but to further improve on their already impressive efforts. IDK, for me personally, I'm gonna wait for either an update/another demo, or for the full release. But I do hope Team Hyperborea considers all these criticisms and continues forward better than ever.

[@macdrown3892]

Hey, I’m a writer/designer for the mod. This is really useful - we were already thinking a lot of it and are working on changing and tweaking a few bits based on community feedback. Stay tuned for a 1.1 patch that covers quite a bit of what you’ve said. Thanks for playing!

[@johnthompson8428]

I think one of the reasons they sent this out as a demo was to see what needed improvement. After all this (hopefully) isn’t what the final product will be like… right?

[@jasoncampbell3558]

@@johnthompson8428 Yeah it is and of course not, I understand this is a demo and not the final product. It's why I'm being critical. So that that the team gets the feedback they need and further improve on the mod.

[@macdrown3892]

@@johnthompson8428 I’m on the team - this is basically correct. It’s a good way to give the community something and essentially crowdsource playtesting (quite hard to do as a global team.)

[@MoeMoe-ti1ut]

I managed to beat it, but I noticed all the problems you explained and I completely agree. Everything is right there just to make it a near perfect HL2 experience, but they just have to address those issues going forward because it makes a lot of the experience very frustrating. I'm wishing the best for them to keep this project going 👍

[@robert_douglas]

It's a good time to be a Half-Life fan

[@CringePotato]

All the waiting is paying off not only from the community but from Valve themselves too

[@Laxhoop]

God, posting Half-Life 2 mod campaigns is going to be so easy now, because you can just upload them directly to the HL2 workshop, and people can play them in their HL2 launcher.

[@Gubbus.]

Workshop does have limitations tho

[@Laxhoop]

@ Someone uploaded a map to Garry’s Mod of a 1:1 scale replica of the observable universe.

[@Daninnocent]

​​@@LaxhoopThat's Garry's Mod though, Half-Life 2's workshop implementation is limited by having no custom scripts to add (Like LUA in GMOD) meaning no new custom weapons and new custom npcs, if there are scripts in the game that are editable by chance like the HUD then yeah those can be changed by the workshop but for now it's mostly just new replacement models, animations, textures and new maps. BTW the 1:1 scale replica of the observable universe map that was uploaded in the GMOD workshop was possible by using LUA, I don't really know how it works but my guess it loads them into chunks that's how it can load but in no way can you make a map that big for HL2 without doing the LUA thingy because it just simply does not allow it.

[@miickydeath12]

tell me you dont know a single thing about modding hl2 without telling me

[@Eyeling]

Not true at all. you can't play any standalone mod that edits the DLLs (code) in the workshop. People really need to wrap their heads around this fact.

[@greenth-mac2550]

TF2 7th comics and a well-made Episode 3 demo at the same time.

[@bok3rnes425]

Oh finally the continuation. Great work Bolloxed❤❤❤

[@MegaChickenfish]

I swear I had seen this premise a dozen times now of very half-baked projects but this does show a lot of promise! And this is just a demo?

[@ATOWofficial]

Good gameplay! Beautiful maps! I think if this mod had an intro, like flashbacks from G-Man and helicopter landings, it would be perfect. I didn't have enough story bridge.

[@MudkipWithShades]

4:36 Marvel dialogue writing in Half-Life 💀

[@UrosStankovic-xf9uq]

It should've ended at "cute"

[@fish_in_chocolate]

Pretty good work with animations

[@csvarady]

Nice ushanka, Alyx! 🙂

[@jhwk71]

In my opinion, Alyx sounds a lot closer to the original voice actor than more people are giving credit for, there just needs to be more effort and more personality put into the performance. If we're going to critique the voice acting, the criticism should be shared with the directing as well, since both actor and director definitely could've done more to make the acting better. There definitely is a lot of potential, there was one part during one of the gunfights where the actor actually put more effort in the performance and actually sounded like Alyx, I completely forgot that it was a new voice actor for a second, we need more of that.

[@chpsilva]

Agreed, the VA is good, but needs to convey a bit more convincing entonation. She sounds sleepy instead of sad.

[@jkno]

Watching Bolloxed's play I barely hear half of what Alyx is saying. Maybe the mod creators would add subtitles too, or make her speak louder.

[@ChefPrownlos]

@@jkno there ARE subtitles. Play the mod yourself.

[@Bishop6841]

4:43 are those snow headcrabs? They're white. 8:55 HOUNDEYES! i was waiting for them to return😊😊😊😊😊😊 its been so long😊😊😊 14:19 bullsquid tower defense, wanted to see em in person. How do you aim that thing from so high up without a lazer pointer? 49:56 OMG! THE COMBINE! THEY REALY DO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE US!!!!!

[@dangerzone3106]

This mod is great,but I liked the Entropy Zero: 2 idea better. This seems like Aperture is some village based lab

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

I see what you mean by the village part. I think the writing aspect of the village was really cool, but they probably should lean more into the aperture aesthetic; they can always stick to the portal 1 BTS visual feeling / derivatives of it instead of the insanity that is p2. After all, p2 visually was a retcon of p1 in many ways, but half-life was made with the p1 visuals in mind when the lore was crossed. Paradoxically, I did also like that it wasn't overtly screaming "PORTAL". It def. needs to stay visually distinct in some way... it can look more aperture-esque, but it should not look exactly like the enrichment center as it is a more public-facing research base rather than an underground lab.

[@macdrown3892]

Hi, I'm a writer for this game. I'll let you in on a secret: That aperture facility is just a cover site built in an old Soviet-era station. The real facility is hidden...

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

@@macdrown3892 OH okay don't change the facility then :) That idea sounds cool its just not reasonable to fit it into the demo so disregard all of my critique

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

@@macdrown3892 P.S. I did like the grenade bunker mechanic, but some people found it too fiddly. Personally I would keep it but make the portholes bigger and add trigger_push to guide it in as long as it hits the "target"

[@geesecouchtaming7223]

ISSUE 7 OF THE TF2 COMIC IS OUT

[@JustAnAverageGuy5731]

fattest log of cap ive ever taken up my ass

[@PurVhs]

Finalyyyy the finaly of a finaly

[@CostelloVercetti]

“Gordon what was that? Get ready!”…..Ready for what?! That was like half a second in between those two sentences lol

[@miroslavzima8856]

Okay, one of the best mods in Episode 3 territory! Hope they will finish it one day - probably sooner than HL3 will be released.

[@MrGamer5682]

Thanks to the new anniversary workshop we can finally enjoy new campaigns and fan made sequels like episode 3. All it's left now is being able to load them with gameplay mods like MMOD that takes the half life 2 experience to new levels

[@Wilson2005WAW]

Alright, time to install this campaign and give it a try.

[@Handddle]

The bunker fight soundtrack Is basically the First soundtrack composed for the Half Life 1 demo and trailer . Its not identical but Is clearely an honorable call back .The ending tower defence song Is basically a mashup remix of the original Half Life 1 menu Song ,also nice . Very appreciated .

[@Xgamer-y5l]

it's demo and it still better than Arctic Adventure Episodes, good job

[@Foxerous]

Alyx’s voice actor sounds unmotivated, other than that. Everything seems great!

[@funnybroboy4811]

I think thats the idea considering her dad kinda JUST died

[@chpsilva]

@@funnybroboy4811 She's supposed to sound sad and mourning, not sleepy.

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

@@funnybroboy4811 The idea behind the voice acting may absolutely be that she was told to sound emotionally like that; but it would probably be a better approach to have her cope by trying to stay positive in a way that feels sort of off / wrong, as she is trying to hold back the emotions because of the task at hand; maybe later in at a slower point when they have a chance to rest and not run for a bit she will suddenly be hit by the emotions she was distracting herself from and she breaks down, etc

[@DmitryBalabanov]

Thank you, Bolloxed. You didn't abuse the corpses this time.

[@yazovgaming]

Played it and enjoyed the mod, but it sure does need improvements. The First problem is that my game starts to crash constantly late into the demo gameplay whenever I tried to load save or die from something and I hope it is fixed. Second problem is the final part where there are a bit too many enemies to deal with. I constantly got jumped by: Hunters, fast zombies, poisonous zombies and Combine soldiers AT THE SAME TIME. And last problem is the iceaxe mechanic, which isn't very good and if possible could be just replaced with the crowbar or at least fix the iceaxe mechanic. Either way this is still a decent mod and the first proper epistle 3 mod there is. I hope the team takes the feedback and improves it.

[@TheAlienGamer626]

the voice acting is amazing, but the volume of the dialogue needs to be a bit loud plus when doing combat as well too still loved seeing this demo

[@flaviocia8041]

Oh cacchio Bolloxed quel video è increbidile con le storie di Paperino e i suoi nipotini che vanno in vacanza🦆🏔🏔🏔🎄🎄

[@al-almutalip6166]

Fans got tired of waiting so they made their own.

[@Isaacmarbles]

Didn't breadman make entropy zero 2 the episode 3?

[@raisingthejay]

@Isaacmarbles EZ2 is not episode 3 lol

[@Isaacmarbles]

@@raisingthejay shut up

[@wadmodderschalton5763]

Better than Arctic Adventure Episodes.

[@kirtheweasel]

It's even incomparable Arctic Adventure is just a definition of the purest trash, while Infinite Finality is masterpiece 😂😂😂

[@MagnitudePerson]

@@kirtheweasel masterpiece ? This looks like shit. you sure got low standards lol

[@funnybroboy4811]

​@MagnitudePerson you make a half life mod then since you have such high standards

[@kirtheweasel]

@@MagnitudePerson No, you're wrong. Shit is Arctic Adventure. Infinite Finality is awesome.

[@Redbr34]

@@kirtheweasel Infinite finality is ok at best, the team has a long road ahead of them.

[@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm]

After a while, I felt like telling Alyx to shut the Hell up! LOL... Nothing like NERFFED weapons to spice up a game!

[@negus2791]

13:29 💀

[@reynaldoisaacyegueslopez943]

Bro Caugth in 4K 💀

[@KOCMOC1332]

Man this is a long chapter, I think this epistle is gonna contain 7-8 chapters in total, that's just my guess. I think that this will be the HL2: EP3 that is actually going to be finished. Excited to play the next chapters

[@andretalanay753]

I was imagine if the Real Half Life 3 would come out in the Future.

[@unvisitantemas]

How do I download it? I can't find a link on the IF page.

[@despacitospider1]

when will be another hl3 paper edition part?

[@Cartograph176]

The developers of this mod seem serious enough, I can't say the same about the other Episode 3 mods...

[@praveenraikar9143]

My favourite game half life 2😊😊❤❤🎉🎉

[@Mr.Vlayez]

13:29 wtf

[@chpsilva]

That suppressor field down is hitting on Gordon's hormones

[@Mr.Vlayez]

@chpsilva virginity hits Gordon hard

[@kamien9510]

episode 3? and they weren't supposed to do half life x or something like that?

[@HoangLeDanny]

This mod inspired from “Epistle 3” article by Marc LaidLaw I think HLX isnt HL3 and it’s a Spinoff

[@kirtheweasel]

​@@HoangLeDanny No it's not

[@bonbarmandrink]

Looks good

[@se7envideo]

will it work on HD 2000?

[@dard2240]

I have few complains with this demo: 1) Balance. Some of the parts feels user unfriendly. Puzzle with crashed airplane can be screwed over if you throw parts down the cliff; Xen defence part can be screwed at the end by monsters(don't remember the name of these guys) by coming through hole and player only have an option to throw mines at them and damage himself; Escape part after dialogue with white forestcan be disorienting because enemies are spawn from both sides after the door is open, but didn't shut to prevent others to follow the player; After that player thrown in destroying bunkers AND fighting compines at the same time with almost no cover feom neither of them. 2) Story elements. You kinda thrown into the story without much explaining from Alex. I know people allready know why they are there, but i think it would be nice for Alex to explain the mission before moving on. Also, to give namec of some place so player would feel a progression betwene locations (maybe Alyx just telling what is it looks like for her). I would add the voice acting of Alyx, but i think team allready knows it sould be worked on.

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

Interestingly they did actually account for the player throwing away all of the ship parts at the bucket bridge puzzle, I tried it out of curiosity and it collapses "due to the wind" as described by Alyx, so it's odd that wasn't accounted for at the start.

[@dard2240]

@chocolate_maned_wolf Oh, I see. I didn't think to try to fail, thinking it's going to softlock. Good they thought that then.

[@winni2701]

Should I play this or wait for Project Borealis?

[@UrosStankovic-xf9uq]

Play both, project borealis is on unreal engine 5 so you'll need a really good pc to play with max settings

[@mr1spamification]

I'm gonna say it... the Alyx Vance a.i. voices they were using as beta placeholders were better than the current sound-alike VA. I'm not sorry because I'm not wrong.

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

But, wasnt Alyx "removed" by the G-man in the last game?

[@DayDay-d3v]

This mod is based around Epistle 3, by Marc Laidlaw .

[@lonewolf6693]

Great mod, but Alyx voice actor sounds so sleepy.

[@omisan59]

There is no MOD file to download this is the second time you can't download a mod 😞

[@andrewmartina2715]

Same with me it's so annoying

[@jul1ancreations]

You can download via workshop now (if its even there)

[@natefsultan7692]

This is best day!!!!

[@ОррРо-я7б]

No , project borealis , this is half life 2 episode 3.

[@anuva7071]

aw hell nah they got michael jackson in a half life game

[@rexx0110]

is the mod on steam?

[@TheRealClaylex]

I think they dropped the demo link cause they needed to update it

[@koltonlomas7111]

Hey can you make a video on Half-Life RTX

[@rtcwtzs]

Where can I download this mod?

[@kirtheweasel]

From Team Hyperborea KZbin page

[@rtcwtzs]

@@kirtheweasel link deleted (?)

[@Seth44420]

Nice mod Bolloxed, are you still drunk?

[@eli2000-o3w]

Alyx's voice seems off...

[@adamkahuna1166]

471:4. 21/12/2024. 15:48. 7 368.

[@wilhelmwagner3353]

Nice

[@lenadams854]

30:55 stripped soldiers!?

[@markkilley2683]

It's missing in action. I thought it was quite good.

[@linenine]

writing and voice acting definitely need considerable work but this is not *bad* by any means

[@baldsquirrel]

No, this is really bad.

[@linenine]

@ Mapping looks alright at least

[@arkgaharandan5881]

4:36 please stop writing dialogues like this.

[@MudkipWithShades]

Marvel dialogue in Half-Life 💀

[@alfredjr2k556]

Just a demo version first

[@Gubbus.]

so half life 3

[@InitialAA]

Alyx's voice needs work

[@Jun.Suzuki]

the one piece is real

[@Freedom33-y6l]

Is this real?

[@nickelodeonstuff1572]

can definitely tell this isn't valve's work

[@DmitryBalabanov]

54:48 thank you

[@Oni32-ir2ob]

That's a lot better than the overhyped mod of Entropy Zero

[@MagnitudePerson]

Wow this looks worse than i imagined it would be

[@blindfoldedmissile]

man the voice acting is horrible

[@Spider_Tutos]

its a demo, chill, maybe when the final game comes out its gonna be A LOT BETTER.

[@genyakozlov1316]

​@@Spider_Tutos Even if it won't be, that's easily fixable post release. The most important thing is to get everything else right before voice acting and music, and they already done the music.

[@Eyeling]

As a Robocop fan, you should know all about substituting the original actors with unconvincing replacements.

[@kirtheweasel]

They're not

[@macdrown3892]

@@genyakozlov1316 Correct.

[@Катерина-ф3ш3ъ]

What kind of soundtrack is this? It sounds weird and horrible and it doesn't even fit half life theme

[@kivie13]

What is it with women. Either you are forced to play as one and now you gotta drag one around with you. No thanks.

[@hhnoyeet342]

Sexist ahhh comment 💀

[@jokes6683]

Don't diss Alyx like that, she's a damn badass

[@raisingthejay]

Did you sniff glue a lot when you were younger by any chance?

[@kivie13]

@@jokes6683 Did your mommy tell you to post that? Better yet, did your mom give you permission to use the internet?

[@kivie13]

@@raisingthejay No, but I did retire young in my 40's. You? It's nice when every day is a Saturday and every night is a Friday. I'm sure the point of my post will fly over your head that's still stuck in the matrix they want you to be stuck in. Word of advice, control your biology or it will control you. Learn true female nature and my original post will make perfect sense to you.

[@baldsquirrel]

Very bad and boring mod

[@di71m0s]

Yeah sorry theres no Subway surfers gameplay for you little baby

[@baldsquirrel]

​@di71m0s yeah, dropped mines in bullsquid, spawn from call of duty and big stone ass in ending soooo fuuuun.. Half-Life Interlude better