The Only Completed Half-Life 2 Beta Mod

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[@DeadwaterGaming]

Spoilers for Aperture Desk Job start at 29:38 and end at 30:23, forgot to put the warning before that part in the video... whoops.

[@Neco-arch]

yes I am the real gordon freemont

[@averageb-1battledroid600]

when is the real freeman gordon going to blow up halo rings

[@sirtitanic7882]

1:34 the true citizen knows that my jaw is somewhat broken

[@Neco-arch]

@@averageb-1battledroid600 no legs means I can't do anything.

[@joshuahsonjh]

... *Anger sounds*

[@demonchu666]

This whole mod has the energy of a school project that is due in 30 minutes with zero energy or care to it. And I love every second of it!

[@Sheenoharu]

I've done similar lol

[@thedude0000-b2j]

same could be said for this video

[@clearz3600]

In college, we had to do a project for computer graphics it could be anything related to German Bauhaus architecture. I wasn't really paying attention and thought he said my house. I spent the next 3 months modelling my house in great detail only to realise my mistake a few hours before the project was due. I threw together a model in about an hour. It looked like this game. I managed to get a C-

[@KeepItWilde]

as someone who's used the Source Engine in the past, I can personally guarantee that this would take more than 30 minutes LOL

[@JustGront]

​@@KeepItWilde Oh that's a cool fact indeed, but this mod is made in gold source

[@gordonfeetman2425]

I love the fact that this is made in gold source. Makes it even better

[@EZOnTheEyes]

Wait, really? I thought this was Source 2

[@TheRidiculousR]

No its unreal engine 6

[@joshuahsonjh]

Nah this is was made on The XnGine engine.

[@Horrifyingabomination]

Thought it was flash

[@somethingtoputonpizza6667]

no it's real-life

[@sanitylost4271]

12:04 this guy was supposed to say "Gordon, you are in prison", but for some reason he interrupted himself with generic hl1 line

[@v2d2]

I'm so upset that line got interrupted, imagine their reactions in an alternate universe

[@mrscruffles801]

I was so upset when they messed that up, could've been gold.

[@pepsiman9751]

Gordon you are CHECK YOUR ZONE

[@Boioioioioioioioioioioioioing]

oh so that's why it went from a guy talking with ruptured vocal strings to a guy talking with a walkie talkie for vocal strings.

[@Toxin___InterHalfer]

Whoever did this has a deep knowledge of HL2 Beta stuff which makes all the jokes funnier

[@Lolzz_ya]

8:43 "The first model was about, yay-high" Alyx wasn't kidding

[@mrwow1667]

i’m pretty sure yay high means shorter

[@hoovy5147]

@@mrwow1667 Not necessarily. But she she gestures at her knee when she says it, meaning it would have been around knee height.

[@beansthe3rst]

8:41 I love the moment where dog just crashes through the wall and slowly slides into the room

[@GreyTide512]

And the low quality 2007 war of the worlds tripod horn sound is the cherry on top.

[@ironicivan4928]

@@GreyTide512 glad i'm not the only one who knew it was the tripod horn sound effect

[@Notazomb6319]

@@GreyTide512 Wrong its 2005 horn

[@ironicivan4928]

@@Notazomb6319 yeah but you can still recognize it

[@davisdf3064]

The best part is that it's honestly terrifying

[@siliconmonday]

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it? The city down there is GREEN and PRETTY like a rainforest.” - The Consul 27:20

[@GetFidW_GdPengon_leader5]

Irony

[@michaelshittmann5325]

24:19 “…but you chose a path of stupid and dumb…” That just sounds like my father whenever I talk to him.

[@CocoTheMii]

"The ravine is here! We're gonna crash! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" *steers directly into the ravine*

[@rainell8246]

T-poses and then disappears Real chad.

[@itspurplepaw6163]

top tier voice acting

[@ketaminepoptarts]

"the ravine is here!" like it just magically showed up instead of always being there

[@lincoln3124]

What makes it funnier to me is the fact that the guy who made this probably forgot to put the ravine in direct path of the bus so he just made Barney drive the bus into the ravine

[@AleksWorkshop]

This mod just feels so incredibly depressing

[@CriticsTheName]

Never thought i would see you here

[@jpdeluxe7648]

This is to be expected from the Half-Life 2 beh-tah

[@mariadinoraaraujodossantos9891]

Just like half life 2 intended to be :D

[@codename.ken-z]

wait you watch Half Life too?

[@ggwellplayed7201]

@@codename.ken-z of course he does, Half Life is like, a big part in fps gaming.

[@CocoTheMii]

I love how the Consul's first words to you are "Gordon, who are you?"

[@NutellaRLZ]

He needed to make sure he got the question to the right person

[@TMNT39]

As soon as the G-Man speech began I knew this mod was for me

[@amp2]

0:43 “Gordon you need to wake up and save city 17”. After I heard this for the first time it made me laugh. I love it.

[@_Zuc_]

What about when Dog breaks in through the wall? I lost it

[@Red_Nine5]

HIS VOICE but that's kinda the plot of the original half life 2 in a nutshell

[@amp2]

@giovanni zuccala me too. Idk the song is. I’m calling it DOG entrance Theme

[@not-him-I-swear]

It really sets the tone for the rest of the mod and it’s just priceless

[@KangarooJay]

someone probably already pointed this out but the sound at 8:43 is literally just the war of the worlds tripod foghorn

[@BetterOnichThanSorry]

14:31 Honestly that was a really well done scream.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

29:11 Edit: On second thought, this could be the same scream.

[@barneycalhoun4456]

@@MisterJohnDoe no morelike the same voice actor

[@mrscruffles801]

20:42 This one is better

[@Gwestytears]

9:42

[@Ileanwhenitalk]

8:06

[@buddiegaming9355]

"Gordon, who are you." 6:34 bru he just said his name and then asked who he was- 😂

[@Oden-gp8xu]

11:30 fun fact, in the half life 2 beta, you were meant to pick up an mp5k and receive an mp7 instead

[@thatkerimguy]

its because of placeholder models used on the ground pickups

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

there were originally both an MP5 and an MP7, they were merged into the retail SMG1

[@mettawatkutaninwat5411]

@@nottherealpaulsmith Isn’t the retail SMG based off MP7?

[@saschahofmann2421]

@@mettawatkutaninwat5411 yes

[@maxis_scott_engie_maximov_jr]

That Dog entrance scene was the reason Half Life 2 Beta didn't make it into retail *_It was too dark_*

[@Richard-iv3ii]

8:43 "my dad built him to protect me from the combine"

[@mccperin]

well if i was the combine n saw this version of dog i would leave earth

[@ThatGreenLED]

POV: You are the combine getting within 100 kilometers of Alyx

[@lincoln3124]

Well it definitely worked

[@weapieraxe1650]

Yo wait, I just realized that this is a this is a subtle nod to the Half-Life 2 Beta (The way the Combine dress is a dead giveaway)

[@MahoganyCrafter]

smh ur right

[@djlyon6309]

11:35 I absolutely can't get over: "THATS NOT THE MP5 THATS THE MP7, YOU DONT EVEN KNOW YOUR HECKLER AND CooC"

[@mikeshmit1363]

It's funny that dog looks so different in this mod considering the final model is almost identical to its original sketch

[@Loromir17]

21:52 an ostentatiously colorful sniper standing in full height on a windowsill and yelling taunts as he blows people into pieces with each shot is so gonna be a character in my next table-top session.

[@myuphrid]

14:26 - "Gordon, that dropship's comin' right for us." "UUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH" He really sold his death scene. Oscar moment right there.

[@leekirov3983]

Top 5 anime death scene

[@joshuahsonjh]

You can tell the VA really was passionate, and gave it there all for that scene.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

*Explodes and leaves enough flesh that would make up multiple people*

[@amp2]

Best video game dead in 2022

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

*pole designed specifically for knocking him into the pit knocks him into the pit*

[@supersonicbros23]

10:27 theres actually some kind of weird quirk with Gold Source viewmodels, where the FOV is permanently long or something, so they actually modelled Half Life's weapons to be short, and fan out at the ends so they look normal from the back but are like, ridiculously proportioned. This is most apparent with the HL1 357 and shotgun, where it looks like a cartoon gun with a giant trumpeted barrel from the side, looks fine, big and powerful from the back, but is silly from the side which is also why the animations never point the gun sideways. Its why backwards porting HL2 weapons to HL1 always looks weird. You can also find this method used on the classic SMOD K98 bolt action rifle, the barrel is ridiculously large but looks fine from the shooter's perspective.

[@z3n1te]

this is because viewmodels in source engine are rendered with a different fov and over everything, thats why it looks weird in this mod

[@misterbaman]

God the dialog in this is award worthy.

[@somethingenthusiast]

Gordon, the particle storm is here! Run! AUUUGH URGHH RAGGGH disappears into nothing

[@Fordan_greeman714]

gordon that drop ships coming right for us *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH* * dies *

[@Danimpish]

Gordon who are you, get out of here

[@oxotniknaoleney]

You must go through the Physics Town, but i have puzzles! You must kill them to proceed

[@not-him-I-swear]

You have chosen the path of stupid and dumb

[@WK-47]

Surprisingly faithful to the OG HL2 while simultaneously being comedy gold.

[@southmelbournedimmy5237]

4:11 they were in so much awe about the tram that they didn't notice G-man in the window. Great misdirection devs!

[@regularjoe027]

Gman’s in the window?

[@mattc7420]

Seeing Half Life 2 NPCs in Goldsrc makes me feel like I'm in a Chuck E Cheese.

[@Gwestytears]

Look at Hl2 Classic

[@bravo2221]

20/10 "amazing storyline and compact gameplay"

[@tnichols8273]

Gordon, go to the sub

[@tnichols8273]

Gordon, we are at the sub

[@Nombrenooriginal]

@@tnichols8273 gordon, we are the sub

[@slickcalf985]

Gordon, we are on the path of the borealrileres *path of borealrileres plays*

[@xXUnhingedDevXx]

Just a little something for everyone

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Apparently Dr. Breen was originally a Starfox character Also for some reason I couldn’t help but find 5:14 to be rather creepy

[@Tornados1oh1]

The music is a portion from "Der Böller-Schütz von Mittenwald". More specifically, it appears to be a sample from the Tyrolean Music Station, a spy numbers station. Not much is known about it, but it broadcasted in East Germany from the 1960s to 70s.

[@vadiks20032]

8:04 i find it extremely funny the guy exploded right when you looked away

[@LehySnek]

By the way, the DOG thing is a huge joke, because that texture he has is the only thing we have of DOG from the beta, lol.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

I like how some characters die multiple times like they’re in Happy Tree Friends

[@Gevs]

Parts of this mod make it seem like the creator actually tried at first like the custom weapons and rigged models but then eventually devolved into this masterpiece.

[@malfattio2894]

Imagine if this had leaked instead of the actual beta stuff

[@TM__1566]

People would still say that it was better than Retail HL2 tbh

[@MaxwellE985]

@@TM__1566 dont blame them.

[@denverbeek]

There is an alternate universe where, instead of the acclaimed masterpiece first-person shooter Half Life 2, THIS releases in 2004.

[@senseiusagi6136]

Apparently that soldier at 12:05 was supposed to say "Gordon you are in prison" but the HECU AI took over apparently

[@taitonaito]

it's not a bug, it is a feature, Gordon should check his zone

[@azrieljale]

This feels like a bad dream, a nightmare re-endition of what HL2 was like, after seeing this video i have a strong urge to replay HL2 just to make sure im not gonnahave terrible nightmares and my awesome HL2 memories will be replaced by HL2 Beta xD

[@Mahagion]

Very funny mod. Had me chuckling a good few times! You guys’ commentary made it 10 times better!

[@SpectrumAnalysis]

90% of this mod is "GORDON. I AM SAYING THE OBVIOUS THING." The other 10% is Resurrection and teleportation of random characters who already died.

[@yuriismailov2228]

7:36 the ravine is here, we're gonna crash! *yells in lowercase*

[@MagikalKrabical]

"Gordon, that dropship is coming right for us." *"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH"*

[@cbar124]

"i am NOT evil bad man" - the conscript i think, 2013

[@cbar124]

the consoul i mean

[@cbar124]

consuol? i dont know

[@AstroTom]

Dog crashing in like SpongeBob in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV 😂😂😂 That made me laugh harder than it should have.

[@polocatfan]

I'm so glad you're playing this! It's an incredibly overlooked half-life 2 beta recreation that actually does a great job showing people what half-life 2 could have been. All the people calling this a joke are rude. This was a very seriously done mod.

[@kroneyt1493]

i am pleased that he was not joking about that being the outro music to the video

[@LumpyHill]

"You and dog will meet now." "Dog, Over here." *creaking* *wall breaks with a badly made dog sliding out with a tripod sound effect* "this is the most menacingly thing I've ever seen"

[@darkpixelz3167]

I did not realise this was GoldSrc until you turned on your torch with Kleiner in the bus.

[@samobojstwochlopiec]

When the water is dead and gaming

[@normalLaSerpienteCopada]

When the water dies and then becomes gaming

[@taitonaito]

@@normalLaSerpienteCopada when the gaming dies and becomes water

[@zye.]

​@@taitonaitowhen the dead waters and becomes gaming

[@MMDVAWARENESS]

This is basically just "I want to dream about the full half life beta" and then the dream turns out like this

[@slickcalf985]

if anyone's wondering, the combine soldier is meant to say "GORDAN YOU ARE IN PRISON"

[@markmurgiya9354]

13:46 This conversation is surprisingly wholesome!

[@ThunderPanzer]

29:46 omg did you mention the PORTAL 2 BETA?!?!?!?! jokes aside while the HL2 beta is neat and wooo so dark, the retail game is still really good so I don't quite get the few people who think the beta was "better" knowing just how different and uncomparable it would've been.

[@limalepakko6074]

It can be anything they would have wanted it to be because it never came out

[@ThunderPanzer]

@@limalepakko6074 they say half life 2 will release soon fingers cross

[@the_kryllic]

Really cool they included stuff from the half life 2 beta in this mod

[@thatkerimguy]

yeah its a cream on top of the cake, would have been decent without it too

[@theorangenetwork957]

That segment at about 28:00 seems like it has a lot of in-joke potential. (edited because I typed the wrong word)

[@yesandnogamerproductions5733]

The people who said that the beta would've been better than the original were right after all! This is a masterpiece

[@tommyb1088]

4:02 Listen to what the homeless guy says.

[@churupinha3510]

This voice acting is Phoenix Games tier, perhaps even worse somehow, I love it.

[@rosieleaverton]

13:33 "Ricten gasp. 'It is teh powerful!' "

[@DeadwaterGaming]

A little late, but I asked Mahogany a couple months ago what he was going to say the orb looked like before I interrupted him by shooting it, and he said that he say gonna say that it looked like the 'powar up fro yuo' from the Castlevania machinima lol. So you were right.

[@rosieleaverton]

@@DeadwaterGaming I didn't even get a notif for your reply and only saw it bc I wanted to rewatch this video. But, yayyyy, I did something right :D

[@GreatUkaUka]

This mod was so fantastically chaotic. I love it.

[@cydrofx]

Oh, i love this mod! I'm glad to see y'all making a video on it. I love shitpost mods like this honestly.

[@CakesAreNotTruths]

4:59 Police, using comic sans since after the seven hour war

[@Dieyouman1]

8:40 Eli: Dog over here Dog: Y E S F A T H E R

[@ericrichards69]

10:56 "You must get through the physics town, but I have puzzles. You must kill them to proceed."

[@saverofthehumens]

*ACKCHUALLY THAT'S THE MP5K*

[@DeadwaterGaming]

John Freeman knows his wepons

[@plumjet09]

@@DeadwaterGaming By the way the guy you forgot the name of is Gordon Frohman

[@willmccoy13]

All the comments: IT'S FROM THE HALF-LIFE 2 BETA Me: IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE IN BETA OR SOMETHING

[@sirasparagus3816]

i like how in the minimalist beta universe the 7 hour war was 7 minutes long

[@sirasparagus3816]

i love how the audio broke so instead of the combine soldier telling gordon he's in prison he tells gordon to check his zone

[@autismgaming4448]

This is the funniest thing i've seen this week, thank you deadwater boys, I laugh.

[@Christopher-D]

The modders had way too much fun with this one

[@Sped55]

in case you didnt realize, this mod's plot and assets are from the half life 2 beta

[@teadrinkingwarlock5101]

Kinda sad that at the Depot map the spldier's line got cut off, because it's funnier in the context.

[@MrDirt]

21:55 he looks like an amalgamation of two or three mascots.

[@Profkol0rado]

Coca cola man Pepsi man

[@Jwertubroelmaspro3477]

6:35 gordon who are you is defietly the best thing

[@slickcalf985]

25:13 aCtUaLlY iTs'S cAlLeD tHe AlIeN cOmBiNe SoLdIeR

[@bamboozled2046]

1:34 Consul Pac Man Consul Pac Man

[@elponogris8588]

8:43 war of the worlds reference

[@xandercall9968]

Somehow, the Half-Life 2 Beta has returned.

[@longtherandomperson2584]

" Gordon, Who are you, get out of the citadel. "

[@Toro563]

They really captured the LA aesthetic in city 17

[@GalagoospurmankyREALofficial]

Noone told me this was also the BEST Hl2 beta mod.

[@johannesviljoen9656]

11:43 thats an MP5K. also "heckler and coke" is pretty much how Heckler & Koch is pronounced. good job.

[@TheDoomguy3232]

Did you know that the train that Gordan arrives on in half-life 2 was from the half-life 2 beta!

[@Salutethesun2]

"That dropship's coming right for us" has the same energy as "he's going over that cliff!"

[@jcdenton9969]

6:02 Bruh, look at this dude...

[@MahoganyCrafter]

LMAO

[@curlyfry2047]

If puzzles could die Gordon would be good at killing them

[@davidnavarro4821]

8:43 lol that’s the infamous tripod sound and I’ve been watching War of the Worlds videos recently 😂 !!

[@_IMMeen_]

0:40 hey guys did you know that this part is from the half life 2 beta

[@siyacer]

8:43 i was not expecting the tripod noise

[@CrazyMarkStudios]

22:32 faded out of existence, into oblivion LOL

[@dodsonboys]

Idk why but the mod being made in Goldsrc instead of Source makes it infinitely funnier to me

[@Deagle195]

Such a bummer you missed the training level, it was better experience than the whole mod itself :(

[@albamiles8080]

the way the characters come back reminds me of Supernatural

[@thehalflifeguy368]

1:50 "i love the smell"

[@KONSACZ]

Memes aside, it have pretty good atmosphere in some places

[@Contrajoe]

I can't tell if the dialogue feels more like Google translate or the John Freeman/Full Life consqueunces Saga

[@SoundScape532]

4:10 thats gman in the window

[@Cyberjoker14]

I swear this mod has the same exact energy as a goanimate video.

[@FalconRS]

This is like pre-pre-alpha of HL2 in 1999.