Half-Life 1 Summarised - Part 2

[@littlecan7579]

"I refuse to take another ste-" -random scientist

[@lucywucyyy]

well that step was in fact his last so he wasnt lying

[@69hero_dank50]

little did he know

[@Xenderman]

Hey, i'm sorry I threw you at the metrocop, he was just being so mean! "Pick up that can"

[@krzyszwojciech]

Famous last words.

[@thunderkunt5416]

go*

[@Jacket430]

Look at this CS player, trying to press E to pick up a gun.

[@dimitar4y]

filthy casual

[@n0xt]

CS:GO player*

[@dumitrumahu5791]

CS:GO you meant ? In CS you have to drop the gun (G) to pick up weapons.

[@aarontheperson6867]

@zendri funny

[@Xendium]

At least he knows that you have to bump into some doors instead of pressing E

[@Sp1derFingers]

HL1 is amazing.... with that said, taking the nostalgia goggles off, there were definitely a lot of rough edges. Still has one of the best opening acts of any game of all time. It's a bumpy ride to the end but definitely worth it.

[@Sharicite]

which is why the new black mesa 1.0 is pretty much HL1 remade for our current gen, because i can definitely see kids now won't appreciate HL1 as much as we did

[@Sp1derFingers]

@@Sharicite Absolutely agree, start with black mesa and move on to HL1 if you dare.. lol.

[@wazzzup2579]

Yeah, same. I guess you can kind of call it a frustrating masterpiece.

[@WifiPillow]

@@wazzzup2579 True but at the same time remember that the game was top notch when released, those rough edges were ok because there was simply nothing doing it better

[@Sp1derFingers]

@@WifiPillow I remember seeing an interview of another game studio (cna't remember who).. they were just about to release their game and they saw half life and how it was story driven and they knew they were fucked. Everyone was doing Quake deathmatch stuff, and valve changed the whole formula.

[@Kyokaz]

honestly, the chapter titles are one of the most iconic things in this series, whenever the title text appears with that iconic yellow/orange glow effect, i felt that. and somehow made me feel that these chapter titles are something that Gordon might think of, or maybe just me

[@pux0rb]

Well you'd probably be pleased to know that they are also in HL:A!

[@gumfireparalax1371]

You should play Black Mesa. It delays the chapter titles to key moments most fitting. For instance, Anomolous Materials' chapter title appears just after the door opens instead of straight away. But the best use of this is by far Gonarch's Lair... but I don't want to spoil that for you.

[@Kyokaz]

@@gumfireparalax1371 i did play black mesa and yes its awesome

[@DeepWeeb]

Ichthyosaurus are so scary on how they swim at you *at 10fps*

[@jockeyfield1954]

when i played this for the first time, for some reason, the fact that they were swimming like that it made me panic and nearly die

[@pt8306]

"I refuse to go another step!" *gibs immediately* Well that's technically true

[@ludvighoelstad326]

gibs?

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

Gibs, the plural of gib, aka the name of the meat parts that explode when he dies

[@ludvighoelstad326]

@@DanielFerreira-ez8qd ahh I see, thanks

[@Dailyisolated]

"I'm just gonna skip this next segment, it's more of the same." - Me for the last couple years.

[@Cheezime]

I'm surprised no one else has mentioned the mental transition at 2:10.

[@dunctimm3532]

Didn't even notice

[@Rhaelyxs]

Yeah and 7:09

[@christiancinnabars1402]

The scientist near the saw trap isn’t actually Eli. Eli was the scientist near the first headcrab in the game, as he recalls in HL2 that the last time he saw Gordon was when he sent him up for help.

[@BigA207]

They added him in Black Mesa because of this. When I went through HL2 again after Black Mesa, I was happily impressed that the addition Crowbar Initiative made was actually based on already-existing information. Also, Dr. Kleiner is there with Eli, and is quite intrigued by that first head crab in a glass case.

[@JackHan_0812]

9:18 just casually destroying a corpse, nothing to mind.

[@lukkkasz323]

i always do that

[@xandinho123456789]

Gordon is so strong that he can transform a body to its minimun components with one hit with the cowbar.

[@damienvanhoogenvan5111]

shooting down the helicopter with a charged pulse is one of my strongest gaming....actually strongest childhood memories . it absolutely awed me

[@Rogther]

I just learned that you could shoot them down, all my life I though those levels where about you hiding from the helicopters and finding the right times to move from cover to cover

[@Rogther]

at least until you get the rocket launcher

[@gl4ce]

@@Rogther Same. I completed this game 3 times and I never realized you could actually shoot down the heli with regular weapons.

[@-Zakhiel-]

@@gl4ce Not with regular weapons. You have to charge the tau gun to the maximum, then shoot it. Two max charged hits should take care of the choppa. You could shoot down the helicopers even with the glock but only in the first unpatched version of the game.

[@Andy_M.S.c]

Ah, your editing making it perfect to see at 2AM.

[@Trovosity]

1 am here xD

[@JasTheFagge]

6am you mean

[@PaulWitzelNarratives]

It's 12:45 am for me

[@RDR911]

11PM you mean :P

[@FornusSomeFornit]

what do you mean?

[@EnigmacTheFirst]

23:45 wait, that’s how you’re suppose to do that? I hitched a ride on one of those flying things by crouch jumping to it, then to the teleporter. Didn’t even know that cave was there.

[@lucywucyyy]

i used the cave but then missed the jump onto the flying thingies and couldnt be bothered to go all the way back down and up and down again so crouch jumped it too in the end lol

[@JukoYT]

Same

[@yiftach2949]

same

[@novamous777]

Doom Paul that’s the beauty of Half-life 1

[@josephstalinsdaughter6499]

i spent at least an hour quick loading to get on to the platform with the ammo at that section jumping onto one floating mantas

[@girandpiggy95]

14:18 i wonder if headcrabs can feel regret

[@the_kovic]

11:35 It's called the Tau Cannon! It's even confirmed in Half-Life 2 where they specifically say that the buggy has a Tau cannon attached to it.

[@sharqueeshajohnalaneesha2019]

Watching this series makes me realize just how much Black Mesa differs from the original

[@marcusborderlands6177]

Yeah, and how much they made xen fun.

[@geromy3154]

@@marcusborderlands6177 yeah but Interloper still kinda sucks ass

[@512TheWolf512]

@@geromy3154 black mesa's interloper is way more fun, especially the sections where you don't have to worry about your gluon gun running out of ammo

[@geromy3154]

@@512TheWolf512 well yeah it's a bit more fun but it's like comparing rotten food to shit

[@spacesponge8732]

It's currently late o'clock where I'm at, and I've beaten Half-Life about ten times, but I'll still watch this

[@brymsd8895]

@EasySneezy 123 dont be such an unfunny dickhead

[@farguc]

Hl does that to you. I was 8 when it came out didnt complete it till 2005 AFTER i completed hl2. I couldt get passed some parts as a kid tool be 7 years to pass it

[@lonelypotato520]

4:52 I have never seen anyone go around that way, I’ve only seen people jump up the side of the staircase

[@Dirtyblue929]

11:35 "Gauss gun" REEEEE IT'S THE TAU CANNON But seriously, calling it a gauss gun makes no sense unless that laser is somehow propelled by magnets, lol.

[@lukkkasz323]

Well, the gun's name is "weapon_gauss"

[@not2hot99]

You watch whomobile?;)

[@randomcatdude]

@@lukkkasz323 That's just a leftover from an earlier version of the weapon before it was turned into an energy weapon.

[@buscadiamantes1232]

and the Bradley isn't a tank either REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[@not2hot99]

@@buscadiamantes1232 REEEEEE

[@Catishcat]

23:42 oh so that's how you're supposed to do this part i've replayed the game like 15 times and never noticed that

[@HollowCats]

Although I played HL2 when I was 15, I only played HL1 last January. I was expecting On a Rail to be a nightmare after all I've heard about it, but I ended up enjoying it for the most part. I never got lost, but I did get stuck for a while because I was looking for a switch or lever or something to open the blast door with. I expected the same tedium to be had in Xen as well, but still had little issue with it. It's things like these that make me worry that the levels in my game won't be fun to play after all, considering I keep enjoying the parts of games that everyone seem to hate.

[@zulubunsen9067]

Thank you Philip. Having played through the game at least thirty times I pretty much forgot the excitement (and sometimes frustration) it gave me when I first played it. These two videos brought a little back of that feeling. I could list a bunch of ways you could play most parts more "efficiently" (I did cringe a few times), but that would kinda ruin the fun.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

For some reason, I always make a bad quicksave in 'On A Rail'. Once it was with low health with a rocket coming straight at me, then one other time it was right before the 'crescent of doom' with low health. I would end up either killing the soldiers or the turret, but not both for a long time. When I finally managed to get through, it was exhilarating. Then there was this one time I managed to lose the rail cart and did the level on foot somehow, avoiding the electricity of the rails. For this, On A Rail tends to be my most memorable chapter of a playthrough.

[@travosk8668]

2:08 that was a smooth transition damn I had to rewatch it like 3 times to catch it. Well done.

[@yakul4410]

Are you going to do Half Life 2 summarised? I know everyone's played it, but I think people enjoyed this style of video

[@marekvidra]

Last night I watched the first part and was disappointed to se that there was no second part. You can imagine my happiness when I woke up and saw the second part. Thank you Philip!! :)))

[@drunkonsuccess779]

4:35 i always loved this bit where you're behind some HECU soldiers talking about how you will pay because as soon as their done i'm pretty much like the Spy "Right behind you." and proceed to cave their heads in with a crowbar

[@wulf2121]

3:30 + 4:06 the gun is turning kind of slowly and there is a lot of cover in these rooms - I am pretty sure the intended solution is to run from cover to cover until you are next to the sandbag cover with the mounted gun. Then you can lob a grenade or a satchel charge in from behind (there is a gap between cover and wall).

[@j.peters1222]

20:20 "I just can't bring myself to use i-" **Gets blasted to bits** I guess Gordon had no hesitation using it LOL

[@OfficialAilius]

I’m enjoying this series so far! I hope to see these videos for the other half-life games.

[@Radhaugo108]

I never played Half-Life, ever since I found your channel, I can't wait to get my hands on it.

[@halfwaylambda440]

you should, they're all amazing games (not perfect obviously, nothing is perfect), and there are even 2 expansion packs for half life 1 called opposing force and blue shift, so if you wanna play those too then start with blue shift first

[@Milkiest]

Hey thanks for this! I think the pace may be just right. It seems maybe too long at first, however, it really helped me get a feel of HL1 and doesn’t feel bloated. Its better than going into Alyx with my original memory of me watching HL1 over a family friends shoulder when I was like 10.

[@AleksWorkshop]

I cant believe you physically freed and killed the grunt in the start of questionable ethics

[@bekkayya]

mmm those transitions are smooth af nice editing

[@giwake]

I really like this series! I'm looking forward to your HL2 playthrough.

[@bekkayya]

"I just cant bring myself to bring it on another liv-" *scifi noises, gibbs* fucking brutal

[@warmfuzz]

I am exited to watch the HL2 videos as they were the first ones I played

[@Rays_K]

You can actually kill the Garg (That giant red eye monster) right away with just 10 grenade but using the giant electric trap is way cooler and dramatic though.

[@HueyTheDoctor]

Just ten grenades? That's a bargain.

[@quinnsmith-cameron1011]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who endured that helicopter the entire level until the rocket launcher

[@lizinbham]

i like that you go over gameplay mechanics and not just story, more!

[@lastlife0726]

The tranq gun is incredible, got me through both of the final bosses. Precise and deadly, and relatively quick to reload.

[@lucywucyyy]

whats silly is i didnt use it through the whole game because i thought it would only temporarily knock enemies out, really wish they hadnt said it was a tranq gun lol

[@mycoolhk]

I really enjoyed all of your Half-Life video playthroughs, its a side of your channel that has rarely been done before. It would great to see the other Half-Life Expansions, although I understand that the number of views you get on these long-winded projects rarely pay dividends. Regardless, thank you and all the best, I hope to see more :) !

[@sgtmaggi]

There are a surprising amount of details I don't remember even though I play through this something like a year ago. Thanks for this summary, it's really informative and entertaining

[@GooseHandler]

1) I didn't know you can destroy the mines where all the snipers are, I thought it would trigger all the others and kill you. 2) I had no idea that those green things were blind and only responded to sound....I just always ran past them. This is from someone that has played HL1 a good 20 or so times

[@pragul1999]

ME TOO

[@dumitrumahu5791]

I may get the mine part but how you didnt know about sounds ? Even the scientist said that they react to sound. You can also fuck with them with grenades, they imediately start attack at the sound and you can run past them.

[@royliber3824]

i just kept throwing grenades at that shit and run, sometimes skipping the ladders and going straight to the platform below lol never knew that monster was sensitive to sound either after i saw this vid

[@dineshdewanand3755]

Me too :(

[@kraorus]

the most frustrating thing is that when u see that "battle you have no chance of winning" is like winnable with just a crowbar >:[

[@TheGrimHHH]

There's actually a mod where you can fight your way out of the 'battle you have no chance of winning' to get back at the Gman. It's a nice "what if".

[@hohladych]

@@TheGrimHHH Can you share a link to this mod?

[@TheGrimHHH]

@@hohladych Unfortunately, I don't know where to download this mod, but I'm sure you can find it easily. It's called 'Half-Life: Anti-Climax'.

[@hohladych]

@@TheGrimHHH Thanks

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

He took your crowbar from you smh

[@MrDirt]

Great Summery. I used to play Half Life at training, when there was nothing to do. Just last week I played the original again parallel to its fan remake Black Mesa, comparing how accurate they remade everything. Its so nice to see you play it as well and showing us which parts gave you trouble and comparing your playstyle with mine.

[@Bozothcow]

It was actually an oversight that you can shoot down the helicopter with the Tau cannon. They wanted it to circle you until you got the RPG on the cliff.

[@KNGHTnGOLE]

Love this, will wait for next episode and after half life series I'd love to see same on Elder Scrolls Series.

[@HaecEsneLegas]

I hope to see this let's play continue into hl2. It's been very enjoyable so far to see your perspective.

[@KappaCow]

great job on this mini-series. watching these made me feel like i replayed the game.

[@rippernmode8015]

6:46 you're supposed to go through a door under the water

[@mataskart9894]

that's the only thing I didn't like about half life- It was confusing as all hell to find out what's what since you don't really expect that a game from 1990's has interactable environments when some games these days don't..........

[@Blahblahblah-s9x]

I got through by luckily killing the alien fish ride beside the door and using it as a platform. This shows how great half life is

[@burningsheds4932]

I love your videos so much, please keep doing what you're doing, you're literally my favourite (and possibly the best) youtuber and have been since I started watching you almost two years ago now

[@lolo_trolo7402]

I feel ashamed right now... I have never played a Half Life game. Just watched some footage of the new VR one and then thought it would be good to check the other ones out too. And I must say, even though it's relatively old, this looks very cool and neat. A lot of great ideas. I love it. I apologize again and now I'll be waiting for the Half Life 2 videos. Great job, man.

[@Retro--]

"and the gargantuan is faster than you" Faster than Gordon Freeman? The one free man? I don't see that gargantuan doing frame perfect bhops and accelerated back hops

[@morlordca]

These got me into playing Half Life 1 again, and I left off exactly where the video started. I actually killed the Gargon by throwing all of my grenades at it, and letting it set off trip mines. Never knew you could do that

[@alien76]

Just as i wanted to post a comment that you should do more of this, you released it today - the second part Thank you Phillip for doing these !

[@darkerbit]

"This bit ends with a climb up some ladders." *valve ladder physics* *death*

[@SuprChikn]

4:50 - "... and the beams to detonate it can't be dodged" Um, yes they can, 'cause that's the way I remember doing it back in the day (with several deaths along the way).

[@not2hot99]

And speedrunners do it ;)

[@hospsa6933]

I saw your coronavirus video, I hope you are doing well and I cant wait to see all of the Half Life Alyx videos.

[@Jediahgames]

I loved the tram segment in both times I played, it's such a nice change of pace

[@lastlife0726]

I think those snipers are harder to beat than the devs intended. There's a hole that you're clearly supposed to throw a grenade through, but it only works if you get the grenade to blow in front of them.

[@eTzTheGamer]

Love these videos, thank you for them :) Would be super cool to also see you cover all the expansions and episodes as well! (Opposing force, blue shift, lost coast)

[@gregorywhatley9659]

Thanks for the refresher course my man, I'd forgotten half the stuff in here

[@yourcontentguideruby6736]

This HL1 summary videos are wonderful!

[@SpiritOvSkyyyy]

20:20 NOTHIN PERSONAL KID

[@zeroneonSOS]

I love this series! Thanks so much for making these.

[@MultiJeje12345]

18:11I remember feeling actual fear at that part

[@Blahblahblah-s9x]

All the Garg sections made me anxious. It was kinda spooky being in the room with them.

[@lufetm]

Oh, the sounds... I encountered a lot of them in CS 1.6 online servers and they have a special place in my heart

[@cheers5561]

I was literally watching the first part an hour ago.

[@cheaterman49]

I thought I only saw about half of the game, turns out I only gave up at the second Xen level before the factory. Makes me want to really finish the game now :-) great narration and video!

[@Wiss13h]

i was looking for this yesterday. Thanks! i finished this game over 10 times maybe and still want to watch u play it

[@stefanchech]

really appreciate this series, thanks

[@mastercrazyyyd7699]

The final level was the bane of my existence in this game, I died a countless numbers of times and when I finally do get to the end of a part right before an auto save I thought it saved and go back to the beginning of the level where the hard part was. I have to fight my way through it all again, dying even more. Once I finally make it back to the point where I had messed up I save the heck out my game

[@Olpepolpe]

I felt this wasn't as fast paced video as the last one. Well done, 2kliksphilip! Now I'm waiting for the HL2 and Episodes summary videos!

[@dogvorbis]

Thank you for these videos. I would have never completed that play through haha well made video you've gained yourself another subscriber! 😁

[@underflip2]

You really have to play black mesa after this. Its incredible How much work they put into it to make it more modern. Also the soundtrack is amazing.

[@Ginto_O]

0:05 well you can actually kill him with explosives. i didnt really knew you can kill him with electricity lol 4:50 WOW i never knew you can jump on the box and climb on the wall! i always just crouched and jumped over the beams! 8:46 theese wals are in fact coded as TRAINS and if you press E on top of them you can choose speed or reverse

[@yasha42oth]

Oh lol, didn't know about the walls being trains, thanks for the tip ^^

[@halfwaylambda440]

actually i don't think you can stop these crushing walls anymore, they patched it so that you can't interfere with them. i could be wrong though

[@Ginto_O]

@@halfwaylambda440 well yeah its probably patched but still funny thing

[@mateuszw.7905]

@@Ginto_O it worked in won edition

[@ouroldhouse3674]

All these years, I never knew that about the moving walls, coded as trains lol.

[@CeschiArt]

If you press E over one of the trash compactor walls you can drive it like a rail car lmao

[@TheJonix55]

These are amazing, great job!

[@masonshackelford285]

This week, I played Half Life for the first time. i made the poor decision of playing on hard, but even still, On a Rail took the longest of any chapter, I think, despite having almost no combat. It was such a confusing mess. i actually just left the tram behind and ran along the wall after a few hours

[@aeronautisch]

Thanks for these videos! They are quite enjoyable and I've never finished the game past the last Xen level. It's sobering to see you make these clear and concise videos. Absolutely well crafted. This is one of the reasons why you are such a great KZbinr. Thanks bro

[@gewiotevan]

Not much time left to wait. I'm exicited

[@BoshMind]

I thought it was funny when you mentioned that the gun on the car was similar to the gauss gun. Because it is the gauss gun

[@atomicwaffle420]

tao cannon.

[@Pensi0nar]

26:00 I had no idea you could actually refuse G-man's offer!

[@MakeItB3tter]

:V Thanks for the content friend ! *edit* - Greetings from a France, gotta binge that Half-Life content during quarantine eheh

[@Vexcenot]

4:54 Dear God this whole time I've been perfectly timed jumping over those things

[@kkaiser.8521]

I appreciate this because I wanted to play the whole series but stopped at the rail segment

[@sunov]

You can find the code for the lambda core teleports - 247 - written on the floor in a room nearby

[@lkcdarzadix6216]

would you also summarized Half-Life: Opposing Force and Blue Shift?

[@lucywucyyy]

i hope he does too

[@alexanderhorner]

I like it. Make sure to mention all the interesting easter eggs, like the g man appearances.

[@NikolajKalashnikov47]

If you try to shoot down the helicopter, you might as well try to copy the lord of the rings with ink and a feather. Trust my on that one.

[@bogiesmigforl1]

4:52 i always just parkoured my way up there

[@reinko8454]

This is amazing. I would definitely like to see more

[@MaximusOwen1]

I only played the PS2 port in the early 2000’s and recently finished Black Mess. I have to say they have done an excellent job with the remake, all the additions do actually improve the game which is not easy considering the quality of the game they are remastering.

[@mertronael]

Please do HL2 and HL2 episodes as well. It'd be great to refresh our memories before HL:A.

[@albanui6354]

Dunno about anyone else, but this summary series made me go back and re-watch an old Machinima called 'Freeman's Mind' by Ross Scott. It's not as funny as I remember it being when I was a child, but it's such a nostalgic experience; perfect watching for Big Bo Joe's quarantine.

[@Fizlo]

Just finished watching the first one. Perfect timing!

[@legacyofvrak]

@EasySneezy 123 stop.saying ok. Jeez

[@andrewmurphy5403]

Love these videos

[@infinitelyexplosive4131]

I completely forgot about the on a rail segment since the speedrun just bhops through it all. It's amazing how much content there is in the game.

[@drnow3621]

I loved the rail levels! I think breaks the more conventional Run N Run and is part of what makes Half-Life a great game.