Half-Life 2: A Deep Dive into the Lost Coast

[@unoriginalperson72]

I think the fisherman is so old he's seen many things in his life that seeing Gordon fading from existence is just normal to him.

[@aaroo9554]

@@damsen978 you miss the part where the fisherman says youre getting fuzzy aeound the edges

[@aaroo9554]

@@damsen978 "Hey Where're you going. You're getting fuzzy around the edges Well... I guess you got other places to be" It even mentions this in the video you just commented on.

[@aaroo9554]

@@damsen978 I replayed lost coast. Its said every time. Why are you insisting on dying on this hill. Its ok to be wrong.

[@BabzaiWWP]

@@aaroo9554 i mean gordan is wearing a sci fi suit he probably just thinks its a feature

[@ORLY911]

He may not be aware of G man putting gordon away, but I'd imagine the effect would remind him of things being teleported which im sure he's seen from the Combine when they first came to Earth.

[@ValentineC137]

Can we admire that even on a random off-shoot like Lost Coast, then they still programmed in tiny details like the fisherman reacting to you shooting the birds

[@plasticballs]

you don't seem to entirely understand why those tiny details are there but you have the general spirit at heart

[@ValentineC137]

@@plasticballs you’re welcome to explain

[@plasticballs]

@@ValentineC137 those tiny details are there because lost coast is a testbed. the details are literally the reason it exists, valve just figured they could get a couple extra dollars by releasing it to the public

[@arionell]

@@ValentineC137 Well, feel free to finish the video as it explains why that system exists.

[@melc311]

it probably takes like 5 minutes to do all that logic in the level editor

[@TalleyBellum]

What if the fisher man's lack of surprise in Gordon disappearing in front of him is just due to having lived through a bunch of the shit the combine did and was just used to weird unexplainable stuff happening

[@tatotaytoman5934]

yeah, the combine have some weird crap, like energy balls and modified animals as tanks and dropships

[@Sorta8]

If he was alive during the Cascade Resonance it would kinda make sense, considering the Xen aliens teleporting all over Earth during it. I wouldn't be amazed if some of these aliens teleported back to Xen on some occasions.

[@barple367]

@@Sorta8 I'd say he most certainly was alive during it, HL1 and HL2 are about 22 years about from each other.

[@Skiivin]

That was my takeaway

[@TheFloodFourm]

Fisherman, watching a recent acquaintance get disintegrated by an unknown form of alien weaponry: “I’ll be seein’ ya!”

[@Pinnaporaptor]

It wasn't the G-Man taking away Gordon, but rather he was taking the Fisherman.

[@plasticcup795]

or both of them, Wouldn't that be funny?

[@nottoofast]

@@plasticcup795 G-Man be like "Who this mf?"

[@creditsunknown7974]

Dr Fish-man, in the flesh.

[@merrittanimation7721]

@@creditsunknown7974 I took the liberty of relieving you of your fishing pole. It was government property after all. As for the hat, I think you've earned it.

[@kosminn]

@thecountermen01 That's why I am here Mr. Fisherman. I have recommended your services to my- uhh employers, and they authorized me to offer you a job. they agreed with me that you have limitless fishing potential.

[@JustSomeRandomIdiot]

Ya know, Lost Coast in 2005, looked pretty damn good. Valve did an amazing job, presenting so much detail and accurate lighting at a time when hardware and software was still so limited in comparison to today.. there are games today that don't look as good as Lost Coast did then.

[@uglybad4]

Some of the biggest selling points of Raytracing, especially global illumination, were captured by Source well before the new technology came around and I think that's really neat. Granted that GI seen with Raytracing is done in real time and is much higher resolution, but getting a similar effect years before it had mainstream appeal is nothing short of impressive

[@Nicolo-ue9xu]

Well when valve release something they made good

[@disposable_income_andy]

It's also a lot sunnier and realistic with the lighting, you could actually imagine being there on the coast and it's not fogged to bits like it would be in, say, L4D. L4D has some wonderful sights but in my opinion it's partially ruined by stuff like a cloud always being over the sun.

[@x8BitRain]

The fact that a 15 minute tech demo has so much love and attention to detail put into it makes it one of my favorite games of all time.

[@flabby011]

woah is that bitrain? the epic speedrunner for half life 2 the video game by valve????????

[@LyrenMeow]

@@flabby011 It indeed is, BitRain is a very cool person!

[@DeranRoute-vu5jy]

Technically every half-life game is a tech demo, so it’s no surprise.

[@deltacee9751]

I just imagine the fisherman defended himself during the 7 hour war just with his trusty mackerel and beat the shit out of every single combine also great vido btw :)

[@radiationhazardsfather6310]

No wonder why his back hurts

[@kadenstutzman6216]

It’s a weapon of bass destruction

[@2FortTourist]

@@kadenstutzman6216 You rat. I'll let you get away with that dad joke.

[@zherean42069]

And uses his bullsquid as his allies

[@TamamoF0X]

I guess he was taught how to wield a mackerel as a weapon from a certain Boston boy.

[@Loopy1330]

I think St. Olga existence and the fisherman's existence as well by extension are both canon, as implied by Half-Life: Alyx. St. Olga is absolutely canon, it's seen on the poster, and the fisherman I don't see any reason why he shouldn't be canon. As for Gordon's adventure at the lost coast I'd say it's most likely not canon. There is no place that I can seen where the lost coast could fit within the canon, I view it the same way I do Uplink. I think the best that could be done to work it into the canon would be a mini prequel to Gordon's adventure in base Half-Life 2. I'd imagine the G-Man briefly took Gordon out of stasis to see how well he'd do against new Combine forces and to see if Gordon still has what it takes with cliffside combat similar to Half-Life 1. By the end the G-Man puts Gordon back into stasis (because it would have to be him) and he doesn't really care about the fisherman witnessing it since he's old and will probably think he's hallucinating. That's my little headcanon explanation. Now that I think about it, the cut opening to Lost Coast with the fisherman on the boat is probably what inspired the character Samuel in Arkane's Dishonored, since they're both older men who transport the main character by boat and Dishonored was made with Viktor Antonov.

[@themilkman6969]

could be set when freeman and alyx were going back to kleiner’s lab in the late game, gordon could’ve been transported to the coast

[@themilkman6969]

@@kumi6797 yeah, just watched the rest if the video shit

[@HEVcat]

Gman says at the start of half life 2 "rise and shine mr freeman" which would probably mean that actually the only cannon half life game is half life alyx because half life alyx is the only half life game that exist and actually in team fortress 2 gman appears in a poster saying "need a dispenser here" which would probably mean that father gregori is actually the gman and the gman is actually the spy which would mean the scout (who is the son of the heavy and engi) is actually the next gman and adrian sheppard is actually the pyro which would mean that walter is the medic

[@Loopy1330]

@@HEVcat Not gonna lie, when I got to Scout's parents I burst out laughing for the rest of the read. 10 out of 10.

[@4P5MC]

Crazy idea but could it be after Episode 3? Obviously it's not out yet, but if I remember right Epistle 3 ended with the G-Man putting Gordon back into statis. It could be that the combine weren't completely off the earth, or survived in small patches.

[@ob2kenobi388]

2:26 The funniest part about Half-Life to me is that when Gordon lowers his revolver when facing an ally, he points it directly between their legs-which is potentially more threatening than pointing it at their head/chest.

[@mil1992]

Wait why not the head

[@sneed2600]

@@mil1992 nutshot

[@mil1992]

@@sneed2600 oh nah jit trippin

[@jetski8839]

@@mil1992 is not like they gonna be having kids anyways cuz you know

[@danielsurvivor1372]

​@@jetski8839 Know what?

[@juanletsplay1550]

Rest in peace to Jim French, I see the poor man had to record a lot of voice lines for the fisherman

[@RiveryJerald]

you're forgetting all the lines he did in left 4 dead 1 & 2

[@AJ-po6up]

A very charismatic and nostalgic voice, he will never be forgotten, I will always remember him as Bill.

[@maxmocs5008]

He was also the guy who lost his skeleton under care of the Medic according to an old SFM.

[@cosmiccynic2757]

Fun Fact: If you take a specific route it is possible to navigate through the water without the leeches killing you.

[@OssyFlawol]

good video, really enjoyed this look into a strange but charming part of Half Life's history :)

[@BalthazarB2]

Really makes you wish we got more Half-life 2 content, doesn't it?

[@tev5040]

no way its the portal man himself

[@jasperfox6821]

Yo, it's the portal shark dude 0.0

[@yoursonhaspassedaway3330]

water cooler

[@Жойлес]

For some reason, the architecture in that exact village hitting really close to home for me. Reminds me of the old districts of Kyiv, like Andriyivskyy Descent or Podil. Absolutely beautiful places Mix it with Source Engine aesthetic (which is huge nostalgia inducer for every 1990-2004 kid) and get full nostalgia overcharge

[@loganlockheart6286]

What was it like? I like to hear about it.

[@Жойлес]

@@loganlockheart6286 what was like... what?

[@loganlockheart6286]

@@Жойлес the districts of Kyiv

[@Жойлес]

@@loganlockheart6286 it's one of the most famous places in Kyiv; a districts that still have pre-soviet buildings in it. Cozy streets with old European architecture make huge contrast with soviet blocky buildings. Me with my mom loved walking there when I was 7. And she actually grew up on Andriyivskyy Descent so that takes a special place in her heart and in mine too tho I grew up in more common residential areas like ones in Obolon'

[@loganlockheart6286]

@@Жойлес that sounds so peaceful and beautiful

[@teadrinkingwarlock5101]

St. Olga is just beautiful. The cliff, the morning view of the town... Even mountain on the horizon!

[@TheBlueBullets]

It's a bit corny, but I always liked to imagine that Lost Coast is a dream a demoralised Gordon has when he blacks out at the end of Episode 2 after Eli dies. The Fisherman representing a voice for humanity and a reminder of his mission to take down the Combine, the cliffside climb and the helicopter battle being a rephrased memory from Black Mesa where he had to stand up against overwhelming odds, and the gun emplacement itself either representing the Citadel or the Borealis. This doesn't really account for Half Life Alyx, but if Gordon is aware of Eli's death being erased then it could snugly fit into the epilogue of HLA

[@MrAB-fo7zk]

Why is Eli's death so important to Lost Coast? Have never played Lost Coast, ... Might play it in the next few days as I'm currently replaying HL2 base as we speak. But I don't understand why Eli's death is so important? Many other comments have mentioned that it must take place before his death. So just curious.

[@danielsurvivor1372]

​@@MrAB-fo7zk There isn't much lore in Lost Coast so don't get your hopes up.

[@Naftoreiclag]

i like it

[@manny7289]

@@MrAB-fo7zk its not lol, hes not even mentioned. I guess people are trying to fit it into the story line

[@CoolSs]

as much people meme on it . i actually love Lost Coast and especially the church . it's show how powerful the source engine back then (it's from 2005) And the vertical combat . that work . is something rare to see in half life and is something i kinda wish we had more off . also the developer commentary is insightful . i always love hearing Valve devs talking about the game . Edit: We did have vertical combat in nova prospekt and i liked it . before entering it . next to the cliff . Also the church at the end uses this cool source engine glass . we rarely see used ever .

[@ThePigeon5734]

Source Engine is pre-2003

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

White Forest's Silo in HL2: EP2 and the Lost Coast's Cliffside felt like Valve wanting to recapture the glory of HL1's Surface Tension and the finale of On a Rail.

[@lookstothetroon]

Source engine glass?

[@CoolSs]

@@lookstothetroon I'm referring to 2003 tech demo of the source engine . there is a glass mosaic of Gordon freeman . here in lost coast . we can see similar looking glass (yes i know it's church glass but it not flat like normal glass and stuff)

[@lookstothetroon]

@@CoolSs ohh yeah that

[@CynUnion-ji9uj]

You know what, mad respect to Marc for even bothering to answer an Email about a Tech Demo for a game he wrote for 20 years prior. He didn't have to, it's not like it was expected of him, but he did it.

[@finnyjam8252]

I’ve always interpreted the fade-out ending as just being that- a fade-out ending for a tech demo because it doesn’t have a “proper” ending like in the other titles. Honestly, I always saw lost coast as being uncanonical anyways, as it is never mentioned in any other HL title and was clearly intended to be a one-off. It also doesn’t fit into the rest of the HL2 storyline, unless there’s some point between Gordon arriving by at city 17 and Eli dying where this can be slotted in (remember that half-life is a uninterrupted experience from Gordon’s perspective. Also, just wondering but why’s the video in 4:3?

[@stuglife5514]

It might have been rendered in 4:3 as a artistic inclusion, as when lost coast was released (as well as HL2) 4:3 was basically the standard. So it might have been rendered that way to be true to what it looked like for everyone on release as 16:8 wouldn’t really be the standard until 5 years later or so after lost coast

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

because Richter really likes uploading videos in 4:3 get used to it

[@Treyway31201]

If G-Man is supposed to be a shorthand for "government man", and in the Lost Coast you meet the "Fisherman", could it be assumed that you could shorten that to "F-Man"? Is there a connection? Probably not but it could be pretty interesting to consider the fisherman as another G-Man like figure just with different, although similar, motives. Hence why he isn't all too phased to see Gordan just disappear at the end on the dlc.

[@thecianinator]

G-Man is an actual real life slang term for shady government workers.

[@f-man3274]

Damn

[@simtexa]

G-Man F-Man GF... Gordon Freeman.

[@bhonemyintmyatzaw-riz9535]

bro thats sus

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

The Fisherman had the most detailed character model and textures in a Half-Life game before HL:A, and he's a barely seen side character in a free demo that most people complete in 10 min.

[@haroldearlgray5629]

I always took the ending as just Gordon leaving not really being teleported away

[@cheesybeard]

then why would the fisherman say "Your getting fuzzy around the edges."

[@pinkunokinyobi]

@@cheesybeard To break the fourth wall !

[@cheesybeard]

@@pinkunokinyobi or he could be walking away I guess. Maybe the fisherman has bad eyesight or somethin?

[@hansonkerman7286]

i always thought he was losing blood, and the fisherman saying 'you're getting fuzzy around the edges!' was just his way of saying Gordon is not looking so good

[@joeyzahorik6878]

Putting this vid in 4:3 was pretty genius and gave this vid a great vibe, phenomenal job.

[@colonel_yuri]

I have the source SDK they apparently give to game developers of the source engine, running a spec test of your computer on lost coast, I never knew why they had a map of an abandoned harbour, but now I know, thanks richter.

[@Syddy_]

everyone can download the source SDK on steam

[@colonel_yuri]

@@Syddy_ yes, I know, but I wasnt aware of anything about the lost coast map

[@gordon_freeman2542]

Ever since I mounted every game on Garry's mod 13, I have noticed the lighting from Lost Coast start effecting other games like TF2, And it even is affecting Source mods like Entropy Zero.

[@lm9029]

5:09 With that "HEY" i could not unhear Bill responding to Francis calling him a helpless old man.

[@AK3601]

10:09 That is sad to hear that the teleport theory got shoot-down. Going to have to store it in my headcanon now.

[@Friendly_Lad]

My idea is that gordon would have ditched the buggy by now and was to have traversed to st Olga on foot. He would find himself on the other side of the water closer to the industrial area. He would meet the Fisherman and a couple of resistance members hanging out in a warehouse. They would mention that he was heading the right way to nova prospect, however the combine had said up shop in the monastery, using it at an observation point to scan for any incoming attacks on nova prospekt. Of course the resistance had been spying on the combine the entire time and had noticed helicopters dropping off head crab canisters, fearing the worst the fisherman asks you to go take the combine out. Then lost coast plays out. Afterwards you would be lead to O.P.B (Olga point base) where the fisherman would give you the bug bait and instruct you how to use it, he would also joke about it being good to catch lots of fish. Then the invasion of nova prospekt would play out.

[@RainingMetal]

I always thought the ending involved Gordon running away at the thought of eating disgusting leeches.

[@daesplays8737]

I like to think that the Lost Coast events still happen, just with someone else instead of Gordon, like Adrian or perhaps, Gina or Colette.

[@Clone3A7]

Gina and Colette DEAD by then

[@MalcolmNessGranger]

@@Clone3A7 well Gina is dead, Colette green is MIA, so is Rosenberg

[@zherean42069]

@@MalcolmNessGranger i love to see rosenberg and collette in Half-Life ep3

[@MalcolmNessGranger]

@@zherean42069 rather doubt it, they are obscure characters at best that can either get a small mention at best.

[@TheBearWithOrangeFur]

It’s actually Gus the forklift driver! :0

[@mydude249]

6:53 I like how the valve theme starts right when the helicopter hits the building.

[@mydude249]

@lolcat It's pretty satisfying.

[@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436]

It's like the bonk sfx

[@mydude249]

@@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 Yeah

[@CesarBendy1]

[Helicópter crashes] valve guy: BAAAMMMM

[@narrowgauge0727]

the fisherman is the reason we lasted 7 hours and not 3

[@Tankband01]

I always assumed that it was going to be a part of the highway maps and the map before this one would've left Gordon getting f'ed up and waking up being assisted by the fisherman and then so forth. Gordon fading away always was a mystery to me.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

I always felt as if Lost Coast occured between after you teleported away from Nova Prospekt and before you reappeared back in Kleiner's Lab. That would at least explain how Gordon appears and disappears in Lost Coast in the first place.

[@MyUsersDark]

In the video we are shown confirmation from the series' writer, Marc Laidlaw, that this is not the case.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@MyUsersDark That is correct. Also *_damn_* , a response after over two years 👀

[@MyUsersDark]

@@MrGermandeutsch replying to replies after 2 years, respect

[@bayanresenski2230]

I like to think this can be squeezed into the teleportation issues in the start of half life 2, gordon teleports all over the place, lands in the lost coast and if all is in real time takes him about 30 minutes to clear out everything before the teleport bounces him back to the outside of kleiner's lab

[@TheMilitantHorse]

The Lost Coast is honestly one of my favorites of Valve's games, despite how short it is. I think it helped secure my love of Valve and their games.

[@Falleax69]

My head canon is that Lost Coast is just a fever dream Gordon has in between Episode 1 and 2 while he's unconscious in the train.

[@Mabra51]

6:56 The hunter chopper crash being synced with hazardous environments' drop is weirdly satisfying.

[@gaming-98]

Hot take: Lost Coast is the best Valve made Half-Life game Really loved some of the small touches in this video like the animation of Gordon at the start.

[@teopazdrijan1008]

That track in church, vertical fighting, actual shell-launcher and an actual civilian

[@timisontube]

Interesting stuff. I always liked Lost Coast’s aesthetic as an alternative to retail or beta

[@atomato5989]

Great video man. I’ve always been interested in obscure and cut content from game franchises, especially Half-Life considering there’s so much of it. Most people wouldn’t give Lost Coast a second thought so I think it’s really neat that you did.

[@se4sick]

Personally, I love the character of the Fisherman and hope he’s cannon. From his look, voice and role in the game, this guy would be a nice addition to any future HL game

[@Megelos]

Holy, Marc Laidlaw so based. That's how i react when people start to unnecessarily theorizing about everything just because they can't cope with not having a conclusion.

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

laidlaw couldn't cope with finishing the story.

[@Megelos]

@@voidofspaceandtime4684 he finished It though, AND he leaked the script with aliases to not get sued

[@softy8088]

I've never heard the theory that Lost Coast happens during the Nova Prospekt teleport. I love it, it makes sense and fits well IMO. Remember how Gordon's first teleport sent him to multiple unintended destinations? This is a... slower... version of that. I understand Mr. Laidlaw doesn't like it, but I never subscribed to the idea that creators get to decide canon by declaration outside of the work itself. Canon is defined by the work, not by any commentary outside it. I also don't understand his definition of the word "cool" in this case. Surely the teleport messing up enough to allow a sidequest like this is cooler than it *just* lasting a week. I will therefore believe that Gordon did indeed visit St. Olga for a brief 15 minutes during his week-long teleport.

[@fruitylerlups530]

Marc Laidlaw has things he "doesnt like" but he sees canon as fluid and evolving

[@mzov_1724]

I think the Coast is actually a prelude to the game. Gordon starts off with the suit and weapons, does something that probably helps save some crucial character in olga, and then is pulled back to actually meet them later

[@maxptforreal]

6:55 god damn the sync between the chopper crashing and the transition to the next part

[@NovaDelta]

Another houtouts to Richter Overtime for making his videos in the correct aspect ratio

[@Greyrayin]

It would be very interesting to see a mod recreating/reworking the Lost Coast it seems to have alot of potential outside of being just a tech demo.

[@Dukeybookey]

Man I’ve been obsessed w everything half life for the past decade, and this vid shows stuff i haven’t thought off. Earned a sub man, nice work

[@candeo3687]

i hope we'll visit St. Olga in future half life games, perhaps even meet the fisherman. It's a very beutiful place, and the fisherman is nice :)

[@Mart-E12]

This dude is making videos in 4:3 aspect ratio in 2022, epic.

[@TheFoolish727]

My head canon is that it could’ve happened during the interval between HL2 and Ep:1. When Gman said he would choose some other jobs for Gordon. Maybe him slowly phasing out in front of the fisherman was actually him being pulled back by the vortigaunts.

[@ADonutMan]

11:08 Cool to know that that system was updated and made it into source 2 and aperture desk job, I didn't think it dates back to source 1

[@daltonbecker4494]

I think you could consider Lost Coast cannon by treating it as the G-Man teleporting Gordon to a place where he could easily solve a problem. As for why? To build fame, with tales of Gordon doing what he does best being spread like wildfire all over the resistance. It makes him more of a hero figure, part of the reason why they will follow him so easy.

[@FreeSisyphus77]

Great video! I think HLLC is a fantastic little experience, cool area with a neat set-piece, the fisherman is an endearing character, and of course it's absolute eye candy. My head-cannon is that it takes place after HL2, BUT BEFORE HL:E1.

[@maya4good]

that last clip at the end there, is what i truly feel like what happened to the fishermans fate. only it seems right since gordon was technically never there. to me the lost coast game is about "what if" gordon was there to save a city/town and the fisherman.

[@algea2921]

I remember using a mod that integrates this map into the campaign, setting it inbetween the Nova Prospekt teleport and returning to Kleiner's Lab. Since it's a slow teleport it very much fits too with the fisherman at the end saying "Where are you going, you're getting fuzzy around the edges!".

[@shep6489]

Not canon

[@algea2921]

@@shep6489 Obviously? What’s your point lol

[@TrustyGun2]

This was actually my first half-life game. My father got this game and HL2:DM for free due to an AMD deal at the time. I love those two little niche entries of the Half-Life series.

[@thealandude9146]

the dialog interrupt thing and the HLA poster is cool wtf

[@jewelsvevo8153]

Honestly I like the idea it takes place during the Nova Prospekt teleport Explains why you fade away

[@ruskah0307]

I think the fisherman's just seen too much shit to care about friman teleporting away lol

[@JiggliJellifish]

I find it really neat how they added that interrupted dialogue thing in Portal: Desk Job like when you shoot Cave

[@frenak12]

Marc Laidlaw spitting facts, people reaching at so many straws it's insane

[@MaxiSniper]

this is the best episode of half life no doubt

[@sak-superagentkaboom5968]

That lost coast got me the chills at the story.

[@NBRailfan]

I like to think lost coast is canon it just hasn’t happened yet what I mean is that it’s probably in the middle of hl3 just as a minor location (I do know hl3 hasn’t come out yet)

[@fivenightsgamer2268]

Don't forget, this is also the game that the classic "Gaben" audio is from.

[@toxinketchup]

oh god i remember playing that map when i was young nostalgia

[@Craigevansagain]

i know most will disagree with me but i regard "Lost Coast" as canon. everytime i play half life 2, when i get into the tunnel at the end of "highway 17", i save and exit the game and load and play "Lost Coast". when ive done that i reload half life 2 were i left off. that zombie and headcrab filled tunnel which is the transition between "Hwy 17" and "Sandtraps" is the longest in the game so it would make that this was the spot where "Lost Coast" would have once fitted in as it would natually break up the tunnel length.

[@giovannimorelli4592]

I really like when i played it, something short, but fun and I really liked the fisherman

[@lureh683]

You know that fisherman has seen some shit when he is normal during these times. Also he survived 7 hour war.

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

That rerouting dialogue thing was genius!

[@the-kris5554]

Judging from Laidlaws response to your email I think fans have a tendency overanalyze everything and that Lost Coast was simply just a tech demo. No hidden secrets or connections to HL2, the gman or the lore. Things that seem mysterious is probably just happy accidents or fun jokes (like Gordon fading away and the HL:A poster). I think we believe it is much deeper than it actually is , but thats why its so fun to watch ARGs and "secrets" in video games :P

[@XanderNiles]

Thanks to this vid, now I'm able to play the beta content of Lost Coast. HL2 Beta RU has most of this stuff.

[@Chewberto]

I hadn't even realized that the slowness of Combine Teleport technology was meant to be a subtle joke about how useless it was, with it taking so long that you might as well just walk to where you want to go. It's amazing how much I continue to be able to learn and understand about this series after years of following it.

[@eternalmiasma5586]

When I built my pc in 2018 half life was one of the first games I played, and I remember finishing episode 2 knowing full well that was it. This was a nice little bite to finish off with

[@ayeuplink1428]

I remember doing 2 tabs of acid and playing lost coast over and over again like deep diving it like how you would expect that old meme of the dude that just said “aliens” and I concluded it was all a tech demo for HDR

[@erlenmeyer4810]

There’s an extra 3 rounds hidden under the boat at 8:43

[@supercharmander1]

There actually is a way you can get to some of the buildings on the other side of the water. After the fisherman unlocks the gate and you fight through the first couple of Combine Soldiers, you can actually jump down from the concrete area onto the shore behind it. If you keep moving against the wall, you'll eventually make it to the other side where the red shed is, along with a few boats. However, the place is very unfinished, as the shed is just a flat 2D wall, and some buildings are very small and/or low poly, and you can even walk right through them. Funniest of all is the bridge leading to the town, which is completely made up of flat pieces for the rails with nothing in between.

[@orinbrim]

I never knew about the interrupted dialog demo. That’s actually pretty interesting, I don’t see that in games too often, if I’ve ever seen it at all.

[@previousdoctor8362]

I always thought that at the end Gordon was just going to continue along with whatever goal he had been on before stopping by saint olga, like he was walking away. I assumed the fuzzy around the edges line was in reference to him needing a good shaving not fading out of existance.

[@tiborostube1]

It's actually a good thing you published Laidlaw's email as he says exactly how consumers tend to consider lore in a franchise and how corporations endorse it and make profit of it : 12:16 example : sorting Zelda episodes chronologically ? seriously ? Nice video, cheers.

[@JangoF12b]

as I've said a lot on videos about Lost Coast, I honestly believe that the ending of it was to be an ending where Gordon is teleported away. I know the story says he'd go there by the Jeep, but I feel the way he appears on the beach, and then just leaves without trace could be a different story concept, where during a failed teleportation attempt, he ends up there. And so goes the story.

[@lukascepanovic3609]

The Fisherman is god, of course. He pulled Gordon out of stasis just to mess with the Combine and Gman, and because hitting a monastery with headcrabs is a no-no, and he wanted to show off the new lighting effects and his nice little town. Unfortunately, Valve still couldn't make global illumination and god rays at the time, so he forbid Gabe to use his lovely Coast in the Half Life Episodes. However, he did send out his voice to father Grigory, a slav priest in another small town to help Gordon out, feeling they both shared a bond with their long, hard, metal rods of justice (ahem). And since God got a bad back for waiting for Gabe to mess up the final episode, he gave Steam a hard spanking and said: "Alright boys, you're a privately owned enterprise without shareholders, I'll speed up the internet so much in a few years so you can start crowdfunding and selling games, and you're gonna be big, and China is gonna love you guys. But you are not to touch my Coast with your stubby little fingers (Gabe) and can't finish the third episode, ever! I read that Borealis shtick, and you can imagine that's canon. Now sod off!" P.S: Does anyone else here get burned out from work, and just gets the urge to spill can of word soup in a comment section of a channel he likes just to drive engagement? Thanks for existing, and stay awesome!

[@RichterOvertime]

Best comment I've ever read

[@lukascepanovic3609]

Cheers guv! Wish I could write like you though, I'm afraid canned word soups by a strange dude from the Balkans wouldn't make for entertaining KZbin content. Hard rods, on the other hand...(scratches beard in disturbingly sensual manner).

[@paragonflash8937]

I actually think the reason why the fishermen is unphase at seeing gorden faint and gets pulled by gman is because of his age he would be alive during the 7 hour war and earths surrender prob seen some crazy stuff during that period of time. So a guy fainting and suddenly being zapped away is like nothing

[@VioletGiraffe]

I loved the dev commentaries, it was a unique thing, and a reason to play the game one more time. There are no commentaries for Half Life 2, right? Only the episodes?

[@abox1209]

Yo @Richter Overtime , will u play any of the Counter-Strike searies beta/alpha? Its at the same web-site from where u get the HL2 Beta. I`d say it would be pretty intresting. l Copy paste from live chat. Anyways, i`m curious to see if u will do 1 of the vids. Also if u choose to play on CS:S Beta 2004, the background will be a missing texture so yeah, beware

[@BenjaminNixon]

My headcanon for Lost Coast has always been that it's just another instance of G-Man inserting Gordon into the timeline, probably prior to when he inserts Gordon into City 17 at the beginning of HL2, at least from the point of view of G-man's hyperdimensional prison. It's possible the actual on-earth events of Lost Coast take place simultaneously to the events of HL2, as I imagine G-man has the ability to place Gordon into a point in time on earth where a previous placement of Gordon is still active, ie: there are multiple instances of Gordon on Earth fighting the Combine at this particular moment in time.

[@vanguard6498]

9:36 i noticed in the picture of Saint olga church you can see how the water is nice and high

[@glycine7695]

12:07 Combine soldier comically falls off the cliff.

[@tommykarrick9130]

I think I gotta lean towards it being non canon just cause the Gman placing Gordon there seems so out of character but it’s also the only explanation other than maybe a vortigaunt warp Like every previous thing the gman’s done has had world altering consequences, Gordon and Adrian saved the world, Gordon brought down the citadel and saved Eli Vance, Alyx shattered one of the combines most powerful pieces of technology and all of that was just a test to see how capable she was, but now the Gman is sending in Gordon to, what? Help out some old man and a tiny rebel colony for 15 minutes? The only thing of comparable scale I’ve seen him do in any official capacity was having Adrian shepherd hang out with Grigori while he invented a zombie plague in that scrapped Arcane game, and even then you could argue that the Gman was having shepherd either -prevent a smaller potential apocalypse scenario while Gordon was preoccupied (similar to his role in defeating race X in opposing force) -just to keep an eye on Grigori in case he’s onto something, help out if he can make a vaccine and take him out if he fails bad enough But who knows, maybe the fisherman was Gman’s old college buddy before he became a time god

[@thecianinator]

The fadeout was probably just the game ending, nothing more or less. The fisherman's dialogue implies that Gordon wouldn't have time for a feast and would have to leave. Since this was a cut section from the lost highway level, the fade out would almost certainly be a placeholder for however Gordon gets back to the rest of the level. Since it begins with Gordon waking up and ends with the fisherman acting like Gordon is voluntarily leaving, the level would have to be sandwiched between Gordon losing consciousness and Gordon getting back to business. They likely never decided what events would bookend this section. Maybe before the beginning, Gordon hits his head and falls off a boat, or a nearby explosion sends him tumbling down a cliff. Maybe the ending would see more resistance fighters finding Gordon and escorting him back to the highway, or maybe Gordon would just hop in an elevator that takes him back. Like I said, there's a good chance that Valve themselves never got around to coming up with answers to these questions. They never had to, it never had the chance to become part of their jobs.

[@DaveDexterMusic]

I remember being really disappointed that I didn't get to explore the village

[@RiveryJerald]

the poor fisherman gonna think that it's his dementia playing up

[@dannya1854]

Perhaps Gordon in this was just an imagined persona of the old man and in reality the old man himself liberated his village of combine incursion. After all was done his imaged persona of Gordon vanished as he completed what he was imagined for.

[@f-man3274]

7:33 this resembles me Dishonored, where fisherman also delivers silent main hero to his point of destination. Viktor Antonov was working on that project too

[@hansonkerman7286]

I like to think that since St. Olga is so nice looking and someone's even hanging their washing, that they're just a town of normal people that have against all odds survived all the Combine have thrown at them.

[@faberthecatgirl]

Wow this video was really enjoyable

[@alexeyeliseev6322]

I don't know how this video got into my recommendations, but hey, it's good. Thank you!

[@brunobaltazarrv1515]

In my first playthrough of lost coast, I thought gordon fading out of existance was not because of the gman, but kinda like some kind of time machine stuff, idk why but the whole thing gave me gordon uses a time machine vibes.

[@Richard-iv3ii]

Richter, I believe you are over thinking it. When freeman fades away, he could just be walking away and the developers just made the screen fade to signal the end of the game.

[@RichterOvertime]

Explain the comment "You're getting fuzzy around the edges"

[@idgaf9636]

@@RichterOvertime lol

[@Richard-iv3ii]

@@RichterOvertime that makes more sense