Half-Life 2 Ambience | Citadel [10minloop]

One of my favorite sounds from one of the citadel levels which I recorded and EQ'd for your listening pleasure :)

[@babgab]

Thank you. This was my favourite part of the game. The return to simplicity of wielding a single weapon, after carrying an arsenal on my back. Sterile, brutalist, *alien* architecture. Unexplained sounds in the distance. The humming of some indescribable machinery powered by the fabric of the universe itself. I hear this and I feel physically cold, and then clearheaded, as though the Combine were singing me into wakefulness. This is music and it should have been included in the soundtrack.

[@bigmek2903]

Cringe

[@-Melancholy-]

@@bigmek2903 I'm going to politely ask you to shut up.

[@mikeg8876]

@@bigmek2903 blah blah cringe based based cringe

[@damonnugent1993]

That really summed this section of HL2 in a really nice way. I would love to play the Citadel levels in Source 2 with more detailed visuals, it could be so beautiful looking.

[@carlseegan6412]

Yep, these screaming noises give you the impression that the universe is begging gordon for mercy to be released from their submission.

[@BrunoBluthgeld]

Maybe it's only me but as a kid I loved the citadel level the most because the alien architecture was eerily beautiful and the interiors and enemies weren't creepy or downright terrifying (like in Ravenholm, jeez, how I feared it). It is only when you delve deeper into the HL lore and discover hypotheses about the citadel being alive, that stalkers are made in this facility, etc. that you start to realise just how baleful entity this impossibly tall structure is.

[@thelords936]

I actually find this rather calming. The citadel from outside is very evil looking and hella scary, but when you kinda sit there inside and hear the sounds of the combine's technology and the atmospheric sound of it, it actually sounds pretty soothing.

[@THEPIECRAB]

That's what I'm saying

[@cpt.shmitt7387]

Played Half-Life: Alyx recently and finally seeing what is in certain combine tech is actually really disturbing, the health vials actually have ant-lion larvae in them which are then smashed into pulp to make the Healing gel. There's a part where you open a console and inside it are several disks with living tissue (and a live rat) in them.

[@damonnugent1993]

I thought those were really interesting details that added to the lore, and it makes you realize that just because lot of the Combine devices seem mostly mechanical, doesn't mean they don't have a wiggling creature or two trapped inside it powering the components.

[@bl4ckrabb1t]

@@damonnugent1993 synths

[@whatintarnationwhuuuut]

i always knew that the grubs had to play somehow into the health vials and packs. the little yellow chunks in the substance and the yellow balls that you get when killing a grub were enough for me to believe that the combine pretty much just farm antlions

[@FALLINGzSPARTAN]

Half-Life Gamers Rise Up! The algorithms are preparing us for Alyx!

[@karenkobritaroff2210]

Yaaay!

[@crimsonlanceman7882]

do not ever say gamers rise up unless you re a literal facist

[@your.local.chunky.monkey2292]

The sound of big, heavy, metal machinery clanking, groaning and creaking will never not be creepy and cool at the same time.

[@antonio-onism9814]

I love this ambience ❤

[@antonio-onism9814]

And I still do :)

[@makarylli1]

True!

[@THEPIECRAB]

But do you still love it?

[@seniorstorm2150]

1. Open the portal in Xen, cause of the failed scientific experiment 2. Start a 7-hour war 3. set the suppression field 4. Take a beer and relax

[@s.sorina]

what the hell bro why are you so underrated?

[@freshlocalwoodchimps]

Haha I don't mind! My uploads fit a pretty small category with a small audience so I never really expected anything, but it makes me happy that there is a little handful of people out there who have found and enjoy listening/watching my content :)

[@s.sorina]

@@freshlocalwoodchimps :)

[@Bani0000]

@@freshlocalwoodchimps I find it oddly peaceful to listen to

[@himitsugawa4226]

Containment fields. Dark energy sphere pillars. Energy sphere holding shields. Metallic walls. Consoles. Suit chargers filled with core energy.

[@makarylli1]

Very relaxing! These sounds become such a super special atmosphere that I can’t explain. comes to mind all that has happened in the story of half-life and the large Citadel where many combine devices making interesting sounds. i played bms with relaxing xen and after then this. I love these sounds

[@Mike-jo8zd]

thank you! i like it so much, sound in half-life is amazing. if only half-life 3 was a thing...

[@AsparagusVideo]

This ambience makes you feel like the floor you stand on is alien, and it drains you of hope.

[@angelcolpla8924]

oh, super cool, I like it. Long life to the Combine.

[@boriserjavec6470]

yo traitor! lol

[@THEPIECRAB]

@@boriserjavec6470 I personally stand with the resistance's cause, but I like the combine infrastructure

[@georgemccartney8906]

You mean "half life" to the combine... I mean when you think about it they are literally half life

[@seneryy]

0 dislikes, just how this work deserves

[@andreas25693]

Now 1 dislike :(

[@larryfinkelstein6315]

@@andreas25693 cus his ass had to somn

[@peppermintthearcticfox]

Now we can’t even see dislikes, so that’s a plus.. I guess.

[@Haunuva]

@@peppermintthearcticfox Now you can, with return dislike addon

[@seneryy]

​@@peppermintthearcticfoxtbh this video does not even need the dislike button

[@TheBreakingBenny]

_War Journal: We battled through City 17, and managed to get into the Citadel thanks to the Combine walls. I am clear in my mind about our goal and we will accomplish it, no matter if it'll cost our lives._ 😎 The last thing Our Benefactors will understand is... that the Gravity Gun knows.

[@THEPIECRAB]

I'm just assuming that this is what dark energy sounds like

[@HECKAKYH-ADEKBATEH]

Thats A LOT of welding!

[@THEPIECRAB]

And I did it

[@MAGNUSWAKERS]

I swear I hear Zero-G's Altered States - B-Movie Drug head between the tremolo effects. Oddly alienating and calming like putting your hand on a cold and hot surface, except in aural form.

[@freshlocalwoodchimps]

Exactly right! Kelly bailey was genius in sampling it to make those amazing field loops that we half life 2 asmr people know and love!

[@TheBreakingBenny]

The Earth is hungry... for revenge against its conquerors.

[@THEPIECRAB]

​@@TheBreakingBennyUm actually ☝🤓, it's the humans that want revenge, not Earth itself

[@THEPIECRAB]

Really I just wanted to do an "um actually"

[@TheBreakingBenny]

@@THEPIECRAB Going postal on the Combine

[@seneryy]

Field loop 1 can be heard at the top of citadel in portal control room, I do not remember about 3, though

[@spiiral]

good job

[@freshlocalwoodchimps]

For those who are interested, the field loops heard in this ambience were sampled from this ambient track kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmjJZZamabWmj9E

[@stabbskiller]

you got here, you don't remember anything, only blood stains on your palms make you remember. everywhere the bodies of elite soldiers of the combine mixed with stalkers. these dark cries and dark noises make you feel a dark sense of hopelessness. Freeman was here, the Citadel is about to explode, you won't get out...

[@TheBreakingBenny]

Keep moving, soldier... let's rock and roll with these grunts... for only your guns understand you against the Combine!

[@scottriddell3514]

The dark theme is making so quiet I like to hear intro stinger on this

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

My computer sounds kind of like this.

[@THEPIECRAB]

Where do I get your computer?

[@1d10tcannotmakeusername]

@@THEPIECRAB I built it using a Cooler Master S600 case and a liquid cooling system from the same company, I'm guessing it's the liquid cooling pump that makes that noise

[@crylune]

@@1d10tcannotmakeusername It shouldn't make that noise. My EK liquid cooler is completely silent.

[@bl4ckrabb1t]

Dunno if I just dont pay enough attention but I never heard this ambience

[@THEPIECRAB]

It plays while you are running around the citadel for the first time, and a little in episode 1

[@THEPIECRAB]

To clarify, the humming is heard while in the main part of the citadel, and the screams play in Breen's office

[@bl4ckrabb1t]

@@THEPIECRAB Yeah actually, not long ago I loaded up this map with no enemies and got to hear it as it is here

[@THEPIECRAB]

@@bl4ckrabb1t *the humming is heard exclusively in the middle, and only the screams play in Breen's office

[@bl4ckrabb1t]

@@THEPIECRAB I was more looking for the wavering wind-like sound that's consistently in there

[@mep867]

1:54 Creaky awh place.

[@THEPIECRAB]

Nearly as creaky as your joints.

[@mep867]

@@THEPIECRAB my spine lmao

[@THEPIECRAB]

​@@mep867🦴 That's what you wanted, right?

[@mep867]

@@THEPIECRAB Yes ☺

[@subzerocatalyst]

is this using a zero-g sound? (specifically b-movie drug head)

[@seneryy]

Can you make same things but with field loop 1 and field loop 3?

[@freshlocalwoodchimps]

Possibly if time permits!

[@milkman2040]

WHO TF DISLIKED THIS VIDEO

[@hamjoshua4690]

Wallace Breen

[@DrSonic-rl9lv]

@@hamjoshua4690 GORDON FREEMAN CUZ HE DESTROYED THE DAMNED CITADEL

[@hamjoshua4690]

@@DrSonic-rl9lv IT IS ACCIDENT LIKE IN BLACK MESA! HE LOVED THIS PLACE HE LIKE TO WALK AROUND AND FEED SMALL COMBINE SOLDIERS

[@DrSonic-rl9lv]

@@hamjoshua4690 LOL

[@a_cats]

ambient scream man

[@seniorstorm2150]

How can I do this type in game ambient video?

[@freshlocalwoodchimps]

Its pretty simple for hl2 game ambience! 1. I start by going to the level in the game which has the ambience I want using gmod 2. I disable ai and use the camera tool to hide the HUD 3. I noclip and find a location to record from which looks cool and goes well with the ambience visually 4. Record for however long you like using any recording software! 5. Edit the video in any program of your choice and upload! I hope this helps!

[@seniorstorm2150]

@@freshlocalwoodchimps ok thanks, I would like to do escape array (black mesa dam external level) with music background

[@seniorstorm2150]

@@freshlocalwoodchimps if you know that i mean

[@freshlocalwoodchimps]

Do you mean you want to do it? Or do you want me to do it?

[@seniorstorm2150]

@@freshlocalwoodchimps if you want you could make it too

[@bitchasshoe8719]

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[@-Melancholy-]

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[@THEPIECRAB]

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[@gamercop2148]

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