Half Life 2 Beta: Cut Characters & Enemies (Part 2)

Half Life 2 Beta: Cut Characters & Enemies (Part 2)
A look at the cut characters and enemies that I managed to miss in my previous video..
Music: Silent Hill Shattered Memories - Searching The Past
Play the Beta Levels Yourself (Thanks to HL2 Project Beta Team):
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[@Haunuva]

6:08 when 9 year old me saw that thing in Raising the bar, I couldn't imagine meeting this creature in game, without shitting my pants.

[@ashtray378]

whos got the balls to dislike a video by Rad Dad?! I will find them. And make them click like.

[@Seyomint]

The combine guard has the unsettling factor directed more towards humans. Think of yourself as a resistance fighter and you see a fellow human face embedded in the hulking giant. It symbolizes how the beta combine took humanity and reconverted it into their own gritty and mechanically grotesque image. What was once a person is now a cog in the machine meant to oppress you.

[@wheatlycrab4868]

Wait why are there no replies?

[@AMBATUKAMceo]

@@wheatlycrab4868 no

[@AMBATUKAMceo]

Making

[@AMBATUKAMceo]

Fake

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[@unoriginalperson72]

I wish I had skills with modelling and texturing I would 100% recreate these.

[@ashtray378]

I love that name bro

[@stiky5972]

Might be hard, but I could try

[@unoriginalperson72]

@@stiky5972 please do it

[@computr166]

Would be fuckin epic

[@atub7055]

Same

[@fruitylerlups530]

my friend and i have discussed several times about how when u revisit it you realize just how like small the actual enemy variety in hl2 retail was, while there was a lot about the cut content/raising the bar era ideas i don't think would have worked, it does make me lament that so many interesting enemy ideas were scrapped

[@natalie6811]

They really needed more alien variety, all there really was were antlions and headcrabs when we were *so close* to having Bullsquids and Houndeyes as well.

[@natalie6811]

@Ace Becks “Enemy types” does not directly mean more alien variety, a majority of those were Combine Soldiers and Headcrabs/Zombies

[@YZYE]

The Beta is the most interesting part out of all of the games, it’s due to the darkness of it.

[@ramadhani201]

Imagine if the particle storm creature was actually just an anomaly

[@silver7230]

An anomaly caused by the Portal storms

[@abwrenchslinger]

Well, there is a Half-life Easter egg in STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl...

[@JackBradley07]

@@abwrenchslinger That's just an Easter egg, it has no ties with Half-Life at all

[@billy4734]

Half-Life: Shadow of Citadel

[@cac_deadlyrang]

@@billy4734 Half-Life: Shadow of Black Mesa

[@Tycitron6000]

the one thing i wish HL2 did was not cut so many enemies. always thought HL2's enemies lacked variety.

[@kobeme.]

Crazy. I never knew there were this many cut enemies. There are so many I never knew about. Good video.

[@patrickflorentin8166]

Remember... Half life 2 beta

[@planescaped]

The coolest thing about HL2's setting is realizing that while you're playing Gordon in an FPS, the Combine are currently deep into a 100+ hour game of Stellaris. >__>

[@ElephantsDoingCrack]

7:55 KZbin: No more KZbin, no more Beta, no more 19 beta videos, NOO moorre RADHAz, You've been blocked.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

#CancelHazard

[@cacohat]

NOOOOO U SHOW NAZI ON YOOTOOB!!! BAN!!!!

[@ninjadeveloper2442]

@@RadiationHazardYT i went to the beach and found a horse shoe crab

[@ciritom2386]

It's always nice coming back to the hl2 beta, while it was probably too ambitious with its enemy variety and world, there's something really captivating and interesting about it. The dark, grey world, the disturbing combine enemies and the consul all seem like amazing concepts that we'll probably never see again. Unlike the hl1 prototypes, wich were just dumbed down versions of the final product, these prototypes feel like a real, creepy world to explore. I'm happy with the final game of course, but I would have liked to see how this vision could have turned out if they stuck with it.

[@betabinechannel4596]

We still need to talk about some characters, like Doctor Corth, a character that was cut and replaced by Kleiner, but his face was reused for a hostage in Counter-Strike: Source

[@dsg3012]

"Left arm bigger than the right" Quarantine in a NUTshell

[@N_4747]

no

[@kristianburger6329]

Oh no!

[@goodguyedge9898]

kinda depressing to see half life games not being very relevant anymore, i still watch these videos coz theyre fun

[@RiceWitch-dingus-400]

Half life Alyx had very major hype, the community is still big and alive.

[@wolfcl0ck]

Excellent video as always. Particle storms had a point_particlestorm entity at one point, according to VXP. It apparently only contained clientside information, as in it was just a sort of particle system, nothing for the server to go off of, but he also recreated an npc for it. Very basic, it's simply a cloud that wanders aimlessly, and it's not even in current versions of leaknet. It also has an fgd listing for "npc_particlestorm," which suggests that it did have an actual npc at one point.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you my man. After uploading this video, I learned about VXP's fixed particle storm npc. If I had known about it earlier, I would have mentioned that in the video. Oh well...

[@YZYE]

The last set of cut creatures look like something that came out of Dead Space, the spiky / pointy design give them a very horror like look.

[@makeatomicstew]

These cut character & enemies videos are really good! nice :) also some of these cut aliens designs are insane

[@JackBradley07]

The tripod hopper reminds me of Gonarch. Thanks for making this video! I always love learning about the development of what we could have had! Good video:)

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thanks dude!

[@cyrid1038]

Tbot was suppose to be an early version of Dog. The textures weren’t really a different enemy or “mech” for Weather Control, it was just early textures for what Dog was (same model as in retail). And the flamethrower bit was an idea at some point but no official model or any references direct to that besides a few concepts Travis Brady had in mind since in his own words thought it was stupid in an interview. Otherwise great vid RadHaz!

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you my man!

[@cyrid1038]

@@RadiationHazardYT Np mate

[@darijus4094]

it is intresting that hl2 comunity knows more about they'r beta then other gaming communities

[@Haunuva]

I guess it's much like that girlfriend we wanted to date, but never got to do so :P

[@fruitylerlups530]

Thats because of a very prominent leak of the beta XD

[@Friendly_Lad]

Its really just because some asshole leaked the game in 2003.

[@jking4854]

The GTA community is very similar in that aspect

[@pomchmcgee6515]

It will be helpful because people have been trying to recreate it but with some info still not out we'll have to wait

[@flying6476]

great vid, combine attack synth is my favourtie

[@Holk131]

The Alien Soldiers at 6:05 has some pretty big similarities to Whiplash from DOOM Eternal. Interesting

[@ethanlivemere1162]

Dude I just found out about all your HL2 beta videos and they're great. The HL2 beta fascinates me so much I'm actually writing it out as a sort of high-effort fanfiction, and these videos (though I already know most of the stuff in them) will certainly be good soirces to use

[@NotASpyReally]

2:02 Video title: Cut _CHARACTERS_ & Enemies Radiation Hazard: *talks about a helicopter Ka-27: UwU

[@blutagg63]

HELICOPTERS ARE PEOPLE TO ASSHOLE #Cancalled #ExPosed

[@RadiationHazardYT]

I mean... it was an *enemy* which attacked you... in the Canals...

[@NotASpyReally]

@@RadiationHazardYT you are 100% right and I'm dumb Helicopter still cute tho

[@matijajovic8125]

It is a great day when Rad Haz uploads a new HL beta video! Amazing work, as always!

[@mr.illegal5268]

I always loved these kinds of videos, alien creatures, and stuff is just the coolest thing. I wish they kept some of these, well a man can dream.

[@HL2Parovoz]

When you said loose ends at the start it gave me the chills as you sounded like a 1920's mob boss lol anyways good video much enjoyed!

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Lol thank you my dude!

[@ILyaCyclone]

Thank you very much. Great video production.

[@pulledpotter]

Loved the video! You made my day. :)

[@luissantiago5163]

Awesome channel! Quality stuff

[@griefyn]

Simply amazing and informative video !! i liked

[@coastalvan1978]

I did it I'm making a book (more like fanfiction) that was my version of Half-Life 2 Beta it would have major changes from the original but have that unsettling vibe. A lot of the enemies including the ones in concept art or just voice lines are in. Others are not and I've managed to put it together and you're the one that inspired me since I did have original version but that was taken down.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

That's awesome my dude

[@grassfur1950]

3:58 when he said a "green light" and a "lighting" or storm we know that it sounds like a vortigaunt, right? And when he said he said: " I seen them take a whole squad soldiers tearing gunboats to bits, some say its electrical disturbance, but if you ask ME there's a intelligence there somewhere, IF only we can ""Communicate"" with it a ""Force like that in OUR SIDE THAT WOULD BE A POWERFUL ALLY" Its probably the vorts and that's why there our ally in the retail which is cool, its probably the vorts right guys?

[@Agustin_Leal]

It's called the Particle Storm, it does have a model without an official texture that is like a translucid sphere that moves from one side to another (much like the anomaly from the Metro games) The idea of using it to your advantage was reused with the antlions. And the Vorts were planned to become allies since the first game. So no, its definetly not the Vortigaunts

[@greengarnish1711]

I thought you were onto something but then you lost me at the half there, for particle storm in order to subjugate something like that you would need the help OF vortigaunts. Its the only way I see it being down.

[@EmisariuszKukielka203]

mmmmm finally inner peace can be felt in me with the second part to this mmMMmmmmMmm

[@legitbusinessownergus7620]

I did not know that there were more cut enemies.

[@lionocyborg6030]

The sand barnacles were made canon in Black Mesa but with a drastically different design: the Black Mesa sand barnacles are found underwater in the Xen levels (mostly Gonarch’s Lair) and resemble toothed anemones with kelp like tentacles stretching to the surface. They pull the player down, have longer bite range than regular barnacles and come in large groups like jellyfish swarms, but could be killed with the crowbar from the side or using underwater firing guns if I remember right. Like jellyfish on a bad day at the beach, they’re everywhere and make swimming a pain. Good thing is I think they stop appearing once you reach or partway through Interloper.

[@gierisz7678]

Nice Video Raddy!

[@StrawberryServal]

Man you've improved so much since i first Heard of you, and you really did a damn fine job of Making all of this amazing content for everything to enjoy, you actually deserve at least 10X more viewers and subscribers

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you!

[@Brightside117]

Another very awesome video RadHaz 😊 I'm so happy I'm subbed to you because your videos are so well put together, narrated and flow very well, your videos and channel as a whole are so underrated (as anyone who watches your videos can see!) And I hope you get way more subs soon, keep up the awesome work man!

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you my dude! I appreciate that!

[@Brightside117]

@@RadiationHazardYT anytime my dude keep rockin it 🤟!

[@physbox523]

Damn. The sackticks are like real life Ticks but more, deadly. Also the storm is super unknown to everyone, all we know is that it was deadly and things like that, also it's particle based, which means it uses particles to visualize itself, and from the Half-Life 2 Beta wiki the restored version had no combat ai and had placeholder smoke, and it would just move around the map. Anyways, I absolutely enjoy watching your videos! I love watching things all about the Half-Life 2 Beta.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you my dude! :)

[@XanderNiles]

The good thing is that most of these characters were recreated as addons for Gmod and HL2 mods by the community.

[@deadmemer1]

Keep it up ur vids are awesome!

[@dalek4463]

Well Radiation Hazard and about time two!

[@ashtray378]

Man, a new hl2 vid from Rad is literally the best thing I could've hoped for on a Friday So thanks bro :)

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Ayyy :)

[@ioanap88]

love ur vids, they are very epik

[@smugplush]

Sorta sad the enemy variety is quite small in HL2, with a few being reskins. HL:Alyx also lacks in enemy variety which is again sad as i imagine alot of these enemies or just more in general would've been great for VR.

[@Agustin_Leal]

I don't know why Valve is so afraid of introducing alien variety in Half Life games. The last straw is that when they finally dare to introduce a new alien in HL:Alyx (the Revivers aka Electric Dog), they call it a headcrab. I mean come on! Headcrabs are inspired by the Facehuggers from Alien. This one is clearly inspired by the Daggerwrist from the book Expedition, like many other creatures from Xen (like the Bullsquid and the Xen Tree) and they're nothing alike to each other.

[@smugplush]

@@Agustin_Leal Yeah HL2 onwards i've noticed they've been lacking when it comes to enemies, i'm unsure as to why though because their story/world building is so so well done that it's a shame that you've barely got any fun enemies to fight in it making the world feel empty compared to HL1 where you got the right amount of enemies and all served their purpose perfectly. HL:Alyx you don't even get to fight metrocops anymore, no fast zombies, no enemies that make it feel unique if that makes sense and it doesn't help that the AI is pretty poor (stands in front of grenades instead of runs away) and no melee combat, all the objects around you do no damage and exist just for looks. As much as i love HL:Alyx the game has no replay value which is really a shame since it feels like Valve is downgrading just to show off their new tech.

[@someguy4512]

good video as always , keep it up :D !!!

[@terjeaasheim3651]

Just like that with one of two videos youve won my respect

[@DopamineDreamss]

Very Nice Dude , Awesome Video! Keep it up!

[@1vacbanonrecord1daysincela64]

Agreed

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you my dudes!

[@roberthunter6122]

Man, so much good stuff... I feel sad about all of this. HL2 Beta is just so interesting! Thanks for the video as always! ^^

[@vladlee99]

About Particle Storm you missed the fact that it does actually exist in the beta files and was restored by the russian hl2 beta community, here's their video showcasing it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKfYYqNri62Jh8k

[@NexusLore]

however it uses only a placeholder texture

[@tehcooler]

10:20 I think that's a Mortar synth, also how could I not know about 7 creatures even though I know a lot about cut enemis 😳

[@JackBradley07]

@SaturnPickels assault synth huh. I swear to God I remember people calling it a crab synth lol

[@RadiationHazardYT]

It looks similar to the Mortar synth, but this one's not aerial. It looks like it walks.

[@dabogabo]

The sactix would've been quite an interesting enemy, a bit of a divergence from the usual headcrab versions.

[@oocreeperloveoo4269]

Nice work 👍

[@j.d.h.5153]

Well done, i already watches your others 2 cut characters Videos shout HL 1 and HL 2, now I see sou have a new Video about Doom 3, One of my absolute favorite Games, I really like your videos Thank you Greetings from Germany🎩🖐

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thank you :)

[@s.satvinraj]

The Combine Ordinal aprroves this video. 👌

[@radiationhazardsfather6310]

John is having a summer break. So Ill take his place for now! For some reason *new rad haz sub*

[@rhodnill5906]

there is an Alien enemy that we do not fight in the retail game of Half-Life 2, but we can see them. In the Citadel, I can't seem to remember but I know that we are in the cage going to doc Breene's office. We can see them during the ride, a Giant Turtle or a Giant Beetle walking, Green in color, Like a heavily armored creature, there are Two or Three of them, I think they are armed like weapons attached to them. After that nothing, in HL2Ep1 and Ep2 didn't encounter them.

[@silver7230]

Those are called the mortar synth and the crab synth

[@rhodnill5906]

@@silver7230 oh? is that it? I hope there is an explanation about that creature.

[@JangoF12b]

Love to see a second part.

[@vataethelordofmars6177]

I may be Drowsy and weak right now from my second COVID shot but RadHaz has a new upload, Not even physical ailments can stop me

[@MetrocopNamedFinger]

i like to think that the older combine soldier models were used by the combine in the first few years of the combine empire

[@Friendly_Lad]

Ok the walking synth gun might've been a sniper sort of enemy that would probably have to be taken down milby blowing off the legs. Also that thing is based.

[@Friendly_Lad]

I'm gonna also say something and hope to god, not get skinned alive. Although the hl2 beta is exetremely cool, its story seems to be filled with problems. 1. If most the water were drained from earth, how could the borealis(Yes I know MOST Of the water would be drained but still) 2. Although the air exchange is an amazing idea, it doesn't fit into the story. See while most if the random NPCs where a mask the main characters like alyx, barney and kleiner don't. 3. Aliens take over, yet we are still using our earthly guns.+ sidenote for some reason a good number of hl2s guns are designed by h&k. 4. If the oceans are dried then what is creating the wind sound effects in some if the back ground noises? 5. Why are the railways running three the wastes so underguarded? 6. At the end of the end of the beta canals section there would always be some shanty town. How in the hell did the combine not find this and absolutely just fucking nuke it. It's literally five-night miles away from the main wall. I will add more when I think of more.

[@blehh_mae]

8:40 honestly i have the feeling the elite metrocops wouldve probably had something to do with nova prospekt or some other prison type setting, or maybe only a 'leader' of metrocop groups like how the normal elites probably are in canon

[@TylertheCC1010fan]

Probably would've been a leader in regular metrocop groups in the early game city 17 chapters but during the uprising you probably would've fought groups of them in a addition to their leader role.

[@Zea64]

So many cuts maan seeing them would be so cool

[@gamepad3173]

As for the crew of the Borealis,they likely had no idea what was onboard until it was too late. still though,seeing these cut enemies and characters makes me think that Dark Interval is our best bet for a Beta restoration/recreation using some retail assets.

[@Kacpa2]

Attack Synth seems like the best mech candidate and boss enemies during thr battle at Weather Control.

[@xdnt4877]

3:26 I honestly like that badass look that Gordon has in some of the concept arts

[@EASAustraliaNSW]

I love your video, mate. However, in both of your videos, you forgot to put in the ichthyosaur. (Yes I know, it only appeared once at the start, but it was meant to take the role of the leech)

[@TheConsulC17]

Another beta video! Yes!

[@daonebest3001]

I find the sackticks super interesting. It hints at the origin and history of the combine like nothing else in the games.

[@andresbravo2003]

Almost a quite calm narrative to be...

[@labenvenci1584]

If anyone is curious, here is what the Particle Storm looks like ingame. vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/half-life/images/8/8c/Particle_storm_official.png/revision/latest?cb=20180615113155&path-prefix=en Their a placeholder effect. It was also cut because of Script issues and caused crashes in builds. Pretty much was because of coding issues and impossible to design in-engine, simular to the Hydra Tenticles from E3. It might still be functional via Scripted sequences in lost Gold Source builds in Storyboard missions where the audio came from (Meaning Post-FREE TVs or Later on in 2000-01) though but we will never know because those have yet to be leaked or dumped.

[@c1zzyy]

the half life 2 beta has the be the only game beta i care about

[@snm_nendra]

8:42 The Antlion King was my favioute cut enemies besides the Cremator and Hydra because of its large size and king-ly appearence especially A-shifts design

[@AustinDallasPictures]

I'm longing to see these creatures in Half Life 3, it would be so cool if the plot was about how the Combine aims to send its strongest forces to earth to destroy it because of all of the resistance they faced while trying to run it- they have all the resources, they just want to get rid of us now. Now imagine the transhuman forces are turned off for failing their mission and now gordon and Alyx gotta fight these awful creatures... Vortigaunts and humans fight a LOTR type of war against the Combine...

[@RadiationHazardYT]

I agree. Seeing those Synth concepts, I'd love to get in firefights with them.

[@Karma-ig5gg]

You should read creepy pastas your voice fits perfectly

[@mirmir8116]

I dont know if youre gonna read this but nice video

[@salty1water417]

Hmmm awesome video

[@tacticalsocialist8060]

I wish they kept around the KA27, for a bit of realism between the mostly unrealistic nature of combine vehicles and weaponry

[@Year_of_the_Dell]

They cut who would use it.

[@curlyfry2047]

Ngl the Combine guard looks cool af.

[@BigScreamingBaby]

You know the partical storm sounds like the Nihilanth to me, especially form.wav and seeing as it was supposed to look somewhat like the resonance cascade and the Nihilanths death also had the same effect as the resonance cascade. So mabey the storm was something like the soul or remaining essence of the Nihilanth lashing out against those he thought wronged him?

[@grummanf14tomcat40]

Damn i wish we actually had the ka 27 in the half life 2 we have right now

[@odpolice1589]

Ikr

[@banana-lover]

7:12 probably a little nod to the charger from l4d 2

[@Thewizard8078]

Wow. It seems I predicted the video

[@gregorylumentut435]

Rad, the design of the beta metrocops were later evolved into Combine grunts in HL:A

[@gregorylumentut435]

Wow got hearted

[@gregorylumentut435]

Thx rad!

[@RadiationHazardYT]

:)

[@jonnyfungus5798]

These are so cool. I wish this was the hl2 we got

[@theconsulfromthehl2betagam446]

EPIC, also yes i use a new account

[@slayerrealm4845]

how i didn't see this video and hey radhaz

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Hey Max!

[@ghoest.1402]

This is what I always need from our lord and savior, Rad.

[@amokey5620]

10:14 that thing looks like that half life 1 beta creature that was cut called mr friendly or smth

[@robloxiankingburrito5496]

Civil Protection Elite (CPE) had many designs. But only one model was found. they mostly where going to be equipped with the SMG or OICW or the RTB OICW (The grenade launcher variant) due to it being in the late HL time They probably did use the alt fire unlike the CP. They also probably where guaranteed to have a Manhack at there disposal. higher HP. and they believed if you got too close the CPE would pull out a stun baton and throw very quick melee attacks. That is just what i think

[@joonaa2751]

Or maybe it was simply a different model for the SMG-welding metrocops?

[@caviar_dreamz]

Combine elite synth soldier has the same same arms as the charger in Left 4 Dead 2 so the idea got used later on.

[@HaliOnRepeat]

Oh lawd he did it.

[@hellgodbabydamnno8978]

i'm thinking really down the line, but with AI Prompt based engines, maybe there could be a program that would "fill in the blanks" for these cut creatures or maybe even whole parts of cut content (levels, weapons, locations, set piece events, etc).

[@hellgodbabydamnno8978]

and at first, maybe the textures would be warbled visual messes, the AI's attempts to prefect what the prompt specified. like how neural network art would have a humanoid figure rendered but within it might be a few dozen eyes or random colors. we forgive those defects to its output, and as long as we could run these theoretical "ai created half life 2 beta script prompts" in source sdk we could enjoy what the AI produced for us (mistakes taken into account) my limited and armchair understandings of Neural Networks and AI lead me to believe that this is possible in ~5-10 years

[@mrmalos4194]

T-bot is very interesting to me, i wonder what he would have done in the game

[@Blurns]

There were some NPCs that didn't have any models or concept art, but did exist in code: Roller, RollerTurret, RollerDozer, RollerBull, & Rollermine.

[@jess648]

So the rollermines from the final game had more variants?

[@Blurns]

@@jess648 Yeah. Although I think the one that's just called "roller" is basically a template for making other roller npcs. The Roller turret fires lasers at you if you're close enough, Roller dozer just pushes debris around, Roller bull seems to be the closest to what we see in the leak & retail, but the actual Roller mine was probably meant to explode near enemies. There's also Roller buddy, which I'm guessing is either just Dog's ball, or meant for reprogramming the rollers to be friendly.

[@jess648]

@@Blurns the roller turret seems like a total pushover

[@Blurns]

@@jess648 If only. There's no code referencing pushing it over. As far as I can tell it's like if the retail rollermine could zap you from outside of the gravity gun's range instead of on contact.

[@denifnaf5874]

Remember the crawler i was talkimg about?

[@bakamunati8269]

1:25 when the-

[@BonnCanlasGaming45]

HL2 beta is such a fever dream.

[@damatrunfio6792]

Will you make a 3 part? Even for other valve game like team fortress 2 (i know that half life is more interesting but it's something u know)

[@RadiationHazardYT]

I might do it for other games too