Half-Life 2 Done Backwards speedrun in

SourceRuns presents a segmented speedrun of the "Half-Life 2 Backwards" maps, developed by MishkaKolos, which allows anyone to play through the Half-Life 2 Campaign, but backwards!
Completed in 13 minutes and 19 seconds by 12 runners in 982 segments (572 normal segments, 410 save/load buffering segments) over the course of 345 days using the Easy difficulty.
Runners:
qv2b: / @qv2b_741
raintnt: / @raintntproduction
jorikgrozniy: / @jorikgrozniy
PegasDoggeAM: / @pegasdoggeam
Prolert: / @prolert
Lyren: / @lyrenmeow
Iker Pineapple: / @ikerpineapple
nexx-: / nexxosu
_Smiley: / @_smiley9279
Munted: / munted
Fleack: / @fleack4135
Maltemller: / @maltemller
Commentary Video: • Half-Life 2 Done Backw...
Outtakes: • Half-Life 2 Done Backw...
Timesheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Demos/Saves: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Download the mod: gamebanana.com/gamefiles/10576
0:00 Intro
0:27 Dark Energy
0:47 Our Benefactors
1:31 "Follow Freeman!"
2:33 Anticitizen One
4:14 Entanglement
4:49 Nova Prospekt
5:34 Sandtraps
6:23 Highway 17
7:03 "We Don't Go To Ravenholm"
8:25 Black Mesa East
8:56 Water Hazard
10:40 Route Kanal
12:26 "A Red Letter Day"
12:47 Point Insertion
13:34 Outro
Enjoy!
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[@BillyHudson1]

POV: You just helped the combine build their citadel and now you're leaving town

[@foxyin_1168]

While accidentally killing them

[@foxyin_1168]

Of course, sometimes, evolution costs sacrifice

[@plesbeans7440]

“why thank you mister freeman sir. with your help we wi- wait no don’t go back to black mesa what aRE YOU DOING STOP”

[@fhathur7953]

@@plesbeans7440 gordon is gonna rebuild black mesa

[@lukebisping1417]

You punchline Breen on the way out & take over the Combine

[@FallkyrieLynner]

Gordom : "fuck, forgot my keys at the train, gotta go back"

[@starwarrior8354]

Nice joke

[@Gee25]

Here before this gets top comment!

[@ka0ss552]

lmao

[@Acerracer202]

Not only did Gordon go all the way back from the citadel to the train station, he also had to travel back in time one week to do so.

[@mute_phonk]

No, he forgot his crowbar

[@therappingrooster8]

When you forgot to pick up the can:

[@mrspiffy8587]

Don't forget to chuck it at his kneecap

[@CattaRappa]

Gordon: Hits the ground going 1000mph HEV Suit: "MiNoR fRaCtUrE dEtEcTeD*

[@ilovepeppers_Alsiare]

Don't you mean "Major earthquake detected"

[@Tersudo]

this is what it looks like behind the loading screen when you start a new game

[@Wolfenstein1942]

Thats why gtaV has a long loading screen

[@Bluscream]

So thats why it takes 15 minutes, i see

[@PeterGriffin-pk8tt]

if you have an SSD they have another WR speedrunner play it backwards even faster

[@shaishavsharma5833]

@@Wolfenstein1942 underrated lmao 😂

[@bigjulian9006]

like rewinding a cassette tape

[@GamlarkOfficial]

Freeman forgot his wallet back at Black Mesa

[@patty1480]

Gotta get the wallet ready for Half-Life 3.

[@erikrussland8516]

he just forgot his passport

[@kinder_egg01]

no it was that barney didnt find his crowbar

[@farawaygaming_]

Black mesa was destroyed tgo

[@lubaurkina8656]

Passport

[@eukian3701]

"hey, it's freeman, let's follow him!" good luck!

[@Omega-jg4oq]

Following a man that can travel trough Time and Space (Shut up Gman) by backruning is impossible

[@mechspace]

Freeman then proceeds to rocket off at Mach 15 and somehow materialize in the interior of a building by lobbing a grenade

[@DeSinc]

god these edge bugs 12:42 to make this fair shouldn't you put the HEV suit back where you got it in kleiner's lab?

[@fieldoregon6679]

very critical anaylysis desinc

[@qv2b_741]

gordon was a hurry

[@theobserver200]

Paradox

[@wyroisgood7962]

wowski, its desinc

[@satobi46]

Legend!

[@Maltemller]

I am so proud of my 0.015 second segment you see at the very start of the run.

[@welhen9745]

lol i can't even even do that

[@MaxLebled]

thank you for your contribution

[@MyScorpion42]

makes me proud to be a dane xD

[@andrewl3779]

I thought I saw someone pop up for a split second-

[@Maltemller]

@@MyScorpion42 Well we should get more danes to run half life 2. So far I am the only one out there

[@Mach-2-Fishbed]

I love how at 12:43 the whole "Then where is he?!" "behind you..." "EWAAAAHHHH!" fits just as well in reverse.

[@mikasa1641]

Can't wait for "Half Life 2 Done Sideways"

[@TheGreatestWorldFox]

The a la Menthe starts playing

[@misterk7_-]

Half Life 2 Done in Alphabetical Order

[@teh_supar_hackr]

Someone did that with HL1. Same guy even tried it upside down

[@hh7212]

@@teh_supar_hackr link to the video?

[@queuedjar4578]

@@TheGreatestWorldFox through-FROM CITY 17 CANALS, OUT BLACK MESA EAST, AND THROUGH RAVENHOLM. LIKE A SPEED DEMON.

[@FrameRater]

12:43 this video in a nutshell

[@chessemchesse3676]

yo sup FR

[@lhozo9007]

Where is he?

[@ironraccoon3536]

Realizing the greater threat that is the G-Man and seeing how he's playing into his hands, Gordon, a fellow master of time and space, uses Kleiner's teleporter to undo the rebellion and trace his steps back to square one.

[@andresbravo2003]

“Go back all the way to the beginning... you know what you’ll find.” -DeSinc

[@hhhpestock951]

Which video was that?

[@COLLAPSARQ]

@@hhhpestock951 Kick me when he give answer

[@isaacweisberg3571]

yeah, i wanna know too

[@nekoshka7985]

Ward

[@wallie1994]

“Hey it’s Freeman, let’s follow him!” *zones out of existence*

[@ATP2555ify]

FALLA FREEMAN!

[@LamWarp]

I guess Gordan decided to Ctrl + Z the changes he made to saving earth.

[@bluedogz1624]

Gordon Freeman UN-saving earth after reading Emily❤️'s petition

[@verdessence]

@@bluedogz1624 [they/them][BLM/ACAB]

[@CoteOpossum]

lamwarp moment

[@HolarMusic]

Everyone: Gordon Freeman is a silent protagonist Gordon: 😤

[@WTFBOOMDOOM]

To me sprinting has always sounded like a crow :D

[@beggarsbazooka9517]

Ok so now i know why it's called an Accelerated-Back-Hop.

[@beggarsbazooka9517]

@ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ ᴇᴄᴄʜɪ I say because the game is done backwards xD

[@de-ment]

the coastal parts of HL2 speedruns always were interesting but this one just straight up blew my mind

[@ppandy8399]

"Major fracture detected" Yeah the fabric of space and time really got fractured pretty bad I bet that morphine hit hard

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

"Hey fuck you, I just saved your life from a meltdown. I'm a hero!"

[@TheMrDemonized]

so Freeman basically made a huge loop around City 17 to get back on train lol

[@RSJiyutoAnzen]

He was already in city 17 and decided to bhop through the coast away and all the way back

[@razlight789]

Gordon: Finishes off Nova Prospekt Gordon: "Crap I forgot my crowbar"

[@gghhhjjjhr677f]

NPC placement "Okay guys he should be coming from this direction *Gordon appears from behind* NPC "Aww fuck"

[@cesarv2804]

POV: you've been told HL3 is in City 16.

[@WallaceMoura]

"We Don't Go To Ravenholm" Gordon backwards: "Yes, we will."

[@Elfcheg]

Of course we don't! We run it backwards at 1000 km/h upside down with our eyes closed. Why you ask?

[@zeldron3812]

Nah, he's probably gonna say "lliw ew sey"

[@spud0.o]

Gordon backward:"ofc, we don't go to Ravenholm, we go _from_ Ravenholm"

[@tinygoblinlvl.3151]

nodroG: lliw ew seY

[@antslatvia]

Ravenholm To Go, Don't We?

[@VaporJade]

9:39 "Me on my way to tell you why the source engine is perfect"

[@kinder_egg01]

even though it isnt

[@deathblade2639]

@@kinder_egg01 woosh

[@ModernAtomX]

3:53 Bones crunch. "Hey it's Freeman!"

[@nuttymanyelismate]

9:27 that perfect beat to the rhythm!

[@zfollowell]

Obligatory "we don't go to Ravenholm, we fly through it" joke.

[@StrikeFromTheSkies]

When your train leaves in 15 minutes, but you're in a different city

[@RSJiyutoAnzen]

No joke, he would literally make it in time going the longest route possible.

[@The0ttoZone]

New SourceRuns video? My day has been made

[@samplectic]

When you have a train to catch

[@karikurifoxkkf3626]

POV: Gordon is horrified by the future and its traveling back to his job at black mesa

[@ePPoPPo]

If you play the Video backwards, you can see it's done forward.

[@supersplod]

3:44 sure good luck w that

[@kamild_]

Back-life! can't wait c:

[@dimitar4y]

: D

[@boxcultist]

It's now OUR(gimn of SSSR) speedrun

[@AevilJ]

12:46 kleiner's scream was perfect there.

[@kitasan_onegai]

Holy out of the blue dropping this present i forgot i subbed to this channel

[@Jake_Ro_X]

Dr. Kleiner: Then where is he? Dr. Eli: *Behind you!* Dr. Kleiner: *Ahhh!*

[@MondySpartan]

Half-Life 2 but Freeman realised he left his suitcase at a train. “I gotta stop this Combine invasion thing! Take this Breen! Oh wait...where’s my damn suitcase?!”

[@wherestheshroomsyo]

go to sleep mr freeman. go to sleep and don't smell the ashes.

[@jaspermaglot5192]

Alyx: come over at home Gordon: I can't, I'm saving the world Alyx: my dad aren't at laboratory Gordon:

[@xerogaming2127]

Of course citizens see Freeman like superman when they see him flying across the map and not dying with RPG shot right beside his legs

[@DaveMeowington]

Was pretty nice watching this live Props to the speedrunners for actually learning these strats

[@five5laps]

What’s up guys, Desinc is here

[@Frinon]

When Gordon forgot his glasses on the train:

[@atticusnari]

Sandtraps and Highway 17 were overly sexy. The hops so fluid feels like I'm surfing back on CS.

[@hazza3372]

Really interesting routes, love the work these guys put in to make this

[@user-yh7zc9ke4s]

first i thought full abh without watching forward

[@qv2b_741]

I was waiting for such a comment )

[@chpsilva]

Kleiner: Where is he ? Eli: Behind you! *player bhops for 1 frame* Eli: Nevermind.

[@homeygfunkoffacherryfruitl4971]

Freeman: "It's like everything is backwards today.. And I'm not even left-handed!"

[@ItzVladik]

O my god, mishka kolos's mod in source runs channel, lol, congrats, mishka!

[@trollface7561]

Gordon: forgets the crowbar but is at the end Also Gordon:

[@Prolert]

Я ФАНАТКА QV2B

[@Prolert]

@R1ZzeR привет мужик

[@MishkaKolos]

Q

[@Prolert]

@@MishkaKolos q

[@mtn.dew9065]

i swear to god, the cutscene that happens before you get the jeep takes longer than this runs entire highway 17 chapter

[@alsocool1]

I can just imagine them passing segments off to eachother and they're like "you want me to do this segment with 1hp?"

[@Aaron_Berry]

0:26 i like to think that Gordon is just escaping the citadel before it blows up.

[@CheddarVG]

Oh, like Episode One?

[@FenNick1994]

If you keep going backwards like this for a few more hours, you might return into Gordon's mother.

[@HuhainzAinz]

love how gman falls at the beginning, he's already confused

[@jamiesmusic]

No physics broken in this..no sir-eeee - Gordon Freeman, Physicist

[@Bensimon94]

Gordon really needed to catch this train...

[@hangry3102]

"Then where is he!?" "behind you" "AAAUGH!"

[@berdlygaming8983]

metro police:come over to my place gordon:cant,gotta stop breen metro police:but you gotta pick up that can gordon:

[@x8BitRain]

sourceruns rereleasing dwahmov reversed smh 😤

[@JohnSmith-fo2vh]

scamming youtube for views

[@TheFILipKOS]

The legend back..!

[@SeaalCox]

Did not at all expect GMan to slip right at the very beginning. Made me laugh so much

[@user-zj2cq3rd8q]

This is what actually happens when you watch the end credits.

[@OluapPlayer]

Ah yes, the "aight imma head out%" category

[@Valcuda]

When you realize that diologue at the beginning was important

[@mememaninsertdeadmemehere6382]

Once I skipped the entire boss fight at the beginning of Highway 17, and I reached Sandtraps without the car. I reached the Gunship fight there, but it was impossible to do without the RPG which I had skipped earlier. So I had to backtrack all the way back to Highway 17, get the RPG, and go through the rest of Highway 17, and continue playing Sandtraps.

[@ChrisBrown-lw7if]

Gamers: I paid for the whole game, so im gonna use the whole game Speedrunners: No i dont think i will...

[@spoonfullofmemes]

"get me the fuck back in stasis g-man..... or i'll do it myself"

[@umwurf42]

*2048* Half-life done on a cheap laptop while running the Marathon shot by 10 AK-47 full auto quick

[@srobbo71]

Gordon when he realises he left his pen on the train:

[@17seven-teen17]

A Combine Soldiers reaction when seeing Gordon going at light speed and Time travelling back 1 week and 2 days: Overwatch what the fuck just happend?

[@criptfiv3]

when freeman realizes that he forgot his glasses in the train

[@erenkarakal]

Source Runs is alive! Thank god for that hazard suit.

[@triandot]

qv2b is a monster

[@Clazzette]

When you're late at night outside and you receive a text from your parents threatening to lock you out of the house when you get past your curfew.

[@_notch]

This is impressively disorienting. ABH was made for this.

[@famosoanonimo602]

This is so hypnotizing

[@olipolygon]

i love how this is just a much more convoluted retelling of Half Life 2 Episode 1. Gordon destroys the citadel and then makes a mad dash to escape on a train

[@OsnoloVrach]

This is such a heartwarming story, gordon helps The combine and civilians in city 17, as he rebuilds the city

[@NoExplosionsMcgee]

"Fuck this, I'm going back home." - Gordon Freeman

[@kuroshinao]

7:04 "We don't go to Ravenholm" Gordon : *(Goes back to Ravenholm)*

[@GeeWillikers]

so this part's where the game really opens up

[@Kirbman]

Finally the backhopping makes sense.

[@Michi_Exiled]

- Bright Energy - Our Opposers - Leave Freeman - Citizen One - Untanglement - Prospekt Nova - Sands - Street 17 - We Go To Ravenholm - Black Mesa West - Water Safety - Path Canal - Blue Letter Day - Point Extraction

[@o3d212]

Gordon has a train to catch

[@LCOmusic]

POV: rewinding an HL2 speedrun tape in the VCR before taking it back to Blockbuster

[@commenter3002]

"That stupid businessman stole my glasses when he dropped me off"

[@brunomiiguel]

Me when I realize I'm at the grocery store but forgot my wallet at home

[@ayb144]

suddenly I have an urge to play AG?

[@RaintntProduction]

Play it now!

[@blackshirts_and_breads]

what is AG?

[@RaintntProduction]

@@blackshirts_and_breads Adrenaline Gamer. HL1 MULTIPLAYER MOD, well, a copycat of hldm but w/ some innovative features................ google

[@blackshirts_and_breads]

@@RaintntProduction ok thank u

[@FHBStudio]

No no! I was looking for a speedrun video but played backwards! I think it'd be hilarious seeing as how much gameplay footage is just backwards bunny hopping. They'd look like they're moving forwards really quickly instead. If anyone knows a vid like that I'd love to see it! Edit: this video was great too!

[@RaintntProduction]

Can't wait!

[@thespyfromteamfortress2568]

*”What do you mean he’s not there?”* *“Then where is he?!”*

[@MrMoon-hy6pn]

Gordon really wants to get back on that train

[@IkerPineapple]

thats how we start 2021

[@MrMelcx]

This is the most impressive speedrun I ever saw.