Half-Life 2: SMOD Redux - The Most Ludicrous Mod I've Ever Played

[@Gggmanlives]

Hey guys, you can download the mod here:www.moddb.com/mods/smod/downloads/smod-redux-version-10-v2 Enjoy the video!

[@BeezOne84]

Any chance for Deep Rock Galactic review?

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Gman Are you really sure this isn't gmod?

[@harbingerdown9877]

A nice touch after Doom Eternal

[@Zontar82]

says version 10, but it download version 8, and also on steam it run but you cannot select or run any option beside regular half life 2 ones and levels

[@Neutronic01]

uhh the maps are missing

[@chris8800]

Not even ten seconds and im sold with this mod

[@Zontar82]

same here, it sold me at the psp weapon XD

[@muckymucks]

The price is right.

[@pistool1]

8:10 Alyx' dildo mentioned :D

[@Mabswer]

Eh wish the Smod:Tactical would still work.

[@Reminiscence_Bacon]

It's so cool I don't know if I'm gonna do it

[@gtabro1337]

4:24 "takes literally 5 years to reload" WHOA MATE that's dedication, apparently you started this review in 2015 just so you can show us a single shot with the flair gun

[@slothjohnson4724]

Hahahah

[@elpoyo8062]

That's some serious fucking dedication right there.

[@FuzzyLeo]

host_timescale

[@elpoyo8062]

This joke is gonna go right over someone's head.

[@БогданКрименюк]

@@elpoyo8062 not yet

[@youreviltwinLP]

Hi, I'm the author who created the very first incarnation of this mod, called "Smod Remastered", with some help from Onemanshow. Then Onemanshow created his own version "Smod Remastered Redux", & then future versions were just called Smod Redux. Last year I started working on a new version of Smod Remastered. But I discovered a game-crashing bug. I then tested several versions of Smod Redux, Smod Tactical etc (old versions & latest updated versions) and they all had the same bug. The game would seem to work fine until I got killed by something. Then once the game reloaded the most recent save, when I next passed through a map transition the game would crash. Which meant the only way to play through the game was to either turn God Mode on so that dying was impossible, or to load the next map using console commands, or to quit the game whenever I died, and then launch the game again and load the most recent save. (The save itself doesn't get corrupted, for some reason ot is the act of dying and then loading a save that messes up the game's ability to handle map transitions.) A number of other people have reported the same problem, but Onemanshow himself has not encountered this same crashing bug, & doesn't know what might cause it. If anyone figures it out, please let us know! EDIT: So bizarrely, I'm now no longer encountering this bug! At first I thought maybe the problem only happened when using "SMOD Standalone" to play SMOD mods, as I tried playing "SMOD 40a Piped! (2013)" and the latest version of "SMOD Redux - Final" and didn't have the bug in either. But then I tried using SMOD Standalone again, and the bug didn't happen there either! Very odd situation. I did recently roll back my nvidia graphics drivers to a version a few years old, and I haven't re-updated them since. I'd be very surprised if an official update to the NVIDIA graphics card drivers was what caused the crash-on-map-transition bug in an old HL2 mod, but that's the only thing that seems different. *shrug* Anyway, I recommend that everyone play some version of SMOD, especially SMOD Redux - Final. Hopefully you won't be one of the few unlucky people to encounter this inexplicable bug.

[@addictedtoRS]

Why don't you code in a crash.dmp debug to show you what causes the crash?

[@trolojolo6178]

Could be related that hl2 changed twice the game engine and had many major updates, which changed the game mechanics and offsets over the last year's. It's possible you still compile your mod for a older version.

[@OperatorVanta]

Hmm have you tried running it via Smod Standalone or anything?

[@youreviltwinLP]

@@OperatorVanta yep, it happens with SMOD standalone, alas.

[@youreviltwinLP]

@@trolojolo6178 indeed. The weird thing though is that modern SMOD releases like SMOD Redux and SMOD Standalone tell the game to use the code and engine from the old legacy "Source SDK Base 2006" tools instead of the current version of HL2, to solve those incompatibilities. 15 years ago, before those engine updates, SMOD used the original HL2 engine and code and didn't have this crashing bug. And the Source SDK Base 2006 supposedly uses that old engine and code, so it should work the same as an old copy of HL2 from 2006, but apparently it doesn't, there's something not quite right.

[@Diskillfr]

Imagine Your an elite soldier, You've been sent to take out Gordon freeman. And then you get killed by a box of beans by Gordon

[@hybridShinx]

One of Pokemon's tactics- leech seed :v

[@onearmedbandit84]

I remember about a decade ago there were several SMOD offshoots available: SMOD Sci Fi, SMOD Outbreak, and SMOD Tactical. SMOD Tactical in particular was one I was especially enthralled with, unfortunately Valve updated the engine and the dev had to scrap the upcoming version which was a real tragedy for me. The update fucked up compatibility with most of the other SMODs as well but fortunately there's a third party launcher that allows them to be played by playing them on a pre-update version of Half Life 2.

[@dogecat6976]

Smod tactical was my favourite, too. Just a lot of fun.

[@onearmedbandit84]

@@dogecat6976 Same. I remember being so heartbroken when I first heard Onemanshadow announce that it was unsalvageable. Hard to believe this was ten years ago now.

[@Simplystimulating]

Pumpactionmusket holy moly

[@onearmedbandit84]

@@Simplystimulating Yep, May 28th, 2010 is when he made the announcement, two days after the update. A build leaking didn't help matters either.

[@csyrup]

@@onearmedbandit84 he made the announcement on my birthday, what a sad day

[@MoonMinHo]

I dunno why, but this reminds me of grezzo or Russian overkill mod for doom due to its overpowered over-the-top nature.

[@teslashark]

Increased enemies too

[@Axl4325]

Russian Overkill is what happens when you set all values to 8000% and then say "what if we double up on this"

[@kabardino1337]

To me it's a Garry's Mod Campaign.

[@Zorro9129]

Or that mod where you can play as Ben Garrison.

[@mememan2404]

I was reminded of Brutal doom

[@3isr3g3n]

The shovel. THE SHOVEL. I remember playing this around 2008ish when the mod was on a DVD from a gaming magazine i read at the time. Good times. It's really nice to see it having evolved so much.

[@gastlygod10]

Wait... They actually did that? Wonder how much those discs go for these days

[@GamingRevenant]

The time-effects are all straight from Timeshift :D

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

Underrated game

[@Kai-tn4yx]

and FEAR

[@devinarato69420]

This comment is gonna blow up

[@spartanwar1185]

Maaan i love Timeshift! That game is so fun

[@alyctro8158]

bullsh*t, they're exactly like they are in fear. Even the damn kick.

[@zeliph]

This is like Half Life: Postal Edition

[@georgeharrison3726]

Not really, looks like it doesn't let you massacre NPCs or play as a combine. This is more like Half-Life: FEAR of the Dark Messiah.

[@kyleaus10]

@@georgeharrison3726 It does let you kill NPCs. The mod makes it so all characters are killable.

[@georgeharrison3726]

@@kyleaus10 Oh shit bb installing hl2 and the mod right now

[@morales6224]

Exactly what i'm about to play!

[@FreeBird-ws2ye]

The first was edgy tho

[@stevemc6010]

That Solid Snake death sound during the thicc joke was gold

[@slickcalf985]

it made your snake solid ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

[@theblackbaron4119]

@@slickcalf985 Out!

[@slickcalf985]

@@theblackbaron4119 ok I'll go... **Slow footsteps**

[@BigboiiTone]

Great spoiler btw! 😂

[@Deadsnake989]

7:12 I'm done, I can't watch you anymore. I laughed so hard at that I think I actually hurt myself.

[@512TheWolf512]

You see, "S" stands for stupid

[@agrashh]

I thought it stands for sexy

[@thunderslug1066]

no it stands for sport

[@Stephen-vq1wc]

Hello omsk birb

[@AntzolY111]

*TACTICAL*

[@nrsyeah]

sex

[@contrabandresearch8409]

The ultimate weapon is the PSP

[@doomstasche5768]

For the time, it was a power-house of a handheld too! I still enjoy the PSP to this day ever since I got it for Christmas years ago.

[@Ribbons0121R121]

why is it the psp of all things

[@plivajucipauk7742]

@@Ribbons0121R121 Cant launch UMDs from DS

[@wind2536]

Gmanlives has another shit opinion in hating the psp.

[@plivajucipauk7742]

@@wind2536 Yep, PSP was da bomb. Still use it today, mostly for PS1 games.

[@Ag_33]

Something to note: Gordon’s kick is fantastic, and if you spam it long enough without letting it finish, you can make a Combine energy ball, and kick it again to launch it. At least, that’s how it worked in Redux V8

[@InFmou5]

Damn that small section with Max Payne main theme.... bring back memories damn.

[@aryyancarman705]

Yea even more since i have started to replay 1 and 2

[@SDK2K9]

It's stupid fun stuff like this that makes me love gaming.

[@Th3Raz96]

It sucks that it's not as common anymore, maybe it's just rose-tinted glasses talking but it seems like games were way more about goofy bombastic fun back in the late 90's-early 2000's, and now it seems the focus is more on gritty realism. Not saying that "bwrah all games suck now" but goofy crazy fun was... Fun.

[@pirateFinn]

Oh Shit, I played this yeaaars ago. Good to see this again

[@crossfire7474]

Any plans on playing smod again?

[@AizenSnoozeKing]

2:26 wasn't sure if I wanted this until you displayed that amazing effect

[@vernedictb.valentine2057]

Playing half life 2 with mods it's like eating Waffles with Maple Syrup. You just can't get enough of it

[@SpecShadow]

7:12 This bean thing gave me The Nameless Mod flashbacks for some reason.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Thanks for highlighting this mod, mate. I'm on a HL kick and some good mods was what I needed.

[@Chozo_Ghost]

The Golden Magnum was in Perfect Dark, actually (the DY357-LX). Goldeneye 64 did have the Cougar Magnum, but it was silver in color. The Golden Gun from that game though, was just a makeshift weapon comprised of random everyday objects (pen, cigarette lighter, etc.)

[@GreenMouse97]

the anime sword slashing thing just enough to convince me to download this mod

[@miguelpereira9859]

It's really fucking awesome

[@nopushbutton]

"kind of like a videogame equivalent of what Kotaku has been doing for years now" DAAAMN

[@JCDentonCZ]

SMOD's great. My favorite version is SMOD Outbreak, with Tactical coming second. I always liked what they did in making the old campaign feel fresh again. I recommend giving both a try.

[@warlord4thewitness]

Mine is SMOD ELITE, due to the amount of settings (although some keybinds are missing, but you can add them via config files)

[@ausilliam]

The Combine Assassins you mentioned were originally in HL2 Beta which were based of the Black ops ones.

[@501stcrusade5]

9:15 So basically.... *_ZA WARUDO!_*

[@dogerio]

This mod reminds me of a mod called HL 2 enchanted. It really does have the exact same stuff, gibs, new weapons, slow mo, you name it.

[@mariodrv]

This looks like it's the mod i was allways looking for - more enemys to shoot, more weapons to shot them with and more shooting to shoot.

[@elkskim]

a quick PSA: you can use the console to change parameters for the kick - setting the force to an astronomical number will either insta-gib enemies or send them flying way past the horizon. good hunting mr freeman

[@dogsoldier123]

To this day, smod and it's cousins are some of my favorite mods

[@oompalumpus699]

When Gman said 'dual-wield,' I heard 'jewel weld.'

[@thechurchoflucio5709]

This is like if FEAR and Cracklife had a baby

[@Ribbons0121R121]

"good name for a band" i know its like 3 am but am i losing my goddamn mind

[@panakacallahan8042]

Come on at 0:09 you should have said this mod is bananas. Perfect pun opertunity

[@RGDcommentnode]

"That beta we all downloaded from Limwire" Guilty as charged. I think I still have the Half-Life 2 beta on a DVD-R somewhere.

[@GanNing221]

4:28, this theme brings back so many memories. Thanks for adding that in.

[@DeetexSeraphine]

I was surprised to see you got it running at all, hadn't realized this thing was still a... well a thing. Thanks for sharing this, I had much fun back with SMOD tactical 5.56

[@AvalancheZ250]

"This is about as crazy as HL2 can get, outside of Garry's Mod" *Laughs in Garrys Mod and me blasting zombies away with Spartan Lasers and Alien Isolation Flamethrowers*

[@whitedude877]

Thanks for making this video so I don't have to. SMOD is near and dear to my heart, and your enthusiasm made me smile the whole viewing. There is so, so much to SMOD that you didn't cover, but this serves as a wonderful introduction for anyone intrepid enough to dig deeper.

[@ImNotFine44]

“Black Mesa logos” Me: it’s lambda symbol god damn it. How many times have we got to have this conversation

[@chewee4ever811]

Gordon freeman:*uses a kick* Duke nukem: i have taught you well

[@m4gmaroni]

Weird to have the Combine Soldiers as allies. It’d make more sense to have CPs as they’re not brainwashed into serving the Combine.

[@MrMaskYT]

I dont know how your video end up in my recommendation page. But 10 seconds in and I subscribe.

[@0lionheart]

Ah, the Pancor Jackhammer. A gun that basically only exists in video games, outside of one or two prototypes (it never went into production). Ian over at Forgotten Weapons did a really good video on it, it's interesting how it's become a video game staple despite being a gun that never left prototype!

[@visarhyseni8804]

4:27 A Better Tommorow reference?

[@ramdom_assortment]

Yes it is

[@simozonelayer]

In 2020, you'll need to alter your Library filter (at the top of the left hand of your Library view), it might just say 'GAMES' with an upside down ^. Click 'GAMES' to expand and check and check 'TOOLS'. Now you'll see all the extra crap you can install including the Source SDK packages. I also had to create my Sourcemods folder.

[@imperialdoesathing1599]

Looks like Gordon has a stand when he stops time

[@loganotutt124]

Love your videos, my favorites are the dusk and kingpin videos, Keep it up.

[@IFDFAdmiralY11]

. . . Does the S in Smod happen to stand for Sam? Because this whole mod kinda looks like a Serious Sam game to me.

[@panzermann1181]

Nope. It's Super Mod.

[@koitaroo]

Fucking thank you dude! I've been trying to re-live this mod all over but it's been broken forever, i'm gonna download this shit asap.

[@slickcalf985]

It's satisfying when you penetrate a wooden post and you see wood shards fly around along with blood.

[@BeyondBaito]

The Jackhammer shotgun is funny to me because IRL this gun only existed as two prototypes that never went anywhere. Technically it isn't a real gun, but its design and purpose launched it into infamy with movies and video games

[@viktorgerman7261]

4:28 I can't believe you actually used Mark's Theme . Thank you man XD

[@Gggmanlives]

Great film!

[@Valieser]

Didn't see a comment about how you dual weild and have bullet time, also a jump kick which was from F.E.A.R. probably one of the most underrated fps horror genre's I've ever played to date

[@Mantis.306]

10:06 "I like to bring a little irony into a fire-fight."

[@allnamestakenlol]

Not gonna lie, I thought this was a mod for Half Life: Alyx when I saw the thumbnail and I got super excited.

[@chubmouse]

Was... Was that 3DMM music for the outro? MEMORIES... FLOODING... MIND.

[@RazorStormInc]

Now this is true nostalgia. I remember playing Redux 6 like... twelve years ago.

[@Alexzw92]

I've always remembered the psp umd mod, my cousin showed it to me back in 2006, but i never knew which mod it was!

[@TheKingofBunga2912]

SMOD is basically if you mix Half - Life 2 Overcharged with Half - Life 2 MMod and Crack - Life 2 altogether and will make SMOD.

[@Beltboy]

Overcharged is basically just a worse Smod

[@scottl.1568]

Holy shit that's the K98 model from Day of Defeat!

[@missingindy]

This actually seems really fun, might install it during the weekend, and not the school week because I have school

[@TONY81198]

Damn, they even put in the kar from day of defeat. That’s a throwback

[@starschwar]

Nice use of the A Better Tomorrow soundtrack!

[@whitephoenix4230]

The Golden Magnum. Some are gonna have PTSD like you said, while others are gonna GUSH over it.

[@Pagsend]

4:27 👍 for the ‘A Better Tomorrow’ theme!

[@aschrodinger7700]

Is that A Better Tomorrow music?? You are a god amongst men

[@amaranthpeak]

I played this mod for so many years on my shitty laptop back in like 2007. It still lives up to the nostalgia, the shovel was deadly.

[@MegaChickenfish]

7:55 Combine: Noo, I'm lactose intolerant!

[@weenyboi]

SO much nostalgia just seeing this video. There was also SMOD Outbreak which was a zombie themed campaign and it was fucking awesome (imagine the whole game being the Ravenholm chapter). There was also SMOD Tactical which made the game feel like R6 or something. There was a terrorist hunt mode that had custom maps and it was super super fun and challenging. I still remember when the main dev OneManShow had to give up development of it when they updated to the episode 2 engine-sad days

[@ArmaBiologica35]

Love that little nod to Perfect Dark. A Golden Magnum that kills in a single hit.

[@ShaggyRacc]

The banana grenade immediatly reminded me of the banana grenade from Worms

[@mrchavi2925]

“Imagine that,death by dildo,would be a good name for a band”-gmanlives

[@n0vi]

Woooow holy fuck, I played this closer to it's release and this is fucking SENDING. ME. BACK. mentioning the tactical version of the mod, THAT was fucking incredible when it came out

[@isamu64]

I remember playing this mod back when it first came out. Crazy that it's still kicking around.

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

Wow. To think this mod is actually being reviewed by the man himself. It was a blast back in the day getting this mod. The best part was that theres a decently accessible weapon modding component built into the game, with scripts that easily replaces, randomise and balances npc weapons (and can even be map dependent). Smod tactical was made from the same system that the smod author left us (peace be upon his japanese soul if hes still out there somewhere). In fact it was thanks to this game im anywhere close to being computer literate. I probably spent a good 2 years of my middle school years just modding and adding weapons to my own smod (which shamefully i no longer have any copy of). While others played halo and cod, this was my jam.

[@piotrswat8880]

Nice A Better Tomorrow reference, love that movie.

[@MCBGamer]

I just rewatched this. You probably already have personally played it but Russian Overkill for Doom is absolutely in the same vein as this. Also amazing.

[@Echo-22-538]

My ears fu%$ing exploded at the end.. JESUS! I CANSTILL HEAR IT, AWW FU%$

[@Ennocb]

I used to play this. Guess I'm gonna download the mod again. I was playing a few rounds of HL2: Deathmatch today. There are still a few players around! More than I thought there would be, at least.

[@punk_rock_music_teacher]

Nice Kotaku jab. I can’t wait till they go the way of Screw Attack and Machinima

[@Feasco]

Gonna cry if that doesn't happen ? Gonna roll around and shit your pants?

[@punk_rock_music_teacher]

Gnome de Plume .......... dude are you doing ok?

[@evilspoons]

Frig I played this like a decade ago. Glad to see it's still around and awesome as it ever was.

[@a.k8185]

3:26 gotta say, all of the video game assasin enemies are thick

[@DigiveeMHF]

GmanLives: If you install HDoom you're a psychopath also GmanLives: God the combine assassins are so fucking thicc

[@justhowoftendoyousleep]

I like the fact that the mod added houndeye and bullsquid

[@archangel8428]

10:58 it means back of your hand, which means you know it so well

[@galacticstevetherealdeal]

I think my old computer will explode like a maniac griefing my house in minecraft

[@StannieDum1]

"A flare-gun that takes *LITERALLY* five years to reload!"??? Jeez, I won't be trying this out then! :)

[@yurionedge2199]

*Sees Adrian Shephard* I'm sold!

[@CoolSs]

3:24 *mission failed we'll get em next time*

[@slickcalf985]

When you lose your your Buggy but you have your good ol' AT4 rocket launcher to spit one out

[@mrpoopiebungholio4871]

Your thumbnails are very "Kino Fabino"y lately sonny jim. Dig it

[@thcollegestudent]

Just as a heads up(on the very rare chance you've not herd this a dozen times), the buggy being switched out for the boat is something that can happen in Vanilla HL2, it's just very rare in that version.

[@randomcatdude]

Uh, what? Pretty sure that's not true.

[@Peanut_Arbuckle]

I vividly remember seeing a gameplay video for this back in like 2007 with A.I.R. by Anthrax playing in the background. I thought it was the coolest shit ever.

[@Darren-lb3rx]

It’s nice to see Adrian Shepard back in action

[@Tiran654LP]

just wanna say, i found your channel a month ago watching doom stuff and i love it, also gives me some motivation to do maybe some own videos. Keep up that great content, greez from germany

[@servit0r]

Wake up, wake up and smell the chicken-soup.

[@HDrescher1]

Yeah, you can also fly with the shovel by the way. Just jump and start slapping your feet and you'll soar. It's pretty fun.