Half-Life 2: SURVIVOR: Japanese Arcade Version - Full Walkthrough

[@XradicalD]

"LESSON: Arrows tell you where to go!" It's literally a hallway with one turn, come on.

[@hakureicirno6059]

Actually, green arrow: safe ahead, orange arrow: enemy ahead, red arrow: cutscene/other events ahead

[@XradicalD]

@@hakureicirno6059 cool, i didn't know I would have to shoot enemies.

[@LGLFanTeam12]

Probably the Japanese imagine the HEV suit as a way more advanced technology than we know from the original.

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

@@LGLFanTeam12 OR hes wearing the helmet in this version of the game.

[@carsvengaming5558]

​@@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650this is the only version of half life were Gordon is 100% not using a helmet

[@koyooko5160]

LESSON.

[@MacaqueStinx]

LESSON

[@SynchroRat]

LESSON

[@ionizedodds1601]

WARNING ALERT EMERGENCY

[@MacaqueStinx]

It's just "LESSON", you fucked it up

[@Milkbutter]

I GUESS HE LEARNED A LESSON

[@lordofbanana6869]

I think it's funny how in the old days japanese developers often didn't ship games to the west because they could be "too hard" for western audiences and then they get an arcade port of a great western game that explains every single mechanic as if japanese people had never seen a videogame before while the western version puts some trust in the players intelligence

[@theobserver4214]

Lord of Banana Japanese people rarely see/play FPS games, and it's an arcade game with some weird ass controls

[@DiosBabilonia]

It's not the same making a PC game for a dedicated audience and making an arcade game meant to be played by any random person who goes over to the arcade and wants to try out a bunch of stuff. But yeah, it's funny that they would make an arcade of Half Life 2 of all things.

[@DefinitiveDubs]

That's a misconception. Most games that come from Japan are harder than their Japanese counterparts.

[@thenippleextractor]

also, a person in an arcade may have *actually* never played a video game before

[@diligentone-six2688]

Imagine Battlefield or CoD was made in Japan. They'd turn it into Anime.

[@frenchlad9441]

Basically it's half life 2 but with a shit ton of tutorials

[@Trident_Euclid]

TotoRocher14 suicide inducing

[@viniciusprinholat092]

and cutscenes

[@frenchlad9441]

Ibraheem Al hadede ikr

[@frenchlad9441]

O Sinforoso In a half life game, it's illegal

[@Elfenastics]

Its typical Japanese. They ned a Highscore for everything.

[@johnjeff3735]

Jesus, I think this game foretold your "If Half-Life was made in 2016" video.

[@HyperrealisticLuigi]

That'd be MMod (which is actually really good)

[@hoisamuro]

its actually sick and you're a pussy

[@piotrmazek540]

I'm impressed by how they modified HUD, added "cutscenes' and tutorials.

[@ianmitchell5979]

1:06:18 Even in arcade version, Bolloxed keeps tradition.

[@NovaFrederick]

a tutorial mode, arrows pointing where to go and as if that wasn't bad enough already: CUTSCENES! WHAT IS THIS MADNESS?

[@chickenman9184]

NOVA arcade format

[@rundatbacc857]

ChickenMan or a shit show

[@thealandude9146]

Cutscene is fine for me

[@skornie123]

Ah I see^^ Hunt Down the Freeman took a lot of notes from this game.

[@skornie123]

@Latvian Dragon Well not literally, just the fact that they play cutscenes. But HDTF like the Arcade Port have the similarity that both of are basically throwing HL2 design of "natural feeling tutorials" out of the window. Well Arcade atleast has Tutorials unlike Hunt down the Freeman^^

[@chemergency]

This is kinda funny and charming in a way honestly. Half-Life 2 is one of the last games I'd think of being appropriate for an arcade conversion.

[@RaymondoPerson]

horrible take. half life 2 is an arcade game with no points system

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

Funnily enough, Quake Arcade Tournament Edition did the same thing but never got a release. If I had a nickel for every Quake adjacent game released to arcades...

[@RaymondoPerson]

I mean that, compared to older shooters, it's a very linear rollercoastery game based around exciting set pieces, which lends itself very well to an arcade-like experience. people shit on HL2 for that and call it overrated but it's a big part of why I like the game; I don't think everything needs elaborate exploration.@junpei6180

[@MrPatters]

I don't think I've ever seen a fully maneuverable 3D space in an arcade game like this before.

[@KamiJoJo]

How weird that this game has an actual Gordon Freeman model while the vanilla game (and the Update) don't.

[@setsers1]

Wtf?!😨😠😆

[@ThatGuyFedora]

Needs More Tutorials.

[@anon_of_kat]

-Fuck you-

[@bruhSaintJohn]

Hi

[@ivancauchi860]

Yes, about 12039344958576605440302292939387474575744932 more toturials

[@HobkinBoi]

The first 10 minutes is like nothing but tutorials lawl

[@aleppogameingreal]

Yeah, tutorial unclear. No explanation whatsoever (sarcasm)

[@lolstationvita5922]

*HEV Suit:* Hey, Listen! Hey, Listen! *Freeman-kun:* Shut up!

[@InfernalRam]

I think this has to do with the fact that FPS games arent really popular in Eastern culture (afaik), and Japan is more keen on arcadey type games.

[@setsers1]

Yeah

[@n3onf0x]

I think it was also because Japan has concerns of motion sickness involving these games.

[@TheSixteen60]

Also console gaming. (Nintendo, Xbox, Playstation)

[@drifter402]

Arcade gamws always have big tutorials

[@ImOkWithThis]

Gregory running into the fire instead of the shed, and the hyping up of the headcrab carriers WARNING WARNING just to get gibbed immediately killed me.

[@puppet4978]

Japan: *LESSON* USA: *INTENSE BHOPPING* Also why not play the actual hl2 on PC?

[@gqsak]

it's version for arcade. It have shit controller.

[@KiraSlith]

@@gqsak For some insane reason they put it on arcade flight sim hardware. But even for Japanese who didn't have much experience with shooters at the time, the tutorialization is complete overkill. Edit: Oh man, I just read up on the multiplayer mode these old arcade machines had back in 2003. It's basically the direct predecessor to modern mobile games!

[@pearljammer364]

Original is 10x better. More puzzles, no cutscenes, and simplistic controls.

[@setsers1]

Meh

[@checkerfired3995]

Pretty sure this game is for people unfamiliar with half life, with the simplified everything and the excessive tutorials

[@coolchouzhao]

this looks like one of those "if half life were made in 2018" meme videos

[@theREELdogman]

i like how they used the stunstick sound for being hit

[@ivancauchi860]

Basically, half life 2 for dummies Tons of toturials Some parts of the levels are easier. Such as in the beginning when u need to jump on the train to the other side, instead you have a bridge. Also why does he shout, " *LESSON* " at you. Like seriously. He doesn't seem so happy when he says it.

[@ThangTN]

Japanese people: it is just hl2 for arcade Foreign people: Hentai!!!!

[@Smilenol]

So the guys shooting at you are your target... good thing there's LESSON(s)

[@SimonG258]

the fact you don't get the gravity gun untill anticitizen-one is a steal

[@ionizedodds1601]

Needs more tentacles, cat ears, and schoolgirls

[@DelosWX]

Yeah time to redo the CP's wardrobe

[@Trident_Euclid]

Ionized Odds And cringe

[@Rosja-w-wiaderku]

Ionized Odds damn

[@Rosja-w-wiaderku]

Ionized Odds well i must get this.... mod ?

[@tk-5764]

aw.... FU-

[@Gunslingerwashere]

For a Japanese version of HL2, you have to admit they at least tried.

[@25inbomeportland]

They should have tried way less hard.

[@soldiergaming-n4b]

You have to give it to them, it is a playable game with mechanics and gameplay

[@RuslanFeofanov]

Combine Advisor: Omae wa mou shindeiru Eli: NANI?

[@GALuigi]

1:31:02 I like how Barney's voice is drowned out so you can't even hear his funny line anymore lmaooo

[@Mr.Crawlyo]

They didn't even like cropp it out lmao he still even says it

[@onemorescout]

Where are the waifus?

[@Kristerkry]

Scout Trooper You need to pay 1000yen instead of 100 for one play if you want that. :P

[@1r587]

Uh, Father Gregori?

[@vivaleliberte1924]

Alyx is waifu lol

[@Kaiser_Xeno]

Kleiner

[@MegaChickenfish]

0/10 no LESSON interruption telling you how to dodge the incoming train. Died like 10,000,000 times in that segment. Too hard!

[@greensell766]

Call of life 2 modern combine 2017

[@ericjosephgarand8585]

Pfft, the Japanese gave us a more faithful recreation of Half-Life 2 months before Half-Life 2 was ever released! It's an old Xbox game called Breakdown!

[@peppermillers8361]

Breakdown's neat, but pretty janky.

[@coffin7904]

@Ken narville dude why did you spam this incoherent comment so much

[@TheOrangeMatty]

This is actually pretty good for a arcade version of the game if I do say so myself... yes the story is a lot more condensed but it's a arcade game so that's not much of a surprise and also comparing it to the original Half Life 2 is pretty unfair IMHO because arcade games are usually more shorter/condensed compared to actual retail games for console's, PC's etc... I will say though that the tutorials really do hurt this game and there should be a way to turn them off as they constantly keep popping up on the screen telling you what to do even though most if not all the things it's telling you to do are common sense unless you have never played any FPS game before I guess... I also like how they added back cut content to this game like the Combine Assassin & The Sniper Rifle which for some reason or another were removed from the actual Half Life 2... I also find it funny that this is the only version of Half Life 2 that has an actual player model for Gordon Freeman as all the other versions use a weird grey placeholder model...

[@aleppogameingreal]

Here's a challenge, Bang your head on the wall 10 times, every time there is a tutorial

[@bob-omb1217]

Not an Artificial Intelligence System brain damage

[@aleppogameingreal]

@@bob-omb1217 That's surprising

[@jonathantristan9549]

the thumbnail is kinda cute, Gordon Freeman anime Why not.

[@The_Magik_Waffle]

TheJohnDum nein...please nein :'c

[@Pop4484]

._.?

[@Krisztian08]

Gorson freemanime

[@urnan9073]

take a shot every time it says lesson

[@bob-omb1217]

UR Nan I would rather not die.

[@Axodus]

1:19:04 Dat ASS

[@ArcturusOTE]

Breen of Gorgeous Freeman would have liked

[@winuser-69-w]

69 likes

[@rundatbacc857]

Rly? Cutscenes, giant arrows pointing where to go, story cuts, and other wacky-tacky shit. Why does this exist?

[@ivancauchi860]

Top 10 things scientists can't explain

[@GreatNaturalStupidity]

@Demiclea a.k.a. Half-Life 2 post-double nuke cartoony virgin edition

[@MegaChickenfish]

I'll give them credit on the cutscene work, it looks really nice, even if it obviously interrupts the experience.

[@JerryyHal]

realllly annoying tutorials..フリーマンさん？ i saw this game in arcade when i was 12... :) If my memory is correct,this game needs cellphone to save data,and register own account.

[@foxden908]

nah it used cards for the "survivor camp" in v2 it was used to buy upgrades and weapons in the death match mode

[@setsers1]

Lucky You, Man!!💖

[@ForsakenSandpaper]

in hl2: *metrocop dies* in hl2S: *HIT!* *HIT!* *DEFEAT!*

[@Azfar90]

"Hey, lesson!"

[@marimo_neko]

日本にこんな神ゲーがあったなんて…

[@shootdack7826]

Every time I watch the final scene I get shivers. I just wish that valve would completely remaster the hl2 series in source 2

[@MiekuahProductions]

well the first half life got a fanmade remaster in source engine. that also means we would get a fanmade remaster of HL2 in source 2 engine

[@B.M.Skyforest]

I can't believe someone actually developed this. Looks like Half-Life 2 for braindead. So many lessons, arrows where to go (in a single turning corridors where you can't even go wrong unless back). And most of all, skipped stages and story, it doesn't really make sense if you didn't play original HL2. You just run and shoot someone and it barely explains the story how and why you get there. Anyway, I'm very impressed with the programming work done :)

[@yfranse4881]

Ikr, its like the very antithesis of HL

[@cheeseboi588]

It's because it's for Japanese Audience

[@LGLFanTeam12]

You can see Gordon's body in this game.

[@K1rz__]

Breen no baka

[@npc_pigeon]

Ahh I love Half-Life 2. My favourite chapter? Oh it's gotta The Fortress Of Waterfront

[@kertchu]

You get tired of the guy saying lesson but then you miss him

[@d9zirable]

I wish those lesson screens existed in real life

[@KaptainMicila]

Their work is impressive. I liked this like a new game. What the hell.

[@lukevankleef4245]

I cant believe they decided to have the tower fight against the Hunter Chopper be the boss, instead of the much cooler boss fight at Black Mesa East.

[@jasonfenton8250]

1:11:16 Even in the arcade game this happens!

[@daytimesky]

For those annoyed about the way the arcade game keeps showing arrows of where to go, labeling important things, etc. - I suspect it has less to do with the fact that Japanese people don't typically play these types of games, and more to do with the fact that arcade games in general are built around being super easy to learn and quick to pick up. They typically explain things that are treated as obvious in the console version (including if the console version is ported later). For example, the original _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles_ arcade game would tell you to "push buttons, waggle joystick" when you're grabbed from behind, but the console version doesn't display this prompt. The arcade version also showed the word "ENERGY" over pizza (which refills health) but the console version also doesn't have this. The console version treated these as obvious. Anyway, since this is an arcade port of Half-Life 2, the prompts and indicators are added so players immediately jump into the action without risking any struggling with controls or where to go, since arcade games in general are built entirely around having a "pick up and play" nature.

[@setsers1]

I actually love how this looks and since you can Emulate it, that makes me happy.😊🙂

[@dawsonhaynes2437]

I have a weird feeling like I like this, you know, in a updated way somewhat.

[@jUppers]

an entire game built around physics object interaction, and it's all gone lol

[@unverifiedbiotic]

Shoots Metrocop: DEFEAT! GRETUU SUCESSU! Needs a moe Alyx saying "haaai!" after each kill. Those fucking moon people never cease to amaze me.

[@de_nstream]

Well her voice actor is part japanese ...

[@shadowysn]

15:34 Huh, that's actually a Combine Soldier on the tower.

[@Robomorons]

I want a House of the Dead styled Half-Life rail shooter now.

[@troywright359]

Oh, new scenes in the background during gmans speech. That's nice. Super long tutorial, but i guess he didn't want to skip anything. These are usually done during the demo in arcade games... There are too many neon indicators, it reminds me of when the game would load bad textures on the pc. They should have been all one colour, a bit more inconspicuous and flashing gently to keep that arcade feel. Here they just look kinda bad. Hah, i do like the way the word defeat flashes onscreen! Very arcadey. I don't mind the cutscenes, this is an arcade adaption. Unique new view. No gman waiting on the balcony at the start of chapter 2. I swear you can drive the boat normally faster than this but....arcade momentum i suppose... Hmm perhaps some tutorials could have been skipped...that one to refill ammo from the box isn't needed. Heh the jumps on the boat look wimpy when taking them at such a normal speed. That gun you use to attack the helicopter is different I'm sure... Oh we skip the final battle with the helicopter altogether? No gravity gun for ravenholm lol. And new generic death sounds for zombies. Ah we skip quite a lot of ravenholm as well. Surely the rooftop survival would have worked well for the arcade? Haha i do like the introduction of a kind of mini boss segment at the end of ravenholm! LOL i think the warning was longer than the boss! Hmm i do like that outro with the camera pulling back from the antlions. Having to stay off the sand to not activate the antlions seems a good fit for an arcade adaption. Without the gravity gun, it seems easy to run out of ammo on the antlion guardian. The antbait seems less effective. I guess because it's arcade. Hmm i just noticed you don't seem able to collect ammo from dead bodies....

[@daytimesky]

I like your little play-by-play of each chapter.

[@ariezon]

at least it's a full model of gordon freeman.

[@leeshkah]

Impressive for a Japanese remake (at least its not Made in China)

[@thealandude9146]

GR33N_B34ST_sk ya know,it was made before half life 2 release

[@InfernalRam]

Alan William It was made in 2006, 2 years after half lifes release

[@thealandude9146]

O

[@SimonG258]

0:00 Gman intro 1:19 Route Kanal - Scene 1 8:20 Route Kanal - Scene 2 9:56 Route Kanal - Boss 11:43 Water Hazard - Scene 1 16:04 Water Hazard - Scene 2 18:09 Water Hazard - Scene 3 20:15 Water Hazard - Scene 4 22:28 Water Hazard - Boss 24:11 Raveholm - Scene 1 28:01 Ravenholm - Scene 2 30:17 Ravenholm - Boss 31:34 Sandtraps - Scene 1 35:44 Sandtraps - Scene 2 38:38 Sandtraps - Boss 40:57 The Fortress Of Waterfront - Scene 1 46:53 The Fortress Of Waterfront - Scene 2 49:05 The Fortress Of Waterfront - Boss 51:14 Nova Prospekt - Scene 1 55:12 Nova Prospekt - Scene 2 57:26 Nova Prospekt - Boss 59:20 Entanglement - Scene 1 1:01:57 Entanglement - Scene 2 1:03:55 Entanglement - Scene 3 1:05:54 Entanglement - Boss 1:09:52 Anticitizen One - Scene 1 1:13:59 Anticitizen One - Scene 2 1:16:14 Anticitzen One - Boss 1:21:27 Follow Freeman! - Scene 1 1:24:35 Follow Freeman! - Scene 2 1:28:39 Follow Freeman! - Boss 1:31:22 Dark Energy - Scene 1 1:34:54 Dark Energy - Scene 2 1:36:56 Dark Energy - Scene 3 1:39:31 Dark Energy - Boss 1:40:15 Ending

[@photophone5574]

Omg a cloud! We better make a 15 minute long tutorial on clouds.

[@charo03]

とても楽しそうだな(LESSON＝訓練)

[@game_player1345]

Yeah but just straight up hl2 is better

[@bigstevie01]

How on earth is this even real? There are probably a million ways you could do Half-Life 2 arcade-style and none of them would look as bad as this.

[@NojoNortu]

Are the "million ways that a half-life 2 for the arcade could be done" with us in the room now?

[@bigstevie01]

@ There are probably a million ways you could have expressed disagreement with me and- oh you get the picture

[@PaulStore800]

Sleeping on the job is enough to make a Japanese person commit Seppuku

[@mike7DILFLUVR]

Ehren Becker What is Seppuku in English?

[@1r587]

@Pointlel - A type of suicide where you slice open your stomach and then someone decapitates you. It happened when Samurais lost their honour or something.

[@mike7DILFLUVR]

1r5Drooodle Oh I learned it a week ago but thanks for responding

[@dat_chip]

I like the messed up UTF-8 encoding that appears in some of the captions.

[@Gryphon1269]

Never even knew this existed until I saw someone talking about it in an Opposing Force stream

[@Quackily]

bolloxed did you play this on a pc or the machine itself?

[@Bolloxed]

PC

[@leonardofigueira4523]

Bolloxed Don t Have download link?

[@Agustinp-sd5ii]

Bolloxed this need the joysticks and the floor pedals?

[@theobserver4214]

Agustinp1202 Yup.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Funny how they added cutscenes but at the same time removed story.

[@theobserver4214]

DoctorWeeTodd It's more like story clues to know what you're doing in a scene

[@spacecadetkaito]

56:43 Heart rate speeds up 500%

[@twixtechtweaks]

Half-Lesson 3, lmao, full exclusive for Japan.

[@ВгостяхуТимура-м6ц]

Only on PS6.

[@puppet4978]

You expect Gordon Freeman will be surrounded by schoolgirls with magic but all you get is lessons

[@Danhanado]

The HUD looks like a classic WinAmp skin

[@joshuarobinson8529]

Good news, the Airboat has the pulse cannon already.

[@pin6722]

Kid: Can we buy Half-Life:Alyx? Mom: We already have that half-life game at home Half-Life at home:

[@game_player1345]

Dawg got the og game name wrong twice

[@thegoodoldays911]

Legitimately really weird control scheme but also clearly a control scheme that works perfectly fine lol.

[@LAUTICITO998]

*HIT, HIT, DEFEAT!* Do japenese people needed to know when the enemies die when playing this game?

[@jballs5434]

I think it is just to make you feel accomplishment for killing things. Japanese games tend to be more flashy in that way. :p

[@lakshaykochhar6799]

I don't mind cutscenes (even if they interrupt gameplay) or the U.I. (because it does at least look somewhat cool); but god, those f*cking tutorials better have turn off feature, because those makes me wanna throw my brain-matter across the field.

[@plagued3245]

the devs: ah yes we need 1m tutorials

[@diazgenod.6694]

5:14 they add bridge instead of jumping on the train roof

[@troywright359]

Continued.... I would have liked some new scenes of the combine soldiers listening to breens speech in the nova prospect cutscene. There doesn't appear to be any jumping in the game.... Wow, two antlion guardians for the boss here? No wonder you went down to low health. Hmm i don't know if this is on easy, three support turrets is a little generous for an arcade adaption imo I do like the camera angles for the outro showing the next chapter. Oh? You get the gravity gun now? Not too many battles with the striders. It makes me chuckle seeing your teammates able to help you destroy them. Bah you cheesed the last boss. Destroy the ships first! All in all not that bad an adaption

[@OrdinaryDoommarine]

bro, this is kinda lowkey awesome and well made for a japanese arcade port

[@jUppers]

this is like modern fps simulator compared to the original

[@trapsena]

Gordon Freeman actually has a model

[@oomahmet]

hataraku gman-sama

[@Splatboy0612]

Thats kinda strange to see HL2 as an arcade game.

[@Bolloxed]

Those crazy Japs!

[@MegaChickenfish]

You've got to admire just how much effort was put into *precisely* ruining the experience.

[@Lou-yf1jo]

im suprised this is being done on the source engine. that ui is amazing!

[@athiccpotato6433]

I saw this years ago... Jesus like back in 2008, maybe? I know there was an arcade place In Florida called "the box"( I believe) and I saw it there once...

[@meyers0781]

Luckily Taito learned from this and made their L4D2 arcade port less intrusive in terms of "lessons". The L4D2 arcade has its controls changed to repurposed Wii Nunchuk and a Razer computer mouse.

[@xlordplayz3089]

Press f to pay respects to the blood but im glad they kept the ragdolls

[@mentrocentro5443]

*LESSON*

[@Graknorke]

People are ragging on this but I think it's a pretty clever way to adapt a PC FPS to an arcade machine.

[@KamiJoJo]

Half-Life 2: Tutorial Edition

[@troywright359]

Free men can't jump edition

[@kukky22]

yore dead freeman

[@scienceteam9254]

For 50 Playcoins, well let you use the gravity gun

[@Darkxwolf08j]

can i see your passport

[@scienceteam9254]

@@Darkxwolf08j are you authorized to check people's belongings? only science team security members have the right to do that

[@aleppogameingreal]

Guy1: Hey what's up. Guy2:Oh hey! Guy1: What have you been doing? Guy2:I played Half life and completed it in 1 hour. Guy1: cool. Half life game plays are usually 4 hours long! Did you speed run It? Guy2: No,I just played Half-Life 2: Survivor. Guy1: Oh.. You peace of shit..

[@specialunit0428]

needs more anime combine soldiers and CP's

[@TestCandidate95]

How the hell did you get a hold of one of these?!

[@TestCandidate95]

Can I rent it from you?! I NEED TO KNOW

[@WedgeStratos]

He's pretty clearly playing the modified version you can get running from Facepunch Forums. Notice the garbled text when he picks up items. That doesn't show up in the original arcade version. His description's cute. "Players control their movement using two joysticks (one for each hand) and floor pedals. It's...different. This was difficult to record with the controls etc" meanwhile all of these bugs that don't exist in the original release, plus the aiming is clearly from a mouse. Joysticks have a very distinct way to themselves. Look up the 2006 video of a person actually playing the arcade and recording it with a camera. Look closely, you can tell the aim isn't free and flowing like a mouse.