Half-Life: Alyx Ending Explained

13 years in the making, there is A LOT to unpack with everything that goes on in Half-Life: Alyx and leading up to its mind blowing finale. If you're looking for an explanation of what you just witnessed or just want to know what happens without experiencing everything for yourself, here's what happens just before and after the credits role in Half-Life: Alyx.
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[@spinningninja2]

Damn can't wait for 13 years from now when Half Life: Kleiner is released on Valves Neural Implant system and the scene is changed AGAIN such that Dr. Kleiner himself kills both the advisers with his bare hands

[@ezioaugustus2621]

lmfao this comment is amazing.

[@ThePostalDude2077]

_I'd buy that for a dollar_

[@RicardoNirep]

kill the advisors while t -posing

[@pumpkinspice5848]

Underrated

[@Journey_Awaits]

And they change it for the last time in Half Life: Gaben where you play as Gaben and save Eli by deleting the advisor from the program but you also delete him and the whole game and cancel Half Life

[@benwasserman8223]

It means... HL3 is actually confirmed for real this time

[@BluntMatcheteAstartes345fghew]

it's more like half life alyx episode 1

[@manofvalvecorp2350]

@@BluntMatcheteAstartes345fghew Won't be a problem since the "Important guy" is saved

[@BluntMatcheteAstartes345fghew]

@@manofvalvecorp2350 yep the next one will be interesting might gonna wait another 12 years i'll be 27 years old when the next one happens.

[@manofvalvecorp2350]

@@BluntMatcheteAstartes345fghew well,at least gotta get a job, might end up with a damn vr set with strong setups they recommended Btw, the credit soundtrack was cool tho!

[@bait668]

Yeah in 17 years.

[@jackcolman6953]

Can we just appreciate the brilliance of Valve. Ending a game 13 years later at the exact same spot and everyone is totally happy with it LOL

[@youcancallmeneck5178]

I am not, I hate it

[@nickelodeonstuff1572]

YoucanCallmeNeck we’re not talking about you

[@youcancallmeneck5178]

@@nickelodeonstuff1572 No but you are making a statement on a plattform where everyone can comment. Don't hate the comment if the system allows it 😏

[@Mike_Dubo]

I wouldnt be too surprised if that was the same kind of logic Nomura used when releasing KH3.

[@zarrowthehorse]

solve your cliffhanger ending by adding another cliffhanger ending

[@joestrk1333]

There were Half Life fans out there that died before seeing this.

[@carbonfibreguy]

Big F for the players who couldn't see this.

[@succ9147]

G

[@alfresco1552]

Why would you say that

[@ergicgaming1618]

This is sad but true. 13 years? Really Valve?

[@PhillipAmthor]

F

[@Ubeenblind]

2004 - Gman : Wake up Mr Freeman 2020 - Eli : Wake up Gordon!

[@alwaysastray]

2038 - Gordon to Alyx : ...!

[@MondySpartan]

*2004

[@atwat6157]

Alyx: I can’t lip read I am sorry!

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Gordon it would be really cool if you didn’t keep falling asleep during important world changing events

[@luisriver7880]

2004 Alyx: Doctor Freeman i presume.

[@me_ch0p]

*HALF LIFE: MORE THAN 2, LESS THAN 4* CONFIRMED

[@xlthinoreos1387]

Half life 2.9

[@PedroMiguel-zv3fj]

Half life π ?

[@IThrewDucks]

HALF-LIFE: SQRT(8)

[@calopsitamalucabird9434]

Half life 2

[@alexc.7994]

chop 3? Impossible.

[@tb45g]

The ending twist was exciting for sure. Keep in mind that Eli was about to tell us everything he knew about Gman and Black Mesa before he was killed. Now, in the next game, he's free to tell Gordon all he knows.

[@petarvasiljevic8764]

Yay!

[@TheAlienGangster]

I have a feeling if we get another, we won’t hear what he has to say, because Valve keeps that careful balancing act of secrecy

[@HOTD108_]

@@TheAlienGangster That's just a fancy way of saying they don't know even have a plan for what the answers are.

[@Shouzeegestof]

@@HOTD108_ If anything what makes the story interesting at all is the very fact that it stays mysterious and unanswered.

[@FrozeBone]

​@@TheAlienGangsterGordon will hear it off screen (and we won't)

[@pabloarias8295]

Eli: You did it? Alyx: Yes. Eli: What it cost? Alyx: *Unforseen Consequences.*

[@chrissantana2858]

i chuckled

[@stnorocwzo]

Nice speeling leeel This is intentional, don't tell me "it's ironic your grammar is also-"

[@HerrJaeger64]

Teehee

[@ShenDoodles]

Also one advisor.

[@RoachCatJr]

what it cost

[@theheroneededwillette6964]

So this was planned from the start, the g man wanted Eli to be killed so that he could make Alyx this offer because he couldn’t get to freeman.

[@brettbaumler754]

Theheroneeded Willette that’s exactly what I think. He set that up as a way to have leverage over Alyx, and because he exists outside of time, used Alyx freeing him in the past to show his employers that Alyx is useful even without Gordon.

[@Bruinsbigestbear]

The G-Man is like Dr. Manhattan, he sees time and all possible outcomes, so he knew he had to get Alyx to White Forest, and when she was a child he saw the future and how helpful she could be.

[@brettbaumler754]

d c he’s talking about in universe. Nobody honestly thinks this was always their intention, but through retcons it seems like this was always the G-mans plan

[@theheroneededwillette6964]

d c well it’s a very seamless band aid considering the g man’s interest in alyx in episode 2

[@anasshahid224]

Yes! G-Man asked Gordon to escort Alyx to white forest inepisode 2,this was the reason why 😎

[@SterzoSi]

This guy won the entire speedrun community

[@someguy4512]

they played it before the release duh

[@SterzoSi]

Ik they played it before im just joking.

[@someguy4512]

@@SterzoSi ahh ok

[@trxshprsxn8371]

@@someguy4512 r/wooosh

[@Zhung36]

@@trxshprsxn8371 tbh I don't know about that and really thought they finished it so fast lol

[@Hellisfear]

I just realized, if project borealis is still gonna be made. Then that means we're gonna get both endings to the Half Life series, the version where eli dies and the version where he survives

[@ferby1]

Or they could be hired by Valve

[@andreapopolli7657]

Schrodinger's Eli

[@endurian2160]

Yeah, that would be cool, and I hope the "Project Borealis" gets canon by Valve.

[@ultr4nima]

There's also Boreal Alyph, sharing the same goal as Project Borealis, so, technically 3 versions, Eli dies (PB), Eli dies (BA), Eli survives (HL3)

[@zarrowthehorse]

great way of thinking

[@eantays7185]

In an interview with the creators they said that they would like to make more Half Life games but it depended on the reception of this game... I'd say the reception has been PRETTY positive. HL3 confirmed!

[@ozzyziggy4991]

@@jamesbryan287 A game made for both PC and VR possibly?

[@theholygiraffe1970]

Hell yeah!

[@TheAlienGangster]

Not that simple. Assembling many people for a project like that is hard, especially with Valve’s corporate structure and many various priorities. In Final Hours, they echoed the same thoughts of hesitation.

[@Pred.]

@@jamesbryan287 There is no confirmation on that wtf lol? Closest thing to that is some valve employees saying they're a little skeptical on vr but still very happy to be working on it.

[@jamesbryan287]

@@Pred. that's true!

[@midievalcat7770]

Last time I was this early Black Mesa was still in development hell

[@felipedacruz10]

i see what you did there... mee too m8, mee too... lol

[@TheOGjarilo]

Whatever, commie

[@xetix8711]

777 likes

[@arg7380]

*PLOT TWIST* THERE IS NO HALFLIFE 3 HALFLIFE ALYX TIMELINE WAS IN BETWEEN OF HL AND HL2. Proof? The alyx in "halflife alyx" doesnt know Gordon. Half life 2 on the other hand shows alyx and Gordon known each other. So basically half life alyx is just filler for hl 2 or it is not canon at all.

[@CsoszGergo]

@@arg7380 You are mistaken. When you first meet Alyx in HL2 when she beats up the CP guards, she says: "Gordon Freeman I presume". This means she never knew Gordon in the first place. This is still stands, since she saw Gordon right now, in shadow, she didn't see his face.

[@sorf5041]

4:49 Gman just creepily standing there at a far left distance watching it all play out.

[@Johnny_Boy503]

As usual eh

[@DannyIsKing]

Amazing eye

[@THEMERCSGAMES]

thank you for that xD make this comment #1

[@aarfran]

I missed this in my play through. Too distracted by Gordon and the Crowbar!

[@sukantgupta7208]

Also 4:13

[@yourneighbour5738]

I want Half Life: Chef Vortigaunt where I cook and eat the various alien lifeforms

[@CornyBum]

Half-Life: Headcrab where you infest and control one organism, before jumping to a superior species and eventually controlling the G-Man

[@szwagier50]

@@CornyBum I now wanna just delete somebody from existence as Gman.

[@RoseJetExhaust]

*Sustenance!*

[@damienk777]

Half-Life: Barnacle

[@ruipedroleite]

YES

[@richardnemeth658]

So Valve literally made a game just to announce another game. *clap clap*

[@Lon1an]

Yeah, more VR games!

[@zarr1356]

that is how sequels work, yes

[@Nihilyth]

@@Lon1an No more VR games, nonono.

[@dudeboymanguy7742]

Nihilanth yes they are the best

[@Nihilyth]

@@dudeboymanguy7742 Valve confirmed that HL:A will be the only VR game to be a new experience, Half Life 3 will not be VR.

[@MrGrimm-gy1mu]

HALF-LIFE 3 CONFIRMED WELCOME BACK GORDON FREEMAN

[@memecrider3585]

Doom Slayer The doom slayer is pleased to see Gordan freeman return

[@syafiq7026]

Big day today, Freeman.

[@KamisKapi]

*Half Life 2 Episode 2 part 2

[@atwat6157]

Gordon’s first words: I WAITED FOR 13 YEARS, 13 YEARS YOU HEAR ME? 13 YEARS. I AM GOING TO CARVE YOU LIKE A PUMPKIN WITH MY CROWBAR!

[@inthefade]

@@atwat6157 And you might only have to wait another 5... 7... Maybe 13 years.

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Half-Life Alyx Ending in a short sentence: Eli didn't die, Alyx is gone, but hey, it's confirmed that we're getting Half Life 3!

[@yoreichenherz6847]

time to wait another 13 years until Gabe has developed the Steam Matrix

[@whiteout0111]

Didnt the end of half life 2 also confirm half life 3? Yeah... I would wait on saying half life 3 confirmed

[@yoreichenherz6847]

wat ? I know Gabe is already working on Brain to Computer stuff but does already have a ... "Brand" name?

[@undercover1001]

@@yoreichenherz6847 It will be called the "Newell".

[@ejmakibelo3224]

@@whiteout0111 the thing is development was paused cause they were working on source 2...now source 2 is done

[@maldo_95]

Jesus christ when i saw Gordon fixing his glasses like an anime character I came

[@nuckj]

i did too mr cristobal maldonado from a tornado

[@cryingsockoyli6331]

Lol

[@xxraptorsc0pezxx]

Me too😂😂😂😂

[@AverseKO]

@@aircraftmen_ chill out

[@aircraftmen_]

@@AverseKO his name just sounds like on of those people who say repent or something

[@markoboredguy6911]

Is noone seeing Gman just casually standing on the scafold when eli talks to Gordon?

[@AppleManiagaming]

I saw him

[@zarrowthehorse]

who wouldnt

[@fishy6744]

4:49

[@kevinandbowser]

zarrowthehorse Eli apparently

[@zarrowthehorse]

@@kevinandbowser hehe

[@kipptt]

i like how gman was like: *oh thanks man here you get a free wish* edit: yes i get it. it wasnt a free wish because he employed alyx and took her from eli

[@jescrenz7982]

Basically like a genie

[@jescrenz7982]

Genie Man? No?

[@FatCat22888]

my god.....g man.......genie man...

[@garyoak8974]

Genie-Man!

[@yoreichenherz6847]

G-Man... Genie Man ... that took us like 22 Years to figure out ... i thought we where smarter then this XD

[@Mohammed-zz6qq]

you forgot about G-man watching you as Gordan. he's off to the left

[@Wubsy96]

WTF?!!

[@VoteforPaulo]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@dkkanofkash8798]

mohammed alssaraj GET MORE LIKES

[@jancinefranceroque5483]

timestamp?

[@CEWDICU]

@@jancinefranceroque5483 4:48

[@hakou4347]

Eli : I'm gonna kill him when I get my hands on him The person he wants to kill : 4:48 (watching from the left side)

[@lonelyguy5326]

Looool gman watched them

[@6k911Channel]

WOW Didn't notice that.

[@FoxHartley]

He disappears after Eli threatens him

[@yurialexandre2037]

@@FoxHartley Nah, he just do the same on the previous games... if you look at him, he'll go away and disappear

[@FreeSpiritedGamers]

I just finished the game and didn't saw G-Man up there, thanks for the heads up

[@Diesel_Budgie]

Can't wait for Half-Life: DeSinc where DeSinc initiates an accelerated backhop through spacetime using a plank propped on the gnome's head, hopping through timelines and killing the G-man in every one of them. He then absorbs the G-man's powers, compresses the entire combine homeworld into a pocket dimension inside the gnome's head, and says 'Yeah now that we have the combine the round's pretty much over'

[@lucasnicoara7400]

Dude I died reading this

[@jeck7412]

Best comment ever

[@Rurushu13]

that is the single best comment ive ever seen on any video

[@Diesel_Budgie]

Glad you enjoyed it as much as I do. That's always nice :D

[@anonymous5392]

Nah. Pretty boring. Here goes-- Half Life: Son of a b**** where Eli gets the crowbar and attacks Gordon so much that he is at the point of death and is again at G-man's disposal, Eli tears open thru space and time with the help of Borealis and shoves the crowbar down G-man's throat... Just kidding I died laughing at your comment😂😂

[@Myne1001]

With this ending we can confirm/speculate a few things: 1. Marc Laidlaw's "Epistle 3" (the story line for HL2: Episode 3 that he leaked in 2017) has been mostly, if not entirely, scrapped. Not a shock really. 2. Since it seems they captured him and had him contained, it is safe to with some certainty that the G-Man does NOT work for the Combine, as some theories have speculated 3. Possibly, the G-Man's "employers" are direct enemies of the Combine, and that the Combine are aware of their plans. (Perhaps another rival trans-dimensional empire?) This ending plus the vague statements made by Dr. Breen in Half Life 2 some what confirm this. 4. The G-Man is aware of future events. This is going to energize the "G-Man is future Gordon" theories even further. Either way, this is a huge plot twist that not even M. Night Shyamalan could have come up with.

[@jmichael5712]

Myne1001 I really believe that G-Man wasn’t captured by the combine. With the power that he has it wouldn’t seem likely that he would of been caught unless under his own will. It was mostly likely a ruse to bait Alyx into meeting him. It seems that the events of HL:A was to just show to his employers that she is more valuable of an asset than Gordon is. (If you recall Gman’s speech from EP2 his employers had doubts about Alyx but he learned to quell such “naysayers”) Gordon isn’t reliable due to Vortigants being able to intercept his stasis, which pisses Gman off. So he wants to cash in on Eli’s debt by claiming Alyx as his new pawn. Eli’s debt to the Gman was keeping her Alive during the events of Half-Life 1. Gman can’t have full control of someone unless they are consenting to it. So that’s why in EP2 he instructs Gordon one final time to see that he brings Alyx safely to white forest so the event of Eli’s death can transpire. (Eli’s death may have been some in part nudged by Gman) Gman wants to use this moment to convince Alyx to work for him. Hence why he has her kill the advisor to therefore trick her into employment. The post credit scene is basically the effects to Alyx being put in stasis, she basically disappeares from that moment so all the events can come full circle. A subtle but not so subtle retcon.

[@Myne1001]

@@pipp972 that was the end of HL2, but yes you are right. He may have been captured, or let himself be captured. If he really does have the ability to see in to the future, I could see him letting the Combine capture him because he knows Alyx will free him. I personally think its the former.

[@MertensHelbelga]

@@Myne1001 he was waiting to prove that Alyx is greater than Gordon

[@worldeator]

I think epistle 3 is the continuation of episode 2 if alyx did not accept the deal gman offered

[@Peusterokos1]

I have a feeling the real opponent here, despite all, is actually the GMan's employers. Hear me out: Half-Life 1 started off with surviving onslaughts of alien armies until we learn that they are being controlled, and it wants Earth. As we come to find out, it turns out the vortigaunts were pretty damn inoffensive and vulnerable despite being incredibly powerful. In HL2, we start off with rebelling vs the Combine and, again, it is discovered that there is a supreme intelligence behind it all who wants to control our Earth's localised Universe despite having taken over countless dimensions, and again these local forces where nothing but modified humans and what appeared to be the Combine's atom-sized tip of the spear. It's almost as if the Combine themselves were busy elsewhere, even running away or perhaps mounting up not an offensive but a defensive against a coming storm and they will do everything in order to hold it back. This including of course, and not limited to, anhiliating entire species and universes in order to gain as much available ressources and tech to fulfill this goal. Perhaps, despite themselves being despicable in every way and sense, are a force of "Order" to an upcoming tidal wave of horror. It also appears that Xen was an important key to these...Employers' end goal, as it is essentially the hallway to the many broom closets that we call universes. Since it appears that the GMan CAN be halted by Vortigaunts' powers, Nihilianth was the only force capable of forcing them away, but since his death they now control Xen thus having access to everything! What I am suggesting is that the ACTUAL threat has got to do something with the titular name of the series: Half-Life (I am not gonna go in detail of what this means), and that the Combine are now powerless to fight back the Employers so it is now up to Humanity and the Vortigaunts to figure out something. Really sorry if this is convoluted... tl;dr: you thought the Combine were bad, but the REAL baddies are these Employers of the GMan, who himself is their harbinger of what's to come, and Humanity and Vorties are currently their greatest threat to their end goals. Also, the Combine were super dimensional fascists, but they were preparing of what's to come.

[@Andrewoval]

Can’t wait another 13 years, cya later everyone

[@yoreichenherz6847]

Well ... there was a time where valve released games every 2 years , portal,portal 2, Left for dead , Left for dead 2 and csgo came in pretty close succession ... mabye they start doing it like that again

[@Andrewoval]

@@yoreichenherz6847 yeah, only now you have a segregated group of people who dont own vr headsets

[@PhoenixPalmer88]

@@Andrewoval When HL2 released you had people who didn't own a gaming PC too.

[@bl0rgus]

@@Andrewoval dude after beating this game I hope they dont make half life 3 for pc only. VR is the future and I hope they actually release hl3 this time.

[@LewdSCP1471A]

@@Andrewoval If you can't save up £200 for a vr headset, then i dont know what to tell ya.

[@AlfredoBustos]

Viewers stats: 2% - People who actually played the game. 2% - People who don't care about spoilers. 96% - People who recognize the fact that they are likely to never play the actual game but want to know what is it all about.

[@dogman15]

At least one has the option of watching a full playthrough first before watching spoiler videos like this.

[@EliteFreeman]

the only half life game i didnt play was the half life 1 remake black mesa. else i played all half life games (except alyx)

[@zenonpindolski2782]

PC version comeing for sure. MOD 100%

[@underflip2]

@@zenonpindolski2782 If that ever happens people will be very disappointed unless they remake the game from scratch. Its made for VR with specific vr mechanics. I would strongly advise anyone to not play it that way. It is better to just watch a walkthrough.

[@ValentineC137]

@@zenonpindolski2782 everyone who is working something like it seem to agree it's worse :P It changes from being a new experience and arguably a big revolutionary step in gaming to just being a HL2 mod with pretty graphics. I was thinking about a way to describe the downgrade in control scheme between VR and K+M, but there is nothing like it out there, other than maybe trying to play cs:go with a gameboy colour

[@punnkrab9572]

Hunt down the freeman: *Nope* Hunt down the G man : *Yes*

[@mehmettekeli5706]

"They've had difficulty finding a replacement for Gordon" _ahem_ Adrian Shephard

[@bachpham6862]

Adrian Shephard hasn't been hired though. He was detained so that Gordon can fulfil the mission.

[@C.M_]

the gear box expansions aren't canon

[@whiskey419]

@@C.M_ Who said that?

[@elevatedmeance6807]

@@whiskey419 Marc Laidlaw said that the expansion packs (OpFor,Blue Shift) were nothing canon, nor non-canon. In effect, they can pick and choose what elements they want to be canon in the future.

[@mikeanthony3300]

Nobody wants to hire Barney...

[@robertordonez9242]

Who else shed a tear when Eli gave the crowbar to Gordon? “We got work to do”

[@TheCatWithAPlan]

yep! i sure did...It's half life 3 time

[@foulplay6666]

You seem familiar, did you comment on one of Marphys videos?

[@Dogetheun]

Robert Ordonez I don’t have feelings sorry bro

[@Xenderman]

Absolutely!

[@Jezpe316]

As a grown man I cried a plenty, and the tears were pure joy. It just hit me so bad when I realized: "Half-Life 3 is on it's way." It feels like some emotional locks opened up inside me after these 13 years. I've never felt such a strong feeling from a game.

[@masterzoroark6664]

13 years ago: Unforseen consequences: Eli's death Now: Unforseen consequences: Gman giving Alyx ability to saving her father but also taking her away for showing her "decisivness"

[@ValentineC137]

"I have a brain injury.. My brain is injured! Ow" is clearly the most important dialog we got from this game, no idea what this video is all about

[@anonymous5392]

I see what you did there, Jill..

[@TheGuywith1Mustache]

Well boys, the time has come. With the ending of Half Life Alyx, we are one step closer to the official Half Life 3 release.

[@jamesjames7601]

Yeah in another 5 yrs.

[@robertsmalls2293]

Only twenty more years to go!

[@TheGuywith1Mustache]

@@jamesjames7601 Have faith brother, that Will Come sooner than you think.

[@imperfect_dan7519]

@@TheGuywith1Mustache I think so. Considering this game does well critically

[@weaverquest]

I like how the plot moved 10 seconds forward from the cliffhanger of HL2 Episode 2 there is hope.

[@bensadfleck9972]

The way i see it, all the events of HL: Alyx happen after Ep2 from G-Man's point of view. He changed the past so he could let himself get imprisoned and prove that Alyx was a valuable asset for his employers. Not only that, but he also set up Eli's death so he could use it to convince Alyx to work with him.

[@greensnake2000]

Ding ding ding This is the take that makes the most sense to me having beat the game

[@jeffreyandia5179]

If Gman is omnipresent (as it's pretty damn clear) that's not really possible You can see it as you want it since he can be in any point in time and space but I think it happened in its sequence 1, 1.5, 2 Gman knew that he had to do something to get Alyx hired so he (as he said) showed her the future and saved her dad and so two timelines merged, we're now in episode 2 but Gman is here and Alyx is gone Everything happened in two separate timelines, one in which 1.5 didn't happen and one in which it did, they just merged because Gman wanted it to be Or it can be your way and Gman foresaw that he'd likely need Eli to die in order to hire Alyx and then went back to the past (but as I said I don't like this option since it downgrades Gmans omnipresence abilities)

[@greensnake2000]

@@jeffreyandia5179 I like that G-man isn't fully omnipresent - and it's implied even in the game that removing the combine, for example, are too large a "nudge". Similarly in EP1/2 the Vorts free Gordon from his contract and G-man has to work around them

[@sebastianwillows]

You're probably right, but that's just so dumb from a writing standpoint. Why needlessly retcon the cliffhanger we've been waiting over a decade to see resolved through some hand-wavey, convoluted time travel shenanigans?

[@kenjidev576]

Occam's razor: if it sound complicated and unbelieveable, it most likely is.

[@anarfox]

4:25 - Unforeseen consequences is also the name of the third chapter in the first Half-Life (just after the incident).

[@kirisummer]

I think it's a main theme of Half-Life. Every major event in this universe has unforeseen consequences

[@3rdnusskern]

Big brain time

[@cvg6486]

4:13 Gman on the left!

[@breakitbreakit9765]

well spotted

[@acuteness8046]

My boy Adrian Shepard still in stasis after 20+ years...

[@mehmettekeli5706]

Adrian is my favourite Half Life character. I like him more than Gordon. You can't know how much I wanted a Opposing Force sequel.

[@RadekCrazy1]

Valve will do their best to make you forget he is even a thing after HDTFM!

[@arnis71]

hes not canon tho

[@braydenbrown3624]

@@arnis71 yes he is

[@ediodimacaroni]

Well he is detained

[@edrixolimpiada5247]

So, the whole game is actually a Half Life 3 Teaser

[@roger5555ful]

And a VR test bed

[@sebastianwillows]

And a needless half life 2:e2 retcon

[@nicholasbunnell4067]

I just hope the sequel isnt in vr I'd like to play it instead of just watching it. Because vr is very expensive not only that but having to have a beast of a pc too

[@steyrauga1]

@@nicholasbunnell4067 No not really. In 4 years VR will be affordable

[@steyrauga1]

@@nicholasbunnell4067 I always just lower the resolution and close all my other aps and i have like what. 16 gb RAM and stock parts for a 2014 PC. VR isnt that bad.

[@dedluch4229]

In Episode two there were two advisors, but in Half-Life: Alyx there is only one.

[@kirisummer]

As far as I remember, one of these was farther than the other and it escaped as soon as Dog arrived. It must have escaped after Alyx fried the one with her father

[@hachu1161]

You also cant see Freeman or any broken wood, maybe it was a simulation gman made but really reality but close enough.

[@giberr6628]

Hachu Eli also wasn't wearing the Harvard shirt under his jacket in EP2, he wore a checkered one instead, I think you might be onto something with the simulation theory

[@CST1992]

@@giberr6628 That's an interesting point. Maybe just an oversight, but then, maybe not.

[@novakane8722]

@@giberr6628 also alyx doesn't have those stab wounds on her back

[@gordonfreeman9965]

*I am back baby!* Gordon Freeman in the flesh!

[@Zeppelee]

I'm so glad to have you back, old friend.

[@Pllayer064]

Imposter! Throw him into the antlion cave.

[@matizz1021]

or rather in the hazard suit

[@cryingsockoyli6331]

Wait a minute, Gordon freeman would never say something like that He would say: [silent noises]

[@zero_star3534]

Awww you cut the ponytail, sellout.

[@tarasbatiuk5781]

"Ending Explained" Retelling the whole game plot briefly

[@MTB396]

Well technically the truth

[@tatwo_]

Yeah but they didn't explain what happened to Alyx in pre HL2 timeline? Did Gman wipe her memory?

[@comanandrei1993]

IGN videos... :-\

[@evo2542]

After the ending the Gman comes up to you and says: "Prepare for even more unforeseen consequences, like unforeseen consequences squared this time."

[@chimiigettuson8280]

I think Eli actually said "unforeseen consequences."

[@averageillegalmemesdealer]

This made me laugh, thank you, humerous sir

[@guifdcanalli]

Its like rocket team motto "Prepare for unforeseen consequences AND MAKE IT DOUBLE!"

[@struggler5702]

I just wish there was a second ending for rejecting his offer like in HL:1

[@nhanlenz]

We already have that ending bro. It is called HL2:Ep2

[@walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171]

They removed it last minute. The files for the animations are still there. Valve news network and some talented people are working on reconstructing them. Soooo much was cut from this game.

[@Pllayer064]

@@walkingtalkingstephenhawki5171 I hope houndeyes, bullsquids, cremators, mentions of black mesa east and ravenholm are also somewhere in there.

[@arystanzhainar]

there was a second ending in HLA Beta

[@struggler5702]

@@arystanzhainar I wish I could experience it I loved the entire game and played through it the day of release

[@jiahajime5815]

When some fan tried to make Half Life 3 with Dr. Vance's Death Valve : *Reverse!*

[@CEWDICU]

The G Man watches all, especially in the left side balcony at 4:48, perhaps he is not finished nudging and with Gordon?

[@again8550]

wtf

[@aliffikri1888]

@Akshat its g man. watch other gameplays that point it out

[@c0rnfl4k3z]

wtf!

[@fishy6744]

4:49

[@ameerkhan1028]

"They had difficulty Finding a replacement for him" Adrien Shepard: am I a joke to you

[@kalo2222]

Adrien Shepard is not hired but detained. Probably G-Man knows he will interfere with Gordon Freeman's mission.

[@keradiel_8968]

Ameer khan noncznon

[@averagejohnson8364]

@@keradiel_8968 he is somewhat semi canon.But for now he is imprisoned by GMAN

[@ballerrr273]

@@kalo2222 Makes sense. To Adrain, it feels like Gordon killed all of his military friends just yesterday, so... maybe Adrain boss?

[@TheWiredWolf]

man seeing Gordon Freeman in VR gave me goosebumps, literally. What an ending.

[@deanxile]

"so.. half life 3 confirmed i guess" Stop. Dont say that. Dont Give me Hope

[@paulwu9718]

HL Alyx is out. Me: Start searching recommended rigs to play it. IGN: Here's the ending of this game......

[@1234Needforspeed]

Well, it's for the people who wants to see, and won't get a VR Headset. Simple as that

[@gordogonk8068]

ACTUALLY TRUE

[@kipptt]

i recommend 2kliksphilip’s vr guide that was made for half life alyx its a great video

[@celadon6554]

To be fair, at least they didn't full-on spoil it in the title and thumbnail.

[@brettbaumler754]

You didn’t have to click on the video

[@ryanlee2835]

4:48 You can see G-Man standing on your left

[@kirkdyteo993]

Oh wtf?! I did not see that coming! Wow you have great spotting skills.

[@raducatana9411]

Wow

[@RabbitConfirmed]

yeah, that's why I think he didn't meant the G man when he said "he took her". Cause in the scene the G man was just casually standing there, and walked off. I think IGN is wrong again.

[@1lucia]

White Rabbit no they aren‘t wrong, IGN and/or eli are not saying that he physically kidnapped her or anything. He just teleported her away or something like that. You know, something gman would do

[@RabbitConfirmed]

@@1lucia yes they are wrong, Eli even looked in G mans direction while he was shouting about "he took her", and said he is going to kill him. If he saw G man, then he wouldn't rant at Grodon but rather try to kill G man. Also Eli doesn't even know that the G man exists.

[@assailant9433]

G-Man is actually standing to the left when Eli hands you your crowbar. He slowly walks away almost as of he's making sure everything is going according to a plan we probably yet do not know about. I'm calling it right now, G-Man is part of the problem.

[@DeeZeeX]

So that means that after freeing the Gman and saving her father. Alyx wakes up not remembering the conversation she had there, and continues her life until the end of HL2ep2 ? Or it's something else ?

[@NassimSYD]

It's definitely something else. I think The Alyx you play with in HL: Alyx will be in stasis for some time like Shepherd is now. Which means in HL3, You as Gordon will go save the same in Alyx in HL2/HLEP1/HLEP2. The characters in HL3 are the same in HL2. They have no idea about the events in HLA: Alyx which means Alyx in Hl3 will have no idea she fought in another parallel universe to save her dad in her other universe.

[@UltimateTobi]

@@NassimSYD Then HL2 through E2 couldn't have happened as it did. Unless you implement multiple timelines and I tell you: you do not want to do that if you can explain it otherwise. If the Zelda franchise is something to go by.

[@jacksonoverman3624]

We are one step closer to being able to say that valve can actually count to 3

[@Revo2Evo]

Half Life 2 Episode 2.1.

[@davisg-b3414]

@@Revo2Evo 2+1=3

[@s0meRand0m129]

Half Life The Number After Number 2 Before Number 4

[@Lucaax4]

Half life: Gordon

[@MangoesBangoesicup]

After 13 YEARS I CAN FINALLY SEE GORDANS SEXY GLASSES AND BEARD AGAIN

[@ztcgamer9652]

does the ending confirm that every time we see the G-Man he's nudging something ? because if he is that means he's a time traveler changing tiny little details until he finally gets the result he wants

[@user-ml7gl4qs1n]

Finally a simple comment that explains it well

[@ztcgamer9652]

@@user-ml7gl4qs1n now all we need to know is what the hell he wants

[@ztcgamer9652]

@TIBdOBiNSON MCgLOBiNSON from what we can tell his employers are not the combine but do occasionally do business with them

[@ztcgamer9652]

then we get another caveat with the fact that he occasionally disagrees with his employers such as when he decided to save Alex and her father from black Mesa

[@kirisummer]

Freaking Doctor G

[@wilsoh8816]

Look, I love that Half-Life Alyx is in Vr, and the Technology of it is so cool! But as someone who a diehard Half-Life fan, and cannot afford a VR headset and won't be able to anytime soon, Half-Life 3 better not be in VR. I tore me apart that I had to watch someone else play this amazing game and watch the plot like e a movie, and not be apart of it.

[@TheOrgil220]

I got used oculus rift for $125. I enjoyed the game immensely with it.

[@TheWiredWolf]

nah, half life 3 has to be in VR or something even more advanced, you can't put it on some pancake media

[@3rdnusskern]

Flatscreen will never be outdated, nothing speaks against doing it in the classic way imo Or it's going to be on the next big thing

[@mrxxbrian]

What a time to be living in

[@Kediloveliy]

After all that years and time shenigans, its impossible to get the answer

[@dizzillion5536]

Bunker down and be ready for martial law

[@ThePigeon5734]

@3D Modeller No one cares. Half-Life Alyx cancels out ALL that.

[@ThePigeon5734]

@3D Modeller oh, ok. hard to tell.

[@TheAlienGangster]

So to make sense of this: this means the original ending to HL2: Episode 2 took place in a possible future that was prevented from existing when Alyx freed G Man. That’s the only explanation that prevents a time paradox. This means the ending from 2007 (where Eli is killed) was not the true future that actually happened, and was just a glimpse of the future that would happen if she hadn’t taken the deal, so the Half Life 2: Episode 2 we played took place in an alternate timeline. And so that means that Alyx still fought in the resistance and tagged alongside Gordon until that encounter in the hangar, where she disappeared because G Man finally took her. Because G Man letting her save Eli is considered a nudge, this implies Eli was extremely important to defeating the Combine. This is the only explanation that doesn’t create plot holes. This doesn’t change the events of Half Life 2 or the episodes at all, only what actually happened in the last two minutes. The only thing that’s unclear is what happened to Alyx right after she let G Man out (like after she saved her father and completed the deal). She still had to exist for more years and set in motion the events of Half Life 2 and the episodes. I’d assume she was let out from his dimension right after that and eventually told her dad. I just think Eli (and maybe even Alyx) didn’t know she’d be taken, which explains the “unforeseen consequences”. That was my theory for how they might explain it. Maybe this was just a Valve retcon in the story and we’re just supposed to ignore the implications it has to the world and time? Maybe it’ll be explained away as the G Man tampering with the past to test Alyx for his employers, creating a time paradox where the two timelines contradict. As long as it doesn’t contradict or canonically eliminate the events/accomplishments of past games, I’m fine.

[@AttakusZakus]

Borsalino Kizaru Yes sir! Exactly.

[@brettbaumler754]

I think it’s pretty clear that G-Man exists outside of time, and perceives it differently from humans, just like the Vortigant. G-Man has always had an interest in Alyx, and the original Ep 3 actually ended in a similar way to this, with Alyx being hired by the G-man and Gordon being “fired”. I think he set up Eli’s death so he could have leverage over Alyx, and then used her freeing him from the prison as an example to his employers that she’s useful, even without Gordon. (Remember, G-man hints in HL2 that his employers have doubts about Alyx).

[@TheAlienGangster]

I think the coolest outcome would be if this hints at G Man as a villain. I want to know more about the G Man and the inter dimensional dealings of the multiverse.

[@zddxddyddw]

Actually (as they mention in this video), Eli knows about Gman because he was the one who delivered the Xen crystal to Black Mesa, and the one who saved Alyx from Black Mesa when she was a child.

[@conor987]

g man is gordan freeman as a old man

[@CorporalShephard]

When he talked about a new person, I was thinking. "SHEPHARDS BACK!" but then.....

[@flameBMW245]

I think i have another theory, it couldve been possible that half life alyx was used to tie the two endings in half life one together. As the gman said that gordon was unwilling to cooperate. In half life one, if you were not to go into the portal given by the gman, you would be sent to death by tens to hundreds of grunts and gman said that gordon would not be "working together" as in cooperate. So maybe by freeing gman and killing the advisor, maybe gman tried to merge the two timelines together to create 1 single timeline. Thats why hl2 ep 2 alyx and hl: A alyx were both taken by gman, as to merge them together.

[@anonymous5392]

Woah, pretty far fetched but interesting!

[@woyboy322]

What valve did was pretty darn impressive

[@CaptainKapitan]

That moment where the Crowbar was passed to Gordon it was a *beacon of hope* for all of us.

[@novaforge5832]

just when I had settled with never having Half-Life 3 come out, they pulled me back in... Well played Valve, well played.

[@tsunami6253]

Just finished the game and loved the ending. I'm excited for an another Half-Life game and hoping it'll be another VR iteration with you playing as Gordon. The people at Valve did a great job and was beautifully done.

[@atikurrahman9304]

Insane ending

[@LewdSCP1471A]

@@grimsdottir2467 ok bud

[@isaiahkowcun1662]

@@grimsdottir2467 nah you just wish you could play the game

[@TheOGjarilo]

@@grimsdottir2467 Don't have a VR headset, do you? lmao

[@monkeeee]

I can’t believe Half-Life 3 is confirmed

[@pyrolooga3393]

I KNOW RIGHT!!!

[@JackieFrankieful]

and its gonna be VR exclusive ...

[@JakeRanney]

Imagine if they don't end up making it yet again. If you thought the last cliffhanger was bad enough...

[@lavamelon9478]

Not confirmed, hinted.

[@AmbrossDTuyay]

Don't believe it so quickly, we need to make sure that it will be release, It maybe possible, but, i'm not sure if it's really confirmed

[@caffeinehoyo7504]

The "Unforeseen Consequences" isn't just a reference towards Episode 2, it's also one towards the original Half-Life, as G-Man also told Eli before the Resonance Cascade to "Prepare for unforeseen consequences".

[@razvidosvideos8093]

4:13 look who we have here, at the top left corner...

[@antonioTRodrigo]

OMG

[@rickbhattacharya2334]

In my opinion Gman wiped her memory of their conversation and brought her back so that the HL2 can take place . Although she may have some glimpses of that but not complete talk . After the events of HL2:Ep2 Gman took her away to finish his tasks (as vortigons saved him from Gman). To avoid time paradoxes maybe he wiped her memory and it's just a big test to see her potential . And as 2 Alxes can't exists in a same time & space ( physics ) he may put her mind inside a vortigon to kill that advisor ( the killing animation of the advisor is same as a vortigon shot ) .Maybe the part where Eli dies ( in ep2) is just a fabrication to hire Alex . This way there will be no time loop or time paradoxes . Sorry for the spellings I don't know how to spell many of them .

[@blank-se1qs]

Ohh the you're vortigaunt theory makes sense

[@roger5555ful]

Or the entire plot of Half Life Alyx is just a simulation made by G-Man so he can trick Alyx in falling in his trap

[@rickbhattacharya2334]

@@roger5555ful maybe yes maybe no We all have to wait until the next installment of the series .

[@roger5555ful]

@@rickbhattacharya2334 Hopefully not another 12 years

[@rickbhattacharya2334]

@@roger5555ful Mr Gabe is really interested in Brain computer interface so it will not be a surprise to see a half-life installment on that technology . If that's the case mabe another 12 to 15 years . Half-life is a series to showcase the technology for next generation gaming .

[@ZergforLoser]

Now wait another ten years for HL 3

[@kiet4852]

Valve: Releases HL:A Plot: *Universally Expanded*

[@cuttrogue]

This ending is one of the best things I've seen in gaming. It literally couldn't have been better. I can't wait for HL3.

[@L333ize]

Might as well. I’m never going to afford to play this game

[@QuestGamerable]

Lul, me too, my estimes is to i get this game and index in 5 years

[@evo2542]

Yes you will, lol. Maybe take a few years but VR is quickly becoming cheaper.

[@evo2542]

@@QuestGamerable yeah It'll be about 6 months for me, but this looks like a must play. I'm sure valve knows that sales for this game will trickle in more over time.

[@arlostein1000]

And the Valve and VR dickriders will insist VR is the future despite how kicked off this is for many

[@hhnoyeet342]

Wait for 5 years and it will cost 9.99$

[@uros2404]

Lol Valve is just redoing the HL2 ending making another cliffhanger and leaves peeps in hope to finally releasing HL3. I mean this is major stuff, kinda mindblowing but after all these years should we still wait?

[@Hero.S]

I dont think valve mentioned we would have a half life 3 but a half life 2 episode 3?

[@soul9517]

@@Hero.S they don't want more episodics, so the plot should conclude in half-life 3

[@brettbaumler754]

The creative director on the game said that this is a return to the series, not an ending. They want to make another one

[@Hero.S]

@@soul9517 Oh thanks

[@Hero.S]

@@brettbaumler754 Awesome!

[@dynestis2875]

*At the end* when you look to your left in the hangar, the Gman is there staring at you!! (You can see his silhouette at 4:13)

[@Tallzom]

i love the crowbar sounds when you grab it. i during my gameplay grabbed it with both hands and it sent a shiver down my spine also i figured out it was gman while i was wandering around that house in the vault with the holograms (they seemed to resemble g-man in my mind)

[@gokulkrishnancp8322]

Damn.Finally half life 3.

[@YZYE]

You can also see Gman walking off in the ending if you look to the left.

[@TheBroGamer14082]

I just realized, isn't that Vortigaunt electricity?

[@ZyxieRumor]

I know we were to prepare for unforeseen consequences, but I didn't think this is what we all had foreseen. Damn, I think none of us saw this coming.

[@Elibbb-sx3kg]

The ending is helf life 3

[@banuisler3386]

"They had a difficulty replacing him" 😭 my dream of playing as shephard again dies in screams...

[@SourEater1]

shephardın hikayeyle bir bağı kalmadı ki, her şey gordon alyx ve eli üzerinden ilerliyor

[@banuisler3386]

@@SourEater1 ilk oyun çıktığında ne vardı ki shephard a bağlı? Adamların geri getirmesi dahi gerekmiyo. Sadece shephard a bie gönderme yapsalar eski bir shephard fotoğrafıyla yada biri dese eskiden burda shephard adında bir asker yaşardı diye. Bir confirmation yeterdi. Resmen oyunun gordon kadar badass tek karakteri silindi gitti.

[@yoshikagekira4471]

Some problems I have: We never see HD Doctor Kleiner, which means we never see HD Lamarr, which makes me very sad. That’s about it. I loved the game so much, and the ending was perfect.

[@leshape192]

Depending on if you put Lamar in the rocket, I don’t think we’ll be seeing Lamar anytime soon..

[@longerthanthirtycharacters]

I'm so damn glad Eli's back! He's a great character.

[@Dunkskins]

I hated it when I died in episode 2. It left me in utter shock. To know he lives warms my stone cold heart!

[@djgaming6050]

But in reality eli dies

[@rickbhattacharya2334]

Next half-life game will be after 15 more years on brain computer interface gaming.

[@dirtkiller23]

Half-Life 3,Doom Eternal and Halo Infinite... The holy trinity...is now complete

[@peteydov3435]

To end the cliffhanger with another cliffhanger

[@thedarkfluttershy]

the ending is perfect really i love how it ties all the games together

[@Overxfan]

I just finished playing HL: Alyx today and I am blown away. What an incredible unbelievable experience playing that game was. One of the best games I’ve ever played in my life. I didn’t want the game to end. Hopefully HL3 does happen and if it’s in VR that would be awesome. Valve is one of if not the best developer companies ever!

[@theoceanman354]

4:49 You can see G-Man looking over the events on top of the railing on upper left corner of the screen.

[@shropshirec]

Wait, what happened to the OTHER Advisor? The one that hold Gordon and Alyx in the Episode 2 scene? It isn't in the new scene.

[@MF-oj6pi]

@IGN what happens when you don’t grab the briefcase at the end could it be like half life 1 with the other ending?

[@japiiii]

So this game was literally a huge HL3 announcement 😱 MIND BLOWN! 🤯

[@todorkerev1707]

I mean most of us would probably have kids by the time it is out so we shouldn't think too hard

[@Edd_Harr]

In summary: "Rise and shine, Mr. Vance."

[@ultr4nima]

Miss Vance. Mr (mister) is for men

[@Edd_Harr]

@@ultr4nima I am aware. Eli Vance gets revived during the ending. That's what I was referring to.

[@ultr4nima]

@@Edd_Harr OOOOOOOOH, I get it now, thought you were referencing the fact that Alyx got hired.

[@LilPozzer]

Gabe is 59 now, alright, release the 3-rd part in your 70-s...

[@joshcraig7147]

Also When dog gives Eli the crowbar it shows the Lamda logo. Also you can keep making that ping noise by repeatedly doing the grab action it's funny.

[@SuperBoyboys]

"G-man, what have you done?! You've changed the future! You've created a time paradox!"

[@CST1992]

That's not a paradox.

[@SuperBoyboys]

@@CST1992 How sure are you about that?

[@CST1992]

@@SuperBoyboys What's paradoxical about it? Suppose the Alyx in HL:Alyx were 5 years into the future instead of the past and the action that she did led to her not being in that situation at all(thereby preventing her from changing it), then that would be a paradox. A paradox is when A happening leads to B happening that leads to the prevention of A from happening. Then, if A never happened, neither did B, which means A wasn't prevented from happening. It's like A and ~A at the same time. If you're still not sure, try playing Chronotron.

[@SuperBoyboys]

@@CST1992 HL:Alyx takes place in the past. Alyx chooses to take the G-man's deal, and is locked in stasis. This means she cannot be present for the events of HL2, HL2:E1, or HL2:E2, which she clearly is, as evidenced by Eli saying "he took her" in the moments following the deaths of the advisors.

[@niam3049]

Finally, after 20 years, I know what's in G-man's suitcase

[@leshape192]

It was 30 seconds of Half Life 3

[@theconstipated]

I have a feeling that killing the advisor and saving Eli is the nudge to getting rid of the combine.

[@Dan0RG]

"Time travel can be weird, don't think about it too hard" TF THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE CAME HERE FOR!