Half Life Alyx was my first Half Life game

[@dontpokethebear3893]

"I'm excited for what comes next" So this IS your first Valve game...

[@freackedman4153]

**sad tf2/hl noises+L4D2**

[@SPNKRGrenth]

Look, 13 years from now when the next Valve game comes out, he'll be just as thrilled as the rest of us.

[@freackedman4153]

@@SPNKRGrenth **sigh**

[@635574]

There is a spoiler at the ending of HLA. At least they want to work on the next part, which will make no sense unless you played the duology+chaptersodes DLC.

[@TehJellyLord]

@@SPNKRGrenth no no, all the interviews from when this game came out said “don’t expect another 13 year wait.” Which could either mean it will be shorter than 13 years... or longer lol (let’s hope it’s shorter because I’m already anticipating another new game, VR or not lol)

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

"How did Valve make my apartment vibrate" It just works

[@leifericsonlegit]

HODD TOWARD???!!!

[@RedCat8252]

@@leifericsonlegitLITTLE LIES, STUNNING SHOWS, PEOPLE BUY, MONEY FLOWS!!

[@cheddary2258]

"Why do they give me health?" Health machine proceeds to juice the maggot buddy. "My poor boy!"

[@methyl5682]

My little maggot

[@sooosness4322]

omg i got so sad the first time it did that in game lol

[@DerpLvIAsian]

@@sooosness4322 same, but now i just enjoy watching them writhe in pain. I try to get a good view of where their innards come out when theyre cut, know what i mean? what? i'm a psycho? haha..ha...hahaha...HA..HAHAHA...HAHAHAHAHA SAY THAT AGAIN BUT NOW WITH YOUR VOCAL CORDS CUT OUT!!!! :))))))))))

[@sooosness4322]

@@DerpLvIAsian LOL, half-life Alyx does turn you into kinda a murdering psycho

[@leggotheeggodemon1323]

Omfg I was dying XD

[@GetFox3]

fun fact, the beer in the beer bottles is actually a shader illusion! It was a quarantine project of just ONE of the devs.

[@mr.lockwood1424]

He's a mad genius

[@kremesauce]

This came out before Covid though right? Or was it added in an update?

[@Sapphiregamer8605]

@@kremesaucet was during. Read the comment. “Quarantine project”

[@vibaj16]

@@kremesauce It was added in an update a week after release

[@YungCringe]

fun fact: the bottles dont actually have anything inside of them. one of the developers just made (i think it was post launch) a super convincing shader for the bottles so it looks as if they had liquids inside of them

[@TDGCmote]

but it's all about the illusion

[@GlitchGames_A]

I'd be more surprised if they *had* liquid in them. Simulating liquid in a VR shooter game is inefficient as hell.

[@tpd1864blake]

Sine waves

[@UNSCPILOT]

I've collectively spent a good hour playing with the liquid in those bottles, seriously, that dev was a mad genius and I'm still amazed trying to understand how they pulled that off

[@christophercrafte]

Even funner fact: there is no bottle it's a vr game on a screen

[@K4RN4GE911]

The fact that you slowly reloaded your gun after falling over and killing an enemy is so in character for the tone of Half Life. It's like, "Yeah, just got done killing someone, give me a minute to reload while I'm face down on the ground." I love it.

[@DAYMENEA]

That was some of my favorite parts

[@Jack-O-Spades]

dude when he played with the empty mag and said a little "that was cool" i laughed so hard lol

[@diogo763]

“He gives me health? That’s adorable” oh buddy, that’s just not how life works hahaha

[@CrusadingJello]

The pfp and that quote work so well together.

[@chocobroodje4128]

@@CrusadingJello darling?

[@natgarret]

He will now always be in him, until he isn’t

[@suntzu8168]

@@chocobroodje4128 *bonk*

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

I do like how they tied the antlion grub's healing when they're killed with the Combine health stations

[@blakemolthan]

I'm shocked that you didn't end up talking about the whole "Jeff" scene

[@habie147]

Yeah I hadn't played it yet to be honest, I ended up recording that and putting it unedited on a second channel that I just created 5 minutes ago. But if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ7de3SLh8icetk

[@blakemolthan]

@@habie147 yay! that mission is probably one of my favorite missions ever, glad you got to experience it.

[@firestuka8850]

Now we need Half Life Black Mesa and Halo Master Chief Collection in VR. Btw, would you be the Chad that would play Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem in VR too :P I play Serious Sam VR too. Just Finished Fallout 4 VR and used some mods for fun . Good stuff. :)

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@firestuka8850 I would deffinitly love a Halo game built from the ground up for VR, Microsoft has taunted us with a short wave shooter "demo" game available on the WMR headsets

[@tavitube7010]

@@firestuka8850 I feel like we should appreciate the fact that we have a 3rd half life installment

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

People generally don't want Alyx to be the first game just for MASSIVE spoiler reasons. Other than that, totally agree. Especially your point about boneworks. Alyx was intended to be people's introduction to VR. Valve succeeded splendidly with that. How ever, I wish they pushed it just a bit further. It makes me enjoy boneworks a lot more than alyx for the gameplay alone. Also, I hope you have caught up on the other Half-Life games since this video LOL

[@bzqp2]

At this point you can't have spoilers about HL and HL2. It's like expecting people to be surprised by "Luke, I am your father!"

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

@@bzqp2 People that don't play shooters literally know nothing about Half-Life. It's no where near as big as star wars my guy lmao

[@bzqp2]

@@Jarekthegamingdragon The assumption was, that we're talking about FPS gamers. In this group almost everyone knows who Gordon Freeman is, what happened in Black Mesa etc.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

@@bzqp2 Except for the person you're watching in this video, who knew nothing about Half-Life...so no...

[@AmelpsXett]

its not really a spoiler, since you dont know how it happens anyway. And you only will remember about HLA ending when you finish EP2

[@dervicus1139]

3:22 While this is true, I feel like in most of my time with Alyx, I just naturally moved around obstacles like one would expect anyways. I imagine Valve realized that, and also decided having full arm collision ended up hurting the experience more than helping it- imagine being in a shoot out but then not being able to throw a grenade because your virtual elbow that you cant control catches on a brick.

[@Bandit1379.]

This is actually very true, you CAN physically move to do every action. Just because it prompts you to use a jump/teleport doesn't mean you actually have to do it that way. There is even a large vent later in the game that you can remove the panel on and have to crawl into, you find a live headcrab next to a hardhat, and after killing the headcrab you can crawl to a vertical shaft where you can stand up and get a resin. If you try to use any of the 'normal' movement types to get in you are kept outside the vent.

[@bzqp2]

Based on just the controlers they can't figure out where your arms are really. Having floaty hands was the greatest move they did for immersion.

[@colin3ds1]

Well this game was in development before boneworks was around and was always built with teleporting and floating hands which was the standard at the time of developing But VR players got more and more used to things like having a full body Using melee weapons and smooth locomotion One advantage alyx has though is that its very accesible if you want someone to try VR for the first time

[@sirspamalot4014]

@@bzqp2 Boneworks does a VERY good job of it, you stop paying attention to the little differences between your real elbows and your VR elbows after a while, but you're aware enough of them that you move in such a way your arms don't collide with stuff. The brain is a strange organ, it'll figure stuff out even when it doesn't make sense

[@milddiffuse]

​@@sirspamalot4014 Idk, I like Boneworks for the fact that it's doing all that full body physics stuff, these systems are what make Boneworks fun. At the same time tho, so much of that game is just trying to get past all the jank. Valve has a history with physics in their games, but I think they generally don't like to rely on systematic game design to such an extend. Everything you can see and do in Alyx is pretty much perfectly polished, I definitely can't say the same about boneworks.

[@yeah42069]

I see habie, I click, simple.

[@Umenemo]

as simple as habie himself

[@HazzCraft]

I simple, i see habie, click.

[@jonathanday4553]

For real, he is my new favorite dude. Ah innocence is sweet. Lol

[@CaptainW_rCrimes]

I see habie, I click, I watch, my smooth brain gimme good chems

[@clamvr9726]

and the fact that you have to cover your mouth IRL so Jeff doesnt hear you, and that wit hthe valve knuckle controllers it feels like the needles are going into you when you get health, this game was one of the best experiences i have ever had.

[@CharlieTheBard]

Obviously I don't watch your videos because I agree with them, but man I cannot disagree more about having a body in VR. Since there is no actual full body tracking having a body that doesn't match my actual body takes me out of vr so much more than having floating hands. Editing to say, obviously this is not a dig on the video. Top notch as always 👌

[@jacenolmsted6293]

I can totally agree! Having a body in a vr game should be entirely dependent on if you have full body trackers. I don’t, and games that give you an untracked, confusing meat torso are way less immersive

[@MiloTheKid5454]

Interesting, I'm the exact opposite. I much prefer having a full body like in Boneworks/Blade amd Sorcery rather than floaty hand in almost every other VR game. I don't have full body tracking (yet) but seeing my forarm and elbows in game allow me to completely forget about my real form and focus on my in game actions more.

[@Penut63]

i would agree other than all the times I have fallen off things because I was looking over a ledge and fell because I didn't know where my virtual body was.

[@jacenolmsted6293]

@@Penut63 yeah that is true, I’ve been there... some games have a little shadow on the ground letting you know where you are, but videogame standards for vr are still emerging

[@jedits2256]

I don't really pay attention either way. But in certain games, I definitely prefer having a body; skyrim is waaaaay better with a body and I don't know why haha (and I don't have full body btw)

[@slvsoph]

I gotta say, a friend linked me the video and I didn't sit down planning to watch it all but your calm voice, chill music, and nice visuals was fantastic. I definitely got some good nose exhales in, and the ending was so holesome and just real :) thank you

[@CRT_YT]

They didn't add a full body on purpose, the more realistic you make a game, the more the unrealistic stuff sticks out.

[@tomfoolery2913]

tbh I would've preferred having a full body. As much as Blade & Sorcery can be janky, I forget that the ingame body isn't my real body most of the time.

[@The1337guy1]

Full bodies have a lot of work ahead before they're more than a novelty. B&S and Boneworks both suffer from issue that is visibility. VR already tunnel visions me hard enough without needing to do neck gymnastics to just look down past a full body. And I'm tall so it's extra weird when the height detaches and you stand there in a half squat when I'm just relaxing my posture.

[@socks2441]

without perfect full body tracking a full ik body in vr is far less immersive. certainly cool. but not realistic. i would be curious to see if that changed with perfect full body tracking so everything is 1:1. but as it is i think they made the right choice with just physics based floating hands.

[@jogolord8122]

@@The1337guy1 Still, I do appreciate the effort. Having a full body in Boneworks can be counter-intuitive, but being able to jump on enemies until they yell in pain is always fun. It just needs more time to develop, and I see why it wouldn't be in Alyx.

[@Playuh]

I dislike full body because most games that have them place items on the in-game-hip instead MY hip, so if I’m crouched in a shooter and need to find a magazine from my in-game-hip and my “body” is folded the wrong way, then I can’t reach the mag. I personally have this as a huge problem in Boneworks, Onward, and Zero Caliber. The games that solve not needing to reach for my in-game hips have been games like Population One with float-load mags, and Stormland with weapons being attached to the specific viewpoints such as where my real hips and real shoulders are. It’s ok for my character to have a body, but don’t make it so I have to play twister when I’m crouched just for something that I could just grab from my real hip.

[@Oliver-jz1en]

Unless you have full body tracking, having a body outline when you look down is difficult. In Pavlov there's specific pouches you have to grab things from and when your body is further back from the outline in VR it's then difficult and breaks the immersion

[@shiba7790]

as a half life fan, you finally playing HL: A rights all your wrongs to me

[@Seabass775]

35 hockey pucks = laser pointer is the reason I subscribed, easily my favorite joke you've made!

[@giannicarbonara7342]

"oh he gives me health, why does he give me health?" Maggot friend is turned into soup Habie: just stares at it for a few seconds "oh no"

[@Diarmoosen]

I much prefer the floaty hands over the arms, until full body tracking maybe

[@thedeadnightking9975]

When the maggot dies Habie: *Look how they massacred my boy*

[@thedeadnightking9975]

@Peter Parlee-Carr didn’t know 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@UNSCPILOT]

Having played Alyx, then HL2, I now understand where those little buddies came from

[@radshiba_]

the part where someone sees how the health dispensers work for the first time is my favorite part of a half life alyx playthrough

[@theantsaretakingover]

Good.... Now play the rest of the games.

[@sirfantyvr300]

Agree

[@vladbat4050]

Even better! Play Half Life 2 in VR through the VR mods in GMod with some of the vr weapons they have for it. Most of it is infact playable with some settings adjusted and GMod alone in VR is low key pretty fun as well

[@not_quiteknown]

Ahhhh yes ceiling pimples They are call barnicals

[@MostlySoftware]

in vr

[@simondaniel4028]

Stay AWAY from HL2 vr by way of GMod. It's an unplayable mess. Especially for a first timer. HL1VR is good, definitely. Wait for the real HL2VR mod.

[@EliasArnn]

You are one of the most comfortable KZbinrs ive ever discovered.

[@etc._3725]

This is unrelated but I fell down the stairs.

[@incognito3dmodelinganimati668]

pog

[@westonallen116]

I'm sorry for your loss of balance

[@Cicero760]

why did this make me laugh so mutch? its so simple and most try to make a good joke but you just said. "fell down the stairs :("

[@Dindonmasker]

Feal down the stairs ravioli on me.

[@crayon289]

Are you okay?

[@dimo5544]

Honestly my new favorite KZbinr

[@wyattchurch1074]

Damn, I didn't think I was that fast. Your probably gonna see this, so thanks for making great videos man. Your gonna go far.

[@eternal7912]

Your reaction to the antlion grub getting crushed was priceless. On a serious note, I've grown up on the Half-Life games which are and always will be my favorite fictional series of any medium, to the extent that they are my number 1 inspiration for my own creative drive as an aspiring author. So after 10 years of no new Half-Life games after such an infamous cliff hanger, it took a bit of a toll on my mental state and creative drive. I started accepting that I would never see a continuation of the series that grew up watching my dad and brother play before finally playing it myself. Then I saw the trailer for Half-Life Alyx and I had to do everything in my power to not become a bumbling mess of joyful tears while at work. Fast forward a few months, and I'm sitting on the floor of my bedroom with an Index strapped to my face, half laughing, half crying because I finally played a new Half-Life game and GOD DAMN WAS IT THE BEST GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED. As a life long Half-Life fanatic, HLA is beyond special to me. It re-vitalized a part of me that was damn near dead after 13 years of waiting for a new Half-Life game, without any official acknowledgement that one was indeed coming.

[@sirplunge998]

When u realize that THE ALYX VANCE didn't eat her sustenance Edit: How and why do i have so many likes

[@Dindonmasker]

OUCH!!

[@potatoeyboi]

Sus

[@bearpuns5910]

@@potatoeyboi When the headcrab is sustenance

[@potatoeyboi]

@@bearpuns5910 😳

[@victortitov1740]

BUT WHAT DOES IT TASTE LIKE?? --Russell i just love Russell, he is like an unserious version of Cave Johnson.

[@jNoSocks]

I think HLA is an incredible first half-life experience. It's one of the most impressive games I've ever played

[@thirteen3678]

My friend, thank you for these videos. They are the highlight of my day, and rewatch a lot of them before I go to sleep. Your content is high quality, your humour is brilliant, and your editing and music choice are incredible. You never fail to put a smile on my face, and for that, I thank you.

[@Die-Coughman]

5:00 we need haptic shoes

[@foo_fighters5470]

when your early and see how many people saw the vid and see how many people commented noice

[@larsfaye292]

YT threw your content up randomly and just wanna say, you're hilarious man, love your stuff. Subtle and dry humor, super entertaining reviews!

[@GreedyAndreas]

''i haven't played 'half life' until 2021'' ok, up is not jump Well i guess that was 2020

[@Archman155]

I only started half life franchise in January with alyx, then played half life 1 through Sven coop with my friend (who had also never played it) and I'm on half life 2 now

[@stickyman3786]

How have you not played half life befor?

[@xFrakster]

@@stickyman3786 Episode 2 came out 14 years ago, which is based on a game that came out 17 years ago. Even though I think they aged pretty well, I can't blame anyone for not wanting to play such old games.

[@zebitus5731]

@@Archman155 i started with HL1 but played it in late 2020 to early 2021

[@kitno6415]

@@xFrakster half life 1 is prob better tham every cod and bf game combined, even tho its mora than 20 years old

[@simulacra7885]

in the dev commentary they said they added teleporting and no body because they said it felt too janky and immersion breaking

[@LiamQuantum]

If I’m being completely honest I think I’ll alway prefer having floating hands over fully modeled arms, they always feel so clunky and not at all matched to my real ones.

[@milddiffuse]

yea

[@SwanChairUh]

And then not much else has come out for VR since. :/ Don't get me wrong, I love VR indies. But this video has so much VR optimism for early 2021, only to see that not much AAAs have come out at all for VR. Someday...

[@RussDnB]

You have a good sense of humour. I loved the "That's adorable" part. Genuinely entertaining!

[@xanthopoulos1825]

Gunna comment for the algorithm ;) Even if you're learning games and youtube it's so obvious that your honest and genuine really makes for some great smooth brain content

[@addyxinwonderland1473]

3:37 I don't know how to explain but i can literally feel this entire scene

[@justinmilhomens9655]

Honestly your reviews are easily the best at showing how a game feels. Look forward to every one

[@habie147]

That means a lot man, thank you < 3

[@Aurich88]

"Why do the bottles have beer in them?!" It was a shader artist's lockdown project. True story!

[@nathanrandomized3593]

Unironically, I was introduced to Halo through Halo 5 and enjoyed it enough to get invested with the rest of the series.

[@mercifulsnake226]

half life is pretty cool

[@Dash62g]

ye

[@westonallen116]

Agre e

[@onegiantremnant2644]

Not

[@mercifulsnake226]

@@onegiantremnant2644 😧

[@lad7436]

*WE. GOT. HOSTILES!*

[@samkerski]

For me, games with bodies/arms often put me into a bit of an uncanny valley of movement, because they are SO VERY CLOSE to real life that the parts where they go wrong stick out like a sore thumb. Like getting a pump action shotgun stuck on the wrong side of your support arm, or leaning forward to open a door and having it run into your leg. Stuff that makes you go "but that's now how I would move if _____ was real." I find the disembodied hands to be juuuust enough of an abstraction that any tiny issues don't yank me out of the experience. The development landscape of VR is so new, that I feel like people are still getting a handle on how to build interaction mechanics. It reminds me of the early years of mobile game development where developers hadn't fully figured out how to optimize a control scheme where interacting with the game physically blocked part of the display.

[@sipsopgamera7624]

Its sad how he keeps telling us to love ourselves but he is always calling himself a smooth brain

[@GlitchGames_A]

The first step to betterment is acceptance.

[@sipsopgamera7624]

@Sheikh_Shaq I know

[@fridayreview8972]

Crazy how you went from 20k to 70k in like 4 weeks, love the content btw

[@tisema17]

This was also my first half life game. Fucking loved every second of it.

[@scole2401]

Ok dude! Your making videos every week with the best quality ever! I love your videos but take a break if you need it. YOU DESERVE IT!!!

[@UnregulatedInsanity]

wait wtf didnt this guy have 2k subs a few weeks ago

[@Cryzk_]

I love how most peoples reaction to our little worm friend being crushed is OH NO or something along those lines

[@dispelled1401]

Can't wait for him to him 100k

[@foozoi1379]

9:23 the crab being lifted up matched with the song, which made me laugh for some reason.

[@knyt0]

3:00 boneworks doesn't even have arm collision! there's only collision for a small part of the forearm

[@blackflagqwerty]

Love the channel dude. So chill. No guy screaming at the camera begging for subs. No stupid quick cuts. This is why I love YT!

[@feritye767]

funny how everyone in 2020 was like 'this sets a new standard for vr' and watched for the next 3 years as no triple A developers made games and nothing topped hl alyx

[@milddiffuse]

it's pretty sad yes

[@Polengue]

we can only hope for batman arkham shadow to be atleast close in terms of gameplay quality

[@feritye767]

@@Polengue I'm also looking forward to the 'alien' VR game

[@PolarDevs]

I got my vr headset recently, and after playing (not finishing half life yet, in fact i'm pretty early on) half life and boneworks, I must say that I think I actually prefered to have floaty hands instead of the entire body? It might just be because I'm new and not used to that though. But both games are really good!

[@12fishcake]

5:06 forget haptic feedback, we have haptic buildings now

[@UNSCPILOT]

You joke about this... but, it might actually be doable, either by passing very low frequencies to some decent subwoofers and or some Transducers ment to shake furniture during movies for stuff like explosions and low rumbling, it would probably take some odd audio tinkering to get signals split between your headset and the stereo handling the "haptic room", but it's totally plausible! Not Gunna lie I kinda wanna investigate this further for my own rig

[@12fishcake]

@@UNSCPILOT an interesting idea to be sure, I could see something like this hapening in the future!

[@UNSCPILOT]

@@12fishcake actually that's what I'm getting at, this is something you could probably slap together today with the right hardware

[@12fishcake]

@@UNSCPILOT True! Honestly the possibilities with vr are mind blowing to me, and what could be achieved even now. On subject, I agree it certainly could be done with the right use of bass and sound frequency. Not that I know a vast amount on the subject but it's certainly doable - I'm thinking along the lines of those bone conduction headphones that allow you to hear music through vibrations without actually wearing them over your ears. No reason that logic couldn't be applied to some kind of suit or floor surface to simulate ground shaking, or perhaps your ship's engines in a space sim, that would be really neat!

[@jaredbarrett9793]

I really appreciate how you end your videos. They hit me so hard after the last couple of weeks. Thank you.

[@TMHedgehog]

"Eww it's in my wrist!, I don't want it there!" ...Has two in the next shot, lmao.

[@javiermesa8279]

I found your videos one day and now I cannot stop watching them all! I love watching you post new videos! Thank you for the great entertainment.

[@rectar_]

You need to Play the walking Dead Saints & Sinners

[@habie147]

Do i have news for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oneQmJyIfbeAn9E

[@aggressivegecko6873]

lol

[@thedeadnightking9975]

@@habie147 Habie: It’s free real estate

[@sybbilvenatores6392]

@@habie147 XD

[@amoughitb]

@@habie147 what should I get first , Half Life or walking dead in your opinion? I watched both videos, it seems that Half life is more polished?

[@spencerstanley4759]

One of the very few youtubers who really only seem liek you play games and upload for fun, and reminds their audience to love themselves. It sounds minor, but it makes you even more genuine. Thank you. road to 1M subs.

[@caketbh]

there are 2 kinda of people. those who really enjoyed half life alyx, and those who haven't played it yet

[@toxic_sorry_1236]

Should i play It?

[@caketbh]

@@toxic_sorry_1236 yes it is fun

[@lau6438]

I didn't enjoy it.

[@toxic_sorry_1236]

@@lau6438 why

[@lau6438]

@@toxic_sorry_1236 It felt too much like a horror game, whereas original half life games just felt creepy.

[@Rigel_Chiokis]

I love your child-like delight with the little details in a game. It's truly infectious. I remember way back when, playing Half-Life and the first time I was grabbed by a barnacle (the ceiling pimple you called it). It scared the crap out of me and I couldn't figure out why I was rising up into the air! Good times.

[@alexshepler403]

Image if there was an easter egg that the valve guy at 7:15 randomly turned around one time

[@gabo2344_1]

In other valve games it does turn

[@matt_mota]

I gotta say, your high quality and fun videos (especially the VR ones) are the content that the gaming KZbin community was sorely lacking in

[@mr.cup6yearsago211]

“Yeah, so I was a little late to the party on Half-Life: Alyx” When was the last party you were on time to?

[@omegaRST]

Honestly I would watch a lot more of you playing half life alyx

[@habie147]

This is unedited but it technically is "a lot more" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ7de3SLh8icetk

[@omegaRST]

@@habie147 thanks man! You're amazing

[@cheeseburger9613]

0:49 you're not alone

[@damiensteiner9919]

Im 57 & played Half Life when it first came out on a PC. The sheer scope & the pace amazed me. The unwitting hero Gordon made the game shine. Ive played Half Life 2 since & loved it. Will get around to Alyx as I enjoyed having Dawg's company. That Robo Dog was awesome

[@nyanscout3413]

When I left a comment on waiting for 100k, my man had 7k subscribers. I thought he could get there by the end of the year! But no, he had to go and get 70k in two freaking months! But anyway, love ya Habie, hope to see you in VR sometime.

[@GlaciusDreams]

From 7 to 100 in a year? Most channels do that over many many years. Talk about optimistic. Awesome that he's defied the odds and given the break he deserves though.

[@MrShroubles]

Being someone who grew up with half life, witnessing someone having their first contact with the series is an absolute blast for me to watch. I hope you eventually go through the other games and show us how your experience went.

[@lazyfurrykoala8617]

I watched in 2x speed and yes youtube is still flooding my recommended with this.

[@MrTeeF]

Has to be one of the better (late) Half Life ALYX Reviews I've seen. Make me want to play it again. 😅

[@ruzgar1372]

"Half-Life: Alyx was my first Half Life game" -the first minute of the game literally spoils half life 2 episodes

[@colebod238]

its safe to assume he already knew. the game is 13 years old

[@mathjesticgaming1188]

He came from console, so i dont blame him for not playing them yet. The only half life game on console is hard asf to find

[@xenonsan3110]

As someone whose first half life game was Alyx too and hasn't played the others yet. I have no clue what you are talking about lol

[@SiebenZwanzig]

A spoiler isn't a spoiler until you think it is, I watched a video that had the ending of HLA in it but I hadn't played the half life games at the time, so by the time I played it, I had completely forgotten about it.

[@mathjesticgaming1188]

@@SiebenZwanzig yep. Or like playing through mafia 2, and meeting mafia 1s protagonist before you played the first game.

[@Azrael_Equinox]

The sound of dying Combine will never get old.

[@charlesallen8468]

3:44 look it’s max pain!

[@PunchmadeC4]

7:16 the valve guy i believe is coach from L4D2

[@HalcyonSwift]

i want to know who disliked, i promise i’m not going to hurt them. i just wanna say hi..

[@lucase6407]

Your videos always give me exhales. I hope that provides you with serotonin.

[@ignotsii19]

Absolutely nothing wrong with this being your entrance to the series! Would love to play it some day as a longtime fan of HL. The same cannot be said about Halo 5..

[@UnitedDiscord]

I'm so glad you've come into the series! I've been playing since 2001. I'm glad they made an installment that not only holds up the lore, but holds up a series we'd almost lost hope in. Have fun! Don't worry about which door you come in...as long as you don't foray into Silent Hill through the Homecoming door...or the downpour door. wrong doors.

[@JCLlindo]

I really like how you took Leadhead’s style and made it your own. I honestly thought this was a lead head video for a second, but the wording, delivery, and interjection of in game audio and commentary were different enough to make a difference. I really enjoy it. Good work!

[@burner9481]

I'd love to see your impressions of HL2 and its episodes. There's so much more context to the small details and creatures featured in Alyx.

[@expoogaloo]

The algorithm has been super kind to you, you only had like 1K subs about a month or so ago. I'm glad you grew so fast because your videos are really well made and are calming.

[@tehuster]

You are so genuine, kind and enjoyable. Love your content keep up the great work!

[@manitobabushcraftingandrev9592]

Bro u are legit the funniest vr youtube and one of my fav youtubers period.

[@oakleymayhead]

I know a found you from a reccomended video on my home page, but I've honestly gone through so much of your VR content that I dont even remember what video made me subscribe anymore

[@CreamCakes420]

2:25 fun fact there's no liquid in there they actually used shaders that change depending on the direction of the bottle

[@beilinsergei]

You channel started popping up in my feed out of nowhere and I kept ignoring it, but now I am so glad I clicked on a video. Your content is great keep up the good work

[@marioandbowser3083]

you really are one of those youtubers where I genuinely hope you get really successful by doing this, I love your content man. keep this shit up

[@Berge1616]

Very well put together video! The music, naration, everything.. perfect!

[@eldoon6009]

My god how much this channel has grown, I started watching your vids when you had under 10k subs and just noticed youre nearly at 140k. You've slowly become of my most regular watched channels and i'm glad to be on this journey with you. Keep up the good work man love your vids

[@that1chad703]

Truly amazing video, I played half life alyx when it first came out and I realised that no other game made me as happy as half life alyx. Soo, I went back and I'm currently getting every single achivment

[@Log-On-Line]

i cant imagine not playing hl2 its one of my favorite games i finished it in 12 hours after school all night because i was so hooked in the story and didnt want to stop playing till i finshed it i love that game

[@itsR1pped]

Idk why but this Guy is so nice, Just Today i have Watched 13 Videos of him and i could go on forever. I hope you reach the 100k and more you deserve it

[@Gubru]

Dude I loved the whole sucking air-intake thing ya did when the Vort popped out.

[@JakeTalksGamesYT]

Wooooo finally and I am so glad you had a sick intro to the series!!! What a game to be your first half life!