Half-Life: ANTI-CLIMAX - Full Walkthrough

[@autsogiyoucef8676]

now barney can give gordon the beer he owed him

[@TheTechCguy]

He said that in Half Life 2!

[@autsogiyoucef8676]

@@TheTechCguy i mean in this mod gordon spawned right there in the bar with barney and the others so he can pay his debt

[@capoocat2712]

That is Barney Calhoun from HL mod Blue Shift, see those guy's finally escape BlackMesa.....

[@autsogiyoucef8676]

@FG yeah what happened to him

[@jozinek876]

Yep, it was literally 20 years after the Resonance Cascade 'til Barney brought up what he owed Gordon, and he never gave it to him....

[@indecisivecountdooku1340]

"No chance of Winning" Gordon: how about i do that *_anyway_*

[@rockodelawere5835]

"I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning". Gordon: Hold my beer.

[@r3digit]

@@rockodelawere5835 you mean the beer that barney owed him?

[@_Leo_-]

Gordon: So I started blasting anyway

[@AzzyPT]

G-man: "I can offer you a battle you have no chance of winning" Gordon: "Is that so? Well, where's my crowbar?"

[@greyraven9164]

@@rockodelawere5835 more like hold my crowbar :P

[@XanltheCSG]

In a way, the Anti-Climax is that Gordon earns his freedom. Black Mesa would still be destroyed. The Combine would still use Xen as a way to conquer Earth. The only difference is that Gordon is now in a strategically indefensible position. In stasis he has the chance to be inserted right when he needs to. Here he cannot stave off the Seven Hour War. No matter what, this is still a battle he has no chance of winning.

[@YasonYou]

Holy shit that's true. Maybe Sheperd was kept in storage to be used as a back up in case Gordon rejected the offer!

[@rollinsgaurano4582]

@@YasonYou I think he was probably present in the 7 hour war Sheperd failed to hold off the combine invasion and went into hiding And when gordon destroyed city 17 and the main capital,sheperd would be kept until gordon fails,which is probably not the case

[@YasonYou]

@@rollinsgaurano4582 what makes you think any of that.

[@Kyosukedono]

I don't think the combine can invade. I don't know exactly how the liberation of the Vortigaunts happen after the original how life but in this mod Gordon personally participated in their freedom. This means that Xen is now in control of the Vorts and the first thing they would likely do is to close all portals to their world, meaning the combine won't get a chance to invade and Earth is saved.

[@rollinsgaurano4582]

@@YasonYou it wouldnt have lasted 7 hours

[@Danphiroud]

G-Man: "A battle you have no chance of winning" Gordon: **PARKOUR**

[@redspy4100]

I DO PARKOUR

[@glathir3574]

Here’s my version In this ending after Gordon is at the bar the rescued vorts close the portals to earth, the combine are then unable to invade. The vorts discuss among themselves about the combine as a threat to dimensions and worlds and universes. They decide to train Gordon to use the vortessence. Time skip and gordon is now much more powerful than he ever was before, so much so that he doesn’t even need the hev suit however he keeps it. He eventually goes on an operation to a combine homeworld by portaling in. Here he discovers many things, he comes upon technology to enhance and upgrade his hev suit. After overhearing gman talking with the combine and his manipulation of playing multiple sides he follows him. Gman portals to a safe house sort of location. At this point gman would normally know if someone was around but Gordon’s abilities help him stay undetected. Gman leaves and Gordon decides to investigate. He finds out about the gmans powers and how he has them. He also finds the gmans technology that enhances and combines with his powers to make him stronger. He accidentally triggers something that alerts the gman that someone is snooping around in his crib. Gman shows up. Well well Mr freeman, it would seem that you have lived up to your name as the one free man. Perhaps this was always your destiny. Now you have learned my secrets and are almost as powerful as I am. But my employers are still more powerful than either of us. What will you do with your new found knowledge and abilities, it would seem I was wrong about you having no chance of winning due to … unforeseen circumstances… I didn’t predict those meddling vortigans… Gman realizes that the freeman is something different, something even more than he expected, who his he? Gman realizes his mistake to try to control freeman in the manner he did at the end of hl, he should’ve done things differently, but now it was to late, gman has no way to control him now that he’s this powerful. Gman then continues his speech. However I can assure you that you cannot fight my employers, that is one battle you really have no chance of winning… my employers are beyond the combine, they are beyond other advanced races and empires in the multi verse. Their competition is with higher beings in this multiversal game of chess. What do you hope to accomplish Mr freeman? You grew into your power while my employers were born with much of theirs. Just then a disruption in time and space occurs and as gman is startled freeman is able to use his powers and technology and portal away. Who caused this disruption? Was it another empire? Another advanced species? Gmans employers rivals? As freeman portals to a safe location he has time to think about all his new found knowledge and think about what to do with it, he decides to take it to his vortigant teachers and friends. As they have a sort of council deciding on what to do suddenly portals open as the combine begin to invade. The vortigant and human alliance is on high alert. Gordon as the representative of the humans and tiroga the most powerful vort and the leader of the vortigants began trampling these invaders as other vorts and humans fight back using weapons, tech and powers. (Not all humans have these powers only freeman and possibly a few others) suddenly Adrian shepherd comes through a portal and is doing a lot of damage. But Gordon with his training and new powers and tech is able to easily subdue him and explain to him much of what he knows. Adrian is then freed as gmans puppet. Adrian explains that after freeman was lost as a tool that Adrian had to take over the slack and was on one mission after another being used by the gman and his employers. Through this time he had gotten much stronger and encountered many races and beings. But now he is finally free of the gmans clutches. In gmans desperation he had given Adrian enhancements to try to match freeman but it was no good. Freeman then would go on to teach Adrian alongside the vortigans. Together they will work to overthrow the gman. How however they don’t know. They only know that his employers are evil and must be stopped at all costs from controlling the multiverse in they’re game of chess. To be continued…

[@redspy4100]

@@glathir3574 bruh

[@glathir3574]

@@redspy4100 lol

[@FadenBlues]

@@glathir3574 lol it's really interesting

[@renegade5259]

Now we need Half-Life: About That Beer

[@MosasaurCatcher]

You play as Barnie and fight the C9mbine until you make it to a heavily guarded Bud Light factory and are tasked with loading the beers onto a train for Gordon

[@FPSDrifter]

Oh god thats a great concept.

[@Plutonic_Blue]

BroGaming ZJGDude05 somebody should make a mod with that concept lol

[@Ethorbit]

Half-Life: About That Beer Episode 1

[@mercce6750]

The starting first person cutscenes of Episode 2 is them drinking together before escaping from the Combines.

[@jr.jackrabbit10]

How ironic that the "anti-climax" in this mod is actually taking G-Man's offer and ending the game right there.

[@Zombieman154]

How he get back to the facility the gman has already nuke the black mamsa

[@h8GW]

@Zombieman154 Good thing Gman confused the address and nuked Black Mamsa, instead of Black Mesa! Srsly tho, Gordon got teleported to somewhere _outside_ the facility that Barney and his team from Blue Shift escaped to, and it's implied that the vorts stopped the portal storms, hence why everyone there is so chill.

[@OperatorMax1993]

​@@h8GW maybe it could be the Lambda Complex but not sure

[@Vaporwave_kdh]

He would have gotten back just before the nuke dropped

[@wastoxic]

Its actually a reference to gman saying "rather an anti climax after what you've just survived"

[@w.torech5967]

That was fucking amazing, seriously. The final push against the grunts with his newfound allies was epic.

[@Garlic_Bread69]

when i was playing the mod the guys just done betrayed me, fake homies, i had to take out the grunts myself

[@daredeflon662]

@@Garlic_Bread69 it means you accidentally shot one of them, careful with your aim!

[@nayumiyosritomo33]

Remember a shitty mod called Half-Life 2: Transition? Where the concept is also around declining G-Man's offer?. Anti-Climax is waaaaayyy better than what i mention earlier

[@uwuqt3.14]

I know this probably wasn't intentional but at 5:04 when the vortigaunts hold their heads shaking, it almost as if they see freeman come back and there like "NOOO HE CAME BACK TO FINISH US OFF!"

[@MrGermandeutsch]

Honestly? Despite being non-canon, it was so well done that I could legit consider it *_canon_*

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@@sokogekigoji8299 I know.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@Anka Paszkiewicz I know.

[@MrGermandeutsch]

@Noober617 I know.

[@mrmr_zoomie]

Didn’t the dude who wrote the story for half life say “There is no canon, just the games.”

[@blu4390]

so, half life and portal share the same universe meaning that apertures infinite multiverses are ‘canon’ which means that this is canon, in a way

[@realjeff]

Well designed map and structure, a well continued way for the other choose in the main history.

[@iamv0id202]

Well tbh it would still be non canon, in half life 2 you are waken up for "the job" in city 17 from g-man

[@Z01nkScoobs]

@@iamv0id202 Its a different timeline.

[@FadenBlues]

@@iamv0id202 there are many timelines in Half-Life universe one of them is Half-Life 2 beta stories 2001-2003

[@masterexploder9668]

Introducing time travel is risky, because what happens any other superior being other than G-Man (like mass enough Vortigaunts and you get the same effect) from time travelling to make their own changes?

[@Redbr34]

interesting, freeman badass level is now at 110%

[@beefjerfy3082]

what

[@mavxtk]

@@beefjerfy3082 i think he want to say : freeman badass level is now at 110%

[@yurionedge2199]

Freeman's*

[@yurionedge2199]

@@silenthowler6686 Adrian Shephard is better though.

[@op-force9937]

@@yurionedge2199 nah

[@SuperHellKnight666]

This is interesting. Long ago, I read somewhere (might of been Raising the Bar), that Gordon was originally supposed to free the vortigaunts and lead them in a rebellion against the Nihilanth. While this isn't quite that, it's still pretty damn cool. Wish this mod was a bit longer, though.

[@joaoguilhermeesteves4531]

@The Medic nihilanth is already dead, the revolution ain't against him

[@henz6868]

But there will be no half life 3

[@attilaschweininger6867]

@@joaoguilhermeesteves4531 He is talking about a Half-Life 1 concept.

[@Patyx42]

He was pretty much speedrunning it, irl it takes about 40 minutes to beat on the first try

[@rakionchaosforce1417]

xd

[@benitezclanceiv]

"*A battle with no chance of winning*"? Freeman's too aggressive for that.

[@hot-bloodedmartialartist3900]

Isn't he still just a man though?

[@rodi8266]

@@hot-bloodedmartialartist3900 he is a free man

[@shadowrev2914]

@@rodi8266 wrong. He is *THE* Freeman.

[@AzzyPT]

The smart version of the Doom Slayer

[@glathir3574]

@@shadowrev2914 Here’s my version In this ending after Gordon is at the bar the rescuers vorts close the portals to earth, the combine are then unable to invade. The vorts discuss among themselves about the combine as a threat to dimensions and worlds and universes. They decide to train Gordon to use the vortessence. Time skip and gordon is now much more powerful than he ever was before, so much so that he doesn’t even need the hev suit however he keeps it. He eventually goes on an operation to a combine homeworld by portaling in. Here he discovers many things, he comes upon technology to enhance and upgrade his hev suit. After overhearing gman talking with the combine and his manipulation of playing multiple sides he follows him. Gman portals to a safe house sort of location. At this point gman would normally know if someone was around but Gordon’s abilities help him stay undetected. Gman leaves and Gordon decides to investigate. He finds out about the gmans powers and how he has them. He also finds the gmans technology that enhances and combines with his powers to make him stronger. He accidentally triggers something that alerts the gman that someone is snooping around in his crib. Gman shows up. Well well Mr freeman, it would seem that you have lived up to your name as the one free man. Perhaps this was always your destiny. Now you have learned my secrets and are almost as powerful as I am. But my employers are still more powerful than either of us. What will you do with your new found knowledge and abilities, it would seem I was wrong about you having no chance of winning due to … unforeseen circumstances… I didn’t predict those meddling vortigans… Gman realizes that the freeman is something different, something even more than he expected, who his he? Gman realizes his mistake to try to control freeman in the manner he did at the end of hl, he should’ve done things differently, but now it was to late, gman has no way to control him now that he’s this powerful. Gman then continues his speech. However I can assure you that you cannot fight my employers, that is one battle you really have no chance of winning… my employers are beyond the combine, they are beyond other advanced races and empires in the multi verse. Their competition is with higher beings in this multiversal game of chess. What do you hope to accomplish Mr freeman? You grew into your power while my employers were born with much of theirs. Just then a disruption in time and space occurs and as gman is startled freeman is able to use his powers and technology and portal away. Who caused this disruption? Was it another empire? Another advanced species? Gmans employers rivals? As freeman portals to a safe location he has time to think about all his new found knowledge and think about what to do with it, he decides to take it to his vortigant teachers and friends. As they have a sort of council deciding on what to do suddenly portals open as the combine begin to invade. The vortigant and human alliance is on high alert. Gordon as the representative of the humans and tiroga the most powerful vort and the leader of the vortigants began trampling these invaders as other vorts and humans fight back using weapons, tech and powers. (Not all humans have these powers only freeman and possibly a few others) suddenly Adrian shepherd comes through a portal and is doing a lot of damage. But Gordon with his training and new powers and tech is able to easily subdue him and explain to him much of what he knows. Adrian is then freed as gmans puppet. Adrian explains that after freeman was lost as a tool that Adrian had to take over the slack and was on one mission after another being used by the gman and his employers. Through this time he had gotten much stronger and encountered many races and beings. But now he is finally free of the gmans clutches. In gmans desperation he had given Adrian enhancements to try to match freeman but it was no good. Freeman then would go on to teach Adrian alongside the vortigans. Together they will work to overthrow the gman. How however they don’t know. They only know that his employers are evil and most be stopped at all costs from controlling the multiverse in they’re game of chess. To be continued…

[@ramiams862]

Subject: Gordon Freeman Status: Alive Mission : COMPLETED !!!!!

[@vvshadowzvv1912]

The other scenario is better, think about it. If he win the whole half life 2 will never exist. Gman is the second Nihilanth but he make the right choice (damn this is hard to say)

[@arandomoctopus2532]

@@vvshadowzvv1912 G-Man isn't the second Nihilanth. That's just a dumb theory from a guy who can only make accurate theories about horror games.

[@makoot9618]

Gordon's status should be out of range

[@ForsternTheProtogen]

@@arandomoctopus2532 i see you watch and hate matpat's game theory

[@arandomoctopus2532]

@@ForsternTheProtogen Yep.

[@mosquito_.]

*sees the unbeatable army dead* gman: cant even be mad

[@TheEngieTF2]

Hunt Down the Anti Climax

[@coreym162]

I know! Tell me about it

[@Quiver333_real]

İsim yok Sorun yok wow how long you were typong dis??? OOOOO

[@trueyeahf]

HUNT DOWN FREE MEN

[@crabsynth8761]

@İsim yok Sorun yok I regret clicking read more haha

[@sonicdash9652]

@@trueyeahf HUNT DOWN FRE MEN

[@jcdenton2187]

It's a neat concept for sure, but it looks like it plays as a bit of a boring and slightly messy experience. I do like how the Vorts are now your allies, though. But man, that ending is awesome!

[@dobhakundobhakun6380]

Yeah. I mean if I just played it alone without watching this first I would be confuse and questioning myself on what to do next.

[@jcdenton2187]

@@dobhakundobhakun6380 yeah the backtracking is pretty excessive and a lot of the mod is not well signposted

[@DukeoftheAges]

Half life 1 itself is a messy experience.

[@jcdenton2187]

@@DukeoftheAges Kinda. In some places it's really good like most of Surface Tension and Questionable Ethics. And in some places it's just really not fun like in all the platforming sections, On a Rail, Residue Processing , and a huge chunk of the later chapters. And of course Xen. But it was quite solid for its time and helped advance FPS's out of being Doom clones. Even the primitive scripted sequences was very impressive and the game has very good environmental storytelling. I personally think Half-Life 2 is better but i still like the OG Half-Life a lot.

[@uzzi3760]

yeah I agree and also the Vortigaunts become your allies because they were slaved so yeah but you may know that already

[@littlebigcomrade]

This might be one of the greatest mods ever made.

[@haxxor-xl4fz]

Yeah, it asks a really good "what if" question. (What if Freeman was not put into stasis and just defied the G-Man from the beginning.) However, as many other people pointed out, Black Mesa would still be destroyed, and there is no way Freeman could stop the 7-Hour War. I think that is the symbolism of this mod.

[@mederp4042]

@@haxxor-xl4fz he could survive the war though, and the resistance could be much stronger with him

[@MaxMalevich]

Half Life 2: Anti-Climax Freeman witnessess the Combine Invasion, first hides, then destroys them.

[@Solfalls]

Naaah he stopped them immediately by SPEAKING to them XD

[@aymen_sahnoun]

@@Solfalls hhhhh prestige for the all mighty sound's words

[@RaamWTF]

If that happened, i think it's no longer called "Seven-Hours War"

[@MaxMalevich]

@@RaamWTF I think that if Freeman went up against 'em *during* the Seven Hour War, he would've been destroyed immediately. He's a human after all. But the Combine won't be on Earth for 20 years, they will be destroyed in the first 3 years

[@omni5640]

Freeman not choosing G-mans deal will mean humanity won't have someone to lead them 20 years down the line against a more comparable foe. The combines main army destroyed every single of earth's armies in 7 hours, Gordon would not have done anything. Interestingly, Shepherd might replace Gordon as Gman's pawn against the combine but he would not have been well received but the science team of the resistance.

[@mr80s81]

This unused dialogue from Gman is very interesting.... My idea is that Valve removed it due to Gman mentioning "Gordons holocaust on the aliens" but i think it would have added more to the ending then Gman Only saying half of the line 1:37

[@aspodermousstoplight100]

to avoid making jewish people angry

[@malcolmmorin]

@@aspodermousstoplight100 Which, while I get it, also makes no sense because "Holocaust" refers to great destruction by fire. It's why people coin the phrase "nuclear holocaust". It's not a phrase that can just be "owned" by any one group.

[@aspodermousstoplight100]

@@malcolmmorin I don’t even know why I made this comment ngl I was racist af back then

[@audax117]

​@@aspodermousstoplight100Rise and Shine, Mr. Freeman. Rise and Shine

[@quandiye]

​@@aspodermousstoplight100 lol

[@beywheelzhater8930]

Gman: Nooo, you can't win this battle! Gordon: Hehe, crowbar go ping

[@jacobproductions2620]

Yes it go ping

[@blackmush7368]

the virgin gman vs the chad freeman

[@FadenBlues]

Combine: hehe earth go bam

[@R4in46]

PING PING PING PING PING

[@Elctrucr54]

I feel like this universe is way better

[@tommyatomic222]

This is actually quite good mod, now this will lead to the 7 hours war but Freeman wil participate in

[@dylanchampion9948]

Lad I would pay for that game lol

[@Solfalls]

So 0 hour war cuz he will stop it

[@tommyatomic222]

@@Solfalls more like getting killed

[@CaptPatrick01]

Who would win?: _A massive multiversal empire filled with bulletproof synth killbots led by a race of post-singularity psionic grubs._ Or *_One nerd with a crowbar._*

[@PlatinumNath]

**the holy crowbar wielder never dies**

[@justaweepingangel.]

Subject: FREEMAN Status: SURVIVED Further Notice: HE CAN TAKE WHATEVER YOU THROW AT HIM

[@protaties]

Now it's a parallel universe that Gordon rejected GMan. And there's still no Half-Life 3.

[@ak47toh]

No, there's a bad ending on this.

[@trueyeahf]

The G-man fights xen with an umm... Suitcase?

[@maxluigi2569]

You fool.

[@marianxendor3974]

Yeah, about that....

[@kaankarabulut936]

@@marianxendor3974 Yeah...

[@SystemOverlord]

It would be no less interesting if this mod came out before the release of Half-Life 2 in 2004. That is, in fact, this mod can be somewhat canonical and can show us a dream in which Freeman kills the remnants of aliens from Xen. But one way or another, in the second part of the franchise from the words of G-Man it can be concluded that Freeman almost immediately after the collapse the Nihilant's lair was immersed in stasis and didn't have the freedom of choice, everything was decided for him.

[@nutzeeer]

I wish valve would put this into the original game, creating a second story arc

[@Delfite]

But then how would we get half life 3?

[@ak47toh]

@@Delfite By choosing the bad ending.

[@Delfite]

@@ak47toh E L A B O R A T E

[@ak47toh]

@@Delfite Once you send your comrades to battle, execute Order 66.

[@ghhn4505]

I wish Valve would make games again

[@RobiePAX]

I love the fan fiction mods that expand on existing story and maps. It genuinely feels like a "what if" scenario if Gordon rejected the offer but screen wouldn't simply turn to black.

[@azurewrathlord8595]

g-man dumb took all his weapon but dont took his long jump module LOL

[@beach54000]

@YayDude123 When you think about it, he takes it off you before HL2 begins

[@kareemkiller3640]

I think he was Testing him Again.cuz at the end of the Mod he says Wisely Done Mr.Freeman !

[@gonzalot.605]

Maybe he thought it was just a regular backpack.

[@Agent1W]

@@gonzalot.605 Or the one thing that wasn't "government property".

[@KingMetalMario]

It's a detachable part of the suit, and Gordon was allowed to keep the suit

[@Machinima_Cinema]

Of course you're always the very first one to play these Mods early :) And I love that!

[@ak47toh]

I played this game and openly made review on Twitter 4 days before Bolloxed plays it lmao

[@Machinima_Cinema]

Antonius Torres HaHa really!?, That’s Awesome! Well I guess Bolloxed wasn't the first to play it then, lol.

[@ak47toh]

@@Machinima_Cinema Yes I am. Fun fact: Bolloxed forgot the secret level that takes you to a pink pod ;)

[@Machinima_Cinema]

Antonius Torres Wow lol, I guess that Bolloxed isn’t really a pro Half-Life Gamer then, lmao.

[@sonic_exe2312]

Mod where they need fixes too. Like that mod. Always says fatal error no free edicts

[@reepo3845]

Wewss finally got to see what happens when Freeman rejects the offer

[@Raxterp1]

RevEnAnt Vass in Half Life Invasion u could too

[@ajxx9987]

@@Raxterp1 link?

[@jozinek876]

In the original game you can too: you get slaughtered by Alien Grunts.

[@reepo3845]

@@jozinek876 yes but you can't move anymore and the game will end

[@jozinek876]

@@reepo3845 but you said "we finally get to see what happens if you accept the G man's offer" when in reality you already do in the original game.

[@Mateoski97]

Now someone needs to do a Black Mesa version of this since Xen is finished.

[@ScruffySFM]

more like a part 2

[@glathir3574]

Here’s my version In this ending after Gordon is at the bar the rescuers vorts close the portals to earth, the combine are then unable to invade. The vorts discuss among themselves about the combine as a threat to dimensions and worlds and universes. They decide to train Gordon to use the vortessence. Time skip and gordon is now much more powerful than he ever was before, so much so that he doesn’t even need the hev suit however he keeps it. He eventually goes on an operation to a combine homeworld by portaling in. Here he discovers many things, he comes upon technology to enhance and upgrade his hev suit. After overhearing gman talking with the combine and his manipulation of playing multiple sides he follows him. Gman portals to a safe house sort of location. At this point gman would normally know if someone was around but Gordon’s abilities help him stay undetected. Gman leaves and Gordon decides to investigate. He finds out about the gmans powers and how he has them. He also finds the gmans technology that enhances and combines with his powers to make him stronger. He accidentally triggers something that alerts the gman that someone is snooping around in his crib. Gman shows up. Well well Mr freeman, it would seem that you have lived up to your name as the one free man. Perhaps this was always your destiny. Now you have learned my secrets and are almost as powerful as I am. But my employers are still more powerful than either of us. What will you do with your new found knowledge and abilities, it would seem I was wrong about you having no chance of winning due to … unforeseen circumstances… I didn’t predict those meddling vortigans… Gman realizes that the freeman is something different, something even more than he expected, who his he? Gman realizes his mistake to try to control freeman in the manner he did at the end of hl, he should’ve done things differently, but now it was to late, gman has no way to control him now that he’s this powerful. Gman then continues his speech. However I can assure you that you cannot fight my employers, that is one battle you really have no chance of winning… my employers are beyond the combine, they are beyond other advanced races and empires in the multi verse. Their competition is with higher beings in this multiversal game of chess. What do you hope to accomplish Mr freeman? You grew into your power while my employers were born with much of theirs. Just then a disruption in time and space occurs and as gman is startled freeman is able to use his powers and technology and portal away. Who caused this disruption? Was it another empire? Another advanced species? Gmans employers rivals? As freeman portals to a safe location he has time to think about all his new found knowledge and think about what to do with it, he decides to take it to his vortigant teachers and friends. As they have a sort of council deciding on what to do suddenly portals open as the combine begin to invade. The vortigant and human alliance is on high alert. Gordon as the representative of the humans and tiroga the most powerful vort and the leader of the vortigants began trampling these invaders as other vorts and humans fight back using weapons, tech and powers. (Not all humans have these powers only freeman and possibly a few others) suddenly Adrian shepherd comes through a portal and is doing a lot of damage. But Gordon with his training and new powers and tech is able to easily subdue him and explain to him much of what he knows. Adrian is then freed as gmans puppet. Adrian explains that after freeman was lost as a tool that Adrian had to take over the slack and was on one mission after another being used by the gman and his employers. Through this time he had gotten much stronger and encountered many races and beings. But now he is finally free of the gmans clutches. In gmans desperation he had given Adrian enhancements to try to match freeman but it was no good. Freeman then would go on to teach Adrian alongside the vortigans. Together they will work to overthrow the gman. How however they don’t know. They only know that his employers are evil and most be stopped at all costs from controlling the multiverse in they’re game of chess. To be continued…

[@Uberkist]

@@glathir3574 It would be in-line with the theme that rather than not knowing you were there, he pretended he didn't know you were following him in order to further manipulate your perception of him. Like a subtle realization you teleported in, but he continues business. Of course it would have to end with Gordan's plan unintentionally furthering Gman's ultimate plan for dealing with the combine. As soon as you destroy whatever key piece of equipment you thought would free humanity from entanglement in the Gman-Combine war, Gman teleports in, freezes time, and says "Once... an employee.., Always.. an employee."

[@thealandude9146]

This opens a whole new possibility like what happens to Gordon during and after the 7-hours war and other events

[@Mayeloski]

Maybe that would be the fight he has no chance of winning

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

G-Man's first mistake was assuming Gordon would attempt to _participate_ in that battle he had no chance of winning. Quite a dumb mistake considering Gordon has a degree.

[@PizzaLuigi1]

Accursed should make a Freeman’s mind of this mod

[@is64611]

he's already doing half life 2

[@PizzaLuigi1]

@@is64611 well yeah but this could be done in like 1 episode it's only 15 minutes

[@natalie6811]

Pizza Luigi Probably two or three episodes

[@johnnyguitar8067]

@@natalie6811 It could be 1 super episode. But he's awful busy right now making HL2 freeman's mind, Game Dungeon and apparently some movie

[@MrTheBaron]

It could've made a good April Fools video if this came out in 2015

[@StickyBM]

That ending was so creative oh my god

[@TheDarkraiDimension491]

oh hey sticky

[@JakeButAwesome]

Didn't expect you being a half life fan too

[@Dino-dp4gj]

I didnt expect you there lol

[@krwnlfro]

Gman: "No chance of winning" Gordon: *wins* Gman: *This isnt how you are supposed to play the game*

[@deponq]

When GoldSource mods is better, than HDTF (old jokes, i know)

[@فراسالزهراني-م4ه]

Of course.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

De Ponq you just created an excellent idea: Recreate Hunt Down The Freeman in GoldSrc engine, like Black Mesa, and make it 100x better than the original (which wouldn’t be very hard) LOL

[@MASHo1992]

Beating HDTF will never get old.

[@redactedgamersgd1788]

@@itwontcomeout5678 nonono, black mesa uses source engine

[@Somespideronline]

​@@itwontcomeout5678 the problem isn't just the gameplay, it's also the mess of a storyline

[@MrZillas]

14:50 Suddenly a Terminator spawned, walked into the bar and began a fight

[@They_are_Arthur]

13:15 The way the Vortigaunt typed with that machine was so cute.

[@MegaChickenfish]

GORDON FINALLY GETS THAT BEER. 10/10 even if the mapping is a bit all over the place.

[@coded_ragon6284]

I loved that ending. Even without Gorden it's nice to know that the whole crew got a beer at the end of the day.

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

To all the people saying they don't like the level design - i actually think it represents this offer quite well. The feeling of hopelessness, no way to go without some crazy, hurtful pitfalls, the maze like aspects of it. I think it's quite well done for a being such as Gman stating that it's a battle you can't possibly win.

[@Legally_John]

It makes sense too. We can reasonably infer G-Man was "nudging" things to help Gordon reach the goal he set for him, leading to the main games being much more linear than this, where you're on your own.

[@rakionchaosforce1417]

yes

[@DeathBringer769]

Always wanted to basically do this as a kid when I played HL1. When G-Man teleports you, I was totally ready to turn on godmode and Impulse 101 to get all my weapons back, but the game would never let you, lol. Awesome to see this mod basically fulfill the fantasy of telling the G-Man to screw off and surviving anyway.

[@rakionchaosforce1417]

xdxd

[@ultrabuffplayz7530]

Best quality , best mods , best gameplay , best idea , amazing KZbinr

[@NikeTheBro]

best ending they have to add this ending

[@jackunlocker3125]

Hmm, not bad... The only complain that the most atmospheric beautiful map is the last one with the Bar, where you do not play... :)

[@vaultboy555]

I love your valve videos so much

[@JJ-zs4cw]

This is a good alternate ending for half life 1

[@BigMacDavis]

You experience many anti-climaxes... don't you, potato...? Wink wink.

[@americantemplar6553]

i see you everywhere

[@Robert-pv8zw]

Hehe ;)

[@MrGermandeutsch]

jegus

[@glathir3574]

Here’s my version In this ending after Gordon is at the bar the rescued vorts close the portals to earth, the combine are then unable to invade. The vorts discuss among themselves about the combine as a threat to dimensions and worlds and universes. They decide to train Gordon to use the vortessence. Time skip and gordon is now much more powerful than he ever was before, so much so that he doesn’t even need the hev suit however he keeps it. He eventually goes on an operation to a combine homeworld by portaling in. Here he discovers many things, he comes upon technology to enhance and upgrade his hev suit. After overhearing gman talking with the combine and his manipulation of playing multiple sides, he follows him. Gman portals to a safe house sort of location. At this point gman would normally know if someone was around but Gordon’s abilities help him stay undetected. Gman leaves and Gordon decides to investigate. He finds out about the gmans powers and how he has them. He also finds the gmans technology that enhances and combines with his powers to make him stronger. He accidentally triggers something that alerts the gman that someone is snooping around in his crib. Gman shows up. Well well Mr freeman, it would seem that you have lived up to your name as the one free man. Perhaps this was always your destiny. Now you have learned my secrets and are almost as powerful as I am. But my employers are still more powerful than either of us. What will you do with your new found knowledge and abilities, it would seem I was wrong about you having no chance of winning due to … unforeseen circumstances… I didn’t predict those meddling vortigans… Gman realizes that the freeman is something different, something even more than he expected, who his he? Gman realizes his mistake to try to control freeman in the manner he did at the end of hl, he should’ve done things differently, but now it was to late, gman has no way to control him now that he’s this powerful. Gman then continues his speech. However I can assure you that you cannot fight my employers, that is one battle you really have no chance of winning… my employers are beyond the combine, they are beyond other advanced races and empires in the multi verse. Their competition is with higher beings in this multiversal game of chess. What do you hope to accomplish Mr freeman? You grew into your power while my employers were born with much of theirs. Just then a disruption in time and space occurs and as gman is startled freeman is able to use his powers and technology and portal away. Who caused this disruption? Was it another empire? Another advanced species? Gmans employers rivals? As freeman portals to a safe location he has time to think about all his new found knowledge and think about what to do with it, he decides to take it to his vortigant teachers and friends. As they have a sort of council deciding on what to do suddenly portals open as the combine begin to invade. The vortigant and human alliance is on high alert. Gordon as the representative of the humans and tiroga the most powerful vort and the leader of the vortigants began trampling these invaders as other vorts and humans fight back using weapons, tech and powers. (Not all humans have these powers only freeman and possibly a few others) suddenly Adrian shepherd comes through a portal and is doing a lot of damage. But Gordon with his training and new powers and tech is able to easily subdue him and explain to him much of what he knows. Adrian is then freed as gmans puppet. Adrian explains that after freeman was lost as a tool that Adrian had to take over the slack and was on one mission after another being used by the gman and his employers. Through this time he had gotten much stronger and encountered many races and beings. But now he is finally free of the gmans clutches. In gmans desperation he had given Adrian enhancements to try to match freeman but it was no good. Freeman then would go on to teach Adrian alongside the vortigans. Together they will work to overthrow the gman. How however they don’t know. They only know that his employers are evil and most be stopped at all costs from controlling the multiverse in they’re game of chess. To be continued…

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

you should make some half life fanfiction

[@rakionchaosforce1417]

wtf

[@rottingcorpse1990]

5:04 "OMG, GORDON FREEMAN!!! I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!!"

[@yurionedge2199]

13:28 Displacer cannon lol

[@tothemoon7438]

G-Man: It's time to choose Freeman: peacefully chilling on the seat G-Man: So you chose your DEATH

[@YusufTK03]

12:35 : Half-Life 2

[@geentlemeen]

sonunda türk

[@xdoom2872]

Oha sizdemi izliyodunuz

[@xdoom2872]

Bu adamı izleyen Türk'ün tek ben olduğunu saniyordum

[@YusufTK03]

@@ucube16 100 Like #1

[@Zet237yt]

I always wondered if there was a mod which explored the alternate ending to Half-Life. This is incredibly well done, especially the ending! Thanks for uploading this walkthrough.

[@Thlormby]

So the entire story of Half Life is just Gordon stoned and stumbling around Black Mesa?

[@mwbgaming28]

It would be if a teleporting HECU marine didn't find his stash of pills

[@kapnken2342]

Morphine WAS administered

[@GhostLink92]

If you accept Freeman's Mind as Canon, yes.

[@_vla]

The best mod from this generation at this point

[@someguy8951]

Or crack-life which is a masterpiece

[@ledanoir1239]

That ending with the vorts fighting their slavers along you is wholesome

[@RedAlert3Uprising]

gordon finds a crowbar randomly in an alien world is not what I expected should have been something else

[@memezanimates5897]

My headcanon for that is gman just tossed all our weapons to get rid of them into the void and our crowbar just landed there unlike the others

[@toasterboy2003]

So gordon battles the combine early and possibly helps the army in the 7 hr war?

[@maldambo127]

Obviously,the Vorts gonna aid us voluntarily. there will be 7 hour war except combine not winning this. Not to mention the vorts is migrated species so is 2 vs 1.

[@gregoryderpwrld111]

Gordon would extend it to 9 hours

[@renownedhonor]

@@maldambo127 what, the humanity doesnt stand a chance against a multi dinmensional Empire, they can fight, but for not too long, also Gordon is trained in basic guns and indoor warfare.

[@arshiaaghaei]

@@renownedhonor Well, you are forgetting Vorts. They can kill combine way better (except maybe for the advisers)

[@RobertoFornaro]

"They cannot wait to meet the man responsible for the holocaust of their species..." Anti-Climax Freeman: "I'LL FUCKING DO IT AGAIN"

[@Chronobus]

G-Man: I can offer you a- Gordon: BEER! I really want a beer! Barney promised me a beer!

[@Ender0214]

You know, because of you and how you edit your videos: whenever I play half life I always expect health packs and HEV charges to skip the waiting process automatically

[@espionnakers]

Ok, this alternative ending was awesome.

[@SomeRandomFish]

G-man : I can offer you a battle with no chance of winning Me : sv_cheats 1 God *God mode on*

[@Sulph023]

noclip *noclip on* notarget *notarget on* impulse 101 impulse 101 impulse 101 impulse 101 impulse 101 impulse 203 impulse 203

[@Sulph023]

basically deletes the targeted enemy

[@errorcode0x7a]

Does French version desactivate cheats or the game don't allow me to cheat ? (Yes I'm french)

[@Sulph023]

you need to type sv_cheats 1 in the console i've tested impulse 203 before though and it didnt work for some reason, maybe for me only

[@errorcode0x7a]

@@Sulph023 Thanks that works

[@YesterdaysMinder]

And then the Combine came anyway, because that was sort of a foregone conclusion. Whoops.

[@X1erra]

A marvelously made mod! So it turns out Gordon manages to barely survive the onslaught, worked his way to free the now free Vortigaunts from their prisons, and they actually help you, which by HL2 lore makes a lot of sense. Plus, you were brought to safety with Calhoun, Dr. Rosenberg and his group of scientists as a homage to Blue Shift! Well done, I say. Well done ^^

[@IcariosLightning]

They should make a Black Mesa: Anti-Climax once xen comes out.

[@usamazahid3882]

Uh, guys. I think Black Mesa Xen is already out, and it's now a full game.

[@IcariosLightning]

@@usamazahid3882 Bruh i made this comment a year ago.

[@mryayayify]

We still may need it.

[@digitalfreeman116]

*Somewhere in G-Man's office building* The Freeman, not only refuted your offer, but he managed to survive a hallway of the last Xenian soldiers, freed the Vortigaunts, and you teleport him back with the rest of the science team? Yes, I know it is troubling to see such a perfect specimen escape from our grasp, but I have a backup plan, I always do. You don't mean that meek security guard mentioned in report BM-1.2 do you? No, no. I was referring to my other soldier, from the HECU. He may be willing to accept my offer, once he hears about his next assignment. What about the Freeman? He deserved a break. He'll just be working with us, later.

[@facundoramirez-ux6fo]

Poor Barney, dismissed as a meek security guard

[@Mcree114]

Big problem is that at the start of HL2 G-man implies that not even Gordon could have survived the fighting during the battle of Earth, the 7 hour war. In this alternate plot scenario Gordon is definitely going be around for the overwhelming unstoppable Combine invasion instead of safely floating in a stasis field between dimensions where he would fight the significantly weaker and easier Combine occupation/police forces left behind on Earth 20 years later.

[@spacehitler4537]

If he's with Barney and the gang his likelyhood of survival is high. Unless of course the combine put out a bulletin for his specific retrieval. Infact if the combine did want to find him it's undoubtably not to kill him. As the Nihilanth was definitely a thorn in the Combine's side.

[@somerandomname3124]

I *like* the implication that the Combine is this almost indescribable force that poses a primal truly evil threat that shows there's something malicious in the unknown, I don't like that this is immediately thrown out the window and Gordon becomes Jesus 2 in Half Life 2's story.

[@rakionchaosforce1417]

(dr.breen died)

[@BitrateBilly]

@@somerandomname3124 i think its because the invading combine force was way more intense, there was only a couple dozen cities left by the time gordon was released from stasis, so there would be way less combine troops and resources being poured into the planet, especially given that the combine had been actively yoinking resources from the world for 20 years anyways, earth by this point is infested with hostile xen life and doesnt have much use aside from portal tech, which given that the combine dont actively swarm the planet in order to find the borealis and allow remaining BM scientists to help create it clearly indicates that it really isnt that high up on their priority list

[@Duamerthrax]

Should put the characters from Azure Sheep and POV sitting at tables in the back at the end.

[@jacobxiaolong9104]

Now with all the Xen maps for Black Mesa released, someone is going to remaster this on Black Mesa.

[@soltuzionut]

Nothing in this world is more satisfying than that shotgun blasting everything in its path

[@R1verflo]

He finally gets his beer

[@exoticslugs815]

This is amazing! The final part with the vortigaunts was awesome. Fantastic job that the creator of this mod did.

[@deisk2707]

NOOOOOOO! You cant win against a God who possesses the time and space that is smartly changes the timelines! "Haha! Crowbar to PONG"

[@mehmetozturk9950]

Gordon Freeman killed the Nihilanth, the Xen creatures are free and Gordon's reward is being declared the new king of the creatures

[@Саха-п6ж]

15:03 oh yeah Blue shift

[@Kratos_Messi7050]

I think that vortigaunts are now more free, combine would still be able to invade earth but humans have a more winning chance

[@rafinhodivino5877]

2:23 who's that dead guy with a HEV?

[@DatMysticalPyro]

Just a random Xen researcher dude.

[@villymimo4444]

This is something gman has to have in mind after hl alyx, never understimate freeman, you cant just replace him.

[@hazrulamrimuhammad9791]

Where's the nuclear explosion at black mesa , supposed to be happening

[@thejonathan130]

That happens well after Freeman gets the offer by gman

[@YesterdaysMinder]

Opposing Force's third chapter shows Gordon entering the lambda portal. It's probably another day or two before the nuke explodes, from Gordon's perspective.

[@ucube16]

@Leon S. Kennedy nope

[@daonebest3001]

An alternative ending source mod like this could be interesting, we're gordon is trapped in xen and has to escape, kinda like doom

[@werewolfgamer115]

Loved that ending

[@briantcideu8619]

"i can offer you a battle with no chance of winning" gordon: oh no! anyway

[@Dapper0Scrapper]

I love this ending so much, freeing the Vortigaunts

[@Exchiefboy]

I like how vortigauns after being freed are your allies.

[@TheBalloonable]

Now, when the Black Mesa is finally complete, someone needs to remake this as a BM mod!

[@DarkestVampire92]

Holy crap, this needs to be a full game. Freeman changes the timeline and, being the Freeman, stops the Combine from happening with his one-man army of science an guns.

[@Alixdkari]

This is now canon for me.

[@bishalgurung4356]

15:16 Blue shift ending but with a small twist

[@scottl.1568]

It would have been sweet if there was a friendly Garg fighting for you in the end

[@Mateoski97]

So in this mod, Gordon fights his way past all of the aliens and then is able to return to living a normal life.

[@usmanahmed8027]

Black Mesa should have tried this alternative ending also.

[@m00nl1e9]

pros: barney gives gordon the beer he owes him cons: half life 2 never happens

[@realkekz]

Half Life 2 is just an alternate ending of this mod.

[@theblackmesaresearchfacili1079]

And then Gordon lived happily ever after with the scientists and never had to go to war with the resistance What a lovely way to end half life

[@TheTriangle444]

Wow, this mod is worthy enough to actually be considered canon.The level design, the writing and the idea of freeing the Vortigaunts yourself and fighting back the grunts feels very genuine!

[@r.o.b8728]

dude how can it be canon when we know that gordan choose the job you need to learn what canon means

[@user-uo8ny1kj4c]

@@r.o.b8728 it could be canon if valve ever releases a alternative universe DLC where gordon joins the 7 hour war

[@mrflippo407]

1:45 DID HE REALLY EXTINCT THE GRUNTS? I mean, you destroy an incubation factory that gives birth to grunts but really? When I finished hl when I was a kid I didnt know what he was talking about.