Half-Life Resonance Cascade scene

[@-v0ltage-778]

*Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a highly trained professional*

[@Alienboi2005vidsandstuff]

@@яидудомой-к3г well,go ahead,let's let him in now.

[@blackr3v193]

-but i don't think we are" -last words from one of the scientists that later died in the resonance cascade

[@MisterJohnDoe]

We’ve assured the administrator that nothing will go wrong.

[@lucianocanelabarroso1626]

Minutes before the disgrace happens...

[@FELLASSTUD]

Attempt shut down shutting down its.. it’s.. not shutting down!

[@kennethchou4384]

Who knew putting a lawnmower in a laser caused a resonance cascade.

[@catluva74]

are you kidding? everyone with half a brain know use a golf cart not a lawnmower for shoving stuff into a laser.

[@deployedkitty]

Guys. Guys. It was a standard insertion procedure for a non-standard specimen. ...and that was clearly a propane garden grill!

[@Cacowninja]

It was a cart used for carrying crystals.

[@july7498]

@@Cacowninja So a lawnmower

[@Bananappleboy]

@@Cacowninja r/woooosh

[@SubBass100]

...It's not... It's not shutting down... BWAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!

[@jinx1987]

SubBass100 Hank Hill no!!!!

[@slaugh7erhaus]

GORDEEEEEEN!!!

[@Bananappleboy]

*_kaboom_* *_portal sounds_* *_breathing sounds_*

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

@@Bananappleboy You said it, man: "Kaboom!".

[@richardched6085]

3:18

[@JD867]

1:40 That sound is so iconic ^_^

[@ak47toh]

Its called zapmachine.wav, found in the Ambience folder of sound files.

[@damonnugent1993]

So iconic, that Valve kept it as the sound of the Resistance teleporters. : D

[@danannytp8509]

gordon freeman probably has ptsd from that sounds

[@mduardo]

Sounds like the Sun

[@simeonpetkov768]

Thats how a 3 phase induction motor with VFD sounds.

[@ColeConCon]

The whole world went to hell that day

[@dragon_turtle]

It's probably not a problem.

[@Tembel_Kopek]

@@dragon_turtle ... probably ..

[@ArcturusOTE]

And the multiverse too, probably

[@mortalk7445]

we doesn't need to hear all of this, we are '' *highly trained professionnials* ''

[@lemmingGTP]

does anyone know if this was a Monday? Or if Gordon made jokes in reference to "Clerks" for the rest of his day?

[@DarthJend]

@Ladiciuston The funny part? They weren't trying to open a portal. This was just an attempt at studying a fancy rock.

[@citronvannalemon]

yee

[@sammygaming5486]

DarthJend no it’s an crystal from the xen

[@Cacowninja]

@Gold Source That'd be great but then it'd have to be a different game.

[@Garik114]

@@Cacowninja actualy there will be no game, and no other parts since everything is ok)

[@SubayAdamm2]

Yep, they already had portal technology but they needed fuel. And the fuel was Xen Crystals. And this crystal was the best crystal that they had and it had more exotic matter so they wanted to study it. And the test was actually succesfull but it didnt go well

[@moahammad1mohammad]

Combine: Hey guys, some portal opened to Earth Combine: Wanna go invade it? Combine: Sure why not?

[@charadremmur9482]

*Combine join the chat* *Combine join the chat* *Combine join the chat* *Combine join the chat* *Gordon Freeman join the chat* *Combine leave from chat* *Combine leave from chat* *Combine leave from chat*

[@combineadvisorwithinternet6040]

*G-Man has joined to the chat* *G-Man banned Gordon Freeman. Reason: I am impressssed*

[@JaidenAnimations_With_Man_Face]

Combine are humans

[@samuelsgaming1407]

@@JaidenAnimations_With_Man_Face the combine aren't human. They are a inter-dimmensional union that Invade home worlds and turn the creature there into their synth army

[@PatrickStar906]

@@samuelsgaming1407 Jelly doenst need to hear all this,hes a highly trained profesional.

[@Xx_Tuberculosis_xX]

“Gordon doesn’t need to hear all this he’s a highly trained professional.” Gordon: _waiting for the door to open so he can cause a resonance cascade for the 50th playthrough_

[@ACBlackJ0ck]

"Highly trained professional"

[@crazemate]

Niko Bellic to bad the scientist let the test still pass even if it was low.

[@TheSixteen60]

“Gordon doesnt need to hear all this hes a highly trained professional” -that one scientist

[@lrm5685]

this game was so sick for its time

[@zCraZyHalox5]

for all times i guess. Half life saga is such a masterpiece. WE NEED THE 3 PART

[@bob-omb1217]

and HL2. That game looks like a game that would be made today. I wouldn't be surprised if they put it on the Switch.

[@ClankyOtter]

Definitely one of the Crown Jewels of great PC gaming experiences. Valve will always be the OG when it comes to great single-player linear story-based video games. If it weren’t for HL, I would never have played 90% of the games of played at this point in my life

[@JJtoob]

I played it for the first time around 2013 and despite being old graphics by then, it was still a highly enjoyable experience.

[@RPGCrash]

blew my mind as a 7 year old, albeit i had no idea what anything meant. we called head crabs, "Chickens".

[@jinx1987]

See none of this would’ve happened if they agreed to being bought by Aperture Science.

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

A resonance cascade! What were you thinking!?

[@blackmesa2670]

No no no! put GLADOS there everything will be fine.

[@fucku2044]

But Aperture science did a big mistake first the borealis got lost and the seconde everyone in the facility died because of deadly gas exept for 2 Chell Doug Rattman

[@ChoboUnjeon]

Won't GLaDOS spray deadly neurotoxin in Black Mesa and kill everybody tho

[@bensadfleck9972]

I thought Aperture was close to bankrupcy

[@Yizak]

Dear god, this is one creepy-ass game

[@lostobj]

you should see half life alyx

[@BoredTomcat9774]

@@lostobj This ease made 9 years ago

[@craw.54]

@@BoredTomcat9774 20 i think

[@PatrickStar906]

Especially with mr friendly

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@BoredTomcat9774 Half-Life 1 came out in 1998.

[@Spring-Blossoms]

3:32 love how a vortigaunt just falls in out of nowhere

[@blackmesa559]

From borderworld xen

[@Tonyrg1988]

The sound design was impeccable. Just the sound of the machinery itself caused a sense of unease.

[@DailyDoseofShortsVideos]

Gordan doesn’t need to hear this he’s a highly trained professional Gordan: I’m just gonna shave this shopping cart in a big ass laser

[@ATP2555ify]

Shave?

[@Terminusberminus320]

gordon freeman in the flesh. or should i say the hazerd suit

[@RobotPilots]

This is honestly one of the most, if not the *most* , famous scenes in FPS gaming.

[@Three-Headed-Monkey]

Black Mesa shouldn't have hired Dyatlov.

[@cz-pf8id]

You didn't see a Resonance Cascade. YOU DIDN'T! BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE!

[@sturycroft]

Green lasers, explosions, 2 bullsquids, 4 vortigaunts and some bricks. Not great, not terrible. I hear it’s the equivalent of 400 explosive barrels...

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

This man is delusional. Send him to the infirmary

[@blackmesa559]

​@@sturycroft cinder blocks falling from celling

[@wolfgang2539]

1:32 when you start up a pc that can handle 8k at 400fps

[@thejerd4653]

3:04 ... That look to the beam

[@_Gandalf_The_White]

It was an inside job!

[@BlackRaven241]

What are ya hinting at?

[@blackmesa559]

very immersive

[@ProfessorGopher2030]

At the time, this had to be one of the most terrifying scenes in any game whatsoever.

[@mrdarkshoe]

This part of the game is always so unsettling everytime I replay it or watch it on youtube. The growl of the AMS as the test begins, you start to picture the entire world in those last few moments, what everyone was doing at the time. Families, people at the movie theater, or the mall or just having a normal day at work, all that would immediately come to a gloomy end when the crystal was brought into contact with the AMS. Humanity's most tragic mistake.

[@Gui-San]

"2020 sucks! It can't possibly get any worse" April: 3:10

[@terraventus4263]

It’s now May, can confirm this definitely happened

[@Grocel512]

*[Coffin memes intensifies]*

[@johann_gabriel]

2020 is more worse now,the only good thing of this year is that tiktok will be banned

[@dannydevito7000]

@@johann_gabriel Sike. At least it's over though. Now we're entering hard mode.

[@johann_gabriel]

@G H with this I came to a conclusion,2020 is a very shit year and nothing will make me say me otherwise

[@MISTER_ROBERTS]

3:20 I love how dramatic they are.

[@sandwichdelta]

At least for once it wasn't Aperture Laboratories that fucked up.

[@jamesgaming9757]

joel:im not gonna push this slowly im gonna kick it *Resonance Cascade happens* scientist:Attempting shut down joel:Quick! Ctrl Alt Del!

[@rayrayy841]

They should of Alt-F4'd

[@Darkened359]

3:11 And that my friends, marks the beginning of the end...

[@linkieloos]

And from that moment on, earth was doomed.

[@yourlocalhsisrtagent2554]

The facility got fucked up

[@craw.54]

so did earth with the 7 hour war

[@Freedom21stCenturi]

Damn notice in 1998 the game respects your intelligence by saying "If you'd be so kind as to activate the rotors on on the upper level". No quest marker, no big "Objective Accomplished" shit.

[@spacious3544]

Too true, games these days hold your hand through the whole experience

[@shem7146]

Or maybe because they didn't bother having a system like that? There are plenty of old games with handholding

[@govinlock8568]

That's why I like Half Life more than most other FPS games. This game will test your memory and intelligence for finding each next move.

[@lucius_caecillius]

Sure, but the flip side of that coin is Halo CE. I still get lost playing that game. Sometimes waypoints are welcome additions.

[@govinlock8568]

@@lucius_caecillius Semi open world such as Halo CE still need objective waypoints. We are talked about linear FPS games such as Call of Duty series.

[@AtsukoR33]

I still never know how those 3 spinning cylinders stay in the air without being connected to anything :)

[@jeremymorgan4779]

Magnets

[@chezus7716]

@@jeremymorgan4779 dumb

[@sddlol19]

@@chezus7716 Magnetic force is not dumb

[@wilsonwilson3674]

@@jeremymorgan4779 Fucking magnets, how do they work?!?

[@zacharytaylor190]

@@wilsonwilson3674 for permanent magnets, by interaction between the atomic intrinsic magnetic moment and magnetic crystal domains. For electromagnets, by flow of an electric charge through a conductor and electromagnetic induction.

[@RABIET100]

When you mix all the bathroom ingredients on the bathtub as a kid

[@theamazingempiricist]

The sound design is just incredible in this whole game but especially this scene

[@Tembel_Kopek]

Shutting down ! ... attempting to shut down !

[@scottylewis8124]

It's not... It's not. It's not shutting down! It's not- aaaahh!

[@Bananappleboy]

*_KABLOWIEYUOOUOAOOM_*

[@trollgaming1911]

*breathe.wav*

[@Majorwindy]

Damn man. That droning sound is so iconic.

[@salsamancer]

It's impossible to explain how intense and amazing this was in 1998. I freaked out

[@zeytitude]

3:07 You'll only have one job Gordon, but you'll have to save Earth after this...

[@rogeryscankill962]

3:12 meanwhile inside my pc trying to run minecraft with SEUS renewed

[@justinpinard6434]

They're waiting for you, Gordon -- in the test chamber.

[@comicaze8238]

Everything about this scene sets up such a hard hitting beginning, legit have my heart rate skyrocket when I hear the turbines humming and the whole thing blowing down

[@johmedis]

Remember back when games didn't need to have life-like graphics to be fucking amazing

[@hannibalburgers477]

johmedis it had best graphics of its time

[@milton_foward]

They just had to have half-life-like graphics

[@YoshiMarioGamez]

And this is all because they wanted 4k resolution.

[@LZJoZ]

It's been donkies' years since I first played this game and I'm still recovering from the tragedy of the Resonance Cascade.

[@tarangrewal]

this comment was made 7 years ago

[@Del-Canada]

Unless you played this on release day it's hard to explain how amazing it was, witnessing this groundbreaking game and events within the game unfold before your eyes. It seemed real, and the attention to detail. A scientists giving the guard CPR, etc. Of course younger people wouldn't be amazed because this is "nothing" compared to newer franchises.

[@Legally_John]

While I don't think I'll _fully_ understand it, it really helped to keep remembering "Quake was about as advanced as it got before this."

[@Del-Canada]

@@Legally_John Was never really into Quake. Great game but never got into it. Was more a UT and HL fan when it came to online gaming. Was in a few clans back in 99/2000.

[@kiwi_2_official]

if you played this on release day (WON) youd get confused because every npc keeps falling over and dying for no reason

[@Del-Canada]

@@kiwi_2_official Maybe I forgot that. Been some time since I moved from WON to Steam. Just had my 18 Steam birthday a few months ago. Back then this was pretty innovative.

[@Del-Canada]

@@kiwi_2_official 18th

[@denifnaf5874]

3:15 dude. Benson's gonna get pissed

[@Profkol0rado]

CLEAN UP THIS MESS OR ELSE YOUR GONNA GET FIRED

[@satinsguard]

"This is a bad experiment! We are bad people! Why did we usher forth the green apocalypse?!"

[@blueaxolotl5775]

“It’s probably not a problem”

[@arseniix]

I'm over 25 now, still feeling uneasy inside that antimass spectrometer chamber

[@Callofgun]

Yeah there wasnt a HD version of this so i decided to make one Thanks for your comments :)

[@dannydevito7000]

No problem 👍

[@Mr.Bonuts]

Holy crap was 720P 'HD' 13 years ago..?

[@brutalbizness9744]

I realize now, this sounds exactly like the giant agitators on pharmaceutical fermentation reactor

[@jackaryyy]

If you wait, that guard actually gets revived

[@JCKillah]

This game was truly ahead of it's time

[@Victor-zf7qr]

GORDON! GET AWAY FROM THE BEAN!!! Shutting down... NO! Attempted shutdown... It's not..*BOOM* It's not shutting down... It's not- WAAGH AAH WAAGH AAAH *more boom*

[@Anldiot69]

We are looking for a highly decorated Dr. in physics to move to a lawnmower into a laser, in a highly advanced facility.

[@TheLivingM3m3]

theyre waiting for you gordon, in the tessst chaaambeer

[@fucku2044]

Once upon a time in the world When Games didnt needs graphic to be cool

[@DesertFennec76]

"Gordon the scientists they`re crazy"

[@SpectreFTL]

Awesome, great choice to upload in 720p.

[@jsld06_]

Epic

[@karolynesuguimoto2222]

Here's an accurate representation of mixing Mentos and Coke together.

[@nessxsavior]

This wouldn’t have happened if the scientist didn’t put it to %105 instead of %100

[@jdfef]

Most iconic scene of all time.

[@TheTechCguy]

That was the start of it all. Which sparked 20 years of mayhem all across the world.

[@onlyonemrxonlyonemry306]

Never gets old

[@WEndro333]

Where it all started...

[@gigitrix]

Appreciated a year later.

[@Hellblazer311]

I've always wondered, what's actually SUPPOSED to happen? They shoot a big laser at an alien crystal, for what purpose? And how does that somehow accidentally allow them to teleport to earth?

[@sammylambson5453]

It's an analyzer, the beams are an analyzer, But when the alien crystal goes in it becomes unstable, as you can hear from the guy talking to you at the beginning "Its the purest sample we've seen yet" "And potentially the most unstable" Which causes the resonance cascade scenario

[@kylefinn5301]

The crystal is partly composed of some sort of exotic matter, so they agitate the sample with the beam to observe its effects on space-time to see if it can be used for teleportation. The AMS was overclocked a tiny bit and the crystal was extremely pure and unstable, so when it got inserted, it got agitated too much and tore a hole in space time between earth and Xen

[@loaflad]

​@@kylefinn5301ah that makes sense.

[@softdreams1776]

this game used to scar the life out of me playing this part when it came out new lol

[@Doofenshmirtz-Evil-Inc]

my internal organs when i eat school lunch:

[@rvkice23]

"Sustaining sequence."

[@liamkubala9466]

3:11 when your science experiment went wrong at school

[@PatSlaps4Real]

Theres a reference in Doom Eternal to this

[@cristiamjulianayalapena3190]

Awesome!

[@juanme555]

The sounds...the writting...the scope...this franchise is on its own fucking league, Super Mario will always be the father of traditional gaming but Half-Life is the father of gaming with nerd culture.

[@austinb797]

I just finished watching Big Hero 6. The scene with the portal test on the island reminded me of this, particularly 2:33

[@Ubersaur]

Austin Bullock THIS IS THE EXACT REASON IM WATCHING THIS VIDEO NOW LOL

[@TheGreatPooyah]

Watching this before CERN destroys the planet

[@blackr3v193]

3:10 3:20 3:39 3:52 3:57 *explosions*

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of Half-Life Resonance Cascade scene momentum 100

[@DubsBrown]

0:30 famous last words

[@prosto_potomuwto]

Prehistoric particle accelerator, was someone just smashing two rocks. And then oppening a portal to outter darkness, for all the ktulhis and such to come and invade and swarm and cause pai

[@karts5553]

top 10 videos taken before disaster

[@HiScore_SNS]

Today, may 16th, this happens.

[@ridleymcnamara2273]

Almost broski

[@Kratos_Messi7050]

Its not, Its not shutting down, its not- *HUAEEUGH WEUGH HAUEEGUH*

[@Jayb74u]

This has to be the most badass game of the century.

[@s.e.111films3]

G-Man and his employers were the ones who caused all this, right? From the events of both games, it's clear that the Xen beings and the Combine are enemies of the Employers. The Resonance Cascade both opened a portal to Xen and called the Combine to Earth; I don't think that's a coincidence. For that reason, I think I can deduce a couple of reasons why the Employers caused the Cascade in the first place. a). To have someone else deal with Xen and/or the Combine b). To lure the Combine someplace they can be finished off in one fell swoop--putting Earth in the crossfire of whatever their plans might be The latter reason could be the reason why in Alyx, G-Man says that getting the Combine off Earth would be too large a 'push'--not because he can't do it, but because it would go against the interests of his employers. If the Combine are their enemies, they should be glad to screw them over any way they can; unless, of course, they need them on Earth for some reason. I assume they mean to wipe out the Combine by wiping out Earth somehow. This could also be why G-Man is so intent on 'hiring' people--he doesn't want all the talent he's finding on Earth to go to waste, certainly. Please keep in mind that I have never played a Half-Life game, so if any of this is blatantly wrong, there's your answer.

[@s.e.111films3]

Has it really been two years since I wrote this?

[@Henrydeaths]

testing testing

[@Lizurd249]

When i was a kid, i wanted to play counter strike so i click the game with half life icon, but then it turns out that that game is not counter strike but half life. I just play along... Then this scene played. It actually scared the living crap outta me, i can still remember that crab and the zombie with the crab head and the shivers i felt. Looking at this now... It's actually nostalgic

[@jeradpaulson771]

This like when I'm doing Programing at my workplace and then suddenly I Put in a red box indicating that is a Virus and then plant goes into a resonance Cascade

[@horseridingdubai3576]

Listen to 3:38 you can hear Gordon breathing

[@hi_elyse]

Thanks /r/watchpeopledie.

[@Hanni93472]

Reddit.....

[@colasap4449]

When you accidentally leave the fork in the bowl when you microwave something

[@randomcamera746]

this game was already 12 years old when this video was uploaded

[@dragon_turtle]

Where it all began..

[@origamigek]

that went from 0 to 100 instantly

[@Владимир-д9з2и]

Before resonance cascade 0:00 After resonance cascade 4:21

[@marioscafroglia]

Old good memories.

[@Yizak]

@Callofgun You has a point. I now want to play that out of sheer terror x)

[@pavelmatiyek]

Одни лишь звуки чего стоят, офигенная игра

[@scottylewis8124]

The day the world would change forever...

[@laughtrack2269]

What's the sound effect used at 0:48?? I cant seem to find it, but I know it's from Half-Life.

[@skrivbok]

But some years later, during the Seven Hour War...

[@plaaxys]

the sound effects in this game makes me so paranoid.

[@waitinroom]

this is why i'm here now.

[@Jinbustu]

Chernobyl April 26 1986: