I was NOT expecting a HORROR GAME | Half Life | BLIND Playthrough | Episode 1

[@avkgacc3499]

17:20 You didn't click enough times to blow up the lunch!? Nooo, you can't break a canon moment that easily, it's unacceptable!😭

[@mitsuhiro72]

LMAOOO

[@hyperteleXii]

Fundamental limitation of consistent player control. Everyone won't investigate everything.

[@Genesivare]

I didn't click enough times until n-teenth gameplay as well. And I bet many other people didn't as well.

[@KraptainKrunCh]

@@Genesivare Generational difference, back then we were hardwired to click everything.

[@Genesivare]

@@KraptainKrunCh I don't know what generation are you, but I was born in 1988.

[@jdsawesometaz]

PRO TIP: Press the F6 key to quicksave and the F7 key to quickload. Quicksave often.

[@jdsawesometaz]

Another pro tip, most weapons have a primary fire (left click) and alternative fire (right click) pressing right click with the shotgun does a double barrel shot tjat shoots 2 shells (somehow) that does more damage, but uses up more ammo

[@boq780_2.0]

Didn't even know this, I was just constantly saving through the menu

[@ahmetdenizsezgin]

quicksave often sent me to jolly wangcore

[@Yora21]

Pro-pro Tip: Assign quick load to a different key. Restarting the whole chapter is only a single slip of the finger away.

[@cocoelacanth]

@@Yora21 also make sure to clear the controls before changing them, or you'll end up with multiple keys that do the same thing

[@GugureSux]

It's always a joy to see completely clueless first-timers play such magnificent classics for the first time, blind. 1998 was an INSANE year for games, with ground breaking titles like HL1, RE2, Zelda:OoT, Grim Fandango, Pokemon R&B, Thief... etc, dropping within few months! On that note, my #1 protip for any "young" player diving into the pre-2000s gaming: Read the game's manual first! If the game has a Tutorial mode (ie. HL's Hazard Course), do finish it too.

[@tommcewan7936]

Don't forget Unreal 1!

[@Genesivare]

You forgot StarCraft.

[@BeescyYT]

@@GugureSux Oh, and Sonic Adventure as well.

[@wuffdog]

1:07:07 poor guy couldn't handle the stress!! as far as i'm aware, NPCs in half-life's engine can only carry out one task at a time, sequentially. i believe at some point he took enough damage to die, but was stuck pathfinding back and forth infinitely until you came and broke him out of that loop. the moment he stood still, he realized he should be dead and just fell over haha bro was literally too busy to die.. like same

[@rgerber]

However it is possible, Valve actually programmed a sudden heartattack event. They added so much tiny details, most would not even notice

[@lurkerrekrul]

I used to set off the turrets in the last room of the Hazard Course as the security guard was inputting the code. They'd be turning him into Swiss cheese, but he wouldn't die until he'd finished.

[@bogda1996]

damn, he's blind and still finds a way to play his favourite game! Respect!!

[@nickl6373]

blind grind fs in the chat

[@astro-n6b]

bro hes not blind its called blind playthrough

[@nickl6373]

@ he's blind dumbass

[@Ediellee1]

@@astro-n6bmissed the jokes award goes to you

[@astro-n6b]

@ so

[@cocoelacanth]

A few notes: - You can switch between weapons by pressing the number keys on your keyboard, or by scrolling through the list with your mouse. You can also press Q to quickly switch between the last two weapons you've used. - MP3 volume only controls the background music. _Everything_ else, including NPC dialogue, is controlled by the "sound effects" slider. Unfortunately, there is no way to change the dialogue volume separately. - Whenever you open the weapon menu, it stays open until you select a weapon-which could screw you up if you're not expecting it during a high-action segment. Later games make the menu disappear automatically after a few seconds. - Many enemies do indeed have weak spots; in the case of most humanoid NPCs, it's the head. - Crouch-jumping in Valve games works as if your character is pulling their legs up in midair. It can be helpful to get to slightly higher platforms that the normal jump isn't high enough to reach. - Those things that look like barnacles... are indeed barnacles! - At 50:00, you fell into the crusher at the bottom of the ravine. The water is perfectly safe to swim in!

[@fllthdcrb]

"Many enemies do indeed have weak spots; in the case of most humanoid NPCs, it's the head." In real life, people who aren't snipers are usually taught to aim for the torso, because you're most likely to get a hit that way, which is the most important thing. It's probably different, though, in a game like this where getting hit is not the least bit debilitating. "Those things that look like barnacles... are indeed barnacles!" Well, they're _called_ "barnacles". Not the same as the Earth animals by that name, aside from their attaching themselves to certain surfaces.

[@cocoelacanth]

@fllthdcrb That is actually a good point-torso shots are much easier to pull off than head shots, even in Half-Life. If you _can_ get a head shot, though, it usually does more damage. And... oh man, I knew I should have been more specific with the barnacles. I was going to say that, but I felt like my comment was getting way too long.

[@Tayvin4042]

21:56 *LASER* Caution *LASER* Caution *LASER* Caution What could it mean?

[@jameson32]

What cracks me up is that after the accident, there's a laser beam "leaking" out of it erratically, as though it were a fluid.

[@kokojack]

I can hear that lmao

[@StevenJShow]

Ah, Freeman's Mind. Good taste.

[@JuanGamer0202]

Its soo cool to see somebody reacting to HL like it just released, like not expecting horror in a fps, being thrown into this world, really shows how good this game is

[@praevasc4299]

Many people today can't understand how revolutionary and groundbreaking was back then, to have NPCs which actually interact with the environment. Previous shooter games either did not have any characters at all except for the enemies, or they were just standing/walking/running around, but not really interacting with the environment.

[@fllthdcrb]

It was also one of the first games to use skeletal animation.

[@mercurioslevin1877]

@@fllthdcrb I still shudder thinking back to the old vertex based animations and the odd undulation and pulsing the models did but it was still damn impressive back then

[@MFJorge]

Very cool! Don’t forget almost everything is intractable always break those boxes! Small thing at 16:35 if you pressed the microwave buttons a lot a the microwave blows up the scientists casserole. These recent playthroughs are really good 👍

[@datguy12100]

Oh my, are you going to do the whole series? IF so, you should totally sneak in the Black Mesa fan remake in there at some point.

[@SimonG258]

Play Black Mesa after all the other games, it will truly make you appreciate all of the technological advancements that happened since HL.

[@raptordan166]

"I'll do it on hard." Massive mistake.

[@fllthdcrb]

Indeed. Modern games' difficulty is a joke by comparison. Even "easy" in _HL1_ is hard by today's standards. And "hard" changes some things aside from just ammo, damage, and healing amounts. We'll get to see some of those later on. My favorite of those changes, though, is probably (spoiler for a bit later in the game) ubj gur Oynpx Bcf (juvpu ner nyernql punyyratvat gb svtug) ner tvira bcgvpny pnzbhsyntr, znxvat gurz uneqre gb frr.

[@tafferinthedark]

Someone else said it already but yeah, you had your "Look, Gordon! Ropes!" moment. hahaha

[@sindurwavesismaturf]

32:05 - Headcrab 39:43 - Houndeye 43:16 - Vortiguant 49:25 - Bullsquid 49:46 - Barnacle

[@Crazyguy_123MC]

Not a spoiler just a fun fact. This game takes place in the same universe as Portal. They actually make references to Black Mesa in both Portal games. Black Mesa kept beating Aperture for DoD contracts and government funding which made Aperture’s CEO very bitter. Black Mesa also stole some Aperture tech so they were mad about that too.

[@BeescyYT]

Heh, "Brain Mites", never heard that kind of name for the Headcrabs before. A pro tip: the vending machines' drink cans, when dispensed, can actually give you health, but only one health point each. But keep going with the game, and good luck!

[@connieredacted7557]

It's so nice to see a slower type of playthrough, most are too quick to rush through for my tastes Good stuff :)

[@UnclePengy]

20:33 I only just recently found out that "You're in the barrel today" is the punchline of a dirty joke told in the navy.

[@Julian_H]

Really fun to watch someone go in blind. Really reminds me what makes this series so special.

[@VanillaModTeam]

Glad you are enjoying. As someone else said pretty much every weapon has a right click alternate fire that fits some other purpose, so play around with that. Also don't think you mentioned it/knew but Portal and Half-Life actually take place in the same universe which is pretty interesting to think about considering all the chaos of both games. Hope you like the rest of the playthrough : )

[@fusionfirefox]

Man you're on a roll with the legendary games lately!

[@ninamercer6807]

The word "anomalous" refers to things that don't follow the established laws of physics, biology, etcetera.

[@thymii]

it was surprising that anyone would be foreign to the term, I guess you can't expect that much from american education.

[@ZylonBane]

It's not just scientific. It can apply to ANY kind of thing that's an anomaly, which just just means that it deviates from the norm.

[@cursedwither7888]

Love seeing people do blind playthroughs, lets hope nothing gets spoiled for you in the comments. 49:47 love you how guessed their exact name you're probably going to be playing through this for a while longer but if you want an amazing story game to play through in the future i couldn't recommend god of war & god of war ragnarok more. (also another one thats just very fun and cute would be wandersong)

[@MagnetismR]

Oh man, you're hitting all the beats, I'll be watching the full thing for sure, this is such a treat. Hard difficulty? Jeeeesus I hope you're an FPS veteran, Half-Life gets brutal in the later stages.

[@nickl6373]

ive never thought about gordan being such a chad till you were like "phd? mit? 27? fit? shoots guns?" lol

[@Jean-LucPicard85]

Old and friendless is the perfect time to get into Half-Life. :) Your head in the sun is a flashbang though. Weapons in HL have a secondary firing mode, the shotgun fires off two rounds at once for example.

[@fllthdcrb]

This is a good thing to point out. Many of the secondary fires are quite important. Some of them aren't actually firing, but instead toggle something. We haven't gotten to _those_ yet, but it's good to keep in mind. Always check what secondary fire does with each weapon.

[@eccentriastes6273]

And on hard mode, it usually pays to use the double shotgun blast.

[@luancervantes6124]

and you're lucky getting to experience the game for the first time AFTER the anniversary patch, that's awesome dude have a great playthrough :)

[@Yora21]

As a North German, being a bit late at 8:47 implies work starts at 8:45.

[@mattmullett9521]

FYI Hard is kinda punishing. All it does it give you less health in wall stations and medpacks and make the enemies do more damage. No AI changes or anything else over medium. Edit: Oh! It does change two things. Vortigaunts attack much faster, i.e. they charge up faster and shoot lightning sooner. And some changes to a minor enemy later on. No spoilers.

[@fllthdcrb]

Specifically, the Vortigaunts* take 2 seconds to charge their electric attacks on easy and medium. On hard, they take only 1 second. * Fun fact: In HL1, they are actually known only as "alien slaves". This is because of the cuffs and collars they wear, and how (spoiler for something you're not supposed to know initially) gurl ner zvaq-pbagebyyrq ol pregnva perngherf (gurzfryirf xabja nf "Pbagebyyref"). Nygubhtu V guvax zbfg crbcyr arire qvfpbire guvf, va gur puncgre "Vagreybcre", lbh svaq fbzr Ibegf gung vtaber lbh... hayrff n Pbagebyyre trgf pybfr rabhtu, gura gurl fhqqrayl nggnpx. The name "Vortigaunt" was introduced in _HL2._

[@roelieboy204]

Yesssss! I was so sad I couldn't watch your Subnautica below zero playthrough because I wanted to forget it so I could play it again. But I'll be happy to see you play this game, maybe even play half life 2 after? Maybe Alyx?? And maybe TF2?!!

[@RevenantFox]

It's interesting to watch someone who *has* experience playing videogames play the original Half-Life, because while I am seeing some rookie errors, it's not the frustrating kind of rookie errors. More a case of "I can play, I'm not the best, but you're not watching me fail to crouch jump for half an hour"

[@Its.Mine1]

I love watching these video`s of people playing the first Half-Life and seeing their reactions because i think they were expecting the game to be rubbish but they were not.

[@epicredhot5675]

49:50 "Look, Gordon! Ropes!"

[@peril.of.solace]

woah this is the first video i saw from you and i love your play style, keep up the good work can't wait for more!

[@thomaswilkinson6101]

I have never seen anyone trigger the alarm through the desk! 11:52 didn't know you could do that!

[@KneelB4Bacon]

When this game first came out, it took 5-6 seconds between those level breaks. Now, with modern hardware, it's almost instantaneous.

[@Bunny99s]

The game was split into about 100 "levels" / maps but they used 10 just for the initial train ride :) While they reused some of the assets through out the game, a lot was specifically made / used in that intro which is kinda crazy. Gabe made the right decision to left Microsoft.

[@Huzzy283]

Glad you liked it! I remember buying and playing this when it first came out. It. Was. Incredible. So much ahead of its time. And still holds up very very well.

[@Action2me]

11:53 you accidentally pressed the button behind his desk. I didn’t even know it was possible to do from the front 😂

[@TheTechCguy]

Seeing new people playing one of my childhood’s best all time favorite video games humbles me. After more than 20 years of playing this game, I’m humbled. This series is a treat, man. 💯👌😎

[@LazerFocus3113]

There are times I feel like the YT algorithm just kind of works and I think like this is one of them! 😆Interesting listening to your history with the game(Or lack of I suppose!).

[@ethanlivemere1162]

I randomly got recommended this but I'll be watching all your Half-Life vids if you keep up this quality! I always like someone who actually takes their time in the opening to interact with things, the best details are often found in introductory sections. You're in for a treat with this series. I kid you not when I say the Half-Life series is my biggest fandom of all time. I love how close you are with some of the names, shows they were accurately named. "Brainmites" - so close, yet so far. "They look like barnacles" - well that's exactly what they are :) And the "dogs" were indeed meant to behave dog-like (hence the name "houndeye"). They are actually coded as pack animals and their attacks get stronger when they're in a group, which you can notice by the color of their attacks. They were originally intended to be able to fight alongside you, but when playtesters just kept killing them they scrapped the idea. Oh, and the cockroach AI is actually very advanced in this game (there's a video about their AI being better than the AI of pedestrians in Cyberpunk). They flee from light and are attracted to corpses, meat chunks and blood.

[@NayakaSukaKartunJepang]

Can't wait for you to experience hl2 and wait for hl3 just like the rest of us!

[@ijustreview]

49:52 "Am I supposed to swing on them?" LOOK GORDON, ROPES!

[@Genesivare]

Didn't even pick up the battery from the locker after putting on the suit... noticed the battery, but did not take it anyway... EDIT: And he didn't pick up the battery from that downed elevator either... And he got that poor security guard killed... A pistol with one magazine is a poor trade for a companion with unlimited ammo...

[@heatherkirks2902]

Anomalous is plural of annomly, also AFTER you finish playing if you want to laugh i strongly recommend you watch freeman's mind a full playthrough through in the mind of gordon freeman. It's hilarious 😂

[@PikuAuddy116]

I hope you actually complete this game and the 2 expansions as well I'm sure you will have the time of your life, these games are amazing .

[@kakophonien6514]

*3

[@VinVonVoom]

In the training room there's a locked door which the announcement system tells you is off when you walk up to it but it actually gets progressively sassier and then annoyed as you attempt to open it. I like to think that's what inspired GlaDOS.

[@jdsawesometaz]

The security guard you first meet that dies to the zombie after the test chamber explosion actually survives on normal and easy difficulties

[@ethanlivemere1162]

He survives if you help him

[@lurkerrekrul]

7:37 - "I don't know what anomalous means." - Anomalous, derived from "anomaly", meaning something strange or out of the ordinary. 33:51 - "Well we're not going down there." - There's a battery for your suit at the bottom of the elevator shaft. Half-Life really rewards you for exploring. 37:08 - "Does not let me out." - You were too far away/not lined up properly, to open the door. There's a cool little scripted scene if you do. 57:58 - "There's a health kit up there, but I don't know how I'm supposed to get up there." - You can only reach it by getting off the elevator as it passes the platform on the way down. 1:03:41 - "Now how do I get up there?" - You need a small crate to use as a step, to get on the larger crate.

[@N3Selina]

playing on hard from the get-go. you're brave. welcome on board :)

[@CantoTheDegenerate666]

18:10 Marc Laidlaw is the guy who wrote Half-Life 1 and 2/episodes' stories.

[@epicredhot5675]

not sure what happened around 40:00 - how that was supposed to happen is that the scientist gets pulled into the vent, then the giblets you saw spewing out would happen roughly a second later

[@FunyDogie-u9t]

the books by marc laidlaw in gordon's locker are real books written by the game's writer btw

[@NikkusNam]

I somehow forgot what a blind playthrough is, and I thought you'd be a blind person playing half life

[@boq780_2.0]

Funnily enough there is a blind KZbinr who does let play videos but I can't remember what his channel name is, unfortunately I don't think he would play half life because there's not really any accessibility settings

[@bjarne431]

The whole opening sequence before and after the event is such amazing game design, show dont tell. You don’t get such game design nowadays

[@r2dezki]

Playing on hard mode and running head-first into every headcrab is certainly a vibe.

[@RxAxVxExN]

almost EVERY gun has alternate fire mode on right click

[@kesorangutan6170]

tip: most weapons have an "alt-fire". Your shotgun magically turns into a double barrel by simply right-clicking it. Another tip: you can switch to previously selected weapon by pressing Q key. You can also bind keys to weapons using the console.

[@pezdispencer113]

"I think these things are sentient, they've got like clothes" referring to the Vautigaunt's slave collars lol.

[@chza1181]

Awesome cant wait for part 2, this game is great!

[@GoldSrc_]

For scientists to heal you, you need to hold E. You play DRG? Rock and Stone brother ⛏.

[@tmaster42]

1:18:10 Those are the sounds of the headcrabs

[@rx303303]

It was indeed planned as a horror game. Valve took Quake 1 engine and thought to make game based on Stephen King's The Mist - secret military laboratory, experiment gone wrong, and alien world pouring into ours.

[@KingPinniped]

Helps to treat the guards as mobile turrets for cover/backup fire instead of leaving them alone like 01:06:05. They can't move and attack at the same time like you can, so you're the lure and tank by default.

[@ImprovedCameraman]

16:37 If you keep pressing it the food inside will eventually explode

[@diegovargasdiego]

You blow up dude’s microwave casarole

[@ImprovedCameraman]

@diegovargasdiego 🤷‍♂️

[@R0d_1984]

'90s: Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D Going 3D: Metal Head, Descent, Quake - HL... A new millennium: Unreal, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty Battlefield 1942 Half-Life 2, CoD4: Modern Warfare, Bioshock, Crysis I've been gaming for nearly 27 years. At 8:40, he sees the G-Man and doesn't know it.

[@FunyDogie-u9t]

your vibes are so overwhelmingly old youtube, i love it

[@hereelabs]

Two things that some else might've pointed out, but I feel obligated to do in case. A lot of weapons have alternate fires! For example, the shotgun's alternate fire is super strong, but uses double the amount as ammo, and the pistol has a rapid fire mode with less accuracy. Also, you can quickly swap to your last used weapon with 'Q', which might help you in a pinch!

[@keeby4]

I love the combat encounters in this game, you kinda have to hide behind and stuff and cook grenades often if you don’t want to get obliterated it’s good shit.

[@RasputinReview]

>old enough to be bald >never played half life

[@TheMagistrium]

You can be bald as early as 19 tho.

[@ambi_cc8464]

@@TheMagistriumhe said he played the orange box in high school tho I think

[@ZylonBane]

"I don''t know what anomalous means." Oh this is going to be a wild ride.

[@Sesshoumaru888]

After you are done with HL1, play ALL of HL2, you just have to be one of us. You'll understand what I mean when you finish all the games

[@1Rekuiem]

Lmaooo I was gonna say you look older than me! 7:25

[@Kernowparadise]

Out of all the times that I have played this game, I have never tried to turn off the lights in that room at the start while the dudes are looking at equations on the board, that was honestly pretty funny to witness. 😂

[@UnclePengy]

52:55 amazed you did that in one try 😮

[@GlorytoTheMany]

39:48 Never saw this animation glitching like that! Kind of a unique experience.

[@FrankyGuyMan]

Those mites are called head crabs and they devour the body and keep the host alive so they can find a new host. Basically those claws are well bone.

[@aurimasm]

A masterpiece in story building

[@nmheath03]

When the barnacle (that is actually their name) dropped you in the water, you fell into a grinder, the water itself is fine.

[@sheilatindell6047]

YES! My childhood favorite game.

[@unfortuitousash]

i love seeing people try out half life. you should check out black mesa at some point, its a modern remake of half life and its pretty friendly to new players to the franchise.

[@diegovargasdiego]

Gordon doesn’t need to hear this, he’s a highly trained professional So happy to see this

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

I honestly forgot how "horror" this game was until I saw you playing it. For me, Half-Life is a natural extension of older games like Doom and Quake and Duke Nukem 3d where all the "horror" was mostly just fun and games and kids going "oh that's soooo coooool!" You didn't look at a scientist with a headcerab and think "how sad" it was "that's an enemy with x hitpoints."

[@kakophonien6514]

Make sure to turn OFF the "auto-aim", and to enable "raw mouse input", "lower input latency", and "mouse filter".

[@dovah2167]

a legendary game, probably the father of fps in the 2000's and early 2010's i never realised the names in the credits were that funny 4:15 what's uplink? nothing much, just gotta go save Zelda x) 1:11:00 quickest foreshadowing ever x)

[@aikawayumi_art]

not sure if you actually completed the training, but at the end, I believe they'd explained that some if not most guns have a secondary fire (i.e pistols can go rapid fire at a cost of accuracy, shotguns can fire 2 shells at once, etc) Another tip, if a guard can no longer assist you (path is blocked and no way of backtracking) you can kill them for an extra pistol rounds XD

[@mercurioslevin1877]

there game that is currently in early access called Abiotic Factor is pretty much what would the rest of the science team have to do if Gordon Freeman didnt turn up for work that day, - its a survival game set in a covert lab during a series of scientific disasters and players need to team up and cobble together gear to find out what happened and escape all done in late 90's art style XD

[@nickl6373]

"a business man" 14:15 lol

[@KuniiMatsu]

"They look like barnacles a little bit." Bingo!👍

[@boq780_2.0]

Oh btw here's the release order for all half life games and also the one singular portal comic: half life 1, half life opposing force (official expansion outsourced to gearbox, same with the next two), half life blue-shift, half life decay (an expansion which is only officially in the ps2 version and is co-op but can be played singleplayer by pressing select, there's also unofficial pc ports, also play xen attacks, get an a on all levels or use the cheat code for all levels unlocked), half life 2, half life 2 episode 1, half life 2 episode 2, portal, the portal ratman comic (forgot the name, you can read it online though), portal 2, the lab(vr game, not important to play, is free), bridge constructor portal (not a valve game but not a mod, plus it's fun) aperture hand lab (might be the wrong name idk, also not important to play, vr game, think is free), half life alyx (vr game but is a must play, there's a non vr mod), aperture desk job (controller required, not important to play, is free) also special mention to half life uplink, a non canon demo and secondly a web game choose your own aventure for half life 2 (only available through internet archive, may seem like there's only 3 options but you can type hidden options in the browser)

[@GlorytoTheMany]

6:10 Be careful because you can actually crouch jump out of the train, which would force a restart. But also it's typically not the new players who try and succeed in that. 😂

[@Removedlol]

if you are talking about Fahrenheit in the intro, i thought it was Celsius. So I would die in the BMRF If it was Celsius 😵‍💫

[@hylianmango8272]

Im so glad to see old school lets play videos back on youtube

[@anunnacy]

17:17 But... but... 😂😂

[@sverxrazum1130]

Half-Life Uplink is an old E3 demo before the release. It's a short 30 minutes gameplay showcase of the enemies, enviroment, mechanics and engine technology.

[@Removedlol]

can't wait until you get to HL2 EP2, as I see you're a portal fan [given the thumbnail] there's a reveal in that game

[@xxDrain]

Congratulations on finally becoming a highly trained professional.

[@EmperorAmbrose]

If you right click with the shotgun, you can fire with both barrels

[@Mstr4Pltrgst]

Switch your jump button to up and down on the mouse wheel it’s a beautiful thing

[@Mstr4Pltrgst]

Half life opposing force and blue shift are also great

[@Mstr4Pltrgst]

And left clicking to shoot will rapid fire the pistol it’s also a very beautiful thing

[@Mstr4Pltrgst]

Gordon brought a switch from home