Half-Life - Not An Exact Science

[@joej8458]

*destroys someone's lunch* "I'm very sorry, I just enjoy pressing buttons!" *immediately squirrels to vending machine* Never change Jon. Never change.

[@Novasky2007]

Its funny cause its Canon that freeman nuked that lunch, in one of the half life episodes a scientist berates gordon for destroying his lunch.

[@Oliolli3]

@@Novasky2007 "Oh, and Freeman! If you pull this off, I might just forgive you for that debacle at Black Mesa. You know the one I mean - involving a certain microwave casserole. "

[@Novasky2007]

Yes, the rocket scientist who gets you to launch the satellite.

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

I wish this was an entire play through same with the other half life games.

[@supercool1312]

insertgenericusernamehere i think he should play the portal games tbh

[@DionysusVoice]

24:50 Okay, that was amusing -- it's been over 2 decades since I've seen someone surprised by a barnacle. That alone made the whole video worth it. Thanks! :D

[@brianseguel5308]

2:12 "HBOMBERGUY! " *FALLOUT IS BETTER THAN YOU THINK INTENSIFIES*

[@poofbomb-minecraftmore1883]

Brian Seguel In his Pathologic video, hbomberguy teases that ged make a response to Jon’s video

[@brianseguel5308]

@@poofbomb-minecraftmore1883 And I can't wait to see it

[@kabobawsome]

@@poofbomb-minecraftmore1883 He's quietly said in more reserved settings that his perspective on Fallout 3 has widely changed since the original video, so I think it's probably going to be pretty different than the original.

[@Nightweaver1]

I loved that little reference.

[@hugmonger]

Did you guys notice that UpIsNotJump has been in both MaTN videos and hbomberguy videos? (Least 1) Hrmmm 🤔🤔🤔

[@alicealysia]

"Wake up, mister freeman, wake up and, smell the ashes" -hbomberguy

[@daniellevitz5259]

Me :"ohh half-life" smiles Jon: "... a game that is 22 years old" me: smile fades...

[@boujounomono]

Black Mesa remake 1.0 will be released on March 5th

[@ninino86]

In 1998 I was twelve. This wasnt my kind of game at the time, so Ive never seen the pure original gameplay. I came of age with Portal. So this is great.

[@rudolph2937]

Why did your smile fade?

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

@@rudolph2937 He realized that he is old

A game as old as me Hah...I feel fucking old.

[@Jayfive276]

Wrench-wielding? *WRENCH-WIELDING???* Burn him! BURN THE HERETIC!

[@anumeon]

There is but one man who can wield the Wrench.. The man of destiny, the one. The only. Corporal Shepherd...

[@xmus4023]

Obviously he must be with the Military.

[@supercool1312]

peter obermuller also morgan yu

[@sprungdig8027]

Even though it's in the one-offs playlist I would absolutely love for this to be a full series

[@Razzl3Dazzl3]

Feels like a few more parts of this would do him better going into half life 2 vs how much he got in this. Theres still alot of plot he is missing skipping ahead.

[@danielf3623]

I just want him to get to the giant tentacle monster in the silo.

[@sprink88]

As jon might say "...at this point, I think you get the idea." Also, ow.

[@rancidrance875]

Jon's commentary is giving me very strong Freeman's Mind flashbacks

[@CaptainAwsome]

"That puts me at 12 counts of 'self defense'."

[@fishpop]

Freeman's Mind is still going, albeit slowly. He's making his way through Half-Life 2 and is on the boat section.

[@rancidrance875]

@@fishpop don't worry I'm still watching it

[@thisisalreadytaken]

"I ORDERED YELLOW BLUR... THAT'S CLEARLY GREEN!" -reminded me of Gunther Hermann from Deus Ex: "I wanted orange, it gave me lemon-lime"

[@TheGeekCupboard]

The machine would not make a mistake.

[@thisisalreadytaken]

The Geek Cupboard ”It’s the maintenance man. He knows I like orange”

[@Nightweaver1]

@@thisisalreadytaken So you think the staff has some kind of plot?

[@MrVertigoStudios]

What a shame.

[@Orosian5]

@@Nightweaver1 Yes. They do that on purpose.

[@maddiewettach4954]

Head-canon: The tram is really for tours, not employees. Gordon Freeman is just a nerdy intern who loves theme park rides and chose it over the stairs.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This game brings back SO MANY memories, this video is a huge wave of nostalgia.

[@gunmunz]

The game it self and 'Freeman's mind' from the mid 00's

[@Oooga-Chaka]

I love watching people who haven’t played it before

[@cartermariano]

When the UI first appeared, it was impossible not to remember my CS 1.6 days.

[@drmlabs]

@@cartermariano lol 1.6 was the sh*t, !!

[@cartermariano]

@@drmlabs Since I was always bad at FPSs, I usually played it by myself, with bots. People still kick me out of CSGO games when I decide to leave my comfort zone.

[@FinneousPJ1]

"Soldiers, this is good" Little did he know

[@Knut92]

Hey Jon, do you know "Freeman's Mind"? You are accidentally recreating that KZbin-series :D

[@gunmunz]

Only instead of a lovable asshole losing his mind we have a british intern kinda just bumbling his way though.

[@Novasky2007]

Intern Freeman is Best Freeman

[@ninino86]

@@gunmunz The best.

[@weekendwarrior5303]

@@gunmunz Intern Freeman - First Day on the Job

[@s3xit-rexi635]

Omfg I remember watching that ages ago and I forgot what it's called. This immediately reminded me of it and I'm definitely going to binge right now

[@noldocelu3326]

1998 was indeed a great game year; Medievil, Metal gear solid, Spyro the dragon, Tenchu stealth assassin, Rainbow six, Grim Fandango, Cool boarders, Resident Evil 2, Gex enter the gecko, Tekken 3, StarCraft, Fallout 2, Thief the dark project, Baldur's gate and probably more. Great times indeed!

[@Maladictem]

This game series created such a strong quicksave reaction in me, that I kept getting the urge to hit F6 during this video.

[@Conradical316]

Nobody : Jon: *shoots scientist in the face* Also Jon: "I saved someone today"

[@leod.v.3854]

Well he did miss his face so technically saved him with bad aim

[@pattyboywales]

I request a full play-through of this and Half Life 2!

[@JaxomPL]

Black mesa maybe?

[@DrLipkin]

@@TheHuffmanator Only about half way, appropriately enough.

[@Eastonfection]

Jon, if you’re interested in an updated version of this game, I’d recommend you check out ‘Black Mesa’. It’s a community remake that vastly improves the graphics without compromising the gameplay

[@ManyATrueNerd]

I'm aware of it, but it just felt weird to play a fan remake over the original game.

[@Mobysimo]

@@ManyATrueNerd I recommend trying it out after playing the original. It could be cool for a stream

[@anumeon]

@@ManyATrueNerd The original will always be the best. (obviously) But the updated graphics and increased levelsizes of the Black Mesa remake makes for a really nice experience (Right down to the mentions of TPS reports) May be fun to have as a stream at some point in future.

[@roprope511]

@@ManyATrueNerd It's worth a think! It's a really good reimagining of the original, even though it's a fan production. I'm pretty sure Black Mesa has even gotten an official thumbs-up from Valve, although then again so did Hunt Down The Freeman...

[@burntbybrighteyes]

He literally addressed it in the beginning of the video

[@ripdimebag42]

I remember this being the most amazing looking game I'd ever seen as a kid but it scared the shit out of me

[@speedingoffence]

I like to picture the crab thingys going "weeeee" as the slide down the elevator shaft.

[@Aaltomies]

i'm starting to love the fact new releases are lacking a lot as it means gems like this from jon

[@mrcheesemunch]

Yeah I'm hoping this brings back Why Not Wednesday in full, there's tons of games he could play for it. I know he does still do random videos like that anyway but with the release schedule as it is...well, why not?

[@NorthEevee]

They're waiting for you, Gordon. In the Test Chamber. I'm afraid we'll be deviating a bit from standard analysis procedures today, Gordon. Yes, but with good reason. This is a rare opportunity for us. This is the purest sample we've seen yet. And potentially the most unstable! Now, now, if you follow standard insertion procedures, everything will be fine. I don't know how you can say that. Although I will admit that the possibility of a resonance cascade scenario is extremely unlikely, I remain uncomfortable with the... Gordon doesn't need to hear all this. He's a highly trained professional. We have assured the Administrator that nothing will go wrong. Ah yes, you're right. Gordon, we have complete confidence in you. Well, go ahead. Let's let him in now Testing...testing... Everything seems to be in order. All right, Gordon, your suit should keep you comfortable through all this. The specimen will be delivered to you in a few moments. If you would be so good as to climb up and start the rotors, we can bring the Anti-Mass Spectrometer to eighty percent and hold it there until the carrier arrives. Very good. We'll take it from here. Power to stage one emitters in three...two...one... I'm seeing predictable phase arrays. Stage two emitters activating...now. Gordon, we cannot predict how long the system can operate at this level, nor how long the reading will take. Please work as quickly as you can. Overhead capacitors to one oh five percent. Uh...it's probably not a problem...probably...but I'm showing a small discrepancy in...well, no, it's well within acceptable bounds again. Sustaining sequence. I have just been informed that the sample is ready, Gordon. It should be coming up to you any moment now. Look to the delivery system for your specimen. Gordon! Get away from the beams! Shutting down. Attempting shut down. It's not...it's-it's not...it's not shutting down...it's not... * Scientist screams *

[@Micheal123mil]

If you done that off the top of your head you're a legend.

[@NorthEevee]

@@Micheal123mil Unfortunately not, but I'm planning on rehearsing this for 5 hours tomorrow.

[@mrtb7676]

Standard insertion procedures.

[@Wyrmshield]

Thanks for typing this out

[@ilyaas6985]

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

[@Novasky2007]

Rissssse and ssssshine

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

In 1998, this did blow my ****ing mind! I just loved that the into was interactive. It seemed like a cut-scene, then I realized you could actually walk around. It's actually far better than the similar trip in Fallout 4 Nuka World.

[@NoReplyAsset]

damn, I missed this video of yours, glad to finally watch it

[@kajo3388]

i think its time to rewatch Freeman's Mind ... Again...

[@stevefrench2875]

24:38 Who else was losing there mind when he was completely unaware of those barnacles tongues, just luckily missing them? lolll!!

[@oracleoftroy]

I was annoyed that when he was finally grabbed and mysteriously pulled up, his reaction was to look left, right and down and not towards where his character was being pulled. Who does that!?

[@rudolph2937]

4:53 I wanted orange, it gave me lemon lime

[@release_the_Diddy_list]

I always choose the right button and my hand did not slip. I do not make mistakes of that kind. It's that maintenance man. He knows I like orange.

[@mariusbrandon2617]

... you throw the lemons to the ground. Go speak to Life’s manager. I’m Cave Johnson. -Badly remembered paraphrase

[@BarbarianGod]

So why do the guard model faces look different? And I think the shotgun might sound different but that might also be youtube compression. 45:20 And the mp-5 looks different as well! Not as chunky as it originally did! Apparently they changed a lot for the HD version

[@NoReplyAsset]

5:16 Coomer locker........

[@ParallelPeach]

I have pleasant memories of watching my Dad play this during my childhood, which probably sparked my lifelong love of preferring to watch others play games rather then playing them myself!

[@Charles37400]

Honestly half life 2 is what you'll want to have played before the new game coming out because it's not going to involve Gordon as much as you think. This sets the base story and then half life 2 will be an extrodinarily different game experience with an entire new race of bad guys and collapsed society. It would probably give you a better expectation for the one coming out, especially as half life 2 actually has alyx in it who is presumably the main character of the new one

[@ausrulf]

He missed all of those scripted events in the game. He deliberately turned away from the event one time where the guard is getting eaten as well. What a shame..

[@thomaskirkness-little5809]

I probably thought 27 years old was really old back in 1998.

[@Artix3000]

9:07 He lost 16 health during that cut. The Ladder strikes again.

[@trogdor8764]

Omg... Jon actually died to a BARNACLE. That's just embarassing.

[@thomasvogel106]

Make this a series. You will not regret it.

[@EldenRingClipsAndCriticalHits]

Jon: “1998 was one of the best years for gaming” Me: *Nods enthusiastically* Jon: *Fails to mention Metal Gear Solid* Me: ...

[@TheKlink]

27:19 love this bit. still get squirts of adrenaline into my toes every time i do this bit. also the fact that you're playing this with a controller saddens me a little.

[@ericdavis2145]

YES! SUPER pumped for this one!

[@nabed4t]

In the many dozens of times I'm complete HL, I've never seen that laser cut the security guard in half at 13:20

[@cartermariano]

This so much reminds me my many hours playing Duke3D, Shadow Warrior and Blood over LAN with my friends. We used to take our PCs over someone's house and made a LAN party.

[@BRUXXUS]

A few friends and me would drag our PCs and giant CRT monitors over to our buddy's place and play this, and Descent 2, Mechwarrior 2, and a few others. That's the time another friend and me started learning how to map for HL and began making multiplayer maps. Now my gMod maps and gamemode have like 45,000 subscribers. :D I learned a lot, and have continued learning game development so I can make a full game someday!

[@stefanejegod8644]

*plays probably one of the most influencal game made in the history of gaming* "HEY, who took my post-it notes???" :D It's interesting seeing someone play this for the first time, I remember fondly stuff like the tram-ride in the beginning and being impressed just by "oh it's a first person shooter and you're moved around in this space." -Just goes to tell what stage games were back in the day. Also, the note about it not including any map markers being a "nice feature" or something like that. Well, they obviously didn't know how to do it without having to program the god damn map also :P

[@stefanejegod8644]

Also, as someone who actually played the game and knows what to come, I really enjoyed the forshadowing... "Oh soldiers, nice. They'll be helpfull..."

[@blckwtrpark3352]

your thoughts about how gordon might have started a bad first contact aren't entirely inaccurate. But he's not the first person the aliens have encountered, you find out more on that around 2/3rds of the way through the game. Also there's a quote from one of the later games something along the lines of "It wasn't that long ago that these aliens only knowledge of humanity was a crowbar coming at them down a dark hallway." So good job on your assumptions there.

[@KatastrophicNoodle]

I got stuck here: 18:13 because for the life of me, *it did not let me past those doors*. I squeezed, I squished, I bashed, I mashed, but nothing let me through. It's like the invisible wall was still there or something.

[@outdun]

I started watching you because Fallout is my favorite game series of all time and now you are playing Half-Life, my second favorite game series of all time. THANK YOU! I'm glad you seem to appreciate that like the Fallout games, Half-life games are able to tell you a story without actually telling you what's going on. I would say to play more Half-Life because the story is great, but the game play is a bit repetitive for a series. But yes please play Half-Life 2, and I would highly recommend making a series out of it if possible, or at the very least play it in it's entirety on you own time because the story, atmosphere, and game play is quite engaging throughout and graphically it holds up really well.

[@blckwtrpark3352]

"okay shoot everyone....okay not you....maybe you" good lord man.

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Inside Jonmans mind

[@ianmiller6040]

"Has my skull not popped out, for once? No! It hasn't!"

[@NthDoctorWho]

This is gonna be painful to watch. And I'm going to enjoy every moment of it.

[@madsvesterby2373]

Can we maybe expect some Subnautica in the near future?

[@vicentetemes5793]

24:50 Look Gordon, ropes! We can use them to help with pits!

[@ithinkihadeight]

I was 16 when this came out, the mind really does nostalgia over some of the textures, but still a groundbreaking game.

[@derpdiamonduniverse1523]

"HEY I KNOW YOU! F MAN, G BLOKE!"

[@shotgunshells2]

"HBOMBERGUY!"

[@jota_efe]

4:54 You could say you wanted orange, but it gave you lemon-lime

[@Katarian80]

I had a surprising strong emotional response to being reminded this game is 22 years old. 1998 was a pretty good year and I remember playing this and those other games you mentioned in my first year at university. There is also no way this is the original version of Half Life. This is what Half Life looks like in my sepia tinted memories, in reality actual original 1998 Half Life looks like complete crap. This is some sort of updated version that looks more like original Half Life 2.

[@cavemanfreak]

Black Mesa, a fan-made remake with Valve-support has finally been finished as well! You should consider trying that as well!

[@lonergothonline]

for reference, half life decay was like a prequel to half life 1, showing how the sample gets to the test chamber, blue shift was like a sequal, where you follow the story of a security guard, then with opposing force we got the final sequel I can recall, in which you play as a soldier. I'm not sure if scientists got any representation though. After this is half life 2 stuff starting with its prequel, half life Alyx which is yet to be released, then 2, then episode 1 and then 2. I don't recall any further content other than mods, lots and lots of mods. A jolly Wang core bumbles his way through some notable mods he is hilarious.

[@PointerPapa]

As soon as this began I was counting the seconds until Jon got eaten by the ceiling venus flytrap

[@brandonwelsh5090]

This game is older than I am and I still feel old

[@dan1986ist]

Fun fact, those who've played Half 2 Episode 2 may have picked up on the callback to an incident involving a certain microwave casserole.

[@BigBobster86]

41:00. My brother and I had Half Life on our computer and I only managed to make that jump once. Of course I ended up missing another jump and dying. I always thought our version was glitched.

[@_asleep9164]

Did I hear "I've never played Half-Life," I played it and it came out 6 years before I was born.

[@ninino86]

God, you're young...

[@SilentReaperOFC]

24:39 Look Gordon! We can use these ropes to ge-HELP ME GORDON!!

[@GorillaGamingo011]

Tl:Dl being extremly young with a phd seems possible, country specific. so in scotland a full tiem study phd can take just 4 years. highschool ends at 16 at the earliest (considered an adult in the scotland) or 18 at the oldest (it's optional). maybe he's scottish? like we teach college level clases within our high school system so you can go stright from highschool to uni. quite alot of people do it aswell thanks to free tutitan for undergrades. you have to meet the requirments while not obtaning a quilfication at the same level you're applying for. doing so would mean you have to pay to study at that level. oh and you have to be a citizen of scotland, or the eu for the forseeable future.

[@gnaskar]

In Norway you also need to have a Masters Degree (which takes 5 years) before you can even apply for a PhD. That means: graduate High School at 18/19, plus 5 years in a masters degree + 4 years for the PhD (2 years of research and 2 years of work for the company paying for the research). So 27 is the absolutely earliest you could start a job as a doctor. On the other hand, Freeman could have been taking his PhD through Black Mesa (or FFI, which is the Norwegian equivalent). In which case he'd have been working there for 4 years already.

[@Nyhde]

Christmas '98 - yeah, that intro was definitely something we had never seen. Edit: okay, I'm impressed! First time playing and you crouch jumped the latter mine like a seasoned professional.

[@benjaminfisher6428]

25:14 Those Are Not Ropes - Gordon Wayne Freeman

[@saraki4311]

I imagine the suit is close to what Tony Stark has. Including the function to deal with your nature's call.

[@Zeppelee]

Ironically, the color scheme of Tony's Mk XXXVI, also known as the Peacemaker, was inspired by the HEV suit.

[@insaneman987]

It never gets old watching people play through Half-Life for the first time! So glad you decided to do this Let’s Play John

[@blackpyro91]

Huh. Did not expect this. Guess he wasn't kidding about this being a dry month or two

[@felix34ever1]

We cant have him go to hl2 without you know, finishing *all of thr first game and expansions* first

[@unjaruk]

Half Life 3 confirmed?

[@mrpages6384]

Oh yeah the meme is back

[@Novasky2007]

3:33 confirmed

[@BladeDevil]

Jon, I hate you for telling me how old this is. like, a LOT.

[@StonedVorlon]

Great vid! One small note though, the graphics in this version aren't the 1998 launch graphics. These are the updated graphics form the 2001 expansion Blue Shift. The original launch graphics had much worse character and weapon models.

[@BlockheadJiujitsu]

Honestly, this was one of the best videos on this channel that didn't involve grand strategy. HL1 still holds up today, incredibly so. Made me want to replay it but I would love to watch someone new to it figure the rest of the game out.

[@TheGrinningViking]

Jon must finish this, the space baby is his spirit animal.

[@kurdaitcha5806]

It looks really good for 1998 cause you're using the HD model and texture set that was released with the Blue Shift expansion, originally in 2001 on WON then 2005 on Steam as an update to the original. You can switch back to the 1998 spec graphics in the video options. The only major difference is higher polycount models on HD.

[@keithhh2892]

FINALLYYY!!!!! The game I've been waiting for you to play for years..

[@jonchambers1233]

9:03 No not Steam they were Valve back then 😂

[@fromfin90]

actually if i may nitpick, Valve is the company behind Steam, Steam is the storefront, Valve is the owner

[@tafferinthedark]

24:38 Look Gordon! Ropes! hahahahahaha

[@charlesbeavers9771]

Ahh great game. Remember playing this with a group of friends watching and waiting for me to die so they could get a turn.

[@Ikcatcher]

Can’t wait for Jon to play Hunt Down The Freeman

[@Robopercy]

15:24 - 15:31: Actual footage of Jon just wacking it

[@Borgenviking]

What I would give for a Half Life 2 complete series...

[@atrofiated]

I remember purchasing this game in 1998, my Pentium 133MHZ took sometimes minutes to load each area and I had no sound card, so most of the time was guessing what I needed to do. (Going up to press the button took awhile). Still, it's a really fun game I revisit from time to time.

[@CasualKiwiYGO]

My head cannon is that the phd was knocked down in revenge for the destroyed lunch.

[@ruddiko]

I can't wait for you to play Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines and all it's bugs

[@gnaskar]

I want to see him do a Malkavian play-through and get into an argument with a stop sign.

[@sbsftw4232]

I can't believe you used a controller for this.

[@greenhowie]

Jon : Lists amazing games from 1998 Also Jon : forgets Metal Gear Solid

[@solidchocolate2884]

9:09 Don’t worry Jon, it’s Half Life, everybody falls off the ladders. You don’t need to cut it out.

[@LE-xo9in]

”Looks off into the distance" Source ladders man. SOURCE! LADDERS! PTSD ensues.

[@Rateus_Johanson]

"Some of you are feeling really old now" The joke's on you Jon, I'm always feeling old.

[@legion999]

"Other forms of diddly diddly dee" Jon sometimes pure nonsense comes out of your mouth

[@Embetebe]

Anyone else expecting Jon to have started the video with "this is a game I've had my eyes on for a while..."?

[@ianbishop3895]

Jon, I highly suggest you watch Ross Scott's (Accursed Farm's) machinima called "Freeman's Mind". He gives Gordon Freeman thoughts throughout the entirety of Half-Life and he is now doing Half-Life 2. Very funny and well done.

[@etherraichu]

25:00 I havent seen someone get caught by those in so long XD But of course, we all did our first time through!

[@brandybuttons1198]

im not sure if anyone else has said this but some other people made a new game called "black mesa" which is exactly the same as the original except the textures have been reworked and everything has been polished up, if you plan to make this a series i suggest you play that version for the best experience in my opinion

[@blckwtrpark3352]

Also if you liked this but wanted to try something a little more modernized try looking up "Black Mesa" on steam. It's a fanmade remake of half-life 1 but it's gotten some acknowledgement from the original creators and is a free download on Steam so doesn't require any modding or anything.

[@5Andysalive]

When you get a hint of goosebumps from a crowbar....

[@jeffreyvauxhall3260]

God i remember back in college spending my entire summer sitting down and playing half life 1 the expansions up to half life 2 episode2 those were some comfy times