The Strangest Half-Life 2 Beta Map

[@Vortagaunt]

This training course is DARK AND GRITTY

[@mercce6750]

Dark and Griddy

[@gamejunk1e]

Dark and Griddy

[@kanizan]

Dark and gritty

[@tarekcat07]

Dark and griddy

[@Vlumpty_Vonty]

Fard and griddy

[@boomdonuts9996]

The wall textures shaking at 2:22 reminds me of the hallucination sections in Cry Of Fear. The idea of these maps being set in Gordon’s mind is also a cool concept. Maybe instead of Gordon going into a deep sleep when he enters stasis, he gets these weird mind dreams that the Gman watches over or something.

[@MiningJack777]

CRY OF FEAR FTW

[@portalguy48]

I think the first hallucination in the apartments is sort of inspired by this map, you know, the one with the hands coming through the floor and rusty walls?

[@xDEADLOCKEDx2468]

Could definitely theorize this to be the "training area" before the beginning events of Half-Life 2, meaning Gordon was still in stasis by gman until then, and can explain how he was still combat proficient even if he was phased out from reality for so long, I guess in a way the gman was still keeping him ready for the kind of events he intended to drag him on later to how much more messed up reality became when his mind was only scratching the surface of it all.

[@budenovka747]

the gman sequence at the end of the hazard map was going to be reused in retail half life 2, theres an unused visgroup for it in one of the trainstation maps. theres another ''hallucination'' sequence in the zombie tunnel in the coast chapter, you wouldve entered a room and saw two citizens facing a window before backing up and screaming as a crashing car is heard.

[@somebigirl]

I believe one of the vignettes by Marc Laidlaw mentions visions similar to harzard01 during the train ride to show Gordon was still under gman's control. Maybe they planned to reuse that idea for the trainstation but decided against it to not overwhelm players

[@budenovka747]

@@somebigirl pretty sure that was intended for the original gman intro where he wouldve shown gordon what happened while he was away, the unused visgroup is in the same map where you wouldve gotten the crowbar (forgot the exact map name)

[@Chico_FatCat]

I don't know why but I actually had chills running down my spine.

[@xhuyon6737]

Yknow, the hazard course remake map was very weird, Thanks for showing the map, its my most fav of the beta

[@valinypse]

This map and that video from E3 2003 called Psyche was the reason we had a lot of theories about Gordon suffering of Catatonic Syndrome. I remember people speculating about the entirety of HL being inside Gordon's mind because he had no helmet during the experiment. It seems to been forgotten, but mid 00s it was heavily discussed in forums. I think it would make for an excellent video on this channel.

[@matijajovic8125]

Rad Haz releasing a creepy HL 2 beta video makes this day instantly 1000 times better!

[@JukoYT]

My headcannon is that all of this happens while in stasis

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Same

[@the10ofdiamondscard]

"theres a gut feeling that things have gone wrong" was it the alarms going off

[@Zinkolo]

This would have been perfect as a new training section for Half-Life 2 as a way to subvert the one in the first game I can totally see this as something Gordon went through right before the beginning of Half-Life 2 during stasis.

[@kkarhiiv95]

If you go and watch the ENG stream of the 2001-2002, 2002 era by HL2 Project Beta in their ENG stream playlist and go to the part, where they talk about hazard maps, there is more conclusive info on it. There is so much more to this.

[@MauricioJara]

I never really considered hazard_01 as a representation of Gordon's mind up to this point. That's a really fascinating way to think of the map. I dig this different format of video, it feels oddly cozy. Cheers

[@denifnaf5874]

Guess you could say Freeman's mind

[@labenvenci1584]

This map is actually a recreation. In the Leak, Hazard01 was very unfinished and uncompiled, its scripts and assets remained but the map wasn't there. It was found in another leak later on, being a map with no lightning, stretched textures and a giant TV with a feed of Kliner along and being in a conver on the hallway bit with some jumpscares thrown in. Also the tables behind those windows having spooky zombie pop-ups and a combine. Only real differences, but this is a polished recreation regardless.

[@gordonfeetman445]

do you have a youtube link to it

[@labenvenci1584]

@@gordonfeetman445 Used to with a datamine analysis video but the account with it got deleted for some reason.

[@NoVIcE_Source]

2:20 ooh thats such a simple effect but its so funky

[@hydroponicgard]

Few days ago i rewawtched your old video on Hazard, it's still fine, but your current remake of the video is better, by a long shot. Great job on severe improvement!

[@MillywiggZ]

Mark was a fan of ‘Silent Hill’ eh? Hahaa!

[@TerenceJansen.coolkid]

I feel like this is what stasis was like for gorden, a twisted and messed up version of black mesa that he just had to keep reliving until hl2, this really makes me think about what other things gorden might have seen if this is what stasis was like, and the ending of the map makes me think that gorden somehow found a way to break out, but gman noticed...

[@MillywiggZ]

Wow. Early ‘Portal’ map before ‘Portal’ was even an idea.

[@bshap495]

2:40 Seeing him at this distance makes it look far more creepy than up-close. I also noticed that his hair texture is kind of off. If you look at the shading, you can see the crease in the 3D model where his widow's peak is supposed to begin, but the texture makes it appear higher than that. So it looks like there's a weird crease on his forehead.

[@Qbasz007]

This map is so gritty it can easily grind Tungsten.

[@Annex_canada]

This is what Adrian Shepherd is up to training for when gman releases him onto the combine

[@weplo1597]

nah gman hates adrian so much that he would release him to combine's capital planet lmao

[@ToastedHeadcrab]

Omg a new video and it’s dark and gritty? What a good day

[@walter___]

Such a small map with so much in it

[@GermanPeter]

Hey Rad, another great video! I was hoping for a bit more of an analysis of this map, showing all the little details that are easily missed (like what exactly is in those rooms with the shutter windows), but I guess those videos exist already. Also, could I ask a favor of you? There were a lot of flashing images and lights in this map, and while I don't have epilepsy, it did strain my eyes eyes quite a bit at times. Putting up a disclaimer at the start would be a good idea, just so people know what to expect.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Thanks Peter! I'll definitely make sure to put up disclaimers like that for future videos.

[@geeseguy1758]

I remember seeing this video earlier this year, it being call "Beta Training Room"

[@ManLikeKitch]

Mark Laidlaw understands HL and horror very well. His passion for all this is apparent even after leaving Valve with the different concepts he has come up with such as Epistle 3 and Breengrub.

[@unoriginalperson72]

gman casually trolling Gordon by putting him in a nightmare version of the training room from HL1

[@elwetritsch3654]

I like how you made this video we need more videos like this.

[@Pan_.-]

its like the half life 1 hazard course but like the hl2 beta, pretty cool...

[@NKorru]

I played this map (on GMod from workshop), saw and know about that map already before this video came out but thanks for creating this video and letting others know about this map.

[@DAN_0000_]

The way this map work just reminisence of silent hill P.T is really interesting to me considering the fact that this map is a decade older

[@HenryStickminEmiliano]

good video!! Maps Beta 2 Interesant More

[@freazywarr]

I honestly couldn't stop laughing at the door frames opening with the doors.

[@bunnyonabunwithagunnicepun5689]

Did someone say… Freeman’s Mind?

[@Echo2-2]

That's an odd version of the training course. Interesting stuff

[@boomblitz2000]

This video triggered something in me that maybe all the things we see in half life might relate to Gordon's coma stasis and his exposure to particles inside the test chamber in that faithful day, has rendered him to travel worlds beyond into dark grim reality he experiences. He's being monitored, maybe experimented on which might trigger all unfolding events in series. I like what half life still brings on and gives rooms for speculation.

[@501stcloneboi2]

This was unexpected. Very nice. Will you do a video about The Thing mod for the HL2 Beta?

[@RadiationHazardYT]

I'm not sure. Might look into it.

[@Therealguymins]

I played all this stuff back when I was about 13 in 2009 or so. I stumbled on this map myself and loved the creepy effects at the end lol

[@officialMXX]

man this is inspiration for my youtube channel.

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

Weird! I love the undulating walls effect!

[@denifnaf5874]

Needs a 1 hour loop

[@grympzofficial1256]

Theory confirmed, Gordon Freeman is Stanley qnd the narrator is G-man

[@Napkin_story]

yo great vid (im running out of funny things to say in comment sections)

[@andresbravo2003]

Worthy revisited.

[@iLikeTheUDK]

Ooh i think it would've been a pretty neat intro to HL2. Gordon getting those weird visions or dreaming those weird dreams while he's in the process of waking up from deep sleep or whatever and getting plopped on that train Also a really cool take on the hazard course

[@the-guy-beyond-the-socket]

As said before, i think that this is stasis dimention. If given a bit of more work and polish, this could be very memorable part of any half life game. There was "weird" Part in HLA but it was very soft-putted and ambient music killed scary feeling entirely. Thats genually the problem with HLA, ambient music in it sucks.

[@Brightside117]

You know its surreal, this entire training map feels like it was constructed with the silence, forboding ambience, the creepiness that prevades every aspect of this entire place, the weird background talking, all of it really just points to the original super off putting and creepy nature of Half Life 2 and source engine as a whole in its conception, I really think about how the team at Valve wanted to make a splash in the market, what better way to be the most popular than being so sneakily creepy

[@Cats-TM]

Wow........those are some really slow doors. I mean really, they must be super rusty. Please, G-Man, replaces those hinges. Besides that, really a neat map. Would have been cool to see something using some of the ideas here in the released game.

[@butterss1178]

"Here you go dr freeman see if you can hit that griddy"

[@ZeGlitchy]

i love the dark n griddy

[@EveBatStudios]

I that there are still more secrets to these games I've never gotten to explore.

[@luccifrfr2145]

i missed your videos on THE BETA

[@koledone]

11 pm here

[@raulins100]

Quick freeman! Hit the dark and griddy™

[@uhohwhy]

nice halloweem prank

[@bobGore_epic]

If this was polished It culd have been in the final game

[@Harrycoook]

when are we getting ballin' full rad haz cover???

[@Redbr34]

Crazy stuff

[@wastoxic]

The darkest and grittiest half life map of all time

[@GalagoospurmankyREALofficial]

Ok, am I going insane or has Rad haz not made like several videos on hazard_01 already? It feels almost, like we've been here before. .

[@tabithamonetathchi9386]

I HAVE NO DAMN CLUE WHERE TO POST THIS SO IM PUTTING IT HERE EVERY DAMN PERSON ON PLANET EARTH KNOWS FOR ALL ICARE BUT IM STILL DOING THIS THAT HALF LIFE 1 BETA MOD IS BEING WORKED ON AGAIN YOU KNOW, HALF LIFE ABOSLUTE ZERO? ITS BACK

[@TheUplinkExperiment]

where did you get the version of the map with the changing textures? if its in the leaked maps I've never seen it.

[@Nicocgboy_lindo]

BETA! BETA!

[@DRCOOMER7777]

rad have you heard of a beta mod called half life crushing deeps

[@diamondhamster4320]

When you make a map to test out your cool new graphics and scriptic tech on a brand new engine but kids with Apophenia and paredolia in the future would try to analyze your work searching for some kind of deeper meaning where none exist. I trully feel sorry for the map designer old man who made this HL2 beta test map.

[@StickDudeYT]

The BETA!

[@LittleWasp]

These are my transcripts of the muffled speech. I think the speaker (or one of them) is Kleiner. "Where's the subject?" "What's going on in there? Look at these readings! It seems to be..." "Get him back on course! We need re-immersion therapy, now!"

[@joshuamarietti3249]

1:24 man thats creepy

[@clichedan7812]

No joke, the thumbnail looks like doom slayer. Look at the back of the head.

[@aleksivanov5548]

another great video

[@BReal-10EC]

I'm sorry.. but I just can't deal with the door frame ON the moving door texture that some maps like this have. Valve please fix.

[@tehcooler]

Didn't you already do a video on this map?

[@arashimani5827]

Hey man its great 👍❤

[@noggin9306]

cool video

[@noseishin]

Time.. Dr Free-he-man ?

[@victorfawcett9776]

Swear you already made a video on this map years ago

[@Versanitybutreal]

I played this map once and it was spoopy

[@bobstee4205]

You mean the most normal half life 2 Beta map.

[@Mtik333]

Hmm, before I start watching - haven't you covered this map already? Like 2 years ago or something, bT9_w7VFC4o

[@farcry223]

Interesting

[@VoltageLP]

That's a Max Paine map

[@faxtersleapenson9711]

I accidentaly found some strange material in garrys mod.Its like panting G-man and 3 weird ?kids? teenagers around him any thoughts.

[@unoriginalperson72]

you mean that one image of beta breen with gmans suit and 3 child workers in front of him?

[@faxtersleapenson9711]

@@unoriginalperson72 nah its cave johnson diorama card 001,but he looks like gman tho

[@portalguy48]

diorama_card001 is just a concept of cave johnson, a person in a straightjacket (like the cut screamer from L4D), a possible orphan? and a homeless man, all being test subjects under aperture, presumably.

[@aresnir2725]

But you already did video about this map more than 2 years ago.

[@Feasco]

or did he oOoOO spooky

[@robertf7610]

Sure, it's DARK...... But is it truly GRITTY, or just GRIMEY?

[@TitusX49]

DARKEND GRITTY

[@dingo-gorditas]

(insert comment about something something dark and griddy something something)

[@BillyBob_1177]

This comment was a stupid first comment but I watched the video through and I wonder what's in the other part of the map. Never even knew that other map existed.

[@Tuxfanturnip]

I assume it's just an identical copy that you get briefly teleported to for the flickering effect. When you're not in one of the small areas between triggers where you're supposed to see the alternate textures, you get teleported back

[@SirRevster]

another overthinking video

[@Feasco]

i swear you've done this one before

[@DJ_CARCINOGEN]

radhazflick

[@ElmeriThePig]

That's cool, but I think I you made a video of this map bef-

[@hegelianischeschizophrener3743]

when you got lobotomized

[@itdobelikedattho8112]

Your accent is rather unique, are you Indian?

[@tincan357]

close, he's pakistani

[@bobbyhill1110]

Yes he is

[@SourceSpaghetti]

Beta Jumpscare.

[@Real_Gordon_Freeman]

Hazard01

[@zalvereal]

Idea: Make a video about half life’s poor recognition, due to it being called Garry’s mod and skibidi toilet game unfortunately, and poor recognition towards the characters

[@painfulburn]

mrrrp meow :3

[@blast4ce]

huh

[@Green-Cop]

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