INVASION - The 2003 Fan Made "Half Life 1.5"

This is Emmanuel Macron's favorite Half-Life mod.
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Gordon model in the thumbnail is taken from a fanmade addon for this mod.
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Intro by Skyclad
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[@sanitylost4271]

Gordon went all that way just to shoot a giant piece of cheese. Truly, a dedicated man

[@CossackHD]

You also have to solve a puzzle to open the cheese. At least it's not the worst puzzle, the conveyor belt has that honor XD

[@dr.sonicv2]

lol sir

[@mr.pumpkin8891]

rad was so surprised when he heard the scientist speaking french. its like the mod was made by french people

[@Kaltrademarked]

unplayable......

[@BensoftMedia]

You mean French "People"?

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

Simon: "UGHH... **gag** ...FRENCH!"

[@arthurhouyaux2963]

Hey atleast i can understand the scientist's Yes im french yes im disgusted

[@gralkses]

Man it's like those french guys got a whole 'nother language

[@denifnaf5874]

There is also a mod called "anti climax" where gordon refuses the gman's offer and has to fight a battle he has no chance of winning...

[@thejonathan130]

That mod was a great time

[@gamma4202]

lmao what a madman!

[@Beardqt]

gman edging

[@christhefirst]

i would love to see a version of anti climax for black mesa. seeing the destroyed lambda labs in source would be awesome

[@denifnaf5874]

@@christhefirst and then seing it in the black mesa demake would be cherry ontop

[@pman56789]

Looking back on these mods, it's honestly insane to think how different HL2 is from the original game. I don't think anyone could have expected that the sequel to a 1950s-esque sci-fi story about aliens from another world invading a government facility amidst a military cover-up would be followed up by a game that's essentially a mashup of Star Wars and 1984. I love it lol.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Years after both games released, I just can't take HL2 seriously. The settings and styles of the two games clash so hard, they might as well be two different franchises.

[@die_lokki287]

​@@georgeoldsterd8994sequels don't have to be carbon copies. No way these games look different, they were like 5 years and 2 generations from each other

[@hornyclown]

@@die_lokki287 i'd argue they should be related by more than just the main character's name

[@Lulzalex]

@@georgeoldsterd8994 Bro shut up you were probably born after HL2 was made, nobody said what you're saying when the game was releasing or during the 2003 E3 demo

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

@@Lulzalex how funny of you to assume my age based on an issue I have with a game's aesthetic.

[@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k]

That 1950-1970s european style pipe wrench really drove it home, my guy was not in america anymore but in some french place.

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Black Mesa: France? La Noire Mesa? La Mesa Noire? 🤔

[@peppermillers8361]

It looked more like Calipers.

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

I think the reason the Gman is referred to as "The Administrator" in this mod is because at the time of Half-Life 1's release everyone assumed that Gman was the Administrator for Black Mesa according to one of the earlier drafts for Half-Life during development, but then that was changed when Valve started working on Half-Life 2 thus leading to Breen being the Administrator and Gman being whatever he's supposed to be.

[@GermanPeter]

The fact so many of these mods have third-person cutscenes doesn't really surprise me. I mean, this was around the new millennium, when FPS games were still trying find their footing. And cutscenes just weren't as commonplace back then as they are now. So it's no wonder people took Half-Life's lack of cutscenes more as a necessity or consequence of being an early FPS game rather than being 100% intentional. Heck, even then, the game DOES have cutscenes, like when the marines drag you away, and even Half-Life 2 has the G-Man intermissions.

[@therealjames2009]

hi

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Fancy meeting you here! xD But the scene in HL1 where the marines are dragging Gordon isn't technically a cutscene, since you're still in-character as Gordon, and your POV is Gordon's POV. HL2 did this as well in those moments when control is taken away from you (teleporter scene in Kleiner's lab, the pod ride to Breen's office in the Citadel) - you're still Gordon the whole way, just can't move. And while the G-Man parts are indeed more cutscene than actual gameplay (especially the very first one, the "rise and shine, mr. Freeman" one), they're still kept in-character for Gordon. In these mods, meanwhile, the cutscenes do flybys and pan around the map, changing the POV.

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

I feel like it probably had more to do with how much more difficult it is to do them as scripted moments in game. You need to design the environment in a way that orients the player to be looking at the point of interest and ensure that the npc can hit their marks even if the player gets in the way without the voice de-synchronising or getting cut off by the next clip due to getting pushed along their path by the player quicker than intended and you also need the player to be able to progress and not soft lock the game if they shoot the npcs. Valve had loads of playtesting to ensure that the game remained stable and that the delivery was not screwed up, but modders didn't have that privilege. Half Life is also designed in a way that's really unique. Literally every time you enter an area you trigger a script that plays out a scene that only changes when you interrupt it by alerting an enemy or killing something or pushing a button. Every time you see different factions fighting each other and you don't intervene the actions they perform will be identical because it's all just playing back a script. Every single room is curated with the enemies moving to strategically logical positions based on where the player is in the room. Soldiers take cover because the developers have placed a thing on the ground that tells them to move to individually set points in the room that cut off your line of sight from that vantage point, not because the game is capable of making those decisions on the fly. It's a massive amount of work to make that illusion work and beyond that the AI is basically nonexistent. Expecting a mod to follow those design principles for every single cutscene and combat encounter is a big ask, and that's assuming that they know that Valve built the game that way. Making these scenes play out as cutscenes makes them inherently much more stable than if the player retained control over their own movements and actions.

[@flamsey]

Epiaode 1 has a cutscene but no one talks about it

[@aaaaaaabutyt]

honestly, i really like seeing how the half life community thought the series' story was going to go before half life 2 came out. i wasnt there to experience it but its just so intriguing to see people's radically different ideas on it lol

[@skarano]

they really went with the deus ex inspiration with the weapons

[@littlehorn0063]

And health system too. And dialogue boxes...

[@peppermillers8361]

There's no Chinese nanosword, unfortunately.

[@unimportantcommenter4356]

And the numeric pad. And the pistol's infrared vision.

[@skarano]

barney, i- i thought you were a rocket-propelled grenade launcher

[@chadjacket]

Half life but the creator was forced to add deus ex elements

[@YourhomieTarek]

They nerfed so much the HEV suit in invasion, literally u need to atach to many shit to it, also i found out that the commands only work when you activate the test mode in the console (just type "testmode" )

[@flecktanon]

gordon freeman

[@hellyeavesx]

thank you flecktanon

[@Real_Gordon_Freeman]

Yes hello there

[@Stane_FR]

gordon l'homme libre (french version)

[@sonicdash9652]

Fordon Greeman

[@vincentsvirtues4172]

In the flesh

[@therealjames2009]

the animations and modeling, even the map design is so professional, im very surprised

[@Hyper-active-studios]

rad has been popping vids out left and right bravo dude

[@Darnk715]

Vravo bince

[@denifnaf5874]

If you show this to someone from 1999 they'd think this will be half life 2 in 2003😂

[@3037-ZPM]

>don't pay attention >Did not learn weapons > did not pay ettention to details Geez, i wonder why you dislike it.

[@GordonFreeeman]

Gordon Homme libre

[@ToddLawrence23]

The mod seems decent but the lack of non-human enemies is concerning and this comes from someone whose favorite chapter is surface tension.

[@peppermillers8361]

The lack of alien enemies seems to be intentional, as it's a different facility that wasn’t affected by the Resonance Cascade. It was before people found out about the Portal storms. They get re-introduced right AFTER Hazard quit the mod.

[@yocapo32]

This is basically Half-Life if it was designed by Ion Storm (Deus Ex), but made by Ion Storm (Daikatana).

[@ZeMewo]

3:37 MY GOD, A WORKING KEYPAD IN GOLDSRC🤯🤯

[@TheWayoftheSith]

Yeah. Even Blood has working door codes. Just check out Eviction Blood mod.

[@appiar8213]

i need to say this is really impressive for a mod. so many new features.

[@alvaronavarro4895]

Cool concept for a mod! Btw Mr. Rad Haz I really enjoy your videos and your dedication to the Half-Life series :)

[@lazmanyacanavar5888]

I loved the part where the radiation sucker came and sucked radiation dry.

[@justacomedian]

Always been surprised this mod isn't talked about more. It really deserves more attention especially considering its pretty innovative for an older mod.

[@That1Gam3r]

Radiation Hazard has me locked up in his basement and is forcing me to play Half Life 1 over and over again

[@panqueque445]

One thing I love about these mods is that these stories, regardless of quality, are obviously not influenced by Half Life 2 at all. It's really interesting to see where people thought the story could go.

[@franthehonest-eyes4883]

I love the part where the soldiers show up and kill a scientist next to you because there I think "oh no, I have no weapons so I'm in danger for real" also the armor system seems to be taken from the game SiN, which was made with one of the quake engines as well, I think it was quake 2.

[@spazjackrabbit61]

There's also another half-life fan made sequels named vengeance and rebellion And yeah, just like invasion They're made by french people named arrown and doberman

[@Preinstallable]

The medkit storage, radio UI and the individual limb health definitely remind me of Deus Ex

[@ondrejsterba1064]

13:59 Commicaly Large Barreta Pistol

[@dauzlee2827]

This mod were created before half life lore were fully written. This mod were released a year before half life 2 were released where people thought gman were the administrator.

[@rekithehuman]

I played it many years ago and I agree with your sentiment about it. However, there is one moment that sorta makes the mod super uhh memorable? You were almost at that point too before you dropped it. I highly recommend you try to get to at least that point (you'll know what it is)

[@Foxtrop13]

I remember downloading this one with a 56kb modem, this one was ambitious for the time in half-life modding

[@darkbrumoment]

the concept of the mod is actually pretty good

[@Midlou]

This video really feels like a Ross's Game Dungeon

[@MrRogerogerio]

What no new episodes of Ross's Game Dungeons for 8 months does to a mf

[@ATSF_GP30]

Thanks for Metioning me in the end its my first time!!

[@psell8628]

This mod was so ambitious and mostly nailed it. Really good job by them, and great vid.

[@Zinematic]

I had the same issue with the difficulty and with the being unable to use cheats bullshit, but I eventually found out how to use them without the mod crashing. If I remember correctly, first you have to write "dev" or "developer" in the console, and after pressing Enter, you should be able to use cheats. I hope you find that useful, even if only for you to try to finish the mod privately, without making another video about the mod, so you can get the most satisfactory closure possible :).

[@thomasmc200]

You should do Residual Life and Residual Point! Also great vid btw

[@IAhmadGT]

hey rad you have to check out the mod "the thing" it came out 2 months before retail hl2 and it used the beta 2003 engine

[@KyanoAng3l0]

Inventions/tech that isn't found elsewhere, structures that are close to collapsing, OSHA violations, an HEV that doesn't have a flashlight, etc. This lab def feels cut off from the rest of Black Mesa. The idea that a secret facility has an even more secret lab that the admin isn't even aware of is kinda intriguing.

[@WarriorTurk2552]

holly shit they even did yusuf dikec reference in the last cutscene

[@frankthatfunks2428]

I like that it makes the HECU marines unfair makes sense

[@peppermillers8361]

It's a bit too unforgiving. Makes sense for the time, but could've been taken down a notch.

[@SaintRedFox]

3:07 i think thats some old-styled spanner, ive seen some of those before i think? i guess they choose that style because it looks futuristic, which is fitting.

[@peppermillers8361]

Either that or it's calibers

[@bigtrex5]

You should make a video on the Timeline Trilogy, I think its kewl

[@BobTheMartin]

9:00 Radiation Hazzard when he loses a round of Half Life Deathmatch

[@ardiankk2949]

The author seems to be a fan Doom3's gameplay design with the way he implemented the cqc combat, the weapon spread and the lighter

[@JohnRDVSMarston]

The ideas are good, but the gameplay is sadistic. They probably needed some (or better) QA and playtesting for the gameplay

[@Pwnz0rServer2009]

everyone: talking about gman administrator half life decay administrator: am i a joke to you?

[@lulubeloo]

8:15 isn't this the water level music from Donkey Kong?

[@MxArgent]

French Half-Life adjacent content? Oh yes, we're EYEposting

[@Kettenwurm]

The video sums up my feelings pretty good. I LOVED it and it had tons of awesome ideas, but it's hard as hell. I ended up editing the skill.cfg or whatever it was called to change the marine's damage a little bit

[@officialMXX]

nah this ain't half-life 2.. no.. this is HALF-LIFE 1.5

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

16:24 - Doctor Van Buren 😏 Holy shit, a Mammoth Tank!!

[@KyanoAng3l0]

When you went to face the sniper @ 19:27, I thought you spotted him, too. It's amusing how we humans easily miss things that are literally in front of us.

[@lnomata5470]

The hecu having more accuracy than gordon kinda makes sense since gordon is just a scientist and the hecu are highly trained militarys

[@Elemen11T]

half-life invasion was for me a awesome mod ,the difficult on that mod was really a challange

[@Stane_FR]

Babe wake up, France is mentionned in newest Rad's video !! VIVE LA FRANCE (yeah, i'm french.) Btw amazing video, love that era of Half-Life !

[@MultiZours]

On the topic of "campaign-sized-baguette-Half-Life-mods" you should try Vengeance and its sequel Rebellion. My memories of them are a bit hazy since I played them 25 years ago, but I remember Vengeance featuring pretty much only vanilla assets and Rebellion being really ambitious with loads of new content...and voice acting. If french is already hard on your ears, well the voice acting is already awful in french. You're welcome. Nice vid, tho!

[@intecrisis]

If you end up doing prequels, mission failed was pretty wild

[@MaxAndStuff]

when u get inside black mesa it gets even crazier. new xen creatures are insane man, you should try and finish this mod

[@RSaBBproductions]

I have been spoiled the scientists speak french...

[@kanizan]

Good video everyone HandsomeHazard

[@KingThrillgore]

I like how the tank is literally twice the size of an M1A1

[@jordon1141]

28:14 the mod crashing is a fmod audio issue iirc since the mod relies on it

[@maginekris]

i wonder if theres any mods that serve as an unofficial episode for half life 2 before episode 1 or 2 existed

[@TrashGoblin824]

Coastline to Atmosphere comes to mind

[@peppermillers8361]

​@@TrashGoblin824 that is a weird one. Not Strider Mountain or The Closure tier, but close.

[@PurpleColonel]

Baller video, i gotta try this mod out

[@Dalaika_HD]

I find it interisting that they are so many mods for half life 1 that continue the story and make they're own half life 2. Cool video rad

[@skipfighter]

0/10 mod is French

[@fojisan2398]

Stinky

[@ndhart3213]

Would it be a 10/10 if it was dutch?

[@fojisan2398]

@@ndhart3213 Yes

[@atalllad105]

happy brithday

[@RadiationHazardYT]

thanks

[@xpyrov]

@@RadiationHazardYThappy birthday

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

@@RadiationHazardYT happy B-Day!🥳

[@mr.harmuzad4201]

I have actually finished this mod before. The final levels, as I recall, has you going back to Anomolous Materials Lab and heading back to Xen through the portal that you opened in the resonance cascade. You then have a really cool falling section where you fought Alien Controllers along the way that reminded me of Metal Slug 3s space-shooter sections as you made your way to Xen. The ending didn't crash for me and I remember it not having a final boss and you fighting human grunts even IN XEN! The part you miss with the ending is, Gordons life flashes before his eyes, he sees G-Man, he sees Nihilanth and then he shoots the block of cheese and everything explodes, the end. I don't remember the context, probably didn't know it because of French stuff.

[@cubescihist6737]

This wasn’t Xen, it was actually an underground alien base built below the test chamber. That’s what the scientist explains. As for the block of cheese, it was the last Xen crystal that needed to be destroyed to stop the aliens from invading the Earth (I’m a french speaking person)

[@peppermillers8361]

Ironic, you were pretty close to the final stretch. You had to basically guide a TNT box to a chute where you would blow it up using the conveyer belts. It's similar to a puzzle in Half Life 1 where you'd use the explosive boxes to blow up the satchel charges, but everyone just goes with the 17 bullets of their pistol instead. It's not communicated super well, but it's a neat puzzle in retrospect.

[@nickolaszuerg8015]

Now it is time to check Todesangst 1 and 2 (second one has ACTUALLY SPEAKING GORDON)

[@bonbarmandrink]

Played this mod 15 years ago. It was one of the best mod i ever played

[@last_survivor1245]

I’m seeing this video seven hours later of his publication .

[@redsocks1529]

I just found your channel, I like your voice and I like your videos, but most of all I like Half Life!

[@natsudb4810]

Hope to see Residual Point, Residual Life, the Operation Rosenberg saga, or 1187.

[@COTUDavide]

This mod is so nostalgic. I used to play it a ton back in the day. I can't remember when. 2006 - 2009 or something. It was one of my favorite half-life mods :)

[@danin900]

Timeline time, Mr. Dark and Griddy.

[@thebestnoob7873]

Definitely captured how I felt when I first played this mod, it has a lot of cool shit but on the other hand it can get really fucking annoying and frustrating. Also L on not being able to use cheats because it worked fine when I did it lol

[@ElmeriThePig]

I think the creators wanted to make this frustrating intentionally, so that you would throw in the white flag and give up, because that's what France likes to do a lot.

[@HQ_Default]

That is the C H O N K I E S T barretta I have ever seen

[@Bernuusser]

Thank you papa hazard for new video 💪

[@greenman1200]

I feel like this mod had lots of stuff inspired by Deus Ex. Especially the soundtrack and the UI Elements, as Deus Ex had the same damage system where each body part got individually damaged.

[@redcatjack]

Happy Birthday! Mine is tomorrow :D

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Hope you have a great one!

[@redcatjack]

@@RadiationHazardYT

[@ame4kitty]

this mod feels like it was inspired by Deus Ex. the health system, the dismemberment, the music, the vibes, the changes to how guns behave... clearly somebody is a fan

[@scaryspook2]

love that description

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

"...reminds me of that dream I have where I was strapped to a gurney, watching Fraggle Rock, with flashing lights on either side of me. Then I realize: I'm in hell!" (c)

[@tedstapleton5561]

So i checked out the full ending without the crash and Gordon straight up dies.

[@hydroponicgard]

6:20 "While my MP3 can't hit", yeah my MP3 files aren't accurate either. Jokes aside. Absolute Redemption n Invasion honestly felt meh to me. Former being CONFUSION^3 and awful start... LAtter being kind of poorly balanced... Alas. old mods are that way.

[@RadiationHazardYT]

Snap I watched this video three times before uploading and I never noticed I said MP3 there lmao

[@hydroponicgard]

@@RadiationHazardYT Happens to best of us, it's funnier that way, as it's indicating how much sanity you've lost over the mod. (I'm honestly sorry for you)

[@peppermillers8361]

To each their own

[@lienub1745]

FRANCE MENTIONED 🥖🇫🇷👨‍🎨🍾🥂⚽️

[@Cats-TM]

Flashlights are just too expensive for Mesa Noir.

[@imaheadout8529]

there should be more half life 1 or even 2 mods that feature LIMINAL or LATE 1990s lighting and map design IMO

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

Agreed. HL2 is missing the liminality. 😢

[@combinewalkthrous]

6:20 he is so angry that he says mp3

[@TheAngryAstronomer]

Getting Boneworks energy from that music.

[@matijajovic8125]

Radiation sucker a? 😏 Thank you for suffering this instead of us bro. Next Field Intensity? I promise it won't be as frustrating as this one. 😁

[@nodogre]

for the one who don't know or didn't search for it; here is the end: the moment gordon shoots the cristal, it exploded. creating another resonance cascate like in the first half life, in that moment he had a flashback of what he just did. from the first fight on hl1 to the end of this mod, including scene of the fighting tanks and so on. but in that shoot towards the cristal, he died in the explosion.

[@cubescihist6737]

I never interpreted that as a second resonance casade, but simply as an explosion.

[@nodogre]

@@cubescihist6737 in some part of the gameplay you will learn that it's another crystal capable of "closing" the xen.. it was a very strange mod, ngl. i remember i was like 12 and when i ended that momen i was "Wtf i just play"?

[@cubescihist6737]

@@nodogre Hm, strange, from my memory, the crystal needed to be destroyed in order to close the last remaining portal. But yeah, I agree it was a strange mod. And so difficult that I do not even know how I even managed to ever finish it, lol.

[@D4V3-01]

"looks like hl2 model" bro this is a real shotgun and its called spas 12

[@MisfitOutfit]

In the base game the assassin's use stealth camo if your playing on hard difficulty.

[@imgvillasrc1608]

Next Half-Life mod suggestion: Residual Life