Half-Life 2 - Lab Practicum (Bridge music) Extended 1 hr

[@cameronp1179]

The combine soldier leans on the rail, looking out onto the coast. Feeling something. Something human.

[@cj00785]

Thanks for this comment

[@landlockedcroat1554]

y it has 2 be so deep

[@Thlormby]

He feels wonder, the realization that he was someone, that he knew this place before. But he doesn't know who. He doesn't know why.

[@reverie314]

actually transhuman soldiers cant go rouge since theyre litteral synths, but this is still a really good comment

[@AlpineBishop]

It makes you wonder if theyre still in there.

[@aSkyclad]

"Sometimes, I like to stop and watch the sea for a bit.. It feels as if there was something I forgot, something important.. but I don't know what."

[@SlimbTheSlime]

@Christian Maurer the soldier

[@Mewcat]

You are forgetting about the emperor.

[@infernohellfire6806]

@Christian Maurer he is saying the soldier in the vid...The Combine Soldier...

[@dinkthegreatest]

*_Forgot how to breathe_*

[@ImmaKlonoa]

His humanity.

[@jeremydiaz9642]

Unlike every other fictional enemy soldier, killing a Combine Soldier is like putting them down instead.

[@long_chin_man]

gordon freeman: the original blade runner

[@octavioneitorgamer]

Zombies too

[@p_filippouz]

@Nickolas Mondragon so cool

[@patchmoulton5438]

@Nickolas Mondragon The difference there is that CPs are not augmented. Bad Cop has his name for a reason. Still, I would like more games from the Transhumanist forces perspective

[@kt46smug]

Patch Moulton entropy zero 2 addresses that

[@justastrider3252]

This song feels like wanting to go home but knowing there is no home.

[@commo8087]

Mr. Strider That’s the Combine surviving their permanent offworld assignment

[@nonfamen5873]

That hits hard

[@Falloutgamer347]

"Striideeer!"

[@schmeatgaming853]

Makes me think of the Lost German soldiers after the War in Europe ended, they escaped death so many times and they finally had the Chance to go back home, but the home they knew like the back of their hand and loved dearly is now nothing more than ash and rubble.

[@phantomcat1958]

@@schmeatgaming853 ww2 essentially shaped europe into a wasteland

[@ingwersengrady]

The abyss stares back.

[@Andrekky]

A fine Nietzschian comment you got there!

[@SpanishDio]

Abysmal Comment

[@Helperbot-2000]

and i fall off for the 152nd time

[@savagesandwich9742]

No one else like this. You'll ruin it.

[@김철수-e1m]

Slay a myrmidon

[@UnkleDunklee]

I don’t know how to describe this one, it’s not depressing, but just feels like eternal loneliness

[@TheHumanBallsack]

Yep. Loneliness.

[@rawk2058]

I feel it like fresh air

[@antalgergo2699]

Yes, the landscapes in this game really showcase that feeling well.The empty wastelands, the scarcely populated coast and forests, the draining sea and the endless gloomy weather and fog, the once occupied homes raided by the Combine.It's all in there.

[@Luka2000_]

@@antalgergo2699 boy you should see Half Life 2 beta heh....

[@antalgergo2699]

@@Luka2000_ I have...The beta just amplifies that, cranks it up to 1000

[@Enduring_Mantle]

The Combine Soldier in the video looks like he's having an existential crisis. Gazing off into the distance; asking himself the purpose of life - _"why am I here? What is the point in it all?"_ ...Either that or he's just watching Freeman noclip and bunny hop across the map.

[@realulstefan3821]

"they got us in the first half not gonna lie"

[@willfish4428]

Breen, you gotta believe me! He was going backwards at 100 miles per hour, we don't know how he did it!

[@Enduring_Mantle]

@@willfish4428 _"Oh you expect me to believe that? And anyway how do you think our Benefactors will react if I tell them that their plans are being foiled by a flying man in an orange romper suit?!?"_

[@grandmasteryoda8919]

"Hey there guys, I'm just hoping backwards in 100 miles per hour like a madlad"

[@realulstefan3821]

@@grandmasteryoda8919 combine soldier: *SECTOR IS NOT SECURE, BIOTICS DETECTED IN AREA*

[@g00zik97]

this moment in HL2 is a masterpiece.

[@Galeq.]

Half-life 2 is a masterpiece anyway

[@g00zik97]

@@Galeq. yeah but this is the creme de la creme

[@Rotaermel]

Also, the bridge part is something you won't find in newer games, as the possibility of falling down and dying is "too frustrating" for players.

[@antonio-onism9814]

Not only that I grew up with Half Life but the game also helped me socialise and fix my social anxiety thanks to the great community it has. Half Life will forever have a huge place in my heart.

[@krowta2062]

HL2 is shit tho... i have played so many times and yet im still bored with how ugly they made it look but the coast is pretty and ravinholm is a good chapter

[@codaboi138]

This part in HL2 has stuck in my head since I was a kid. seeing the bridge, walking up to it, carefully navigating the trusses and support beams. Its stuck in my head, everytime I go through a tough life change I get the image of the bridge in my head at some point. Maybe it has something to do with the thick fog, the solitude, the difficulty of balancing on the support beams. seeing it conveys inevitability and mystery, the bridge extends out beyond your sight and its the only way to progress forward. Subconsciously, this level had a massive impact on me, which is funny considering its simply an action puzzle piece, not a scene or character interaction, yet it conveys.. something, a lot of things, the atmosphere is just superb.

[@sevenv2154]

Probably the best comment on this video, we all have a derelict bridge to navigate.

[@bafer6365]

because of the motherfucking goverment of course

[@legacyofvrak]

Well if youre using this as a scenery to represent a harsh moment, it means you have deep insightful potential, and thats kinda lacking nowadays. Or at least its not that used to get through hard moments like I'd hope for.

[@constantinegavrin1067]

it feels like eternal sanctuary in my mind...

[@johndoe5432]

Likewise.

[@stresuotas]

Makes me think about what horrors each combine soldier went through to become what they are now. Each soldier was as much a victim of the combine. When I think about it I almost feel bad for killing them. Maybe that was intended.

[@grugmangaming5152]

But perhaps at the same time, killing them is mercy. Even if they were somehow to be freed, it might not happen in their.. lifetime or something.

[@NewGlock836]

Sure there’s immersion but I don’t sympathize with pixels on a scredn

[@Moon-fg6zt]

Weren't the combine soldiers the ones who joined willingly? Although for some of them you could argue survival, and the combine soldiers were treated very harshly, I wouldn't call them victims. Stalkers however, they were the ones who are the victims of the combine.

[@warkiniskandervolselli]

MissingGnome You’re thinking of Civil Protection. Overwatch soldiers are the ones who get brainwashed.

[@NewGlock836]

MissingGnome civil protection troops are the only ones that join willingly.

[@CosmicSphincter]

Christ, could you imagine partially coming to in such a state? Remembering a vague feeling of who you used to be, stuck in a mutilated form you can’t escape from? What a nightmare.

[@Aliv3ToDi3]

“Mitch... why does that name make me feels weird?” The soldier asked himself.

[@taco8077]

Combine soldiers aren't stalker like creatures in full-body suits. They are normal human beings who willfully joined the combine with promises of a better life... well... better than other normal citizens at least.

[@CosmicSphincter]

@@taco8077 That is actually completely wrong. Citizen Protection are totally human, but any "people" that are part of the transhuman arm of the combine overwatch are transhumans, and the worst kind, the kind where any part of being human that gets in the way of being a weapon has been stripped from them.

[@ginger15103]

you can see the stripped soldiers in nova prospekt look completely human, but with pale skin and dead cold lifeless eyes, some of them hooked up to machines on their face that probably wipe their brain into a clean slate to remove any undesirables. they aren't stalkers per-se but they arent fully human anymore either. some became transhuman willingly or were forced to as part of an 'upgrade' for a job well done or whatever. theyre on a quota i think, i dont remember the overwatch voicelines, but it speaks about becoming transhuman for better benefits or whatever

[@gameren6595]

The Combine soldiers have been modified so much they’ve reached the point that they aren’t even considered humans anymore. In Nova Prospekt you can clearly see in one of the cams that the soldier undergoing the procedure has a device in his throat and modified legs. That means anything below their belly button is just robotics now. They’re also equipped with a artificial voice changer and microphone in their throat. These people have been modified so much that if their mask was to be removed they would suffocate because it’s probably the only thing that’s allowing any oxygen into their system. Like Darth Vader. Their brains have also been wiped and have been reinstated with information relating to combat training and whatever else the Overwatch wants them to know. Which means they don’t remember anything from their past life.

[@antipsychotic451]

I think that the bridge point level is arguably one of the most iconic moments in Half-Life 2. I love this section so much.

[@tatotaytoman5934]

Such an atmosphere, and the little details like when you traverse the underside and you hear the steel creaking in the harsh wind

[@mikeike2177]

you can hear the train above you can feel the rattling of the bridge you can feel the sea breeze

[@mikeike2177]

yup it is for me its the first thing that always comes to mind with HL2

[@kspangsege]

One of the most iconic moments of any game

[@9ner]

hl2 has many such moments. Another gem is the section between ravenholm and highway 17.

[@HansSensei]

Wish I could go back time and play this game for the first time again

[@sillkthashocker]

Now you can play the new Half-Life for the first time ;)

[@XG-OFFICIAL-59]

I still have the Orange Box and it's xbox compatible and went over to my Xbox One. I can play it anytime I want

[@NewGlock836]

Same

[@Helperbot-2000]

we all do!

[@mhumanworldm]

My friend, you're not the only one who whishes that. But, its kind of like you wish to forget the game at first. What if, you forgot when you played Half-Life 2 and then you then don't play it again?

[@generalmeade6736]

What I find so beautiful about this moment in HL2 is how hollow the melancholy is. In a world where a worldwide state is hunting you, you are still put in a place where it seems there isn't any threat at all. You could almost just sit on the beach relaxing, knowing somewhere far out in the world is the combine hunting you. Yet you don't feel danger, but this strange sense of paranoia crawls around you. It's one of the most complex feelings I've ever had. Bravo Valve

[@JackBradley07]

I feel the music on the Half-Life series is a key factor of what makes it so good. If you put some generic action music over this section it would play out a lot different. If you had some generic action music the player would be instantly put into a mode on their brain that tells them to get going and move fast, but they chose this song, instead of feeling hunted all the time you just feel lonely. Long but not in danger, just nothing as the far as the eye can see, and you admire it, then continue on with your journey.

[@not_sall_good_man]

Bravo Vince

[@Paul89111]

maaan, the 2005, i'm just a school kid waking up early in the morning to take another hour in hl2 before school.. this chapter stucked in my head, i'm going to school alone, there is no people around, it's sleepy morning you know, fresh spring weather, some lazy sun and no clouds, this music playing in my head and i'm slowly walking and walking, thinking about life and how big it is. well 15 years later i'm here. just want to wish you a good day and enjoy your life

[@norisgello2523]

I imagine a playground on a cloudy day with mist and dew on the grass remembering the fun times with my old friends there

[@Fel1xF7W]

half-life 2 atmosphere: *totalitarian dystopia, all hope for humanity lies in one scientist who was a half hour late to work one day 20 years ago* also half-life 2 atmosphere: *nostalgic masterpiece where nobody feels unhappy*

[@unkownoflife5959]

God bless you, may you know Jesus Christ

[@SpongeChadSquareJaw]

The magic of videogames is in this comment

[@julianf324]

I too played this during my hour before school.

[@frmnNnj]

Oh. My. Goodness. This almost makes me cry. I remember first playing the game and coming to this bridge part, with this INCREDIBLE music that makes you really feel like you’re there. You can almost hear distant screams in the actual music. Nostalgia man, nostalgia.

[@e.t.9693]

f1r3m4nN1nj4 22 don’t forget the seagull noises

[@amal-ti2zz]

I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing the first time I played this part; my whole world felt differently, more monotone, more matte, more existential

[@NukaColaQuantum]

The reality of your situation sinks in and all you feel is the will to survive. Raw, basic, and authentic, baby. Trusting your instinct to pull through this dangerous situation...all that remains is a connection with your true self...the person you really are.

[@kkndcf]

It's probably unhealthy but I swear nostalgia is the best emotion.

[@nick5515w]

I have been summoned me lord.

[@BigFinn]

“Sometimes, I dream about cheese.”

[@HenryAnim69]

my god... that was deep..

[@inktheone5933]

“Close your eyes honey”

[@flowerpotmadeofclay]

Sniper reflections

[@julianf324]

After eating combine rations and cooked headcrab for so long, I would too.

[@popel_]

"She's gone, Gordon! She's gone!" - Eli...

[@Stongg]

"Son of a bitch and his Unforseen Consequences!"

[@Destro65]

"When i see him again..." "Im gonna kill him"

[@starpaladinnelaj]

"Get up Gordon, we've got work to do......"

[@SpikeKing22]

@@Destro65 no its "when i get my hands On him" not "when i see him again"

[@OratorVeritatis]

@@SpikeKing22 "When I get my hands ON him"

[@peterw4910]

I went on a guided tour once where we climbed on top of the O2 arena in London. I had this music in my head the whole time.

[@TheHumanBallsack]

That's nuts

[@_bakaa_]

reminds me of the wilbur soot arg

[@Chromeize]

Self Esteem Fund from Portal and Lab Practicum are the absolute greatest ambient tracks ever composed.

[@nalissolus9213]

I agree, they give the same feeling of isolation. Self Esteem Fund is one level further into the abyss though.

[@asimplepie2279]

Ya self esteem fund is the definition of loneliness

[@pyIorus]

couldnt agree more, kelly bailey is a fuckin mastermind

[@cordialfrog]

Wdym triage at dawn exists

[@idontknowpir5043]

Yes, No arguement, I go so far as to say that kelly bailey is a musical genius, These soundtracks feel like they werent created by humans but one guy made all of this

[@sillkthashocker]

Wow, an Opposing Force style spinoff where you play a Combine battling for his humanity would've been so cool.

[@NewGlock836]

onlylightyears the only thing is the combine don’t feel any emotion other than anger, so you wouldn’t really get to invested in any characters or your own, unless he is the so called one free man.

[@thetreedemoknight4827]

Combine-Life 2

[@System0187]

Not a bad thought

[@gustofing]

@@NewGlock836 eh, forgot about Barny? there may be a story about a human who's been forced into joining CP for some reason.

[@NewGlock836]

Gustavo Fring Barney was in civil protection, not the overwatch trans-human military. The overwatch is where (sometimes high ranking CP officers join willingly) people are forced in with their memories wiped along with their emotions. Barney joined civil protection willingly as a spy.

[@sushrutdongargaonkar2073]

I can almost feel the cold metal of the bridge with the nip in that air.

[@DarknessVery]

"Whenever I hear this, I imagine a Combine soldier on the bridge looking out to sea. There's something that seems familiar about the view in front of him, as if he feels something, but cannot remember what it is. Then, as quickly as it came, the feeling is gone, replaced by the sound of distant gunfire and reports of Anticitizen One." -Rescoe Z, another video, another time.

[@stanleybochenek1862]

Yea..

[@WeAintJokinHere]

That just so deep....

[@damonnugent1993]

Imagine what the Combine feel like when Gordon arrives and quickly overruns their operations and sectors, i'd imagine it was a similar feeling the Covenant had when Master Chief broke into their bases, he just comes in fast and leaves just as quickly, like some bat out of Hell. Gordon being like a subatomic particle zooming out of control, being present in one place, then appearing in another. Must've been scary, when they realized how serious the threat became.

[@NewGlock836]

Like a subatomic particle, he is the very model of a modern major general

[@content6907]

@@NewGlock836 Still no chorus!

[@johnroyal4054]

Dude nuked the combines hold on earth in less than a week.

[@TSCStag]

@@NewGlock836 Ross Scott FTW

[@ZergMeTaSWORM]

Gordon being a nucleus particle (not necesarely subatomic) is probably the best metaphore for him. He zooms in places is hard to stop by any barrier and creates a chain reaction wherever he goes.

[@TheGreenTaco999]

a lone combine human solder contemplating where they came from both individually and evolutionarily speaking, where he is now both on the ruins of his old civilization and in a suit with a gun and gas mask, who brought him the suit and what he is as a result of wearing it, and the change for humanity between the moment before and after the war.

[@sebekpolak51forever]

Intelligence can't live without emotions

[@Aizex1]

@Dat Boii LMAO

[@greyscaleb1537]

@Dat Boii WAT

[@tompeck5495]

@Dat Boii "Seya maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-"

[@wll1500]

@@tompeck5495 do an accelerated prop boosted backhop off the soldier

[@thebreadman]

An eternities repose.

[@2broken4u47]

that makes me wonder will the bad cop from ez would have some deep thoughts in ez2

[@svijj_]

Welcome, Breadman, world's greatest mod creator!

[@Beatumpop]

It brings peaceful thoughts, does it not?

[@NicksNameGoesHere]

A poignant scene.

[@omegawilliam95s36]

Nice Entropy Zero mod ya got.

[@guest_contributor5452]

Listening to this while doing my Physics quarantine homework

[@voicehead]

same but its stupie EM stuff

[@_gouda7928]

Same but mathematics

[@joecardenas7015]

doing my math rn.... should probably get back to doing that and stop scrolling through comments

[@CT-CTCheckmate]

same but every class

[@_cyber_cookie_]

same, except im preparing for my final physics exam i'll have next tuesday with legitimately 280 pages to study. I'll let you guys know how it turned out after i do it lol

[@docnathan3959]

That combine probably didn't have a complete memory replacement. He probably remembers a bit of his past human life until he was forced into this kind of surgery.

[@pyrra581]

Most likely it was the same operation as the rest, but either by a mechanical failure, pure chance, or overused tools, (the combine would probably mindwipe hundreds per day between stalkers, and soldiers) this one soldier remembers, and that's dangerous to the combine, the one thing they would fear is their own forces going against them (conscripts from HL2's beta, who were soldiers without the mindwipes, easily betrayed the combine)

[@realskhk]

you can't erase memory completely, if you do so the result of your surgery will be a fucking vegetable

[@jingbot1071]

@@pyrra581 MINERVA: Metastasis is a HL2 mod made by a guy who later went on to develop for Valve. The plot is basically this. Long story short, the soldier that keeps his memories remembers losing his loved ones to the combine and goes on a revenge tour after uplinking to an old satellite. It does not go well for the combine.

[@bai]

Wow I finished the whole hour. Too good.

[@SDRlegacy]

No, it isn't good. Go out with your friends and meet your girlfriend. Life isn't starring at a screen all day.

[@crylune]

@@SDRlegacy Go out during a pandemic? lol

[@isimportantwhatever]

@@SDRlegacy now i need to make friends

[@kiryukazuma88]

@@SDRlegacy is for me

[@doc-xo7iy]

@@SDRlegacy what if you don’t have friends, a girlfriend, and idk, maybe a virus that has killed probably half of humanity.

[@Pllayer064]

Imagine an HL game where you play as a combine soldier after the portal and the borealis are destroyed, you no longer have orders from the overwatch and you're roaming around exploring in hope to find something that will help you remember who you once used to be.

[@bolsahueca]

Daaaamn.... that could be a very good mod

[@carlosbustos8096]

Half life: Forgotten You're a experienced combine soldier who was unlucky enough to get his memories replaced right before the citadel explosion, you wake up as a survivor, not remembering a thing, only greeted by dead bodies and zombies in the remainings of city 17.

[@henriquecosta1175]

entropy zero 3 but you actually still is friendly to the combine but dont follow orders

[@thematrixdll]

2:28 Dear Lord, when these C-sharp and G notes strike along, I swear, it sounds like a bell of doom, mourning over the forsaken humanity. Kelly Bailey - you're a freaking orchestral synth genius!

[@minivino78]

I need someone to make an extended version with the sound of the wind when you get to the bridge

[@Apocryphox]

Already made it, on my old channel. (I don't have any connections to this channel anymore, but it's still there.) But it is not the original wind effect from the bridge. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYmzaZWri7aYl7c

[@Apocryphox]

Here is a better one, lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHvcaH18hbCYoqs&t

[@Pllayer064]

And a train

[@niall798]

It pains me to think about all the monsters in the sea..

[@CommissarKozlov]

Leeches probably make up most of it. They've probably killed off most marine life in the Half-life universe.

[@kkndcf]

@In K And all the roller mines and cars I launched in there :D

[@theformerkaiser9391]

Pupper Vids *cough cough* those damn leeches

[@puffinthemuffin2127]

@@CommissarKozlov The fisherman confirms it in Lost Coast.

[@inktheone5933]

Bullsquids, itchyosaurs, leeches

[@mrt8bit692]

At the beginning of this year, I moved across the united states from the east coast to the west coast to become a missionary. Upon moving into my home, all I had was a mattress, my suitcase, and a pc that had a few games installed on it, Half Life 2 and Cry of Fear were the only 2 games I played in the time I didn't have internet, and Half Life 2 truly did change my life. This part especially has always sat in the back of my mind on just how cool of a mission it was!

[@Gordon_Freeman1_]

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[@bonarldsburritosbobtimer962]

Gordon doesnt need to hear all that hes a highly trained professional

[@man-from-2058]

Oh god

[@MLEONHAED]

man of few words, aren't you?

[@SwagTinCommander]

We found the realest freeman

[@alexwave413]

Well said, Freeman.

[@harkness1720]

A combine soldier thinking whats so fundamentally wrong with himself...Such a human emotion he couldn't describe

[@WeAintJokinHere]

He remembers times before seven hour war, before everything changed...

[@ghhn4505]

This, this right here is the theme of Half Life 2 to me. Sure, action is a major focal point of the game. But it wouldn't be Half-Life without those quiet, introspective moments.

[@Kiryutka22]

That bridge and this music is the first thing that pops to my mind when I think about Half-Life 2. Oh valve. .what have you become. .

[@mikeike2177]

SAME

[@ToastyWaffle456]

Very nice. Love these super atmospheric types of tracks in games.

[@ДжонСакер]

Я надеюсь, сюда когда-нибудь заглянут русскоязычные ценители этой игры, которые забрели в такие дебри, по итогу найдя этот эмбиент. Не знаю почему раньше я не любил вторую Халфу, возможно, я не понимал значимости этой игры, её глубокого мира, о котором приятно думать неоднозначно. Открыв для себя эту игру по-новому, я не могу теперь прожить ни месяца, не зайдя послушать это атмосферное звучание.

[@javidmirza4584]

Джон Сакер Когда я слушал эту музыку, я чувствовал что какая-то пустота заполняет меня. Что привело меня в депрессию, но потом все прошло.

[@merlin-ulg]

Возможно это было потому, что после первой части вторая была совсем другая, не такая, как первая. И это вызывало некое отторжение тогда.

[@merlin-ulg]

@@ВасяПупкин-е5с2в Я помню, когда я еще в конце далеких 90-х годов первый раз притащил от друга и запустил первый HL (притом он был даже английским и WON-версия) и побегал там буквально минут 20, даже костюм не надел, то пришлось потом тоже отлёживаться с больной головой. Чудом не удалил тогда этот шедевр. Потом как-то попривык. А вот когда играю во вторую часть, то тоже бывают неприятности, голова нагреваться начинает и всякое неприятное.

[@ANDREYCUCU]

Русские есть, просто на вряд ли они заходят в комментарии так далеко. Было очень приятно увидеть вас тут)

[@CT-CTCheckmate]

yes

[@gomunkul]

I remember the time that was 7 years ago. I had no job and was completely lost not knowing what to do. So I decided to play hl2. It really helped me to relax a little. And now when that period of time pops up in my memory this music starts to play in my head and I can feel that atmosphere. Now the time is rough too. Probably, it's the roughest time of my life. I'm on the bridge again. Just trying to keep my mental balance.

[@u-shanks4915]

i just had to come back to respond things are different, you feel disconnected for some reason the feeling that something seems off

[@gomunkul]

@@u-shanks4915 I feel like the whole world is disconnected. Like there is no future. Things are totally out of control.

[@u-shanks4915]

@@gomunkul depending on where you are I am in the United States I look around there’s a lot of things that has to be done

[@gomunkul]

@@u-shanks4915 I'm in Russia. And here are a lot of things that shouldn't have been done...

[@andrewhalfer]

@@gomunkul 100%

[@kristianmucaji9420]

Fun fact: It's also the intro music in Half-Life 2.

[@Filipokerface]

yep, with the manhack sounds

[@kristianmucaji9420]

@@Filipokerface Yeah I heard them too

[@NewGlock836]

I’m pretty sure we all know that, as the only people who would listen to this have played half-life 2

[@Chad-Rainis]

No it isn't. Or "possibly", it's a modified version. The intro song is called Shadows Fore and Aft. Have a look at the HL2 soundtrack video and compare the two. I don't blame you though, I thought the same.

[@bigjoe8087]

@Corporal Adrian Shepard playin dangerous games corporal, that guy kept up an entire thread angry for a year and its still going

[@FB-zh5se]

I absolutely love this theme. It feels strangely peaceful, with a sound resembling that of a seagull. It also feels very sombre and depressing, and for me, really encapsulates the lack of hope humanity has against the evil that is the Combine.

[@alienlobsteroo4882]

This is one of the things AAAs (apart from valve) will never understand. They will never understand what makes a game an ACTUAL masterpiece. It's not the story, gameplay, characters or if you were the first to invent some feature or use some technology first. It's the impact and atmosphere the game provides. The background lore and the things that don't get shoved in your face but gnaw at the back of your head. Constantly shaking your nervous system making you wonder what really is going on in this dimension. The soldier gave all of his humanity to serve an alien overlord yet he broke free from his restrictive cybernetics and brainwashing just for a moment. A second. A fraction of a millisecond. You can see and hear all of that in this here video and it's fascinating. I will never forget the Half life series because it's one of the series that immersed me THE most of any game I ever played. No cutscenes and no goofy voice actor for the main character. Just you in control the entire time. Not talking because you can't you can't interact with that dimension, you're restricted to the tools you have in your current dimension. Yet you feel as if you're part of that world, taking action against the brutal alien threat. It's the best series ever made and my favourite is definitely the original Half-Life 2. Damn you read all of that? Must be a wanna be philosopher like me.

[@Peter-e4l]

I love that comment

[@bizmasterTheSlav]

Gordon's silence makes you fill in the gaps yourself. It makes room for your imagination. Akin to a small child, you start wondering if there are things in the fog. You start wondering what lies beneath your gaze, you start wondering what would happen if you, indeed, choose to _find out how deep the rabbit hole goes._ But no matter how much you saw, deep down you understand that there is far more beyond the surface of the iceberg. That's the beauty of Half-Life. There are always more things in the fog, just beyond your reach, and that keeps your mind wandering, strolling around the planes of your curiosity, feeding the most human feeling amongst all feelings. Makes you feel the most human you've ever been, despite finding yourself in alien-controlled world, deeply hostile to all things human. The contrast is what makes it so special.

[@asimplepie2279]

I want to live in the half life universe (even though it would be totally gloomy and shit) just to feel the immense AMBIENCE of this track. I love hl2

[@svijj_]

I hope you'd get used to constantly hearing "WELCOME TO CITY 17"

[@Hsaelt]

You realise you wouldn't hear that track irl tho right.

[@asimplepie2279]

@@Hsaelt yep but its a game so I would hear the track. Thanklfully half life is in VR so ican do just what I wanted to do.

[@Hsaelt]

@@asimplepie2279 I mean that if you lived in hl universe it would be real life for you and therefore you would not hear any music whatsoever. >Thanklfully half life is in VR so ican do just what I wanted to do. Escapism is reserved for weak and foolish.

[@asimplepie2279]

@@Hsaelt what

[@bennybjnr0930]

I just played half life 2 this year for the first time (cos it came out when I was a fetus) and this game broke me emotionally, making me feel nostalgic even though it was my first play through

[@philow4021]

I felt the same before I had 2k hours on gmod and 2k on csgo as well and valve games felt different

[@kleinerhalflife]

The combine still have feelings! This one is pondering about his combatant skills

[@ursa_margo]

I hear what you're saying. This music fits so great with vast open space of water, bright sunlight, and desolate, rusty bridge. Valve designers and Kelly Bailey are true geniuses when it comes to creation of desolation feeling - both in HL and in Portal.

[@aman2426]

How did you do it Valve

[@erosrangel976]

They did it by making a pact with the devil to never release a Half-Life 3. :(

[@gabenewell3955]

Eros Rangel no I just don’t have anything to say about half life 3

[@holy0damn]

ah times where games weren't fully corrupted with business in mind and artistic an technological game development mattered

[@stuckinthepastproductions4329]

@@gabenewell3955 You going to tell us how "these things, they take time", too?

[@stuckinthepastproductions4329]

You mean how did they take an award winning franchise and just throw it in the trash? I ask this often, myself.

[@goatedgigachad1989]

Half-Life 2 was one the deep games with a small meaning of mystery yet a large vast lore. a deeper backstory.

[@longneckedgiraffemom4196]

Everyone always asks "Where's the Combine soldier", never "How's the Combine soldier".

[@roblox_talon_gaming1309]

Dead because of gordon freeman

[@WeAintJokinHere]

@@roblox_talon_gaming1309 true ..

[@Xandermcg479]

I think this track made me really realize the situation the game is set in. Right now, Gordon was crossing underneath a bridge on his way to take out the combine. Such a small man on his way to do a great thing for the world and universe. The right man in the right place. Its almost as if this song foreshadows something. I feel like the song is telling me: keep going.

[@WECsilencer]

Listening to this song today, reminding myself that this masterpiece came out in 2004. Nearly 20 years ago. Kind of ironic, because this piece of music has a very "What happened, where did the time go?" kind of vibe to it. I remember the day when I brought this game home from Best Buy like it was yesterday. Man, life moves fast, but Half Life 2 will remain still as the best game ever made.

[@WeAintJokinHere]

How are you doing now bro?

[@RabdoInternetGuy]

That Bridge, it felt like a sanctuary, a different dimension, like when you walked thru the door with the loading screen, it feels like going thru a portal. It feels liminal, almost. A place of transition from one part of life to another. A crossing ground where you must navigate carefully thru the derelict beams. I cant describe it well enough, words cant do it justice, but i just cant help but feel a connection between certain events and the feelings i had in them, in my life and this bridge, i played it as a child, thru thick and thin, Sick and Healthy, Sad or Happy, it felt like a place that could welcome me no matter what, if you need an escape to think about whats happening around you, or do the opposite, this game was the way to do so for me.

[@ThatPawikBoy]

this music in the climate of this bridge makes me feel a huge emptiness that fills me completely ... I realize that I am only halfway to the goal (end of the game) and it is not known what may happen next ...

[@Ogaitnas900]

"huge emptiness that fills me completely", I feel ya

[@c0xb0x]

But how do you know that you're halfway if you don't know what's going to happen next?

[@ThatPawikBoy]

@@c0xb0x Right

[@gyranos716]

Probably my favourite part of the game, the mysterious mist and music, the ocean right under you, always being scared that the bridge collapses as soon as a train goes by and makes it shake and an eerie undescribable weird feeling i always get

[@keto-diet]

most important part is that train is illusion, a ghost train.

[@carlosbustos8096]

The 2 barnacles, the 2 headcrabs, the zombies after the level. This was once very probably a underground rebel base, and now its gone. Creepy right?

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

The best chapters in hl2 are: Ch.6:"We don't go to Ravenholm" Ch.7:Highway 17 Ch.9:Nova Prospekt Why? Because i feel as if these chapters really go into detail in introducing the horrors the combine has done to our planet, i fear that the same might happen to us IRL, but not by aliens, but by ourselves

[@NewGlock836]

ItsChev notJeff don’t forget anti citizen one

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

@@NewGlock836 yeah, but that was when humanity finally took action and continued their war in the very heart of city 17 Also, Barney at the end LOL

[@NewGlock836]

ItsChev notJeff how is that bad?

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

@@NewGlock836 I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying that Anticitizen one happens in the third stage of the Combine's history on earth, while what you see before are remnants caused by the aftermath, with the one starting it all being the 7h war, if not the Black Mesa Incident Actually, I like Anticitizen one, with our benefactors being my favorite during that timeline; the above comment are my favorite chapters during the aftermath timeline

[@NewGlock836]

ItsChev notJeff oh ok it was like you were saying that as a bad thing

[@Kaptain8964]

As the Combine soldier leans on the rail...he stares out into the distance...he slowly starts to feel a feeling he has never felt...dred...he is fearing about his life...most combine soldiers didnt feel this...but...he felt it. Now he must find a new passion...a free passion...he must be... *HUMAN*

[@Bacony_Cakes]

Plot twist: It's Adrian Shepard.

[@realulstefan3821]

@@Bacony_Cakes i just killed Adrian noooo -Freeman 2023

[@umberto6259]

The definition of half life series

[@Kylev2]

I still remember the first time this song kicked in at the bridge on my first ever playthrough, an overwelming feeling of isolation and melancholy washed over me like a tidal wave as I made my way along that bridge, I too remember stopping and staring out into the sea as that feeling really sunk into my soul, a game never made me feel like before or since, it was a truly spiritual experience, this game is an utter masterpiece, and this moment in the game conveys that in every way.

[@uros.u.novakovic]

I just had to come here after the HLA announcement trailer.

[@Galeq.]

Finally an actual comment here :D

[@asimplepie2279]

I wonder if this will be in it

[@uros.u.novakovic]

@@zephyrium7 System or the headset itself?

[@uros.u.novakovic]

@@zephyrium7 I'll wait for it. HLA release date is all the way in March and honestly I expect a delay as well. No need to rush.

[@supertnt2040]

@@uros.u.novakovic what if there is no delay? (read this while listing to the music plz thx)

[@redtailshark420]

Dude literally the same thing happened to me with this piece. I didn't remember it as a kid, but replaying the game now a days this track works and makes complete sense in this game. I think this is the best song in the half-life series.

[@Luka2000_]

Every time I come back to this game to replay it every year I stop to listen to this music in this moment in the game and just look off into the distance....thank you valve for making the best game of all time

[@ramirezrem]

Good track. In Wolfenstein New Order, the level on Gibraltar bridge, have similar feeling and music.

[@DaRk5612Fromlv]

whata the soundtrack called

[@peppermillers8361]

@@DaRk5612Fromlv it's unreleased and isn't on the soundtrack. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4nWfqychsmNiq8

[@garfielf1826]

When that NPC says, "Sometimes, I dream about cheese". Most people write it off as a funny joke or goofy NPC dialogue. In reality he's right. Most of Earth's natural fauna went extinct after the Xen Infestation and 7hr War. That includes important livestock and plants based foods. It's also heavily implied in Half Life Alyx that livestock such as Cows and Pigs are extinct now. They were one of humanity's most important sources of food. Now they're gone never to be seen again. This part of the game really makes you realize how fucked Earth has become. And even with a miracle that the Combine leaves Earth, It'll never be the same again.

[@jlufo]

u right thank god thats just a game

[@loziangamesofficial8779]

This track literally speaks, "The Lore Behind... "

[@lostmemories7534]

feeling lost

[@headguest3315]

we all are in this world...

[@cricket62200962]

me too.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Like half life 3

[@gokberkkara2836]

And Alone...

[@ValentineC137]

Lost.. on the coast *_hmm_*

[@jdkdlsnjdkk2809]

While i sleep i listen to this i remember old valve who promised us for new half life since 13 years many people died many things happened some of them didnt make it to this time and seen half life alyx but valve come back and be the company i know Be productive and dont leave us im now 37 years old if i died this message is my last thanks valve ... Edit: if i didnt reply when hl3 is released i am already dead Thanks valve thanks hl community

[@Gravity_studioss]

I will spread the word. Wait here

[@odstat1949]

Replying so I can come back here to make sure you're still alive.

[@WeAintJokinHere]

No don't die!

[@hc3550]

RIP

[@carlosbustos8096]

We believe you are not dead, please dont be.

[@chris040hh]

The atmosphere that this game creates is unrivaled, The moment those distorted synths in the background start playing i get goosebumps, no matter how many times i hear this song.

[@smallwheelmeatytireconnoisseur]

Half Life 2 is an absolute masterpiece

[@kspangsege]

As a combination of a game and a piece of art (story, music, graphics), nothing beats it, and nothing gets close in my opinion.

[@YourCasualGargantuanLeviathan]

Just half-life in general. And subnautica.

[@IrrationalDelusion]

That bridge was one of the deepest immersion moments in HL2 for me, completed it first in 2019 and woaah.. Appreciate your posts!

[@bogdanvideanu164]

Now that's extended. Good job...

[@oamost]

the new Half-Life 2 VR mod adds a whole new dimension to this soundtrack. actually being there on the bridge and hearing this soundtrack really made my mind to go into some different state. Half-Life 2 really is one of the best games that ever been made

[@jeanbutinfrench]

It’s indescribable how atmospheric some quiet tracks from Kelly Bailey made half life 2 and portal 1, lab practicum, escape array and self esteem fund condense a feeling of loneliness and isolation that that is somehow harrowing and comforting at the same time in a nihilistic way. this world is lost no matter how much we try to rebel, I find humans and friends on the way, but the enemy is to greater. im the only surviving human in these lonely white rooms and all I hear is a sadistic AI. it somehow feels cozy to me, and encapsulate a moment in time for my life.

[@jeanbutinfrench]

“it’s indescribable” - proceeds to describe it, im so cringe

[@Atomic181]

Even though the Combine Elites and Soldiers are synths and don't remember anything about being human, there's something about this image and audio mixing together that creates a picture that a shroud of humanity is still left, holding on. Fighting and fighting to stay alive. The Combine is truly one of the most evil factions and entities in all of not only gaming, but media.

[@holy_craperal_2003]

The first time I got here in the game it sent shivers down my spine. I felt cold, hollow and alone. I felt like I was in the uncanny valley. I thought I was completely alone, yet exposed to everything at the same time. Never to this day had a game, movie, book, show or any other media encapsulated me as much as Half-Life 2.

[@umberto6259]

I get ya man, the locations, the atmosphere and the ambiance this game has, is out of this word.

[@JackBradley07]

I wish I could erase my memory and play the whole Half-Life series again

[@ogpimpwildin6897]

The atmosphere the music sets is something.

[@EZ-Flix]

While playing the HL2 VR mod this track started playing and I put my hands on the railings and looked out into the ocean, this song is so ominous yet beautiful

[@hc3550]

In the end we're all alone.

[@SaltioIsEpic]

Comments 80% Talking about the combine soilder 9% Talking about how much they love this chapter 1% Actual comments about this soundtrack

[@hollownxss5161]

What about the other 10% ?

[@SaltioIsEpic]

@@hollownxss5161 they left for Kansas

[@DanielWindows]

0.1% Kleiner lab (Cuz this track was used in there)

[@miguelpereira9859]

Kelly Baily is a very unappreciated contributor to the Half-Life series and Valve in general

[@philthephilosopher9235]

Everyone here is commenting about the bridge level, but every time I hear this I think of: "Rise and shine Mr. Freeman, rise and shine..."

[@vladimirgolosin4699]

Tracks like this one prove that hl2 is a masterpiece. It has great pacing, and it doesn't always play bombastic combat music... but gameplay still feels interesting and fun.

[@jackneals5585]

Between this song and "Self Esteem Fund" on Portal 1... Man... talk about legendary nostalgia.

[@antalgergo2699]

The thing that always got me about the Half Life games is how Freeman's muteness was ironically the perfect platform to theorize on the nature of the thoughts he had, the faces he made, the feelings he felt during certain moments in the games. What did he think at this bridge, at this point in the story, trying to make his way through this massive lonely, empty wasteland? Did he think, still trying to process what the world has become, "How did I get here? How and why did I survive all of this? What is my real goal?" The thick fog and the gloomy atmosphere of a once-populated coast area just added to these feelings I bet.Imagine how lost you would be, suddenly awakening from a 20 year stasis into a completely new world, one that you could not even slightly recognize, because it is thousands of miles from where you lived before, with completely different architecture and surroundings.Gordon Freeman is a genius character, one of the best in gaming, ever.Half Life 2 has one of the best atmospheres of any game, they really nailed it with the Eastern European setting and the gloomy weather and concrete jungles that come with it.There's something indescribable about this whole game, it hurts my head to think about it.I hope that Half Life 3, if they ever really make one, will have a similar unique aesthetic.I'd love to see an arctic setting, with maybe the Borealis, along with some more foggy, gloomy areas. This track, really conveys all the things I described above, it is perphaps the closest to a "theme song" I'd pick for HL2.

[@rebel6301]

my man gordon put a weird crystal into a fucked up beam, fought aliens and the military, and woke up 20 years later in bulgaria. man cant get a break huh

[@pizzelle257]

If I listen to this when I go to sleep I feel sleepy and chill and think to myself "Just fall asleep. There is nothing to worry about. Stay calm, think calm and sleep."

[@Bozothcow]

That bridge scene just blew my mind when I first saw it. HL2 influenced my aesthetic taste in everything in a huge way.

[@jockeyfield1954]

this song makes me stare off into the distance, walk along the cold metal above the unusually small ocean, the trains pass by from atop, and just think: i could be here for an entire year

[@mcbuttheadmcf8650]

So when I was listening to this I thought of something. Maybe the combine overwatch only had their memories removed and not their free-thinking and that the only reason they don't rebel against the combine is that the combine is all they have ever known.

[@azmrblack]

Im completely amazed so many people have the same feeling(s) as I did on that bridge, sitting on the trusses and looking out over the fog and the water with the music playing. Truly, this game was an artform and that's what true games are - they bring story, sound and everything else together. I remember HL2 was groundbreaking in it's day with physics, the graphics, and story. Always will be a game in my heart, it's sad to see that Valve is more concerned with Steam than finishing the HL story arc, considering this is where they made their fortune to start.

[@Ogaitnas900]

My favorite too, that moment under the bridge is so immersive and haunting.

[@zolikoff]

I like listening to this while I'm actually in the research lab

[@JackMellor498]

This image feels like it’s reaching into something so deep and I love it.

[@damianmanuelchavez-4952]

left this on for homework, then got distracted, had an identity crisis, then distracted myself with questions about stuff I like, then, I stopped, and the music stopped, I thought that it would just loop like always but it didn't, I checked the time and I realized it was an hour-long video, and I didn't know. This song sure is something.

[@theformerkaiser9391]

This image is perfectly in place, and yet the combine soldiers have most of their humanity striped away. But maybe somehow, by looking into the vast ocean, this soldier may remember what he once was. A man of passion, of kindness, maybe one of justice. Perhaps this reminds him of a time before the combine invasion... before the 7 hour war... before everything changed...

[@WeAintJokinHere]

That just... Deep.. :(

[@djentspace6030]

The bridge level of this game which this soundtrack takes place is a immaculate piece of noise, I've recently been able to play half life 2 via the VR mod available on steam for free. In the normal mouse an keyboard format this music an chapter of the game is incredibly atmospheric but in VR with a whole new visual representation of depth of field and just being able to see even more through Gordon's eyes than before is fucking crazy, gives me goosebumps.

[@gobblesnipes1195]

Thank you for this

[@porther5491]

This music give me nostalgic feelings, I always remember of the good old days of tf2, gmod, hl2...

[@ElderScrllsFn]

A lone Combine Prison Guard Is standing on the bridge.Thinking about how He Survived Nova prospekt. He was lucky that he got shoot in the leg and not in the head. He played Dead. After 1 hour he tried to get up. So he found health charger and used it. He got up. He went out of Nova Prospekt. Just as he turn around.Nova Prospekt just exploded.He then walk away. He hide from rebel patrols.After 10 days of walking He was at the beach.He found the bridge. So he went up.Look at the sea side.Trying to Remember why this place look familiar and then the lone Combine Prison Guard Vanished Without a trace...

[@bruhbruhbruhbruh12]

that's not a Nova Prospekt guard.

[@ScourgeOfGodz]

he is normal combine soldier

[@yeetuscleetus3833]

kinda flawed plot but 👍

[@lambdacore7911]

*SPEECH 100*

[@toku7319]

The Combine would have intercepted him long before he got to a beach. They keep tabs on their soldiers.

[@ilovelegos4271]

“Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we took nonsense more seriously?” “Maybe it would Shepherd, maybe it would.”