WHAT THE HELL IS A COMBINE?! | A Fustercluck in ArmA 3 Half Life

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This op was a blast, we didn't play with ACE but used some alternate health and armour mods instead, giving it a very different feel. The operation was meant to include the Half Life Zombies and Antlions too, but they sadly just broke the server entirely, there was no good footage of fighting them.
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[@RimmyDownunder]

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[@silencemonkey_]

how is this message 10 hours old when the video is only 2 minutes out?

[@calypsooire1975]

@@silencemonkey_ I don't exactly know how it works, but it could be that it was simply privated and just now publicized or smthn, idk.

[@UnknownLord711]

Terminator Dark Fate game released a few days ago

[@Uzik0uchiha]

Curious, how much RAM are you guys using for the server?

[@acid3129]

Can we just appreciate the fact that G man looks like he lost his keys and is frantically slapping his pockets hoping he didn't leave them down in the antlion nest when he was setting up the thumper . He is just like us after all

[@ST0AT]

He's literally me fr fr

[@QueenMonoChrome]

"Ah, Missster Freeman, how oppertune your arival. A favour for a favour, perhaps? I seem to have left the keys to my....company vehicle down in an Antlion pit. My employers would be most unhappy if I report this to them so if you can retrieves them before I have to I will make it worth your while."

[@rhysh6026]

"Fuck, where did I leave that xen crystal? Back at Black Mesa, perhaps? Hopefully they will be kind enough to return it."

[@acid3129]

@rhysh6026 what do you mean a resonance cascade ow fuck sake now I have to deal with the damn Nihilanth always complaining about "we need a bigger portal " and " we took the planet in 7 hours and not 3 like predicted we need to convert more locals " damn science team can't leave them alone for 5 minutes without world ending events happening. What next a gun that negates gravity

[@SovietRifleDivision]

I bursted out laughing to hear the comms of the Antlions. They were screaming figuring out it was the opposite of what they thought.

[@Zack_Zander]

“I asssume antlions are just really tiny lions” “THEY WERE LION SIZED ANTS!”

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

@@Zack_Zander”no, that would be Lionants, dumbass. It’s not that hard.”

[@OwnZar]

I made a Black Mesa incident op for me and my friends, before the combine arrive. Should mention that we played as Black Mesa personnel that was on site normally, and after a full tour of the map before it went to shit the map started with us picking up classes: -Security Guards could use submachineguns, shotguns, rifles and heavy pistols, but could also open secured doors and carry more ammo + wear heavy armored vests. -Scientists could use pistols, submachineguns and machine pistols, alongside any scify gun around. They also were the squad medics and could carry more medical equipment + revive. -And the Engineers were allowed to use any weapon, including the restricted heavy weapons like machineguns, rocket launchers, heavy snipers, grenade launchers and so on. Plus they could set up turrets from time to time. With the extremely limited roster of enemies from Half Life 1 we have in Arma I was able to keep it fresh, challenging and entertaining for them for a solid 4 hours before even adding in the military. Once the military was added those specialisations were really useful, and the tight corridors meant that the enemy could get one shoted, but so could you. They made ambushes, placed their own turrets, mines and would fight against aliens and surviving BM personnel that you could find and save for goodies. And even then, in the middle of a firefight with the HECU you might just get clapped by an ant lion that was hiding in some tunnels you didn't clear 10 minutes ago. Those were 2 really enjoyable days and the second best OP I've ever done (The best one is a full Fallout campaign where you play as the Enclave, but that one would take a month to beat for a whole team of players). Now we are thinking on how to move from HL1 into HL2, but easily enough, in the end of the Black Mesa op, they choose to go rambo and kill absolutely anything they would find. Military, aliens, survivors etc. This means they get to be the Combine in the HL2 op I'm working on. But I first will try to make a 7 Hours war op first, but that roster of enemies is even more reduced. Wish me luck, and nice HECU op you got there! Edit: I thought I said this already but I supposed I messed up the comment and it got deleted. But I'm working on 2 new Campaigns about Fallout at the moment: -Operation Anchorage as the Pre-War US Army. -Enclave Reborn as an expedition sent east from the Sierra Army Depo Enclave. If anyone is interested in joining, be my guest, my Discord name is also OwnZar so feel free to hit me up if you want to take part in some of the new ones. Have a nice day!

[@gwinnr6134]

this ^ this right here is great

[@oceanmantakemebythehand3965]

What about the Black Ops?

[@OwnZar]

@@oceanmantakemebythehand3965 I attempted to add them in the end, and while I was succesful in having a sizeable group of them ambush my team once and then small groups on the way out (2 of them) unfortunately I was not able to make what we all wanted, the female jumping Black Ops. Unfortunately, Arma literally has no female bodies or faces, it's an entirely separate mod but that means they need to have uniforms made explicitally for them. And the Half Life 1 mod we used did not have such uniforms. I'm so sorry.

[@Yorkington]

Enclave Reborn lets gooooo

[@Везунчик-р1л]

sounds interesting!

[@barrag3463]

Honestly, an interesting idea for a HL2 fan game would be remnants of HECU attempting to continue resistance after the 7 hour war.

[@daemoniaque6640]

I mean that's basically what Hunt Down The Freeman is about. Except that the game didn't turn out so great in the end...

[@Ratman36]

I'M. AM. EATING. CHEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSEEEE.

[@Ratman36]

THERE. ARE. NO. SKAVEN. HERE. YES-YES.

[@Arcast3r]

sometimes i dream about cheese

[@AverageWarCrimeEnjoyer]

MY. ASS. IS. HEAVY.

[@explore7891]

AHHHHH A TALKING RAT! BY SIGMAR I AM GOING INSANE!

[@mileselon1339]

Wait that profile picture looks so familiar

[@fumarc4501]

3:30 lion sized ants or ant sized lions is one of the funniest com chatter I’ve ever heard. “They’re lion sized Ants!” Lol

[@void-creature]

Rimmy's voice keeps making me think he's about to say A MAN HAS FALLEN INTO THE RIVER IN LEGO CITY

[@swamproman2007]

HEY

[@JWP-56]

START THE NEW RESCUE HELICOPTER.

[@Predator20357]

HECU after the first game: “Man that was brutal, I hope we don’t have to face Aliens like these again” Combine: “Don’t worry! We’re way worse”

[@VegetaLF7]

Probably the most wild realization in the Half-Life games is that all the aliens you fought from Xen in the first game? Yeah, they were *running away* from the Combine you face in HL2

[@Predator20357]

@@VegetaLF7 Yah, what took perhaps a single day for the Xeno’s to start overwhelming the Facility and terrify the HECU. The combine took 7 hours to conquer the entire world.

[@k96man]

At least the combine didn't shoot bees at you... Silver lining and whatnot

[@cooperlock3033]

@@VegetaLF7the combine we face in half life 2 aren’t even the full extent of the combine either, most of the enemy are OTA which are literally just augmented enslaved humans created to just put down other humans. The striders, hunters, etc are simply other slave species of the combine that are easily expendable.

[@mileselon1339]

No you're not, the first game had way more difficult opponents

[@inductivegrunt94]

Let's go! The HECU with Rimmy and thr bois! Man I love the voice filter Rimmy put on. "About that beer I owed ya."

[@foxman3777]

FREEMAN WITH A CROWBAR STARTS INTENSIFYING

[@commandervex1626]

"GOOSE 4 THIS BLOODHOUND 3, ETA ONE MIKE, SIT TIGHT GUYS"

[@ddinosaur7359]

4:11 Earth defense force ahhh situation

[@quox3987]

The trend of people mimicking how NPCs talk will never not amuse me.

[@void-creature]

I feel like this op should have a seven hour timer for... Y'know, reasons.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

This would be a cool gamemode collab with Valve. Create a 7 Hour War gamemode where a max number of players on an Arma map have 30 minutes to order themselves and prepare for a combine invasion, with announcements coming in on military channels about the events of Black Mesa. Finally when they arrive, its an overwhelming force of combing coming from a random map direction, with more randomly spawning around the map. The goal being to survive as long as possible

[@hermant437]

This required too much expansion of the half-life lore, since we don't really know what forces were used by the combines during the 7 hour war, with the possible exception of striders, hunters and gunships. All combine soldiers are former humans, and the apc and hunter choper are based on human technology so they could not have existed during the invasion.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

@hermant437 weaponizing headcrabs is one I would bet. And antlions too. They would have needed some infantry force. You simply can't conquer a nation, even a city with just gunships, striders and Hunters

[@randomstuff9005]

@@hermant437 We know quite a few actually. Mostly cut from the half-life 2 beta

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

the HECU are so goddamn cool

[@CorporalAdrianShephard.]

Damn right they are!

[@apuffofpink8484]

Remember kids: Theres nothing more deadly to vehicles than Rimmy with smallarms

[@DuncanUhlmansiek]

true, he killed a pilot of a little bird once with only two shots and the Zeus confirmed it

[@malachimccann4612]

boys trying to make the 7 hour war, the 8 hour war

[@kingcrafteroderderfahradtu7331]

A story about an army popping up 20 years after the war would actually be really interesting. It would show just how good a combine suppression force is, because those are way weaker than an invasion force and the army could actually stand a chance

[@mateuszchoda5560]

"We're being sent out to destroy farmers" How... topical. Are you sure you weren't playing as European policemen?

[@totusubertas8952]

I adore Robo-Rimmy. Not sure if should be recurring bit, recordings for custom arma briefings, or if rimmy should get a voice AI based on robo rimmy voice

[@DuncanUhlmansiek]

yes

[@jesusofbullets]

Oh god, I haven’t even got around to editing this op myself. Good that you did, Rimmy. It was too good of an op to go unreleased. Slightly disappointed the missile incident wasn’t included, lol. Guess I’ll have to add that in my version.

[@nyxorelius]

Well at least you traded when you grabbed the shotgun. Also nice shot with that smoke grenade

[@kathiecraig2803]

Most accurate HECU voice " *ARE. YOU. TALKING. SHIT?* "

[@In10tionL]

Rimmy, "Why am I playing ring-around-the-rosie with this thing?" _Gets flattened._ That's why.

[@baronvonbeagle9787]

SO HYPED FOR THIS BRO, (I'm a combine simp though)

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

I FUCKING LOVE THE HECU

[@matask.7507]

I personally would love to see more combine perspective fights, but great vid anyway.

[@alek7998]

I've always loved the concept of HECU in the modern half life time. The Universal Union only left a small token force mostly of humans and their resistance is primarily untrained civilians and researchers...but what if they weren't. What if an actual military unit survived. What if the combine faced an equal.

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

They did, it was called the 7 hour war, it didn’t end well for earth”s combined military forces

[@KanuckStreams]

"Well what if they are lion-sized ants?" That whole exchange was perfect.

[@aurolineblack3692]

Destroy farmers? Given the state of Europe new op farmers vs government

[@ST0AT]

So _that's_ what Adrian Shepard has been doing behind the scenes!

[@aidanfarnan4683]

Rimmy's power to shoot down vehicles with small arms grows to legendary levels!

[@jiado6893]

7:03 "Make metal bleed."

[@munanchoinc]

GMAN has the power to turn black

[@TS-qt5qx]

Be the combine next, also this is my new fav line: “WHAT THE F**K IS A COMBINE?!”.

[@FlowerMareEnjoyer]

Hearing that voice with common cold-induced brain fog is an experience.

[@AdrianKicksAss_]

OH.GOD.A.ORANGE.MAN.IS.KILLING.MY.SQUAD.

[@About37Hobos]

Was an honor making this op, glad people enjoyed it!

[@tumble8323]

"I! NEED! SUPPRESSING! FIRE!" -HGrunt

[@kanpai4370]

I know it's supposed to be the voice of the military announcement system, but it sounds like an X-Box lobby, and I think an X-Box lobby destroying the combine is a lot funnier

[@scpwatcher8289]

I feel like Gman was board and decided woe marines be upon ye to the combine

[@AceOfBlackjack]

Hecu were army, Black Mesa made them marines?

[@SuomenJaakaripataljoona]

@@AceOfBlackjackWhile they use Army equipments and have Medics They’ve been called Marines in Opposing Force

[@CRMSN_RDR]

@@AceOfBlackjack no they've always been marines

[@OzyWazza]

3:56 "It's like a god-damned town meeting!" "Let's saddle up, Apone!" "Aye sir!"

[@TheArklyte]

Is this normal HECU or PA guys from Opposing Force? Or a mix of normal guys and the ones in armor? Can combine vehicles shoot down missiles like in the game or are ArmA 3 missile not possible to intercept?

[@VegetaLF7]

They seem to be HECU, hence Rimmy's voice filter and the guys using the urban camo patterns the HECU troopers wore

[@TheArklyte]

@@VegetaLF7 both are HECU, however HECU in Opposing Force used Power Armor(PA for short) derived from HEV suits. The latter ones would eat Combine for breakfast.

[@theurbangoose6918]

Technically speaking the only unrealistic part is the combine overwatch was created after the subjugation and surrender of Earth it was really just the synths we see like the striders gunships and behemoths

[@EvanSwitzer]

As a person who just got done with the first half-life, I can confirm that those sound like legit HECU voice lines

[@anonviewerciv]

4:16 G-Man, you seem lost. 🕴❔

[@scotcheggable]

4:20 Mr. President?

[@zapdog_]

5:23 "Two TOW missiles pass in the wind like spurned lovers, but one was for me"

[@Oswald-t4d]

This gameplay of heldivers 2 looks alot more scuffed than the trailer, ngl. 😂

[@xenoscout9319]

my god, the mp5 grenade launcher is the best SMG ever made

[@csmrookie9600]

ABSOLUTE. CINEMA.

[@ayakaasama]

Rimmy downunderwear keeps posting bangers

[@charlieawerbuch5352]

"Medic being consumed" "Well, get him out of there, we need him." This exchange, and the following "Give me my medic back" had me dying of laughter.

[@SeymoreTheDisappointed]

"Some kind of strange bug is coming to meet us" Sounds just out of Half Life

[@anotherkenlon]

You had so much fun with that compressor it must be illegal.

[@unknownvoid6036]

LET'S GO

[@ellieblaber4243]

like listening to an xbox 360 COD lobby

[@liger04]

3:15 needs to be a mod. When Gordon manages to sneak close enough to marines that he's already in mnelee range when he's detected, they need to make that noise.

[@hunterparks-b7t]

i shall require an apology my good sir as i can see and hear my ears bloody ringing from Thee Voice of Eco's mate.

[@hunterparks-b7t]

as there was not thee letter of Thee Lord of Eco's saying it would be loud as the BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GODS.

[@maxdean9205]

Pick up that can.

[@TheArklyte]

7:45 Any chance you guys can make Prototype themed operation? Just asking...

[@katarjin]

oh that would be..nasty

[@narhumo7497]

Wow I forgot how impressively incompetent I was. Good fun though.

[@AaronGessel]

Rimmy been watching you since the beginning your the reason I am no longer DEPRESSED

[@cnlbenmc]

Judging by the number of bullets needed to down the Combine; I bet these guys really wish they went the Half-Life HD pack rout and gave them M4s instead of MP5s. Or at least HK53Es which are basically 5.56mm MP5s.

[@jdreyes3745]

I always wondered why the hell the HECU were going into Black Mesa mainly armed with SMGs, i.e. things that do poorly against heavily-armored opponents such as Grunts or bespectacled scientists in charged HEV suits. Even weirder is how they all have grenade launchers attached to said SMGs, but only team leaders (red beret guys) are the ones firing them.

[@cnlbenmc]

+@@jdreyes3745+ Simple answer; Valve being militarily illiterate. Like how all the way into Counter Strike: Source (if I remember correctly) characters yanked on the Forward Assist lever to chamber a round into the M4. Why the wierd MP5; someone on the team probably saw a picture of one of the extremely rare and wierd MP5s that had a Grenade launcher on it (it actually existed IRL and Jonathan Furguson talked about it on gamespot) and decided to use that on an MP5SD because it looked cooler.

[@thenaniboi9659]

been ages since a arma vid

[@gabrielwojniusz1993]

Just call the combine communists and the marines will handle it

[@thatponybro6940]

the fact that Rimmy didn't go "Man, North, 300 meters, fast, fast, fast."

[@CanadianViking24]

hay is me barney from black mesa about that beer i owed ya

[@beems4031]

6:52 Most HECU shit I've ever heard.

[@Electricfox]

STAY...ALERT...FOR...FREEMAN...MEDIUM RANGE...BEARING...0..0..1

[@Teb_]

This was a fun op

[@anonimus370]

I recon Marines not understanding who or what they are fighting is the norm in real world too. That's why they're given photos and rewarded with crayons for memorizing the targets.

[@duckman12569]

"I think we'll be sent out to destroy farmers" The next phase of the EU's zero carbon policy

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

The voice effect makes my immersion peak lmao

[@mrcenturies1820]

Man this feels like a some of your old vids Pure kino

[@Skinwalkerxiv]

Yall should have used the black mesa map

[@Spruehwuerstl]

Half Life 3 confirmed?!

[@nicorozner7417]

"What are we, some kind of opposing force?"

[@Zack_Wester]

is there a link whit the mods used for this video?

[@draak4066]

lets fuckin go lads.

[@taxibutler1858]

What'd you use for the voice stuff?

[@BlackMoonHowls]

If I get one advert on a ten min vid... I'm outta here. I already got one upon clicking video THANKS YT Corpos you fks.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Oh yes and don't give me that, "How are they supposed to make money" trash, with Twitch donos duh doy fkng more ons.

[@bouncer2074]

What voice program is he using

[@Laarye]

I'm sorry, but that robot voice is awful. Literally gave me a migraine. I think it has something pitched too high. It's great when there are subtitles.

[@VegetaLF7]

In fairness that's precisely what it sounded like in Half-Life 1. Rimmy is talking like the HECU soldiers Gordon Freeman faces off against at Black Mesa. They all speak in this incredibly loud and garbled radio voice, one syllable at a time.

[@joshuacarr2333]

10:29 I've never laughed so hard before about someone say ERP (Erotic Role Play) in a game before.

[@Zack_Zander]

3:13 OOC Scream is brilliant

[@swatboy763]

lets FUCKIN *GOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

[@eonthexenocide1956]

Nice.

[@jasonpratt5126]

7:30 - -oh, huh, those stories about a red-haired giant melee-ing a Marine recon team were true! ....kind of!

[@yourunfinishedcollegeessay3565]

Rimmy play lambda wars fr I know you would like it

[@fishpop]

That voice Rimmy was doing reminds me of the Desire Driver from Geats.

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Finally An Interesting Arma Op Incredible Performance A little unbalanced But Totally Hilarious Greatwork Godbless The USMC And Their Unofficially Recognized Blackhand Division of SciFi Antics! *Officially They’re a CBRN Expeditionary Brigade* Lovely Fun

[@anonimus370]

Don't ask a woman about her age, A man about his salary, A german what he was doing between 1939 and 1945 And a Half Life fan what track is playing during the Route Kanal chapter.

[@TheKamaikaze]

Been half a year ... I still cant believe that NSYNC are no more and the Backstreet Boys became STALKERS ... If i remember correctly

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Honestly Rimmy's callouts make me think less of the HECU, and more like Operation Flashpoint.

[@BonesofSmite]

Hey Rimmy, have you ever seen Falling Skies? I think an operation based on Falling Skies would be cool. I don’t want to tell you to do something just want to suggest it

[@roland2690]

This makes me really wonder what happened to HECU after the 7 Hour War. I wonder if some units stayed in the wilderness to continue their fight against Combine

[@Broken_Willis]

I've been playing with HECU recently as well. They cool AF. What map was this op on?