Saving Every Scientist in Opposing Force

[@DrCoomer_1]

On behalf of all of us here at Black Mesa, I just want to say the accident wasn't your fault, it's been 7 years Jam you need to let it go

[@supersonictumbleweed]

Sometimes, I dream about cheese

[@enjoyerofcereal]

@@supersonictumbleweed"Dont shoot i'm with the science team! *gets beaten to a bloody pulp by crowbar* Hack! No! no! Ack!"

[@alyx8815]

Look Gordon! Ropes! They could be used fo Help me Gordon

[@kanestadowns3379]

bro i never died and that wasnt wikipedia that was playstation

[@enjoyerofcereal]

@@alyx8815 "Look at me Gordon! Haha! Parkour ParkoAAAAAA HELP (insert gruesome munching noises here)

[@vickylee3144]

I like how he actually groups up survivors instead of just leaving them after saving them.

[@DoggaGames]

Yeah, whilst playing black mesa i did the same. Its cool seeing other people do the same thing but in opposing force!

[@POPCATthe3rd]

And leaves weapons and useful stuff for them

[@SomeGrunt_On_Youtube]

@@DoggaGames Same thing with leaving useful stuff with the B.M.R.F Personale, like leaving medkits or weapons to the scientists if im at full health or ammo

[@MrTigracho]

I was obsessed with doing this as a kid. I don't recall why. I just did it

[@Zen1tsuYT2007]

Please make video where you're saving people in Blue shift, I will really appreciate it ❤️

[@x8c8r]

I absolutely adore your interpretation of Adrian's character. Considering how you, as a player, are never tasked to kill any scientists, and they don't actively try to defend themselves against you, it only makes sense that Shepherd took the lambda side.

[@socialaccount0000]

43:18 I love the idea of the Gman releasing Shepard from stasis in the ruins of Black Mesa, long enough to where the technology has been picked clean and the radiation subsiding to safe (enough) levels. The Gman does this not out of malice, but as a reminder to Adrian just what he fights for. Adrian would roam, lost, confused, in a world thats no longer his own. He would be a lost shepard, until one day, he sees that Lamda symbol once again.

[@DoctorAids]

It probably wouldnt take long for radiation levels to be fine after a few weeks (assuming that most of black mesas industrial green goo has been buried with the rest of the facility)

[@Drazamuffin]

16:47 Sorry to say this but that dead security guard is very much cannon. He’s the security guard that was back in the survey team’s supply depot. The reason he’s dead in OpFor is because he died fulfilling his promise to Gordon to quote: “cover you while you're waiting for that portal to warm up.” I can understand how you missed that though as he literally makes no attempt to actually fulfil this promise unless the player directly commands him to follow them into the chamber

[@iug5672]

Canonically he followed Freeman, then, after a few minutes helping Gordon clear up the aliens, he feels sleepy and takes a nap. (I don't remember 100% but it makes sense why he is there -- dude is almost impossible to keep alive if he does go to the chamber with you)

[@Megajaybreaker4]

@@iug5672he survived when I brought him into the room on hard first try.

[@PrisonMike196]

Ahh, but you don't know what happened after Gordon jumped into the portal!@@Megajaybreaker4

[@leomartin7409]

Well shit I was bout to say that

[@PrisonMike196]

@@needtasteingamesI doubt he would have survived fighting that many Alien Controllers...

[@scout9593]

Honestly, if if Otis was right at the center of the nuke blast, he’d just walk it off. That man is a deity.

[@ssteel]

Otis would've singlehandly prevent the Combine invasion if he wasn't busy trying to get candy.

[@GoingPostalAtBlackMesa]

​@@ssteel"Mmmm, candy"

[@DeadPerfection]

If his mom hadn't grounded him for two weeks he could have saved everyone

[@PrisonMike196]

@@DeadPerfection What about the possibility that Otis joined the Metrocops for better food?

[@DeadPerfection]

@@PrisonMike196 Canon

[@CibuYT]

For the scientist that didn't go through the portal, my theory is that he can see the future and decided to stay until the nuke went off.

[@iwantagoodnameplease]

Does the energy of the nuke go through portals? Did Xen get nuked as well?!

[@youtubeguy5454]

@@iwantagoodnameplease no, gman would’ve stopped the nuke in that place as his “employers” had control of xen because of Gordon so I think gman would’ve been “fired”(killed probably) if he got xen nuked

[@Ipolitelyaskyoutodie]

Honest radiation reaction:

[@LoafyNeverClear]

This guy spent hours of his life saving NPCs, what a legend.

[@despair4110]

Reminds me of a bald man with a distinctively colored bugatti

[@gregorycomey]

Actually just like me fr fr

[@ThatWildcard]

When our AI overlords seize power, he will be their righthand man.

[@PrisonMike196]

Only to kill a bunch of them at the end...

[@idkwhyieventryanymore]

@@despair4110idk man, if you’re talking about who I think you are, I think he was a massive prick

[@venus18nh]

27:30 just the sheer thought of being that scientist walking through a portal some random marine made filled with hope that you can finally escape but then find yourself on a deeper level of Black Mesa. Alone. Would be soul crushing my dude

[@Gspeed06]

Here is the total for every game and expansion. There are 426 deaths/casualties. 226 of them were scientist/researcher casualties. 79 of them were Black Mesa security guard casualties. 57 of them were Black Mesa survey corp casualties. And 64 of them were HECU marine casualties. (For opposing force) There are 70 survivors of the incident. 37 of them were scientist/researcher survivors. 18 of them were Black Mesa security guard survivors. 0 of them were Black Mesa survey corp survivors. And 15 of them were HECU marine survivors. There are 58 people you can save. 31 of them were scientist/researchers. 15 of them were Black Mesa security guards. 0 of them were Black Mesa survey corps. 12 of them were HECU marines. Some HL2 survivors that survived from the destruction of black mesa via nuke was Isaac Kleiner Eli Vance Barney Calhoun Alex Vance - Its canon that Gman saved her from the blast when she was a infant. (Didn't appear in HL1 and was only mentioned by Gman in HL2EP2 of saving her) Gordon Freeman Dr. Breen aka Wallace Breen (Didn't appear in HL1 and was only mentioned by Alex in HL2 to be his old Administrator in HL1) Dr. Magnusson aka Arne Magnusson (Didn't appear in HL1 and was only mentioned by Magnusson in HL2EP2 that Gordon was the one who ruined his casserole in HL1)

[@lvoryRose]

Wow man, this comment deserves more attention, the way you formatted it is just *chef's kiss* perfect.

[@Gspeed06]

@@lvoryRose Thank you, took me a good hour to write this on this video and the HL video too.

[@tutel1447]

Dr breen actually appears in HL1 talking to gman

[@Gspeed06]

@@tutel1447 Dr.Breen is not shown in HL1. He was only mentioned by being called "The Administrator", I've played all 3 games and haven't found him a single time.

[@varlenthamurtinez]

Oh and don’t forget otis

[@cheezkid2689]

I love the idea that Otis goes from how his is in the game (playing him as a bit of a goofy loser type, implying he lives with his mom) to being a Combine-killing terror who has yet to be killed or captured. I'd love to see him return in a Half Life 3. I imagine he'd be anticitizen three (behind Gordon and Alyx).

[@FloodlightGamingReal]

The combine killed his mom They must pay

[@chad2415]

​@@FloodlightGamingReal yes

[@H3L1X4X1S]

​@@FloodlightGamingReal absolute gigachad

[@Octol1ng]

shouldn't Barney be anticitizen three?

[@Handle_Space_Goblon]

​@@Octol1ngnah he was actually part of the combines police force, making him an anti-cop or, if you think Entropy zero 1 & 2 should be cannon, the good cop.

[@shadowpleaser8312]

Pretty sure the dead guard in the portal room is meant to be the guard at the end of lambda core who tells you "I'll cover you while you're waiting for that portal to warm up." You can bring him with you into the portal room.

[@mrchannel3760]

maybe

[@ledanoir1239]

ye but who would bring him with them? It's a death sentence

[@agent_sus3273]

@@ledanoir1239 I did. But in my defense, it was my first time playing the game, and I didn’t want to go into the room alone.

[@hidebehind3565]

@@ledanoir1239 He apparently canonically dies as seen in this video but in my hard playthrough he survived until I teleported and took down a couple flying geezers since they were focusing on me

[@pyrosauria7444]

I'd like to propose an alternate canon to what you described at the end of the video of Good Shepard. While Shepard himself would come to hate the Military, I don't see him taking out his anger on his fellow soldiers. Maybe the one interrogating the Scientist at the evac zone but it becomes quite clear that everyone is now abandoned at Black Mesa and the Black Ops are out to kill everyone, especially the soldiers. While sure the Soldiers had orders to kill, we see that even in HL1, there were HECU marines who were questioning the orders and really did not want to do this. After being abandoned, there really would be no reason for them to kill Black Mesa personnel (outside of warped perception). In addition, turning on people you likely knew and trained with to save what are effectively strangers is is not really a good thing to begin with, especially when said people aren't in situations (in this case, areas) where they can harm civis (being the scientists). Though we do see Marines still go after scientists and shit in the game, I imagine this is coding oversight (because this is Gear Box we're talking about) and in reality we'd start to see Soldiers, Security Officers, and Scientists start to team up for escape out. All of them would come to have a really obvious hatred for the US military and dislike for the Black Ops sent to wipe them out and all of them now needing to survive in the Combine controlled world with the Combine hunting down soldiers to add into their synth armies. I imagine that those soldiers and the security officers would be the first active combatance for the Resistance and help to train the Rebels in combat for the long guerilla war ahead. Plus with these soldiers being HECU Marines now experienced against Xen life, they can help the Resistance in surviving out in the wastelands also. Really this outcome just makes a lot more sense for Shepard's perspective on things and outlying how he's a good person by saving absolutely everyone he can.

[@dylanzlol7293]

But what if some of them dont want to be heroes, and instead choose to follow the evil orders regardless of adrian's wishes? They were sent to do a job, and now adrian is telling them to disobey those orders, how can you guarantee that theyll choose Adrians side over the US military?

[@RiukuCresent]

I second this. It's not really in good taste or reason to just attack anyone in uniform (especially ones who help you and could be convinced to stop aggression after you prove you are acting in their shared interests). If the soldiers hear their own were turning on them, they could act erratically in fear (likely creating one or two more skirmishes the scientists could get caught in). It could even potentially create a united escape effort (unlikely, but literally the best thing you could hope for beyond outside help). Also, just the fact that a lot of those soldiers are in the exact same position as Shepherd. Kinda leaves a bad taste if you think of that.

[@Anistuffs]

Seconding this. This seems far more plausible than Shepherd turning on their own mates with whom they've gone through thick and thin for years. If anything, after his fellow Marines see the Black Ops sent to kill them, they'll switch sides with Shepherd as well. Sure it'll take some work to get the Black Mesa personnel and the HECU who were assaulting them mere hours earlier, to work together. But you don't become a Good Shepherd without leading different people to a common goal. And you certainly don't become the 'Good' Shepherd by shooting your squadmates in the back even to those who haven't shown any aggression to civilians.

[@narrowgauge0727]

honestly I just cant see shepard turning against all of his marine buddies.

[@VeryPeeved]

@@dylanzlol7293 Yeah, I mean, in the original Half Life, it's really telling how even the couple of guards that express how much they don't want to be killing civilians don't hesitate for a microsecond to open fire on you. It's pretty much the exact same situation as the vortigaunts. Sure, maybe they don't want to be killing people, but they are anyways, because they either can't or won't disobey. He went out of his way to wipe out every last vortigaunt and soldier he could find in the original game to make things safe for the civilians, because no matter what their feelings on the matter are, they are an active danger to the civilians in the complex. No sense going back on that with the soldiers now just because he's a soldier now too. Especially when they're the most likely of anyone to wind up becoming combine soldiers after the war (they even have the same kick animation as the HECU one in the beta), making them a danger to everyone twice over.

[@brothers_of_nod]

I actually really like that idea of The Good Shepherd. That was just all around inspiring, it would be more than beautiful to see Gordon and Adrian firmly shaking hands while their other hands hold a crowbar and wrench respectively.

[@WingMaster562]

I like it, but I dont like the idea of Adrian would simply kill his brothers in arms that easily.

[@RelishVisc]

​@@WingMaster562I honestly think that he'd link up with other grunts after they realize they've been practically backstabbing their country and begin helping scientists to safe areas while also marking themselves with the lambda symbol. After all, they've been left behind and have started to be silenced by their own country men as well, so why not make things right and protect the people you signed up for?

[@yeboxxx_channel_2505]

Friend of mine who has been recruited to US military claims that soldiers can disobey orders if the outcome is for the better. Adrian didn't become a mindless Soldier but a true Soldier.

[@WingMaster562]

@@yeboxxx_channel_2505 sure, until they get hit with Article 15

[@yeboxxx_channel_2505]

@@WingMaster562 Ok what? Care to elaborate please?

[@BiFoxQueen]

The attention to detail and persistence is what makes these great. You look for ways the survivors could meet up and increase their odds, and leave them supplies. It's truly something new and I'm excited to see what you bring next!

[@Saint_Jam]

Thank you so much! Reading comments like these genuinely make my day and absolutely give me tons of inspiration to cook up some more quality content 👀

[@MarphitimusBlackimus]

The two Vortigaunts you meet in the chapter "The Package" at 28:15 are indeed an error. As you mentioned at 17:02, no Xen military forces being encountered after the chapter We Are Not Alone is a deliberate choice. The presence of these two Vortigaunts after the fact can be explained by how we know Gearbox developed the expansion. From the entity names applied to what are now enemies like Shock Troopers and Voltigore, we can see Gearbox were using the original HL1 aliens (namely Alien Grunts and Alien Slaves) as placeholder stand-ins for the new Race X aliens that they had not yet finished implementing. They simply forgot to replace these last two Vortigaunts in "The Package" with Shock Troopers, and we can further confirm this by observing that, if their scripted sequence is not interrupted (as you were able to in the video, making them docile), the two Vortigaunts will self-teleport towards Adrian's position on the mortar platform, an ability only Shock Troopers possess. In Foxtrot Uniform, the Marines you leave behind at 24:18 are inevitably destined to die. What most players tend to not realize is that the surface area with the explosive containers where you first meet these Marines hiding from the Black Ops snipers just before you enter the Voltigore tunnels is the exact same area you return to when you later climb out of the tunnels and meet the three new Marines heading for the dam. When you climb down the ladder into the tunnels at 24:21, you hear a massive explosion above you. This is the (essentially booby trapped) explosive containers on the surface detonating, completely collapsing the loading dock you just left the two Marines inside of and wiping out the remaining Black Ops presence up there, allowing Race X to move in and take over by the time you resurface. This does mean that the new group of Marines you meet in this same area at 24:51 must have materialized from out of nowhere, however.

[@SophieBaybey_VODS]

Love to see a Marphy response out in the wild!

[@esesdeekay776]

The legend himself

[@kawaiiasfucc]

Very good touch

[@VK-jy3pi]

That's a nice little unforeseen cameo from Marphy.

[@vickylee3144]

Marphy the legend himself.

[@earthwaster]

The fact that you released this so quickly after the Half-Life one and also put in the effort to add Decay and Blue Shift is just amazing.

[@HistoryScope]

About those 3 extra scientists you could theoretically save in Blue-Shift. They are currently developing a remake (like Black Mesa) and it would be cool if you could save those 3. Even it's just for fun without any gameplay implications.

[@cartoonistanonymous]

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[@devinhigoy221]

HistoryScope didn't know you liked Half-Life.

[@ForgillMaster51]

In Black Mesa, if you succesfuly save all the sciencist and security guards you can save, they do things in the final room of the chapter and talk with you and talk about making that place safe for everyone they see. We need that in the Blue Shift remake

[@QuinnOfGilead]

Isnt that remake called like Operation: black mesa

[@vault18starplayerandenclav8]

You know i think i got a lot of inspiration from you with my current additude of trying to save everyone i can in generally everything. Though while i usually like playing healing classes i think the general "No man left behind." and "Its never late to save someone." parts of it are heavily from you. So thank you.

[@ElodieHiras]

42:39 I've got a slightly different headcanon. Outside of the soldiers whom are explicitly capturing/torturing/killing the Black Mesa personnel, how many of them either didn't receive the orders (like Shepard) *or* could be convinced by "the guy from our unit who literally saved our hides!" to go rogue with him? You even actually hear a Marine in Half Life complaining that "government coverups weren't in the job description (when I enlisted)". Hell, several of the marines working *with* Shepard have actually engaged the Black Ops in combat, so they know even *they* are in the crosshairs just by being there. "The aliens are shooting at everybody equally" + "that guy from our unit who saved our hides went rogue, think he has a point?" + "I didn't sign up for killing people whose only crime was a case of wrong place at the wrong time" + "Holy shit, *WE* are at the wrong place at the wrong time *too* !" might actually get the Marines working with Shepard to work out some form of truce.

[@notaclass-d1822]

Yeah I think it’s a thing of game coding, to be honest. If anyone ever makes a “black mesa” version of opposing force I would love if they included a steady/sharp decline in morale/willingness to follow orders in the soldiers. Maybe show a few actually working with the black mesa personnel and whatnot

[@alcole-holic8779]

Shepherd did his best to save everyone, like a true hero. I also don’t recall if it’s possible for friendly soldiers and scientists to be in the same area so that’s gonna be fun to see

[@t--w5203]

Yeah they can be together. The in game lore explanation is that the Corporal’s group never got the order to kill the scientists because their helicopters got downed.

[@t--w5203]

Nah I lied

[@deeznuts-kw6yv]

Honestly, lore wise: I could see most soldiers that were left to dry in black mesa team up with the black mess staff. I mean, the mission has obviously gone FUBAR and at that point, it’s each man for themselves and they’re on their own versus two back to back alien invasions and black ops teams raiding the place. I mean, it would be their best bet to do so considering most of the marines are either dead or pulled out and the ones left aren’t really combat effective anymore.

[@Raycloud]

@@deeznuts-kw6yv Hardly anyone left to team-up with, frankly.

[@Raycloud]

When you meet those two first soldiers in "Missing in Action" you can sometimes get them to detect the scientist in the crawlspace down below, and if the scientist detects them he will start to panic and cower. I don't think you can actually get them to attack because the angle is too odd. Maybe I saw them throw a grenade once? I'm not sure. It was many years ago.

[@ΒασίληςΒλάχος-τ3κ]

16:48 he actually is! He is that guard briefing you about going to zen and in the end he says "i'l cover you while you are waiting for that Portal to warm up" so you are clearly meant to take him with you into this room and it seems like canonically he dies, even if that's not what you did in your playthrough of the main game

[@TrialDubz]

Otis really needs a game for himself.

[@someguy1894]

this ✊😔

[@jakedoesyoutube]

Quarter Life

[@froolster]

half life: fat life

[@DeepseaOddities]

@@jakedoesyoutube *HALF-BIT* *QUARTER BIT* *THE!!!! WRIST!!!! GAAAAAAME!*

[@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460]

Half Life 2: From The Ashes. Plot: You play as Security Guard Otis Fontaine, who has somehow survived the Resonance Cascade AND the nuking of Black Mesa. As the years pass and the Combine take over Earth, they seek to sift over the rubble of Black Mesa to take whatever remaining secrets lay in its radioactive and Xen-infested corridors. As Otis realizes this, he also begins to notice that where the place where he is has begun to crumble in and around him. Now he must find a way to leave the facility, find out what has happened to Earth, and escape. Gameplay: Think of it as similar to Half Life 2, but with scenes of PTSD from Otis' life before the disaster, as well as being able to use Otis' security clearance to think of differing ways to figure out puzzles. Otis would also get the Desert Eagle and be allowed to use two different modes for it. As for armor, I'd imagine he would start out by equipping body armor from old armories and dead guards, but would eventually find a well-preserved PCV from a rather large HECU marine's corpse and use that at about the halfway point to spice things up a little. The PCV would be somewhat glitched out and only charge until it was at fifty percent before stopping and refusing to take any more. Weaponry: Mostly stuff from Half Life but updated into the Half Life 2 engine, though some of the Half Life 2 weapons would appear, including the Pulse Rifle and Stun Stick, which would act as the secondary melee and an occasional puzzle tool. Ending: Otis would eventually come across a random portal and find himself teleported to White Forest, unaware of what is going on around him. However, he would then run into Barney and officially be welcomed into the Resistance.

[@BierBart12]

9:43 That Otis artwork is so fucking cool. Imagine if he shows up in the next Half-Life game like that It kinda looks like the grittier art direction the HL2 beta was going for at first

[@SomeGrunt_On_Youtube]

Just imagining him walking out of room filled with combine ragdolls scattered everywhere and only just casually saying: “heya you’re that freeman fella everybodys been talking about aren’t ya?”

[@BierBart12]

@@SomeGrunt_On_KZbin And he still has the same voice

[@supermegabenji1026]

16:50 In the first game, that Guard said "I'll cover you while Your waiting for that Portal to warm up." Probably, there is a Choice saying Leaving the guard so he can be safe or Take him with you in the Portal Room to Defend that Scientist.

[@noaccount4]

Your videos have a ray of optimism and idealism in them which cuts through all the cynicism and defeatism I am surrounded by everyday. It's inspirational in its own way, going through all this to save them - an example to live by

[@Dark_Slayer3000]

Its beautiful, I love it too :)

[@anamusingidiot2565]

You can totally bring a guard into the portal room with you in hl1, and it's actually canon, as he says he'll provide cover before you go in. It's just optional if you grab him or not.

[@hax0r4]

Your closing speech regarding Adrian siding with Black Mesa personnel almost made me cry. I'd never thought of this before. I'd never thought a franchise I'd known for so many years would be able to make me feel so emotional. Thank you.

[@ForgillMaster51]

The only two things i didn't like is the name he gave to Shepard (I just dont like it, it could be better) and he forgot about Eli Vance, we could say Eli met Adrian in some point and decided to make the Lambda Rebelion based on him... Maybe

[@blade3232]

Adrian is his cannonical name.@@ForgillMaster51

[@abhikergaming7783]

I'll be honest I don't think, shepherd would betray the military. But I also don't think he would kill the scientists, I think he would be on the side of the military and his fellow soldiers,but I think he would just let the scientists go

[@CRMSN_RDR]

@@abhikergaming7783 Oh no he goes awol him and the HECU survivors the goverment tried to kill all of them he sides with the survivors of black mesa

[@yes-cj9ct]

Your editing style is so engaging, leagues ahead of bigger creators for sure. I really believe that your editing is second to none, and the way you engage audiences is great as well. immaculate writing and pacing imo.

[@TheSeriousTwo7674]

16:52 The guard actually IS canon. In Half-Life, the guard that is with the scientist in the place where you get the long jump thing. Says that he would come and help you. But everyone usually does not realize this. So you are meant to take him with you. Which means when Gordon jumped in, the guard died, from the alien things.

[@zaniatnik]

According to the wiki, on Easy difficulty, which enables aim assist, the assist triggers on Gina Cross’s body. Which implies she might be alive. Just unconscious. But if that’s the case, that would still mean she is stuck in Xen.

[@alpacalover0]

Corpses are NPCs in GoldSrc (HL1 Engine), so that's probably why. Plus she'd have drowned by then.

[@remyrichardson8614]

@@alpacalover0 she could be like…really good at holding her breath

[@remyrichardson8614]

@Seal Walrus you’re in denial about me being in denial

[@Vort23]

​@@alpacalover0In fairness Gordon should have a helmet and art shows it without so we can see our protag. We could argue that for Cross and Green are the same and they actually have helmets. Or that it could use the same model but not be her, like all guards having the Barney or Otis models.

[@alpacalover0]

@@Vort23 I agree about the helmets, but HEV suits unfortunately have limited oxygen supplies, so she'd be dead by this point anyways unless she somehow has extra oxygen and is playing dead for unknown reasons.

[@saenes6295]

The good Shepard thingy was fun to listen too. I would think he took the rout of save everyone, in the face of an alien invasion, not once but twice, shepard tries to save himself from moral conundrums and save as many humans as possible to resist them. The less aliens the better for everyone at black mesa and earth.

[@random05councilmember46]

I personally don't think Shepard would end up killing marines for the reason of spending years of his life knowing and making friendships with them but I do believe he would go AWOL

[@ezrabraman6437]

Maybe he would just subdue and disarm them

[@jakedoesyoutube]

​@@ezrabraman6437 "Now sit in corner with the scientists, and stop being stupid!"

[@ZaCloud-Animations___she-her]

I agree. We couldn't speak as him due to Valve's immersive policy for silent protagonists at the time. But HE could have spoken. And I'm sure he could've made the case to his brothers-in-arms to change the mission. Maybe some wouldn't agree, but maybe others would. Either way, given his hinted-at good nature, he would've at least given them the chance. It's only that WE couldn't. But I feel that it's what HE would have done, & that's that matters.

[@Pensi0nar]

Wow, the sequel has arrived pretty quick! I like how in the "Welcome to Black Mesa" you had a "trolley" problem and you had to choose between one scientists and another, that was quite interesting. Also, that headcrab jump was neat, saving that security officer was satisfying to watch. This was so pleasant to watch, thank you for making these videos!

[@4556vahg]

30:41 i always thought that this security guard calls player "copral" because of the shoulder straps that player wears. and the security guard, as a man who certainly served in the army, knows how to read them

[@jakedoesyoutube]

I like you how include soldiers in the casualty report. Also, I don't think Shepard would start going doom guy against the marines, I feel like he might see them being as deceived as the Black Mesa personnel. I also think the soldiers would stop killing scientists once they realized that upper command has betrayed them and this whole plan is just a waste of good men. Idk man, Half Life's story got so crazy and confusing they really should have just *nuked the whole thing.* -Also, Gina is probably alive in the secret rooms because in easy mode your aim assist moves towards her, implying she is probably just unconscious.- (Turns out it can also aim assist aims at corpses sometimes.)

[@ssteel]

Yeah the orders become null and void if the person giving you orders abandons you and orders your death. No point in following orders as you would be basically helping your enemy. Plus those marines, scientists and security guards can work together to survive.

[@Michaels_World_]

She's underwater. Even if she was knocked out she would've drowned by that point.

[@jakedoesyoutube]

@@Michaels_World_ oh, i didn't see the water.

[@alpacalover0]

Corpses in the GoldSource Engine are NPCs and not static objects, which is why hitting them draws blood.

[@Handle_Space_Goblon]

The nuke is the thing that alerts the combine iirc

[@David_KAYA]

Man, Otis has a Deagle. Of course he will do a better job than anyone else.

[@kindafc7684]

don’t dog on our boy Otis like that

[@rbahiaofc]

Otis is the best security guard. He tears trough people.

[@tiobridge841]

Something I love about Half Life 1 is how it now feels like the beginning of some kind of modern mythos, with heroes and prophets destined to save the world (and an ending that doesn't conclude the story, Epistle 3 reading like a prediction of the end times). The Free Man, the Good Shepherd... they're treated like figures of legend over mere men

[@hernanreipp5259]

You are forgetting the good guard that owe you a beer. So they are The Free Man, The Good Shephard and the BAR Calhoun.

[@TheThing4444]

Imagine that way after Half Life 2, humanity has somewhat degenerated but still manage to recreate civilization, so they wouldn't understand certain aspects of the past as we do today. Some technology would have seem magical, especially if Vortesence becomes more prominent in a post combine Earth. To these new peoples, they may have saw Black Mesa as this place of magicians and clever men trying to advance humanity. Perhaps working as that age's Garden of Eden.

[@dylanzlol7293]

Gina's final name is also cross

[@lol_cerdef]

30:40 “You’re a good guy Corporal” -random security guard

[@danielsurvivor1372]

Wholesome moment 🥹

[@carterpaananen3803]

I love the idea of G-Man getting more and more annoyed repeatedly teleporting back into the facility to re-engage the nuke, only to have the guard standing next to the warhead sneak over and turn it off over and over again, buying time for survivors to make it out.

[@andyandarius]

Hey Saint. I actually managed to save the soldier from 9:45 on the steam version of the game. It took me a lot of tries but if you manage to get a grenade near the vorts it somehow breaks the script but they will kill him with their electro attacks, hence multiple tries. You just have to jump lob a grenade in the perfect location to get them. :)

[@STeeVeeHuffman]

Saint: “Alright G man, I saved the lives of many scientists of black mesa, weakened the xen force, and survived all of the hazards on the way, what do I get?” GMan: “Your own pocket dimension!” Saint: “Awesome!” GMan: “That serves as a prison.” Saint: “…” Saint: “What?”

[@youtubeguy5454]

Better than just being insta killed by grand employers 💀

[@agent_sus3273]

Better than getting a “job offer” to go face more danger, I guess.

[@dylanzlol7293]

​@@agent_sus3273but that would mean saving more lives!

[@dylanzlol7293]

Tbf, gordon survived through the entire thing from beginning to end while Adrian got a nap during most of the incident, so gman's employers mightve taken this into consideration.

[@mr1spamification]

I really like videos like this. It’s a nice nostalgic trip for me since I obsessed over half-life as a kid, and I love how much effort you put into taking both the spirit and letter of the challenge seriously by approaching it from both a canonical perspective within the franchise’s universe as well as a technical one with understanding and manipulating quirks in the game engine to forward the goal of the challenge. The spliced in memes are a charming and chuckle-inducing cherry on top. I’m happy the obvious care, forethought, and creativity you put into your videos is paying off for you in the algorithm. I got recommended this an hour after it was uploaded probably since I watched the first one and now I’m convinced you’re worth a sub.

[@punishedkid]

It's really thoughtful of you how far you go to preserve and support the people in these games. It makes me wish that this was a feature in the game from the start, even if it doesn't grant anything. Almost like easter eggs.

[@윤수민]

I like the way you group survivors and somehow try to help them even in dangerous situations (such as medikit or putting each other's visible area😀). Not only does it go so well with Half Life's narrative style, but it seems like it's part of the story where you're trying to really help, not just achievements or quests to save these NPCs.😌 I also like that you don't give up and keep going even though there is a set dark and grim ending. p.s. Would like include credit of female assassin art in the description? 😅 Artist is "just-rube".

[@Souphead.]

I consider this the canon ending for opposing force. Along with the half life one.

[@chewy99.]

I mean the half life one vid is literally what happened canonically (Except for the people saved through loading and saving tricks). The end part of this vid is just his head canon, though I’m sure did Adrian help most scientists.

[@tonyzimbinski]

I have never left a comment on a youtube video before but I wanted to say: These videos are super entertaining and put together really professionally. I'm was honestly surprised to find out you don't create youtube videos for a living. Keep up the great work! :-)

[@Saint_Jam]

Honestly, thank you very, very much for taking the time to write up a comment man. Your words are genuinely lovely and it means the world to me!

[@dandyo.8233]

Saving Every Scientist in Half-Life is on my 'best videos of all time" playlist. This video somehow surpassed that at "The Good Shepherd" part. Absolutely brilliant. I am TOTALLY going to write fanfiction about that.

[@wishofalifetime]

Drop a link when you do

[@MegaChickenfish]

29:50 Guard: Hey you, what are you doing with that? Gman: * inhales * _Nothinggg youuu need to worry about......_ Guard afterwards: I think he armed some kind of bomb! One of these has to be the off switch, right? _I guess I'll just press all of them!_ Bomb: *WARNING. EMERGENCY INSTANT DETONATION ACTIVATED. HAVE A VERY SAFE DAY. GOODBYE.* Guard: Aw sh-

[@thebrozonetv]

An interesting coincidence is that this head canon, the good Shepherd (which I really like this head cannon) kind of coincides with the canceled Ravenholm game where you play as Adrian and meet up with Father Grigori, cuz he’s a church leader and Sheperds name is a biblical one

[@purplepimple2000]

You cranked this out quickly! Love your work and am excited to see what is next!

[@doms6907]

I always personally believed that despite the nuke being well...a nuke, that with it being a surface detonation(not even above ground mind you) that it wouldn't have destroyed ALL of BM. BM has some crazy underground concrete labyrinths to hunker down in. Though of course anyone surviving now has to deal with a whole new set of issues.

[@Valsorayu]

Yeah, explosives in general are less devastating when detonated on the surface. A lot of people who are underground are likely to have some sort of filtered ventilation system (since it's hard to get air down there as is) and are likely to not be affected by the lack of oxygen near the blast.

[@Spaceghost9801]

Unfortunatly black mesa had a lot of nukes since it was a missile silo, so it was a chain reaction, meaning black mesa died all the way

[@memememe609]

​@@Spaceghost9801Just because Black Mesa used to be a military silo, does not mean that they retain any nuclear weaponry. As far as we understand, the only explosives inside the facility are the explosive containers and grenades, as well as the satchels and tripmines brought by the marines. It is very likely that some survived the nuclear detonation. Chances are that by the third day, survivors that had not fled already were well hunkered down, as seen with the science team at the beginning, the guards at the parking lot, and the one guard in the deep storage area where the Race X have their main portal in. They could likely survive, and possibly even safely evacuate the facility, as the Race X is completely wiped out with their leader, the Xenians are all taken back to home base excluding the easy-to-deal-with wildlife, and most HECU troops likely were too anxious and were in the surface where the bomb hit them, that being if Shephard didn't use them to bypass doors before exterminating them.

[@luckylarry71]

A well narrated and edited challenge run dotted with juicy memes is a recipe for success.

[@oivinf]

4:35 best part is that Coomer is named after a valve employee that worked on Half-Life: Greg Coomer. Not only that, but Gordon Freeman's face is modeled after Greg Coomer's

[@lordhamster9452]

Hell man! I love this! The effort and thought you put into this video is commendable. I do regret not discovering your channel earlier. And those “rambling” of yours are awesome. Game me goosebumps both times and The good Shepherd is my new head cannon. Just like rebel Otis. Thank you!

[@bitterman7258]

16:47 im pretty sure that guard is the one that is next to the scientist when you reach the lambda complex, since you can actually take him with you to the teleporter and he can help you 39:00 counterargument: the military are also human beings, and they also have regrets, that one grunt in hl1 himself said that he wasnt there to kill civilans, and was unhappy with the chain of command

[@VeryPeeved]

Yeah. And then he turned his gun on Gordon without a microinstant of hesitation. Doesn't matter how bad they feel about what they do, if they keep fucking doing it. Mad dogs get put down. Same as the vortigaunts.

[@bitterman7258]

​​@@VeryPeeved who shot first tho, also using the vortigaunts is a terrible example lol

[@VeryPeeved]

@@bitterman7258 The military. They shot first. In basically every interaction, right up until Gordon gets smart enough to shoot them on sight as a matter of course, because they won't hesitate. And yeah, you're right, the vortigaunts are a bad example. After all, they had a good excuse.

[@bitterman7258]

@@VeryPeeved the military does too, they were following orders

[@uckbritley1305]

@@bitterman7258 so were nazis

[@GeeNo_]

When I was little I was that kid who played Halo trying to keep all the marines alive. Meaning I love this concept, hope to see you trying similar things in other games!

[@crasher182]

Same. I would do a headcount after every firefight.

[@boomdonuts9996]

At 19:00 I would also suggest activating the booby trapped door scanner because the scientist might try to use the scanner and get killed when you leave

[@georgeheld1901]

12:20 no thats RATHONGOR GOD OF THUNDER he was just taking a nap and recharging

[@Luka2000_]

Love this series and how people find new things to do in these old gems

[@RealVCT]

38:50 and also the smaller teleporter we see at the end of Blue Shift is an old prototype that while requires less energy than the Lambda Complex one (that one needed an entire nuclear reactor to work) not only required Barney to go to Xen to properly set it up before it could teleport the scientists to the parking lot at the end of Blue Shit, it is also more unpredictable and unstable as it ends up teleporting Barney to different locations before properly sending him to the end of the game

[@fernandom.varela1109]

Exactly, Black Mesa knows about portals. Good comment mate 👍

[@soldier22881]

i also love the masked soldier aesthetic, something about it feels advanced and futuristic, like the soldier dawns not a helmet but an outer shell to show they have become something more than human, a avatar of war a symbol of strength

[@bannanasplitalt]

can't wait for saving every citizens in half life 2

[@YGNX]

Not gonna lie, as you said you are a sucker for enviromental story telling, I'm a sucker for good writing, that Good Shepard part at the end nearly brought me to tears thinking about, remembering Half-Life Reinstated, the SFM series for the Saxxy Awards, combined with the knowledge of how much trauma this man most have obtained, makes me wonder just the final thoughts going through his head before he was put through stasis, I like to think he had tears in his eyes as even then he would worry he didn't save enough, but at the same time, pride, pride in that he saved so many.

[@OfficialBiggBenn]

Wonderful video, just like the previous one. I think your sorta minimalist thumbnails with a defined style are a good attractor of viewers, but the dedication to the "challenge" and lore-knowledge combined with your soothing voice and slick editing is what keeps people watching. Great job.

[@TheCandytaker]

Phenomenal video man, I remember as a kid playing video games and trying my best to save npcs and clear out as many enemies as possible for them or leave them supplies in hopes of it helping them. Your two videos for half life reminded of those times and gave me some unique nostalgia. Regardless, the editing, commentary, and pacing was all very well done, something that a big professional youtuber would produce, so i'm hoping that's a sign of things to come for you. :)

[@ezy-boshy7855]

I dont think Adrian switched sides and killed grunts. It is far more likely he's ignored order, and saved everyone. Altough it was'nt shown in game mechanics, other soldiers didnt attack last survived barney, and walked down to fight geneworm.

[@Raycloud]

True, though even Half-Life implies that in some areas the HECU did keep Black Mesa Security Personnel alive, only to turn on them if or when Gordon Freeman got close. Such as the guard posted at the armory in Surface Tension. He's standing guard right up there above a HECU outpost and my assumption has always been they kept him around because only he had access to that armory. In Questionable Ethics a HECU spawns if you trigger the first Kill Device Thing and to get to his location he had to walk passed at Security Guard. Granted, I don't think the maps in these game are to true scale; they have nonsense geometry and no bathrooms and you can imagine other explanations, but none the less I suspect that in some cases the HECU took people prisoner or else employed them for their own ends. I mean we do see at least one captured scientist, so not everyone was shot on sight.

[@Nikalus5715]

The sequel I've been waiting for. Another well edited video with a bunch of meme's to keep me more entertained than i already am.

[@goodboy9318]

I love watching your videos. Your narrating makes it feel like a good film, and putting your deeds into Half Life's context only reinforces this good feeling. I wish you great success.

[@Saint_Jam]

Absolute king, thank you VERY much for your kind words bro!

[@goodboy9318]

@@Saint_Jam I'm just doin' my part for the community, mister

[@ReiAkaris]

Oh my god, this man has an insane way of storytelling, especially on the last part. It's so goddamn captivating, I love it man. Please, keep doing what you're doing.

[@goon5757]

30:41 he could just see his rank on his vest lmao

[@squink2346]

Absolutely loved the ending! I always enjoy making headcannon with my actions in game, so hearing such a cool concept made me light up

[@sodasenpai7757]

Not enough youtubers do the whole light storytelling angle, keep this up I'm loving it.

[@JoeTAC]

I'm loving this and the headcanon you gave at the end.

[@479XD]

The Intro is the one of the best intro's i have ever seen. Such a good idea and how it was executed made me rewatch it for more than 10 times. Pure art. The video itself was made really good for a channel with this low amount of subs. You need more attention! Wish you luck, you did one of the best works I've ever seen about this game.

[@baconous689]

I'm still watching the video, but I like it so far! It was also very poignant to me on how the number of survivors dwindled in the chapters, showing how the situation is deteriorating I was also wondering about the possibility of a video of you trying to save every scientist in the Black Mesa remake. I figured there would be just enough differences between the games to be unique and while there are other videos out there, I prefer your style where you think beyond just saving them and go the extra mile to give them a better chance at survival. The chapter graphic also helps out a lot.

[@thefoxyokai5030]

Oh my god, you did it again. I know my comment will be lost in the sea of great comments posted on this stellar video, but I just want to so that I am incredibly mesmerized. I can’t believe you were able to do essentially the entire thing once more on another video, you are such an absolute mad lad! This also makes me hope even more for a Freeman-Shepard team up, especially when Gordon finally starts going after G-Man and finds a way to free Shepard from his eternal prison. Anyway, I hope you will have an incredible day, and that you will get your well deserved rest, lad!

[@Saint_Jam]

Thank you very much honestly! ahaha I meant it when I say I read every comment 😄 it brings me so much genuine joy reading all of this; thank you, It's stuff like this that makes me passionate!

[@thefoxyokai5030]

@@Saint_Jam Mate, don't thank me. It's YOUR content that attracts this much love. Everything I say is merely a reaction to so much... positivity, so much wonder so much LOVE placed into your videos. Anyway, I won't talk as much, because I don't really want to use up to much of you free time. I hope you will have a very pleasant day, lad.

[@runnerduck0272]

These videos are absolutely phenomenal- the speedrun-tier attention to detail and to saving every soul possible isn't just admirable, it's an inspiration. Can't wait to see if you continue this series through to Half Life 2 with the revolutionaries! With how much you did in both playthroughs so far to make the whole of Black Mesa as safe and as unified as possible, I know that scientist trapped in Xen was sent somewhere safe, too.

[@runnerduck0272]

I wrote this comment while still watching the video and I have to say what a beautiful conclusion too :)

[@gimok2k5]

The dead guard in "We are not alone" is actually in Half-Life proper. When you meet the scientist with the shotgun shortly before charging the teleporter, he's accompanied by a security guard. Said guard you can order you to follow - into the teleporter chamber. And the corpse implies that's exactly what Freeman did: Get a guard as backup. As for why the guard in World's Collide calls you by rank: Ranks are normally visible on the uniform via emblem. So, he doesn't know who you are, he just can read your uniform (tho I presume the low res models of the game make it hard to impossible for a player to read it)

[@gabrielwilson1101]

At 42:56 the Bible quote “from” pulp fiction killed me

[@donowa5637]

yeah it comes from karate kiba (not the bible tho)

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

Than ending was full of sentiment! Quite good. Also a shame Shepard has to endure not saving many people but I'm sure he did the best he could in this dire situation.

[@alanavalos6645]

Just Wana say I freaking love these videos you’ve been making, with that edit at the beginning with the doctor I don’t know the name of and this one with the scientist, combined with the music really just feels perfectly combined to show the feeling of truly being a hero despite how every thing went to hell, that speech at the end with the drawings, huge props to you and who ever drew them

[@thechazzler8934]

That intro was absolute fire, loved this episode as expected

[@PointlessPalace]

34:00 In the original Decay you can only save 1 guy. the guy you run ahead to save is just for the port to PC, in the original Decay there is an invisable wall stopping you from saving them!

[@PointlessPalace]

16:48 In the original half-life the Guard and Scientist you meet before the chamber the Guard agrees to help you in the chamber while it powers up, and you have a choice to bring him or leave him. Most people dont even listen to that conversation, so dont know about this! So he is cannon.

[@SomeGrunt_On_Youtube]

16:55 Before you go to the teleporter in the lambda complex you can actually get a guard to follow you into the teleporter-chamber, so the dead security guard is cannon.

[@craftyrobandicootproductio1424]

The guard doesn’t always follow you though.

[@SophieBaybey_VODS]

"The Good Shephard" gave me chills. Another banger! I've always hated whenever people's Opposing Force 2 theories had Adrian as a combine soldier, even if that was the point of the first game, Adrian was clearly shown to be different to the rest of the military and wanted to help the scientists. I'm still not gonna budge on Race X being non-canon, I always saw their inclusion as a proto-combine concept before the modern combine we all know was finalized, but I love the rest of your interpretation/headcanon. Can't wait to see more videos from you, whether that's saving rebels in HL2 or it's something totally different.

[@Just_a_guy_from_Alabama]

30:48 or he figured he was a corporal based on his rank badge, but that wouldn't be as fun.

[@iwantagoodnameplease]

It's not visible on his character model, AFAICT.

[@jameshibberd5134]

Calling him the Good Shepherd is cool n all, but counterpoint: He is their pride, agent of wealth, Bearer of need, He is their war, arming the strong, aiding the weak, Know him by name, Shepherd of FIRRRRREEEEEE

[@Vort23]

The YT algorithm has brought me back to Half-Life, and after back to back watching both of these; i gotta say im happy to be back. Well crafted videos man! Between the sepcific counts and clearly going out of your way, its obvious you love the franchise! I love your take on Shepard, and hope one day we'll see that canonized. That Shepard and maybe even Otis, made it and joined the rebellion. I also hope we see Collete and Gina return. Theoretically all HEV users have helmets, and we could assume they don't in game for identification. I personally believe that thats not Gina but a reused asset, even if it is denial. So between reused asset or even maybe she has a helmet there, Id like to imagine she survived.

[@phantomcore7093]

Hey just a heads up when you get around 7:19 if you go over that trigger towards the big door, the Security Guard will just walk back to the electric fence and die even tho you turn off the power.

[@bluvius515]

I love the intro music and the style of your editing, these videos are actually perfect.

[@bannado5696]

the dead guard in We Are Not Alone in the teleporter room is actually the guard that helps you fight the controllers in Half Life 1. You meet him just outside the teleporter room with the other scientist in Lambda Core

[@CharcharoExplorer]

39:23 GigaChad Duty Soldier Expert with an RPG and the Quake 4 Marine model. Top notch stuff. I dont recognize the other 2 but they look chad too!

[@tymonantosz7013]

I admire your dedication to those videos. Good work

[@bappojujubes981]

The sequel we didn't deserve, but got anyway!

[@gonnsolo8506]

Didn't know you read the comments so I might as well take the opportunity to say, honestly love your style. I wish you great success in your videos

[@0Be_Am0]

30:43 Maybe he saw Shepard's shoulder straps?

[@eliteguard225]

Yeah, he'd be able to tell just by looking at his attire.

[@concordat]

The wiki for this game suggests that "The Package" is a W88 thermonuclear warhead with a yield of 475 kilotons of TNT. That's obviously a very big boom, but I have severe doubts that would be enough to destroy the entirety of the Black Mesa Research Facility, for several reasons. First off, The Package is detonated underground, which would actually decrease the area it would destroy. Most nuclear weapons are designed to be detonated in mid-air above their target. Second, from what we see in the games, the BMRF is an absolutely massive facility, with structures on the surface that extend several hundred meters below ground. It's constructed mainly out of steel, concrete, and reinforced concrete. This is the exact type of structure that is designed to withstand nuclear blasts. I suppose the nuke might cause enough of a seismic event to collapse the already structurally compromised underground facilities, but at that point it would have likely been easier and more effective to bomb the facility with bunker busters.

[@oddy639]

that art at the end looks amazing, the artist who made it deserves an applause