[SFM] Heart to Heart: A Half-Life 2 Ep2 Scene Remake

[@GalanThings]

Only now I realized another layer of brilliance of that scene. We are surrounded by Vortigaunts, which are quite monstrous in their appearance and clearly alien. Yet they are friendly, are trying to help and clearly care out the outcome of all this. THEN the G-Man walks in and while looking human, you can feel that he is the one to be feared in this situation, a real alien

[@nathanpierce7681]

mfw a vortigaunt can speak english better than whatever the hell g-man is

[@christhefirst]

Gmans employers (valve) keep making him torture Gordon in order to make more half life games to sell to consumers. This is why half life 3 hasn’t been released because Gaben decided to give Gordon a break and make Alyx carry the burden

[@RabdoInternetGuy]

​​​@@christhefirstGman even says he "nudges" things(changes plot at will, plot covienience) also seems like he has some heavy freakin Plot-Power-Armor, being imprisoned by the Combine, having Cpl. Shepherd deactivate his Nuke, yet still works in the end, Gordon Betrays him yet he finds a way to profit off it (using Freeman as a vessel between Gman and Alyx) heck he might've even told the Advisors where White forest, and in turn Eli was, so Eli gets his brain succed and strider fight to cut off a loose end once it has done its job(Gordon delivered alyx to White Forest) and then Profits on it by going back in time, letting himself be captured and Alyx Break him free to gain a new Hire or Protege to replace the old one. He gives the Chrystal to Black Mesa, and accidentally profits on it by seeing how capable Dr. Freeman and Cpl. Shepherd are. He still has limitations (Being grounded in inuniverse Plot and Reality) by going back in time for alyx he was bending the rules of his Employment, careful not to break them, and kinda rebelling against his employers, as in hl1 he's doing Exactly was he was told by them, emotionlessly, clean, cold, yet as the Series continues he becomes more self rightous, and influenced by emotion, as in Hl1 he's just busniss, and then he rescues alyx from black mesa, then in Hl2 intro he seems to be acting a bit more friendly, almost trying to sound reassuring like a friend, instead of sounding like HR, then at the end of HL2 he congratulates Gordon personally, and at start of Episode 1 he seems to have taken Gordon's betrail personally, he sounds offended. And in the Heart to Heart, he clearly shows suppressed emotions, sounds as if he's plotting something big, and of course Heart to heart name is supposed to be showing of that.

[@xipin5334]

I think it's because the gman is surprisingly one of the best interpretations of an eldritch entity in general We don't know what he wants, we don't know what he is, we don't know if he even counts as a living being, and worst of all: What we actually do know is that there's multiple someones or somethings above him He's perfect, the more we know about him, the less we want to

[@TheAngryOnion]

​@@RabdoInternetGuy I've never considered Gordon to be betraying him. The vortigaunts broke him out of statis, but just continued to follow the path layed before him. Storyline wise we were never told not to continue what we were doing. That's the one thing that bugs me. Like Gordon has no way of contacting him asking if he can do stuff.

[@CrabrtSenior]

At this point. It wouldn't be crazy to believe that the community could make a HL2 complete remake

[@ThatKidBobo]

Look at Black Mesa and there is already an answer.

[@Fem_V]

Crowbar collective did it. Black mesa is a phenomenal remake of HL1 however arguably not up to valve's standards in map design or gameplay otherwise the revival of the aesthetics in the maps especially Xen was just a masterpiece. Really the only issue with the game is the lack of direction in maps that players can get lost quite easily with unused doors that seem intractable and ladders that seem climbable and they look like the way forward, the collapsed parking garage is guilty of this. In terms of gameplay valve intentionally coded the grunt enemies to stand still while shooting, in black mesa they move while shooting and they are deadly accurate leading to frustrating fights while as well all of them attack unlike in HL1 it was coded that only 2 attacked you at once, so the AI is vastly different and not to valve's 'vision'. one last thing are the saves really, i even had times where my the autosaves were at moments of death, had one at the fight outside of the rocket silo where you watch the rocket gets launched, the game randomly saved as i was running for cover with grunts shooting at me, due to that bloody annoying mounted machine gun the save resulted in deaths until after like 20 tries i managed to slip a victory in. Lastly, Xen levels i feel like were overly stretched, the amount of cable puzzles were unneeded and again some objectives made no sense like shooting the white 'balloon' things to make the cores go critical. Otherwise the game did what it was advertised to do, a remake by heart, they could absolutely do well in HL2 but they have to improve their gameplay and map design to not confuse the players or create a frustrating game. All they need for HL2 are voice actors and since source 2 exists the assets are available with updated quality, they can reuse HLA assets and it would be perfectly fine.

[@CrabrtSenior]

@@ThatKidBobo that's a HL1 remake, not a HL2 one

[@junedabat]

​@@CrabrtSeniorCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I think what they wanted to say was that the community is able to produce fanmade remakes of great quality and that one for HL2 is not improbable

[@ThatKidBobo]

@@CrabrtSenior Yeah, and I think it is one of the things that prove this possibility

[@SpectrumAnalysis]

The best part of this is how he appears in the corner during the "Dr Freeeeemaaaaan~" like a horror movie villain, just on the periphery, and it feels like you're paralyzed and unable to turn your head to see him properly. Creepy...

[@lenship2]

hehe doctor freemannn~

[@Parisbre56]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3jOeJyibpWKmdE

[@kristoffersonsilverfox3923]

D-doctow Fweeman~

[@Twiddle_things]

I'm going to ignore whatever the fuck is wrong with the replies and say it reminds me of sleep paralysis. You're unable to move, terrified, and yet these things move around you. So glad to not have had sleep paralysis in years

[@nathanpierce7681]

i love it whenever people reanimate this speech because they take the most effort to depict g-man as creepily as possible lmaooo

[@ferrumbellatorwarsmith3342]

The Gman is never one to ignore... opportunities such as miss Vance, Doctor Freeman, corporal Shephard. He is a business... man after all.

[@whitewolf2265]

mmm... hmm

[@yoshigalxyed4664]

he is a business man doing business

[@Guilherme-ms3ub]

I always saw gman as Satan. Damn if he exists he probably looks and acts like gman.

[@dudeonlygamingandotherstuf7791]

G-Man Government man? Future/alternate reality Gordon Freeman?

[@Sunnar_]

Why are you speaking like him though?

[@sufficientframe]

Perfect amount of movement and facial expression - not too static, but not too fluid either; people sometimes seem to forget that, even though he looks -hotter- more human in HL:A, he is still the same creature of unknown truth, and thus should keep his mannerisms kept in that nice spot of the Uncanny Valley.

[@farawaygaming_]

See her safely to White Forest, Doctor Freeman.

[@someguy1894]

eli won't or will, temporarily

[@robohat4837]

H'Wite forest

[@TheKiller1922]

@@robohat4837 I'll tell you hwat

[@Mabra51]

rwhite forest

[@TabathaTMartin]

I wish i could do more than keep an eye on you.....But i have agreed to abide by certain hugh heh restrictions....

[@enderzilla747orleomiranda8]

3:06 when the Entropy is Zero, too.

[@ThermalLabs]

Mfw we have reached Arbeit #2

[@enderzilla747orleomiranda8]

@@ThermalLabs tfw Escalation Part 1 and the target has absconded

[@nopeeking287]

@@ThermalLabs and this turret wants to be friends with me, smh

[@Tarik360]

More Zen Grenades to that!

[@Mr_Stephanko]

say that again

[@Leitis_Fella]

"You beat some traits we thought innate to Vortikind" Vorts breaking the 4th wall again, referencing the many minds in Gordon's head

[@ZuraTheCat]

So does that mean that all vortigaunt are actually just players getting seriously into their role play?

[@therealtimmyiy]

@@ZuraTheCat nah, the vorts have a form of connective consciousness that allows all vortigaunts connected to the vortessence to be "one", i guess they meant gordon was one of the same way, considering the millions of people who played half life are gordon freeman

[@Semper_Redeo]

​@@therealtimmyiythere is a vort named the "dancing vortigaunt" that calls gordon a "brother" and one of them

[@therealtimmyiy]

​@@Semper_Redeo dancing vortigaunt..?

[@haruseyon]

That slight smile, like "I finally got you, Doc"

[@Trivvy]

I am extremely impressed by the x-ray effect. I think I have a feeling how you may have done it, but I'd love to hear (or see) a bit of BTS on how it was done here.

[@PouLS]

fully modelled

[@Hambrix]

afaik, there's a shader called $flesh It was used in the original ep2 scene. Not sure if it's still in Source 2.

[@nonymouswisp8176]

​@PouLS her cinematic model maybe

[@sharp14x]

Models inside models with the outer ones being clipped, I imagine.

[@hitchhiker888]

@@PouLSNahhhh we need to forget about that mod 💀

[@TheEngieTF2]

This is truly a "GALUNGA- DOCTOR FREEEEEMAAAAAAN..." moment

[@archangel5769]

lol😂😂😂

[@Kacpa2]

It's magnificent, i like how you kept his expressions relatively tame. Other attmepts have him ridiculously overanimated and grinning almost all the time. You actually put effort and though into making it look like it should. With his being properly unsettling and stilted.

[@teiyusteki]

2:13 I love his expression when he says "friends"

[@KrazyDavLP]

Prepare… for unforeseen…..consequences

[@GloriG_C17]

Cant Wait to see Sheckley and Griggs in Source 2.

[@Komegatze]

you might want to lower your expectations a little lol

[@GloriG_C17]

@@Komegatze This is my Lowest expetation as Possible.

[@Komegatze]

@@GloriG_C17 you not gonna see their faces 😁👍

[@SunAdddict]

@@Komegatze NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@pvc988]

forget it

[@TheKiller1922]

I seriously admire you paying attention to Alyx having suitable underwear. A small detail that wasn't even in the original despite logic. Great work, as usual!

[@cheezkid2689]

I love how the Combine soldier in the Arctic scene has been replaced by an Elite and that Mossman was added, running away. We all know who that Elite is.

[@Robotdestroyer0]

Unit 3650, AKA Bad Cop, AKA Aiden Walker

[@greenbeepm]

Another... investment, spotted.. mmhmm....

[@MadamLava094]

Gman having glowing eyes always felt like part of his human facade being a bit imperfect, like he misunderstood the way eyes are supposed to reflect light and has trouble capturing that detail correctly

[@felipecel]

This is the kind of video that warms back our hope to get an conclusion of this story.

[@highway_roadkill]

i've always adored the way the Gman speaks. Mike Shapiro excellently captures the "alien trying to look for human words to describe inhuman concepts/circumstances"

[@FNGof2010]

The addition of Griggs and Sheckley was a nice touch.

[@ketamineotaku]

Since the ending of Alyx, I feel like this whole scene has a way different kind of weight to it. Initially it seems like the G-Man had his personal reasons to save Alyx, but now with said conclusion it is more like he foresaw the potential "betrayal" of Freeman at the whim of the Vortigaunts. And with Mark Laidlaw's Epistle 3 it seems like a time shift like that was necessary to carry out the true wishes of...whoever is really in charge.

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

It's confirmed he was going in reverse starting in episode 1. Gman couldn't do anything because the detonation spawned another one. However, intel she got was valuable, gman doesn't appear in the citadel at all. Only around it. The naysayers was probably Breen himself when he said children are not valuable. He appears in white forest due to being able to.

[@The_narration_oftheold]

G-man is just a celestial entity entrusted with the goal of overseeing Gordon freeman’s progress

[@salsamancer]

Seems to be his real goal was getting the Combine to invade Earth, he engineered the disaster at Black Mesa after all. I think Gordon was just someone he took a personal interest in as a useful tool

[@Stingra87]

He's a perfect representation of a 4D entity forced to work within the limitations of a 3D reality. An alien wearing ill-fitting skin, speaking familiar and simple words that sound strange and wrong, with sinister intent behind the off-putting smile.

[@dahitmann]

@@salsamancer Handily disagree there. Whoever...or whatever, he works for is no friend of the Combine. It's more likely there was some other objective his employers had for opening the portal to Xen, and the Combine is yet another maleficent entity that saw a window of opportunity and took it.

[@Mal0Imperzia]

Hes a Shu’ulathoi

[@adamcate6770]

Great job, I think you captured his facial animations much more faithfully compared to the other remake of this scene on KZbin

[@oscarcacnio8418]

While the other one did impress me, the G-Man was somewhat more happy-looking than what might be intended. Of course, this might be the only easy-to-access remake video out there. Considering the creator of the other one outright scrubbed their presence off of the platform.

[@ShrimpCup]

Yea I think his head not moving around so much in this really makes it work

[@VladDracula04]

Totally agreed.

[@lavetissene339]

This was always a powerful scene that gives me chills every time I see it

[@nicholaswilson4895]

This was really well done. I always love seeing half life animations and seeing such a memorable scene remade with these models was awesome. Only thing I should point out at 2:20 is that in the original another gman is supposed to be sitting on the table next to Alyx in the background where the vort is, though that's not to big of a deal since its very subtle and can barely see him behind foreground gman anyway. Awesome work!

[@francescamagali]

i remember you working on the x-ray moment, this has come really far along since then. amazing work!!

[@Gravastar7]

One of the best & memorable moments in ep2. But made better right here.

[@theresMadcows]

Dope cinematography. Love how you used the gravity gun as the fifth light at the table.

[@SRNX1]

What a wonderful remake. Done and completed, despite the channel's hacking. You did a phenomenal job! I love Half-Life so much, man

[@fraktal852]

This looks absolutely wonderful! I just now realize how nice it would be with a HL2+Eps remake.

[@brookelol7903]

THIS IS AWESOME ! its so cool seeing moments from so long ago brought back to life like this, keep up the good work man

[@TheAquarius87]

The moment he walks in on the group of vortigaunts is an amazing touch! And damn those eyes. Gives me chills every time

[@homestuckfan8844]

I speak for EVERYONE, when I say WE WILL BE WATCHING

[@calvii_boi]

genuinely felt like i was replaying this scene all over again, love it when i played through this scene it made me so excited, def one of the best hl2 cutscenes

[@Sepko]

Amazing job mate, congrats on finally getting it done

[@MakotoIchinose]

Kudos for completing this! The facial expressions and lip-sync is really top notch, capturing subtle nuances and whatnot. Intro and lighting is really spot on too. Sure, the X-ray effect is kinda jank, though I don't know how complicated it is to make VFX in S2FM compared to other engines like Unreal.

[@hydrogenicfrenchie]

Upon closer inspection in the xray part of the scene, you can see alyx is fully modeled

[@hopelesslysimping]

Perfect! Absolutely perfect! Your take on the G-man's mannerisms is... 🤤💕

[@Kouh_Sijaed]

This is awesome, great job remaking this scene.

[@lambdarokh]

Wow this is epic! I felt the shivers I had when I played this back then.

[@Brunoki22]

You can sense the fear in his speech throughout the whole short

[@Idk-lt8os]

1:59 the way gman walks into frame gives me chills every time

[@DarkstarArchangel]

Even thouhh it isn't mentioned here, the way G-Man refers to his 'Employers' is eerily similar to Breen when he refers to the 'Benefactors'. They are both hiding the specific identity of who they work for and their full descriptions may be extremely powerful to say publicly.

[@LightWolfAMVS]

I imagine his employers are even more godlike than he is. I imagine they are cosmic horror entities that have the ability to control and change the fate of universes. Everything was planned and the combine invasion of Earth would've been planned too, hence Gordon being in stasis because he is the one "free man" who can save our universe from Combine rule

[@Polaco3230]

I really like these videos, they make me want to keep waiting for half life 3, i dont know, they just give me hope and nostalgia

[@YamatoFreeman]

Great job, very nicely done!

[@irsqualinot]

this animation is really epic

[@pangaming124]

Imagen you just subscribed to dream and then you just hear in your ear "prepare for Unforseen consequences..."

[@Twiddle_things]

Best fucking scene in the Half-Life games hands down. Just experienced it, and wow. I am so damn glad I did. So immersed, I was enough of a dumbass to think that everything would go well, just for him to appear. Makes this gorgeous reanimation even better. The composition, lighting, everything. Phenomenal shit my dude

[@matins.o7812]

impressive work!

[@Immolator772]

This is so well animated, it feels like it's official.

[@triggswastaken]

I love his expressions and the fact that you had him walk into the room when he says doctor freeman

[@mitchl6896]

Well done chief that was chefs kiss

[@Woodraine]

Question: will the purple vorts have blue or red eyes? They had blue in episode one, and then red in episode two. Ep 1 is cooler but Ep 2 is more accurate.

[@Komegatze]

red

[@Mabra51]

Their feet are also completely different in HL Alyx. Their designs is just inconsistent.

[@TheTruepanther]

​@@Mabra51maybe it's just a bunch of different phenotypes?

[@Komegatze]

@@Mabra51 their designs are retcons, valve seemed to be unsatisfied with the vortigaunts designs, however I think they nailed them in hla

[@peppermillers8361]

@@Komegatze I still kind of prefer the HL2+Ep2 designs, but the HLA design is very good too.

[@tranquilpowerhouse]

Too impressive. Truly a heart-to-heart, on multiple levels. Thank you for this art.

[@DukeOfGumby]

Does the $flesh shader from Source 1 work the same within Source 2? I'm curious if you used that shader, or some other technique. Also prepare for 1:53 to be the most replayed frame

[@Komegatze]

Nah the flesh shader doesnt work I made a smaller version of alyx's model with a flesh material and put a slightly smaller skeleton inside of that, and transitioned between them with a float that adjusts the strength of the alpha material

[@WillemDafuq69]

Best scene in the whole series

[@BmPAlt]

This looks great, love the lighting

[@Johndoe-jb6nx]

3:08 i am not one to.. FIST.. Without gloves.. doctor freeman..

[@thelaughingmanofficial]

Half-Life 2: Source 2 remaster is needed.

[@GeekMan237]

Wonderful work as always!

[@amazingnoo9935]

I feel like the stuff Gman talks about in this scene goes over people’s heads. He’s more than just an errand boy for his employers, he’s made his own decisions even if his employers disagree with it.

[@JustinViola]

the mysterious 'Gman' really is the absolute best villain of them all - his character is so good and memorable - despite us literally only being able to speculate about his true origins and intentions. Half-Life should become a Movie. no, it should become *Movies*

[@krytoi-bogomol.na_ave]

I love the way gman says "Doctoooor Freeemaaan" as if he was mocking Gordon like "btch, you really thought that we wouldn't see each other again?". I'm pretty sure that at this point Gordon is just so tired of everything, especially gman's haunting ahh bs. I hate this mf with a briefcase so much I love it

[@RodrigoATK]

amazing! keep it up!

[@Tab1300]

Whats even more scary is that someone is able to keep a leash on Gman with all the shit we see him do.

[@Emre-ck5pb]

great job bro loved it

[@alkopappa]

Thank you for your sacrifice of sanity by using the 'questionable' Alyx model to actually replecate the scene from the original. A true artist ventures all.

[@wolfcl0ck]

oh FUCK yes sir I've been waiting for this

[@goldblood8471]

2:14 idk why g man have to make that gesture like he know what's up but it's hilarious

[@MrRezQ]

THIS IS WONDERFUL LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR. If I was to add one thing in the future though, it would be motion blur; it looks too crisp for how cinematic and immaculate the ending result is Still, woah! Good job. It's perfect!

[@nfwrambo]

This is amazing!

[@Biterosoficial]

I don't know if it was just me, or if it really is. But I noticed a difference in Alyx's model, especially when I saw her face clearly at the end. She seems to be younger. If so, excellent modification!

[@ThatKidBobo]

He usually makes Alyx's face look better in his animations, I think this one is very good too

[@fruitdigital]

Better facial animations than a triple A studio

[@theyeah5660]

i really like these animations

[@andresbravo2003]

Prepare, for unforeseen consequences…

[@SomeGrunt_On_Youtube]

Good work man! 👍

[@eTol74]

WoW! Great job!

[@mna2343]

Those glowing eyes! 😮 Good job!!

[@masscreationbroadcasts]

Nicely done Kom e gatze. I will see you up ahead.

[@reepusvanguard]

Man, source 2 is beautiful

[@vitamins1z]

PERFECTION

[@DuneJumper]

Fart to fart

[@Disco_Eterno]

🧎‍♂💨

[@zye.]

Doctor Freakmannnnn...

[@thespiritofhoxhawell4413]

...in the scat

[@simonrangel8738]

THIS WAS SO GOOD

[@ElRinconDeLaPapa]

I just watched it so I don't have criticism but man When I first saw this scene (kept myself mostly spoiler-free for Ep2) the hairs in my neck stood up. I deadass got goosebumps and felt... idk if scared is the word? But I froze and could only listen to G-Man talking. As I've seen this cutscene over and over again through the years, that feeling has vanished a little, as it is to be expected when you watch something repeatedly. But your remake brought some of that feeling back, it's absolutely pant-shitting to be facing the G-Man again after almost forgetting he was there, lurking. The balance between changes and fidelity to the original really helps you tie the new visuals with the original experience. If there's ever a remake to HL2 and its episodes, I hope it's at the very least as good as this or I'm burning valve's paperweights.

[@W4LT3Rego]

This is so sick

[@clutchhkillz6149]

Damn fine job dude

[@nochillarickroller]

Fuckin beautiful work, dude

[@kaiserepsilon4011]

I love rhe G Man's inflections during this scene. He almost sounds like he's taking down to you, and when he refers to your "Small repayment" it's done so with the sternness of a father disciplining their child. He talks like he's knows he's stronger than you, like he knows far more than you, and because of that, he speaks with a condescending tone that's both infuriating and mysterious.

[@PumpkinJucio]

Spot on, great job

[@نصر_الدين_عياش]

Excellent work ❤🔥

[@taptgeit7881]

watching vorts get all giddy and excited when they find a fushigi ball is funny to me

[@chiefmilk]

Absolutely epic video

[@elvenezolanoxd6245]

when you are a kid and the admin of a discord server calls you 2:04

[@crazychicken767]

Love this animation

[@_-TARS_]

This eyes.

[@GabeMiller2SpoonsOfDoom]

is it really that time again?

[@AdjutantAntithesis]

Wow just remembered how much him drawing out that "Freeeeman" reminds me of the Nihilanth

[@GalanThings]

Incredible

[@Yus-b9e]

Good job!