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The Untold Story of The Combine Invasion | Cut Slideshow Briefing | FULL Half-Life Lore

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Skyrionn

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The Slideshow Briefing was a scripted concept that explained the events that occurred between Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Not only would this cut sequence have given us more information about the 7 Hour War, but it would have also shown us images of pivotal events. In general, a great insight into this mysterious period of time.
What was The Slideshow Briefing? What new information does it give us about The Combine invasion? and how much has changed in the timeline since it was cut? In this video, we explore the lore and story behind the cut Slideshow Briefing in Half-Life.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:35 Background
03:47 The Slideshow Briefing
11:51 Legacy
15:15 Closing Thoughts
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Black Mesa OST: Catalyst
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Half-Life: Alyx OST: Severed from the Vortessence
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@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Rise and shine.
@WeAintJokinHere
@WeAintJokinHere 11 ай бұрын
Mr Freeman
@bryao5
@bryao5 11 ай бұрын
Rise and…. Shiiiine.
@mr_fox052fr7
@mr_fox052fr7 11 ай бұрын
not did i wish to emply you have been sleaping on the job
@StiekemeHenk
@StiekemeHenk 11 ай бұрын
This man can somehow keep milking the HL Universe forever. He must be some employer level threat.
@Leymora
@Leymora 11 ай бұрын
no u
@joshuagunderson6593
@joshuagunderson6593 11 ай бұрын
Game has been out for nearly two decades and this guy is still pulling out unseen content.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
There's still so much more too
@keirgalein
@keirgalein 11 ай бұрын
It's a testament to dedication from a player and fan while also showing how much effort and detail was put into a franchise 😊
@dylanpelo
@dylanpelo 10 ай бұрын
If you like cut content and the Fallout games, check out Triangle City. I'd say they are about equal in quality.
@Halfendymion
@Halfendymion 11 ай бұрын
I think some things that killed the slideshow idea were "Who took these photos" and "How did Eli get them" and "Maybe we should show, not tell"
@HECUbalaclavagrunt2account
@HECUbalaclavagrunt2account 11 ай бұрын
Power of being the camera man
@versace6609
@versace6609 11 ай бұрын
I also think it's funny that Eli conveniently put together a slideshow of these pics one day for no reason, just in case he would show someone who has been living under a rock or has been in stasis lol
@jackdaniels5071
@jackdaniels5071 11 ай бұрын
Maybe the gman gave it to him
@aricordjimsu3226
@aricordjimsu3226 4 ай бұрын
I like to think that he got these pictures from other people that along the decades went pretty much everywhere until Eli find them
@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034
@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034 11 ай бұрын
The ideas of the Xen creatures appearing at random everywhere is so scary. The icthyosaur in the pool while children were swimming is brutal like something I would expect from Prey 2006.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
That was the part that stood out to me the most. It's terrifying.
@WeAintJokinHere
@WeAintJokinHere 11 ай бұрын
It's quit sad
@WeazelGamingHI
@WeazelGamingHI 11 ай бұрын
Jesus, that's honestly extremely dark. Just one day at the pool celebrating a child's' birthday and then a massacre. No survivors. I mean, Xen creatures being everywhere is just terrifying. Imagine just working in a subway or doing lawn work. Then bam, a head crab comes out of nowhere and latches onto your head? Or walking through a subway maintenance tunnel and then something slimy wrapping around your neck, pulling you up into a maw of teeth.
@WeAintJokinHere
@WeAintJokinHere 11 ай бұрын
@@WeazelGamingHI and I also imagine some survivors and military personnel, trying to find a shelter to hide, only to get chased by a gargantuan... Thats brutal, at least the combine saved earth, if they didn't invade earth, Xen species and probably Race x are going to be the reason for humanity extinct...
@ImperialCaleb
@ImperialCaleb 11 ай бұрын
@@WeazelGamingHI just imagine...children dying.... getting killed by alien...so dark and terrifying when u rly think about it
@schmuckford
@schmuckford 11 ай бұрын
Personally I like how Valve did things in retail as opposed to the slideshow presentation. While we didn't get as much detail compared to having the slideshow, I appreciated the contextual and in-world bits detailing what had happened even if it didn't include the full story. A slideshow presentation where they sit the player down and simply explain everything is not as engaging to me personally compared to seeing pictures and newspapers that detail certain major events that happened in between games. It also leaves Valve free to come up with new ideas that facilitate future stories they can tell such as HL Alyx. Learning more about the lore and story in a more engaging way to me is always the way to go.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
I agree mostly with what you said. The world building Valve do is incredible. I just wish they would have fleshed out what happened during this time period more for the lore obsessed fans!
@wedoalittletrolling723
@wedoalittletrolling723 2 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn would be fun if they made a non-cannon beta half life 2 maps with same detail as retail, maybe for HL2's anniversary?
@JamesTDG
@JamesTDG 11 ай бұрын
Honestly, I would kill for a Half Life mini campaign based during the 7 hours war.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Same
@botep5529
@botep5529 9 ай бұрын
Good place for our boy Adrian Shepard to show up
@wedoalittletrolling723
@wedoalittletrolling723 2 ай бұрын
@@botep5529 or just an ordinary citizen or some security/police officer
@very-mean-spirited-lizard
@very-mean-spirited-lizard 11 ай бұрын
A slideshow would have been disastrous. Half Life heavily relies on "Show, don't tell". This would have broken this rule. It would have been very immersion-breaking lore-dumping.
@oculartremors
@oculartremors 11 ай бұрын
Agreed. It was a pretty lazy idea.
@txcrix9236
@txcrix9236 11 ай бұрын
Raising the Bar is a very fascinating book that's packed with lore. I enjoy reading it quite often. The story about the character faces that were used in the game is one of my favorites. The "Your face in a game" ad was funny.
@Drakey_Fenix
@Drakey_Fenix 11 ай бұрын
I remember reading a while ago that a lot dialogue and downtime with friendly characters was cut out of the game because beta testers disliked noncombat segments and started getting restless. You were supposed to spend a lot more time in Black Mesa east and get filled in on a lot of lore originally. I like beta testing for games, as that is a great way to stomp out bugs or make certain areas more engaging. But on this occasion, I feel like Valve took away too much lore.
@yesimcoolbro452
@yesimcoolbro452 11 ай бұрын
fucking tiktok kids, they ruin everything
@BPond7
@BPond7 11 ай бұрын
I would have loved to see much more of Black Mesa East, if only to shoot the breeze with the Vortigaunts wearing chefs hats! 😎
@mercury5003
@mercury5003 11 ай бұрын
They could have rectified this by spreading out the dialogue throughout the game.
@StopThisIsBatCountry
@StopThisIsBatCountry 10 ай бұрын
@@mercury5003 or make it optional... like "hey gordon, if you like, you can look around your new home a bit before meeting with alyx at the scrapyard"
@magma5944
@magma5944 11 ай бұрын
I've been a subscriber of your channel for your lore videos for a while now, and I wanted to thank you for your amazing videos. You continue to show us details about these games that are completely new to us, even now!
@voriakeeborealis364
@voriakeeborealis364 11 ай бұрын
I've always wanted somebody to animate or paint what the slideshow briefing couldve looked like, i think its a pretty interesting piece of HL lore that couldve probably fit the retail game but im happy nonetheless! Thank you for the video!
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! As soon as I read the script for this, I thought the same thing. I imaged what it could look like and recreated them to the best I could.
@ahealthkit2745
@ahealthkit2745 11 ай бұрын
You know, the 7 hour war and the time between Half Life and Half life 2 really is the most interesting nerve cluster of events. It really deserves more attention! Thanks for making this video, I had no clue about the slide show and wholeheartedly agree! We could've gotten something like that in Kleiner's lab or Black Mesa East! I do think that they developed that time a little more and, while I do like the idea of having these wonderful images of the nightmarish quality of the first hours and days of the alien attacks, I think I prefer the imagery of the portal storms, the initial days of humanity trying to survive in cities while under siege by aliens, only to suddenly have the portal storms grow more dire and the combine to invade through portals in the sky. Plus, as interesting as the air exchange is, I think the birth suppression fields and Nova Prospect are more compelling. The heart of the combine really is just stripping earth of it's resources, and finding the most optimal way to convert humanity into another tool in the Combine armada. I love the little expansion we got on the Combine's development and experimentation with humans during HL:A. I really hope we get a new Half Life story from Valve soon! I really badly want to play through some kind of extended 7 hour war story. Starting off with the Black Mesa resonance cascade, the portal storms. Surviving through that only to have to team up with a proto-resistance to secure Ravenholm as a stronghold against the invading Combine.
@buttbuttwhat1
@buttbuttwhat1 11 ай бұрын
Your editing is awesome man. The b roll you create is so well done. Thanks for the vid!
@sski
@sski 11 ай бұрын
Something shows up in my living room unannounced, I'm feeding it 9mm until I can get to the heavy artillery in the safe room. Whatever's outside can take its chances. Cool piece of video. The ins and outs of this game's lore never ceases to amaze me. Nice work!
@mz4637
@mz4637 11 ай бұрын
whoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoa how dare you use a firearms to defend yourself
@Sneakyrat_Gaming
@Sneakyrat_Gaming 11 ай бұрын
Nah use a musket just as the founding fathers intended.
@ek8710
@ek8710 11 ай бұрын
It's clear a lot of work goes into these. Again, thankyou :)
@booombasa
@booombasa 11 ай бұрын
Ok fine. Ill subscribe! Damn I love Half Life lore and this channel is just a ... *chefs kiss*
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Welcome welcome
@RaschhoferConsumer
@RaschhoferConsumer 11 ай бұрын
please don´t stop with these videos, i´ll support every single one of them. I even have a Resistance Grafitti and a combine tattooed :D HL is amazing! thank you for ur amazing work good sir!
@anthonyg1413
@anthonyg1413 11 ай бұрын
Wow, that's dedication! What does the resistance tattoo look like?
@imperatoriacustodum4667
@imperatoriacustodum4667 11 ай бұрын
I feel a slideshow might've been a bit repetitive in multiple runs of the game but if, perhaps, the information was spread throughout Eli's scrapyard for the inquiring explorer, I think that would've benefitted more. Imagine newspaper slips revealing what would've been covered in the slideshow, arrayed in a sort of timeline pinned to a board. Hell, maybe this way they could add in tidbits of lore for other parts of the world, implying Eli and those who passed through his Scrapyard have been to or come from countless locations. A report on the appearance of a Citadel where the houses of parliament were in the UK, with a similar news report for, say, Rio de Janeiro but written in Brazillian. Valve likes environmental storytelling, and I'd say this is very much environmental storytelling. Though, I suppose with the technology of the time, they couldn't have had these as actual textures that could be easily read; you'd either need a scope to be just about able to read it, or it would have to be done someway else, such as just popping the text on screen or something, which I doubt Valve would do.
@TheMAZZTer
@TheMAZZTer 11 ай бұрын
They probably cut the slideshow since it was basically a cutscene, and one of Half-Life's core philosophies was to never do cutscenes that take control away from the player. A slideshow feels like it would be a way to skirt that rule, rather than properly honoring it.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
That makes sense.
@WeAintJokinHere
@WeAintJokinHere 11 ай бұрын
ohhhh boy! That is going to be fun to watch! I'll bring the popcorn 🔥🚀🔥💯💯
@imnbah
@imnbah 11 ай бұрын
The ideas of the Xen creatures appearing at random everywhere, even inside buildings, is nightmare fuel. Love this video. Just a question, where did you get the "gameplay footage" of the seven hour war and post black mesa incident in cities?
@guest_rblx
@guest_rblx Ай бұрын
gmod
@arronreyes8425
@arronreyes8425 11 ай бұрын
Sky I’ve been watching your half life lore vids for so long and they really helped me when I was at my lowest a while back Thanks for all your dedication you are the goat
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
I'm glad to have helped. Sending good vibes and I hope you're in a much better space now!
@creepermangaming7912
@creepermangaming7912 11 ай бұрын
i love how gordon just sits looking incredibly unimpressed and annoyed lol
@Hypernova559x
@Hypernova559x 11 ай бұрын
Hey thanks man, on your last video I almost asked exactly for this, keep up the good work!
@ledifen
@ledifen 11 ай бұрын
Man, I'm currently going through your playlist "The Lore behind the Half-Life & Portal Universe" and I just came here (one of your latest videos) to thank you. I listen to you while working, and I have to say, you're the best "companion" ever. What I really like is that I can enjoy your videos on my second monitor AND on my first monitor. Usually, KZbin content are best suited for one or the other, but not yours: Both are equally good. It's just great. I did miss the g-man easter eggs, though. I guess I'm gonna have to rewatch everything on my first monitor when I get the time. Anyway, thank you. It means a lot to me that they are people out there that can help me get through the tediousness of a 3D artist job. I love my job! But it sure gets tedious sometimes.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Best comment I've read today. You're too kind thank you! I'm happy to keep you company, or help you get through the tedious parts of the job. I have channels I watch while I'm capturing footage that help me get through those parts too!
@delbertdoppler
@delbertdoppler 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn Answering with my alt account: I'm glad my comment brought you some joy! It's the least I can do. You're really enhancing my working hours (and life) with your videos. If my little comment can give back just a fraction of what you give me, I'm super glad.
@ogpimpwildin6897
@ogpimpwildin6897 11 ай бұрын
Love your videos man love half life 2used to play it with my older brother as a kid and only just found a copy of it! Your videos have been a daily thing for me while I waited for it to show up in the mail
@ambrusraul2297
@ambrusraul2297 11 ай бұрын
I don't even have to watch the whole thing this is great job . Just when we thought you couldnt surprise us anymore
@MatthewBester
@MatthewBester 11 ай бұрын
Although it was cut I had always presumed this had happened, though made up more of Combine forces than Houndeyes and Bullsquids.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
😂 😂 I'm sure there was more. There are so many scripts like these in Raising The Bar. I already know what I'm gonna work on next.
@JasonEfstathiou
@JasonEfstathiou 7 ай бұрын
I'm so happy they cut this! The whole mystery of the combine and trying to piece together what happened added so much to the game for me.
@C.A._Old
@C.A._Old 10 ай бұрын
*If 2003 half-life 2 beta didn't leaked by german hacker, Game would be: Horror-science fiction-Action.*
@compmanio36
@compmanio36 11 ай бұрын
"all you can do is flee" Welcome to America. My .45 is to get me to my crowbar in the garage. That bullsquid is in deep shit.
@WolfyStudio115
@WolfyStudio115 11 ай бұрын
Speculation if any valve half life games come out where we fight the combine: City 17 is occupied by the well known civil protection soldiers and combine soldiers which come in variety standards cause they suit the protection to the city. Before city 17 was finished on its construction, it was occupied by the standard qz stabalization teams for that time due to them being meant for quarantined areas being sealed off and cleaned. This further speculates that maybe in other cities or before city 17 was finished, there were dozens of other varients of soldiers or synthetics that occupy specific parts of the city inside it or outside. Maybe there arent that many varients in hl2 because the combine choose not to put that manu recources into protecting the cuty using only liminial amount of recources on purpose.
@denifnaf5874
@denifnaf5874 11 ай бұрын
Horriffic facts: ichthyosaurs might be able to crawl on land Bullsquids would either eat or r@pe their prey Houndeyes would be stunning victims as packmates rushed in and clawed them to death Theres early gameplay footage in hl1 of a barnacle not having a fully extended tongue making it even hadder to notice.
@SteveAdmin
@SteveAdmin 11 ай бұрын
Where did you get the info of bullsquids r@aping their prey?
@fenrir5741
@fenrir5741 11 ай бұрын
Mr friendly did that to its prey not the bullsquid
@denifnaf5874
@denifnaf5874 11 ай бұрын
@@fenrir5741 there was an old prima guide
@TheBlueBullets
@TheBlueBullets 11 ай бұрын
Personally I feel like this sequence if it were told in its entirety would be a bit of a sloppy lore dump. Why would the resistance have an introductory slideshow prepared for an event they have all lived through? What would have been better if they had to include this sequence would have been footage from a single source, perhaps the camera footage of someone who perished around the time it was all kicking off. That way you could show the Xen aliens appearing on Earth and the Combine invasion in a more brief and believable way.
@Iron_Soil
@Iron_Soil 11 ай бұрын
Holy hell that was a great video
@SerpentNight
@SerpentNight 11 ай бұрын
There are a lot of Orwellian elements in 'Half-Life 2'. The slideshow kind of makes me think of Winston Smith reading the book that O'Brien had given him.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Oh Half-Life 2 was absolutely inspired by 1984.
@jh047o
@jh047o 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn honestly l like the subtle inspiration it took in retail hl2, the beta was wayyy too clearly inspired by 1984, and the combine in the beta not being this multi universal unstoppable evil sort of undermines them as an antagonist
@mohepicpro7790
@mohepicpro7790 11 ай бұрын
Damn skyrionn be getting every drop of half life lore Amazing job
@jasohavents
@jasohavents 11 ай бұрын
The problem is... This goes against how Half life shows VS tells. In the base game we see what the combine has done by seeing the draining seas and such. It also helps the mystery this way.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
I completely understand that. It does go against Valve's effort to show us instead of explain everything in a cutscene. As a lore obsessed person, would have liked a little more on that period of time. Hopefully in a future installment we will.
@jasohavents
@jasohavents 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn yeah It doesn't help that valve just kind of never really finished what they started. Trust me I'd love to know more about the period between black mesa and the seven hour war. Would make a good movie.
@ThomasTribus
@ThomasTribus 11 ай бұрын
Dude, this is a masterpiece
@Grimpy970
@Grimpy970 8 ай бұрын
I think this sequence would have been far too exposition-heavy. The photo descriptions beckon 'why were they filming?' And how did they get such perfect camera angles of tragedy? Furthermore, I think a big part of the horror of half life 2 is that you have no idea whats going on. You don't understand the scale, and as far as you know city 17 is the largest, safest city left. You're in the same shoes as most resistance members; you're in the dark.
@turkk4
@turkk4 11 ай бұрын
Another great video brother.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@valentine4711
@valentine4711 11 ай бұрын
8:13 "You hearin bro rn?"
@jaredsharp4048
@jaredsharp4048 11 ай бұрын
Keep up the good work.
@SireChickenLegs
@SireChickenLegs 11 ай бұрын
bro, you are to under rated.
@RetiredMemeLord
@RetiredMemeLord 11 ай бұрын
one day, theres going to be a Fan Game that will show us the 7 Hour War
@c0ckyclown
@c0ckyclown 10 ай бұрын
It's still one of the best hits of the 90ties..!
@mtflieutenant7693
@mtflieutenant7693 11 ай бұрын
THANK YOU FOR THIS
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@niconietzsche7464
@niconietzsche7464 11 ай бұрын
After learning about this Slideshow Briefing and the Air Changer (aka. Nova Prospect)I have two Questions: Why was the Slideshow kicked Out and why was Nova Prospect changed so much? The Slideshow seemed to me (as you already pointed out) as a good way of telling about the Things that we're going in between the Games. And Nova Prospect... well I never really liked that Level very much so I really would like to See what they had planned in the Beta. I somehow Like the concept of the Air Changer being the Main threat.
@shadowman8535
@shadowman8535 11 ай бұрын
Hi, can you pls do lore on Elite unit 3650 aka Bad Cop
@M71526
@M71526 11 ай бұрын
Hot take: l think the retail version is way darker then beta version
@melgibsonafter5beers329
@melgibsonafter5beers329 11 ай бұрын
The "Beta," setting was if Gordon was in stasis for 35 years instead of 10.
@glenngriffon8032
@glenngriffon8032 11 ай бұрын
I never really questioned a lot about the world of HL. HL2 was the first game in the series i played. I never had a PC growing up or access to the internet but while I was working at a Game X Change i heard the guys i worked with saying something about the cake being a lie. I didn't get it. While I worked there though I got a PS3 and with it i added internet to the cable and was finally able to browse the web for the first time ever. I found out what memes were and all sorts of stuff like that. This was in the late 00's and I was in my 20's. After some time a copy of The Orange Box came into the store and i bought it just so that I could play Portal. HL2 and the episodes seemed interesting to me but I didn't touch them for months because I felt like a shooter would be really difficult to play and very scary. After a long time though curiosity won out and I tried HL2. It was quite interesting since before that my experience with shooters had been games on the PS1 like MoH and Doom. TBH i didn't really pay attention to the story or the environment until much much later on when appreciating game worlds became a kind of hobby for me.
@newcastleman86
@newcastleman86 11 ай бұрын
So much story in HL. It would be interesting if they made a tv show.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Hey Ruben. There's sooo much story here to play with. If they were to make a tv show, I think they would have to finish the story of the game series first though.
@newcastleman86
@newcastleman86 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn agreed John.
@solyccndy1075
@solyccndy1075 9 ай бұрын
Loved it
@aleksandarrudic3694
@aleksandarrudic3694 9 ай бұрын
1:07 - isn't that a building of Moscow State University (minus the statues and obelisks)?
@D-2340
@D-2340 11 ай бұрын
Rise and shine...is that what Zeus said to Helios, everyday at 5 am?
@evilr32
@evilr32 11 ай бұрын
From the sounds of it I'm glad they cut it. It sounds like it'd end up being a 20 minute exposition dump which would slow the game to a standstill. The newspaper clippings do enough I feel for those who are exploring the environments.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
The general consensus from these comments echo what you're saying. I agree, I love the world building. I would have just loved more of an insight into what happened during that period.
@osokratos
@osokratos 11 ай бұрын
Rise and shine, bae, Skyrionn just dropped a new banger!
@drexcarratala5290
@drexcarratala5290 11 ай бұрын
The fact we've never gotten a solid game or mod based in the 7 hour war is such missed potential. The setting is perfect for a super challenging survival horror mod.
@sanitylost4271
@sanitylost4271 11 ай бұрын
The legend says, that Eli's original slideshow speech was: "Life on the Earth was bright and shiny until that one day, when the Aliens invaded. The Combine put the Citadel in the middle of New York. We shot the Citadel, but it didn't die... The creator of Black Mesa surrendered Earth under 7 minutes. Now they have filled our streets with dark air and gritty skies. You must fight them, Gordon."
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
That's deep.
@danmang923
@danmang923 8 ай бұрын
I wish a recap was put at the beginning of Half Life 2 because half the time I was wondering what the hell happened?
@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7
@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7 11 ай бұрын
Can’t wait to watch this
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Always great to see you Cody.
@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7
@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn Likewise thanks for the continued great lore videos !
@loonowolf2160
@loonowolf2160 11 ай бұрын
And Gordon has usual be like: 👁🤐👁
@shinymk6562
@shinymk6562 11 ай бұрын
I hope some cut content might be added in Half Life RTX. It probably wont, but given how they are re-doing models to look proper in RTX, come cut content reimplementation would be cool
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
It'd be pretty interesting. We can only wait and see.
@djKIR
@djKIR 9 ай бұрын
Dear Skyrionn, i do have a real crowbar near my door entrance 😀.
@Gator159
@Gator159 11 ай бұрын
The thumbnail says slideshow, I am curious to know does that translate to a tonal shift in this video making? I guess I will have to watch and see 🍻
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
It'll be interesting to get your thoughts
@Gator159
@Gator159 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn I won't get around to watching it until maybe tomorrow or the next day. I usually watch videos like these while making breakfast. They are really good for multitasking, I'll get back to you lol
@Gator159
@Gator159 11 ай бұрын
​​@@Skyrionn Your narration feels the same and that's all that matters to me, the slideshow is cool, whatever is easiest for you man. Also you mentioned the time skip between Half-Life 1 and 2 was 10 years. I thought it was 20 years but at this point I forget things.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. In the earlier scripts of HL2, the time jump was 10 years. Later turned to 20 for the retail release :)
@Gator159
@Gator159 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn My mistake, I forgot about the specification of the beta. Good video as always, sorry I never tune into anything not exclusive to the half-life or Doom serious. Have you considered exploring the legend of Zelda ocarina of Time? It might be an alienation of the rest of your channel though lol. Although that's the only '90s Nintendo property I could think of with deep lore.
@julbar590
@julbar590 10 ай бұрын
3:47 audio name?
@windingroadelven
@windingroadelven 11 ай бұрын
Hope to god we get a proper sequel to HL2 I know we have Alyx but it’s not the same
@tilhon
@tilhon 11 ай бұрын
Has anyone asked themselves why Barney turned up right after Gordon’s arrival?
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Secret G-man employee confirmed?
@tilhon
@tilhon 11 ай бұрын
Yeah either that or the G-Man deliberately sent Gordon where he’d knew he’d run into friendlies. I cannot remember if or how surprised Barney sounded when he said “about that beer I owe you”…
@kwamesmith3214
@kwamesmith3214 11 ай бұрын
Gordon Freeman reminds me of an alternate universe version of Walter White from Breaking Bad... The former is a genius in Physics, the latter is one in Chemistry. 😂😂😂 I myself am not smart enough for protagonist syndrome 😅😅
@miinyoo
@miinyoo 10 ай бұрын
I am really glad the slideshow was cut. Exposition of that type makes not for a good story let alone a passively told one.
@Cozmixcartoons
@Cozmixcartoons 11 ай бұрын
Meanwhile, at the Apature Enrichment Center - testing continues and is not at all interrupted by any of these events lol
@AsparagusVideo
@AsparagusVideo 11 ай бұрын
Your explanation of how the Citadels were constructed goes against previous videos you've made.
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
The previous videos were the canon created by Valve. This video explored a cut sequence that was drastically different than what we recieved :)
@WilliamLious
@WilliamLious 11 ай бұрын
The was could make a good episode in itself.
@RendezvousDegenerate69
@RendezvousDegenerate69 11 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie i think the combine empire or the universal union as they called was resembling the humanity's ego and ignorance and our own worst dictators we had throughout the history..... Well anyways its nice you still always do half life series documentary just hope we still around when half life 3 come out 💀
@SerKBer
@SerKBer 11 ай бұрын
I'm happy the slideshow was removed from the final version. It's direct exposition. And everytime direct exposition happens a kitty dies somewhere. Plus, there's no reason for Eli to explain things to Gordon. He doesn't know Gordon hasn't been in the world the last 10 years. Great narrative is that one that is not verbalized. If half life lore is so fascinating is precisely because it's ambiguous, dark and unclear.
@BaronPraxis8492
@BaronPraxis8492 10 ай бұрын
darg and gribby
@JessicaM8722
@JessicaM8722 11 ай бұрын
I can see why the slide show was scrapped, it's an exposition dump and lousy storytelling in any visual medium. This breaks the “Show don’t Tell” rule even though it's a slide show showing what happened. You (the player) are still being told a lot of information about what happened through a third party. This also would have slowed down the game's pacing during this part and taken away too much of the urgency. After arriving at Elie’s lab you’re already given a big info dump as the characters build game and story tension with their interactions and tell you what the next objective is. Then you go into the training space with Dog and Alex, which is a very important part in my opinion. Not only does it teach you how to use your new weapon (which is one of the strongest/coolest weapons in the game) but it builds up your (the player) relationship with not just Alex but also Dog. That’s why her almost fatal death later is so impactful and Elie's death is also so heart-breathing. Your time with Alex is more important. Would it be nice for us the players to know what happened, yes. Is this something Gorden would most likely want to know, yes. Is this something we or Gorden need to know in order to motivate us to achieve the next objective, no. Through our experience up to this point in the game, it is firmly established that “Combine is BAD” and needs to be defeated. All this exposition dump does is reestablish what we already know, “Combine is BAD!” It's nice to know but could be explored more in a spin-off game like Blue Shift, where we follow Barny after he escaped from Black Masa. Also, it would have taken control of Gordon away from the player something Valve has a rule against in the Half-Life games. The only time you are unable to move as Gordon is when G-man or the advisors stop him. This builds an impression of helplessness that G-man/the advisors have power over you/Gordon. It shows how formidable they can be.
@Big__Guy
@Big__Guy 11 ай бұрын
Dark and gritty 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
had to be said
@thememays3285
@thememays3285 11 ай бұрын
griddy**
@2Potates
@2Potates 11 ай бұрын
They should've kept this lore.
@insertmemorableusernameher6795
@insertmemorableusernameher6795 11 ай бұрын
Ngl i think the slideshow was meant to be a placeholder in the script rather than an actual method of exposition
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
Interesting regardless!
@origami83
@origami83 11 ай бұрын
I beat you to it, i already liked this video before you asked!
@vaultdwellercarmelojohnson
@vaultdwellercarmelojohnson 11 ай бұрын
What could've been...
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
It makes me sad
@vaultdwellercarmelojohnson
@vaultdwellercarmelojohnson 11 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn Yeah unfortunately
@C.A._Old
@C.A._Old 10 ай бұрын
*13:07** Also Speak About Kids: Half Life 2 Beta you can see kids.*
@lightsmith1872
@lightsmith1872 8 ай бұрын
42 k views 71k likes. Not bad
@DanielWindows
@DanielWindows Ай бұрын
cut
@garlic-vk7jh
@garlic-vk7jh 11 ай бұрын
time doctor freeman
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
time to wake up
@starwraithspacemarine8605
@starwraithspacemarine8605 Ай бұрын
I would have really loved it if Gearbox made Opposing Force 2 before they went dark on the whole franchise like they did😐
@simonjiha3434
@simonjiha3434 10 ай бұрын
So these are canon events?
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 10 ай бұрын
These are cut events. Not canon
@simonjiha3434
@simonjiha3434 10 ай бұрын
@@Skyrionn That's so sad. It's a very interesting approach to an invasion story.
@tarbamichaelwijesunderajr
@tarbamichaelwijesunderajr 11 ай бұрын
Deleted Scenes Revealed
@PlittHD
@PlittHD 11 ай бұрын
I love it
@RainbowsClone
@RainbowsClone 11 ай бұрын
I thought beta Eli was Eli maxwell and looked completely different you should probably clarify that this is about the beta storyline and isn't canon to the main timeline
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
I'm sure I mentioned the beta several times in the video. I also spoke about them being merged at the end of the video. Did you finish it? ;)
@siyacer
@siyacer 11 ай бұрын
scary
@thedeergod435
@thedeergod435 5 ай бұрын
I can see why they removed this, it eoulf have just been the player sat in a room as a character info dumos, for a lot of people it would bave been borin to them
@kendakgifbancuher2047
@kendakgifbancuher2047 9 ай бұрын
Im glad they scrapped slideshow idea. Whole sequence just feels redundant, lame and over the top at the same time. Like imagine you boot up the game and there is gman monologue, and then you walk for 10 minutes and then out of nowhere Eli shows up with his 39 slides lore dump pptx. Valve made a right desicion to stick with enviromental storytelling.
@The_Invisible_Hand
@The_Invisible_Hand 9 ай бұрын
A slideshow full of exposition would have been a really bad way to handle the backstory. Show, don't tell.
@GideonOnDahMic
@GideonOnDahMic 11 ай бұрын
I love half life
@Skyrionn
@Skyrionn 11 ай бұрын
same
@saqartvelosamudamod
@saqartvelosamudamod 11 ай бұрын
America is gone but can we see what happened there? How it's now? We don't know
@GenTristan
@GenTristan 11 ай бұрын
Bro I got a P226 .40SW next to my bed. A bullsquid teleports in here (or anything else for that matter), it's going to have a pretty bad day. Haha Edit: 'Murica
@logancarlile8895
@logancarlile8895 11 ай бұрын
So cringe
@GenTristan
@GenTristan 11 ай бұрын
thx mate@@logancarlile8895
@Kaljaski
@Kaljaski 11 ай бұрын
Even united Capitalist exploiters lackey armies didnt match the power of Combine.
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