Valve's New Gravity Gun is Suspicious

[@FluffyWolfLord]

Valve has the chance to pull the biggest troll in history by having Eli die again in Half life 3

[@Dargonhuman]

Me: *sharpening pitchfork and soaking torch in fresh pitch* Don't... just don't even...

[@Earth6094]

@@Dargonhumancringe

[@2plus2is-five]

that would be wiiiild

[@Dargonhuman]

@@Earth6094 Just replying "cringe" is what's cringe.

[@Core533]

Don't give them ideas

[@OnionSprite]

"We're not afraid of Half-Life no more." goes so hard

[@Dargonhuman]

"I ain't afraid of no Half-Life, resonance cascades make me feel good!"

[@yeetrreet2453]

@@Dargonhuman lol yeah kinda sus tho 🤨

[@64_three]

​@@Dargonhumanoh my anti mass spectrometer ... Its about to go critical...

[@kerbal_lE]

I’m afraid they’re gonna spoil the whole game before it even launches

[@mackerel987]

@@64_three ambatuResonanceCascadeeeee!!

[@salsamancer]

Never underestimate a Valve KZbinrs ability to hype a pebble into a mountain

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

Facts

[@TeddyCream0]

Theyve been doing this since Ep 2

[@Kidneydiseasegaming]

I actually think this is really respectable to be able to create so well, that you can do this.

[@BrandonSmith-ru8wl]

i think at this point they turned a mountain into a continent

[@Voxelgd]

I do feel a little bad for the devs on HL3 because the pressure to make that game good has to be ENORMOUS.

[@stefanschuchardt5734]

HUMONGOUS even.

[@roflixo]

Probably. But let's be honest: Gabe would have never greenlit HLX/HL3, unless he knew specifically they had something special in the works. I am putting my full trust into this.

[@vibethecat4194]

tbf they do have the best of the best under their belt so they should be fine(pressumably)

[@Voxelgd]

@@roflixo Yea, probably.

[@obad7633]

as long as its as good as alyx it will be great tho theve made the masterpiece 4 times now they can do it a 5th...

[@redbone9068]

when the "Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator" is Dubious 😳😳

[@Tape_Rewind]

"mmmm soup"

[@planecrazyiscrazy]

"mmmm soup"

[@glitchtheproto]

"mmmm soup"

[@Slamboni4k]

"mmmm soup"

[@Zyskr..]

"mmmm soup"

[@elite_pro_br]

Time Dr. Freeman? Is it really that time again?

[@d_shadow.]

Bruh I was at 7:39 when I read your comment lmao

[@gibberpean]

"Let's just say your hour has come again"

[@IluminousOne-9.7.2]

*Rise And Shine"

[@denhund101]

It seems as if you only just arrived.

[@SafetyRabbit]

While the HL3 momentum is definitely starting to warm up, this might still be just an artwork piece. I used to be a game concept art lead and it was extremely common for artists to just build their own 3D models and render them for use in paint-overs. Concept artists use a lot of tools and sources for their work, especially when making production art. Still, there's the possiblilty they're using something from an upcoming title but my gut feeling is just built for render and paintover to match the existing design with higher fidelity.

[@skaynne54]

Agree. I've came to terms that HL3 may never come. And while we will definitely have more Half-life content, I still don't believe that any of them will be a full HL3. And if it does end up being that, well.. fck me, I'd be mighty impressed and I wouod enjoy watching the internet blow-up at this reveal.

[@xalener]

there's also no telling if this gravity gun was for an iteration they could have had going on a decade ago. I mean, the pistol in HLA is from 2013.

[@x_9910]

yea, agreed. this video is incredibly misleading with the title.. what a shame.

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

@@skaynne54 this is the attitude I've settled on, we might never get it but we might get HL: Barney

[@Aidan2005Baidan]

The artist is Dhabih Eng, the same fella that did the original promotional images for HL2 before release. Yeah, they are paint-overs. Completely 2D, with (I assume) lower-fidelity 3D reference material. I'd just chalk the differences in the gravity gun up to artistic liberties.

[@garryhlambert]

Gabe lookin like the Engineer

[@windowsxseven]

the camera angle makes it look like a dracula flow skit though

[@Youthquake85]

Gotta move the gear up!

[@TheAlmightySmelldoor]

Hey look buddy...

[@MortallyBane]

​@@windowsxseven"This Combine Invasion ain't nothing to me man."

[@windowsxseven]

I'm him I've been him I will continue to be him

[@Komegatze]

5:28 the only new artwork is the one the with gravity gun, all others are just hd versions of the art from 20 years ago

[@KyubiHitashi]

0:10 blood textures without the redness on in, im just waiting for the comments

[@KronovMpg]

It's probably so they don't have to make separate textures for humans and aliens

[@sleepiestgal]

@@KronovMpg correct, theyll likely use an hsv adjustment filter to just dye it a certain colour/colour-set

[@KayhoticGames]

Not to burst everyone’s bubble. But that’s not a new gravity gun model. It’s a paint over. The artist himself literally said he uses the in game world models then paints over them.

[@skaynne54]

I think Water got called out about it, since he changed his "HL3" title for "Suspicious". He was really just stretching this sht out on this video.

[@pathos2853]

@@skaynne54 zero respect for channels like this lol

[@TotallyBolero]

forget about the video look at this clip of his gameplay: 3:04 You are a danger to society.

[@ReeceRacc]

"I use the ammo to get the ammo"

[@dabbingraccoons6416]

It hurts

[@BlueFlytrap998]

That gravity gun model was made for the Neca replica/gordon freeman figure twelve years ago. A screenshot of the model is still hosted on the volpin props blogpost on their own replica. It was not made for any game.

[@panv1ch]

The Neca replica looks quite different though

[@chrish2o270]

I also don't think it's for a new game, but stop spreading false information dude.

[@JavierTheCactus]

@@panv1ch the artist said thats what its from

[@XZb9x2129asjfCkV]

gabe newell is gamer santa. change my mind.

[@chin_krack]

ok

[@Antroz0n]

Why change what is a fact?

[@reduxer6072]

Why do i have to change it🤔

[@nightgamer1501]

nope

[@nightgamer1501]

i wont change your mind , go on

[@Shizuka965]

the problem with innovations is that sometimes it takes decades to get them.

[@skaynne54]

Okay, while you are absolutely right about that, legit, I would prefer Valve taking their time than milking everything and ruining their entire reputation to the ground. Because of their way of doing things, they are not completely hated like most AAA companies who milked to death most of their I.Ps, making a new game every year, only for it to be shttier than the last.

[@Shizuka965]

@@skaynne54 Oh that absolutely, I agree ^^

[@Noswiatel]

We got chances at WW3 before Half Life 3. Gabe pls?

[@stefanschuchardt5734]

Hurry up Gabe 😮

[@JeffarryLounder]

Imagine WW3 comes before HL3 and development gets postponed again.

[@OutOfNameIdeas2]

We are already in the first stages of ww3. Countries are launching Mirvs. Multiple wars going on rn with many countries involved.

[@Cam-nq8br]

The boy who cried wolf

[@Thelango99]

Might be living in Half Life before we get the next one lol.

[@BlippiHarlemShake]

never thought hl3 would happen

[@dh1380]

It hasn't

[@John-tc9gp]

It hasn't yet

[@SturgGaeming]

It may happen.

[@Nabashy]

BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT HASNT

[@SturgGaeming]

@@Nabashy yet.

[@hazss]

the copium on this is crazy... GUYS ITS JUST NEW ARTWORK 😭

[@infernaldaedra]

...for Half Life

[@jon99127]

Let us dream😢

[@TBUILD_DPIXEL_DMP]

@@jon99127 dream? more like schizophrenia. this is literally just new artwork, like sure a new hl game would be good, but cmon theres a point where its obvious its just not corrolating to a new hl game.

[@JasminLeblanc]

They literally tease HL3 on 3 seperate occasion in the new developper commentary that they added.

[@Snwlwiwhdnfor]

Nobody cares

[@haydfors]

@@Snwlwiwhdnfortf? We all do

[@JeffarryLounder]

@@Snwlwiwhdnfor Why do you think we're watching this video in the first place?

[@thebritishviking]

​@@Snwlwiwhdnforbro are you lost? What you just did is the equivalent of like walking in to comicon and going "No one cares about games, movies, comics and pop culture here" like jog on you silly sausage 😂😂😂

[@TheBrother34]

Bro said things just to be reported for misleading

[@tiber4159]

Conjecture. He probably modelled it himself.

[@evangamingrealofficial]

very interesting, can’t wait to see what valve cooks

[@hobosnake1]

Part of it feels bittersweet. We dont have any reason to believe there will be good mod support or any of the tools that made half life 2 so profound. Who knows, maybe im wrong. But it doesnt seem like 2024 valve to include these things.

[@theofficialbruhfish8094]

@@hobosnake1half life alyx has mod support

[@connormartin5430]

@@hobosnake1 Why wouldnt they? Both Half Life Aylx and even now Half Life 2 and its Episodes both have workshop support...

[@hobosnake1]

@connormartin5430 lol. Read my other message? They're really not doing great with cs2 custom servers. There's not even an in-game server browser. The one outside of the game doesn't even work. You have to use third party websites for a reliable server list. These servers have no visibility. Only some servers where you test skins before you buy them have people in them. Yeah, there's workshop support for these games, but there's no SDK for source 2. source 2 games have been lacking in mod support. Yes it exists, but if you're acting like Half-Life Alyx or CS2 mods are anywhere near the popularity or accessibility of Half-Life 1 & 2/CSS & CSGO mods, you're not being entirely objective.

[@ayoublidjici3618]

I will stop believing when I stop breathing. ❤️

[@stefanschuchardt5734]

Then dont stop breathing brother 🙏

[@ayoublidjici3618]

@@stefanschuchardt5734 😭😭🥰

[@Nicolas-zw5ex]

Some of the valve games are basically long duration playable tech demos made to innovate

[@stefanschuchardt5734]

A tech demo that feels like a good game? Sign me up!

[@64_three]

I feel like that was pretty much half life 2, a glorified tech demo for the source engine

[@stefanschuchardt5734]

@@64_three that didnt worked as a tech demo because nobody used the source engine

[@theofficialbruhfish8094]

@@stefanschuchardt5734pretty sure some did (particularly respawn entertainment)

[@Peb02497]

@@stefanschuchardt5734 Dark Messiah, Postal 3, and the first Titanfall were made in Source

[@kalarad840]

I'm pretty sure the "new" Gravity Gun, looks exactly like the work of the guy in the SFM workshop called "Gravity Gun Remaster"

[@NightOwl-j8v]

"voxel based destruction" so basically teardown 😂

[@generalshrooms]

That could easily be the hi-poly model of the original gravity gun. In game design, you make a highly detailed model, then you make a low poly version and bake the details of the hi-poly onto the low poly so that it will run smoothly in real-time renderers.

[@self-proclaimedanimator]

Or the artist made it using photobashing

[@DD-rn4gi]

I don't think the gravity gun textures were made like that

[@shibainu2528]

Something I like about (SPOILER ALERT, IF YOU KEEP READING NOW IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT) how the old HL2:E2 ending being retconned, is that it throws the whole Half Life world into jeopardy. Why do I say this? Well, we already witnessed what the Half Life world looks like far in the future, Portal 2. We catch a glimpse of what it looks like underground, on the surface, and from the moon itself. But now that the timeline has changed with Alyx being taken by the GMan and Eli being resurrected, we have no clue what happens in the future this time around. For all we know, the moon could get blown up in the new timeline, which would indirectly get Chell killed in the far future. It's a crazy example I know, but you get the point I am trying to make.

[@SturgGaeming]

I agree with you but I still don't like the theory that Portal 2 takes place way far into the future.

[@paulrose1634]

Likewise though it feels as if they will take the expectations of epistle 3 and hints they've dropped and subvert them by having this change in the timeline cause things to play out differently

[@Dew-se9hf]

@@SturgGaeming It does though. From what we know ingame, over 200 years have passed since Chell was put into stasis at the end of Portal 1.

[@Pyromancer_]

​@@Dew-se9hfuhm... source sweaty?!

[@xanderplayz3446]

@@Dew-se9hfIt’s from 20 to 9999999….

[@Cody2564]

That Gore is Sus 0:10

[@Snwlwiwhdnfor]

Nobody cares

[@cozzb1938]

@@Snwlwiwhdnfor You seem to care quite a bit with how many times you're copying and pasting this comment to different reply threads.

[@ThisIsGlitch]

😮😮😮

[@JoRoBoYo]

they ask gabe for blessing to reserruct eli.. lmao sound like medieval fantasy plot.

[@nicholasdelaney1407]

A fanmade Half-Life 2 Episode 3, Half-Life 2 Interlude. Send some love to that guy, sure Half-Life 2 Interlude is unofficial and non canon but hey, hopefully it's fun and enjoyable...

[@Rbanh]

You literally showed the screenshot where the artist said they PAINTED OVER the model in photoshop. Meaning it could have been any rough model, even the original gravity gun model as a base layer reference for the artwork where they painted in this additional detail.

[@GamingwithTai]

A lot of the details of that model looks very similar to the NECA replica gravity gun. What if it's a reused model from that's production?

[@alterranlongbow5067]

4:30 awfully conspicuous amount of references to ice breaking when you remember the borealis existed (for about 10 seconds anyway)

[@TheDezedez]

5:44 this is the original art from 2004

[@gimpscam9976]

lol yes that is the exact image from 2004. Maybe touched up but the same. Also thanks for timestamp, literally the entire video for a pic that’s not even new.

[@macksnotcool]

It could also be that the artist themselves made the model. They even said that their process was easier due to using blender (although that could be for a million other things)

[@atil-o4q]

Who shoots crates instead of hitting them with the crowbar.

[@skipmanghondarg]

i do

[@Emperor_mtn_Dew]

Dobby probably just grabbed it off GMod workshop

[@joaoVictor-jt7uq]

tough eli's resurrection is a retcon it was e well planned one the gman's influence on alyx was already quite estabilished, and it almost feels intentional not often i feel like retcons did their job well in keeping the story going or fitting well into a story but HLA's ending retcon does fit quite nicely

[@yourfbiagent9011]

HL2 was THE biggest butt clenching, rage inducing, mystery intrusive cliffhanger in all gaming history, idc if it's not gonna be HL3 directly, as long as we get new answers to the story, we are eating it

[@RokoArts]

The original artist said on twitter he had to remake the art and he used blender to make a grav gun (an other models) for that specific artpiece (then he handpainted some parts idk is his workflow)

[@RokoArts]

I came back to this comment to clarify said by the artist just half an hour later "It was modeled by the ultra talented Tristan Reidford for the NECA replica model that was made a few years back."

[@ConquerWildPine]

This series has been the biggest recon Imagine if banjo Kazooie did the same thing waiting for the 3Ed game oh yea CARS!

[@MB-dn1fx]

4:27 “Another character” BRO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR BOY SHEPHARD!

[@DitieBun]

I thought the exact same thing when I saw the gravity gun render

[@lepaul_Official]

cant imagine what the third Half Life could look like. its like a dream that went to far away

[@Famix]

That's not just anyone's tweet being liked. That's Komegatze. He's a pretty popular Source 2 Animator who's also well known for porting models to S2FM, as well as animating for a few mods. Dude's pretty reliable as a source, IMO.

[@gorgolyt]

You act as if any of this is corroborating evidence for this massive speculative leap, from a gravity gun model that was just used to make new artwork (a totally standard process) to Half-Life 3.

[@x_9910]

​@@gorgolyt agreed. this videos title is very misleading, their jump to conclusion is just an attempt to chase affluence.

[@flamingophone]

You mentioned source 2 two times. Source 1 one time. 2+2 = 4 4-1= 3 HL3 CONFIMRED

[@trevise684]

valiskibum levels of stretching out a video

[@airspeedmph]

Stop with that stupid "BREAKING" thumbnail.

[@danieldimov8625]

I like it.

[@Jensen8918]

The whole 3d thing is pretty big speculation.... yes he is 'that good', aka he used blender and its literally his job to make 3d assets.

[@TheEpicplushgod]

Half life 3 will be on neuralink confirmed

[@sjoerdev]

guys.... its obviously the model from the hl2 rtx remaster.

[@fbonnie6894]

Can be the fan made model for hl2 and the one got ported to gmod before hl2 rtx got announced

[@HL2rebel-v4s]

Gabe is finaly starting to count to 3

[@itsterres]

Ok HEAR ME OUT a portal gravity gun would be a big innovation move

[@lewismackay9533]

I mean some of this is a bit of a stretch.... I mean there's being excited then theres going tin foil hat nut and seeing every spec of dust that leaves Valve's office as some kind of sign that half life is coming lol. It's perfectly reasonable for an artist to make a more modern high quality gravity gun model just for that promo art, if their goal was to make new high quality artwork in the style of the original it would make perfect sense.

[@Aaronnoraator]

Half-Life 3 is definitely being worked on. However, I think that Gravity Gun model has probably existed at Valve sometime before. NECA made a Gravity Gun replica and they probably needed some kind of reference for it. It's possible that they used the same 3D model

[@Voiled]

I think my soul will physically rattle apart having to wait any longer

[@antirevomag834]

"newell said that eli could live" now i can't help but imagine the gman is just 'the narrator' given form in valve games and only offered alyx the deal because gabe approved it.

[@sammy_wills]

Dude. He just painted over the normal model. If you drop that magnifying glass you keep held to your eye, you'll realize that mountain you've been staring at this whole time has been a pebble.

[@m4ngo-q3v]

HL3 is gonna start with gordon killing uncle jack and saving jesse

[@oliwardcomics]

Bravo, Vince

[@skalatoor4872]

thank god i skimmed through this video you really took until 5:48 to show the gravity gun

[@Green_160]

The real question is what type of NASA super computer do you need to run all of it

[@barrybondz4483]

Half life Alyx has blown my mind more than the previous half life games that I was there for. 2 was incredible, but alyx on a quest 3 is absolutely mind-boggling. Valve makes such good games. I want HL3 so bad.

[@TheCraigHudson]

With everything leaked, sounds like if hl:x might be a full on xen return. Also rumors are open world half life with a realistic weather and thermal system ice fire, wind.

[@superdave938]

i have a feeling that the gravity gun used in the new promo art is based off the Lifesize Replica made by NECA, as they do look pretty similar

[@pixcore7221]

cant wait to use source 2 sdk

[@skarano]

i doubt they will do this mostly because s&box exists and cs2 has the weakest tools ever

[@SweetFlexZ]

The gravity gun model could be from the replica, if you look on internet for images you can see it's the same model.

[@vladimirskiylife4443]

and in centuries we'll get to know that they were working on a new character in deadlock

[@CMak3r]

It’s not uncommon for concept artists to also do some modeling in MOI or Fusion, or Maya. There’s a lot of these workflows could be seen on Artstation. Maybe it’s not the in game model, but just the high quality render from Keyshot

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

i called it. i could just tell by the way they ended Alyx that they were working on a new title. (on a personal note, i love the return to Episode retconning that ending and Alyx giving herself to save her father, Eli.)

[@PR-xe7lt]

voxel has so much potential and i hope valve is cooking something with it

[@dylanringproductions160]

By the time HL3 comes out my computer should be ready for it.

[@freddieneesam8911]

Alyx got turned into unforeseen consequences

[@christopherearth9714]

After nine years in development, hopefully it will have been worth the wait.

[@Flexo_l]

If they wait too long with the new hl game the original hl fan base will slowly die off literally 😅 The youngest player who could "legally" buy hl1 in 1998 is now 43 years old. ESRB rating is 17+

[@ライロス]

The reason they recton the story of episode 2 was because how the writers backed themselves into a wall that time. There was no way to fix the story after that. So using Gman as a in-world way to fix a issue corrected this.

[@TheGyroGuardian]

when theres a final boss named halflife:

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

I can't believe I might actually survive to see half life 3, I always thought it'd be something that comes out when I'm 80.

[@Nino3Productions]

half life ? more like we've spent half of our life waiting for a third number

[@mrsgtshepardxd6193]

8:32 OH GOD IM SO OLD!

[@PIGEON5265]

I really want HL3 to come out soon but at the same time i hope they take their time and polish and perfect it slowly. So i'm just going to wait patiently till it releases. 😀

[@jazzyjswift]

This was confirmed to have been old promotional art that was reused. It is not a HL3 model

[@dudewithachannel1163]

It'd be the biggest troll since Artifact if HLX was just: You play as a scientist sent to Xen in an HEV suit and never left. Mysteriously the Gravity Gun appears in front of you

[@york45]

Let's all be honest the ending of Half-Life alyx was one of the coolest plot twist endings of any franchise ever

[@gavinthepavin]

Its the half life 2 prop gravgun you could buy

[@YourPalKindred]

I'm gonna see it. I can't believe I'll live to see the day a "Half Life 3" releases

[@extragalacticcreations]

They could have also just used a picture of the Neca gravity gun replica.

[@SageGilbert191]

Really wonder what Valve’s interpretation of Xen is gonna be like now that they’re not limited by 90s tech

[@npc_citizen9276]

Black mesa and hla quarantine zone gives us a hint.

[@spark7922]

the guy made a model, drew over it in photoshop and that's it. it doesn't mean it's an asset from hl3 they're teasing.

[@I.M.P-Productions]

Valve has a chance to now reveal the return of Corporal Shepard as the new character

[@brodystroud1210]

valve gave us an appetizer 4 hl3, half life 2 anniversary update

[@jtboy2573]

The unnamed scientist could be Slick, the only scientist from the first game that didn't appear in HL2

[@xenoiad]

From the moment I saw that art on their website I immediately knew it was new and this video just confirmed my suspicions

[@At_Amsterdam]

“start with a rough 3D model” … read what the artist said my guy

[@johannesviljoen9656]

anyone checked to see if its a random model off the interwebs or something?

[@thedylansang]

These days I wish that Episode Three still could've continued where Episode Two left off, that way HL:X can start from Alyx's ending.

[@SpiderVox]

I still think that it is very interesting with how every HL game has had so much innovation. I just hope they realize that graphical fidelity is not the same thing as innovation.

[@EMan-xj5cz]

The worst part about any new hl games releasing is that a lot of people such as myself won’t be able to play because of how high quality the graphics will be

[@MitchelGatzke]

my theory is that its actually the model from the new half life 2 rtx addon coming soon

[@katoy9976]

Mesela Gordon'a bir tane side kick(ai) ekleyin. Onu çeşitli görevlere gönderebilin. Ya da yanınıza alın. Rpg öğeleri de olabilir burada. Char stats gibi. Hatta bu karakteri oyunda siz kontrol edin tercihe göre(gönderdiğiniz görevlerde).

[@Cool_Guy59WasTaken]

we got hl3 *basically* confirmed before gta 6

[@The_Wall7283]

ngl if they add in a weapon modification system that would be cool