Half-Life Retrospective

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An exhaustive analysis of the Half-Life series, discussing just why it deserves to be revered and remembered today. This video took a very long time to make, and for good reason.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:08 Prologue - Forming Valve
4:28 Chapter One - Half-Life
25:58 Chapter Two - The Legacy of Half-Life
32:37 Chapter Three - Following Up a Masterpiece
39:13 Chapter Four - Half-Life 2
1:05:06 Chapter Five - The Legacy of Half-Life 2
1:09:28 Chapter Six - Half-Life 2: Episode One
1:15:15 Chapter Seven - Half-Life 2: Episode Two
1:23:24 Chapter Eight - A Decade of Silence
1:44:53 Conclusion

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This video features music by Morch Kovalski: morchkovalski.bandcamp.com/album/unforeseen-conseq…
Intro music by the Project Borealis team:    • Project Borealis OST | ∅. Threatening...  

Half-Life: Decay on PC: www.moddb.com/mods/half-life-decay

Big ol' list of sources:
www.forbes.com/sites/oliverchiang/2011/02/15/valve…
www.neowin.net/news/gabe-newell-i-learned-more-in-…
web.archive.org/web/20150211164700/http://www.comp…
web.archive.org/web/20111126125407/http://www.tcs.…
soundcloud.com/gameslice/valve
www.gamespot.com/articles/half-life-2-episode-one-…
www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/05/09/val…
www.rockpapershotgun.com/2007/11/08/rps-interview-…
   • Why we need Half Life 3  
   • Gabe Newell Gamestar Interview (Engli...  
   • Half-Life: Decay - Xen Attacks (Bonus...  
www.deviantart.com/apansenok/art/EPISTLE-3-7008983…
www.deviantart.com/andronix/art/Epistle-3-Tribute-…
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar - It’s a book, you should read it.
www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/
github.com/Jackathan/MarcLaidlaw-Epistle3/blob/mas…

If I missed anything, please let me know!

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コメント (21)
  • "Most NPC's have their story to tell" "Sometimes... I dream about cheese"
  • Ammunition depleted "I thought this suit was for radiation!" Hazardous environment can mean many things my friend
  • Me a child who just finished ep2: damn episode 3 is gonna be crazy Me now with grey hair paying taxes and stuff: yep gonna be crazy
  • Me, after Episode Two: Boy I sure hope Episode 3 comes soon! Me, after having my own Family: ...any second now.
  • @fonzcorp
    "I wont be boycotting you, I just wish that I can look at you the same way I did those years ago." That shit gets to me, thanks for this vid.
  • 1:10:17 - Ha! You're not supposed to dodge the energy balls. You're supposed to realize it's unreasonably difficult and use the door you pulled off to get in there as a shield. Those are always interesting moments where you're describing some uniquely-difficult section and someone says "whoa, you did that the hard way."
  • @frgblae
    1:01:25 "There's no correct answer" Yes there is, you just hide in the turret box holding a turret with the gravity gun and let it do all the work. My MIT education pays for itself.
  • @To-mos
    Man when I was a kid I was so shook up by Havenholm I painted a rooms interior with the gravity gun and a can of paint just to feel safe.
  • "Eli, there's not a next one..." literally the most disappointing words ever uttered on this planet.
  • My grandma accidentally bought me HL in The Orange box when I asked for portal, but GameStop was all out of just Portal copies. I'm so glad she got that for me. It's been my favorite game for a decade
  • "I thought the HEV suit was designed for radiation..." Dude, you've played hl1, you've seen Xen, you have graduated the Black Mesa training course... You have seen the lost expeditions to the borderworld and have witnessed the experiments conducted on the 'local wildlife' I think you and I both really know the real design choices behind the HEV.
  • @Saavik256
    The Half-Life series is part of the reason why I decided to teach myself level design.
  • Regarding the headcrabs. Given that the Combine use Headcrab missiles to suppress rebels I always assumed the Fast and Poison variants were modified by the Combine.
  • Aperture Staff: Activates bootstrap device Borealis intercom: “Alright, this next test may involve trace amounts of time travel. So, word of advice: If you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward! So do both of yourselves a favor and just let that handsome devil go about his business."
  • "They will never be the company we want them to be again" Valve: Half-life: Alyx
  • @GIJew
    Imagine all the people who died waiting for Episode Three, and those who never got to see HL Alyx....
  • @Horltum
    Liam: The aggressive nature of Combine Troops makes situations less exploitable Me: I will hide in a room, by the door, with a charged instakill double shotgun blast untill they are all dead.