Attention to Detail in VALVE Games (1998-2020)
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Another in my series documenting the attention to detail in the games of my favourite developers. I started with Naughty Dog, then Rockstar, and now Valve. Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS
Half Life - 0:00
Half-Life 2 - 2:33
Left 4 Dead 2 - 5:09
Portal 2 - 8:47
Half-Life Alyx - 11:05
Outro music: Triage at Dawn (Extended) by Jupiter
• Half-Life: Alyx - Fina... 
Игры
*Time to celebrate another developer not releasing another game for 5 years.*
I've covered Naughty Dog and Rockstar in this series, and I'm excited to finally explore another one of my favourite developers. I wanted to focus on the games I think displayed the most attention to detail, so some games I left off. I really hope you guys enjoy the video, and thanks for watching!
half life 3 confirmed
The attention to detail in Nintendo Games (2010-2019)
Loving it
6:33 I see what you did there guru, nice headphones
i saw your Easter egg on the billboard
See, with Valve, I can always understand why they take so long to make games.
It's cause the cockroach AI needs another 3 years to perfect before release.
That and with every half life release it’s a revolutionary game. Valve has always been a pioneering company
@@papapanara1774 yep, they always push the boundaries of one technology or the other
Maybe EA should take note from valve to make a good game
@@crownbutter EA: “how is this boosting max profits again?”
In the next half life game, cockroaches will move away when you get close
dude wouldn't it be so cool if Valve made games
It would be, unfortunately they make money, not games anymore
They could make some good games, I feel like they wouldn't make more than 3 games because how small their company is
They 'make' games, just don't exactly finish them.
This is probably a case of "they made murder from AmongUs into a real thing" comedy.But in a way yes,they didn't make anything for a long time before HLAlyx...
They literally made a New Half Life game last Year stfu Please
Some smart-ass texture artist was asked to add "detail" to the SMG's texture, and they added the dictionary definition of "detail". I love it!
Texture artist: You told me to add detail to it, you happy now?
Kind of a cop-out if you ask me
I feel they just weren't sure what to write and decided on an Easter egg but the smart-ass artist sounds more likely
@@dannass5 valve appreciates a personality like that. That’s how good games are made
Also:
In HL2, barnacles will remember the taste of objects you trick them with and will ignore them later. Also, eating a poison headcrab kills them instantly.
In L4D2, survivors don’t know each other’s names at the beginning. Using the “look” command will say something like “hey you.”
The Tank can also destroy the strongman game.
That’s all I can remember.
On l4d2 map 1 if someone dies before elevator, instead of exchanging their names during the descent they'll try to guess the dead survivors name and honor him
@@xUndead oh shit I gotta try that
I think I heard that from the beginning the survivors use different names for the types of zombies until in later chapters they settle on their final names
Ellis says "scuse me sir" to Nick
Nick calls Ellis stuff like "Cletus/Cooter/kid/Overalls" and Rochelle "sweetie/honey"
Rochelle calls Nick "Suit/fancy man"
If I remember correctly there are over 80 death animations done by stuntmen in left 4 dead
Without doubt Valve has made part of the most memorable franchises.
Absolutely
Like half life 2
Just playing Portal, I get tears from the music.
@@furret2611 that was a triumph
Considering they don’t even make games yet everyone still talks about it plays them is insane
Dont know how successful Alyx was, but damn, Valve really raised the bar how a VR game should look like and not just cel-shaded figures with low poly bows and swords. Valve has always had an insane amount of detail in their games, but just pieces and stuff, but actually world building details that solidifies the lore.
It's the best selling VR game on steam, which probably puts it pretty high up in VR games in general
@@DOSeater Yeah I think the Non-VR mod helped a bit too, not limiting the game to VR owners. Hope to see more games with the standard that HL Alyx delivered.
@@PantsuMann like lone echo 1 + 2?
@@coolertuep Yes
@@PantsuMann honestly non-vr HL:Alyx seems very, very shit lol
Using the “look” voice command on the survivors in the first level on Dead Center will refer to them as “Mr. and Ms.” before entering the elevator and promptly Introducing themselves and refer to them with their actual names. Neat thing valve would take account when it comes to voice lines
Same thing for special infected. After rochelle names the infected, they will instantly refer to it as that. I tried it out with a vocalized and it was super cool. I honestly used to think they only knew their names after a level change and not during a level
they use some other names when they dont know them yet like for ellis they call him "younging" or coach as "football man"
@@worldsmostevilman they actually added that in the last stand update, so you are not remembering wrong. it used to be that on the second level they immediately could name all the specials in unity and would first refer to each survivor by their names at that point, not after the elevator opens. it has changed now so that when they exit the elevator, they know each others names, and they now first need to kill a special in the second chapter to decide what to call it. the lines were already recorded on game release, but they were unused up until the update
rochelle also fixes the plothole on how l4d1 and l4d2 survivors are calling the specials by the same names. being a news producer, when she names them, she will mention what they were called on the news
Its basic common sense
I feel like most of these details resulted form extensive play testing and watching what players would do, then adding in clever details to accommodate that. I really wish Valve still made games.
Hey, there's a half life (?) game they've been working on for quite a few years now.
@@xxange1 Weren't they working on that one brain device or something, though?
@@DanielFerreira-ez8qdisn't that ummmm half life game for steam deck cause I heard some rumors
@@groupoftrouts7748 Not sure but it will probably have something to do with it
"Still made games" bruh Half Life Alyx was released not so long ago.
HL Alyx is so fucking CLEAN. I cant figure out a damn flaw in it. Its the first VR game that actually felt like a game id play on a TV. I played almost the entire thing sitting down too. Amazing work. Their games (if they make anymore that is) might force me to buy into better VR tech
The only reason I bought VR
my only complaint is that i wish I could play it again for the first time
There's been reports recently that they're dropping VR from future games to focus on the Steam Deck. It'll be devastating because Alyx made me see how much potential there is in the future of VR, and it felt like they were only getting started.
@@FunWithGuru nothing quite like Valves inability to "read the room". Smdh. What a shame
@@FunWithGuru if anything, the power of the steam deck seems to open the way for a truly self contained vr system that only requires a headset and/or a wearable device. I hope the Steam Deck succeeds, because i know the moment it does, Valve will start working on the next big thing.
5:28 King Vamp🧛🏿
6:33 Guru on a billboard
Good catch I like how he puts Easter eggs in his own videos. I also just realized his profile pic is from punch drunk love.
6:33 , you should really make a pt. 2 video of your attention to detail in your own videos, you put the channels icon on the billboard like you paid the advertisement company, great work man!
I was about to comment 6:33 when I saw your comment. I remember the "easter eggs in my own videos" video he did.
Didnt even notice that. Good eye bro
Noticed it as I was watching lol. It's cool to see that other's have noticed it.
@@persydiangelo8461 I was about to make a comment about the billboard and then I found this one, but then I was about to reply to the comment but then I saw your comment, so I guess no comment is needed at all.
I like how the music stopped at 2:50 when he got out the car like he turned off the radio
0:00 Hazardous Environments (Half-Life OST)
2:25 Triage at Dawn (Half-Life 2 OST)
5:09 Midnight Ride (L4D2 OST)
8:42 Want You Gone (Portal 2 OST)
10:50 Ending Triumph (HL:Alyx OST)
Thank you for your service. o7
The songs have been spoken
still can't find the last one, that's sad
@@DrTomo It's just a cover of Triage at Dawn
@@benzicol Bro, You're the man
About the survivors not knowing what to call the special infected in the first campaign, prior to The Last Stand update, there was a mechanic that was cut, that when the specials were killed in the first map of Dead Center, if the survivors were near it when it was killed, Rochelle who worked as a news reporter would say "They called those on the news" or "They used to call these when i worked at the news channel", at which Nick would usually reply with "So that's a huh? Guess ", and would from that point on refer to those infected by their respective names.
When The Last Stand update released, this mechanic was restored to the game, and they will only refer to these infected by their name if they are close to them after they were killed, this goes on for almost the entirety of the Dead Center campaign until they reach the Mall, from that point on they'll just refer to them normally by their appropriate names.
they also dont know each other's name in first chapter of Dead Center and if you use "Look" command on them they'll use something else to call them, with the exception of Coach because he's Coach
this is also included in friendly fire lines, mourns after death and if someone dies early before elevator, survivors have different lines in elevator meeting according to whoever died
afterwards it changes in chapter 3 (the mall)
I miss the time when l4d2 was new
They are callouts rather than post-kill lines. Left 4 Coochie is right though about the namecalls for the survivors. After the elevator moment, the L4D2 survivors will use each other’s general name calls with the look command. Nick’s the only exception to match his attitude this early on in the game until Mall
a majority of rochelle's lines were restored as well, which finally gave her the reputation she needed
Left 4 Dead 2 is still the King. Back 4 Blood has nothing on it.
back 4 blood was a letdown, honestly.
@@villager2342 i had a feeling it was going the day it was announced... turtle rock was there and stuff but valve just always adds another layer of games when they make them. I would have loved to see a l4d3 :(
Back4Blood was FUCKING TRASH I waited years for it come out only to uninstall it after playing for barely an hour.
They say we're dumb fanboys when THE GAME has no COOPERATION in a COOP game and a HORDE SHOOTER with shit Director and bullet sponges. The enemy designs are SO GENERIC. That's why the game is so bad.
@@lambda-m1676 and enemy spawns, don't forget that
3:34 This is because they were never intended to be on fire. However, in the beta they actually scream in pain and their flat line sound remains. If you add the hl2 beta sound files, make some modifications to the sentences file, the feature will be restored.
Exactly. This caught my eye too as odd.
The device got burnt.
16:19 They really gave attention to details. Down to its meaning.
They do be flexin on other developer
Chargers can use low-ceiling and throw the survivors up? What the heck?? I have played L4D2 for years and never knew those things can do that.
Because it's very rare you would be pin down by him on that area
they can also use walls, so it's 3 ways they can pounce you
I have seen it before but I never understood why they did it or how to activate it, now I know that they hit you with the ceiling lol
Yeah they also can punch you against a wall like crushing your head. They have 3 animations of how can they beat the crap out of you.
You can pound them on walls too
Not only valve, but you have the smoothest transitions ever!!! Nice video ¿3
thanks very much! :)
13:32 no clue if it's intentional or not or if i'm even mishearing it, but assuming it is then that's a genius little detail to have alyx mispronounce it as "bodka", since she's only heard the word over a relatively unclear radio and the cyrillic letter for v lools like the latin letter b
i’m hearing her annunciate the “v”
yeah it might just be me mishearing, plus im fairly sure in chapter 6 she pronounces it correctly so whoops lol
It’s amazing how detailed these old games are from late 19s to early 20s and still manage to be the best games to play
The tech of Valve is something else. No company can match it in my opinion. Awesome video as always. Also 6:31 You can see an easter egg on the billboard.
OMG :0
In l4d2 I for some reason always thought when the survivors called the hunters "jumpers" in the first level, it was because the zombies were walking along the ledge outside of the windows. I thought it was intended to be a joke, a tasteless one at that. I have no idea why I was convinced that was what they were going for, it's obvious it's because they JUMP.
I love how when you soft lock on portal Glados actually acknowledges that and help you to get out of there (and basically tells you that you suck lmao)
that is on the softlocks the developers knew about and instead of "Removing the softlock" they left in the game but made glados "unlock" you, but if you get softlocked in Areas the developers did not account for you do get locked forever in portal.....
5:30 bro must be at a Carti concert lmao
More L4d2 trivia/details!
Specials infecteds make a distinct loud warning sound upon directly seeing a survivor.
Common infected can be killed with one punch to the back if they are unaware of you.
You can see Whitaker when he fires at the tanker. He has a similar model to the "survivor infected".
Survivors have unique voicelines when finding ammo types in the Tunnel of love.
Construction infected will not follow pipe bombs due to wearing ear muffs.
You can find a infected Jimmy Gibbs in the Dead Center finale (Very, very rare).
Charger also has a forward smashing animation in addition to the ceiling and ground smash.
Common infecteds have unique animations when blasted with shotguns.
Shooting an oxygen tank will attract zombies to it like a pipe bomb before it explodes.
You can be harmed by debris caused by fighter jet explosions in the parish.
Survivors take less damage from commons if they have their back to them.
Smoker tongues can be cut by sharp melee weapons.
Regarding Special infected,Valve really care about to make sure the player can distinguish it by visual or sound.On the other hand SI in B4B is almost imposible to distinct since all of it share same base design.This is why TRS only excel in idea,not the execution of said idea.
holy shit you were right about incendiary ammo in tunnel of love. im shocked
@@Left4Coochie There's even some for melee weapons in the tunnel of love.
in a time where many games feel like a schoolproject that was done 30 minutes before due, these games really show what going the extra-mile can mean
6:32 NIce easter egg there, bud.
5:29 Playboi Carti also on the background of the stage
Valve does straight up gold, when they do something at least.
Another thing with the Charger is that if you're near a wall it'll occasionally run your character's head into it like a battering ram.
valve is literrally one of my favorite developers of all time
7:32 you’re laughing, Ellis is dying and you’re laughing.
I've watched every single video of yours Guru and very proud to say I found your personal Easter egg in this video just by watching through it! I almost forgot you added your own secrets as I never find them. Your videos are such brilliant quality and an enjoyment to watch 💖
Hey! Thanks so much! Did you ask me how I edit my outro a while back? Wasn't it for a school project? I hope that turned out well! 😊
@@FunWithGuru Yes! Wow thank you for remembering ☺️ that must of been about 4-5 years ago as it was for my A-Level Media which I think I got a B for, you were of great help thank you. I've watched every video you've released to date, you have a very pleasing style of editing and even when the game market is dead you still find enjoyable content
@@sophtheloaf42 this is so damn wholesome
This made my day no cap
@@FunWithGuru How did u remember that damn😂
The audio transition at 8:41 was fantastic!
Truee
This is why valve games could be considered the "citizen kane" of games. They always innovated stuff.
Can we appreciate that liquid being liquid in the vodka bottles as well? Or the fact you can draw using the markers in Alyx? Crazy. When I was a kid I had this Star Wars game where you had a little light saber and the camera was a practice bot I think it came out in 2005? I thought that shit was advanced.
The level of detail that goes into these games is incredible. I've played Half-Life 2 so many times now, and I *always* notice a new detail every time. 30 years from now, we're still going to find brand new small details in these games that Valve had no reason to add. So few people will actually notice these details while playing, but it goes such a long way into making these worlds feel truly alive
You can usually count on Valve for their singleplayer games
TF2 hasnt received a update for a long time
Too much card games
But stuff like Half Life and Portal?
They’re perfect
Major update specifically we still got them seasonal updates
"Some games will not be featured"
Damn, shame I don't get to see all the little details in Richochet, my favorite Valve game
Another neat detail in Half-Life: Alyx - When you see the Vault for the first time, if you don't look at it at all and continue to find the keycard and leave the room, Russel will berate you for not looking at the Vault and proceed to explain it to you.
The Flashlight gave Wheatley "brain" damage, which is why he acts like that for the rest of the game.
There's no way that's actually a thing
@@Dramilos yeah glados said he was made to specifically dampen her intellect so he's just like that
Lol, no he's just an idiot, specifically designed to dampen Glados's intelligence with "An endless stream of terrible ideas".
Nope. GladOS said "He's the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together with the express purpose of building the dumbest moron who ever lived." He's been like that the whole time since it's his sole purpose lol
I should have said "What If" before that lmao. I know that Wheatley was a dummy bot, but it would be a fun hypothetical. Plus, GladOS untrustworthy when it comes to what she says about who she deems "lesser". She could mean that when the cores are connected to her body they dampen her own control like in the original Portal, and being a narcissist, she thinks that that means that they are so stupid that they make her stupider rather than actually being dampening tool they were made for. He is the second most intelligent bot in Portal (iirc) and he acts pretty normal before the flashlight part. So, again, her narcissism and fear of being outsmarted could just be her saying things about Wheatley to make Chell (another smart character that GladOS constantly calls stupid, and a weird obsession for calling her fat a lot for some reason) believe that he is lesser than he is. Definitely not true, but fun to think about.
what really should be praised is your attention to detail, After years you have still kept the highest quality in depth easter egg videos and showcase of game environments to the best and simplest forms, almost unmatched to many i personally believe using just the games ambient noises and text as your background instead of speaking and ncm its great. little late but thank you
On my first playthrough, I took a vodka bottle to the next area like you're suppose to for the achievement but I thought that if I brought it to the end of the game I would get a second achievement... you do not. To make things worse, I didn't know you could just put it in your inventory so literally for the rest of the game I would gently put the bottle on the ground before every battle and loading screen. With loading screens though, if its in your hand while its loading, once the next chapter starts, it spawns out of your hand and will smash. So EVERY chapter I ended up squatting and making sure my hands was just high and low enough to keep it safe... its very dumb
Wow, Valve literally defined detail in Half-Life: Alyx
10:13 I noticed that but I always thought the Aperture logo was just printed onto the board
That Guru billboard though. 👀🤌🏼
6:32 the billboard up aHEAD
"you can crush cans"
_inmediately beans the cat with it_
What the hell, this video legitimately blew my mind, amazing work as always, best channel on youtube.
I really enjoy your content man, i wish there was a new video every week but i understand that making content of this quality takes time and a lot of effort. Thanks for taking your time with this.
thanks so much! :)
the music transitions are the best part of this video. So good!!
I love how you said that there's a 'hidden detail' at the laser sight and it is literally the definition of 'detail' partially hidden
You're honestly in the top youtubers ever dude. Awesome job as always, been following for years now. Thanks for your hard work and your time
thanks so much! :)
15:15 - That’s about the coolest detail I’ve ever seen. I’m glad I’m only halfway through Alyx, I may yet get to do this :)
pay attention to the bottles with water or wine bottles in the game the amount of detail in then is insane.
god i always love the little easter eggs of yourself you put in like the billboard with your channel on it with the infected names
i love the little music resembling the game about to be shown, nice attention to detail in a video about attention to detail
7:15 there's also one for if you're right up against a wall, the charger will push the survivors against the ground into the wall
Yeah, but that moment is quite common since the Charger will likely to ram you into a wall.
These videos are some fine art
Man,I love your videos. Your one of my favorite channels in YT,simple and basic videos,but well made and entertaining. This is the first time spot an Easter Egg of yourself,in the billboard.
Aye, this is a well edited video, for just pointing out details, not many would go this far to edit this video, props to whoever the editor is and yourself
I've literally just been replaying the whole Valve collection! Half Life 2 is easily my favourite game of all time, so a video with Guru and Half Life 2.. You can bet I leapt on it so fast!
Great games ❤ big love and the sound special 2:34 🙏🏻
i missed channels like these that just compile cool video game facts with no commentary
I love your editing style! It's got a really friendly-professional kinda feel.
Always get excited when Guru drops another video
Guru, just wanted to say that I follow your channel since 2012/2013 and your work has always been high quality stuff.
Keep it up!
Hats off for, fittingly, above and beyond attention to detail in this video's editing. Every detail had a perfect showcase length, comparison shot, and intelligently placed clips and zoom-ins for super clear viewing. Also love the attention put into the music - my favorite moment was when the strength game in l4d2's bell flew off, which acted as a starting cue for the instrumental version of Want You Gone in the Portal 2 bit of the video. Another great one was how the music faded out in sync with Gordon leaving his Jeep in the Half Life 2 bird poop bit. Know that these things don't go unnoticed nor unappreciated, there was clearly a lot of love put into these videos! Cheers
thanks so much! :)
The editing you do to lead into clips is really well done, especially the audio!
the transitions between games 👌
Especially this part 8:42
Everyone of these videos is just so cinematically pleasing. My eyes are always glued to the screen. Been watching since the beginning, love it!
2:52 I love that perfect cut of the music
I actually noticed one of your Easter eggs! Guru Radio is my favorite station
Part of me wonders if Guru planted an obvious easter egg so that we don't pay attention to a much subtler one he hid....
I love that you’re a playboi carti fan
All I do is make videos and listen to Carti.
Valve and rockastar are the only companies that have an amazing rival of attention to details.
Crytek
Amazing video about amazing games.
Thanks for the fun Guru! Never cease to amaze.
How proud of yourself were you when you finished the transition between L4D2 to Portal 2? Because I was incredibly proud of you.
These games have so much love in them. I appreciate the work of valve there.
another amazing half life alyx detail is when you shake pretty much anything theres a sound linked to it. even resin.
Another great video! Always fun to see this little details.
6:33 I saw what you did there ;)
15:00 You can crush with difrent controllers too
Vive/WMR: Grip
Oculus: X/A
Bro, I've seen a lot of videos like this, but you really found something rare. Thank you.
I tell you GuruKid, I saw SO MANY Half-Life and Portal easter-eggs / details videos that I really truly thought I knew literally everything about the game. And yet you managed to find almost unknown features, references and easter eggs I don't even know how... Well I guess there is a reason if I followed you for like 5 years, and you f*king deserve those 788 thousands subs, big GG of being the best easter eggs channel of the entire RUclips... Props to you o7
There are more details you didn't include in the video.
But...
It's an amazing video. One of the best I've watched this year. Thank you, for making it.
9:50 i love how wheatley is somehow even dumber than the frankenturrets
I have to say Guru i love your videos. They are so high quality and very enjoyable to watch, please continue making them!
your edit in the bell sound to the portal song was so good.
5:28 carti approved🧛🏿
TF2 has the most attention to detail, as it is the single most well-made class based FPS ever created
TF2 is great, but i think Left 4 Dead 2 has more attention.
@@he_carnation mate is Left 4 Dead a class based FPS?
@@crackjack144 what does that have 2 do w attention
TF2 has the most details in its maps, to the point that almost all of them look like real facilites with posters detailing schedules, management meetings and stuff like that.
8:41 That transition is so smooth it deserves an award
Aside from the content itself, your edits are CLEAN asf dude. Keep it up!
This is more about Valve's character design but I'd like to point out Larry's helmet having a lot of spikes, most probably against Headcrabs and Barnacles.
Tagging onto this there appears to be blood on the frontal area of the spiked helmet, further proving this.
Cualquier juego la mayoría no todo que saca valve simpre sale exitoso porque se toman su tiempo no importa cuantos años tome, por eso yo creo que están desarrollando algo aún, como half-life alyx que nos impresiono mucho
Valve: Hey, could you add detail to the SMG?
3-D Modeler:
Hey! I saw your easter egg! Haha excellent video, Guru! You're one of my inspirations for video editing! Cheers from Brazil!
5:20 Carti spotted
I’ll give a detail in tf2
In the ending of meet the medic it shows the mercs lined up to have their hearts compatible for Uber charge when scout leaves the room you see that archimedes medics bird is inside his chest
In game there is around a 10% chance if you gib or blow up scout a bird will fly from his corpse
I like how you advertised your spotify playlist on that banner
Beautiful video, Sir Guru.