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  • Опубликовано: 22 фев 2023
  • Idk what to say here
    1 year doing this huh
    find all the movie references i did, theres a lot
    Karl seriously is deserving a cruel death these days.
    Twitter, it might help but I don't think so:
    / joaconssszsdzsd
    I can't afford Patreon for now... but I have PayPal¿¿: www.paypal.com/paypalme/JoAcoNS
    Steam, screenshots and half decent artworks: steamcommunity.com/profiles/7...
    #halflife #garrysmod #sfm #hecu #blackmesa #animation #gmod #gmodanimation #ukraine :v #art #foryou
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  • @chimedtserenganbaatar7068
    @chimedtserenganbaatar7068 Год назад +1062

    Seeing how extreme, gory, violent, and terrifying the Black Mesa incident was, imagine the Seven Hour War...

    • @mariodario1427
      @mariodario1427 11 месяцев назад +102

      Seven hour war would be just goresome. Imagine you're in a city during the war and everywhere are ashes, smoke, fire from collapsed buildings, destroyed air support. And then dead bodies of those who couldn't run away fast enough. Damn valve knows how to create a story

    • @abhikergaming7783
      @abhikergaming7783 8 месяцев назад +51

      @@mariodario1427 I will say in the accual half life games the military did pretty alright with the xen forces the problem was that the xen forces numbers were far greater then theres so they just got outnumbered by the sheer number of xen forces

    • @mariodario1427
      @mariodario1427 8 месяцев назад +28

      @@abhikergaming7783 also portals opened like around the world in many locations so no matter how powerful we were we wouldn't defend earth

    • @abhikergaming7783
      @abhikergaming7783 8 месяцев назад +5

      @@mariodario1427 Exactly

    • @ADcommenter
      @ADcommenter 5 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@abhikergaming7783 Not to mention the combine intervening in the war did a number on the global forces.

  • @concept5631
    @concept5631 11 месяцев назад +1066

    Man spent the last moments of his life unknowingly saving his squadmate from the agonizing existence of being a headcrab zombie. What a lad.

    • @Jonathan-om1wq
      @Jonathan-om1wq 9 месяцев назад +49

      I think bro knew :(

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 9 месяцев назад +15

      @@Jonathan-om1wq Maybe

    • @sisbrolife8183
      @sisbrolife8183 8 месяцев назад +14

      I think he knew because of the screams of the soldier

    • @paulo9991
      @paulo9991 7 месяцев назад +44

      @@sisbrolife8183 Yeah. You can hear the marine crying "Kill me! Oh god!"

  • @jjtninja
    @jjtninja Год назад +486

    Dying marine: "IFAK's gone."
    Radioman: "Say again?"
    Dying Marine: "My IFAK's gone..."
    That's something you never want to hear in the field.

    • @seekchan-xc2dy
      @seekchan-xc2dy 7 месяцев назад +27

      Echo 3 Juliet

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 6 месяцев назад +20

      Echo 3 Juliet and Echo 5 Romeo.

    • @JGgamerreset
      @JGgamerreset 2 месяца назад +4

      What is an IFAK?

    • @jjtninja
      @jjtninja 2 месяца назад +11

      @@JGgamerreset Individual First Aid Kit.

    • @JGgamerreset
      @JGgamerreset 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@jjtninjaThanks bro 👍

  • @joseignaciolopez4380
    @joseignaciolopez4380 9 месяцев назад +114

    The grunt carrying his buddy with a headcrab attached to his head makes me feel so sad :(

    • @d4ntheman
      @d4ntheman 2 месяца назад +10

      real bro its like he has no idea that hes as good as dead at that point but doesnt want to abandon his guy

  • @kyxhk
    @kyxhk Год назад +1959

    The way you have the headcrabs disable marines, and then having the zombies get at them. My god, I absolutely love your usage of em.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +118

      thanks for noticing it~

    • @bodywithnohead
      @bodywithnohead Год назад +32

      ​@@joacons ayo whats with the ~

    • @henryliu1046
      @henryliu1046 Год назад +16

      @@bodywithnohead Im fucking dead

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +38

      @@bodywithnohead what~

    • @DmG_Da_Fuq
      @DmG_Da_Fuq Год назад +14

      But Im confuse ....😅
      Headcrab zombies has their mouth on their chest and body right?? The sharp things?
      How they bite from their mouth??? I thought their face was hidden to the headcrab

  • @MTB396
    @MTB396 Год назад +956

    Not only for the smooth realistic gmod animations that you rarely see in most gmod animations, i also loved the part where you incorperate the wounded HECU soldier radio into the animation.
    11/10 Masterpiece animations.

    • @reimuhakurei2123
      @reimuhakurei2123 10 месяцев назад +18

      its MTB 👀

    • @ImJustNes
      @ImJustNes 5 месяцев назад +5

      THIS IS MADE ON GMOD??

    • @joacons
      @joacons  5 месяцев назад +16

      @@ImJustNes yea i guess

    • @ImJustNes
      @ImJustNes 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@joacons dude, your job is awesome, I swear to god I thought this was SFM

  • @TucoSalamancaCooks
    @TucoSalamancaCooks Год назад +751

    This really gives me a perspective on how much of a force Gordon Freeman is throughout this chaos

    • @zombiehunter501
      @zombiehunter501 Год назад +177

      People forget that the HEV suit was a powered exo suit with life-saving tech inside. Outside of Gordon's natural survival skills and Hazard course training. As the player, we see Vorts mid threatening enemies and zombies/headcrabs as low ones. But Gordon happened to have the right gear at the wrong time for surviving what he faced. It was a small miracle that Barney and Shepard made it, lacking what Gordon had on him when all went to hell.

    • @lord-of-roses6647
      @lord-of-roses6647 Год назад +45

      ​@zombiehunter501 Shepard's armor was mostly equivalent to Gordon's, though. Only Barney had an ordinary kevlar vest

    • @zombiehunter501
      @zombiehunter501 Год назад +70

      @@lord-of-roses6647 it was more of a high tech vest with some features of the hev suit. But shepherd was badass and was way more trained the Gordon was in heavy combat. That the time I wrote that. I forgot what the corporal did and survived.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 11 месяцев назад +26

      ​@@zombiehunter501Well, were it not for Gman, Shepard wasn't going to make it. He would've been at ground zero of the nuclear strike had he not been plucked from the warzone by Gman.
      Granted, he's been in stasis for 20+ years, so he's basically dead.

    • @GKPB
      @GKPB 11 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@zombiehunter501actually the air vehicle he was going to get into got shot down by black ops later in the game, so he would have definitely died if not for gman closing the door

  • @NikoTheGrunt
    @NikoTheGrunt Год назад +437

    I'm amazed.
    You managed to preserve and flesh out the HORROR of Half-Life's storyline, which a lot of players seem to have forgotten because we're so used to playing the game we basically blaze through it like some sort of action shooter; and we don't stop to consider how HORRIFYING the whole thing must've been to the characters in-game.

  • @adrian.shephard.official
    @adrian.shephard.official Год назад +221

    its creepy how realistic the people are, you can see the fear in their faces and eyes

  • @ghilliebushman7001
    @ghilliebushman7001 Год назад +268

    Really captured the “Oh crap everything has gone wrong and we are now desperate” feeling with this animation

  • @Artem2034
    @Artem2034 10 месяцев назад +80

    What I always found creepy about HL zombies is that if you pay attention, you can hear words among their moaning like "help me" and "oh god". Makes you think that the people are still there, trapped in their own, mutating bodies. Always made me feel sad about them and I saw putting them down as an act of mercy. You've really showed that side of zombies in this film. Excellent job.

  • @rebelsolution8524
    @rebelsolution8524 Год назад +318

    For those HECU Marines who died in the field, I salute you.

    • @Vrooto
      @Vrooto 9 месяцев назад +35

      Imagine being HECU marine barely getting out of black mesa then the 7 hour war kicks off...

    • @rebelsolution8524
      @rebelsolution8524 9 месяцев назад +14

      @@Vrooto Sadley they all died in Seven Hour War and transformed themselves to become Combines. But not all of them. :'(

    • @software927
      @software927 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@rebelsolution8524 Where's the combine augmentation part? It never says anything about that.. Even then we can't say that every single one of them are dead, there's a slim population of personnel still recognized as marines most likely.

    • @rebelsolution8524
      @rebelsolution8524 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@software927
      "Where's the combine augmentation part? It never says anything about that.."
      It wasn't mentioned in the video, and that comment of mine. Well, you don't want to know what happened to the HECU Marines during the ​Seven Hour War. According to Half Life 2, what you don't understand that earth government already surrendered to the Combines after they lost the Seven Hour War. Most the outlying human military personal surrendered for joining the Combine to be part of Civil Protection and transformed into Overwatch Soldiers.
      "It never says anything about that.."
      You seems to be confused from your responses, if you look at the news article headline from Black Mesa East. Eli already mentioned that part to Freeman why earth government surrender to the Combines. Not just HECU Marines, but the entire human Armed Forces branches itself lost the war.
      "Even then we can't say that every single one of them are dead, there's a slim population of personnel still recognized as marines most likely."
      I didn't say they are all dead, most of them died, captured, and surrendered to the Combines. But there are dozens of human military resistances DID formed up a organization to fight against the Combines, and especially HECU Marine survivor such as Adrian Shepherd. But he's already inside the statis by the Gman.
      There's already a fangame where you played as a HECU Marine survivor such as Adrian Shepherd such as, "Half Life 2 Through the City" take place during Half Life 2 and "Half Life 2 Opposing Force 2 (It was meant to be cancelled and now it's called, "Urban Chaos.") take place during the Seven Hour War.
      Link of Half Life 2 Through the City Demo: ruclips.net/video/DPKNRbJJRXg/видео.html
      Link of Half Life 2 Urban Chaos: ruclips.net/video/x3IvJoL1SXA/видео.html
      For the rest of the HECU Marines survivors during in Half Life 2, my thought maybe they joined the Lambda Rebels or formed up a resistance to fight against the Combines OFFSCREEN from the game.
      If you have any questions, just let me know. Alright?
      Thank You.

    • @software927
      @software927 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@rebelsolution8524 I know the lore I don't need a new recap and you did, in fact, say all of them died. I'm just saying that they weren't all turned into combine (the augmented section).

  • @bobross2140
    @bobross2140 Год назад +863

    Jesus, this guy is only a few years older then me, and is already pumping out works of art. I gotta step up my game.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +127

      You still have time to change your paths, young one. Don't make the same mistakes I made~

    • @thanawinsaiwongpanya6947
      @thanawinsaiwongpanya6947 Год назад +37

      @@joacons changing path to animate in sfm instead of gmod like you did

    • @mr.springlock3934
      @mr.springlock3934 Год назад +14

      @Thanawin Saiwongpanya I wouldn't animate in sfm if you wanna make animation like this. Sfm can't handle the models and the sounds. It's too old. I in the middle of changing from sfm to gmod

    • @Noamie-Nomie
      @Noamie-Nomie Год назад +13

      @@mr.springlock3934 SFM is old but it's still a capable animation software, there are pros and cons to animating on sfm or gmod but either way if you feel comfortable animating in gmod go ahead, sfm? yeah sure go for it.
      What matters in the end are the animator themselves, no matter which software you chose your still going have to put in the time and effort into making animations. no BS talents just pure skill that you earned through hard-work, learning from mistakes and being dedicated to turn a silly idea into an animation.
      Case point, if it works for you. Go for it.

    • @thanawinsaiwongpanya6947
      @thanawinsaiwongpanya6947 Год назад +3

      @@mr.springlock3934 did you see Reticulon and his films man

  • @OFFICIALSOLARMY
    @OFFICIALSOLARMY Год назад +941

    This single handedly one of the best depictions of Black Mesa's messy withdrawl I've seen. My jaw dropped watching the marine get overpowered and torn apart by those zombies.
    I loved the cinematography in this: the marines move around and respond in a manner that if it wasn't the source engine would look positively life like. The only exclusion to great movement would be the alien grunts: but it's such a small moment that it's entirely forgivable due to the raw passion and eye for detail exhibited everywhere.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +72

      yeah I tried to animate the alien grunts myself, but it was impossible to get their firing particles without using NPCs :'c

    • @Web720
      @Web720 Год назад +14

      It's funny cause you don't really see it in HL1, in fact it looks like the marines were winning until later on there was a switch.

    • @thelegogunsmith8395
      @thelegogunsmith8395 Год назад +3

      Kriegsmarine :)

    • @d4ntheman
      @d4ntheman 2 месяца назад

      @@joaconsdude you did the grunts and the aliens so well though. the zombies and the headcrabs move disorganized and in hordes but the nihilanth's armies of vorts and grunts made a coordinated assault. grunts stood back providing support fire with their hive hands while the vortigaunt slaves worked as cannon fodder and did most of the dirty work
      really shows not just that they arent there only fighting a stupid alien horde, but an alien horde AND a coordinated alien assault with tactics and means of warfare beyond their training or understanding.

  • @R77ification
    @R77ification Год назад +89

    God I love each little detail poured into this, such as 1:52 showing that the PCV can tank vorti hits to the torso but doesn't protect the rest of the body as the HEV does.

  • @KevinBaris
    @KevinBaris 9 месяцев назад +34

    It's a horrifying thought, to think that the fortifications they put to prevent anyone from escaping Black Mesa. Kinda also backfired on them. Especially, as they started to lose ground.

  • @prupps5840
    @prupps5840 Год назад +29

    2:06 the soldier fusing with the fence causing it to get stuck is so sick... i love it!

  • @eugenestephens85
    @eugenestephens85 Год назад +401

    Definitely a masterpiece!
    Brutally, darkly and dramatically. Feel sorry for the HECU unit, that left for die. Moreover, they died brutally - not like heroes.

    • @ingenioj
      @ingenioj Год назад +8

      Su objetivo principal era controlar la amenaza y silenciar a todos dentro del complejo. No fueron muy buenos que digamos xd.

    • @TheLane1976
      @TheLane1976 Год назад +6

      @@ingenioj
      They were just following orders.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 11 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@TheLane1976Bro... Don't start.

    • @somegenericscpnu-7soldier270
      @somegenericscpnu-7soldier270 11 месяцев назад +11

      @@ingeniojHonestly? I would rather be shot than torn apart.

    • @Wilhelm_Larperr
      @Wilhelm_Larperr 9 месяцев назад

      @@concept5631it’s what we soldiers do, we follow orders, don’t like it? Then don’t be apart of a country cuz it’s what every soldier does to serve and protect

  • @Validatormaybelater
    @Validatormaybelater Год назад +448

    A whole dad gum year
    The fact you guys managed to persevere and not abandon it says quite a lot…
    Take a break! You deserve it!

  • @odda5758
    @odda5758 Год назад +50

    I feel like vortigaunts would be completely ineffective against modern human small arms, I mean they don't use cover and take a long time to charge up their energy attacks. I always thought of the failures at black mesa being a result of the marines being cut-off and surprised by the teleportation technology, and the heavier, more armored units like the grunts

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +21

      with dozens of them coming from the front, back, sides and above, its dangerous anyway~

    • @reaverfang377
      @reaverfang377 5 месяцев назад

      Nah, Skin can be pretty tough and Vortigaunts never felt the need to wear protective clothing, even 20 years later in HL2, that tells me their hide is thick meaning 556 is probably not that great against them. 308 and Higher calibres with more punch are probably a better pick and that's if they don't fuckin' predict your presence and vaporise you like the insignificant human flesh toy you are lol

    • @133samuelsinaterollc4
      @133samuelsinaterollc4 4 месяца назад +3

      They were being suppressed by the volley of fire by the grunts and taken out by the pin point lethal accuracy of the vortigaunts. Pretty good strategy I must say.

    • @reaverfang377
      @reaverfang377 4 месяца назад +3

      Not sure what or who deleted my comment, but I am just gonna say, Vortigaunts got tough hides and psychic abilities and therefore HECU didn't have the firing power to take on Vortigaunt and Xen creatures which some were tougher then the Vorts.
      In general, I estimated you'd want a higher caliber of bullet to more reliably punch through their natural armour and to mover quicker cos the psychic powers are murder.
      *Cross Fingers not deleted again*

  • @heyythatsprettygood8763
    @heyythatsprettygood8763 Год назад +305

    This is by far one of the greatest sfm short films I've ever seen. I don't know what else to say, this is, this is perfection. the use of prexisting voice lines from other games to portray the HECU grunts we see here, the angles, the realism in how they fought and reacted, the emotions in this... just perfect. I always wanted to see something like this, and you made it come to life in the best way possible. thank you, man, this really made my day

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +38

      thankss
      This is Gmod tho

    • @heyythatsprettygood8763
      @heyythatsprettygood8763 Год назад +4

      @@joacons ah, I thought all film making in gmod had to be through sfm

    • @Ushankov
      @Ushankov Год назад +1

      @@heyythatsprettygood8763 Gmod animations and SFM animations are different

    • @heyythatsprettygood8763
      @heyythatsprettygood8763 Год назад

      @@Ushankov damn

    • @Ushankov
      @Ushankov Год назад +1

      @@heyythatsprettygood8763 Yep

  • @Ayranenjoyer
    @Ayranenjoyer Год назад +179

    This guy sacrifices his own flesh and blood, his own soul to deliver us art. I salute thee.

  • @arwing20
    @arwing20 Год назад +115

    Always appreciate good Black Mesa videos, they are rare these days

  • @BayouBoy2443
    @BayouBoy2443 Год назад +33

    I never took into account just how dangerous and deadly the Xen creatures are. Playing as Gordon Freeman, you feel practically invincible as long as you keep your suit power up. This does a phenomenal job showing the true reality of it

    • @d4ntheman
      @d4ntheman 2 месяца назад

      yeah in half life its easy to see all the zombies or headcrabs as total pushovers especially considering headcrabs are small, slow, and dont do nothing to you other than leap at you and chip away your health. but to anyone who isnt gordon headcrabs are a fucking nightmare creature. small, relatively agile, and worst of all if one manages to latch onto your head its literally game over. and you best hope to hell theres someone nearby who will put you out of your misery fast before you wake up and experience an existence of unimaginable excruciation

  • @Scorch052
    @Scorch052 Год назад +141

    I have never in my entire life seen a better representation of the abject hopelessness of the Seven Hour War than this video.

    • @user-yq6gl9ih1u
      @user-yq6gl9ih1u Год назад +24

      But this is not even Seven Hour War, 7h War- is war between All army’s of all human countrys and combine invaders army, and in this video is war between Hecu and Xen Army. Xen creatures were trying to save from combine’s, so they were teleported on earth by Nihilanth. Imagine how 7h war would look like

    • @Scorch052
      @Scorch052 Год назад +16

      @@user-yq6gl9ih1u I would consider this the opening stages of the war. I never really considered the Black Mesa Incident separated from it.

    • @brendanmoore5804
      @brendanmoore5804 Год назад +24

      ​@@Scorch052 The 7 Hour war was months after the incident at Black Mesa. By the time of the 7 Hour War, the Earth had been plagued by portal storms and the likes.

    • @daveywaveypavey
      @daveywaveypavey 11 месяцев назад

      @@brendanmoore5804 the 7 hour war was directly after black mesa from what I've heard

    • @brendanmoore5804
      @brendanmoore5804 11 месяцев назад

      @@daveywaveypavey The Earth and its governments were weakened from the portal storms that ravaged earth along with Xen flora and fauna.

  • @RealBarret1
    @RealBarret1 Год назад +27

    this is a perfect portrayal of how terrifying black mesa really was, especially for the HECU marines

  • @Samu0205
    @Samu0205 Год назад +55

    I love how you incorporated acutal radio chatter from the game to your story. This must be one of the most dreadful depictions of the Black Mesa Incident

  • @Razgriz_01
    @Razgriz_01 Год назад +14

    The texture quality, yet nice camera-work and action, really reminds me of the in-game cutscenes from World in Conflict. Also helps that the gear the HECU and the US military depicted in that game look visually similar.

  • @synth8519
    @synth8519 Год назад +67

    This was fucking amazing. I can’t even begin to fathom how difficult and long this was to make, but you somehow perfectly portrayed the grim situation the HECU were thrust into with barely any dialogue. I felt more sympathy for these marines than most overinflated TV series and movies.
    I think the simplicity of the story and characters, as well as knowing it was made by a single person makes you appreciate it far more. Knowing this was made as purely a passion project adds to it too.

  • @TheRealClaylex
    @TheRealClaylex Год назад +21

    You not only made the headcrabs extremely useful but the zombies as well.
    Also seeing how much tension the marines were going through in this was incredible.

  • @nuxbronson
    @nuxbronson Год назад +36

    1:49 I cannot stop rewatching this part, it's just so unbelievably smooth I love it.

  • @cheezkid2689
    @cheezkid2689 Год назад +14

    I love the usage of voice lines from different games (noticed the 60% combat effectiveness line from Modern Warfare 2) which kept the scene feeling varied and realistic. Fantastic job.

  • @xzas9098
    @xzas9098 Год назад +77

    This is amazing, truly one of a kind. This is probably my favorite piece of HECU lore I've ever seen. This is a whole movie. The execution is flawless, this deserves to be up there with the greats. The fact that it only has 726 likes is insane. This is excellent.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +2

      sharing it on places like reddit would help :x

    • @xzas9098
      @xzas9098 Год назад

      @@joacons I can do that

  • @02gn49
    @02gn49 11 месяцев назад +14

    Holy. Shit.
    The way you presented the pressure and TERROR of the cascade literally sent me down a lot of shivers. I was afraid to not suddenly get jumpscared, that's how tense this all was.
    This made me feel sad for marines even more. Poor dudes thought this will be just a standard operation, but no, that is a global conflict between worlds. I almost shed a tear watching them die horribly. Salute for HECU, you have my respect.
    This is truly a masterpiece among Half Life animations! You did a phenomenal job and I hope this blows up in the future!

  • @scpguardwilliam
    @scpguardwilliam Год назад +44

    all the references i could find
    0:25 : CODMW3 last stand
    1:13 : AOT rumbling maybe?
    2:53 : Saving Private Ryan d-day
    3:10 : Black Mesa radio sequence
    4:00 : Saving Private Ryan upham hesitating to give the ammo? not sure
    6:25 : ALIEN facehugger scene possibly
    8:02 : another ALIEN reference
    (Edit) 8:26 : seems like a stretch but possibly from the Consoling Couple machinima?
    8:45 : Saving Private Ryan upham again
    9:57 : feels familiar but i'm not sure
    11:10 : another Black Mesa radio sequence
    12:15 : Saving Private Ryan ending

    • @sauceman2885
      @sauceman2885 8 месяцев назад +1

      Not sure if it’s an Easter egg or just using audio, but at around 1:28 the “they’re everywhere!” Is from battlefield 1

    • @Rogue_Nine416
      @Rogue_Nine416 7 месяцев назад +1

      there's even voicelines from cod2 used in this

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 5 месяцев назад

      @@Rogue_Nine4163:00?

    • @borisslavk01nolastname91
      @borisslavk01nolastname91 5 месяцев назад

      there's some dialogues from MW2, from the Washington monument evac site and some shadow company voice lines iirc

    • @aiden9067
      @aiden9067 5 месяцев назад

      The thing at 9:57 seems similar to Resident Evil 2 opening at the gas station with the police officer

  • @IsolationStreams
    @IsolationStreams Год назад +13

    The existential dread is just amazing. The brutal reality of the Resonance Cascade makes you realize just how horrible the 7 Hour War must have been.

  • @Thephillips-dj1po
    @Thephillips-dj1po 9 месяцев назад +8

    Dear god, the zombie sounds will forever haunt me, just from how much pain there is in them.

  • @marshal6738
    @marshal6738 Год назад +17

    I love that you added a simple yet forgotten attention to detail that most people get wrong! The basic trigger safety, the way you make the Marines fight better than most animations, the way you animate the Marines (realistic), the Marines saying Gunny (term in the USMC for Gunnery Sergeant) and the despair. This is excellent! Bravo!

  • @dankanon3785
    @dankanon3785 Год назад +15

    i love that this shows the reality of the horror the HECU had to face when dealing with black mesa as a whole. pretty sure the last thing they thought they'd be fighting was aliens. This was amazing man. very good.

  • @gr0ke
    @gr0ke Год назад +58

    man i have no words, this is a masterpiece
    the animation was smooth as butter, the dialogue, the references

  • @TheSonsuwee96
    @TheSonsuwee96 Год назад +9

    I always wondered how could the well trained marines be infested by head crabs if not by ambush.. now I know the answer is during chaos.

  • @frstbttn
    @frstbttn Год назад +9

    20/10 "Retreat! Reetreat!" Best moment!

  • @trashdog2254
    @trashdog2254 10 месяцев назад +8

    The scene at 8:26 is some of the most brutal stuff I've ever seen from these Black Mesa animations, Honestly this whole video is a different caliber with how gritty and brutal it all is.

  • @aaa439101
    @aaa439101 Год назад +8

    I like how you made the person in the end die slowly instead of "Oh IFAKs gone. Guess I'll die." crap.
    10/10.

  • @wordshurt2676
    @wordshurt2676 Год назад +16

    One of the best things about your animations is the ability to depict a side losing but still make it extremely enjoyable to watch

  • @Z-1991
    @Z-1991 Год назад +8

    The HECU didn't stand a chance, this war was lost since the beginning.
    Awesome work!

  • @Ratstranger
    @Ratstranger 4 месяца назад +2

    This is complete masterpiece. Lore details, use of assets, tension, story, Just the best HECU fan animation I saw.

  • @CasualYtUser
    @CasualYtUser 11 месяцев назад +9

    I feel bad for both HECU and Zombies, the amount of emotions that i felt when the last Hecu troop saw that one zombie, screaming in pain, not being even capable of controling his own body, he only screams, while the Hecu cannot move, he's bleeding, weakened, about to fade away.
    This is a masterpiece.

    • @Botinfinit
      @Botinfinit 5 месяцев назад

      i really want adrian sheperd to come back because he's one of the most badass hecu members there are and he was just a corporal

  • @BASTBrushie
    @BASTBrushie Год назад +8

    Oh my god, i never seen a horrific scenario about Black Mesa. I was take a very pleasure to see this masterpiece. You create a really anxious moment and we very seen the scare of the guy. You deserve a lot of view for that

  • @AwesomeAlex4810
    @AwesomeAlex4810 Год назад +7

    This adaptation of the head crab zombies were even more terrefying than the ones we got in game.

  • @aycj2680
    @aycj2680 Год назад +3

    Everyone talks about head crabs, but good god the sheer impact from vort's blast is terrifying. Imagine being trough all your combat training and months of preparing l, and then you get equivalent of getting fucking smithed by God himself.

  • @EliWritesStories
    @EliWritesStories Год назад +15

    I'll chip in and comment. I genuinely love how you gave Black Mesa a Hue City feel in terms of casualties and futility and hope you make more content. As someone currently writing and working with an artist on a graphic novel, I appreciate what you did to tell the story visually as well as through characters' emotions.

  • @ZChmilewsky
    @ZChmilewsky Год назад +5

    Better tension than most movies I've seen that have come out lately.

  • @kertz6773
    @kertz6773 Год назад +5

    I truly love the way you use the headcrabs, you're the first person I see that uses the headcrabs to disable the marines(also using teamwork in a way)

  • @altechelghanforever9906
    @altechelghanforever9906 Год назад +8

    This video really emphasizes the reality of the Resonance Cascade incident.
    If you're not Gordon "more luck than Master Chief" Freeman everything happening in Half Life 1 is equivalent to an apocalyptic sci fi horror movie.

  • @Alex_Guy1011
    @Alex_Guy1011 Год назад +13

    Holy fuck. You need a raise for this. How was this animated? It's impressive.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +12

      By losing all my social life

  • @overlordmgcover2262
    @overlordmgcover2262 Год назад +6

    Can't say I have ever seen a HECU focused video like this before. I would watch a movie lenght one of this.

  • @balelei
    @balelei Год назад +5

    This is really good when those guys were eaten by the zombies it was terrifying, smooth as butter animation

  • @RustyKrabOfficial
    @RustyKrabOfficial 9 месяцев назад +5

    I actually really enjoyed this film. I really liked the aspect of how everyone who is in shock is either frozen or just completely oblivious to their surroundings.
    10/10 video, would recommend.

  • @ggwellplayed7201
    @ggwellplayed7201 Год назад +9

    Bro really animated this whole thing Stop Motion Helper and still manages to make a realistic depiction of war.
    You sir are an hidden gem.

  • @Combine_elite168
    @Combine_elite168 Год назад +4

    12:24 the way the zombies said "hear me oh god..." it sounds like "kill me oh god...." its kinda sad because the people are still conscious when they get headcrabbed.... god... imagine if this is real man...

  • @JohnDoe-is1tl
    @JohnDoe-is1tl Год назад +11

    This is one of the best SFMs out there. I clicked on this video out of curiosity and i was blown away by the level of details. First time the whole thing was depicted with all the gore and chaos. Fantastic job. Valve should take a look at this and start considering a TV series, especially for the Oposing force. Talented creators like you show what is possible.

  • @crowbarproductions5190
    @crowbarproductions5190 Год назад +41

    The king of Gmod animation is back and bigger than ever! How the hell do you do it, Jo?! Incredible, awesome work and an absolute delight to watch! Bravo! 👏👏👏🤘

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +5

      thanks man :D
      hearing that from you means a lot

    • @lambda-m1676
      @lambda-m1676 Год назад

      yooo

  • @ZyberX
    @ZyberX Год назад +27

    El hecho de que esto es GMOD, simplemente es sensacional.

  • @rysnyper50002
    @rysnyper50002 Год назад +25

    This is it, we have the three people that we all need. We have all played through the original, and the expansions, and animators like you bring the vision of what our imaginations tossed out there. Taking perceived memories into a visual all of us itched to view. You took the idea of the HECU, the force that felt had the power and confidence to contain anything, and showed the visceral fear and breakdown of what was supposed to be routine.
    Animux - Gordon's Storyline (Unforseen Consequences)
    BAST Brushie - Barney Calhoun (Insecurity)
    You: Opposing Force.
    You all portray the actions and events during the Black Mesa Incident in the respective of the groups:
    Gordon=Fear and Confusion.
    Barney=Normality Folding.
    HECU=No Plan B.

  • @malithaw
    @malithaw Год назад +16

    Man this is phenominally good. It's amazing how much emotion you are conveying using the crude facial expressions. Combat scenes are really good too and you can really feel the hopelessness of the soliders here. Great job!

    • @lambda-m1676
      @lambda-m1676 Год назад +3

      Some models in GMod have easier to understand facial bones like "mouth O" which makes their mouth go "oh" and also SFM ports have good facial bones unlike HL2's primitive ones

  • @WAcrobat19
    @WAcrobat19 Год назад +8

    I was literally choking back tears from this. Shits amazing.

  • @benny8694
    @benny8694 3 месяца назад +2

    I fucking love how you used the radio messages from black mesa i remember hearing them while i was running around as gordon and it absolutely terrified me to imagine what it was like on the surface but seeing it was just awesome just the total chaos of it is captured perfectly. keep up the good work!!!!

  • @burge117
    @burge117 8 месяцев назад +4

    Not going to lie, that was brutal...but what hurt most must have been being abandoned by your allies.
    Great video BTW ❤

  • @fukudacal
    @fukudacal Год назад +6

    I absolutely ADORE how you done all of this and how good of a portrayal this is of how really fucked and unorganized shit got, and I also especially love the gore effects and how the zombies being really terrifying ( headcrabs too! )
    20/10 short film, it's like something how I imagine my npc battles go in gmod but animated and done really well , and the fact all this was done in gmod too as well makes it all the more got DAYMN impressive.

  • @MasterTopHat
    @MasterTopHat Год назад +4

    this jsut shows how fucking scary the headcrabs are like jesus christ

  • @sweetpenguin5248
    @sweetpenguin5248 Год назад +4

    Amazing work divine
    "They didnt even stand a chance"

  • @TheLoraxYesYes
    @TheLoraxYesYes Год назад +3

    God... When I was playing the game I was so confused on why the military pulled out. This really shows why,

  • @Geenoi
    @Geenoi Год назад +5

    One of the best animations I have ever watched.

  • @betzcb3106
    @betzcb3106 Год назад +7

    Funny enough, I was watching a video on all of the radio transmissions + EAS messages just to re-listen to the beautiful voice acting, and I just kinda stumbled onto this video after recognizing "LZ Sparrow". Though it's a damn shame to watch the final moments of Goose 4, you did a great job animating this in Gmod! Always impressed seeing your work.

  • @czechcrusader6461
    @czechcrusader6461 Год назад +5

    This was probably a single hard to watch animation ive seen. You really nailed the brutality.

  • @thatmomentwhenriley9472
    @thatmomentwhenriley9472 Год назад +4

    The moment I saw that guy lean against the wall I had a feeling he's going to be the one with the destroyed IFAK and when he reached for the radio I just knew. It was depressing listening to it in-game and seeing it in animated form makes it even more sad. It was really cool hearing the LZ Sparrow distress call (which I also caught in the game just like many other people I'm sure) and seeing an interpretation of how things went down. Amazing work

  • @wszystkowszyscywszystkowsz8683
    @wszystkowszyscywszystkowsz8683 11 месяцев назад +4

    4:16 i think i just saw marine having PTSD in background

  • @DzigoHD
    @DzigoHD 8 месяцев назад +3

    2:28 man,for me leaving your comrades behind would be far worse than death,the guilt of knowing what fate awaited them and you didn't even had chance to save them and had to just leave is horrible.

  • @2xc4u67
    @2xc4u67 Год назад +9

    This man deserves an academy award for this masterpiece man!

  • @Nikalus5715
    @Nikalus5715 Год назад +5

    I'm actually flabbergasted by the quality of this video. It really just shows that everyone in the half-life universe, every "bad" guy in the first game was all just following orders, not just some mindless machine aimed to kill the player and everyone else. This really shows how the H.E.C.U was absolutely not prepare for the horrors black mesa was going to bring and were trying their best to control the situation at black mesa against the Xenians.

  • @rocker2349
    @rocker2349 Год назад +4

    I...there are no words. The animation. The action. the horror. ITS SO FUCKIN GOOD MAN. This was amazing to watch. It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Damn fine work, Damn fine!

  • @miguelpadilla5899
    @miguelpadilla5899 10 месяцев назад +2

    This animation shows perfectly why I love the Black Mesa incident. We've seen depictions of a warzone in many works of fiction, but the Black Mesa one is my favorite by far, for a simple reason: It was a lost war. We can see how the incident goes from the HECU taking over and controlling Black Mesa relatively well, to how they are starting to lose control, and finishing with them having to retreat from Black Mesa in a hurry, heck, I might even argue it's not a retreat, is flat-out an escape. A rush to get the fuck out of there. This is why I cherish mods that show more of this catastrophe, it's just so fascinating, watching three entirely different factions fighting each other.

  • @writerwannabe-dk7tk
    @writerwannabe-dk7tk 7 месяцев назад +4

    Tragic and truly hooking piece of art, the true nature of the individuals living this situations. One of the best animations I have ever seen. Your deserve more for this talent and effort.

  • @Luka2000_
    @Luka2000_ Год назад +6

    I still love how well animated this is and the references. This deserves more views

  • @Alffraido
    @Alffraido Год назад +3

    this is spectacular

  • @Unknown-ek1ox
    @Unknown-ek1ox Год назад +5

    I'd almost tear up because of how amazing and well-made this was. Especially since I'm a fan of the lore. Thanks to people like you, Half-Life never truly dies (pun sorta intended).

  • @MarekKrassus53
    @MarekKrassus53 Год назад +4

    Not bad."Half-Life" turned from a joyful FPS into a real horror.

  • @majortom1155
    @majortom1155 Год назад +4

    i always wonder if the hecu didnt attack the scientist and gordon have to team up with them they might just have a chance to quickly take back the black mesa

    • @eidoneverchoosen1171
      @eidoneverchoosen1171 Год назад +1

      They would have they were at first but then once gordon freeman meamtbthe first hecu marine some one either gnan or Wallace Breen gave the order to kill everyone who work at black mesa. Gman wanted the combine to get to earth so gordon would defeat them later, Wallace Breen could have tried to save himself from being blamed and gave the orders. Had the orders not been given the HECU and black ops and security guards would had been an effective clean up team.

    • @betternotcallsaul9138
      @betternotcallsaul9138 Год назад

      @@eidoneverchoosen1171 where did you get this information from

  • @Harry_JJ
    @Harry_JJ 11 месяцев назад +4

    12:00 to 12:40 as heartbreaking as it is scary.
    A fan film did this! If only Hollywood could get back to this level

  • @officerdown1997
    @officerdown1997 Год назад +2

    man, this is probably the only decent depiction of what a chaotic clusterfuck black mesa must've been, bravo

  • @uwuqt3.14
    @uwuqt3.14 10 месяцев назад +3

    I genuinely thought this was SFM at first... the cinematography is amazing and very high quality. You made me feel for these soldiers when in any other circumstances in-game would make me feel nothing but disgust for them
    It just goes to show that literally everyone is a victim in the HL universe... There's no true malcontent enemy (except maybe Gman and the Combine) but everyone else, (both human and Xenian) was forced by circumstance. Vortigaunts never asked to be enslaved and be apart of a brainwashed army, headcrabs, houndeyes, bullsquids etc. Who are just poor wildlife aliens going off of their instincts end up transported to earth and being in an environment they're not familiar with, HECU definitely got it rough having to be ordered to gundown unarmed civilans which definitely lowered their morale and ability to fight effectively, even the Black Ops are just doing what's being expected of them in the hopes they can fix and stop the invasion from spreading any further,
    It's all seriously FUBAR for any and all of them, all because of a man in a blue suit and an interdimensonal totalitarian empire...

    • @joacons
      @joacons  10 месяцев назад +1

      Nice comments, thanks for taking the time xd

  • @onionero
    @onionero 9 месяцев назад +3

    This is seriously well-done! It really humanizes the marines a whole lot more, and doesn't just make them "badass military dudes".

  • @hellhounds04
    @hellhounds04 Год назад +5

    Dang it, I was actually in the process of animating this conversation in SFM 11:02 lol
    This animation is absolutely outstanding though! Your combat sequences are intense, there were moments my jaw dropped at the brutality. Honestly beats the idea I had in mind. Overall, fantastic video man! 😁👌

  • @Cysco8575
    @Cysco8575 5 месяцев назад +2

    My God, now the line where a soldier says "There's not frontline with these things" in Black Mesa became more terrifying. Imagine your squad makes a perimeter just for the enemy to teleport right behind you, it must've been a nightmare.
    Also Zombies and Headcrabs are very dangerous in numbers, with that in mind just imagine being unlucky enough to encounter a single Gonome.

  • @k0rf3on6
    @k0rf3on6 Год назад +4

    This...this just shows how fucked everyone is during the 'Black Mesa Incident'.
    Well, unless you are a protagonist of one of the games.
    The only obvious thing that I complain about is that one scene where that headcrab latches on a marine's leg, followed by what looked like a zombie biting him with its head.
    Headcrab zombies don't do that. They bite with their chest-maws. Which by the way you did a good job with that other marine dying by being tackled and chomped alive by zombies.
    Another thing, the P.C.V. that HECU marines use is basically a cheaper militarized version of H.E.V. suit's powered reactive armor. You, know, the same one that can consume the energy of a grenade blast. So, I thought that the marines wouldn't die as easily from vortiguant lightning attacks.
    And then I realized...that it only covers the torso. Leaving everything beside it to get grilled. Glad you showed that.
    In conclusion, gud job m8.

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +1

      thanks for taking the time to write that xd

  • @zzurge1173
    @zzurge1173 Год назад +4

    as brutal as black mesa was,and it WAS brutal. Nothing would prepare the survivors for the next seven hours...

  • @jackharris8661
    @jackharris8661 Год назад +6

    you made the headcrabs actually scary

    • @joacons
      @joacons  Год назад +5

      i made the impossible

  • @regimentmoron3659
    @regimentmoron3659 Год назад +5

    I say this every time he uploads but this guy is criminally underrated, the part when the headcrab zombie raises back up near the end of the film was like straight out of a horror film. Amazing work

  • @joshpelillo957
    @joshpelillo957 Год назад +5

    Jesus man that was one of the truly best animations I have ever seen! Just shows how in over there heads they were. Was NOT expecting the wounds from the vortigon beams. No wonder those guys are a threat. The incorporation of the voice lines are top tier! You deserve a lot more subs man!