Half-Life: Combined | A Half-Life Cinematic [S2FM]
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- The Combine Empire is ever expanding thanks to their significant ability to adapt and survive in new and hostile environments. By enslaving and combining themselves with the natural inhabitants of conquered worlds, they are able to swiftly take over and claim control of new dimensions.
Some natural inhabitants will more willingly than others choose to combine themselves with the Combine Empire, in exchange for a better standard of living. Perhaps to protect and care for a loved one, however, things may not always turn out the way one had intended.
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For this cinematic I did my best to 'show not tell' the story. The dialogue is at a minimum, and the story is shown through character expressions and movements. If you have anything you think could improve the future story telling of my cinematics, please leave it in a comment! :)
The story is of course not canon, and my work is in no way associated with the work of Valve, however, I tried to stick as much to the Half-Life lore with this one as I could, but there's still a few things I have added here and there.
If you enjoyed the film, I would gladly appreciate if you left a comment or a like on the video, it would help me a lot for future projects! :)
Thanks for watching, more Half-Life animations and sketches coming up before you know it! Stay tuned!
![PATIENT ZERO - A Half-Life Short [S2FM]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8Bm3le9s3-A/mqdefault.jpg)
![CRUSH DEPTH [SFM]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wGUJRlhu6yg/mqdefault.jpg)
Lvl 1 citizen
Lvl 5 metrocop
Lvl 10 combine
This is how city 17 works
Lvl 17 Breen
🤑💸 LEVEL 100 ADVISOR 💸🤑
Level 99999999999 gordon freeman
Level 50 OverWatch Wall Hammer
@@sharkngemis2597 Level ??? CWU
Commander Delta 6-4-7, sector 13.
Incident report:
During the standard anti-insurgent raid, heavy unit D-647-2H got a serious emotional disorder that leads to the death of the whole platoon and losing of insurgent intel data caused by fire in the building.
The platoon havy unit was emotionaly connected to the one of the female insurgents that was executed during the standard procedure of raid.
The incedent showed that sound and visual mind reconstruction procedure is ineffective against extreme stress situations and leads to the failing of Combine operations.
End of report.
Suggestions:
Cybernetic brain augmentation can solve the problem with emotional disorder, but tactical flexibility will become lower as the whole quality of the units.
you spelled one "heavy" wrong just letting you know
Copy that, Poop 6-9...........
Poop 6-9 we have new directive orders for you , take your squad and ready up near the Mojave desert's local bathroom. Reports indicate a resistance group has been spotted killing overwatch soldier's and synthetic units with blazing banana guns, report back when the bananas have been peeled. Success of side missions will grant cocaine and extreme ethanol injected to bloodstream. Failure will be condemned of decapitation and the severed head shall be flushed in a toilet.
@@notjustinyeetroblox9928 yeah i know
@@hoznyali6414 Operation "Monke buisness"
@@inkvizitor669 ok
Imagine how much harder Half-Life 2 would've been with these guys. When I make a HL2 SFM series, I am definitely going to be incorporating these new combine in it.
You join CP either because of the ration deduction, starvation or you are scared of the Combine itself. Now you joined CP without even wanting to beat people but guess what happens, you have to finish your "Beating quota". If you dont finish it, say goodbye to your relatives and urself. There is no evil human in HL2, there is only Combine which is there to enslave races anyway.
@@alphenex8974 in the half-life universe morals get you killed.
If you're talking about those units there in half life alyx thats where the models come from accept the one at the end
@@catatemat I know
@@ScruffyGamerAnimations ok fair enough
11:07 the blue glow from the eyes is an awesome visual indicator. It really makes his presence be felt even if he's not physically on screen.
I feel like half life alyx is a bit more friendlier than half life 2 when it's about the combine
Yea, if you mean they treat the citizens with a bit of more freedom, youre right
Different writers
@@dietzel8988
Different times i'd guess.
Can be explained for example by the fact that, from what i remember, in HL2 Combine is close to mastering local teleportation, and thus humanity is loosing it's only value.
But tbh I don't feel how the combine gives more freedom in HL:A, it's rather just that valve didn't show almost anything about that. Doesn't mean it's not there.
The combine was just as gruesome in Alyx as HL2, I think. Possibly moreso because you saw in more detail how they harness other lifeforms for their tech (vortigaunts, antlions, biomatter locks)
Also they shoot an unarmed dude in the face in the QZ.
Also they haven't even finished building the citadel yet so they havent properly culled the herd fully
Well it might be beacause that happen a couple years before the events of half life 2 so maybe after what alyx did they started giving them less freedom
Civilians down the street a way: "This is how it always starts first the building than the whole block." / "They have no reason to come to our place." / "Dont worry they'll find one."
Moral of the story: Dont take a charger's non-mechanical reproduction simulation
My man massacred an entire platoon just for that non mechanical reproduction simulation
That's sheer commitment
Having this take place with HL:A's Combine actually makes the returning of memories and betrayal more accurate than HL2. The Combine soldiers act so much more human in HL:A, like erasing memories is not exactly perfected yet, or they are having a hard time removing human nature unlike HL2 where they refuse to disobey and are complete cogs in the machine.
It isn’t lore accurate. Memories are suppressed by the advisors. And the suppression is refreshed every so often. So it is impossible for them to gain their memories back.
@@Maxxwell-07 shhhhh
I can't remember specifics but wasn't the memory erasing procedure not in effect yet during HL:A?
@@Maxxwell-07 Its obvious they have some humanity at least at a Grunt level. Hence the "He is kicking it." moment, no Combine soldier from HL2 would be kicking a dead strider for fun. Its like overwatch has to keep them in place more often. They also have more human movement and tactics, along with more will to live than the bodies that basically just run at you in HL2. They even speak more human.
@@echostar034 you mean disabled strider?
I feel bad for the last grunt, he just stood there and knew what was going to happen.
Advisor be like at 14:46: ah man we really need to increase the memory eraser
speaking of which, why is there an advisor chilling in the park
@@hanisch4336 maybe they just like vibing with the Sunset Who knows how many millenia since they seen one under their dark void overworld
Noo
@@GMELISLAM hi
@@Martillo.1.11 .
Imagine anti-brainwashed combine soldiers working with the resistance. Now that would give them some much needed fire power.
If you look closely on the HL2 resistance models, some of them have combine solder neck armor under their clothes.
During the battle of City 17 all CPs either deserted or were KIA.
it would technically be possible since combine soldiers (contrary to popular belief) retain some free will, as demonstrated multiple times throughout hl:A and hl2, but they are extremely indoctrinated, it would be hard to convince one that the combine are bad considering that from their perspective they owe their existence to the combine.
@@Eyeling you forgot about the fact they modify your body and put implants in your brain so for the higher ranks there's barely any free will,
@@waffler-yz3gw Where did you get that idea from? They all have the same voice lines, just edited slightly for the higher ranks to sound different. We can actually see what implants they get in their brain in hl2, as there is a shirtless and helmetless combine soldier Easter egg in hl2. The implants are focused around the areas of the brain that are related to empathy, meaning that the combine want the overwatch soldiers to have some level of free will, as the lack of empathy areas of the brain will turn them into psychopaths and they will be more predisposed to cruelty. We can hear emotions in the voice lines of the combine soldiers too, just listen very carefully. And why would Breen address the combine elites at the end of hl2 as if they were sentient? He askes them to take the gravity gun away in a very casual way. Also, why do the combine soldiers not shut down when both nova prospekt and the citadel were destroyed if they don't have free will? Who is controlling them? Isaac Kliener literally says that the Combine Overwatch Units are basically left to their own devices, desperately trying to recontact the combine overworld. Valve has always shown that the combine soldiers have some level of free will and self awareness, there really isn't anything in half life that shows that they don't.
Oh man,we need more things like this! This reminds me of hl2 sfm stories days,good job
those were the days...
Those are good old days
@@GMELISLAM Is That Ur First Words
@@Poopenfarden yes
Now I'm not mute
When you’re the highest level in the match and friendly fire is turned on
5:48 - I cannot fathom to explain how much that part broke me I mean the videos creator did a spectacular job at subtle details! The way that Combine Commander or the Officer looked away made me remember that they were human they still had their human minds and personalities as well as their ability to feel emotions
That's one thing I'm not clear on, I'm pretty sure the combine soldiers have their emotions wiped in HL2
@@naturesquad9174 Half Life Alyx makes it *very abundantly clear* that the Overwatch Soldier indeed have their emotions even personalities intact
There are several lines laughs and speech dialogue that you can find on yt some are very depressing they are saying they are sorry as well as help us occasionally
@@thedoruk6324 I think the soldiers in Alyx are just earlier overwatch soldiers from when the Combine were 'experimenting' on humans and when they had not established themselves enough on Earth. The overwatch in HL2 are improved soldiers, they have different uniforms, and have their humanity removed.
@@blueshark7385 probable although combine appearently already had the control on Alyx
@@thedoruk6324 The Combine were in control, but the Citadel had not been built, and citizens were also allowed to talk in public unlike in Half-Life 2. Although they were all oppressed, they weren't as oppressed as in HL2
I want to see more storyline of the CP's and the Combine after the events of Half Life Alyx and how they become more strict towards the citizens like you see in HL2, after the Gman gets let out of the vault.
At the beginning of Half Life Alyx, Civil Protection seem to be a lot more relaxed allowing citizens to ride bicycles, the blue uniforms are optional to wear. You are allowed pets and you could socialise with other people.
It seems they got stricter after the loss of the vault, the completion of the citadel allowing them more ease on resources through import.
And a standardization of combine forces if hl2 combine soldiers are to take any form of higher canonicity over hlA soldiers.
It seems the combine wanted to finally leave their transhumanist prototyping stage, get the local teleportation technology and ship all combine forces to the next occupation zone.
Thus everyone was being pressured hard to join the CP aswell as then enlist in the Transhuman Armed Forces.
most likely became stricter as times went on in amore gradual fashion once rebellions began to creep up on the radar, plus the more gradual change is a smart move as it allows more time to adapt to small changes so theres much less resistance to them
To be fair, I think another big reason for the differences is simply that the lack of variety in both Combine units and citizen attire, as well as the lack of more complex sequences and behaviours, was just a lot more reasonable 16 years ago compared to when Alyx came out. This seems more like an expansion on ideas they’d have implemented if given the chance. Of course, that’s just the meta reasoning. The in-universe time gap gives the developers all the canonical explanations they need.
I'm guessing it's punishment for rebellion. The more rebels cause chaos, the more privileges get taken away for everyone else. That is a pretty smart strategy to be honest - it makes more rebels surrender so civilian life will be less difficult.
I think it simply because combine or breen are simply that smart and they took freedom away gradually so people wont notice. its likely from the latter since the combine themselves would NOT care whether human like their control or not, Breen would likely persuade the combine to be nicer in earlier days so Eli keep working on the local teleport and also simply as mercy for his own species (remember Breen didnt want combine extinguish human and only took the role to save mankind)
This animation really shows if you become a Metro Cop your life will be better, until you get your memory erased.
Thanks for humanizing the CPs, it makes the whole story more interesting
They are human though
CP‘s are literally cops
@@Cyberianostrogg but we see them as a target to kill, not a human.
@@spinosaurus9518 yeah because obviously they have to work so their family gets the promised food.
@@spinosaurus9518 do you see enemy soldiers in call of duty as human?
I love the fact that this SFM uses the theory that if you do well while being a metrocop you can get "promoted" but lose part of your humanity. I remember a youtuber talking about this a year or 2 back
6:23 that's the saddest part about the combine they erase your memories and turn you into a mindless soldier.
and 10:17 grunt killed his wife
@Tricky Its impossible to remember broken memories.
@@Idk-lh3ev Not necessarily. “Broken” implies they’ve been scattered into pieces.
They don't erase memories of volunteers,there's a little mistake in sfm but it is still great
Kinda but its not that bad,u get some modification in ur stomach as seen in half life 2 nova prospekt camera view and probably dont produce feces.
Look at that source 2 bread holy crap it looks good
All the SFM 2 food
mmmm Nvidia bread.
9:27 Poor Guy didn't even get spared. He instantly got shot down on sight while the Combine Soldiers were running.
F for respect 😔✊
get combine'd
F
The Combine Grunts are actually supposed to be human, so that makes him a bad person.
@@RadionessRUclips that's the video
@@grassfur1950 yes.
We really need an SFM that shows how tough life is for CP'S, but never betray their superiors because it'll lead to their fate, with their whole family.
Could be an interesting plot for a future film!
@@Virlance If ya want mate I, can help ya with story, not SFM as im shit at it lol
@@BonerOner Its mostly the other way around with the superiors betraying the grunts ( just like the HECU and black ops ) . poor Shepard , still stuck in a void . . . . at least no harm can come to him . . .
yeah, keep in mind that if a high level threat (like gordon or alyx) evades/kills them their families get executed
@Pixel Red he is not stuck in Xen but instead Gman pocket dimension.
Great job!!
Wow! You?
What@@omundodevictorcalixtodelim9752
Now that’s what I call (The strongest Overwatch Wallhammer ever existed)
YEP
@CMB ELITE drip
10:49 When dooms music kick in
As a half life enthusiast, I liked the video very much
But that name..
@@scarymanlegs7578 turkey
@@scarymanlegs7578 Don't look at my name like that, I love half life very much
@@untimelyresurrection4166 yep
@@untimelyresurrection4166 I know I'm just kiddding
"Good soldiers aways follow orders, now matter what we are asked to do"
This is very underrated, this is amazingly realistic, keep up the great work!
Thanks for the kind words, will try my best! :)
This is so amazing and touching, shows a deeper and more realistic view of the CPs, as theyre just humans maybe seeking to protect their families. Reminds me of "a kiss goodbye"
It is criminal how this video does not have at least 2k likes
Edit: I’m glad that this video finally got the recognition it deserves. Congratulations @Thailer Studios
I’m flattered :)
Criminally underrated
@@Virlance your video animation too nice
Its now at 3k :)
Mision complete
Level -1 - Rebel
Level 0 - Refugee
Level 1 - Citizen
Level 5 - Metrocop Recruit
Level 10 - 01 metrocop
Level 15 - Stalker
Level 30 - Things carrier ( I dont remember how this thing called but its carries like, Striders, gunships, And cells with combines)
Level 40 - Hax
Level 55 - cremator
Level 60 - Combine soldier
Level 75 - Strider
Level 80 - GUNSHIP
Level 85 - Elite combine
Level 90 - Consul
Level 99 - Earth administrator
Level 100 - Advisor
Level ∞ - G- Man
Level Ω (Aka omega) - Gordon Freeman
This is how levels in HL2 works, is i missed smth ask me to add it
that wallhammer so badass
This is fantastic, the fact you’ve been able to animate a full film on the new engine is crazy, it must’ve taken ages, good job.
I love how the voice lines were used
Love how the grunts have such human movements cause their still human but the OTAs have more robotic movements
So, he basically got handpicked to join Overwatch f saving 2 combine officers? 6:32
Mom: don't worry, i'm sure the employer is good
Employer: 4:25
0:12
Mans is bringing home the high fidelity 4k bread
I understood that refference.
the level of epicness of this video is simply off the scale.
My goodness, very well done in regards to fight scenes, sound design and animation! What a lovely Half Life video.
Thank you very much, glad you liked it and thanks for watching! :D
Great video! It's one of the few SFM animations that actually made me feel something. I'd love to see more!
It looks cool until you realize the combine wouldn't be that dumb to put someone unstable on a bigger unit, also because he is brainwashed
Good animation tho
you can try to change a human all you want but youll never remove their humanity
@@galaxy-eb9sp wrong lol, its actually kinda easy and there are many ways, torture, trauma, mental sickness, lobotomy and many other ways
@@galaxy-eb9sp The Combine were close to wiping out humanity until Breen surrendered Earth so thank goodness Humanity is still alive.
@@standardzombie3454 Is it really better to live on your knees than die on your feet? I disagree.
@@AppleManiagaming Of course, if he didn't offer it up to them, then wiping everyone out would end the story; Gordon probably wouldn't be deployed to Earth, and there wouldn't be a Half-Life 2 after the Seven Hour War. Anthropic Principle in effect where the option must be taken so the story can continue.
The first time seeing a Combine defector
Nice animation
Oh my, this is amazingly well done! More people should know about this!
Of course, there are some few odd looking times, the fire at the end for example but I'm sure you can get better at those stuff! Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much! And thanks for sharing what you think could be improved for the future. :)
14:50 : after you defeat all of the combine, you must defeat .. *comb'ine u'ultim'a*
Wow, that animation was amazing and very realistic
Thank you very much!
@@VirlanceNo problem, I'm very happy to see you again
I hope you keep up with your fnaf animations which are amazing
I wish you the best
Viva boca el mas grande papá
@@Virlance HI UWU 🔥🔥🔥
There are 2 kinds of ways to humanize civil protection
1. A deep and amazing video
2. Accursed farms
Would be cool if Valve made another HL game where you play as a metrocop that goes rogue and ends up siding with the rebels.
That would be sick
no just normal metrocop
Top 5 sad half - life moment
I think after the combineification procedure, probably their brain most likely works like a bionic computer. Their memories not only been erased but probably their brain redesigned as a bionic ai computer only capable of accomplishing certain tasks.
If I recall, the soldiers in Alyx are implied to be less brainwashed than the ones in HL2...guess this would be a good justification for why they're prequel-only units (though the lack of an Overwatch equivalent to the heavy soldiers and LMG units still ends up being an oddity in retrospect).
Superb cinematography , albeit the plot being a "little cliché", but I suppose you don't have much leeway or room for them in that setting. As "Onersers 22" suggested tho, someone joining CP without turning rogue (and exploring such hardships) would be a cool next idea!
Thank you for your work and bringing us this!
Thank you very much for the inspiring words!
11:05 be like IMA DROP ON THESE SHITHEADS LIKE A FUCKING PIANO
Civil protection: get food for their familys
Combine soldiers:gordon hunting machine
Combine elites:superior combine
Combine striders:a giant insect that fights for the combine
Combine advisors:M E M O R Y. E R A S U R E
It's the sad truth
*ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC!!!* Not only are the animations great but the story is very believable and it's very interesting to see the life in City 17 from the "enemy"'s perspective. The end just made me cry like a baby, considering this is a day-to-day in City 17 like the CP defending his loved one, being killed by yet another CP that was also working for someone he loves.
Kuddos 👏👏👏👏
Thank you very much for the kind words! I’m glad you enjoyed my story 😊
heart-breaking as many comments suggest, this story clearly showed the POINT where the main character (AND all other humans depicted here) broke away from his humanity, aka had his heart broken.
Implies the whole question of collective responsibility: once too many yielded to the Combine (aka, corrupted), there's no other choice but 1) joining the Combine, or 2) fighting the Combine. Silent obedience or running away is a mere delay, but the choice is still imminent. Any sympathy for the guy AND his wife should end once he made his first baton hit to "provide" for his family. He made HIS choice. HE put himself and his wife above other men and their wives. And didn't she know what was exactly the difference in his "status" as an earner of one loaf of bread and an earner of a full package of produce? Oh, she DID.
So, where's the moral "duality" here? You either fight the evil or run from it. As soon as you decided to just "accept it" - you're in for the death and destruction. First, the ones that you are complacent with, then complicit to. But later on - it will imminently turn against you. Same as in any dictatorship.
So watch yourselves, good citizens of ANY city.
Best comment so far.
That's so much easier said than done, lmao.
There's a reason why HL also portrays accurately the sheer hopelessness of your average rebel, such words mean nothing when you get a baton to the face and lined up in front of a firing squad.
Not to mention "evil" learns too, changing tactics and approach, the ""best"" kind of tyranny is that one which you do not recognize as such.
@@Kyo-kf6jf you have pointed it out yourself - it's the ability to recognise first signs of a tyranny that matters
10:17 *The only thing they fear is you intensifies*
They named him....
THE COMBINE SLAYER
Now I hope the combines understood the lesson because they were not snugly destroyed by a citizen but the fact that the collector remembered the girl and taught revenge for her how I want people not to die at the hands of combines ...
no they wont understand it
They can spare casualties
Yes I sure they can spare but combine grunt didnt spare girl (citizen) Though she raised her hands forever
have you ever played half life
I played in hl2 + ep1, 2 in hla not played I lost my VR glasses + I lost my acc on steam
The combine always understood the lesson though, all of their units receive family protection n stuff n haves their family with them/constantly united
What i assume happened here is that she was caught at the wrong place at the wrong time.
I think this is the first ever time I almost cried at a youtube video, well done! A great example of Show don't Tell
3:13 scanner: 🤨
That Wallhammer unit out of our focused character had the most intimidating footsteps and glowing mask lenses I've witnessed, compared to the actual enemy in "Half Life: Alyx".
I don’t know why but I always imagined the suppressor soldier was going to sound like crosshairs from the bad batch show
Seeing this brings me memories, and makes me think of how awful life is for everything and everyone.
Thank you Thailer for usch a wonderful sfm
That HAMMERDOWN went on a killing spree.
2 years ago - Thaller Studios
Today - Virlance
Imagine being a citizen outside the apartment raid and you just see a supressor fly out the window
I miss this kind of virlance videos. But it's just skibidi wars now.
first sfm where the combine doesn't immediately turn on the others after a single 'questionable event'; even takes part in some. Albeit reluctantly the first time and out of reflex in the instance where the other CPs are being beaten up. Even behaves as a proper combine once augmented. The whole turncoat scene feels more like a psychotic break too. A lot of the deaths shown could be seen as over the top and unnecessary if he was just having second thoughts. Like when he blasts the shit out of the guy who killed her well past his expiry or literally strangles a grunt to death. Man simply hit his limit and went postal.
oh my god i have chronic depression now this is 1142342563256/10
combine losts:
13 Combine grunt
3 Ordinal
2 antibody protection unit
1 Charger
1 civil protection
total 20 units
total died citizens / anti-citizens: 14
total deaths: 34
Dont ask why I comment this
10:42 when the doom music kicks in
Noice
Even back than, you were still an amazing animator. Nice!
Gracias RUclips por recomendarme esta joyita
Si la verdad está muy buena, pero el final es triste pero por lo menos se volvieron a encontrar ;)
5:42 discord light mode
Just to sad I almost cried just too heartwarming but sad that the man died R.I.P Citizen
11:23
Wall hammer: You just got knocked THE FUDGE OUT
If I was in this unverse I would be only metrocop feeding my family and wife.
10:42 what sound? pls wha is sound
The little scanner robot is adorable
Hi me from two months ago xd
Hi me from 3 months ago xD
That was an amazing cinematic production. Really great work!
This is absolutely fantastic, so much progress in your productions in such little time
10:52 OTA units are brainwashed so the wall hammer wouldn’t have done that
Cry about it
Bruh did you not read the description it literally says its not canon
its a fan fic bruh
I’m just making a correction for the future
@@Aspect12 nice argument
It’s sad how the combine makes life so miserable for the average citizen, unless you join civil protection and even then you’re not free… the leash has only been loosened
:') al final quiso morir al lado de su esposa que buen gesto, aparte hiciste un gran trabajo tanto la animación como la historia
Concuerdo contigo
10:50 Doom Slayer mode activated!
HIGH FIDALITY 4k BREAD
I understood that refference.
I belive that what the combine did in the time of half life alyx is way better for your day to day life as a citizen and the civil protection feels slightly more like thier name isn't a lie completly.
самое лучшее что я смотрел в плане сюжета
и худшее в плане Лора вселенной
@@kripton3673 В Alyx разрабы так испоганили лор, что этому видео до них далеко.
More food and water.
What did it cost?
My humanity.
The 23 who disliked are charged with capital malcompliance.
i like how he was first Combine Juggernaut/ enemy Juggernaut Lesson never shoot a Juggernaut's wife
I like the animation and story, though the rank after CP would've been grunt, a charger would be further down the line and with a whole lot more memory replacement and mechanized organs.
my man went rogue and started blasting
Incredible, this makes me want to learn SFM! Great video!
Bro you made Wallhammer so badass, the glowing blue eyes blue "god" sound in backround. Also its probably one of most of not favorite Half-Life SFM. I got one issue, i doubt OTA member (combine soliders, such as Wallhammer, Echo, Supressor etc) would have human emotions and memories, they are heavily modified to be robotic killing machines. Besides that, amazing job.
Omg you are the guy who makes skibidi series now, whoa haha. Also i got chills from this super combine solider at the end.
1:32 I like ya cut g
cant hate a man that's looking out for his family.
His wife looks kinda creepy though-
esto es una joya no puedo creer que tenga tan pocos view
That charger looks Hella badass