Half-Life 2 - Civil Protection Analysis

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  • Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024

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  • @coatman4927
    @coatman4927 5 лет назад +6070

    Metrocop: misses 1 rebel
    Overwatch: *_i m m e d i a t e a m p u t a t i o n_*

    • @grande1900
      @grande1900 5 лет назад +478

      five minutes later:
      Stalker: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @JefeInquisidorGOW
      @JefeInquisidorGOW 5 лет назад +235

      Dick amputation.

    • @olanordmann1252
      @olanordmann1252 5 лет назад +292

      ~aLL I WaNTeD WaS SomE DeCenT MeALs~ ( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ)

    • @bertrandlyn7430
      @bertrandlyn7430 5 лет назад +46

      Lorenzo Qñz Amputation means kill in combine stuff I think.

    • @JefeInquisidorGOW
      @JefeInquisidorGOW 5 лет назад +98

      @@bertrandlyn7430 Nope, they talk about literal amputation.

  • @LetsGoGetThem
    @LetsGoGetThem 5 лет назад +3596

    I remember when I was a kid I was really stupid playing this, I waited in a line for like 10 min to that machine at the station because I thought I needed a ticket.

    • @enrlichhartman
      @enrlichhartman 4 года назад +280

      SAME , But i was waiting for my food XD

    • @itwontcomeout5678
      @itwontcomeout5678 4 года назад +436

      So you ended up joining Civil Protection and turned in Alyx and Barney for more food 😭😭😭

    • @timur5241
      @timur5241 4 года назад +1

      @@itwontcomeout5678 idiot

    • @timur5241
      @timur5241 4 года назад +11

      @@itwontcomeout5678 they were rofling

    • @itwontcomeout5678
      @itwontcomeout5678 4 года назад +54

      Timur 56255 r/wHooSh

  • @demanischaffer
    @demanischaffer 5 лет назад +3803

    A thing I noticed was that the can CP would've helped you out if you're a citizen, as he reported your actions as conscripted work, which will look good on a citizens record

    • @Godzilla-se8in
      @Godzilla-se8in 5 лет назад +1508

      You mean to say that guy was just trying to get me a good credit score? What a homie.

    • @mrsubject1
      @mrsubject1 5 лет назад +857

      If that the case that would've meant the dispatcher would've looked for Gordon's file only to find he wasn't listed as a citizen causing all the shit that happened to you :O

    • @coffeetext
      @coffeetext 5 лет назад +551

      mrsubject1
      Unfortunate, but unavoidable, even if the CP only wanted to give passersby a bit of credibility.

    • @slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153
      @slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153 5 лет назад +551

      @@mrsubject1 the combine figured out Gordon didn't belong because the city scanners likely reported to overwatch that there was a "miscount" in their block, leading to the combine losing their shit due to a possible anti citizen because of the miscount. The overwatch lady voice even says something like "attention citizens: miscount detected in your area" (not exact what it says but close!)

    • @mrsubject1
      @mrsubject1 5 лет назад +29

      @@slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153 lol ik the actual reason it's just a thought

  • @elkinnortlee3497
    @elkinnortlee3497 5 лет назад +4449

    Metrocop: *Fails at taking out the trash*
    Overwatch: I'm about to end this man's family

    • @Tr4sh_can34
      @Tr4sh_can34 5 лет назад +209

      Plot twist. The overwatch was controlled by duolingo all along

    • @nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932
      @nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932 5 лет назад +119

      That's why that one guy made you pick up that can, he just needed help with the trash!

    • @Truescreen
      @Truescreen 5 лет назад +119

      @@Tr4sh_can34 "Oops! You failed to sterilize the suspect!"
      "You know what happens now."

    • @boss0800
      @boss0800 5 лет назад +21

      It's a royalty test lol

    • @SaurusWarriorSotek
      @SaurusWarriorSotek 5 лет назад +55

      Metrocop: *fails at kill the most dangerous man alive*
      Overwatch: Kawa bunga it is

  • @specialunit0428
    @specialunit0428 5 лет назад +853

    3:50
    "To quote a comment from one of my videos -"by listening to the chatter you realise that the CP's in the area slowly progress from confusion as their automated surveillance equipment is reporting an anomalous presence in the area, and have no idea what to make of it because this late in the occupation no one in their right mind would be acting like freeman, and there's no logical explanation for his presence as he was simply "spawned" in by G-Man".

    • @AlpineBishop
      @AlpineBishop 5 лет назад +121

      I never noticed that. It makes sense that they are unsure of what the disturbance is and I bet they are suspicipus of freeman

    • @suburbanshatters
      @suburbanshatters Год назад +28

      Gman just used the spawn menu💀

    • @goofy-ahh101.
      @goofy-ahh101. 4 месяца назад +6

      /summon [name=gordon_freeman]

    • @TuxedoDogss
      @TuxedoDogss День назад

      @@goofy-ahh101. more like /summon human[name=gordon_freeman] 27 17 16

  • @starwatcherusa
    @starwatcherusa 5 лет назад +3355

    7:01 Jesus...that cop's REWARD for killing a malcontent is his family being allowed to continue living.

    • @SpectralCat
      @SpectralCat 5 лет назад +441

      Well, compared to North Korea or early USSR it doesn't actually sound too bad :(

    • @starwatcherusa
      @starwatcherusa 5 лет назад +272

      @Gordon Freeman You would know, wouldn't you?

    • @StarFoth
      @StarFoth 5 лет назад +406

      *Kills the biggest threat to the Combine's occupation of Earth*
      Combine: "Ok now we won't murder your whole family"
      I would promote that guy to General and send him to the officer academy pronto.

    • @pauldeddens5349
      @pauldeddens5349 5 лет назад +262

      I think the combine just didnt understand what gordon was
      'Oh, some guy in a suit that survived the resonance cascade? Yeah make sure he dies'
      'He has killed all of our troops, destroyed nova prospekt, and destroyed the citadel? Okay, maybe we should reopen that portal and send some big guns in'
      *'He destroyed the portal permanently? GET THE ADVISORS AND BLOW UP THE PLANET'*

    • @ev5837
      @ev5837 5 лет назад +143

      I feel the word cohesion means the family would be split up and not all killed

  • @ceu160193
    @ceu160193 5 лет назад +4586

    You may want to specify some terms:
    - "Amputation" and "recycling" means transformation into Stalker;
    - off-world service assignment is exactly that: serving Combine in different world;

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 5 лет назад +477

      @David Daivdson It's unlikely, that metrocop can be fired. So I take "amputation" as individual punishment for one metrocop, while "recycling" means whole unit is being turned into stalkers.

    • @zorex.
      @zorex. 5 лет назад +189

      could off-world assignment really mean being sent to another planet? because those combine portals took ages to recharge.
      maybe it could mean being sent to another city within the same planet? idk

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 5 лет назад +245

      @@zorex. Combine don't use those for combat, so time doesn't really matter.
      Overwatch soldiers are also subject to such punishment, but in their case it's permanent off-world assignment.

    • @zorex.
      @zorex. 5 лет назад +37

      @@ceu160193 well under normal circumstances time would not matter. but those teleport devices they had looked like they used up a lot of energy

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 5 лет назад +127

      @@zorex.Energy isn't big concern for Combine. And teleporter at the top of Citadel had it's own reactor to power it.

  • @BlueKunai
    @BlueKunai 5 лет назад +1480

    11:17 - "Quick Seven ready to judge"
    You were the last one to get in position. Step up your game, Quick Seven.

    • @RescoeZ
      @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +321

      Hero Nine is worse, he was at his point but forgot to say anything at first.

    • @RescoeZ
      @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +168

      @@snowiie4216 Not a show off, just a lazy bastard.

    • @Thy_Boss
      @Thy_Boss 4 года назад +26

      Who judges the judges

    • @SommerSen
      @SommerSen 4 года назад +32

      What about Victor One, he just talks about boxes all the time, he's SO irritating

    • @user-go4vf5uk6e
      @user-go4vf5uk6e 4 года назад +3

      BlueKunai underrated comment

  • @AlpineBishop
    @AlpineBishop 5 лет назад +3522

    I always wished the 4 CPs tryig to escape the City woukd drop their weapons or something just to prove they are just human. Kinda dumb theyd still attack given they arent transhuman.

    • @YourDarlingOathbreaker
      @YourDarlingOathbreaker 5 лет назад +1050

      Yeah, a simple dialogue exchange would've been perfect. It could've enhanced the moment a little, instead of just "shoot everything that isn't a refugee." I bet at least someone thought of that when making that scene.

    • @KCRycePatty
      @KCRycePatty 5 лет назад +776

      Agreed, because it would be pretty neat to have metro-cops, rebels, refugees, Alyx, and a Barney all be fighting combine

    • @AlpineBishop
      @AlpineBishop 5 лет назад +702

      @@YourDarlingOathbreaker itd make the CPs feel more human. I thought it was a bug at first since they were just there with nothing else but it wouldve been cool. Like maybe they show up last and barney has them walk onto the train with their hands up and youd see them later at White Forest

    • @AlpineBishop
      @AlpineBishop 5 лет назад +100

      @@KCRycePatty hell yeah

    • @Jin-di9zv
      @Jin-di9zv 5 лет назад +428

      Damn I wished for that too. Maybe if they're lazy they could just script it to happen just as Gordon was going to pick up another civvies to the train station (ending of EP1).
      They would drop their weapon and (maybe?) open their mask. Or, they could join in defending the civvies and join them in the end or die protecting. It would be a "last service" to humanity and to repent their actions. But alas.

  • @evanharrison4054
    @evanharrison4054 5 лет назад +2449

    City 17.
    It might not be much, but it's still twice as good as City 8.5.

  • @RescoeZ
    @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +760

    Fun fact: The cop at the very beginning of this video doesn't start bullying the passenger until you look at him. So if you walk around staring at the floor, he won't react or say anything.

    • @RescoeZ
      @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +119

      @Twillight15 anywhere with a screen showing an area or Dr Breen talking is actually broadcasting live. Take Breen as an example, he's actually in a tiny room outside of the map with a camera broadcasting him to monitors in the map.

    • @SpectralCat
      @SpectralCat 5 лет назад +39

      @@RescoeZ that somehow reminded me of Fallout 4 when that news show you can watch on TV in the beginning of the game was actually "filmed" right in the kitchen, in the Sole Survivor's house. You can even see a news anchor sitting on top of a kitchen counter or smth like that.

    • @Cacowninja
      @Cacowninja 5 лет назад +9

      What would that imply then? Guilt by association or lack of association?

    • @Stuurminator
      @Stuurminator 5 лет назад +36

      Aw, he only bullied him because Gordon made him feel self-conscious.

    • @Thy_Boss
      @Thy_Boss 4 года назад +24

      Yeah, and though it's obviously because the designers made that sequence for the benefit of establishing the world for the player, it's fun to imagine that guy's just that petty, or that he earnestly believes part of his job is setting an example for others

  • @cecil646
    @cecil646 5 лет назад +1268

    Finally I know what they were doing in that building

    • @690_5
      @690_5 5 лет назад +7

      Caboose is best.

    • @thesturm8686
      @thesturm8686 5 лет назад +102

      Fighting ghosts

    • @cardboardhawks6783
      @cardboardhawks6783 4 года назад +6

      Christopher immediately i am reminded of full life consequences.

    • @agiwithaname3192
      @agiwithaname3192 4 года назад +3

      Are you dumb? You could’ve no-clipped in there, or just peeked through the door! IDIOT!

    • @cecil646
      @cecil646 4 года назад +34

      @@agiwithaname3192 you're right, I'm big dumb diamondneko2020

  • @MaximG.
    @MaximG. 5 лет назад +728

    11:30 - Judging by this reload animation, they were supposed to have MP5K instead of MP7-ish SMG.

    • @projectkepleren
      @projectkepleren 5 лет назад +13

      yep

    • @olliegoria
      @olliegoria 5 лет назад +108

      Fun Fact: The AK-47 existed as the “AR-1” for a time in development.

    • @requestcontainsinvalidargu185
      @requestcontainsinvalidargu185 5 лет назад +30

      @@olliegoriaaaaand that is when CSS broke it's way into the hl2 engine.

    • @55super55
      @55super55 5 лет назад +70

      In half-life 2 beta MP5K was main SMG before being replaced by MP7

    • @projectkepleren
      @projectkepleren 5 лет назад +19

      @@55super55 barney was suppose to be using mp5k instead of ar2 during the uprising as well

  • @JACCO20082012
    @JACCO20082012 4 года назад +261

    God I love that flatline sound when they die. It’s one of the more satisfying death sounds in all video games.

    • @blockishgaming8459
      @blockishgaming8459 4 года назад +2

      JACCO20082012 ikr

    • @TheMcSaf
      @TheMcSaf 4 года назад +50

      first and only sound that ever gave me a "I just took a human life right there. maybe with family, man." feeling of guilt in a video game.
      10/10

    • @lambda-m1676
      @lambda-m1676 3 года назад +8

      ...but you did end up killing his family

    • @ArmyJames
      @ArmyJames 2 года назад +7

      @@TheMcSaf Didn’t bother me in the slightest.

    • @X4X5
      @X4X5 5 месяцев назад +1

      I really don’t see the point is it; is it just for telling the other metro cops the target is dangerous?

  • @Dakayto
    @Dakayto 5 лет назад +887

    It's scary to think how much development was put into the artificial intelligence throughout the Half-Life games. Valve knew how to make mind-blowing video games, and it's sad that most modern games don't do this.

    • @pavement7530
      @pavement7530 4 года назад +33

      Well you can trick the LMG cop with a bottle...

    • @meiji9720
      @meiji9720 4 года назад +28

      Damian Rice
      To be honest, Modern games don’t this anymore because modern people want fast paced action, not "slow and boring and of long useless dialogue that benefited nothing to the demographic players".
      Generally means they don’t wanna waste their time listening to what useless things have to say. Just fun.

    • @SommerSen
      @SommerSen 4 года назад +43

      @@meiji9720 Dishonored and Rainbow Six: Siege (probably ARMA too, seen videos and it looks it's more of a slow & precise kind of shooter) exist, so a big quantity of people want slow paced action. And RPGs are still alive and well

    • @ColdNorth0628
      @ColdNorth0628 4 года назад +11

      @@SommerSen seige is fast paced as hell. But fast in the "it happens in the instant' sense and not "run around" sense.

    • @SommerSen
      @SommerSen 4 года назад +3

      @@ColdNorth0628 My bad, I thought it was more of being about planning and then executing tactics.
      I think a better example would be Hitman, a series which I actually have played and have much more experience from: Rambo playthroughs are discouraged and even in one nothing happens at the instant.
      Probably the most ironic thing from the "modern people want fast-paced action" is that in DOOM fans complain about the exact opposite

  • @yeehaw4739
    @yeehaw4739 5 лет назад +962

    If the cps were actually tryna escape on the same train as freeman, I legit feel bad, like, _bad_ bad. They were just a band of bros trying to get away from the citadel.

    • @g--stef4756
      @g--stef4756 5 лет назад +321

      Metrocops trying to escape City 17 during the Citadel meltdown are in the worst position imaginable. The Combine are totally unconcerned with evacuating their common human staff, their objective is if anything to keep as many people near the Citadel as possible, but the brutal work Metrocops did under that command also makes them totally unable to reconcile with or defect to the Rebels, the only group concerned with actually evacuating citizens. Screwed.

    • @riflegreen937
      @riflegreen937 4 года назад +40

      @@g--stef4756 I find that kind of ironic since some rebels were former civil protection

    • @bluegum6438
      @bluegum6438 4 года назад +22

      @@g--stef4756 The Metrocops are class traitors and deserve to die a dog's death, no sympathy

    • @justcake5841
      @justcake5841 4 года назад +77

      @@bluegum6438 I double bet you are either a communist or a rebellious teen.

    • @bluegum6438
      @bluegum6438 4 года назад +8

      @@justcake5841 neither, don't bother trying again

  • @RescoeZ
    @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +717

    Another thing you might find interesting. Certain areas in the first few levels (such as when Barney takes Gordon to "interrogation" and the apartment raid) you'll hear CP officers/Overwatch Voice talk about officers being down etc. This is because the game has despawned Metrocops, and thus the voice lines play as if officers are down.

    • @alexo2303
      @alexo2303 5 лет назад +68

      Never thought a game bug would be that cool.

    • @laughingchickene3371
      @laughingchickene3371 5 лет назад +10

      I always thought it was a guy behind you fighting

    • @stefanm.734
      @stefanm.734 4 года назад +22

      Even Overwatch is subject to the whims of a higher power. In this case, Gabe Newell.

    • @generaltobias3777
      @generaltobias3777 4 года назад +3

      Can women join Civil Protection? I don't remember any in HL2, but the lady getting rations said she was about ready to join them.

    • @Thy_Boss
      @Thy_Boss 4 года назад +25

      @@generaltobias3777 Civil Protection may not be surgically modified, but it's implied they're pumped full of unknown drugs, and they certainly hide their features and voices in uniform fashion. I suppose it's at least possible that some of the CP you fight _are_ women.

  • @newbloxtonmedia8222
    @newbloxtonmedia8222 4 года назад +60

    6:12 like how that one guy casually says "ow" when getting shot at.

  • @LittleWasp
    @LittleWasp 5 лет назад +326

    The CPs also had unique screams for when they were on fire in the HL2 leak.

    • @ajxx9987
      @ajxx9987 5 лет назад +16

      Source?

    • @LittleWasp
      @LittleWasp 5 лет назад +40

      @@ajxx9987 This video features the screams at around 25 seconds in:
      ruclips.net/video/JMUh0hL4Fu0/видео.html

    • @RescoeZ
      @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +59

      Yeah the beta screams are much more terrifying I think.

    • @AJ-po6up
      @AJ-po6up Год назад +5

      They had unique screams because you were supposed to be able to burn them to death pretty often with the cremator's weapon and the flare gun, when the cremator and those weapons were removed so were the unique screams when lit I guess.

  • @ChadGPTu
    @ChadGPTu 5 лет назад +277

    This game just doesn't age. The art direction and attention to detail is incredible and timeless.

    • @dronespace
      @dronespace 2 года назад +12

      Agreed. It's aged really well compared to some contemporaries

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 2 года назад +10

      @@dronespace half life 2 and Halo 2 aged really well for 2004

  • @kirillassasin
    @kirillassasin 5 лет назад +681

    Who would win:
    Experience soldiers, Alien race and Combine
    Or
    One Glassy Boi

  • @GermanHockey
    @GermanHockey 5 лет назад +194

    I always found it interesting that they used actual police codes in the Combine radio chatter.

    • @Cheesurius
      @Cheesurius 4 года назад +40

      Maybe the Combine recruit former police officers into their ranks because they already got the knowledge about codes and stuff for communication, and also experience with weapons.

    • @juanausensi499
      @juanausensi499 3 месяца назад +2

      No reason to make new codes in the new language when those codes already exist.

  • @unimportantcommenter4356
    @unimportantcommenter4356 5 лет назад +1044

    2:04 When someone says the Half Life series suck

  • @samuelantoniocastillomeza5034
    @samuelantoniocastillomeza5034 5 лет назад +258

    Great recopilation. I like how they took care of the details even in parts you aren't supposed to see during normal gameplay.

    • @travishardaway6348
      @travishardaway6348 4 года назад +9

      A hidden reproduction simulation would have been nice

    • @frostbite5081
      @frostbite5081 4 года назад

      @@travishardaway6348 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @LoR9993
    @LoR9993 5 лет назад +320

    Thank you for your fantastic job! Even 15 years after the release of the game, I learn something new about it.

    • @RescoeZ
      @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +35

      Funnily enough I didn't realize Metrocops could take cover and shoot until I discovered it the other day, my reaction pretty much being "That's so f'king cool".

    • @fuckoff9182
      @fuckoff9182 5 лет назад +1

      No clip

  • @certifiedapeist4651
    @certifiedapeist4651 3 года назад +52

    Valve really thought hard on how to make the combine and the world work together. The combine or “universal Union” are shown wanting to unite and combine all worlds under their reign as such the Rebels mockingly call them the combine. Not to mention their codes they say amputation instead of execution due to their view of humanity. Execution means killing a individual, no one is an individual in the combines eyes. Humanity as a whole is viewed by the combine as a singular thing and as such calling execution amputation means they are amputating a “infected” limb or in our case an anti-citizen.

    • @dogpod6141
      @dogpod6141 Год назад +6

      close, except they’re referred to as the combine as in a farmer’s combine machine. theyre harvesting worlds, not attempting to unify them

    • @WretchedRedoran
      @WretchedRedoran 3 месяца назад +2

      @@dogpod6141 Perhaps it could be a double ent- entand- fuck nevermind I don't know how to spell that word

  • @RapidPhantom293
    @RapidPhantom293 4 года назад +207

    Metrocop: *Fails to kill rebels or gordon freeman*
    Overwatch: So anyways i started giving immediate amputation

  • @user-bp2is5dj3h
    @user-bp2is5dj3h 5 лет назад +260

    Man I could really use a non-mechanical reproduction simulation right now

  • @RescoeZ
    @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +278

    Other notes:
    - There's a "hidden" paragraph at 3:50, a partial quote of a user who posted in my ingame Civil Protection lines video. Originally I was going to keep that paragraph but couldn't get the pacing quite right. Looks like it got to stay in after all.
    - I'm not sure when my Overwatch Voice video will be completed, however I will be uploading an update ingame Civil Protection video soon, if not today.
    - Not seen in this video, but Metrocops may shout out lines such as "Destroy that cover!" if their target is hiding behind a breakable object, such as a wooden crate.
    - As mentioned by Bun, there is unused arrest behaviour, which can be seen in this video: ruclips.net/video/1CoLoip4d7w/видео.html

    • @chechnya1395
      @chechnya1395 5 лет назад +4

      What was the paragraph?

    • @Corvatile
      @Corvatile 5 лет назад +26

      @@chechnya1395 It reads:
      To quote a comment from one of my videos "-by listening to the chatter you realise that the CPs in the area slowly progress from confusion as their automated surveillance equipment is reporting an anomalous presence in the area, and they have no idea what to make of it because this late in the occupation no one in their right mind would be acting like Freeman, and there's no logical explanation for his presence because he was simply "spawned" in by Gman."

  • @TheTabascodragon
    @TheTabascodragon 5 лет назад +107

    The attention to detail in this game was insane

    • @salsamancer
      @salsamancer 3 года назад +1

      @SaturnPickels 2004 wasn't the dark ages dude, we had already mostly figured out games by then

    • @DARK-vj1em
      @DARK-vj1em 3 года назад +1

      @@salsamancer but still a 2004 game is kinda considered an old game.

    • @unused7629
      @unused7629 3 года назад +3

      @@salsamancer compare half life 2 to san andreas.

  • @ac300
    @ac300 3 года назад +45

    1:10 It actually is known whether officers themselves decide. There is a sign that you see outside of the facility after the first chopper fight. It clearly says that Civil Protection has its own discretion on who is allowed entry unless their superiors step in. That was for a critical resource point, so it certainly is the case for a simple transit checkpoint.

  • @ConnorGardner
    @ConnorGardner 5 лет назад +154

    Absolutely love these videos, another reason Half-Life 2 is my favorite game. The attention to detail can be so minute but does so much to immerse the player within the game world. This, plus the amazing level design is what Valve excells at. Thanks for making these!

  • @Aviv12345
    @Aviv12345 4 года назад +58

    Breen: "Welcome to City 17, it's safer here."
    **** 5 seconds later we see a cop hits a citizen. ****

    • @OrdinaryOrchid
      @OrdinaryOrchid 4 года назад +18

      he said safer after all, not completely safe

    • @Bigboyscreeneditz
      @Bigboyscreeneditz Год назад +5

      He ment like it’s not rebel, xen, or Overwatch soldier infested just Metrocops and citizens

    • @Shadow-vg7pb
      @Shadow-vg7pb Год назад +1

      ​@@OrdinaryOrchidDoctor Breen lied to the citizens...

  • @KatyushaWarThunder
    @KatyushaWarThunder 4 года назад +32

    6:04 It looked like the CP bonked the other CP.

  • @Adomavo
    @Adomavo 5 лет назад +1219

    the fact that this game is from 2004 and it has still great graphics,and details is very cool
    Edit:809 likes?! how? thanks people

  • @omencito
    @omencito 5 лет назад +43

    I love this video.
    So many small details to this game, but it's really hard to hear them because of the guns and the shooting and the fun to be had.

  • @RetroAdvance64
    @RetroAdvance64 4 года назад +22

    2:26 Everybody gangsta till' the furnitures has hurt noises

    • @SCPVTH
      @SCPVTH 3 месяца назад

      Props hunt be like:

  • @jessiegunther1079
    @jessiegunther1079 5 лет назад +31

    I find the Cps are very interesting, they aren't brainwashed/without identity as the soldiers, fighting to keep family safe and fed, yet corrupted by the power they have been given. The family and identity fact makes you sort of guilty when killing them, knowing they will never see their loved once again.
    But that's also why I love the SFM animation of them helping citizens/resisting
    And while I like your theory about those seen in Episode 1, judging by Barney's line, it's sadly most likely those were still under combine control, then trying to flee.

  • @SpartanHawk
    @SpartanHawk 4 года назад +13

    5:39 "anti-fatigue ration" what a fancy name for methamphetamine.

  • @Weaponsandstuff93
    @Weaponsandstuff93 9 месяцев назад +5

    Something I observed and a few people pointed out that makes HL2 even more bleak.
    Metrocops could heavily be inspired by Jewish capos during the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto where collaboration with the Nazis meant your family was allowed to live and not be harassed for far longer, basically recruit the people you are persecuting into a two tier system so they can't trust each other and manage themselves to some degree.
    The Nova Prospekt train selection is almost like a reverse version of the Auschwitz selection ramp, men sent to their deaths (Stalkers) while the women are sent to work duty.

    • @Tattlebot
      @Tattlebot 9 месяцев назад

      It doesn't make sense for men to be sent to their death when work is required. The primary death camps, Majdanek, Belzec, Sobibor, and Trebkinka were in Eastern Poland, where at least three million were killed. Work camps were work camps. In some instances, extermination units comfiscated the prisoner workforce to the great anger and protest of the production manager who just lost all wartime production.

  • @LightningCayo
    @LightningCayo 3 года назад +9

    13:02 Such a monotone cry for “help!” while on fire.

  • @Average_K
    @Average_K Год назад +9

    11:56 I guess I was so preoccupied with the action during this part when playing that I never noticed how god damn beautiful that positioning of the citadel is.

  • @m8subject996
    @m8subject996 4 года назад +9

    4:42 "when freeman is being hunted down"
    YOUUU FUCKED UP MY FACE

  • @crimecat1483
    @crimecat1483 Месяц назад +2

    I love that final "move along" on the end. It's the cherry on top.

  • @SommerSen
    @SommerSen 4 года назад +17

    "Quick Seven ready to judge"
    *Looks at Freeman*
    "Ugh look at that guy with the power suit, must think he's SO smart for doing all those box puzzles"

  • @yieldtome6143
    @yieldtome6143 5 лет назад +30

    Ive been waiting for this video awhile, and im very happy with the finished product. Kudos to you.

    • @RescoeZ
      @RescoeZ  5 лет назад +4

      You're welcome :-)

  • @2broken4u47
    @2broken4u47 5 лет назад +74

    7:11 now i feel so good that i speed runned hl2 without kill those guys

    • @Garangus
      @Garangus 5 лет назад +15

      They probably were killed in the explosion anyway.

    • @2broken4u47
      @2broken4u47 5 лет назад +12

      @@Garangus well they attempted to escape more early before the explosion so theres a chance that they made it out safe and sound

    • @ladyselin35
      @ladyselin35 5 лет назад +2

      Well its clear you didnt protect the guys for the achievements . In order to do that you need to clean the area first.

    • @spade3779
      @spade3779 5 лет назад +7

      If you didn’t kill them they probably got their families murdered for failing to kill you lol

    • @2broken4u47
      @2broken4u47 5 лет назад +1

      @@spade3779 well the explosion killed em so i guess its better that i just left there

  • @BepBepStev
    @BepBepStev 5 лет назад +36

    "Im running low on verdicts! Taking Cover!"

  • @Tacoz3AM
    @Tacoz3AM Год назад +8

    Civil Protection: 😄
    CP: 😳

  • @Zamonac
    @Zamonac 5 лет назад +28

    Love these analysis vids dude

  • @TheRecklessBravery
    @TheRecklessBravery 4 года назад +9

    5:00 "Local CPT report status"
    2 sec later
    CP in the same room "Searching for suspect, no status"
    me : Boi, you both are in the same room.

  • @DayDreamer10251
    @DayDreamer10251 5 лет назад +76

    I do wonder why CPs fire their smgs from the hip?(it looks cool though and CPs are my favorite characters) Yeah they aren't a fighting force and maybe don't even get much training but seeing they act a little smarter than the normal combine soldier I wonder?
    But it would have been cool to see friendly Metro Police forces durring the uprising . . .

    • @piggosalternateaccount4917
      @piggosalternateaccount4917 5 лет назад +3

      Stock isn't extended

    • @DayDreamer10251
      @DayDreamer10251 5 лет назад

      @@piggosalternateaccount4917 but the rebels and combine soldiers fire it from the shoulder even though the stock isn't extended

    • @piggosalternateaccount4917
      @piggosalternateaccount4917 5 лет назад +5

      @@DayDreamer10251 Thats because they're using the AR2 anim

    • @DayDreamer10251
      @DayDreamer10251 5 лет назад +2

      @@piggosalternateaccount4917 Can you really call them AR2 animataions? Since the original SMG was a MP5k and not a MP7 (I think) and it looks like they are using those animations . . .Then again the original AR2 was some other assault rifle.
      Still I feel like there should be another answer other than the animation

    • @piggosalternateaccount4917
      @piggosalternateaccount4917 5 лет назад +1

      @@DayDreamer10251 No as in the AR2 animation is the only one that makes the NPCs shoulder the weapons properly

  • @bitjules
    @bitjules 5 лет назад +25

    Expertly researched video, loved it!

  • @RexOrbis
    @RexOrbis 5 лет назад +718

    Pick up that like button.

    • @reignponce7946
      @reignponce7946 5 лет назад +30

      pick up that like button or you will be forced to commit pernament off world assingment

    • @dr.coomer5115
      @dr.coomer5115 5 лет назад +10

      (*achievement unlocked* submissive) huh, neat.

    • @weedsmokinator420
      @weedsmokinator420 4 года назад +10

      Now put it in the trash.

    • @Miles02c
      @Miles02c 4 года назад +2

      Rex Orbis *throws like button at you*

    • @strelokand7306
      @strelokand7306 4 года назад +5

      You're free to go. H E H H E H HEH

  • @thatdudemetro6271
    @thatdudemetro6271 2 года назад +6

    I always liked the organization of the civil protection, many people believe that they are just a police force on the city but in reality their organization and equipment make them seem like security forces with police duties rather then your average standard police force, their duty is to defend the cities at all cost, hence why we actually fight them during the uprising chapter, of course they have to maintain stability as well, hence why they make the citizens afraid of them and conduct raids on appartments and rebel bases in the city. I believe barney in episode 1 said something about chicken shit metrocops having second thoughts about DEFENDING city 17. One thing i never liked is the fact valve had to make their ai simpler in comparison to the soldiers so the player wont get stomped early on, and another thing i never liked is the fact they use the mp7 sub machine gun from the hip while in many of their animations like the cover fire they actually use the damn thing correctly! Either way i just love the duality of a cp's character some joined because they are sympathetic to the combine or because they are power hungry but others joined because they want to support their family. Honestly i always wondered what kind of training do cps have, well IF they have wich i believe they do, especially looking at the worldbuilding and the lore of half life in general, i believe in beta cps had to deal with xen wildlife almost always, in retail they are the ones to invade black mesa east. Soldiers get their training implanted on their brain, i wonder if the metrocops do as well or if they actually have to train the traditional way.

  • @Rumble_Pak
    @Rumble_Pak 4 года назад +7

    It's funny how the clip that shows the CP's firing from cover behind a Combine wall, you actually hear them say "Running low on verdicts, taking cover" when they reload.

  • @defiraphi
    @defiraphi 5 лет назад +43

    You can easily see that this game is ahead of it's time and is one of the Top 5 best games ever .
    - The CP reloading their gun system
    - The well done programming from those CP's
    - Some of the CP's hast their unique movements
    - The assist
    - And so on and so fort
    Half-Life 2 is a very exciting game with an interesting story takes the player somewhere immersive and on top of it you can replay the many times without being bored of it " something that is very rare as non-existant in todays video games since they have a short lifespan and servers not more running for online playing "
    Only negative point in Half-Life franchise is no Half-Life Episode 3 . Which i doubt it will ever be made one day since the graphics and game mechanism has changed way too much . And that many fans has lost interest in the hope for a new Half-Life game .

  • @bastbo3225
    @bastbo3225 5 лет назад +8

    I really like these videos, they give me some good nostalgia. Keep up the good work.

  • @spartan456
    @spartan456 5 лет назад +22

    I never really paid attention to the metrocop dialogue. I think it's pretty cool that the radio chatter fits perfectly with the sequence of events. The metrocops don't know who you are and don't even acknowledge you until you start killing metrocops. The Overwatch dialogue afterwards and subsequent metrocop radio chatter directly reference this event, mentioning things like homicide and assault on a police officer.
    Really cool to me that someone at Valve had the idea to add that level of detail to something as minuscule as idle chit chat and radio. Shame they don't make real games anymore.

  • @markusmwyand
    @markusmwyand 5 лет назад +14

    9:50 i would love an addon for gmod that makes metropolice/combine soldiers take cover automatically behind random props like this

    • @DoctorProph3t
      @DoctorProph3t 3 года назад +3

      It’s already there on maps with ai footmapping

    • @Atomix7_137
      @Atomix7_137 4 месяца назад

      This is possible wherever they are present in the game

  • @IvanKCM
    @IvanKCM 4 года назад +9

    6:19 Seems like the Combine stole Discord so Metrocops could communicate in the early invasion

  • @ATP2555ify
    @ATP2555ify 5 лет назад +15

    2:24 that room is haunted

  • @fakeseal6006
    @fakeseal6006 5 лет назад +32

    they are not only cops... they are also... GHOSTBUSTERS! raid on a poltergeist house 2:20

  • @mattfox2716
    @mattfox2716 9 месяцев назад +1

    I absolutely love this, thank you so much. The world building and the lore is so good and you really helped showcase it.
    Thanks!

  • @mahtimies3200
    @mahtimies3200 4 года назад +12

    1:03 Theory: The Metrocops are Simps

  • @aminebe1263
    @aminebe1263 5 лет назад +38

    2:04 when you watch illegal hentai

    • @Spelo1
      @Spelo1 4 года назад +6

      FBI OPEN UP

  • @benmac9875
    @benmac9875 3 года назад +9

    This game was way ahead of its time

    • @eraytunali998
      @eraytunali998 3 года назад +1

      True. CP2077 police AI is nowhere near this level.

  • @wobbl6980
    @wobbl6980 3 года назад +2

    this is one of the deepest analysis I've ever seen

  • @TARINunit9
    @TARINunit9 4 года назад +8

    One thing to note is that normally Metrocops have less health than Combine Soldiers, but the group at the end of Episode 1 are buffed to have Combine Soldier health

  • @Janoczik
    @Janoczik 5 лет назад +16

    I never realized the amount of detail in metro cops. Man I wish we had metro cops that would take cover in combat in Gmod.

    • @Janoczik
      @Janoczik 5 лет назад

      @Wulf Do you know any maps that do that? I never knew.

    • @Janoczik
      @Janoczik 5 лет назад

      thanks

  • @Kavukamari
    @Kavukamari 5 лет назад +8

    8:12 this is actually new as well! can't remember when it was added, those two guys didn't used to be up there, and you could go up there and just halt the scene until you go back down

  • @casualbird7671
    @casualbird7671 5 лет назад +1

    So much detail is there that I never realized. I'm glad you went into a bunch of it and uploaded this

  • @Brandelwyn
    @Brandelwyn 5 лет назад +9

    6:35 welp, evil is evil. Ofc, threats are quite terrifying, but still

    • @Medved725
      @Medved725 5 лет назад +3

      Kill some random schmuck on the street, or lose your family/get mutilated and lobotomized/sent to another dimension. Which would you choose?

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn 5 лет назад +3

      @@Medved725 relocation seems nice, Ive never traveled anywhere.
      But for real, though, its better to die fighting or at least flee into the wastes than live every day in fear and pain

    • @Medved725
      @Medved725 5 лет назад +3

      @@Brandelwyn So I'm guessing Dr. Breen was simply offering Eli and Alyx a weekend getaway? hahaha
      The saying "'I'm alive, but this is not living." fits the CPs rather well I think.

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn 5 лет назад +3

      @@Medved725 Ironically, Breen himself, too, I think. Ever read his twitter blog?

  • @allenaju1856
    @allenaju1856 2 месяца назад +2

    I’d assume the officer isn’t receiving all the punishments listed but depending on the type of mission and severity in failure will result in a punishment and what they have. For some who don’t have families repductive credits and amputation are your concern but officers who have achieved or had families going in are held at higher gun point to ensure success

  • @Freezorgium
    @Freezorgium 2 года назад +4

    If I recall, when you're driving the airboat, they report you as a 10-105 (drunk driver)

  • @MikMoen
    @MikMoen 4 года назад +3

    7:00 Overwatch threatening the lives of your family to make sure you do what you're told, god there's so much I miss in game.

  • @mrsquid_
    @mrsquid_ Год назад +14

    i like how they have codenames like "hero nine" and "quick seven" meaning theyve either had to do something to achieve that title or they had too much time on their hands

    • @Rokaize
      @Rokaize Год назад

      Those are just radio call signs. If they are a military type organization they might even have a cypher. Which allows them to switch call signs daily in order to inhibit intelligence gathering efforts on them

  • @misterr_chadsgaming9020
    @misterr_chadsgaming9020 2 года назад +9

    9:16 hm yes, 10/10 cover

  • @pyreotusbark8954
    @pyreotusbark8954 5 лет назад +14

    wow the AI in this game is so advanced compared to AI in most games nowadays

  • @Rimsiakas
    @Rimsiakas 5 лет назад +1

    Oh man, thank you for subtitling the chatter. Sheds some light on the lore and ooh boy is it darker than I imagined. So cool.

  • @Flori511
    @Flori511 5 лет назад +7

    Me: I should go to sleepy it's 1am.
    Also me:
    Watch this video

  • @AndersonMallony-EricCF
    @AndersonMallony-EricCF 2 года назад +6

    5:51 the way she falls was funny

  • @kekistanimememan170
    @kekistanimememan170 3 года назад +4

    5:24 I believe they’re saying collateral damage concerns is now a non factor.

  • @TBgamer4
    @TBgamer4 2 года назад +6

    7:15 it woulda been better if they dropped their guns and surrendered, woulda made it even more clear they were trying to escape, and not just distractions while the soldiers prepare a attack

    • @large-turkey
      @large-turkey 11 месяцев назад

      They should have had the CPs give the player an option to let them onto the train, or to just kill them

  • @maxencepenel6202
    @maxencepenel6202 3 года назад +3

    That game is from the mid 2000's and I never experienced a game since that one with that much attention to details. Hell I don't know if it's the Half life fanboy inside me talking, but the wall textures (and all structure textures related) are breathtaking and it feel so immersive. Even from today's standard this game doesn't even feels old.
    I've played countless modern days games with amazing graphics but still I never felt that special feeling when you play point insertion for the first time (the whole game in fact).
    Thank you Valve for the experience, Half Life will always have a special place inside me.

  • @worldburnerbreadman7886
    @worldburnerbreadman7886 2 года назад +5

    **gets shot in the Chest twice with 9mm**
    “*Minor hits*”

    • @m-h1217
      @m-h1217 2 года назад +4

      They have vests though.

  • @jeremy_byrdpikachu3607
    @jeremy_byrdpikachu3607 4 года назад +4

    2:20 You know things are getting brutal when there's furniture appearing from thin air and flinging themselves towards the door in this source engine, as if they're alive somehow.

  • @psemek8000
    @psemek8000 4 года назад +1

    My thoughts on their punishments:
    -Family cohesion would mean that the family members get relocated to different cities and all contact is terminated.
    -Amputation means that you get executed for being useless and are not worth feeding. "Amputate anticitizen *insert name*".
    -Recycling is worse. You would beg for amputation instead. It means being turned into a stalker.
    -Off world service means that you get PERMANENTLY sent to war to further colonize and enslave different species. Cannon meat style. Kill until you die.
    -Rank points just probably means that you get promoted or demoted by how many points you accumulate. It probably just gives you access to more rations and the stimulant drug for fatigue. Also more contact with your family and more cigs and stuff. You don't really get promoted unless you take the memory re-programming.
    -Reproduction points could be the ability to live a parallel life in a vr coma where you get to meet a person and fall in love and impregnate and then your points end and you wake up and have to earn more by being a genocidal commie cop just to see your vr child being born and stuff.
    Such an interesting communist world.

  • @allthecarts2692
    @allthecarts2692 5 лет назад +3

    Note that the ones in cover starting at about 9:54 take turns firing, probably so that while one officer is reloading there will be another one who can still shoot.

  • @mow_cat
    @mow_cat 3 года назад +5

    im disgusted with the fact that as a kid this was all incohesive to me and i somehow didnt pick up on all the world building
    i need to replay this

  • @I-NUCL34R-I
    @I-NUCL34R-I 4 года назад +4

    0:31 nice music to hear when it is nearing midnight and you are in your room with no lights on

  • @sootierlamb3223
    @sootierlamb3223 2 года назад +2

    The reason they were sending the men to nova prospekt was because they were looking for Gordon and they didn’t want to take any chances

  • @Jaeger_89
    @Jaeger_89 5 лет назад +8

    HL2 is a masterpiece of game design...

  • @asianlifter
    @asianlifter 4 года назад +28

    1:30 WOAH CP, WHATCHA TRYING TO DO

  • @notjustinyeetroblox9928
    @notjustinyeetroblox9928 3 года назад +9

    11:56 minor hits? bro those hits are fatal even a 9mm can dispatch someone quick

    • @Haispawner
      @Haispawner День назад

      I guess having heavy enough clothes and being fed -stimulants- anti-fatigue rations does that to ya.

  • @danner253
    @danner253 5 лет назад +1

    I always loved the attention to detail with the radio chatter. I live to listen to it. When you really listen it immediately makes the world so much more real lol

  • @Alienboi2005vidsandstuff
    @Alienboi2005vidsandstuff 3 года назад +3

    7:44 one is just chasing freeman and the other is just vibing

  • @Delfite
    @Delfite 5 лет назад

    It's astonishing how much detail Valve puts into the little things in their games, thank you for you analysis videos on the combine in this game so now I can appreciate the effort they put into this game even more than I did when I first got it :P

  • @coaxill4059
    @coaxill4059 4 года назад +3

    Personally, I always figured that a disproportionate number of the men are adapted into combine ground forces. Nova prospkt might just be a convenient holding center where they can take eligible specimens, and leave the rest to rot.

  • @2delfini536
    @2delfini536 Год назад +1

    Love how many details this game has.