Hunters stand there barely shooting was done on purpose by Valve's AI. They want a AI that prioritize player over NPC's so player is always being pressured by hunters. Unlike other NPC's who will focus on enemies based on distance.
Who would win? Gordon - Could only carry 9999+9999 ammo of any weapon - can literally carry every weapon on earth on his back Vs Barnacle - Has an omnipotent tongue - Literally ate robots
@@deathtrooperbonzai4931 "I swear I'm not making this up. I--okay, it seems like the troops are shocked too. They're--they seem to be _calling off the raid_ to line up and take a picture of the dropship's corpse. My credit score is seriously not high enough for this."
@@laylaruan probably based on the fact all worker or soldier ants or bees in a nest are considered female and since it’s just a random grub it’s safe to assume it would grow into a soldier or worker
From a design perspective, barnacles are really interesting. It looks like for all entities besides the player, the target is killed when they touch the tongue, not when the enter the mouth. And of course this game would be detailed enough to have the barnacle die when eating a poison headcrab
11:47 Alex just standing there as Dog flings a radiator with enough force that she flies back and slams into the wall is so fucking funny and I don't know why
When I think of a zombine i think of a zombie with a grenade so In my opinion if you take the grenade then you also have to take the poison zombies poison headcrabs
it's simple targetting AI. The zombie moved interest to the newest target,but it went too far behind so the zombie moved interest in the poison zombie. It's not intended interaction,just targetting AI
I think the reason the acid antlion died upon it hitting the antlion guard is due to a script with its AI package that often prevents it from being used by the player to kill the antlion guard(s) you encounter in episode 2.
Stalker combat ai is abysmally bad and requires some more thinkering to have it activate in the right time. Stalkers will engage other enemies if they see you kill one of them or in this case of taking significant damage.
9:09 believe it or not, in base hl2, barnacles had no programming for interacting with poison headcrabs. this used to cause the game to crash, but it never occurred because at no point in base hl2 are their barnacles and poison headcrabs in the same area. this was fixed by ep1
Same happens with rollermines, and you can cause that crash without cheats by carrying a rollermine through highway 17 and sandtraps all the way to nova prospekt.
@@yokicimmerman7234 I might be wrong, haven't played in a while, but I think theres an invisible wall that prevents npcs in that area from moving into the area that the barnacles are in so as to prevent crashes, since it would be possible to lure a poison headcrab into the barnacles otherwise.
19:01 I was expecting a manhack to look like a couple of beyblades, but I wasn't expecting it to look _this_ much like beyblades. Also special mention to 23:12 for the funniest demonstration of port priority.
@@crack4184 In a more general note, if something exists first, if a tie between a significant action occurs, that first existing thing wins the action. Can be seen also in multiplayer games.
AI aside, do you think the Antlion Guards have a chance against Striders in the story? like it could probably knock one of its legs off and finish it or something
@@cookiejoe5564 realistically, I think the Antlion Guard could have a fair chance. Given their incredible armor, one could easily shrug off the bullets and get close enough to strike a leg, but whether it manages to injure a leg or get impaled I guess depends on the intelligence of both
@@risinivy An Antlion Guard has identical strength to Dog, as they both destroyed a Combine Vehicle with ease, perhaps it really is up to the intelligence of both.
Not gunna lie. The antlion and the crow is something I didnt know i needed in my life. Please upload a hour long video of the Antlion trying to catch the crow.
You see, most have the mobility to dodge the initial projectile and take it down. Zombine grenades, however, are harder to avoid because the Zombine is holding onto it while charging you down, and it insta-kills (or at least does a stupid amount of damage).
How is it fair to take away what makes a zombine a zombine. But not take away what makes a poison zombie a poison zombie and if it's to make it fair then there would be no video and no battle because they would draw...
If you attack a zombine's arm, they will drop their grenade. It's an easily countered move. If you don't believe me, load up one of the episodes and try for yourself.
I remember player can ragdoll the dropships by a black hole grenade in HL2 Smod. I know it is a mod but that somehow means dropship is not totally invincible
16:55 - at least we can sleep easy knowing that, when Lamarr jumped in with you in the teleporter, Lamarr would have realistically starved. 19:01 - City 17 presents battlebots 14:46 - Locked in a prison of perpetual war, a flaming eye, casting its shadow over Mordor.
The fact that the lower rank guy killed the (i forgor what is the name of the npc that shoots lazerbeam) while the higher rank combine with more hp cant even do it lol
the only thing I've learned from this, is Alyx REALLY should have forked over that gun of hers to Gordon, that things probably powerful enough to cap the G-Man in his tracks
I'm always running into these videos and then checking the date to see how many decades ago they were. Weird that I stumble upon a HL2 video from just a few hours ago.
As I watched I really enjoyed imagining that each competitor was put forward as a representative of their character models people. Maybe they had to do heats and be the best zombie to represent all of zombinekind in these head to heads. HL2Modelympics.... Be the best headcrab you can be, get that bird, your friends and family are watching at home...
Yeah, experiments like these are very interesting. Would be nice to see, for example, such unusual situations in actual game environments next time, maybe what would NPCs do in the areas where they never appear
@@niiiiiiiiiiiiaif any npc spawned in any place they aren't supposed to be, they would either walk to any info_node(s), or just stand around and do nothing, unless you tell them to follow you. He doesn't tell that because it's just too obvious.
Antlion: I have backed you into a corner! City Scanner: I have the high ground! Antlion: Well then, I guess it's a stalemate. City Scanner: Indeed it is.
8:25 I didn’t expect that result at all. Okay, I’ve learned that Barnacles are basically the god of the ambush world. LOL City Scanners back into a corner and everything breaks. Lol Crow’s basically just taunt everyone. The roller mine and the turret was interesting. Cool to see how the turret kept the roller mine at bay for so long!
Really cool watching these fights to see which enemy is technically the strongest (It's the barnacle). Also, the Zombie World Star bit was pretty funny.
"What happens when Alyx fights a Hunter?"
Well, I mean...........
Ep 2 flashbacks
Hunters stand there barely shooting was done on purpose by Valve's AI. They want a AI that prioritize player over NPC's so player is always being pressured by hunters. Unlike other NPC's who will focus on enemies based on distance.
@@remiremedyremratio
It caught her off guard ONCE
@@remiremedyrem hands off the internet bub
I love how the barnacles are absolutely overpowered
When you gotta eat..
The god Gordon defeats in the first game was merely holding the barnacles at bay.
Their only natural predator is Gordon lmao.
Oh yeah, fun fact, poison headcrabs kill barnacles.
Who would win?
Gordon
- Could only carry 9999+9999 ammo of any weapon
- can literally carry every weapon on earth on his back
Vs
Barnacle
- Has an omnipotent tongue
- Literally ate robots
8:27 "Yeah, uh, sorry, uh, there's gonna be a slight, uh, delay in sending reinforcements. Uh, one of our dropships got, uh, caught by a barnacle..."
"wait wait.. repeat that? A barnacle. Caught one of our dropships?"
@@deathtrooperbonzai4931 "I swear I'm not making this up. I--okay, it seems like the troops are shocked too. They're--they seem to be _calling off the raid_ to line up and take a picture of the dropship's corpse. My credit score is seriously not high enough for this."
“ATTENTION ALL UNITS: 50% RATION PENALTY APPLIED.”
@@AceOfCrowbars Copy that. We will send another Dropship to pick you guys up. Hang tight.
@Zeke Morrison Come on, our second dropship got caught again. Wait, why aren’t we shooting the damn barnacle?
Alyx slowly walking towards the grub, simply to step on him and look to the camera had me laughing hysterically for no reason at all.
i wanted her to pet the grub!
Wouldn’t the grub probably be a female?
@@dominicstocker5144 Why's that?
@@laylaruan probably based on the fact all worker or soldier ants or bees in a nest are considered female and since it’s just a random grub it’s safe to assume it would grow into a soldier or worker
@@ykosnai8983
Ah fair
From a design perspective, barnacles are really interesting. It looks like for all entities besides the player, the target is killed when they touch the tongue, not when the enter the mouth.
And of course this game would be detailed enough to have the barnacle die when eating a poison headcrab
Episodic addition only, original HL2 lacked it.
@@timmustafin7233 Plus HLA
@@sunwannat hla reuses the code from hl2 mostly
@@sunwannat hla doesn't have that
@@AmBush2048 Right, I actually meant to say HLA also lacks it
14:50 is absolutely the cutest fight scene ever. Good ending
Fancy seeing you here
The two headcrabs play-fighting was also pretty cute.
it started so epic too with the barrels exploding on each other mid air. It was some anime shit.
The Dogs started playing Catch!
they had so much fun
11:47 Alex just standing there as Dog flings a radiator with enough force that she flies back and slams into the wall is so fucking funny and I don't know why
@@TinyDeskEngineer bruh
“Good throw, Dog!”
@@taboret3280 keep that in mind i designed this rhyme
All I know
"alex" :|
19:55 might be the only case I've ever seen of an unmovable force vs an unstoppable object.
You have those the wrong way around lol.
@@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks I think he did that on purpose.
i mean the force was pretty clearly moved
unstoppable force vs movable object
@@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks thats the joke
Love how Alyx beats them all, even herself
Except for dog, dog "protected" her.
it's Like God of war like Kratos use "B o I" but not really because alyx can died you know
Not the antlion grub
Its because she has that health plus an op 100% accurate gun
@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 Yeah, her pistol lacks the DPS of Barney, but it's way more accurate
The antlion never catches the Crow.
Volvo plz NERF the Crow!!!!1!
Crow best AI.
@Hyperboy aesops fables
The crow is so good it even has the chops to swoop down and taunt the antlion.
Brandon Lee
The tragedy of the zombine and his performance enhancing grenade
When I think of a zombine i think of a zombie with a grenade so In my opinion if you take the grenade then you also have to take the poison zombies poison headcrabs
@@ManaMan_1405 That's a very controversial statement to make!
“He’s going nuclear!”
@@ManaMan_1405 "Im glad theres no kids around to hear this!"
@@ManaMan_1405 exactly
The barnacle is the only thing that can defeat a drop ship carrier
You can kill a dropship if it has the destructible flag on, I belive.
@@rddzXS I don’t know anything of a Flag, but I know the drop pod is destructible but the model itself is not killable from what I know…
@@rddzXS canonically the barnacle is the only thing that can take one out
@@potatoman7594 "canon"
@@mrhoundeye1064 “””canon””””
Remember when barnacles in HL1 could chew through insane amounts of health you'd get from the door glitch?
These were the times :`)
HL1 barnacles are literally programmed to instakill the player after a couple seconds lol
@@adirblazkowics7717 Ratio
@@the10ofdiamondscard Nah
@@the10ofdiamondscard Nah
@@the10ofdiamondscard Nah
Your last segment of Zombie wars and the voice over gave me big Idiots of Gmod and Janus Syndicate vibes, well done sir :)
I got the vibes of KOTH edits - especially the one where a person asks Peggy about Hank's 'quick temperrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" (title: Swing Bobby Swing)
@@RockinEnabled BOGGLE
It was probably a reference to the funny zombie boxing map that was made during Half-Life 2's development.
haha you said anus
19:40 When you're trying to go to break but customers keep asking you for help
lol that slow turnaround
"But customer is king" and he completely destroyed that stalker
@@bobithebest3782 he died from tiredness
@@-.leah.- My job in a nutshell
"Night shift at the Citadel isn’t that bad."
- Toby, 22
5:56 I like how Alyx looks at the camera after stepping on the thing
Like:
"Huh... I thought it was more than enough to kill it."
"ma ma"
25:06 HL2 amazing interactions, the zombi checking the flying headcrab landing position and turns back to fight.
Oh crap
it's simple targetting AI. The zombie moved interest to the newest target,but it went too far behind so the zombie moved interest in the poison zombie. It's not intended interaction,just targetting AI
@@whatevermanh7657 shush
@@whatevermanh7657 it's emergent behaviour
@@baumdf9134 It's not as impressive as you guys are acting
19:48 No one going to talk about how cool that was? Like the only time a Metrocop has looked so badass.
A cinematic value
Bro that metro cop could beat Freeman. Or he could join him too.
and the combine soldier failed
That metrocop was totally Barney in disguise.
Entropy Zero
This feels like a RUclips video from 2013 for all the right reasons
It's like a missing element
Watch it in 360p
@@SkyBorik 360p was like peak 2009 quality.
By 2013 video quality was pretty good.
@@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 true, but my internet was very slow at that time and I was watching everything in 360p
@@genericwhitekidthesecond4330 aka 480p
23:12 Vort punched the floor too hard
lol
Barney dying has got to be the saddest thing I've ever seen in my entire existence.
Who will owe the beers now?
I wanted to see Barney vs. Barnacle
@@Bacony_Cakes Barney. In the Heavens
Barney vs combat scientist
SHIT!
I think the reason the acid antlion died upon it hitting the antlion guard is due to a script with its AI package that often prevents it from being used by the player to kill the antlion guard(s) you encounter in episode 2.
The other, glowing one is called a Guardian
The dogs just playing with each other at the end :-)
Metrocop vs stalker was such a meme.
He tried to walk away until he got annoyed and just laser-eyed the metro.
And then got destroyed because metrocops can shoot while moving sideways. CPs superior.
Stalker combat ai is abysmally bad and requires some more thinkering to have it activate in the right time. Stalkers will engage other enemies if they see you kill one of them or in this case of taking significant damage.
@@zonetropper aren't they made to focus on the player
I mean what would you expect from the dessicated shell of what used to be a person? Apathy doesn't even begin to describe it
Dies anyway
The blob just picking up and moving the turret away is pretty fantastic
When
@@thesmallchildremade6241 during the blob portion... it's not hard to find but here you go? 9:54 like its in the description.
it wasn't the blob, it was the player! he came up to the turret and picked it up from the ground for the blob to carry it away
Like one of those cartoons where a group of ants just steals something.
9:09 believe it or not, in base hl2, barnacles had no programming for interacting with poison headcrabs. this used to cause the game to crash, but it never occurred because at no point in base hl2 are their barnacles and poison headcrabs in the same area. this was fixed by ep1
Same happens with rollermines, and you can cause that crash without cheats by carrying a rollermine through highway 17 and sandtraps all the way to nova prospekt.
I tried that once and the game just went black, lol
In Half-Life 2 there is area with barnacles and poison headcrubs. I think it is in start of "Follow Freeman", in sewerage
@@yokicimmerman7234 I might be wrong, haven't played in a while, but I think theres an invisible wall that prevents npcs in that area from moving into the area that the barnacles are in so as to prevent crashes, since it would be possible to lure a poison headcrab into the barnacles otherwise.
There were poison headcrabs and barnacles in the sewage canal.
damn, that lil sketch at the end sended me back to the cheap gmod machinimas, so nostalgic
25:05 I love how that zombie turned around like "Really?"
10:36 When you both have nukes and afraid of firing first
Cold War moment
The loud thud that Crow makes at 4:53 when it hits the ground never ceases to make me laugh
3:10 i love how much the scanner taunts this poor antlion lol
Also, the way they move is so smooth
19:01
I was expecting a manhack to look like a couple of beyblades, but I wasn't expecting it to look _this_ much like beyblades.
Also special mention to 23:12 for the funniest demonstration of port priority.
What's port priority?
@@Igrium First entity to appear get priority if two attacks hit at the same time
@@crack4184 In a more general note, if something exists first, if a tie between a significant action occurs, that first existing thing wins the action.
Can be seen also in multiplayer games.
7:44 jesus that was brutal
AI aside, do you think the Antlion Guards have a chance against Striders in the story? like it could probably knock one of its legs off and finish it or something
@@cookiejoe5564 realistically, I think the Antlion Guard could have a fair chance.
Given their incredible armor, one could easily shrug off the bullets and get close enough to strike a leg, but whether it manages to injure a leg or get impaled I guess depends on the intelligence of both
@@risinivy An Antlion Guard has identical strength to Dog, as they both destroyed a Combine Vehicle with ease, perhaps it really is up to the intelligence of both.
@@cookiejoe5564 Except Antlion Guard can not jump, like Dog did, to take out Strider.
@@ceu160193 but it can destroy vehicles, it's not far off to say that it can have a chance against a Strider if it can knock it off its legs
The dogs Playing catch with each other was so wholesome
alyx slowly approaching the slug to just stand on it is the funniest thing i’ve seen in a while
I love how Dog straight up just throws a radiator at Alyx
He was saying that her face be looking radiant 🤣
"im done with yo bullshit"
Yep. That is indeed what happened.
7:43 goddamn that was gruesome
Not gunna lie. The antlion and the crow is something I didnt know i needed in my life. Please upload a hour long video of the Antlion trying to catch the crow.
Dear Poison Zombie,
You call the Zombine cheap, but you throw a projectile that reduces everything's health to 1?
Curious
Turning Point Antlion Grub
You see, most have the mobility to dodge the initial projectile and take it down. Zombine grenades, however, are harder to avoid because the Zombine is holding onto it while charging you down, and it insta-kills (or at least does a stupid amount of damage).
@@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 yes but the poison zombie has 3 headcrabs
How is it fair to take away what makes a zombine a zombine. But not take away what makes a poison zombie a poison zombie and if it's to make it fair then there would be no video and no battle because they would draw...
If you attack a zombine's arm, they will drop their grenade. It's an easily countered move. If you don't believe me, load up one of the episodes and try for yourself.
@@garryghibli5993 Or just use the gravity gun.
Dropship: "Disgusting"
Gunship: "Finally some good fucking food!"
never knew that dropships can ragdoll
Kinda cursed tbh.
found that out when using hl2 console commands by using Phys cannon mega on it
You can actually see a dropship ragdoll in episode 2 when approching the silo site.
@@marcelosouzaa1998 And one in the Citadel in episode 1
I remember player can ragdoll the dropships by a black hole grenade in HL2 Smod. I know it is a mod but that somehow means dropship is not totally invincible
04:18 How I nail airshots as a Soldier in TF2
You gottem boss.
THE BARNACLE HAS EYES
I just noticed after so many years oh my god
Wait the barnacles has eyes?
WHERE
It has eyes? Oh god
where
4 in a circle around it.
I find it really wholesome that the dogs put aside thier fight and started playing catch
Me too
"Is your refrigerator flying?"
18:23 this how hunters mate each other.
If "npc_ministrider" is still in the "episodic" files, it always made for some interesting and unusual battles.
Isnt the ministrider hunter invincible to everything but the ar2 secondary
@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 AR2? Naaaah.
AR3, sure.
*the what*
Love how at 25:10 the zombie looks at the crab going by and back again, as if he's confused by the unusual attempt.
12:55 Did Dog just give that Rollermine a high five?
23:53 is absolutely hilarious 😆 And so much effort for decorations and sound design, too! Just that already deserves a sub 🙂
16:55 - at least we can sleep easy knowing that, when Lamarr jumped in with you in the teleporter, Lamarr would have realistically starved.
19:01 - City 17 presents battlebots
14:46 - Locked in a prison of perpetual war, a flaming eye, casting its shadow over Mordor.
Battle bots lol.
I love how Alex just walks right over the Bug And then looks at the camera (GAME!)
5:51 top 5 anime fights so violent that they were censored in Germany
It was replaced by robot Antlion Grub with all marks denoting authority removed.
10:10 "OUR KING. OUR KING. WATCH OUT IF KING WILL FAL... Goddammit Anthony"
21:30 damn the cover actually works
The fact that the lower rank guy killed the (i forgor what is the name of the npc that shoots lazerbeam) while the higher rank combine with more hp cant even do it lol
@@LambdaMc Stalker
@@LambdaMc CP?
Suggestion. Keep the muted grey and white, but make the floor a giant chess board
21:21 The CIA trying to dissapear me after I find your you can eat batteries
"In this video, I've put two NPCs in a box and forced them to fight each other, even if they're friends"
Later: 18:22
the only thing I've learned from this, is Alyx REALLY should have forked over that gun of hers to Gordon, that things probably powerful enough to cap the G-Man in his tracks
And yet it’s relatively lame in hla
@@adeeta5701 That's what you get for fucking space-time and lore by changing the ending to episode 2
@@soupcangaming662 past me was coping, by the end of the game, your pistol is badass.
2:07 I was really hoping the Antlions would just fly towards each other, collide, and die lol
There's something about how the zombie looks back at 25:06 that's peak comedy
"Bruh"
The zombine storyline was completely unexpected but a pleasant suprise nonetheless
10:55
Hydrogen bomb VS crying baby
18:13 he stood still for the camera, what a distinguished gentleman
19:34 Stalker to the CP: Man I've had enough of your bullshit
23:35 was so cool
That antlion grub fight was intense! Did you see his moves?! He is truly unbeatable.
For some reason I thought Dog playing fetch with the rollermine was really cute.
8:57 What the dog doin?
A S C E N D
I think a segment where you go over the NPC names in the map would be pretty interesting! Like for example, Laslo's name isn't actually Laslo in game.
me when the male_07
9:54
"The fuck are those melons?"
The editing really makes this video special, pinsplash is a treasure
17:05 legit Lammar
the "My dad built him to protect me" had me rolling lmao
2:34 actual footage of me trying to kill a fly in my house
you can fly?
7:16 an average 6' man vs 5'9 manlet
19:00 is pretty much DroneWars
21:53 when you start losing a boxing match.
best comment
bro said "fuck this shit im taking him with me"
In Syria
Ended up watching the whole video. Zombie Wars was amazing, and the video in general was super interesting. Love this video!
Can we get a short version of 7:50 with Scatman dubbed over it? That sounds good to me.
I'm always running into these videos and then checking the date to see how many decades ago they were.
Weird that I stumble upon a HL2 video from just a few hours ago.
As I watched I really enjoyed imagining that each competitor was put forward as a representative of their character models people. Maybe they had to do heats and be the best zombie to represent all of zombinekind in these head to heads. HL2Modelympics....
Be the best headcrab you can be, get that bird, your friends and family are watching at home...
You should repeat this but in an all-versus-all tournament format, to work out just which NPC is the strongest in all of HL2.
15:07 they doin the catch
17:00 that's literally Lamar if you get it
I love how the barnacle vs acid lion or poison headcrab is: we can both lose.
I must say, Zombine and Poison's conversation hit me much more than other quote-on-quote emotional stories.
Would definitely love more videos like this.
(By the way do the City Scanners actually blind other NPCs?)
They dont
Yeah, experiments like these are very interesting.
Would be nice to see, for example, such unusual situations in actual game environments next time, maybe what would NPCs do in the areas where they never appear
@@niiiiiiiiiiiiaif any npc spawned in any place they aren't supposed to be, they would either walk to any info_node(s), or just stand around and do nothing, unless you tell them to follow you. He doesn't tell that because it's just too obvious.
5:56 the most epic battle.
19:16 bay-blade simulator right there.
I like how the Barnacle can just consume a whole Gunship in one go.
HL2 logic be like:
If ur hungry ur hungry...
14:50 Gentlemen, this seems to be the best victory so far
10:41 CSGO 1v1 AWP be like
some of these fights have the same energy as waiting for the dvd screensaver to hit the corner
Came for the experiment
Stood and subbed bc of this guy's amazing way of making videos entertaining and funny
The Ending Was epic, I saw it live.
I was so afraid to ask these questions thank god u uploaded
Antlion: I have backed you into a corner!
City Scanner: I have the high ground!
Antlion: Well then, I guess it's a stalemate.
City Scanner: Indeed it is.
Didn't expect to see the headcrab and the manhack to be so equally matched!
8:25 I didn’t expect that result at all.
Okay, I’ve learned that Barnacles are basically the god of the ambush world. LOL
City Scanners back into a corner and everything breaks. Lol
Crow’s basically just taunt everyone.
The roller mine and the turret was interesting. Cool to see how the turret kept the roller mine at bay for so long!
Really cool watching these fights to see which enemy is technically the strongest (It's the barnacle).
Also, the Zombie World Star bit was pretty funny.