Black Mesa: Blue Shift - Captive Freight - The HECU Arrives (Gameplay Teaser)
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- After the Resonance Cascade, Barney makes his way to the surface of the Black Mesa Research Facility, where he witnesses the arrival of the military unit known as the HECU - special forces imbued with one duty: wipe out all traces of the experiment that led to the incident...including its personnel.
A brief showcase of the first HECU battle in "Captive Freight", the fourth (and lengthiest) chapter in the incredibly well-made mod Black Mesa: Blue Shift. I tried my best to make it seem like an "official gameplay teaser" and intended this video to give a small taste of what the chapter has in store for players. If you like this, rest assured that the rest of the chapter only escalates in intensity.
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The fourth chapter of Black Mesa: Blue Shift (Captive Freight) released recently and I had the chance to play through it this past weekend. It’s an absolute blast and I highly recommend that anyone with at least a passing interest in this game try it out; it’s easily the best work that HECU Collective has put out thus far; impressively large and detailed maps, intense and entertaining firefights, excellent music, and stellar voice acting.
It's also incredibly long at 11 maps. Not complaining, as I never felt like it was padded out. However, this does mean that it will take some time for me to get a full playthrough of this chapter out, especially given the numerous combat encounters. Since it may not come out for a bit, I decided to upload the first combat encounter of the chapter in the form of a “teaser” to hopefully whet the appetites of those who are awaiting the full chapter playthrough. I’ve always wanted to make a mock “official gameplay trailer” so it was quite fun editing this encounter to imitate that.
Hopefully you guys like it - I will continue to work on the rest of the chapter in the meantime. See you all ahead!
*11* Maps? Hot damn! This is gonna be fun!
I'm already dying of anxiety as you will continue the adventure with your Taiminga and everything, what a thrill: D.
Eager to see it! I actually love the first person animations in this, its a nice touch. The Marines at the start caught me off guard, yet I quickly realized those were the guys you saw at the end of the last chapter.
I also liked the different weapon animations for bareny, plus recoil management due to his tranaing, all those details are impressive for a workshop mod. Plus the other guard in chapter 3 was a nice idea too, I really love how they added scripts for when the NPCS can't follow you anymore in Black Mesa
I am eager how you will handle the marines later on. Me, I rushed them ,mostly, due to the open terrain most of the time, trying to end fights as quickly as possible, given you can't restore armor as easily as with the HEV.
I loved this chapter the most. A note if you encounter any bugs with the allies: save before any scripted sequences, and hang to the back of the group. I had a couple times where their pathfinding got thrown off and someone got left behind.
If you start shooting first, they yell "He knows!"
Yeah, pretty cool to know they wrote lines for both options.
I'm definitly happy with how you characterize Barney here. He knows damn well that the military are not here to save them but he plays along till the moment they set a trap for him, then he bolts it for the nearest "safe haven" and improvises from there. Well done
Es muy sierto bro
I'm glad! I intended to convey Barney's perceptiveness so I am happy it came through; me looking at the numerous means that he can use to get out like the explosive barrels, alternate path, etc.
@@Sexy_Nutella ohhhh i didnt know you made him eye up the barrels. I thought you made him eye the soldiers. Great job regardless!
@@OnyxNuva thanks so much :)
@@Sexy_Nutellawait, when was the barrels?
This is really the only time you see the HECU and they don't IMMEDIATELY open fire on you so when I got here for the first time, it surprised me but I still knew I was being set up. Really great chapter, on par with Surface Tension
Yeah, the idea to have them be non-hostile at first is very original. Pretty fitting that the surface chapters of both games are the highlight for many people (myself included)
Wow, didn’t know the hecu can have a few “words” with us first. Other players just shoot them at first sight.
I like how you roleplay when you look at the dead scientist then look at the soldiers start getting to position , like your character notice something odd then immediately move to cover. Great work.
It was indeed intended to convey that Barney's already in on the know, and my movements are supposed to reflect him thinking how he's going to get out of this mess. Glad you noticed and thanks! :)
The HECU got us in the first half not gonna lie
I dunno, them saying stuff like "We've got a live one headed your way" in such a menacing tone is pretty sus ;P
i see what you did there
Oh my gosh, that was really interesting. I didn't realize they were setting a trap for him at first. It seemed weirdly cool to have Black Mesa soldiers working with Barney. A betrayal like that is something I haven't really seen in a game before.
Agreed! I was expecting to climb up the ladder and face those turrets just like the original; them pretending to be friendly caught me offguard and I loved it.
It makes sense if we are fair, I doubt they literally rolled in guns blazing but likely arrested or tricked staff initially before word maybe spread they were hostile or when it went bad enough they started firing on sight on staff.
(tbf I still think the whole "Backup is hostile trope" makes little sense from a semi-realistic POV and is more fitting to a cliché or early 2000s game plot :D.
The government invested in BM which is clear by lore and they roll in to "help" by massacring the staff that can fix it in the first place?)
@@Paonporteur It's not the real life zombie virus that does things as it happens in this game. But rather what's inside the headcrab's toxin does its magic and makes the dead body rise. The thing is, the toxin inside of the headcrab only helps mutating a normal human's dna / body to allow the headcrab to gain strength, power and even skills to digest / feed upon human flesh. the Headcrab controls the body through the host's nervous system. The whole thing is actually explained in Opposing Force, don't know if you've played that single player expansion before. Judging by your comment and knowledge, you haven't. One of the scientists in Opfor says "Have you ever seen such a magnificent species? These crabs can completely control their hosts’ nerves system. Can you imagine what the next stage of mutation looks like?" This just proves how they hatch onto their preys to control their bodys to evolve / survive or however you like to put it in words. And there's a scripted scene where zombie soldier gets up and throws the scientist to smash the glass...there's some x-ray pictures in that room explaining the initial purpose of headcrabs.
@@Paonporteur Because its a parasite
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@@Unknown-ek1ox I'm under the impression they believe the scientists, (at least some of them) are responsible. In any case, gman likely played a big part in how it turned out. We know he doesn't like survivors, at least ones he can't keep an eye on or contain. (All survivors we know of have been in direct or indirect contact with gman, wether they know it or not).
Military makes sure black mesa personell don't get out of nuke range, and the nuke takes out the rest.
Gotta love how Barney realized that the marines killed the Scientist. He heard a marine say a live one is coming while whispering, and for some reason, the marines asked if Barney knew the scientist. The marines definitely don’t need to know them. They just want to eliminate Freeman and everyone responsible with the Resonance Cascade.
Also, I’m pretty sure that Captive Freight takes place when Gordon is in the Office Complex.
@@ttn1043 You got it. Without spoiling anything there are some pretty telltale signs later on in the chapter that ties it into Freeman's journey during WGH ;))
@@ttn1043It’s probably during We’ve Got Hostiles, now that I think of it.
Wonder why Freeman took so long just to go through a High Storage area.
@@Sexy_Nutellae more thing I forgot to note. I think I remember a Scientist warning Barney about the military. So Barney took precaution from trusting the military.
Anyways, can’t wait to see your Captive Freight gameplay.
That's one sinister ambush indeed! I like how one of them performs cover & concealment after he's done talking, and others are already on the higher ground.
Yeah, it's quite ominous eh? How they take flanking positions when Barney gets close to the corpse.
It was interesting to see how you (role-playing Barney) would react to the HECU at the start of this chapter. Barney witnessed them carelessly dumping bodies into a pit but has yet to see them actually killing anyone first hand. I liked that your first reaction in the distrust was one of defense rather than offense.
On my play-through, the moment they told me to check out the dead body was when I went ham with the shotgun.
Thanks for noticing that I made Barney take the defense first rather than attacking them right off the bat; it was definitely intentional and I'm happy you saw that :)
Thank you for such cinematic gameplay videos that reveal the full potential of the game!
Thank YOU for the amazing score for this chapter! I enjoyed all the music. I loved the track that plays when you're exploring the turntable trying to save Rosenberg, and the track when you fight the tank :)
I'll definitely be playing this once I get a new PC, HECU Collective did one hell of a job, can't wait to see Calhoun in action!
I'm so excited for you! It's definitely on-par with Black Mesa in terms of quality I'd say.
Alright, guys, weapons free...
Then it turns out you attacked the one guard who could fuck up your face. And the rest of your body.
the best part.
The calm and cold way he says that - so good.
This one knows... weapons free
Search scientist dead body and marine trying to kill or trick barney Calhoun
Damn how eerie this all is. The slow build up and the eventual betrayal. Black mesa staff are all alone 😔
Yeah for sure. The sense of uneasiness is great here
Wow, that's awesome that they have dialogue at that part. If only Barney hand't seen them dump a dead guard prior before that.
Yeah, it was definitely a case of fortunate timing. Though they were acting pretty sus even without Barney having seen them dumping the bodies haha
Oh, immersive king is back ^_^
Glad to be back! Hope you've been doing well!
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That HECU Soldier seemed so nice by his personality. Too bad he's the enemy that goes down :'c
He's just glad you'd march to the disposal site by yourself and he doesn't have to drag your body. You don't see the wicked grin under his mask.
That's how they probably fooled the science team though :(
Oh wow I didn't even realize they did that. I just opened fire immediately and the guy on the ledge said "Shit he knows!" HECU Collective did such a fantastic job with this chapter, and the mod as a whole so far. Super excited to see more!
Super cool that they had this all designed around the player potentially not shooting the HECU on first sight :)
God Damn. You playing this game like real life. I love it
It's what I love to do and I'm glad it comes across like that :)
Very cinematic as usual.
Good to hear from you! And thanks :)
Oooo, I'm actually excited getting a new Chapter Gameplay here
Glad you're excited! Hope you enjoy ^^
Nice to see the concept of hecu acting friendly to barney and tried to lure him to their trap
Yeah, pretty unique for sure
Holy hell welcome back! I always love your immersion of the HL games!
More to come! Thank you :)
Good to see you back ‘Tella! Wicked as always ❤
Good to hear from you too! More to come :)
Awwww Yiss! As soon as I heard the next chapters were out, I've been hoping you'd release a video. Nobody does characterization anywhere near as well as you do. We appreciate what you do!
I appreciate your comment too! Looking forward to getting the full chapter out :)
My perspective was a little different.
Barney: Huh, dead scientist, next to a pit, _hey are those bodies at the bottom?_
Soldiers: _Weapons free!_
Barney: _There it is._
i was so excited than i saw it was a teaser BUT STILL NEW GAMEPLAY LETS GOOOO
Sorry to keep you waiting! Hopefully I can crush out the rest of the chapter soon
Thank you for keeping the content alive. Always a pleasure and looking forward to further uploads!
More to come! Thank you for the continued support, good to hear from you again :)
LET'S GOOOOOOOO!
I'M really thrilled and excited to see the full gameplay of your amazing cinematic experience and skills. Captive Freight is a absolute blast and a fun adventure, nearly cried playing it 😎👍
Yeah it's as epic as Surface Tension in the base game :)
Keep up the vids man!
Will do! Thank you
Ahh its been a long time man. I hope for more music sync
You'll get them :P
From the begining There are not friendly after all. The HECU.
We've got hostiles!
Wow this looks awesome!
Rest of the chapter is just as good :)
I very happy to see you posted again especially about chapter 4
Hope you enjoyed it! More to come :)
@Sexy Nutella can't wait. Love the way you RP the character while being very skilled at the game.
@@tankingbeast1132 appreciate the kind words. Takes a painstaking amount of effort, glad it's worth it :)
I had no idea the H.E.C.U. well communicate with you and trick you others prayers will just shoot them on site.
Yeah, I wanted to showcase their "trap" so I didn't immediately get to shooting them. I found that it also increases the tension :)
Scary shit
Indeed. That feeling of unease is so palpable
@@Sexy_Nutella not just that, but how they literally PLAY with you, it's a literal execution, it shows how RUTHLESS those guys are
I would fall for this trap irl no doubt about it
It's pretty sneaky of the HECU!
I did something similar, putting myself into the resident badass normal of the series.
Only I didn't go into the shed. I peeked at the scientist, turned to the first guy who invited me into the trap, blasted him, whipped around and blasted the other before he could react, then ran for cover.
Yep, the game gives you the flexibility to approach this situation however you choose
@@Sexy_Nutella It's so satisfying when YOU catch them by surprise and they go "Shit, he knows!"
KING'S BACK
Happy to hear from you again too! Hope you've been doing good man :)
@@Sexy_Nutella I've been doing OK. Should I make Gordon Freeman has PTSD 2? Also, I figured out why that video had so many views. It's cause you commented on it. Took me too long to figure it out.
And I think I know exactly what song to use and how to edit it. It's going to be waay better than the first one. And I don't think I have to ask for permission to use clips from your playthrough.
@@erikpng I think you should go ahead with it! I'd appreciate if you mentioned me in the video description or wherever, but other than that feel free to use the footage as you have for the first one haha
@@Sexy_Nutella silly, of course I'm going to credit you.
Wow, def a good time has passed since I got any news from your channel haha, good to see you're still at it! My nickname was GOKU DOS GAMES back then btw
Oh hey it's good to hear from you again! Hope you've been doing well :)
But Barney is a cool dude. Barney is the best friend to Gordon Freeman.
He is a badass too!
Yes. Hecu hates Barney and attack him.
Hecu soldiers hates Barney, like a Gordon.
I noticed that near the end of chapter 4, air raid sirens are blaring and explosions are going off everywhere and the soldiers are seen running and panicking. This makes me confused with the timeline as that would imply you are in the Forget About Freeman chapter, but in Blue Shift you finish the game when Freeman is captured in Apprehension. I wonder if they plan on changing the timeline in this version.
Well, you got to consider, the chapter before Apprehension was at nightfall, so it would make sense Captive freight is close to evening. The explosions and siren, was in We got hostiles too, when the artilery forced Gordon back underground. It would make sense artillery got called in throughout the day
Yeah, if I recall WGH also took place at sunset and the HECU had started a bombardment at that time (why they did that I do not know). So it does line up with the original game's timeline more or less I believe
This is amazing,can't wait to play :D
Hope you enjoy it! It's out now :)
yaaaaaah! looking forward to it!
Glad to hear! Hope you've been doing well :)
you came back, i missed you :,)
Glad to be back! Excited to work on this chapter :)
HE IS BACK
Hi! How you doin :)
looks pretty good. But I don't really understand why the HECU don't just ambush him.
Because he has shotgun and they pretend to be friendly
Realistically, I'm guessing they didn't because Barney is pretty close to at least one of the soldiers at all times and they didn't want to give him any excuse to open fire and kill one of their own (even though gameplay-wise you totally can). Perhaps they wanted to lead Barney all the way to the drainage hole so that it's an easy, "bloodless" kill and they get rid of the evidence.
That was the ambush. Once you walk towards the body, they say weapons free. The person ruined the ambush they had planned by running away
@@aquatic4760 I mean why not just stay hidden, and wait until Barney is out in the open. Then pop up and shoot him when he's not suspecting anything.
looking nice
Thanks a lot!
Wildly happy to see you back in action, Sexy!
Good to be back! Full chapter coming out soon :)
welcome back bro
Good to be back!
I am so happy to see new videos of sexy nutella, i mean he is always playing half life like it was real and niw with blue shift dialogues this is going to be amazing.
Thank you for the kind words! Looking forward to doing the full playthrough soon!
What happens if you just follow through with their orders and go to the evac site
They attack you
Ya, if you approach the corpse they will say the same lines, the only difference is they get the drop on you. However, if you shoot them before getting to that point, they will say something along the lines of "SHIT! He knows. Open fire!"
I must said that if there is a soundtrack changer updates where u can Change your music for the script event in many chapters including workshop soundtracks like this blue shift :D
this isnt completely related to the video, but i figured i'd ask here - would you ever consider a playthrough of the HL2 VR mod?
If I had time I would definitely consider it; as it stands now my immediate focus is on uploading the full Captive Freight chapter, then we shall see
Average Day at Black Mesa 😊 🙌
Indeed.
Let's gooooooo boys
Ayy
sexy nutella the GOATED no comm playthrougher
Thank you for the kind words!
I know this is a mod but i really think if they had the capacity it would be really cool to have Barney Speak and monologue. I feel like he would totally comment on things and talk to himself, make jokes and quips and it would provide a cool atmosphere change in comparison to the silent Gordon.
hum. hte blue shift logo still has Barney using an beretta rather than a glock.
Ahh, this was the old Logo, they have an updated one without Barney in it. I forgot that they replaced it and recorded using the old one
Have you thought about doing playthroughs on mods like entropy zero 2 or half life echoes? I think it could be cool to see more high quality mods played in the "e3 demo" style
I was going to start Entropy Zero 1 & 2 but...those are large undertakings and I unfortunately just don't have the time for another full series right now. Captive Freight is my immediate priority right now given I've already started the game but we'll have to see about other mods. Sorry for the bad news!
i actually didnt notice the guy you meet at 0:32 on my first trys on the fight (i play on hard mode and am really bad) so i was going around the gate there and like "Where is the talking coming from?!?!" so appenrently the thing about making it hard to have players look up holds some weight.
Hecu attacks Barney, like a Gordon in original Half-life.
You got it!
Say, is there alternate dialogue if you shoot first?
No they sau just hostile
They say something along the lines of "SHIT! He knows" if you do fire first.
Barney: FREEMAN IS NOT THE ONLY BADASS NERD AT BACK MESA!
Cuando vi esta escena quede fascinado, totalmente quede inmercivo en el juego y hasta sentia que estaba adentro que buen juego diosss
I am so excited for the full game do you know when it will drop?
No definitive date, they still have a couple chapters to go yet. However, they've mentioned that they thought of this chapter as the most challenging, and anticipate the remaining ones to be easier to develop :)
Wait, never played Blueshift. Was the trap in the original game?
No, you climbed out to a few turrets near a truck that immediately opened fire on you, then the first soldiers are instantly hostile.
Yup, it was much more straightforward in the original. Having them actually talk to you in a "non-hostile" manner in this version caught me offguard in the best way.
can you do all HECU military power showcase?
YAY
WOOO
epik
Agreed!
oOOoO It released!
Yup! The entire chapter (and game from chapters 1 to 4) is playable from start to finish :)
@@Sexy_Nutella Bet you cant pin this!
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
My thoughts when I saw this chapter was released ;)
Muy bueno 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!! :)
Damn they totally mess up with Guard Duty
I'm excited for Guard Duty; it's a different team so I'm curious to see their approach to Blue Shift
0:28 and 0:38 and 1:44 and 1:45 and 1:46
And 1:47 and 1:52 and 2:15 and 2:16 Pov: average North Korean neighborhood
Is this some official dlc to the fan game black mesa or is it a fan mod, to a fan game? I wasn't even aware that existed
Hi nutellaaaa
How's it going!!
@@Sexy_Nutella i'm good, rewatching ur black mesa playtrough while you're away
@@aareaja783 thanks for the support and glad that series is still entertaining :)
Hi :)
Hello!
How's it going?
United States army can't win with one barney callhoun bro 💀💀💀
Marines*
@@matthewjones39 still united states army
@@bartus6804 No. They’re both military, but they’re not the same thing.
@@matthewjones39 marines is like a regular usa army, just different category but still this is united states army
@@bartus6804 Are you serious? This is an incredibly basic concept. There’s Navy, Marines, Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force. Marines and army are NOT the same thing.
What's the point of this mod when tripmine studios is already working on guard duty (black Mesa mod that remasters Blue Shift)
Perhaps consider that different people have different visions as to how they can remake Blue Shift? Frankly your comment is quite disrespectful to the devs.
@@Sexy_Nutella What's disrespectful about my comment exactly? I just asked why the second remaster team is working on something that's already being worked on by the first remaster team. Never said that you can't make something from the same idea twice, but it won't really be unique at that point as the first time.
@@Nonebit And how can you know that it won't be unique if the development teams are two different groups with their own ideas of how to execute said projects? What HECUC has put out right now is ambitious and full of effort; saying that there's no point in their mod after what they've done on their own time and money is pretty disrespectful, even if you don't agree with their direction.
First :)
Please tell me their gonna do opposing force next, this mod is great
If HECU Collective does do Opposing Force, I would not mind at all. They've proven they can certainly handle a remake of Blue Shift so why not ;)