The beginning of Black Mesa's Interloper chapter is another impressive showcase of how the game takes the building blocks and key concepts established in Half-Life 1 and invigorates them. The Vortigaunt Village is a key example of this - the location, as well as the many scripted sequences within it, "humanizes" the Vorts and provides another layer of story complexity to the game - these aren't aliens hellbent on world domination - they are but slaves to the Nihilanth, forced to do its bidding on whim. There is also a large amount of connective tissue to Half-Life 2, stuff that long-time fans will eat right up - the cooking of the headcrab, the coughing Vort, the sketches on the walls, the Vortigese and flux shifting. While the fact that they were slaves to a higher power is revealed in HL2, having Gordon witness their autonomy being stripped away firsthand once the Controllers teleport in is a very creative way to show (not tell) players this. The Gargantua chase that follows is also a good sequence, though I have to admit that it was borderline silly for me, given the fact that all of these Gargs were just chilling in their nests until Freeman came along (perhaps there is a lore reason for this?). That being said, it is a great send-off for the Gargantua as an enemy itself, as each encounter with the beast has steadily escalated since its introduction in Power Up. As well, it is inherently an exciting chase given that by this point, players know that they can't kill it with conventional firearms and the only way to survive is to RUN. Finally, I just wanted to touch on the atmosphere. In Gonarch's Lair, I had mentioned that the change in things such as the lighting, ambience and skybox from the first Xen chapter to the second, and now to Interloper, really helps sell the idea that Gordon is descending into the "belly of the beast" (he literally enters the Tower, which is highly implied to be an organism itself). The smog that clouds the Tower now blots out most of the sky, distant storms fill the soundscape, and the Tower itself looms over the player by the end of the second map. One great touch that Black Mesa instilled into the game is the sense of journey that is conveyed through its atmosphere and environments. The Tower is very reminiscent of the Citadel in HL2, which drew closer and closer as Freeman fought through City 17. Similarly, the sense of reward and accomplishment once Freeman finally gets to the Tower, after all the obstacles he went through, both in the Earthbound chapters and Xen, is unpalpable.
I really like how many aspects of Xen in Black Mesa are inspired in HL2. Some people might think it's lack of creativity but i think it's cool. I played Black Mesa before playing HL2 (i'm relatively new to the hl fandom and the full version of BM was already out) and when i played it i immediately noticed some similarities, like for example the Xen puzzle and the reactor puzzle from ep1, or the Antlion Guardian cave from ep2 and the Gonarch chase... etc What I don't like is that they removed the Manta Ray section :(
When I saw that message "Freeman press on, science team" I really felt bad for them. Most likely, they still have hope that they can survive the incident and after closing the portal, the aliens would be gone from Earth. Unfortunately for them, G-Man will activate an atomic bomb soon and all people we met in Black Mesa will die. Many of them will have lonely death. Some of them are thinking about their families and whether their loved ones were able to be evacuated to safe locations. And yet, despite all the efforts of the scientist their will be no such thing as "safe location", since after the end of one invasion, a new one way worse will become...
@@ReasonX3 Yeah, most of them probably perished, though at least some of them other than Eli & Kleiner might have made it out given the prominence of the Lambda symbol in Hl2.
@@Infamous_Val_05 Yeah, you can really tell that Crowbar Collective took inspiration from Valve in terms of level and puzzle design (for the better, of course!). Ditto on the Manta Ray ride, that would've been cool to see re-imagined, if nothing else it would have been a cool break from the claustrophobic factory maps.
8:12 This is the moment it clicks for Freeman. The hierarchy of the alien races in Xen, and the kinship of the Vortigaunts as another race being beaten down by a mysterious oppressive force. This is the first time in the game that Freeman realises he's fighting for more than just the human race. And he stomps - deftly evading the mind-controlled Vorts' attacks while obliterating their oppressors with pinpoint accuracy. No wonder the Vorts hail him as a messiah in HL2, he's probably the first person to show them sympathy and a shared sense of purpose in years.
True. I love how the Vorts in HL2 also recognized that Freeman also killed a ton of their kind, but did so out of necessity and survival. They are such an interesting race due to their maturity and ability to take things in stride.
Interloper is one of the more performance heavy chapters in the game, and many sections aren't really optimized. I tried my damndest to limit framerate drops but unfortunately they are present in this video. Apologies in advance, but I decided to save the footage given how it plays out. Do let me know if it becomes too distracting and I can see what I can do for the next few videos on this chapter :)
A lot of the enemies in Black Mesa can be pretty sympathetic (the Vorts, the HECU, the Gonarch, etc.) On the other hand, the devs did an outstanding job at showing how cruel and ruthless the Controllers are. The first thing we see them doing in Xen is killing a Vort (probably the same one who helped Gordon into the village) without even seeming to notice, just because they were trying to slow Gordon down and the Vort happened to be in the way. Then they bring the others in the village under their control just to use them as distractions and cannon fodder. It really shows just how worthless the Vorts are to them - only good for slave labor or to take a bullet. It also extends to the Nihilanth himself - even if he doesn't outright order the Controllers to treat the Vorts this way, then he definitely doesn't take any issue with it. I really like the opening of Interloper and its contrast with the previous chapters. Everything about the first Xen chapter was gorgeous - the skies, the floating islands, the glowing jungles, even the dangerous wildlife - it felt almost like an alien paradise. Gonarch's Lair was harsher, barren, without much life aside from the Gonarch and Headcrabs. And finally Interloper is flat-out hellish, with the red skies, jagged rocks, clouds of smoke, and fleshy walls of the tower (not to mention a couple of shout-outs to Doom 2016). I actually sort of miss the "xog" from the early versions. I think it added to the fire and brimstone-like atmosphere of the chapter. I'm not tech savvy enough to do any serious modding, otherwise I'd probably make a mod to add it back in lol. Anyway, as always your playthroughs are great and it's awesome how you time the Garg chase to sync up with the music. Good luck with the next video!
Thanks man! Yeah, one thing I forgot to comment on was how much of a Doom 2016 vibe I got from this chapter haha. I'm actually a fan of the reduced xog, in my opinion it made the maps feel too "oversaturated", plus it was much harder to see the tower itself hehe.
eh, I find the HECU pretty much shitty. Murdering a few hundred unarmed and defensless people overnight. The fact they were also attacked by the Xen doesn't make them sympathetic to me. Also I think Opposing Forces tried to show them more humanely by having you not kill every scientist and even the NPC Hecu are shown just being "mean" against one scientist at most.
9:55 The team back on Earth tracking his progress and teleporting him supply canisters, and even those snacks, all most likely died in the end in the Nuclear blast if not by anything else. Unless they somehow teleported themselves out of the base in time using Rosenberg's dimensional slingshot method.
@@CucumberYoghurt Not all Black Ops were killed by Gordon and Adrian Shepherd in Black Mesa. Since Black Mesa has many entrances during the incident and before the nuke was set off, I'm pretty sure that they're still at Black Mesa. Or at least, still there
Speaking of controllers, I really love how CrowCol decided to make them contol vorts directly. In HL1 vorts were becoming aggressive by script, exactly when controllers spawned in the first few Interloper maps, and didn't calm down even after all of controllers were dead.
I love just how done with it that Vort was when he saw you. 'Oh, great. That guy who decided not to kill our buddies downstairs? Yeah, he's at the door.'
Offering the crying Vort crisps made me laugh harder than it should. Also, does any body else think the Vorts' sounds/voices are a bit...too close to human, compared to the original HL1 where all their sounds were unquestionably alien?
It's kinda nice to look at the scene around Interloper. The Gargantua chase makes me rush through it without admiring the scene. Still makes my heart race tho watching you play.
Yeah, no matter how many times I play through that chase, my heart races too. The Garg's flame cannon sound never fails to make my hairs stand up on end.
The tower being opposite Xen's cosmic light source is just a genius placement. And yes, it's all good until there's AAAAAAAAAAAA in the BGM and then you yourself go AAAAAAAAAAAA as well. :^D
I was debating on whether to do it because I didn't want to turn the sad death of a Vort into a comedic moment, but I thought of it as Freeman literally not having anything to offer to the Vort in terms of comfort aside from giving him chips haha
@@Sexy_Nutella I feel like it characterizes Freeman as this strangely charismatic, yet still very awkward kind of person, considering the messianic treatment he has in Half-Life 2+
@@MadCrashSJ I do think that's likely Freeman's personality, at least to me as well :) He is afterwards an overqualified research assistant in a highly technical physics field ;)
@@MadCrashSJ The reason people think of him that way in HL 2 is simple. He was an ordinary man to everyone at black mesa, then he litterally waded through hell battling both the alien invaders and the soldiers what came to enact a scorched earth policy, then he goes to Xen to kill what is basically a greater demon, then he vanishes completely. Then he shows up in HL 2 out of nowhere, and he hasn't aged a single day despite the many years that have passed. No shit people see that as a miracle level event.
I like that you try to show your viewers the stunning scenery of this alien world. Another thing I noticed that diffrentiates the remake from the original is that the Xen sections are extremely hostile to Freeman. Xen is alien's turf and we are the intruders. The sections in which Freeman has to flee from the Gargantuas shows that we can get easily outnumbered and killed. Keep up the good work man 👍
As always, it is very well done. I haven't been commenting much in your last videos but that's just because I have nothing to say, they are still awesome! I loved the way you recorded the chase at the end, the perspectives and the camera turns were really well done. I kinda regret not looking around in my first playthrough, i didn't even notice the Tower was there until i saw it on a video online. Also, no one talks about this but the information you give in the description of your vids is really interesting, maybe others don't find it interesting because they already know it, but i think it's still worth praising.
No worries mate, you don't have to comment if you don't have anything to say! :) I am grateful for your support. Glad you liked the camera movements during the chase. Ditto on the tower, it was REALLY hard to see, especially back in the public beta. Even now, it really blends in with the red smog around it. I seem to recall it being more prominent in the skybox in the first Xen trailer, I kind of missed that. The description I always try to load with as much notes and trivia as I can. I kind of treat these videos as a kind of "time capsule", so that any viewer in the future will be able to learn about the game regardless of how old the video gets haha.
Alright! I feel bad for the Vortigaunts that they have to be controlled by the Alien Controllers to do the dirty work. I question on why the Alien Grunt was hurting that Vortigaunt in the beginning. Awesome video btw! I'm excited for the rest.
@@finscontingencyplan7005 Perhaps! Interesting as both have the same vestegial arm on their chests - though the Alien Grunts are shown as being manufactured beings, I wonder if they were related to the Vorts in some other way.
@@Sexy_Nutella it was always my head canon that they were a genetically engineered creature cloned from Vortigaunt DNA, expressly designed by the Nihlanth to be shock troopers.
I really love the kind of gameplay you do, it´s very unique and it pays attention to the details and the scripts (something that is usually lost on another Black Mesa gameplays). Nice Work :). By the way, about your comment on the garg chase, I like to think that the Gargantuas are patrolling that specific area (or at least they work like a security turret which activates if it locates an intruder); also I think the whole chase reinforces the idea of being an Interloper on a very hostile and unknown territory, and the fact that everything to come is going to be as dangerous as the garg chase or even worse.
I am glad you enjoy this style of gameplay. I try to incorporate as much detail as I can while still making the gameplay enjoyable to watch, kind of like a movie. I also dig your interpretation on the Garg chase, I just find it kind of strange how some of them are already out patrolling while others are encaged - I guess if they are like turrets, that makes sense but I always thought they were autonomous organisms as well.
Yes! A new video, and so soon, too! I loved the gargantua chase. When you popped the gluon gun to prepare for battle, then realised not even that OP shit is enough to deter that beast and instead made a run for it was great. Ah, I'm getting fired up already. I need to get my life together so I have enough free time to start this game from scratch again.
You read my mind exactly as to why I brought out the Gluon Gun and what I wanted to convey to the viewer about Freeman's thought process :) Hope all goes well and you're able to play this game soon!
Yes! It's exactly these details that make Sexy Nutella's videos such a perfect version of the experience. I'm almost sad that we are nearing the end of it...
@@PietersPerseverance Still got a couple more vids to go but yes, it's kind of crazy to finally be at the end of this series lol. It's been a long time coming!
This guy has the most "realistic" (as in how I feel Gordon would actually act in this situation) and that music syncing just makes it even better. Very cool
Haha, you're absolutely right. Playing like this requires a ton of patience because I don't typically play like this if I don't want to get hit - the slowed mouse movements and pretending to react to stuff for the first time oftentimes lets the enemies get a few good shots in. I can't tell you how many times i got zapped by the Vorts.
@@Sexy_Nutella So how did you decide to put this amount of effort into creating the videos? You thought the audience would appreciate it, or you just wanted to create something better than the regular playtroughs?
@@Pr3da70rl0rd Both :) Part of the reason for me starting playthroughs like these is my frustration with a lot of the "walkthrough" videos out there of the Half-Life games. So many players skip past carefully constructed setpieces, don't pay any attention to the storytelling, and just aim to complete the game as quick as possible, or otherwise don't take the game seriously. I noticed this especially with Half-Life: Alyx playthroughs. In my opinion they're missing out on the art of these games by doing so. So I set out to try to create something different. Hopefully this effort is noticeable - my main goal is to show audiences that Half-Life is so much more than a typical FPS shooter.
Ohh, couldn't agree more, the story is amazing and the effort put into the development deserves to be appreciated as much as possible. I don't like all these speed runs and whatnot, because the game is not about the grinding. Hope more people get to see what you do, I'm sure they'll appreciate it if they do!
@@Pr3da70rl0rd Appreciate the kind words! I don't mind the speed runs at all, I love seeing the Source Engine being exploited like that haha. And honestly these videos take a long time to make, so I can understand that most youtubers who do upload walkthroughs don't necessarily have the time in their busy schedules to go through the game with a fine-toothed comb. I think there's a place for both playstyles in this regard.
Good to see a new video from you again! Just wanting to say how great the change is in this section compared to the original. Turning that small area into the Vortigaunt town, and also showing us they are victims too. I guess Interloper will be a 4 parter?
Interloper will indeed be a 4 parter, given it's length. I was considering doing 3 videos or even 2, but the sheer amount of puzzles and platforming and conveyor belt riding made me reconsider making videos that long in length haha
10:30 fue muy triste ver un *Vortigaunt* llorando q su compañero termino muriéndose! 11:50 me gustó el nuevo lugar, menos mal q pudiste escapar el nido de las Gargantuas! Bueno me gustó el nuevo *Interloper* y escuchar la voz del Rey de los alienígenas *Nihilanth* Buena jugada el cap17a *Sexy Nutella* esperare el siguiente cap👍🏻.
Well this was unexpected... awesome way to spend 17 mins of my lunch hour earlier today. Keep it up dude. I've been telling people to watch your vids when they ask me whether or not they should buy the game. I just spam links.
At the end of the gargathon those steps hears like how Gordon's heartbeats would be after thar run... His heart rate must be as high as it can be... And another thing that I also noticed in my perspective, was that vortigaunt behaviour after you just killed those Alien Grunts. They looked like if they were afraid of you, they thought they would be the next, that you would kill them after taking down the Alien grunts. But in that exact moment when you realized they were just slaves and you kinda must free them and not kill them, the vorts also realized you are the one who will free them, that's why they trusted you instantly when you crossed the elevator and given you the permission to enter the village to pick up that teleporter, and that's also why they would even sabotage temporarily for you the alert system inside the factory in the future video 17b.
Good observation on the Vorts, I wish their "revolt" against the Nihilanth was more pronounced than what we got by the end of Interloper, but like you said I do appreciate how we participated in their liberation in this game compared to HL1.
@@Sexy_Nutella The Main problem for them to rebel is those controllers, if they do anything away from their duties as slaves, the controllers Will inmediately notice that and then just appear... Something to add, is that the Nihilanth as the controllers have a vortessence Bond with Vortigaunts thanks to those collars and cuffs, without to mention that resemblement the Nihilanth and controllers have with the Vortigaunts with that prosthetic third arm. Those things work like a chain where both lives are connected, as said by the singing Vortigaunt in HL2. So with that they couldn't rebel without getting that mind game. That's what that Vortigaunt meant with cutting the cord between the life of Nihilanth and the Vortigaunts'.
@@BlackLion-nb8fm I see your point! That makes a lot of sense :) I do still wish the Vorts are there at the end of Interloper though, if nothing else at least to cheer Gordon on as he confronts the Nihilanth.
@@Sexy_Nutella Well... They sure did Even we didn't see them... They watched Freeman in the Nihilanth chamber during that whole combat... But I highly agree with You, there were left some final encouragement words and actions from The vorts to Freeman to make him realize their future Bond in the upcoming events... In that way we would be more motivated, because now we would be working not only for our planet, but for their specie. And despite charging with such responsibility is quite a very unnerving and terrifying feeling, counting with the almost omnisapient individuals live and personal faith and trust would be something to take as a large self-confidence Boost... Enough to have a very good reason to carry on our way to our first final battle, for Freedom...
Ah yeah. INTERLOPER, the chapter were the player actually notices that the Vortigaunts were being controlled by the Nihilanth and Alien Controlers. Its actually very sad seeing them suffering while being controlled. And the creepy sounds the Alien Controllers make now...
After I just replayed Black Mesa for the 30th time, I realized something about the Vortigaunt’s beds. They use bull squid’s and hound eyes as their own blankets and pillows. Makes me wonder if vortigaunts use them as jackets too.
It really reflects how the vortigaunts being slaves was barely noticeable if at all in the original HL1 that in Freeman's Mind for HL2 he shoots the first one he sees. I'm not sure in this version if any of them are "required NPCs" that end the game if you kill them because I never _try to._ Would make me feel bad. :(
Not sure this was intentional by the devs or not, it just occurred to me that the level progression (and respective atmospheric tone) of each Xen chapter work their ways down the color spectrum. For instance, the first area when you teleport in is a brilliant Blue-Violet. With each area the color moves to green, orange, and red towards the end. It makes me wonder if the tower portal is acting like a black hole of sorts and increasingly bending the light as you draw nearer. As an aside it provides a perfect pace for Gordon's descent into the next chapter, also like the pacing of the difficulty. Reminds me of the old-school expansions, resetting the difficulty just on a steeper curve with the new campaigns. As always, stellar playthrough Nutella, hope that Vortigaunt gets to enjoy those chips!
I believe that was intentional, it does feel like a slow descent into hell as Gordon nears the Tower, and is quite fitting given the context and escalating combat encounters and stakes, whereas the first Xen maps started off with a blue/purple tint that really sold the beauty of the borderworld. Thanks for the comment :)
This was intentional! We wanted to create a sense of environmental progression and escalating danger (along the colour spectrum) as you got nearer the tower. The intent was that the red portal served as a sort of "local sun", which serves as an explanation for why things get redder as you get closer to the tower. Thus, things start out serene and beautiful and get more and more dire as you get closer to the tower.
@@chonkemp7091 Wow, never realised that point about the tower being a local sun. That's awesome! Love how there's so much lore behind each chapter. There really should be an updated wiki for this game :)
My favorite interaction with the vorts has got to be 5:17 , I love how they actually have this clear sense of confusion to them, these ones have never met freeman, unlike the xen forces on earth, they have no idea who or even _what_ he is, and each vort has a different reaction, the first one is annoyed and seems to just assume its another cronie the nihilith has claimed and just wants to get on with his day, whereas the second one who opens the door is curious and confused, really helps sell the idea that these guys have always been friendly. Hell it would be likely that if they weren't enslaved but the resonance cascade still happened, they would've been confused but not actively trying to kill everyone, really the only concern would be the wildlife pouring through and the military being a bunch of idiots.
Freeman arrives at the base of the nihilanth's tower, and stumbles across a small vortigaunt village, the vortigaunts would appear to be enslaved, and freeman would have a intense battle against alien controllers, and then 14 garguntua's hunt down gordon, freeman must run to the tower.
This segment wasn't as bad, it definitely helped that it wasn't the full chapter (I foresee the rest of Interloper being very tough though). However, even this section wasn't without it's problems, there is a very common crash at the rooftop battle with the Controllers, and trying to avoid framerate drops in both maps was a nightmare.
"Vortigaunts were not explicitly shown to be beaten by the Grunts or controlled by the Alien Controllers in HL1" - weren't Vorts in the factory from original HL turning hostile while Controllers were present near them?
You're absolutely right, what I meant by explicit was that in Black Mesa, you can see that they were actively controlling the Vorts by way of the "beam" they emit and tether to them. In HL1 the mind control is implied by just their presence.
I'm currently sitting at 680 hours total, unfortunately I can't find out where I was at when I first started this series. Probably somewhere around the 200h mark.
I do wish the Interloper chapter focused more on the environments outside of the Tower, though I understand they had to go in eventually. That being said the village was a lot more interesting to me than the Tower
my headcanon is that this entire thing is being broadcasted to the world by the Black Mesa Science team, and that's why Freeman is such a celebrity by the time of HL2. It's probably also why theirs no racism against vortigaunts. Since people all know that they were being enslaved.
@@Sexy_Nutella I did eventually get it. But it was frustrating because of that problem. Working to get all the achievements in Black Mesa eventually. Loved this series as well. Keep up the good work.
I admire how you spanked those controllers in the vort vilage! I went back and rewatched your January 2020 play through, and they gave you a lot more trouble that time. You didn't take one vortigaunt hit this go around. Are the glowing controller hands new in the definitive edition? You gibbed them all in 2020, so I can't easily compare. Spectacular work, as always. Good luck with the factory. I foresee an elevator in your future...
Thank you! I referenced my old playthrough so that I know what I need to improve on. To be really honest I really don't like how I did certain sequences in that series, the vort encounter being one of them - I got damaged way too much and my mouse movements were all over the place. Was determined to make it more smooth this time around and actually play competently :) As far as I know, the Controller hands were always there!
I do plan on doing Operation Black Mesa and Guard Duty when they come out :) Unless you're talking about the Black Mesa Blue Shift Insecurity mod, which I do plan on covering once I have the time.
This is easily the worst level in Black Mesa in both length and overall design, but the ending where you blast those floating babbyheaded controller fucks with the Gluon Gun is such a sweet sweet cathartic send-off after such a trudge of a level
Can we confirm that there is only one kind of manta in black mesa, but in half life has 3 kinds of this character? (warrior, worker (only in xen) and guardian (only in xen too))
15:41 *Welcome, Mr. Freeman, to the Gates of the Mordor of the Black Mesa/Half-Life Universe....Welcome to The Gates of the Nihilanth's Hell Lair in the Borderworld of Xen.* 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
My apologies! That mod flew under my radar. What other things does the Extended Captions change other than the namechange from Vortigaunt to Alien Slave? Is there anything that will affect the remainder of the chapters?
@@Sexy_Nutella CAPTION CHANGES: -Cleaned up closed captions to remove awkward formatting (overused punctuation, ellipses, etc) and make formatting style consistent with official Half-Life captioning -Broke up certain captions for longer audio -Fixed accuracy/grammatical errors -Changed mentions of "Vortigaunt" to "Alien Slave" (in line with HL1 nomenclature) -Added captions for the HEV suit -Added captions for a certain door -Re-added some closed captioning from HL2 -Extended captioning to all NPCs, including Xen-exclusive ones -Added captions for various scripted scenes and gameplay objects, including in Xen NPC dialogue changes: Scientists: -Implemented unused lines: --Pain sounds (an additional 10 to the existing 10) --Player mourning lines --Player kill congratulations Guards: -Implemented unused lines: --"Statement" idles --Houndeye and Headcrab related lines --Unused "startle" lines --Player mourning lines --Zombie spotting/killing -New "attacking" lines for mid-combat taunts -Deathmatch domination/revenge lines added as soldier kill taunts -Restored several zombie alert lines HECU Soldiers: -Added Radio chatter idles -Added kill confirmation dialogue -Restored "Medic" dialogue -Implemented unused "Uglies" callouts as Zombie alerts -Reworked taunt responses -Restored unused "Charge" and monster alert lines -Unique, more impactful death sounds Other NPCs: -Restored "labored" Vortigaunt speech intended for Interloper -Restored broken Sniper death sounds
@@crl55inz Much appreciated! Though I'm not sure if using the Extended Captions at this point is still feasible, since the change from Vortigaunts to Alien Slave will now be inconsistent with what the video shows.
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The beginning of Black Mesa's Interloper chapter is another impressive showcase of how the game takes the building blocks and key concepts established in Half-Life 1 and invigorates them. The Vortigaunt Village is a key example of this - the location, as well as the many scripted sequences within it, "humanizes" the Vorts and provides another layer of story complexity to the game - these aren't aliens hellbent on world domination - they are but slaves to the Nihilanth, forced to do its bidding on whim. There is also a large amount of connective tissue to Half-Life 2, stuff that long-time fans will eat right up - the cooking of the headcrab, the coughing Vort, the sketches on the walls, the Vortigese and flux shifting. While the fact that they were slaves to a higher power is revealed in HL2, having Gordon witness their autonomy being stripped away firsthand once the Controllers teleport in is a very creative way to show (not tell) players this.
The Gargantua chase that follows is also a good sequence, though I have to admit that it was borderline silly for me, given the fact that all of these Gargs were just chilling in their nests until Freeman came along (perhaps there is a lore reason for this?). That being said, it is a great send-off for the Gargantua as an enemy itself, as each encounter with the beast has steadily escalated since its introduction in Power Up. As well, it is inherently an exciting chase given that by this point, players know that they can't kill it with conventional firearms and the only way to survive is to RUN.
Finally, I just wanted to touch on the atmosphere. In Gonarch's Lair, I had mentioned that the change in things such as the lighting, ambience and skybox from the first Xen chapter to the second, and now to Interloper, really helps sell the idea that Gordon is descending into the "belly of the beast" (he literally enters the Tower, which is highly implied to be an organism itself). The smog that clouds the Tower now blots out most of the sky, distant storms fill the soundscape, and the Tower itself looms over the player by the end of the second map. One great touch that Black Mesa instilled into the game is the sense of journey that is conveyed through its atmosphere and environments. The Tower is very reminiscent of the Citadel in HL2, which drew closer and closer as Freeman fought through City 17. Similarly, the sense of reward and accomplishment once Freeman finally gets to the Tower, after all the obstacles he went through, both in the Earthbound chapters and Xen, is unpalpable.
I really like how many aspects of Xen in Black Mesa are inspired in HL2. Some people might think it's lack of creativity but i think it's cool.
I played Black Mesa before playing HL2 (i'm relatively new to the hl fandom and the full version of BM was already out) and when i played it i immediately noticed some similarities, like for example the Xen puzzle and the reactor puzzle from ep1, or the Antlion Guardian cave from ep2 and the Gonarch chase... etc
What I don't like is that they removed the Manta Ray section :(
When I saw that message "Freeman press on, science team" I really felt bad for them. Most likely, they still have hope that they can survive the incident and after closing the portal, the aliens would be gone from Earth. Unfortunately for them, G-Man will activate an atomic bomb soon and all people we met in Black Mesa will die. Many of them will have lonely death. Some of them are thinking about their families and whether their loved ones were able to be evacuated to safe locations. And yet, despite all the efforts of the scientist their will be no such thing as "safe location", since after the end of one invasion, a new one way worse will become...
@@ReasonX3 Who knows... Eli, Kleiner and Barney escaped. And who knows how many more.
@@ReasonX3 Yeah, most of them probably perished, though at least some of them other than Eli & Kleiner might have made it out given the prominence of the Lambda symbol in Hl2.
@@Infamous_Val_05 Yeah, you can really tell that Crowbar Collective took inspiration from Valve in terms of level and puzzle design (for the better, of course!). Ditto on the Manta Ray ride, that would've been cool to see re-imagined, if nothing else it would have been a cool break from the claustrophobic factory maps.
Vortigaunt only knows three things: power generator, eat hot chip, and weep over dead friend.
Forth thing: Argue in Vortigese ;)
@@Sexy_Nutella protesting
@@benitezclanceiv Crying, in Pain!
Mmm, Ramblers.
Actually it's eat hot crab
8:12 This is the moment it clicks for Freeman. The hierarchy of the alien races in Xen, and the kinship of the Vortigaunts as another race being beaten down by a mysterious oppressive force. This is the first time in the game that Freeman realises he's fighting for more than just the human race. And he stomps - deftly evading the mind-controlled Vorts' attacks while obliterating their oppressors with pinpoint accuracy. No wonder the Vorts hail him as a messiah in HL2, he's probably the first person to show them sympathy and a shared sense of purpose in years.
True. I love how the Vorts in HL2 also recognized that Freeman also killed a ton of their kind, but did so out of necessity and survival. They are such an interesting race due to their maturity and ability to take things in stride.
@@Sexy_Nutella “we cannot forget those whose cords you cut. Forgiveness is not ours to bestow.” One of my favourite lines in the series.
@@finscontingencyplan7005 Absolutely. They have a way with words. "We serve the same mystery" is another great one
for eaons not even decades or centuries
quit a long time of slavery
Can we just admire the sync this man's gameplay has with the music?
I'm glad you guys continue to enjoy them :) They take a while to pull off but I believe it makes the video that much more entertaining to watch.
@@Sexy_Nutella I also have black Mesa but
Definitive
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Interloper is one of the more performance heavy chapters in the game, and many sections aren't really optimized. I tried my damndest to limit framerate drops but unfortunately they are present in this video. Apologies in advance, but I decided to save the footage given how it plays out. Do let me know if it becomes too distracting and I can see what I can do for the next few videos on this chapter :)
Didn't notice for me. Was too focused on the gameplay
What are you talking about?) Didn't notice any frame drops, just enjoyed your gameplay.
@@ReasonX3 I'm glad it's not that noticeable ;)
@@cheesemons i'm glad! :)
I also didn't notice - too busy counting gargs. I spotted 13, but I may have double counted.
A lot of the enemies in Black Mesa can be pretty sympathetic (the Vorts, the HECU, the Gonarch, etc.) On the other hand, the devs did an outstanding job at showing how cruel and ruthless the Controllers are. The first thing we see them doing in Xen is killing a Vort (probably the same one who helped Gordon into the village) without even seeming to notice, just because they were trying to slow Gordon down and the Vort happened to be in the way. Then they bring the others in the village under their control just to use them as distractions and cannon fodder. It really shows just how worthless the Vorts are to them - only good for slave labor or to take a bullet. It also extends to the Nihilanth himself - even if he doesn't outright order the Controllers to treat the Vorts this way, then he definitely doesn't take any issue with it.
I really like the opening of Interloper and its contrast with the previous chapters. Everything about the first Xen chapter was gorgeous - the skies, the floating islands, the glowing jungles, even the dangerous wildlife - it felt almost like an alien paradise. Gonarch's Lair was harsher, barren, without much life aside from the Gonarch and Headcrabs. And finally Interloper is flat-out hellish, with the red skies, jagged rocks, clouds of smoke, and fleshy walls of the tower (not to mention a couple of shout-outs to Doom 2016). I actually sort of miss the "xog" from the early versions. I think it added to the fire and brimstone-like atmosphere of the chapter. I'm not tech savvy enough to do any serious modding, otherwise I'd probably make a mod to add it back in lol.
Anyway, as always your playthroughs are great and it's awesome how you time the Garg chase to sync up with the music. Good luck with the next video!
Thanks man! Yeah, one thing I forgot to comment on was how much of a Doom 2016 vibe I got from this chapter haha. I'm actually a fan of the reduced xog, in my opinion it made the maps feel too "oversaturated", plus it was much harder to see the tower itself hehe.
eh, I find the HECU pretty much shitty. Murdering a few hundred unarmed and defensless people overnight. The fact they were also attacked by the Xen doesn't make them sympathetic to me. Also I think Opposing Forces tried to show them more humanely by having you not kill every scientist and even the NPC Hecu are shown just being "mean" against one scientist at most.
9:55 The team back on Earth tracking his progress and teleporting him supply canisters, and even those snacks, all most likely died in the end in the Nuclear blast if not by anything else. Unless they somehow teleported themselves out of the base in time using Rosenberg's dimensional slingshot method.
Yeah, it's quite sad to know that most of that team stayed behind until the last moments to ensure Freeman was able to complete his task
@@Sexy_Nutellaor got hunted down by black ops cause you know black ops assassin's were right at the lambda complex's front door
@@justaguy2486gordon killed them all remember?
@@CucumberYoghurt Not all Black Ops were killed by Gordon and Adrian Shepherd in Black Mesa. Since Black Mesa has many entrances during the incident and before the nuke was set off, I'm pretty sure that they're still at Black Mesa. Or at least, still there
I’m pretty sure the nuclear bomb went off after Gordon killed the Nihilanth
Speaking of controllers, I really love how CrowCol decided to make them contol vorts directly. In HL1 vorts were becoming aggressive by script, exactly when controllers spawned in the first few Interloper maps, and didn't calm down even after all of controllers were dead.
Definitely, I like how they made it more explicit in how the Vorts were controlled.
I love just how done with it that Vort was when he saw you. 'Oh, great. That guy who decided not to kill our buddies downstairs? Yeah, he's at the door.'
I never interpreted it like this but now I can't get the thought of the Vort being pissed like that out of my mind lol!
@@Sexy_Nutella Glad I could give you a laugh.
Offering the crying Vort crisps made me laugh harder than it should. Also, does any body else think the Vorts' sounds/voices are a bit...too close to human, compared to the original HL1 where all their sounds were unquestionably alien?
They do sound more human than either HL1 or even HL2 - I do wish it was closer to the latter in that regard
I think they learned English
12:50 I love the little "Gluon Gun!.....Oh shiT!" you do there
Glad you picked up on that :) Gordon has never tried using it on the Gargs at that point so I figured that'd be his natural response
It's kinda nice to look at the scene around Interloper. The Gargantua chase makes me rush through it without admiring the scene. Still makes my heart race tho watching you play.
Yeah, no matter how many times I play through that chase, my heart races too. The Garg's flame cannon sound never fails to make my hairs stand up on end.
The tower being opposite Xen's cosmic light source is just a genius placement. And yes, it's all good until there's AAAAAAAAAAAA in the BGM and then you yourself go AAAAAAAAAAAA as well. :^D
I love that they put that in the game. The music is a perfect fit as well.
10:08 Aw that's so sweet!
I was debating on whether to do it because I didn't want to turn the sad death of a Vort into a comedic moment, but I thought of it as Freeman literally not having anything to offer to the Vort in terms of comfort aside from giving him chips haha
@@Sexy_Nutella I feel like it characterizes Freeman as this strangely charismatic, yet still very awkward kind of person, considering the messianic treatment he has in Half-Life 2+
@@MadCrashSJ I do think that's likely Freeman's personality, at least to me as well :) He is afterwards an overqualified research assistant in a highly technical physics field ;)
@@MadCrashSJ The reason people think of him that way in HL 2 is simple. He was an ordinary man to everyone at black mesa, then he litterally waded through hell battling both the alien invaders and the soldiers what came to enact a scorched earth policy, then he goes to Xen to kill what is basically a greater demon, then he vanishes completely.
Then he shows up in HL 2 out of nowhere, and he hasn't aged a single day despite the many years that have passed. No shit people see that as a miracle level event.
I like that you try to show your viewers the stunning scenery of this alien world.
Another thing I noticed that diffrentiates the remake from the original is that the Xen sections are extremely hostile to Freeman. Xen is alien's turf and we are the intruders. The sections in which Freeman has to flee from the Gargantuas shows that we can get easily outnumbered and killed.
Keep up the good work man 👍
Yeah, the feeling of being an "Interloper" really is brought to the forefront in Black Mesa!
As always, it is very well done. I haven't been commenting much in your last videos but that's just because I have nothing to say, they are still awesome!
I loved the way you recorded the chase at the end, the perspectives and the camera turns were really well done. I kinda regret not looking around in my first playthrough, i didn't even notice the Tower was there until i saw it on a video online.
Also, no one talks about this but the information you give in the description of your vids is really interesting, maybe others don't find it interesting because they already know it, but i think it's still worth praising.
No worries mate, you don't have to comment if you don't have anything to say! :) I am grateful for your support. Glad you liked the camera movements during the chase. Ditto on the tower, it was REALLY hard to see, especially back in the public beta. Even now, it really blends in with the red smog around it. I seem to recall it being more prominent in the skybox in the first Xen trailer, I kind of missed that.
The description I always try to load with as much notes and trivia as I can. I kind of treat these videos as a kind of "time capsule", so that any viewer in the future will be able to learn about the game regardless of how old the video gets haha.
Alright! I feel bad for the Vortigaunts that they have to be controlled by the Alien Controllers to do the dirty work.
I question on why the Alien Grunt was hurting that Vortigaunt in the beginning.
Awesome video btw! I'm excited for the rest.
I was thinking maybe that Vort tried to rebel, or perhaps he made a mistake in his task
@@Sexy_Nutella I wonder if it was just a straight-up show of force from the grunts, to display their power over the Vorts.
@@finscontingencyplan7005 Perhaps! Interesting as both have the same vestegial arm on their chests - though the Alien Grunts are shown as being manufactured beings, I wonder if they were related to the Vorts in some other way.
@@Sexy_Nutella it was always my head canon that they were a genetically engineered creature cloned from Vortigaunt DNA, expressly designed by the Nihlanth to be shock troopers.
It could also be that the grunt was just board and decided to torment that vort for entertainment purposes
This part really made me *humanized* the Vortigaunts a bit more, Because at that point on, I vowed myself to not kill any of them in this section.
Yeah, they did a great job portraying the vorts as unwilling slaves.
I really love the kind of gameplay you do, it´s very unique and it pays attention to the details and the scripts (something that is usually lost on another Black Mesa gameplays). Nice Work :). By the way, about your comment on the garg chase, I like to think that the Gargantuas are patrolling that specific area (or at least they work like a security turret which activates if it locates an intruder); also I think the whole chase reinforces the idea of being an Interloper on a very hostile and unknown territory, and the fact that everything to come is going to be as dangerous as the garg chase or even worse.
I am glad you enjoy this style of gameplay. I try to incorporate as much detail as I can while still making the gameplay enjoyable to watch, kind of like a movie. I also dig your interpretation on the Garg chase, I just find it kind of strange how some of them are already out patrolling while others are encaged - I guess if they are like turrets, that makes sense but I always thought they were autonomous organisms as well.
Yes! A new video, and so soon, too! I loved the gargantua chase. When you popped the gluon gun to prepare for battle, then realised not even that OP shit is enough to deter that beast and instead made a run for it was great. Ah, I'm getting fired up already. I need to get my life together so I have enough free time to start this game from scratch again.
You read my mind exactly as to why I brought out the Gluon Gun and what I wanted to convey to the viewer about Freeman's thought process :) Hope all goes well and you're able to play this game soon!
Yes! It's exactly these details that make Sexy Nutella's videos such a perfect version of the experience. I'm almost sad that we are nearing the end of it...
@@PietersPerseverance Still got a couple more vids to go but yes, it's kind of crazy to finally be at the end of this series lol. It's been a long time coming!
This guy has the most "realistic" (as in how I feel Gordon would actually act in this situation) and that music syncing just makes it even better. Very cool
Thank you for this! I was stuck on this level for a while!
No problem, happy to help
Sexy playthrough - adding the bit of realism we have no time for when actually playing the game :)
Haha, you're absolutely right. Playing like this requires a ton of patience because I don't typically play like this if I don't want to get hit - the slowed mouse movements and pretending to react to stuff for the first time oftentimes lets the enemies get a few good shots in. I can't tell you how many times i got zapped by the Vorts.
@@Sexy_Nutella So how did you decide to put this amount of effort into creating the videos? You thought the audience would appreciate it, or you just wanted to create something better than the regular playtroughs?
@@Pr3da70rl0rd Both :) Part of the reason for me starting playthroughs like these is my frustration with a lot of the "walkthrough" videos out there of the Half-Life games. So many players skip past carefully constructed setpieces, don't pay any attention to the storytelling, and just aim to complete the game as quick as possible, or otherwise don't take the game seriously. I noticed this especially with Half-Life: Alyx playthroughs. In my opinion they're missing out on the art of these games by doing so. So I set out to try to create something different. Hopefully this effort is noticeable - my main goal is to show audiences that Half-Life is so much more than a typical FPS shooter.
Ohh, couldn't agree more, the story is amazing and the effort put into the development deserves to be appreciated as much as possible. I don't like all these speed runs and whatnot, because the game is not about the grinding. Hope more people get to see what you do, I'm sure they'll appreciate it if they do!
@@Pr3da70rl0rd Appreciate the kind words! I don't mind the speed runs at all, I love seeing the Source Engine being exploited like that haha. And honestly these videos take a long time to make, so I can understand that most youtubers who do upload walkthroughs don't necessarily have the time in their busy schedules to go through the game with a fine-toothed comb. I think there's a place for both playstyles in this regard.
13:30 poor bullsquid was at the wrong place at the wrong time
Indeed :(
Bro had no idea where he was
Good to see a new video from you again!
Just wanting to say how great the change is in this section compared to the original. Turning that small area into the Vortigaunt town, and also showing us they are victims too.
I guess Interloper will be a 4 parter?
Interloper will indeed be a 4 parter, given it's length. I was considering doing 3 videos or even 2, but the sheer amount of puzzles and platforming and conveyor belt riding made me reconsider making videos that long in length haha
10:30 fue muy triste ver un *Vortigaunt* llorando q su compañero termino muriéndose!
11:50 me gustó el nuevo lugar, menos mal q pudiste escapar el nido de las Gargantuas!
Bueno me gustó el nuevo *Interloper* y escuchar la voz del Rey de los alienígenas *Nihilanth*
Buena jugada el cap17a *Sexy Nutella* esperare el siguiente cap👍🏻.
¡¡Gracias!! :)
@@Sexy_Nutella de nada ^^
@@Sexy_Nutella Hablas espanol?
@@eyesack6845espANOl?
Well this was unexpected... awesome way to spend 17 mins of my lunch hour earlier today. Keep it up dude. I've been telling people to watch your vids when they ask me whether or not they should buy the game. I just spam links.
I appreciate the support! Hopefully I'm at least able to get some of your buddies to try this game :)
5:18
- Dude... Who's that?
- Ah, another Earth guy. Snooping around again. Just let him outa there
At the end of the gargathon those steps hears like how Gordon's heartbeats would be after thar run... His heart rate must be as high as it can be... And another thing that I also noticed in my perspective, was that vortigaunt behaviour after you just killed those Alien Grunts. They looked like if they were afraid of you, they thought they would be the next, that you would kill them after taking down the Alien grunts. But in that exact moment when you realized they were just slaves and you kinda must free them and not kill them, the vorts also realized you are the one who will free them, that's why they trusted you instantly when you crossed the elevator and given you the permission to enter the village to pick up that teleporter, and that's also why they would even sabotage temporarily for you the alert system inside the factory in the future video 17b.
Good observation on the Vorts, I wish their "revolt" against the Nihilanth was more pronounced than what we got by the end of Interloper, but like you said I do appreciate how we participated in their liberation in this game compared to HL1.
@@Sexy_Nutella The Main problem for them to rebel is those controllers, if they do anything away from their duties as slaves, the controllers Will inmediately notice that and then just appear... Something to add, is that the Nihilanth as the controllers have a vortessence Bond with Vortigaunts thanks to those collars and cuffs, without to mention that resemblement the Nihilanth and controllers have with the Vortigaunts with that prosthetic third arm. Those things work like a chain where both lives are connected, as said by the singing Vortigaunt in HL2. So with that they couldn't rebel without getting that mind game. That's what that Vortigaunt meant with cutting the cord between the life of Nihilanth and the Vortigaunts'.
@@BlackLion-nb8fm I see your point! That makes a lot of sense :) I do still wish the Vorts are there at the end of Interloper though, if nothing else at least to cheer Gordon on as he confronts the Nihilanth.
@@Sexy_Nutella Well... They sure did Even we didn't see them... They watched Freeman in the Nihilanth chamber during that whole combat... But I highly agree with You, there were left some final encouragement words and actions from The vorts to Freeman to make him realize their future Bond in the upcoming events... In that way we would be more motivated, because now we would be working not only for our planet, but for their specie. And despite charging with such responsibility is quite a very unnerving and terrifying feeling, counting with the almost omnisapient individuals live and personal faith and trust would be something to take as a large self-confidence Boost... Enough to have a very good reason to carry on our way to our first final battle, for Freedom...
Me in half life 1: *kills all friendly vortigauts*
Me in black mesa: *starts to realise about this*
2:41 i love how he turns in sync with the grinding sound
Gordon is totally faster than Usain Bolt after that Gargantua chase.
Lmao! Those Black Mesa decathlons really did train him for this moment ;)
Ah yeah. INTERLOPER, the chapter were the player actually notices that the Vortigaunts were being controlled by the Nihilanth and Alien Controlers. Its actually very sad seeing them suffering while being controlled. And the creepy sounds the Alien Controllers make now...
Yeah, that high-pitched whine from the Controllers is pretty intense.
ngl, i killed every vortigaunt on Xen side. just to stick it to them.
8:23 damn, you ARE the Freeman.
Glad you enjoyed the timing on that!
Good shit
Thanks for the continued support :)
Run Freeman, run! 🏃😅
Run. Think. Shoot. Live ;)
10:12 lmao how nice of you
After I just replayed Black Mesa for the 30th time, I realized something about the Vortigaunt’s beds. They use bull squid’s and hound eyes as their own blankets and pillows. Makes me wonder if vortigaunts use them as jackets too.
It really reflects how the vortigaunts being slaves was barely noticeable if at all in the original HL1 that in Freeman's Mind for HL2 he shoots the first one he sees.
I'm not sure in this version if any of them are "required NPCs" that end the game if you kill them because I never _try to._ Would make me feel bad. :(
The vortigaunt that sighs at seeing freeman gives off "in the test chamberrrr" vibes
That vort in the thumbnail be hitting the most devious griddy
haha xD
Not sure this was intentional by the devs or not, it just occurred to me that the level progression (and respective atmospheric tone) of each Xen chapter work their ways down the color spectrum. For instance, the first area when you teleport in is a brilliant Blue-Violet. With each area the color moves to green, orange, and red towards the end. It makes me wonder if the tower portal is acting like a black hole of sorts and increasingly bending the light as you draw nearer. As an aside it provides a perfect pace for Gordon's descent into the next chapter, also like the pacing of the difficulty. Reminds me of the old-school expansions, resetting the difficulty just on a steeper curve with the new campaigns.
As always, stellar playthrough Nutella, hope that Vortigaunt gets to enjoy those chips!
I believe that was intentional, it does feel like a slow descent into hell as Gordon nears the Tower, and is quite fitting given the context and escalating combat encounters and stakes, whereas the first Xen maps started off with a blue/purple tint that really sold the beauty of the borderworld. Thanks for the comment :)
This was intentional! We wanted to create a sense of environmental progression and escalating danger (along the colour spectrum) as you got nearer the tower. The intent was that the red portal served as a sort of "local sun", which serves as an explanation for why things get redder as you get closer to the tower. Thus, things start out serene and beautiful and get more and more dire as you get closer to the tower.
@@chonkemp7091 Wow, never realised that point about the tower being a local sun. That's awesome! Love how there's so much lore behind each chapter. There really should be an updated wiki for this game :)
My favorite interaction with the vorts has got to be 5:17 , I love how they actually have this clear sense of confusion to them, these ones have never met freeman, unlike the xen forces on earth, they have no idea who or even _what_ he is, and each vort has a different reaction, the first one is annoyed and seems to just assume its another cronie the nihilith has claimed and just wants to get on with his day, whereas the second one who opens the door is curious and confused, really helps sell the idea that these guys have always been friendly.
Hell it would be likely that if they weren't enslaved but the resonance cascade still happened, they would've been confused but not actively trying to kill everyone, really the only concern would be the wildlife pouring through and the military being a bunch of idiots.
Like that you have that vortigaunt chips
Tried to comfort him as best I could!
I’m soon gonna be reaching this chapter soon, gonna be epic!
Hope you have fun! Let me know what you think :)
5:53
I like to think that these two vortigaunts are the same ones you see in HL2 gossiping about freeman in vortigese
Freeman arrives at the base of the nihilanth's tower, and stumbles across a small vortigaunt village, the vortigaunts would appear to be enslaved, and freeman would have a intense battle against alien controllers, and then 14 garguntua's hunt down gordon, freeman must run to the tower.
Ayyyy another video! How hard was this chapter compared to Gonarch's Lair?
This segment wasn't as bad, it definitely helped that it wasn't the full chapter (I foresee the rest of Interloper being very tough though). However, even this section wasn't without it's problems, there is a very common crash at the rooftop battle with the Controllers, and trying to avoid framerate drops in both maps was a nightmare.
A buddy of mine is gonna work on a mod that brings back the Manta section, using the BMS Xen beta maps as a base.
Good job m8! :D
Thanks! 😄
"Vortigaunts were not explicitly shown to be beaten by the Grunts or controlled by the Alien Controllers in HL1" - weren't Vorts in the factory from original HL turning hostile while Controllers were present near them?
You're absolutely right, what I meant by explicit was that in Black Mesa, you can see that they were actively controlling the Vorts by way of the "beam" they emit and tether to them. In HL1 the mind control is implied by just their presence.
I love this ❤❤🔥🔥
Glad you liked it! :)
I'd love to know how many hours you have in this game. With all the recordings you've done over the years I bet it's a crazy number!
I'm currently sitting at 680 hours total, unfortunately I can't find out where I was at when I first started this series. Probably somewhere around the 200h mark.
Like this part, but I wish the vortiguant village was a bit longer
I do wish the Interloper chapter focused more on the environments outside of the Tower, though I understand they had to go in eventually. That being said the village was a lot more interesting to me than the Tower
13:05
As someone said in comments to other BM vid, it's Gordon yelling this aaaaaa :)
my headcanon is that this entire thing is being broadcasted to the world by the Black Mesa Science team, and that's why Freeman is such a celebrity by the time of HL2. It's probably also why theirs no racism against vortigaunts. Since people all know that they were being enslaved.
how do you even be racist to a vortigaunt? would it be something like “hey guys, this guy shoots piss out of his piss fingers ehehehe”
Me: *Does Gargantua chase without them hurting me to get achievement*
Game: Haha, disconnection go brrrrr.
Me: *Uninstalls the game*
Aww, it's always worth a redo. Hope you get it!
@@Sexy_Nutella I did eventually get it. But it was frustrating because of that problem.
Working to get all the achievements in Black Mesa eventually. Loved this series as well. Keep up the good work.
@@JustAGamerPerson Thanks and glad you got it in the end :)
Galanga galalanga
Galalung...
-Why he's not crying at Titanic?
-Does men even have feelings?
Mens: 9:15
I admire how you spanked those controllers in the vort vilage! I went back and rewatched your January 2020 play through, and they gave you a lot more trouble that time. You didn't take one vortigaunt hit this go around. Are the glowing controller hands new in the definitive edition? You gibbed them all in 2020, so I can't easily compare.
Spectacular work, as always. Good luck with the factory. I foresee an elevator in your future...
Thank you! I referenced my old playthrough so that I know what I need to improve on. To be really honest I really don't like how I did certain sequences in that series, the vort encounter being one of them - I got damaged way too much and my mouse movements were all over the place. Was determined to make it more smooth this time around and actually play competently :) As far as I know, the Controller hands were always there!
Hey bro! Do you have any plans on making the half life expansions remake gameplay when its completed?
I do plan on doing Operation Black Mesa and Guard Duty when they come out :) Unless you're talking about the Black Mesa Blue Shift Insecurity mod, which I do plan on covering once I have the time.
found the gargantuas in their nests silly as well :l
This is easily the worst level in Black Mesa in both length and overall design, but the ending where you blast those floating babbyheaded controller fucks with the Gluon Gun is such a sweet sweet cathartic send-off after such a trudge of a level
I don't mind the first 2/3 of this chapter but yes the conveyor section drags a tad bit too long. I agree that the elevator segment is great though :)
Good video! No one went to Brazil though
Unfortunately we've seen the last of the headcrabs in this game, getting them to go to Brazil is no longer possible :(
@@Sexy_Nutella oh
Mas o que
Searching your name channel in youtube is like searching some r34 of a nutella in youtube
Haha, hopefully there weren't any risky clicks xD
Can we confirm that there is only one kind of manta in black mesa, but in half life has 3 kinds of this character? (warrior, worker (only in xen) and guardian (only in xen too))
YEEESSS
15:41 *Welcome, Mr. Freeman, to the Gates of the Mordor of the Black Mesa/Half-Life Universe....Welcome to The Gates of the Nihilanth's Hell Lair in the Borderworld of Xen.* 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
Are you familiar with Ross Scott's "Freeman's Mind" video series? You might enjoy it. (His channel is called "Accursed Farms")
Yessir! I've watched his HL1 series, and am glad he's continuing with HL2 :)
I'm telling you to use Extended Caption and dialouge so vortigaunt to alien slave
My apologies! That mod flew under my radar. What other things does the Extended Captions change other than the namechange from Vortigaunt to Alien Slave? Is there anything that will affect the remainder of the chapters?
@@Sexy_Nutella
CAPTION CHANGES:
-Cleaned up closed captions to remove awkward formatting (overused punctuation, ellipses, etc) and make formatting style consistent with official Half-Life captioning
-Broke up certain captions for longer audio
-Fixed accuracy/grammatical errors
-Changed mentions of "Vortigaunt" to "Alien Slave" (in line with HL1 nomenclature)
-Added captions for the HEV suit
-Added captions for a certain door
-Re-added some closed captioning from HL2
-Extended captioning to all NPCs, including Xen-exclusive ones
-Added captions for various scripted scenes and gameplay objects, including in Xen
NPC dialogue changes:
Scientists:
-Implemented unused lines:
--Pain sounds (an additional 10 to the existing 10)
--Player mourning lines
--Player kill congratulations
Guards:
-Implemented unused lines:
--"Statement" idles
--Houndeye and Headcrab related lines
--Unused "startle" lines
--Player mourning lines
--Zombie spotting/killing
-New "attacking" lines for mid-combat taunts
-Deathmatch domination/revenge lines added as soldier kill taunts
-Restored several zombie alert lines
HECU Soldiers:
-Added Radio chatter idles
-Added kill confirmation dialogue
-Restored "Medic" dialogue
-Implemented unused "Uglies" callouts as Zombie alerts
-Reworked taunt responses
-Restored unused "Charge" and monster alert lines
-Unique, more impactful death sounds
Other NPCs:
-Restored "labored" Vortigaunt speech intended for Interloper
-Restored broken Sniper death sounds
@@crl55inz Much appreciated! Though I'm not sure if using the Extended Captions at this point is still feasible, since the change from Vortigaunts to Alien Slave will now be inconsistent with what the video shows.
Do you know? I'm playing Black Mesa on 4GB RAM laptop.
How's the performance? I can't imagine it's going that well in Interloper haha
No, interloper are lagging, because too many props everywhere and particle maybe.
Vort street 06:11
loved that section of the map
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hmmm... i don't see my mod listed...
INTERLOPER? LIKE INTERLOPER COMMAND ARG GEN Z THING??????
Esa música no me hace sentir terror fallo mucho la banda sonora en Half life 1 del 1998 si se sentía el terror