If there’s one thing I love about this mod it’s how they handled the disaster and the HECU. It’s actually quite apparent and discouraging watching the soldier be beaten and sent running. And the radio transmissions…the one where a soldier bleeds out while on the radio is pretty rough
Yes, it really adds atmosphere. Your not just running and gunning your stuck in a huge facility fighting for your life while the outside world slowly suffers the same fate.
True, even the sky reflect that : at the beginning HECU have full control of the facility, you have a big blue sky and the more you move trought Surface Tension, the more the sky is filled with smoke, gunshot and explosion (and an american flag is partially destroyed)
@@Chopstorm. I’ve seen it, very good and perfectly shows the situation being too much for the HECU to handle. The zombies also being a threat was cool to see
@@kel_skiI’m glad you’re having such a good time with this game, for me it’s in my top 3 of all time. It was THAT good for me, and got very emotional not only because of the effort put into it, but it makes me imagine how much the half life universe could be expanded on, and hopefully I BEG the half life 3 leaks are real
2:48:31 *[Echo-3 Juliet]:* "Any station, any station, this Echo-3 Juliet… My team is ambushed…I am injured… I’m losing a lot of blood here, left leg." *[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Echo-3 Juliet, this Echo-5 Romeo. I need you to tie a tourniquet at hands length above the wound. Get one of your IFAK now." *[Echo-3 Juliet]:* "IFAK’s gone." *[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Say again?" *[Echo-3 Juliet]:* "My IFAK’s gone…I’m, uhh…I’m- *[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Okay, you’re gonna need to find another pack and get a tourniquet out of it." *[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Are you still there?" *[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Echo-3 Juliet, can you hear me?" *[Background]:* "Come on, give me a hand over here, come on!"
Just to let you and everyone else know, it appears that the designer of the HEV suit *AND* Gordon himself (Chuck Jones) clarified that Gordon does indeed wear a helmet throughout the game. He made 3 different points: 1. It's not explicitly shown in game "for reasons of realism" which I suppose is the same logic as to why Valve was anti-cutscene, among other parts of their game design. 2. The helmet is how headcrabs can't latch onto Gordon's head. 3. Gordon's glasses don't have some kind of computer or smart display, especially since we'd see the HUD at the very beginning of the game before Gordon gets the suit, if that were the case. However, I should point out that I looked this up and found the quote from a site called Stack Exchange, in which he also claimed in the quote that it's really him. I guess it's not really confirmed if that was actually Chuck Jones or not, but I do think that the points are pretty much irrefutable when you look at videos of the other devs explain their game design methods, as well as the obvious logic of Gordon not getting a headcrab stuck on his head and the obvious glasses flaw. *BUT,* I have the best compromise if you still don't think he wears a helmet... *Gordon's helmet is retractable.*
Yeah, retractable helmet seems like the best answer we could get. Explains why you never see it with the suit in HL1 or HL2, but also answers why Gordon doesn't die from say, the radiation in the citadel in Episode 1 or headshots.
4:19:17 those numbers next to that dead scientist tell you the exact order of the portals above but im glad that you saw all those other extra areas just wanted to let you know
If I’d want to suggest one thing, I understand all that streamer goofiness, entertaining the masses, but there will never be a 2nd chance to experience this for the first time. Take your time, take a look at your surroundings. Let it sink in. No matter what you do, the next will never be the same as you’d know what to expect. People spent almost a decade trying to make a perfect remake, don’t let the streaming spoil the unique fun for you. You won’t get anything like it ever again.
Kelski, that part with the tank, tunnels and the car garage at the back: If the tank was still alive and you popped up behind it, the turret tracks you through walls and destroys the environment/buildings to get to you, opening them up.
Xen went from the weakest part of HL1 to the most banger part of Black Mesa. The Crowbar Collective team gave such a beautiful gift to the half life fans. They truly brought Xen to life.
Missed the stream bc wedding, but I’m sure you cooked as always! Edit: Holy headcrabs, that was actually one of your most fun streams yet, what with the donations, the superhuman comedic timing, and what’s probably my favorite part of the game on the facility itself. Ya never fail to deliver, Kelski! Get ready for Xen.
1:32:51 Bro, it's always the quiet ones... Oh yeah, speaking of. Look up Mr Friendly. He's a cut enemy from Half-Life one. It's quite something. Well, there's a bunch of cut enemies from both HL1 & HL2.
The begging on Xen is great, but the interloper part is the worst chapter in the game, imo. They spend so much time on it and it didn't worth it, imo. They should have at least just cut it in half.
God hearing the rest of the tank crew panicking in the background of that radio transmission right before it gets manta'd is an excellent touch I actually feel extremely bad for the HECU cus of this mod lol
that crouch jump at 13:15 through both mines was the most impressive thing I've ever seen in a half life game outside of some sort of top level speed run
I never really understood the amount of love Dishonoured's story gets. I've played it and loved the game and the story is alright but really never seemed like anything special; Yet everyone else seems to love it
Has anyone ever told you that you sound like Mr. Metokur? It's been very entertaining seeing you experience this for the first time, and I share your HYPE levels after the recent leaks.
🎶Life is a myyystery🎶 🎶Everyone must stand aaaaloone🎶 🎶I hear you call my naaaame🎶 🎶And it feels liiike... Home🎶 **Jumps on to xen portal** Rip my membership bye bye emojis
4:34:26 i wished for that too but they didnt bother adding even a single new interesting Xen enemy out of all the cut HL1 ones (reskinned "buffier" houndeye doesnt count). Yep, *no stukabats, no xen chargers, no flocking floater (as a variation of controllers), no chumtoads, no kingpin, nothing..* Instead they prolonged Xen parts making you fight the same enemy types you already saw for the most part thus overstaying its welcome. Xen looks absolutely mesmerizing and they did add very awesome content like HEV Zombies but aside from sick audio and more armor, there was no gameplay variety compared to for example Gonomes. And dont get me started on Nihilanth voice/design. His bossfight was awesome though (although slightly casual), a huge improvement over original. I am also pissed about them not even bothering adding a uniform/personnel variation among the NPCs. It is just scientiests and guards, nothing else. Where are all the maintenance workers, cooks/chefs, off duty personnel, hazard suit wearing scientists? Or IT, repair and cleanup crew? It is very easy to do and adds a lot to the atmosphere, there is a even a mod for it. Another big annoyance is them not restoring all the cut VOX announcements from original that would add some lore and background ambiance which is again very easy to do, they even had extra lines recorded but never used. Additionally I am more pissed at lack of enemy variety that easily could be fixed by adding the cut HL1 enemy "Panther Eye" at the very least. Similarly, soldiers (HECU) also have a variety issue. They may have different appearances but gameplay wise do the same thing. Would be an alright place to introduce male black ops or that cut HL1 sergeant with a minigun (which could be replaced with a machine gun to be less goofy). All that aside, the initial complaint at the beginning of my comment goes hard against Xen because that's where Black Mesa team had the most creative freedom. Valve rushed HL1's Xen and couldn't implement a lot of things. No one would have complained if Xen was shorter but more packed with content that adds to gameplay and enemy variety.. This all sounds like a big rant, I know. We all have our favorite games or other media. It is only natural to wish for your favorite thing to be better, especially when there's been so much opportunity.. missed opportunity. That's unless Crowbar Collective makes another big update in the future which to be frank will never happen.
Again, all this rant is from me loving the game and wanting it to be better. It's one of my favourite games. I simply wish it could be better which it absolutely should have been given all the development time it took for Xen. At that point they were getting money too so it's fair.
@@MichaelClark2-c4m Oh yeah, i was mesmerized when i first saw it. I don't even care that it leans more into fantasy than horror. They just put themselves into a corner with the stupid "no new enemies/mechanics" artificial rule while still wanting to leave their own mark behind with what they had. Resulted in awesome visuals and gameplay that gets obnoxious between post-Gonarch and Nihilanth.
SOME ONE PLEASE LET HIM KNOW ABOUT F.E.A.R 1 I SWEAR ITS THE PERFECT BLEND OF HORROR AND ACTION FOR HIM AND IT GIVE BIG HALF LIFE VIBES TOO! ESPECIALLY THE SOLDIERS COMMS! AND THE A.I IS REALLY GOOD IN THAT TOO PLEASE I PROMISE THIS MASTER PIECE GAME IS WORTH THE TIME!!! NOT TOO HORROR FOR HIM TO NOT TRY PLEASE!!!! LET HIM KNOW OF THIS GAME its 5 am now so sorry for the caps i am sleepy.
Greetings from Cluj-Napoca , Romania . I am not going but we have this huge festival going on right now, Untold festival , Steve Aoki was on first day *HAD THAT AS A DONO BUT U WERE TOO BUSY FIGHTING THE FISH* P.S. Saw Borderlands earlier,didn't played the games but the movie was not very good ALSO LOL WE HAD A SMALL EARTHQUAKE WHILE WATCHING THE STREAM,wasn't sure but ye,felt the chair move a little bit
if you don't pick up that weapon yet, save the guard below, THEN do that animation in front of him, the guard has A LOT of different reactions to it specifically.
Nah, 100% not what VALVe had in mind for Xen. Gone is the hostile feeling with the sudo Lovecraftian vibes. Xen suffers from many bad choices which shows that when Crowbar Collective have no blueprint to follow, they make pretty frustrating levels with Super Mario logic. Xen - much like the original is somewhat disappointing, but unfortunately stretched too thin. This looks like something whimsical, straight ripped off from Avatar. It does not suit Half - Life's vibes.
If there’s one thing I love about this mod it’s how they handled the disaster and the HECU. It’s actually quite apparent and discouraging watching the soldier be beaten and sent running. And the radio transmissions…the one where a soldier bleeds out while on the radio is pretty rough
Yes, it really adds atmosphere. Your not just running and gunning your stuck in a huge facility fighting for your life while the outside world slowly suffers the same fate.
True, even the sky reflect that : at the beginning HECU have full control of the facility, you have a big blue sky and the more you move trought Surface Tension, the more the sky is filled with smoke, gunshot and explosion (and an american flag is partially destroyed)
@@MrMangoustine the beginning of the end. Black Mesa truly makes it feel like the world is going to end
Someone made a small animation for it, too. Worth a watch.
@@Chopstorm. I’ve seen it, very good and perfectly shows the situation being too much for the HECU to handle. The zombies also being a threat was cool to see
Xen went from rocks in subspace to a majestic aquatic like ecosystem with a nebula in the sky. That's quite the trip
@@clasher138 masterfully done too
Agreed
that timing on 1:33:49 is insane
"Do they trip-?" *Reduced to dust*
Why my life a looney toons cartoon bruh 😭
@@kel_ski cuz yes
@@kel_skifor our entertainment
Xen legit made me tear up, the music and visuals were so peak!
I lowkey got emotional dude, soooo many chills. AND THE MUSIC
@@kel_skiI’m glad you’re having such a good time with this game, for me it’s in my top 3 of all time. It was THAT good for me, and got very emotional not only because of the effort put into it, but it makes me imagine how much the half life universe could be expanded on, and hopefully I BEG the half life 3 leaks are real
2:48:31
*[Echo-3 Juliet]:* "Any station, any station, this Echo-3 Juliet… My team is ambushed…I am injured… I’m losing a lot of blood here, left leg."
*[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Echo-3 Juliet, this Echo-5 Romeo. I need you to tie a tourniquet at hands length above the wound. Get one of your IFAK now."
*[Echo-3 Juliet]:* "IFAK’s gone."
*[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Say again?"
*[Echo-3 Juliet]:* "My IFAK’s gone…I’m, uhh…I’m-
*[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Okay, you’re gonna need to find another pack and get a tourniquet out of it."
*[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Are you still there?"
*[Echo-5 Romeo]:* "Echo-3 Juliet, can you hear me?"
*[Background]:* "Come on, give me a hand over here, come on!"
Just to let you and everyone else know, it appears that the designer of the HEV suit *AND* Gordon himself (Chuck Jones) clarified that Gordon does indeed wear a helmet throughout the game.
He made 3 different points:
1. It's not explicitly shown in game "for reasons of realism" which I suppose is the same logic as to why Valve was anti-cutscene, among other parts of their game design.
2. The helmet is how headcrabs can't latch onto Gordon's head.
3. Gordon's glasses don't have some kind of computer or smart display, especially since we'd see the HUD at the very beginning of the game before Gordon gets the suit, if that were the case.
However, I should point out that I looked this up and found the quote from a site called Stack Exchange, in which he also claimed in the quote that it's really him. I guess it's not really confirmed if that was actually Chuck Jones or not, but I do think that the points are pretty much irrefutable when you look at videos of the other devs explain their game design methods, as well as the obvious logic of Gordon not getting a headcrab stuck on his head and the obvious glasses flaw.
*BUT,* I have the best compromise if you still don't think he wears a helmet...
*Gordon's helmet is retractable.*
Yeah, retractable helmet seems like the best answer we could get. Explains why you never see it with the suit in HL1 or HL2, but also answers why Gordon doesn't die from say, the radiation in the citadel in Episode 1 or headshots.
1:33:49 I got an ad to play right when the explosion happened and it was the funniest thing to ever happen today
4:19:17 those numbers next to that dead scientist tell you the exact order of the portals above but im glad that you saw all those other extra areas
just wanted to let you know
56:37 "Return to sender" ahhh rocket 😭😭🙏
WHY YOU EXPOSING ME BROOO
If I’d want to suggest one thing, I understand all that streamer goofiness, entertaining the masses, but there will never be a 2nd chance to experience this for the first time. Take your time, take a look at your surroundings. Let it sink in. No matter what you do, the next will never be the same as you’d know what to expect. People spent almost a decade trying to make a perfect remake, don’t let the streaming spoil the unique fun for you. You won’t get anything like it ever again.
But if he paid attention to the game he wouldn't get to make constant horny jokes about everything
Kelski, that part with the tank, tunnels and the car garage at the back: If the tank was still alive and you popped up behind it, the turret tracks you through walls and destroys the environment/buildings to get to you, opening them up.
Xen went from the weakest part of HL1 to the most banger part of Black Mesa. The Crowbar Collective team gave such a beautiful gift to the half life fans. They truly brought Xen to life.
Missed the stream bc wedding, but I’m sure you cooked as always!
Edit: Holy headcrabs, that was actually one of your most fun streams yet, what with the donations, the superhuman comedic timing, and what’s probably my favorite part of the game on the facility itself. Ya never fail to deliver, Kelski! Get ready for Xen.
1:32:51 Bro, it's always the quiet ones...
Oh yeah, speaking of. Look up Mr Friendly. He's a cut enemy from Half-Life one. It's quite something. Well, there's a bunch of cut enemies from both HL1 & HL2.
2:28:40
Moments like these helped cement why the HECU retreated.
w content creator for considering the European Keltown residents
Greetings from Romania 🇷🇴✌🏻
Going to bed now 😴💤
43:16 literally as you hit the ground i got a random ad as it cut out to black xD
Xen is beatiful but long as fuck. I heard it took someone once 7 hours to beat it. That's more than the entirety of Half-Life Opposing Force
I had no problem with the length of it
The begging on Xen is great, but the interloper part is the worst chapter in the game, imo. They spend so much time on it and it didn't worth it, imo. They should have at least just cut it in half.
God hearing the rest of the tank crew panicking in the background of that radio transmission right before it gets manta'd is an excellent touch
I actually feel extremely bad for the HECU cus of this mod lol
Bro was actually cooking with this one!
W stream, and we now all know the Dr. Cleaner can disarm a bomb
I love this game, but the Xen chapters are easily my favorite part, amazingly. I look forward to your next stream of this.
15:45 guys... we gotta get Kelski to play Subnautica
I agree.
He says he doesn't like the ocean and aquatic creatures but in his Alien Isolation stream he said he is not a wussy.
So maybe he will play it
1:42:53 saving my spot.
Canon event 1:23:50
Tomorrow (12 August) is my Birthday!
So W to you for coincidentally finishing this game on my birthday 😎👍
1:06:13 “Morgan Freeman” lol
03:29:35 I can't believe I missed the 360° grenade throws from the stream, Can't wait for you to explore Xen and finishing the game!
Julian is single handedly paying kelski's bills
*HELLO GORDON*
- Dr. Coomer
I keep sleeping as soon as the stream starts
that crouch jump at 13:15 through both mines was the most impressive thing I've ever seen in a half life game outside of some sort of top level speed run
Banger OST
If you're looking for singleplayer FPS games with fantastic stories, I recommend:
▪︎Dishonoured
▪︎Titanfall 2
They are both outstanding.
He already played titan fall 2
@@gogia6037 Yeah, I saw his videos on it and everything. No idea why I didn't remember.
I never really understood the amount of love Dishonoured's story gets. I've played it and loved the game and the story is alright but really never seemed like anything special; Yet everyone else seems to love it
I think Adrian Sheppard appears in the Lamda Complex right before you enter the portal to Xen 4:34:00
Too bad he didn't jumped in before for the *FREEMAN YOU FOOL*
Only with a workshop mod. He doesn't appear in the base game.
Only if you have a mod installed. He doesn't show up in the base game.
@JohnnyBrown dammit that would've been neat in the base game
the assassins did everything to embarrass him lol
Has anyone ever told you that you sound like Mr. Metokur?
It's been very entertaining seeing you experience this for the first time, and I share your HYPE levels after the recent leaks.
Can’t wait for you to explore Xen and fight Gonarch!
FUCK YES you should play Prey!
3:24:02 that is *not* the slay position that’s something else
Bubba picture tier list stream when?(Thank you for the birthday wishes :D)
the 'nando-julian are unyielding
1:33:49 did it trig-
TF2 Medic Pose was Fire
🎶Life is a myyystery🎶
🎶Everyone must stand aaaaloone🎶
🎶I hear you call my naaaame🎶
🎶And it feels liiike... Home🎶
**Jumps on to xen portal**
Rip my membership bye bye emojis
I'll never forgive u for all the sacrificed Barrys. But as always, amazing stream. You're my fav streamer and we love u so much.
Should we tell him there are speedruns for Black Mesa? xD
Yes, please stream Hunt Down The Freeman, it'll be fun and also educational about the differences in game quality and game design.
Do we get no video on Black Mesa?
well that was one fun stream
are you gonna do uplink after you're done with black mesa? maybe in the near end of the part 4 stream?
ngl Kelski is the only streamer I've enjoyed so much
Sacrifice Barry.
1:30:00 that jump was INSANE
4:35:50 the Xen reaction.
1:32:55 Gordon mindbreaks the hive hand
goodluck to xen, it is much more longer than the previous one, especially the interloper part
now kelski have experienced the pain of surface tension final helicopter fight. btw how would you compare black mesa hard mode to half life hard mode?
epic bubba images also w stream
Gonarch lair is the best chapter of xen, a really good improvement compared to the original HL
4:38:43
You best be buying that head crab costume
(Edit) I am not denying it won’t be announced I am just saying it won’t be released
3:19:10 Breaking bad OST?
why didn't you play through xen?
woke up today and saw that I got gifted member here
why did he have to press f6 when his hp was low ??? it hurt both of my brain and eyes so much 😭
Have you seen literally any other stream of his???
He is not a fucking coward
People who say "4h left" are optimistic lmao, you have at least 6-7h left maybe even 8
Sup kelski, how you doin man?
4:34:26 i wished for that too but they didnt bother adding even a single new interesting Xen enemy out of all the cut HL1 ones (reskinned "buffier" houndeye doesnt count). Yep, *no stukabats, no xen chargers, no flocking floater (as a variation of controllers), no chumtoads, no kingpin, nothing..* Instead they prolonged Xen parts making you fight the same enemy types you already saw for the most part thus overstaying its welcome.
Xen looks absolutely mesmerizing and they did add very awesome content like HEV Zombies but aside from sick audio and more armor, there was no gameplay variety compared to for example Gonomes. And dont get me started on Nihilanth voice/design. His bossfight was awesome though (although slightly casual), a huge improvement over original.
I am also pissed about them not even bothering adding a uniform/personnel variation among the NPCs. It is just scientiests and guards, nothing else. Where are all the maintenance workers, cooks/chefs, off duty personnel, hazard suit wearing scientists? Or IT, repair and cleanup crew? It is very easy to do and adds a lot to the atmosphere, there is a even a mod for it. Another big annoyance is them not restoring all the cut VOX announcements from original that would add some lore and background ambiance which is again very easy to do, they even had extra lines recorded but never used. Additionally I am more pissed at lack of enemy variety that easily could be fixed by adding the cut HL1 enemy "Panther Eye" at the very least. Similarly, soldiers (HECU) also have a variety issue. They may have different appearances but gameplay wise do the same thing. Would be an alright place to introduce male black ops or that cut HL1 sergeant with a minigun (which could be replaced with a machine gun to be less goofy).
All that aside, the initial complaint at the beginning of my comment goes hard against Xen because that's where Black Mesa team had the most creative freedom. Valve rushed HL1's Xen and couldn't implement a lot of things. No one would have complained if Xen was shorter but more packed with content that adds to gameplay and enemy variety..
This all sounds like a big rant, I know. We all have our favorite games or other media. It is only natural to wish for your favorite thing to be better, especially when there's been so much opportunity.. missed opportunity. That's unless Crowbar Collective makes another big update in the future which to be frank will never happen.
Again, all this rant is from me loving the game and wanting it to be better. It's one of my favourite games. I simply wish it could be better which it absolutely should have been given all the development time it took for Xen. At that point they were getting money too so it's fair.
Though I agree it could be better, you have to admit zen was still phenomenal
@@MichaelClark2-c4m Oh yeah, i was mesmerized when i first saw it. I don't even care that it leans more into fantasy than horror. They just put themselves into a corner with the stupid "no new enemies/mechanics" artificial rule while still wanting to leave their own mark behind with what they had. Resulted in awesome visuals and gameplay that gets obnoxious between post-Gonarch and Nihilanth.
Me on a Tuesday after noon.
Dude grew hair - @1:17:50
Hi Kelski
1:17:10 context please
-20000 IQ run
SOME ONE PLEASE LET HIM KNOW ABOUT F.E.A.R 1 I SWEAR ITS THE PERFECT BLEND OF HORROR AND ACTION FOR HIM AND IT GIVE BIG HALF LIFE VIBES TOO! ESPECIALLY THE SOLDIERS COMMS! AND THE A.I IS REALLY GOOD IN THAT TOO PLEASE I PROMISE THIS MASTER PIECE GAME IS WORTH THE TIME!!! NOT TOO HORROR FOR HIM TO NOT TRY PLEASE!!!! LET HIM KNOW OF THIS GAME its 5 am now so sorry for the caps i am sleepy.
Bro you could have turned off the caps at any point.
4:24:06 i can control a your marriage
At 1:00:29 Kelski becomes a 🐒
F*ck my life, my internet just dies mid stream every damn stream
NOW PLS PLAY BLACK MESA BLUE SHIFT AFTER YOU COMPLETE BLACK MESA
Greetings from Cluj-Napoca , Romania . I am not going but we have this huge festival going on right now, Untold festival , Steve Aoki was on first day
*HAD THAT AS A DONO BUT U WERE TOO BUSY FIGHTING THE FISH*
P.S. Saw Borderlands earlier,didn't played the games but the movie was not very good
ALSO LOL WE HAD A SMALL EARTHQUAKE WHILE WATCHING THE STREAM,wasn't sure but ye,felt the chair move a little bit
Day 54 of asking kelski to play pavlov.
1:33:25 WHAT???!!!
if you don't pick up that weapon yet, save the guard below, THEN do that animation in front of him, the guard has A LOT of different reactions to it specifically.
Ahhh, the Facepalming 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
hi
please never play "hunt down the freeman" thx. its a disgrace to the half-life blood line
Its a masterpiece (trust)
bro u amature
thats because he thinks hes durable as a generic fps game protagonist
Nah, 100% not what VALVe had in mind for Xen. Gone is the hostile feeling with the sudo Lovecraftian vibes.
Xen suffers from many bad choices which shows that when Crowbar Collective have no blueprint to follow, they make pretty frustrating levels with Super Mario logic.
Xen - much like the original is somewhat disappointing, but unfortunately stretched too thin. This looks like something whimsical, straight ripped off from Avatar. It does not suit Half - Life's vibes.
I don't like new Xen