You really get the 'Elder God' vibe from Nihilanth now, and while I'm glad they re-recorded the G-Man's voice lines, you can totally hear Barney coming through when he speaks.
You know that in the original HL 1 Barney and Gman was voiced by the same guy right? AND the same guy still voices Guards AND Gman here again I think its actually really cool
Kevin Sisk (d'beerguy), voice actor for the Security Guards, also provided voices for the G-Man and all the Vorts found in Interloper. He also voiced one of the scientists who briefed Gordon prior to the experiment in the Mod Version; that is until they had the Kevan Brighting (aka the Narrator from Stanley Parable) to redo his lines, since they really wanted Brighting to have at least a few lines in the game. Also, Sisk was the one who made the new HEV Model.
@A Bcd yeah, no, earth doesn't have trees that big or caves like that, or a sky like xen, however, I respect your point of view, I just prefer the new xen
I wonder why those vortigaunts are so calm. Seems like they used to see aliens on the plant everyday. At least they should report that strange dude jumping around in conveyors. That's outright violation of whatever safety regulation they have there.
@@thehalo2guy638 Didn't they suppose to run away from you? If you see an armed terrorist running amok at your workplace, will you just keep working as usual or you'll run away? AFAIR they did run away from you in original HL.
Local High School Physics teacher found passed out overdosed on LCD outisde Area 51, witnesses say he was spotted screaming about a "Gman" and physically harassing people
@@matejakrsulj9960 Vortigaunts don't attack you in this area. They only do so when Controllers command them. And if you'd played HL2 you'd know they aren't actually enemies
@@roentgen519 I know that they are friendly in hl 2 but i didn't know they are in Black Mesa Xen because they weren't friendly in hl 1 Xen correct me if i am wrong because i played hl 1 long time ago
@@G-741-S G-Man looks like an old-aged man in all games (given its inhuman capabilities, this appearance may be his regular disguise), so why do you think that he should look differently?
@@thejackal0334 its not dead. They're working on it but it takes alot of time with few people working on it. Be patient and stop saying its dead when its not
Thats really cool, but now that half life alyx was announced the community has never been more hopeful that a third half life is coming from valve. I just hope that if the fans make the game, it comes out good.
MetalKingGamer No, you weren’t seeing things. Nihilanth teleports in large objects to hurl at you. Those objects ranging from cargo containers, to cars, to tanks
yeah me too,while watching this i talk to myself(nobody in my room) *hahaha i can believe after several years,Valve still create this game,black messa and half life,so cool*
and more pc demanding i think... look at all of those Effects on screen... it will turn any pc older that barely runs CS:S into a jet engine or that pc will melt itself into a goo
ram use is not too bad... I think about 5.7 gigs or something on my system, I was more surprised about VRAM use that was close to six gig as well... most modern games dont even use that much or likewise as much, i blame it on the textures and new effects using a lot of memory and source simply being outdated. more modern engine may have better graphics with u sing less resources or better compression techinque, idk...
There are no words to describe how spectacular the fight against Nihilanth was, all that spectacle of effects makes me feel how frenetic it is, simply amazing, I almost cry of how good it looks, I can hardly imagine that Valve, even having professionals can do something better than this
Now this is the best Christmas gift any Half-Life fans could get, same goes for me! Damn CC sure knows how to bring back the original scare the game had when I first played.
Geez the Phases the Nihilanth goes through is AMAZING. Because it does take from the original, but SPICES it up by 11 He actively morphs the staging grounds around you, and all those beam attacks. This was amazing.
Okay, so I've been playing HL since I was like 11 or 12. I know all the maps and dialogues. I'm 27 now and last night I finished it again after waiting for it for so many years. I'm just so grateful yet sad it's over. GMan saying the same exact words really made me feel nostalgic. Now I need to test how long it takes me to play through BM from Anomalous Materials to Nihilanth!
I admit. I`m a bit shocked. By far the best HL game to date. Valve, the community`s ahead of you and thanks for giving them the tools to make it happen. Merry Xmas!
I loved half-life when it first came out, a mix of action, puzzles, and (at the time), mind blowing visuals. First I played Black Mesa (when it was a beta) and was like "omg this is fabulous" finished it and cut off and told I have to wait "I sulked like a child waiting for the next ice cream). Having just played it all over again up till this point I'm blown away with what Crowbar Collective have achieved, I can't find words to describe their effort and commitment to the project that has culminated in a proper remake of a classic game that re-defined games as they stand today. Next up HL2? :o)
OMG, it's amazing. The nihilanth boss fight used to be annoying with him teleporting you, but now he throws f***ing cars!!!! Really well done. I just think the G-man voice came out weirder than usual.
Wow, i can't believe my eyes just watched! It's beyond perfection, everything is incredible, and Nihilanth fight got so much improvements. I NEED A RELEASE DATE!!!!!
Well you just made the Nihilanth look like a cakewalk. Sidenote: holy bollocks this game was amazing. I played the mod when they first released it in 2012 and it wasn't great, mostly due to imbalanced fighting. Now I finally got the complete game and what an amazing journey! So much fun to play. Except for Interloper. That chapter needs to be cut by about 2/3.
Barney:heya growdane freemon Growdane:*blast window* Growdane:*jumps out* Barney:gordon I mean growdane stop you could be fired Growdane:..... Growdane:shoots boxes Barney:scientist with a gun
I’d love for them to get some help bringing this to consoles. Incredible work that should be available to everyone on every platform possible My only real gripe with the Nihilanth level (which I have only seen here and haven’t been able to play yet) is it’s the only part of Xen that worked for me, as it was a bit of a sprawling inter dimensional puzzle, and you were constantly being teleported away. Sure it needed some tweaking, but just turning it into a, admittedly very impressive boss fight, seemed a bit of a waste and missing the point of the enemy itself
Matteo Scognamiglio Yeah there are a few moments where he does. An ominous voice between after some loading screens while in Xen says thing like ‘Kill...he will kill’ and things like that
I just beat this and came to watch this silky smooth 60p gameplay because my old 2012 computer couldn’t handle the final fight and it felt like I was playing it at 5fps. Somehow managed to beat it under those conditions haha. Goodness how well done this all is! I think they did such a great job with Xen!
We're in the endgame now. Once this is done we need to fund the hell out of it (or now if you don't mind pre-releases, Xen will be free once it's done) and encourage them to work on Half Life 3. The alien factory is looking incredible.
They team behind this game deserves a lot of credit. It took more than a decade, but they are so close to finishing this game. It takes a lot of dedication to work on a project that long without giving up.
The boss fight was intense, and the portal leading to it was awesome. I didn't care that much for Gman though; his voice was a bit too high pitched and the delivery was a little too quick-paced. It kind of lacked the gravitas that typically came from Gman. The callback to half-life 2 was neat though.
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I remember killing Nihilanth twenty years ago by getting onto it's head and whacking him to death with the crowbar.
I tried that too but whenever i steps inside his head the portal killed me, idk if it was glitch or what
That was not neccessary
yeah me too..somehow i managed to glitch into it's head and kill it from inside
"Hahaha you are out of ammo now you lose..."
(freeman mind) Time for crowbar blow in to your head.
@@fahada.979 Maybe it doesn't kill you only when Nihilanth is in his "last phase".
Now we know why the development took years to complete. Seeing this makes me wanna cry. All the nostalgic feeling came back.
What nostalgia , its just came out
TheShmsrsh Why, the nostalgia to Half Life Alyx of course.
Years of years to make it and only little ounce of hours to play it..... Cruel world man
@@TheShmrsh cuz it's a remake of original half life that came out in 1998
@@infamouspotato2028 yeha , i know. But it's been released in 2012 ....
Next: Operation Black Mesa
Seria genial
@@sebastianmendoza6447 si
Si plz
and black mesa azure sheep
And guard duty
You really get the 'Elder God' vibe from Nihilanth now, and while I'm glad they re-recorded the G-Man's voice lines, you can totally hear Barney coming through when he speaks.
It’s a beta so maybe that was an attempt and not final. I hope they get someone who really SLAPS as gman
Yeah, G-man sound just like a Security guy in a very very sarcastic tone xD
You know that in the original HL 1 Barney and Gman was voiced by the same guy right?
AND the same guy still voices Guards AND Gman here again
I think its actually really cool
Kevin Sisk (d'beerguy), voice actor for the Security Guards, also provided voices for the G-Man and all the Vorts found in Interloper.
He also voiced one of the scientists who briefed Gordon prior to the experiment in the Mod Version; that is until they had the Kevan Brighting (aka the Narrator from Stanley Parable) to redo his lines, since they really wanted Brighting to have at least a few lines in the game.
Also, Sisk was the one who made the new HEV Model.
@@ventooreo9358 Kevin also voiced Eli here.
I hate to say it but this is way better than the original Xen, so immersive
Of course it is... The superb atmosphere... No other game can be created like this
What a thrilling conclusion after all these years. And the G-Man is great
It feels wierd hearing the security guard voice actor play gman
@@TomSidProductions HL2 Barney and Gman have the same VAs too.
@@nucleus691 but they don't sound the same.
Love how remaining scientist try to help Gordon as much as they can by teleport ammo supply to him even their situation are down to hell too
I always interpreted it as the Gman subtly helping you out since the teleport chamber was overrun after you cross over to xen.
I just like to say this video game made my year and for everyone else...marry Christmas
@A Bcd True... it really looks great visually and graphically but that's as far as it goes.
I like Christmas more as a friend..
@A Bcd yeah, no, earth doesn't have trees that big or caves like that, or a sky like xen, however, I respect your point of view, I just prefer the new xen
@ hey, i'm married happily to christmas
who tf is christmas and why do people wanna marry him
Gordon Freeman: one man weapon of mass destruction.
Player: the most destructive type of specimen in gaming history.
Residue Processing: now in Xen.
YayDude123 is it bad that I prefer on a rail Over residue processing?
fuck man, on rail is the worst
I wonder why those vortigaunts are so calm. Seems like they used to see aliens on the plant everyday. At least they should report that strange dude jumping around in conveyors. That's outright violation of whatever safety regulation they have there.
@@shadyone6620 i think, they're probably workers who are not supposed to engage unless they are being attacked
@@thehalo2guy638 Didn't they suppose to run away from you? If you see an armed terrorist running amok at your workplace, will you just keep working as usual or you'll run away? AFAIR they did run away from you in original HL.
42:20 RIP Nihilanth, Interloper, Gonarch's lair
*After 7 years in development, hopefully it will be worth the wait.*
I literally filled my pants when I heard the Nihalanth say “Frèëmæñ”
Same, that was really deep..
The original is scarier
@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 and this one is both scary and epic
@@MTB396 it isnt scary.
This nihilanth looks and sounds angry
Suddenly, Half-Life becomes DOOM.
And the ending is very similar to the pre-final and final boss battles in Prey 2006. Incredibly...
I got the same vibes
well at least the final mission isn't impossible
@@vladimirsavin58 Yes! my thoughts too, very much like PREY. Especially having to break the shield.
I think the alluding to Prey is all cool, they did a lot of what I would have expected HL3 to be in its Xen sections.
G-Man: It’s time to choose.
Bolloxed: LOL Nope
Local High School Physics teacher found passed out overdosed on LCD outisde Area 51, witnesses say he was spotted screaming about a "Gman" and physically harassing people
GMAN: "Thats why im here Mr Freeman
Gordon: "WHERE ?!?"
Now I want to see Freeman's mind in Black Mesa.
In your head.
Let me fix your joke:
Gman: "That's why I'm here, Mr. Freeman.."
Gordon: "..."
Black messa
@@Vultonized7 You must be put down for doing an HDTF reference.
We are Living in Right Generation.
13:06 Nooo why did you kill the guy?! 😭
Who gives fuck for him he is enemy
@@matejakrsulj9960 Vortigaunts don't attack you in this area. They only do so when Controllers command them. And if you'd played HL2 you'd know they aren't actually enemies
@@roentgen519 I know that they are friendly in hl 2 but i didn't know they are in Black Mesa Xen because they weren't friendly in hl 1 Xen correct me if i am wrong because i played hl 1 long time ago
@@matejakrsulj9960 If i remeber well, in hl1 in the factory level of xen the vort only attack you if you attack fist
@@zagrebvolgograd2288 oh i forgot thanks anyway
1996: NPCs cower or run from you when they hear you kill their buddies
2019: NPCs are basically furniture
Wow with this release and Half Life: Alyx, it’s a great time to be a Half Life fan
Damn, this has to be the greatest remake of an original game in history...
G man: Its you black *messa*
I think back to Freeman's mind: "Am I fighting an elder god!?"
40:23 WHAT men that was amazing
Nihilanth in 2019
I'm impressed how good this looks and it's running on Source engine that was released almost 14 years ago.
Its been heavly modified and the source engine has been updated to 2012.
Im here just for Gman
Same
@@G-741-S G-Man looks like an old-aged man in all games (given its inhuman capabilities, this appearance may be his regular disguise), so why do you think that he should look differently?
The voice actor nailed the intonations. As the man, who played a ton of HL1 mods, it is nice to hear.
@@KHlb_ He turns into Yoda a few times lol, but it's a good impression for sure.
project borealis is on the way as third part of half life 2
DoN't FoRgEt To ReLoAd!
@gordon freeman explosion2.wav
Project Borealis has been dead for months.
@@thejackal0334 its not dead. They're working on it but it takes alot of time with few people working on it. Be patient and stop saying its dead when its not
Thats really cool, but now that half life alyx was announced the community has never been more hopeful that a third half life is coming from valve. I just hope that if the fans make the game, it comes out good.
13:00 Sir please hurry up, I don't have time for this
Mahsira oh hey there! I never thought I see you on a half life video until now. lol
@@starmaverick011 O no
This Nihilath is one of the best boss fights i have ever seen and heard in video games.
love how the nihilanth teleport chunks of black mesa into zen
Yes, I was expecting some Hecu to show up in this like "WHAT THE HECK?!"
Idk if it’s just me but, i swear for a moment I thought I saw him teleporting a car in.
MetalKingGamer
No, you weren’t seeing things. Nihilanth teleports in large objects to hurl at you. Those objects ranging from cargo containers, to cars, to tanks
35:03 the moment of truth...
I can't believe i am still alive to see this :'v
Rodrigo Quispe wym?
@@2hillsinbetween Uno se da cuenta de cuando ve a un latino por el pacman, bueno por eso y por el nombre
yeah me too,while watching this i talk to myself(nobody in my room) *hahaha i can believe after several years,Valve still create this game,black messa and half life,so cool*
@Daffa Baharsyah Andysa Rachman Sorry, but I'm not Mexican, asshole
26:21 when Sci-Fi turn into badass with music
This boss fight looks like more harder to beat than in original.
I just played it last night on normal difficulty. Interloper and Nihilanth are both much harder than I remember.
and more pc demanding i think... look at all of those Effects on screen... it will turn any pc older that barely runs CS:S into a jet engine or that pc will melt itself into a goo
PC with Low GB of RAM: Hehe, i'm in danger
ram use is not too bad... I think about 5.7 gigs or something on my system, I was more surprised about VRAM use that was close to six gig as well... most modern games dont even use that much or likewise as much, i blame it on the textures and new effects using a lot of memory and source simply being outdated. more modern engine may have better graphics with u sing less resources or better compression techinque, idk...
This makes the citadel in half life 2 look like a literal walk in the park for Gordan Freeman. I'm so FUCKING proud of the team who made this!
The new guy voicing G-man could use a more deeper tone in the voice, other than that it’s pretty good.
I'm sure they are gonna work on that, this is a beta.
Im actually very surprised at how good the voice actor is
@@bethanywhite247 Yes, but this is supposed to be a reimagining with HL2 in mind.
no bolloxed dont do it. i downloaded the game just now
it took me a goddamn day to finish it
I love the fact Nihilanth starts lobbing pieces of Black Mesa at you, e.g. mostly likely escaping HECU vehicles and staff lol
There are no words to describe how spectacular the fight against Nihilanth was, all that spectacle of effects makes me feel how frenetic it is, simply amazing, I almost cry of how good it looks, I can hardly imagine that Valve, even having professionals can do something better than this
42:36 the sensual lip smacking
ASMR
Hats off for The Crowbar Collective team.
The Nihilanth battle was the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life.
The best remake in the history of video games. Such pathos shit as Call of Duty smokes aside next to this masterpiece. Black Mesa 12/10
Now this is the best Christmas gift any Half-Life fans could get, same goes for me! Damn CC sure knows how to bring back the original scare the game had when I first played.
This video is the best birthday present ever.
You had them today too? Happy birthday, pal :")
@@AgentWolnyTyl3k thanks man happy birthday to you too :D
@MythsQueue thanks dude I appreciate it.
@@stonedsavage7814 Hell yeah, Happy Birthday dude!
happy birthday!
That's so perfect, you didn't die, and end the game! Just wow! I probably died million times, and saved/load the game all the time :(
"Gordon Freeman in the flesh.." *LIP SMACK* "Or rather the hazard suit... "
What a rotten way to die in the end.
Can we all agree that the usual *WOW!!* isn't nearly enough for this? :o
Yay, finally potato stopped turning off music.
Nihilanth looks insane, the team really put all their love on it!
Oooh yeeeaaah! Bolloxed is back with the heat!
Gordon being thought of as a god by the people and especially the vorigaunts makes a lot more sense now.
Goddamn that Nihilanth looks scary as hell... What an epic boss fight. Way more challenging that the original game.
damn, Nihilant is now much more of a bossfight instead of just "shoot it until it dies".
Чё Бля exactly
Amazing work. 35:00 to the end is just wow. Couldn't be done better.
Geez the Phases the Nihilanth goes through is AMAZING.
Because it does take from the original, but SPICES it up by 11
He actively morphs the staging grounds around you, and all those beam attacks.
This was amazing.
Fantastic reimagining of the factory sequence and even the Boss fight stayed an interesting level of intense
Black mesa never die.
Okay, so I've been playing HL since I was like 11 or 12. I know all the maps and dialogues. I'm 27 now and last night I finished it again after waiting for it for so many years. I'm just so grateful yet sad it's over. GMan saying the same exact words really made me feel nostalgic.
Now I need to test how long it takes me to play through BM from Anomalous Materials to Nihilanth!
That Nihilant fight was epic!
32:55
So the pizza did make it to Xen after all.
It's really too bad that crowbar collective won't make any more half life content after xen I really wanted an black mesa opposing force😞
Operation Black Mesa is the remake of Opposing Force in the Black Mesa engine. It's just not made by the Crowbar Collective.
@@theblackstoneknight yeah... I just hope the weapon animations are just as satisfying like in black mesa, the mp5 in my favorite
I admit. I`m a bit shocked. By far the best HL game to date. Valve, the community`s ahead of you and thanks for giving them the tools to make it happen. Merry Xmas!
Amazing how they made one of the most frustrating game bosses into a fun one
i am just amazed especially final fight thats the display of imagination and inovation what can do .really amazing
I loved half-life when it first came out, a mix of action, puzzles, and (at the time), mind blowing visuals. First I played Black Mesa (when it was a beta) and was like "omg this is fabulous" finished it and cut off and told I have to wait "I sulked like a child waiting for the next ice cream). Having just played it all over again up till this point I'm blown away with what Crowbar Collective have achieved, I can't find words to describe their effort and commitment to the project that has culminated in a proper remake of a classic game that re-defined games as they stand today. Next up HL2? :o)
Felicidades Bolloxed 👏👏👏
Now we’re just going to wait for Bolloxed to go an entire playthrough of BMS
With no deaths of course.
Is anyone gonna talk about how he just YEETs forklifts at you
How about when he YEETS a chunk of a room from black mesa
He can even YEET freakin' tanks
GOOD JOB VALVE AND THANKS BOLLOXED!!!
That last elevator ride with the controllers was so difficult man.
Also, is the G Mans voice the same as the original half life?
Paesan Ng
No, the G-Man is voiced by the same lad they have doing Barney
Now, Bolloxed can finally make a complete gameplay of Black Mesa from the beginning.
43:36 cool efects
Gman sounds younger tbh
Holy guacamole, this place really is alien. Excellent art direction.
OMG, it's amazing. The nihilanth boss fight used to be annoying with him teleporting you, but now he throws f***ing cars!!!! Really well done. I just think the G-man voice came out weirder than usual.
The Gman voice actor is talented, but I think he can do better. A couple retakes might help.
KA 237 Well that was an old 2012 recording. He has done that on stream and discord more recently and they sound better
Now i can finally soon play the entire chapter for this, starting from *Black Mesa Inbound* Up To *The Nihilanth*
Wow, i can't believe my eyes just watched! It's beyond perfection, everything is incredible, and Nihilanth fight got so much improvements. I NEED A RELEASE DATE!!!!!
Well you just made the Nihilanth look like a cakewalk. Sidenote: holy bollocks this game was amazing. I played the mod when they first released it in 2012 and it wasn't great, mostly due to imbalanced fighting. Now I finally got the complete game and what an amazing journey! So much fun to play.
Except for Interloper. That chapter needs to be cut by about 2/3.
GMan's voice actor is literally the voice actor for Barney Calhoun in Black Mesa
Barney:heya growdane freemon
Growdane:*blast window*
Growdane:*jumps out*
Barney:gordon I mean growdane stop you could be fired
Growdane:.....
Growdane:shoots boxes
Barney:scientist with a gun
Weird story
Merry Christmas. Half Life, the best gift i could ask for.
Wow. Just wow. Already played this, but still... Wow.
32:36 P.S. BTW, you can grab some ammo cans. With yellow lights.
I got a Manscape ad during this video.
Worth the watch.
Who you gonna call? *Alien Busters!*
With some refining and refurbishments, we could see a Black Mesa version of Sven Co-op
I’d love for them to get some help bringing this to consoles. Incredible work that should be available to everyone on every platform possible
My only real gripe with the Nihilanth level (which I have only seen here and haven’t been able to play yet) is it’s the only part of Xen that worked for me, as it was a bit of a sprawling inter dimensional puzzle, and you were constantly being teleported away. Sure it needed some tweaking, but just turning it into a, admittedly very impressive boss fight, seemed a bit of a waste and missing the point of the enemy itself
I agree... does he even speak telepathically like in the old one? because I did not hear that...
Matteo Scognamiglio Yeah there are a few moments where he does. An ominous voice between after some loading screens while in Xen says thing like ‘Kill...he will kill’ and things like that
I just beat this and came to watch this silky smooth 60p gameplay because my old 2012 computer couldn’t handle the final fight and it felt like I was playing it at 5fps. Somehow managed to beat it under those conditions haha. Goodness how well done this all is! I think they did such a great job with Xen!
This looks, sounds and feels goooood. What a time to be alive
Man i still cant belive that all of that hard and beautiful work was made on source!
13:07 Poor Vortigaunt man...
We're in the endgame now. Once this is done we need to fund the hell out of it (or now if you don't mind pre-releases, Xen will be free once it's done) and encourage them to work on Half Life 3.
The alien factory is looking incredible.
The black mesa team has done an amazing job with the visuals and the boss fights
They team behind this game deserves a lot of credit. It took more than a decade, but they are so close to finishing this game. It takes a lot of dedication to work on a project that long without giving up.
The boss fight was intense, and the portal leading to it was awesome. I didn't care that much for Gman though; his voice was a bit too high pitched and the delivery was a little too quick-paced. It kind of lacked the gravitas that typically came from Gman. The callback to half-life 2 was neat though.
This G-Man actor does a pretty good impression, albeit he sounds like a younger version.
WOW!
Black Mesa 2 we will wait!