Half-Life: OVERWORLD
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- Опубликовано: 26 май 2024
- Welcome to the Universal Union!
Until Valve reveals their next Half Life game, I tried to imagine what a trailer for a sequel to Half Life 2 Episode 2 would look like... Welcome to the Combine Overworld, and their next attempt to regain control of Earth.
Almost every visual asset in this short film (concepts, models, textures, rigs, animations) have been designed and handcrafted from scratch. Exceptions: (G-man, and Dr. Breen's Face)
No generative Ai assets have been used in this project, even for the concept stage... if that even matters to anyone.
I wanted to thank the Half Life subreddit for all their support and and even suggestions during the design process and a friend who helped with retopology of the bear and the "mother" creature.
Inspiration/references:
Half Life 2 Artbook "Raising The Bar" has been used as initial inspiration for the many original concepts I had to create but at the same time, other media has influenced the design process in many areas. "Alien", "Prometheus" "Scorn - game" and Denis Villeneuve sci-fi movies are some of the them.
Voice lines:
Dr. Wallace Breen by Robert Martin Culp 1930-2010
Half Life 2 and HL2 Episode One
Music
Half-Life 2: Combine Harvester music remixed from @DarrynYT • Combine Harvester (Slo...
Half-Life 2 EP2 "Dark Interval" Slowed down and reversed.
Half-Life: Alyx "Anti-Citizen"
Some more from me?
Game I'm working for
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My Artstation
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Instagram
/ unknown__dino
To thank you for reading this far!
As a reward, here is the Nova Strider 3D animated asset free to download and use
in your HL fan projects.
drive.google.com/file/d/1pLR5...
Software:
Blender,
Embergen 
Игры
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That was incredible.
Wait... That's actually you!
I saw almost all you HL movies last night, just for a refresh 😁
omg real theparrygod
@@UnknownDino Haha, ty! Can't wait to see what else you'll make. The portal startup sequence was chef's kiss. Also very glad to see that the almighty algorithm seems to be picking this one up. Well deserved.
We’re in the presence of greatness
This guy just leaked HL3 trailer and still doesn't has even a few million views? Give this man some fame!
I hope you're joking on the "leaked" thing, because i can't tell if you're joking or not lol
🥸
This video game out five hours ago, calm down, fanboy. Also this much of the plot has been known for almost 5 years now.
@@Joe-dy7bb Dude don't be so rude. You're even more weird than he is.
@@Joe-dy7bb Piss off let him be a fanboy. We've been depraved from Half-Life 3 long enough. Let us have excitement for something probably we wont live long enough to see it.
Who would win:
Incomprehensible bio-mechanical alien civilization
Or
27 year old MIT grad with a crowbar
But what does "winning" look like at this scale? Somehow getting the combine cut off from earth forever? They'll just re-establish connection sooner or later. Find and destroy the "head" of the combine? Surely they have an administration structure that can reconstitute itself in such an event if they are universe-spanning..
chad grad
one orange boi
@@H31MU7 Trump's boi
The old fat guy who can't count to three wins
Dr. Gordon Freeman with 25 HP, no shield, and armed only with a super gravity gun: "They don't stand a chance."
The only thing the Doomslayer fears is Dr Gordon Freeman
1:40 *portal opens*
Combine troopships:
"LET'S FUCKING GOOOO!!"
They were killed by Gordon few hours later
Aperture Science was like: You guys did these just for a portal?
So, this is how that 'permanent off-world reassignment' looks like.
Imagine playing as a "reassigned" human who manages to escape custody after the Citadel is destroyed, now having to fight their way through the Combine's home turf to get back home.
@@franciscoandres4907 Half Life : Gray shift
BOGER STRPODERS RAHHHHHHHGHHH
I have always thought it as just a fancy word they use for death. Since even Combine does not know what happens after death.
Permanent CBT Mr.Freeman, permanennntttt
Bro you nailed the combine aesthetic so well. Biomechanical beings + some unfathomablely large architecture + sharp and assymetric edges = Combine
true, it looks really good and accurate to how they might be.
Wow sensei youre here? Lol
Reminds me of Vex architecture from Destiny but very dirty and foggy.
Half Life has been incredibly successful in many ways, but the fact that the art, writing, design, and lore continues to inspire stuff like this is a testament to its lasting success.
too bad a lazy company has the rights to the game, rip hl 3
@@spoodarman7748 No They acctually want to make games more impressive and intractable, But there's not enough good tech to push the limits
Screw a return to ravenholm or the borealis, the combine overworld would be sick as an episode 3 or 4
We already have the Borealis sidestory. Why not have another sidestory?
Entropy: Zero 2 is Borealis, we now need Overworld
@@IdentificadorNoDisponibleYes, we need a game just like in this video!
@@IdentificadorNoDisponible This trailer has so many Scorn vibes to it and nails the Combine aesthetic PERFECTLY. We need a game like this.
Pretty sure that was the eventual destination in old script drafts
Best thing ive seen all year, Breens got a very Dune God Emperor feel to him in this. now ambigious G-man cameo too, would be really cool if the Gordon starts upgrading his HEV suit with combine Tech, that would be really cool to me. There is SO much they can do in this, its Staggering to think of the possibilities!
2:30 Past Breen: " Is it worth it ?!?!? "
2:32 Present Breen : .......
0:13 Zombie bear very cool
A zombear
@@Goldsrc17 the spas-12 in my HEV suit:
A zombie combine bear? That's like some kind of zomcombear
I demand a zombear to be produced as a plush.
Also absolutely terrifying!
MAN! This captures the essence of Half-Life 2 and draws up on it in such a perfect way! Incredible new creature designs, showing how truly alien the Combine are, and that even with their humanity removed, the soldiers we fight in HL2 are the most human part of the Combine we could ever see, and that the desolate streets of City 17 are the most cozy and familiar place humanity can inhabit; the sense of scale, in which even the enormous Citadel dwarfs in comparison, showing how the force we fought was merely a policing garrison. And the last scene showing Gordon's POV making us imagine what Half-Life 3 could have been...
Also, this feels a lot like the alien homeworld scene in Pacific Rim (In a good way!)
The Precursor homeworld...I remember that.
You have quite the artsy mind
What about the crazy design of the gravity gun
I loved that scene in Pacific Rim! It really concluded for the imagination of the viewers thoughts about what or who was sending the Kaiju from the other side 👍 it was amazing for cinema because it fits pretty well for the ending of that movie! it’s done even better here for half life to reiterate the combine threat using its unknown technology to open gateways across the multiverse 😮 this scene also shows the audience how hidden humanity was to this sinister empire had it not been conducting experiments in territories of science not understood! Tie this combine over world scene back to half life Ch1 and it’s the perfect title choice unforeseen consequences! This strikes so many cords for my sci fi itch because I’m starting to see the subject of not what if in this universe but what if in the multi universe has become a serious topic since in actual scientific theory it’s become pretty obvious the multiverse is real!
@@TheKitMurkit The gravity gun reminds me of the gun from Prey (Q-Beam). It has a similar design to it.
Welcome, to Skibbidi 17.
Rizz and shine, Mr. Freeman.
Love the image of all these striders in this large-scaled environment basically looking like Opilione spiders. Can't wait!
Can't wait for what?
bro its a fan made trailer, its not real 🤣🤣🤣
H. G. Wells' idea of aliens having three legs in The War of the Worlds was genius,
I'm so glad they gave a nod to that in Half-Life 2
This is fucking VALVE quality animation, this is BEYOND amazing.
Don't forget the audio design! That stuff really stood out to me!
This is so peak. Really gives the vibes the Combine are just playing a giant RTS game
More like interdimensional version of Stellaris, mixed with few RTS missions in invasions, sometimes leaving their AI to play a hybrid of City manager and Lambda Wars (RTS Half-Life 2 mod) style RTS game hybrid, with Advisors playing "no-build/limited resources" missions when shit gets real, like in Half-Life 2 and Episodes!
Sh gets real ™ Valve+ MFX (mind effects)
Its when you already beat the mission but dont finish the objective so you can harvest every resource and build the biggest base you can imagine
@@ptolemaicfoxxo3032 And you leave a little bit of your enemy remaining so that you can continue toying around with their forces, while your opponent is doing their best to not even try to beat you, but to survive.
So you mean like an empire
Next youll comment on a WW2 documentary "this shit is so peak, it really gives the vibe that the allies were playing Company of Heroes"
That headcrab bear was... An interesting concept. One helluva miniboss.
Absolute masterpiece. You mastered the combine design language and got it even more powerful. Great architecture, animations, rendering, scale, vfx and world building. Congrats man !!
'It'll be the Seven Hour War, all over again. Except this time we won't last seven minutes...'
- Eli Vance
YEHEY TEAM CLOWN.
Damn, just like me fr
They won't last 7 minutes because the Earth's military is VERY VERY WEAKENED after the xen race x and combine wars or They are becoming MORE aggressive and stronger (Universal union)
If Gordon gets into the Overworld, it’s the grubs that won’t last seven minutes.
I cant even last that long!
Making the Striders look like crawling spiders on giant Combine architecture was GENIUS.
its like a spider crab colony
A brief introduction to who I am. I've been gaming since before Half-Life, only seen my friend play a bit of 2, never touched a title, but I've soaked-up the gist of things from wikis and YT vids.
Recently I've gone through more vids to get into stuff like icebrergs and checking out the Entropy titles. So on a Summer Sale, I found the grand Half-Life collection for $5 bucks; no-brainer. I plan to check em out for myself after I finish my current game. But this... if it was out, I'd be scrambling to get through all the games. What an amazing take on the ever-shrouded Combine Overworld that we're probably never going to see in canon. We all wonder what it's like there, at the center of it all, and boy does this deliver. The premise is awesome. I'm not the biggest fan of body horror or Geiger-esque stuff, but in this context, I admire it. This is 11/10, coming from someone who isn't even officially a fan of the series.
Oh, and I spotted the cameo lol.
I feel like there is a comeback of HL2 content these days.
One can hope.
Getting giant Oddworld and Scorn type vibes, this legit looks like a final level in a Half Life game. Remember this all happened because a guy was late for work
Not really, his lateness to work made other people's lives longer with at least 30 or minutes with the incident for people that died instantly and bit longer for others.
@@ilkeribrahim6541 They're being humorous. You don't have to reply seriously and "acktually" every fucking thing.
@@RootVegetabIe Well I know ,but it's still not accurate as a joke . There are many reasons basically, why this happened and being late is not one of them . Yes it's funny ,but it will be funnier if was actually true . :)
@@RootVegetabIe This is a worse response tbh
@@ilkeribrahim6541 I think freeman forgot to take the straight train and instead he take the scenery route
not sure if was intentional, but I love how you made it feel like how all the synths were just 'part' of the overworld, like cells in a unimaginably massive body, fitting with the combines use of medical jargon when dealing with humanity. Showing the combine isnt really an alien empire, but a single organism that is never ending in its growth, an organism so huge that it has to spread through universes to keep itself alive.
That's definitely my interpretation, too. I like to imagine that there is no 'top' to the combine, no actual leaders or species that's at the helm. The Combine is probably just a giant, impossibly vast AI; a blind idiot god that expands and consumes simply for the sake of it.
A perfect asthetic for something called “the combine”
That's the best way to put it. There is no "leadership" caste or ruling government for the combine. The combine is a super complex series of interlocking systems that brutalizes and absorbs other individual organisms and intellects into itself, reshaping them to become just another extension of The Combine.
So they're the ultimate cancer
ye. kinda reminds me of the Iris of Gemini Home Entertainment, which literally consumes other eldritch beings in order to keep itself alive.
And I wrote this cause I just read these comments lmao
0:30 If you look up in the middle to upper part of the screen, you can see G-MAN!!!
I love all the details in this, honestly!
Damn man, this has it all, the complete 'other-worldness' and true might of the Combine, G-man cameo, the Aperture logo on Gordon's gun, bloody amazing. Not to mention praise from the messiah himself; TheParryGod!
Seeing the Combine Overworld being explored by fans (even conceptually) is something I've always wanted to see. I've had a lot of thoughts on what it may look like myself but THIS has to be the most accurate. I gotta love the striders climbing the citadel like spiders too. That and seeing breen grub was just... chilling.
EXCELLENT work, mate!
Pretty sure the grub was Gordon
@@mr.killjoy4753no, definitely breen
@@whnvr he’s wearing glasses. If you look at Gordon’s right hand in the last shot, you can see he’s in a host body
@@mr.killjoy4753 No... that's Breen.
@@Spark412 am I high cuz I swear even in the first person shot at the end you can see part of the host body
I like the part where the combine casually invaded probably another planet like it’s just another day as usual. really gives off that earth was just another number to the combine
I think that’s still earth
@@linnick4393 yep
The Earth is actually really insignificant for the Combine, they’re just so large that they can send what seems like a giant amount of forces to overwhelm the Earth when for them it’s not even 0.0000000001% of their forces. They are literally a multidimensional empire. They must be in control of trillions of worlds with life or far more. They see an entire planet as one being basically. Gordon was the one individual who changed that.
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Yea that's still Earth lol, but it being another casual dimension invasion would be just as good
It’d be sick if this actually turned out to be HL3. I’d love to see those new combine units fight alongside the remaining garrison on Earth.
The power of friendship may not suffice this time…
wow the combines home world looks like such a bright ray of sunshine
Lol, it's a happy workplace, like a big family.
I actually got the vibes that this is not their homeworld but more like worlds between world. a portal hub in sort. also from the HL2 lore. some of the combine penalties is to send you to "off world relocation" for their soldiers and Civil protection officer who disobey them. this probably one of them.
@@CoolSsreal
@@CoolSs I don't think they even have a single homeworld anymore.
I sure hope the locals are friendly to tourists, I’m sure theirs nothing to worry about.
0:33 Everybody's favourite alien bureaucrate spotted!
I love g-man sightings
Seeing him in the Combine homeworld is weird.. as if he's arrived to make war against them.. "Now we take the fight.. to THEM..."
The combine in general feels so unimaginable to me that I’m surprised someone was able to come up with something like this
"if that even matters to anyone"
it matters to me
I love how there's almost no humans present, and just original alien combine synth designs, and I love the giger aesthetic for the overworld bio-structure things
Yeah only 2 humans, including Gordon. Actually 3… including… breengrub lol
was really skeptical about this video because fan projects that usually try to capture the deeper and more alien aspects of the combine miss the mark or make them too familiar. but this was absolutely amazing. practically perfectly captures the disturbing, unimaginably massive, alien aspects of what make the combine so interesting. great work!
Half Life 2’s atmosphere is one of the best in media ever, and this video captures that perfectly.
Love how it goes from machinery to straight up Geiger art
Ted backman leaking through, both his and Geiger's had some freaky stuff
Its H.R. Giger, not Geiger.
I imagined when Breen said he was heading somewhere else he ended up in some fucked hellscape like this
I wonder if we'll ever get an answer.
I'm of the strong opinion that the barn advisor is Breen, given how it seems to toy with it's environment when it first wakes up.
@@dr.cheeze5382 Plus, the scene in episode one where an old recording of Breen plays and then an Advisor in a pod emerges directly after definitely seems like it was foreshadowing this
BreenGrub was always a thing
I've always thought that they put breen's mind into chell. Like she was a vegetable until they could find a good science brain for her.
@@dr.cheeze5382 Why do you guys keep saying Breen is an advisor? He never got his host body, he never crossed the portal. When Gordon destroyed the portal generator, the sphere Breen was in fell, and then the reactor exploded, turning Breen and everything else into dust. He's Dead.
Plus, that advisor is not toying with the environment, since it was forced out of its life support, it couldn't see properly, so it had to touch things with its tongue to find out what they are.
Hello? Peak cinema?
Kino, perhaps?
it's not bad but still pretty mid idk about "peak" lol
@@phazon911 and no constructive criticism offered, great job dude!
@@phazon911 im not even a second in and i already know its peak just from the hd mud
Sir this is a Wendy's.
Has gabe seen this
The fat guy don't deserve to see it. He wasted best years of the internet and his company not making a third game.
i absolutely Adore how "organic" this all is. With bio-mechanical pieces of the grand machine scuttling around, crawling on things like giant spiders and ticks. Everything looking so alive
The Combine seeing a Lambda graffiti on the wall
In earth: kalm
IN THE OVERWORLD: PANIK
Valve, hire this man.
If I were them, I would hire this man and just announce that Half Life 3 is on the way, since this dude certified chef.
eh, they are busy making money with steam and cs2.
@@unknownmaskman they don't even care about cs2 anymore, just dota
Why? So he can be can be surrounded by a team of people who don't do anything all day?
@@atsizbalik ?, They've been updating the game constantly. It isn't just one team working on all games, it's multiple. I know that CS2 is ass as of now, mainly due to input lag, peeker's advantage, and the anticheat, but it's definitely going to improve later on
There has been leaks of a new Cache being made, a snowy cobblestone map in the works, a possible operation, and Danger Zone as well. Danger Zone used the codename "survival" in csgo, and there has been mentions of it in cs2's code
I might be coping hard, but I'm hopeful that CS2 is going to be polished in a year or so
This is perfect. It’s wild that it’s been 20 years since Half Life 2.
My dad it's a half life fan. I bet he would get exited if valve makes another half life game.
This is actually the most incredible fan interpretation of the greater Combine empire I've ever seen in any form of media, and I've been scouring the web for this sort of thing for eons.
Absolutely exceptional work with the synth designs, to me they seem to fit right in with what we've seen thus far from Valve.
Please don't stop producing this sort of content, it's simply too good to show briefly and never again.
the striders climbing over that citadel like tiny spiders this is so cool
The combination of military orchestra music combined with half-life's style was very interesting. The trailer itself -- I'm speechless. Fan made stuff is always leaps and bounds more creative and goosebump-inducing compared to what game companies produce.
I can't stop rewatching this video, all of the alien designs are phenomenal and truly on-point with the style and feel of half-life. This video really makes me want an entire series based on this world you've created.
This is fucking insane and perfect, they need to hire you. I can’t believe it only too 6 months. I love the striders, the combine architecture is perfect, valve would be proud.
This is the greatest Half-Life cinematic I have ever seen
The details are insane. The ambience color matches the one seen in the portal of episode 1 and theres other cool synth varieties that perfectly fit this bio tech world. You even see Breen in his host body.
The score is spot on, feels imperialistic but keeps that hl feeling.
The final initializing sequence would be perfect in a sequel, going to the Combine world would be amazing, specially with that weapon design.
Your contract has been open to the highest bidder congrats.
I can't stop rewatching this; the use of the slowed soundtrack (and the syncing of the bio-mechanical noises) makes it so breathtaking.
HEADCRAB BEARS
Where
@@ned2916 At the beginning.
We had zombines. Now we could get a zombears.
The horror
@@tobcyxob I was bummed when HL: Alyx foreshadowed Zombapes at the zoo, and then never delivered :(
g-mans gotta make a shit ton of nudges for gordon to pull this one off
My thoughts exactly 😅
@@UnknownDino Half Life 3: You thought Dark Souls was hard?
Gordon doesn't have his crowbar, he is powerless.
I am genualy saying if this was Valve I could believe it. Well done sir, just incredible.
That is the most awesome trailer I have seen in a good while! Sad its just make believe, perhaps they should hire you as creative director for the next hl game, you got my vote!
Love how genuinely alien these Combine look. No conveniently human-sized Combine for us to shoot at like normal soldiers, everything looks massive and like a human should never have gotten here. Taking on these enemies might be the creativity needed to get Valve off their asses to make the next game, since they only ever care about making tech demos.
metro cops are regular humans and the combine soldiers are humans that were genetically altered by the combine, but i definitely agree, the first half life had way more crazy alien stuff than the second one for some reason, would have been way more interesting if they went even weirder in half life 2
Lovercraft like things. The stuff of nightmares.
Same, love the looks here!
@@CometAurora I didn't really mean that as a criticism towards Half Life 2 and the Combine soldiers in that, I actually think they wrote in a pretty decent explanation for it since they are actually human soldiers. I'm just appreciating how the Combine here look truly alien and completely different from what we'd normally expect, especially in an FPS. As opposed to something like Halo where almost all of the aliens are conveniently human-sized because they obviously have to be since it's an FPS. Or even like Mass Effect, where all the aliens are basically normal people. Like, this is the *actual* Combine that originally conquered Earth, not the ones that were babysitting it after.
Wish Valve would convert HL: Alyx for monitor / no VR.
Good GOD, this is an absolutely stunning depiction of the Combine Overworld. By far the definitive one in my opinion. Every part of this is perfect from start to finish, showing how completely different The Combine is in a way that is impossible to fully describe. The choice to make Breen a malnourished corpse on life support as opposed to a host body is a little odd but it can be excused, because it’s a brilliant visual and only one part of this masterpiece.
The part at the end with Gordon is also underrated. Helping to demonstrate how vast the environment is from a first person POV AND setting him up with a weapon CONSIDERABLY more powerful than his usual fare. Like the entire power ceiling just got boosted by a hundred and now he’s going to be fighting what would’ve normally been considered bosses as regular enemies. GOD I’d love a game set on the Overworld now.
Oh man I hope someone can make a game out of this short it looks so peak
This is amazing! I generally skip ahead of concept trailers but I watched this with play pause repeat to see every detail. Respects!!
Finally after roughly 5 months of work, here we are!
Which was your favorite, part/element/design?
How did it differ from your expectations?
Capturing the magnitude of the Overworld is something that's not an easy task or really been accomplished but I think this has done it. This is the official depiction of the Overworld to me.
@@krounos1 and this is supposed to be a tiny "walkable" section of it.
What are the long-legged spiders doing and what are some armored jellyfish flying as buses for striders?
@@krounos1 Same!
The designs really capture it well!
You, my friend have perfectly captured, nay, PERFECTED the Combine design language. Everything, biological or machine, moves and acts as if it were part of a single, omniscient, uncaring being. Breen's grandiose ranting contrasted with his fate is horrifically amazing. And the overall quality of the video is beyond words. 100/10. Cannot recommend enough!!! Valve ain't got nothin on you!!!
I'm happy someone finally noticed what I was aiming for with Breen's speeches! He is an amazingly written "villain/victim".
@@UnknownDinoHe truly is! It makes you wonder if he truly believed in what he was saying, deluding himself into believing it to justify his actions, or if he just did it all for power, and is just spewing out whatever ge thinks will make the Combine reward him.
@@darthflipyap7040 Or is he even able to think for himself any longer.
Valve needs to hire you immediately.
Both nostalgic and inspiring. In our AI driven age the fact that you didn't use any AI makes me appreciate just how much work went into this. On behalf of all half-life fans, thank you!
This was incredible! So much good will in this IP, and so much longing for content, but none to be had. Can't wrap my head around it.
Half-Life: Combined.
Full life
Also : the aperture insignia on the only terrestrial component of the new gravity gun , masterpiece .
Imagine if aperature tech allows Gordon and team to teleport into their world and you go on rescue, sabotage and infiltration missions like Warhammer Darktide. I could Imagine this game playing like Half-Life+Doom+Quake
And then gman becomes super Saiyan and Eli vance becomes a Better nihilant ....but Alyx uploads Her consciusness in Glados and Ripley boxes vs dog in xen
Very few have noticed that!
What?! That makes this perfect!
@@andreisechi7871 half life if it was peak:
Not even a full minute in yet and I am stoked. Great job dude!
this is SOMETHING! hope Valve will contact you and let you in - this looks like the story I'm waiting for and want to play.
Man I would love an interactive game demo based upon this, even if it is only 5 minutes.
Ooh, you just gave me a flashback of how good the short demo-game version of OPPOSING FORCE was!!
Absolutely greatest unofficial video-art on Half-Life that I've ever seen!
Great work! Your animation and choriography/direction really stand out in this.
@Unknown Dino, You are extremely talented. I have checked your oldest work here on YT and a lot more and I can tell how much you love what you do. If you keep practicing something for long enough time, you'll get very good at it. The Half Life animation is out of this world. If you are not already working for the biggest studios, send your CV to them immediately :) Well done!
0:34 Gman quietly walking on that platform with all the chaos around him gives me chills.
Nice catch!
I thought he is not with combine. His employer is supposed to be someone else.
@@user-lb5cp5mw4u He's not with the Combine, right, his Employers are enemies of the Combine, but of course he's here keeping an eye on Gordon and supervising his progress, as he always has been
@@user-lb5cp5mw4u i think he is some sort of anti hero
He doesn't seem to like the combine but he also exploits Gordon and Alyx for mysterious ends
The most important thing about this imaginative sequel is the absence of a "3" in the title - so it might just happen. Good job!
I wouldn't dare 😅. Glad you noticed that detail!
You just made my entire week with this video dude. This is amazing literally a work of pure art
It's something to consider. We've never actually seen the true extent of the Combine Empire. As far as we know, Breen's descriptions of it were likely literal. Who knows what kinds of horrors they have under their control, what sorts of incomprehensible power they truly managed to unleash during the 7 Hour War that we don't see from the 'backwater police force' that was left behind.
The striders gunships dropships are just skeleton crew
Giving Breen the HL2 early Consul's worm form is a nice touch
The madman solo made the Half-Life 3 teaser trailer, are you even human?
Nope, UnknownDino is an advisor grub now
Gordon going into the Combine Homeworld to close off the portal from inside after the Combine’s discovery of Borealis.
For one second I was like "WHAT???"
But still... nice work. :)
This (legitimately) feels like a Half-life sequel and Valve (REALLY) needs to hire this man and make it happen.
Ok now this, this is the real Combine army that fucked the earth in 7 hours.
(edit: i did not expect 1k likes)
There is a reason for that..
The earth never encountered real combine army, just the small scouting contingent.
@@gustawbobowski1333 nah that wasnt the scouting party, they prob just sent in a single big arse carrier-like ship, which then proceeded to spam the shit out of those fly synths that rode on the strider 👌
@@nerdgusgun ?? it's well established it was a tiny scouting contingent wat are you waffling about
@@gustawbobowski1333 When is that ever stated?
I absolutely LOVE the Striders (?) crawling around the portal gate at 1:10. It really evokes that sense of unease and disgust that we get when looking at a cluster of wooded stick-insects and the seemingly unnatural way that they move and behave. They're like bacteria infecting an open wound.
I reckon the four-legged ones should be called Bigmites.
The synth hit right there is perfect half life
Stick insects sway back and forth on their legs to imitate leaves blowing in the wind.
These things are more like a daddy long legs with legs pulled off.
They're probably janitors
WOW!!!! The level of creativity going on here! Incredible all around!
Damn! This was fascinating. I thought it's an official video before I read desctiption.
To think this is but a fraction of the Combine Empire's actual strength...
I also love the design of the extended Synth Forces such as those Striders and Dropships, really sells their aesthetic.
Actually, it's like a grain of sand on a beach, considering that the alliance knows how to create Dyson spheres and conquer worlds. For them, Gordon Freeman is like an ant that managed to survive the flooding of an anthill
I can see a mix of HR Giger and War of the Worlds aesthetics here. Gabe would be proud.
This video brings me back to the times when Machinima channel existed, they had bangers like that. Thank you for the work
The amount of talent this man has to make a cinematic masterpiece like this in 5 MONTHS! Wow, Your good.
Perfection. You've managed to capture the inhuman, biomechanical, almost insectoid nature of the combine down to a tea. I really didn't think anyone could do the combine homeworld justice, I stand corrected. You sir are an inspiration!
Gordon.. we.. we're gonna need a big fucking crowbar for this...
Very big
Don't worry, Gordon is a highly trained professional! Surely, this is nothing he hasn't handled before!
@@yemboy6304 we've assured the administrator that nothing will go wrong
Have you not received a job offer from Valve yet? Speechless, this is poetry...
Wow, just WOW this was truly AWESOME. The design, the visual, the flow of the story so makes me want this as a full game. You made this with suggestions and just one friend? Again wow and much respect!
"impossible to describe with our limited vocabulary"
how about "desolate, FUBAR, metallic, extreme, terrifying" 😂
@@artisticgamer777 One word. "Eldritch"
2:35
I would be so fire if valve made the full game this way
I hope to see a battle 2:35
Gordon Freeman VS. Combine Overlord
On the Combine Over World Would be Fire..
given that the og half life is practically a boomer shooter now, it would be damn crazy if hl3 was a REAL boomer shooter, sort of like doom eternal or dusk or ultrakill or whatever good games there are. just imagine gordon freeman bunnyhopping around the combine world giving earth justice to every damned synth being
I keep dreaming about a new Half-Life game, most of the time i get all the familiar vibes of the combine structures, this just made me remember all of it.
Great work on making this, although it's a shame that Valve won't do anything about Half-life.
Awesome. It is a crime against humanity, that we didn't get to see more.