Mod Corner - Half-Life: Echoes
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
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Half-Life : Echoes - A GoldSrc mod that allows you to re-live the Black Mesa Incident from a different perspective.
Hello! I've been following this channel for some time and am ecstatic to see my mod featured here! You are very kind - comparing my work to be on par with a real expansion pack is the highest praise. Hats off to you Sonny Jim :)
Glad you liked the review, thanks for your hard work!
Now that we are here, does this mod run on OG Half Life or the Source port?
I haven't been playing mods since pre-Steam days so go easy on me.
I was just happy to see that bloke from Decay having an accessible workplace.
@@3Black.1Red it's designed for the hl1 steam version. Won't work properly with OG WON half life. It won't work with HL source either as that is technically just a source engine game using half life's assets
@@El_Descarriado Haha, im glad you noticed! :)
Gmanlives "The puzzles aren't that bad, just require some common sense"
Jolly Wangcore *sweats nervously*
Yes
That's me fucked as well
hehehe
...wonder if they watch each other's stuff.
His peanut brain can't handle it
Jolly is a streamer who purposefully plays dumb to increase playtime and get views. I used to like his stuff but his newer stuff is just so obvious. "oh no, I fell into that very obvious pit silly me! Wow I'm so dumb right guys?"
" *you're just some scientist who's really good with guns " im pretty sure that is literally just gordon freeman
only key difference is the no HEV suit he has
@@ChioriNanami yeah
Freeman had weapon training.
@TheBuragi also knows a dude that can save you from death if he really wants to.
Actually, I went into third person to see the model its just Walter
I think that your words "If someone would say it is official Valve mode - I would belive" are the biggest achievment, that someone could get. Thank you for review!
Check his review on blood deathwish, amazing mod
I mean comparing to Half-Life 1, Half-Life: Echoes is kind of overdetailed IMO.
If you look at some of the maps in Half-Life 1 or even 2, the layout is very basic and not so detailed.
@@beggarsbazooka9517 Thats sometimes a bad thing, i think half life echoes is very beautiful but its too flashy, no place in real life would look like that, thats why half life 1 and 2 levels were so good.
It has so many little Easter Eggs too. The level of detail is insane; and the kindness of the man who made it too.
Thank you :) had I five more years to work on this, there would be 150% more Easter eggs
So the candidate IS, Eli Vance's wife, right?
Dr Bedlam maybe not because no12 was dropped/teleportes from above to alyx's dormitory
One of my favorites was early on in the elevator hall you can see Dr. Keller from Half-Life Decay wave at you before the doors on his elevator close.
James Coburn
Hey I have a question: What made you use the gold source Half Life version instead of the source version? I’m just curious, I’ve heard that the source version has a bunch of issues that are annoying. Is there any reason why or did you just want to use GoldSource?
"the cold hard truth of no HL E3"
the ending for Half Life Alyx: Hold my crowbar
hold this crowbar*
@@burkagnec this is a joke you don't correct him okay
@@burkagnec no it wasn't for me but it's okay
"Come Gordon, we've got work to do."
Wait what? Damn. Well I’m still waiting for a vr to be in stock so I can get it. I
Let's remember that Hunt down the Freeman costs still around 20$
I wouldn't even pirate it without wanting my money back, reminds me of postal 3. Total dogshit to the actual material.
The people who made that crap must be killed for trying to ruin half life.
Knowing some idiots bought it is sad and funny.
İskender Çağlar Allright calm down. Let’s not go straight to hangings.
I wouldn't play that asset flip for free....
I'd pay at minimum $10 for this on steam, quality mod work like this should be rewarded especially if its from indie devs or DIY modders. It might be short but you can tell there was a hell of a lot of effort spent to make this.
It took five years of my spare time! Hard, but rewarding in the end :)
Now that's dedication!
@@jamescoburn6398 im positive very few people would mind if you sold it as a standalone mod like "Portal Stories: Mel" does, maybe keep the original mod free but polish it even more than it already is
@@jamescoburn6398 Considering there's a team remaking Echoes for Black Mesa, I'd say your work was worth it.
So after playing Half Life: Echoes and seeing just how good it really is, I went and played alot of other renowned half life singleplayer mods.
They're mostly shit in comparison to Echoes. Echoes is just polished to a T. And I loved how they used the Garganchua. Its one of the best implementations of a nemesis since resident evil 3.
@@hazzmati Poke646 (and its sequal), Challenge deep 2, Invasion, Half life: Zombie edition, and I played the Cry of Fear mod back in the day.
All of those are pretty shit except Invasion. At least in my opinion. Absolutely hated half life zombie edition and cry of fear. The others either suffer greatly from frustrating gameplay or awful pacing. They didn't age well at all.
@@demongrenade2748 pffff... play They Hunger, Azure Sheep, Point of View, Life's End.
Those aged much better and are way better than any of the mods you mentioned.
Don't expect the level of detail and the high resolution textures of this mod though. Since they were made back in the day.
The nemesis from Resident evil 3 was my direct inspiration for the garg sequences!
If you liked this amount of detail and world building, I recommend Someplace Else for HL1, and Minerva Mestasis for HL2 EP1. The HL1 is just one self contained map with a short but action filled storyline, while the Minerva one is a compact but beautifully intriguing HL2 mod. Overall, I think that if you liked what you saw here, those two might tickle your fancy.
@@TMCProductions Oh man, They Hunger is soooo awful looking these days, but the aesthetic and cheesy voice acting really makes it super endearing too (and mostly terrifying, tbh)
I'm always interested in stuff that goes back to Black Mesa. All the additional stuff we found out in Portal and how ridiculously labyrinthian the place seemed fascinated me.
Oh, and reminded me of the place from A Cabin in the Woods.
If Half-Life let you explore the whole facility, it would be practically impossible.
Henry Ambrose theres a gmod map that let you explore the whole bm facility and even xen
@@radioactiva3095 Really? What's it called?
@@radioactiva3095 I'd like to know as well
Here it is :
steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1435783470
I think we need to pay up the guy who made this mod.
Hey, catch me later and buy me a beer!
u deserved my cookie
No mention of Mr. Friendly...
What is a spoiler?
rapey rapey
Just because something has no effect on a story doesn't mean showing it is not a spoiler. If GGGmanlives, where to show him off players would know what to expect thus spoiling the experience.
@@PrintScreen. Eggs and bacey
I never kill Houndeyes when I play Half Life games. They're just too cute and they were originally meant to be befriended but playtesters would kill them anyway, Valve playtesters ruin everything. They're fairly harmless since they stand still to charge their AOE attack giving you plenty of time to run away and it doesn't do too much damage anyway. Also you can just shoot them once with the pistol to knock them out of their charging attempt if you really need to preserve health that badly. No need to kill them at all.
I have to admit, I had trouble shooting those little buggers during my Playthrough of Black Mesa. In office complex you can come across one absolutely transfixed by a television blaring white noise and static, it was so adorable I just left him to his own devices c:
This reminds me of guards in metal gear solid i hate killing those guys
Rubbishyoutuber Never heard or seen any evidence from the development or code that shows it was an ally
@49mozzer Because it has no neck so a collar wouldn't work ;)
Things change. At one point there was going to be an alien, mr friendly, who would rape the player to death. The idea was that teenagers are ’inately homophobic’ so what could be scarier? Most of Half-life 2 and the story was cut.
Echoes is the best quality non-retail single player mod I've seen in 20 years of playing HL. The speeding tram at 8:40 still makes me laugh
"I'd love to shoot a sky box for 12 minutes to show you the guns" too fucking good
4:53, nice jab at gun showcases.
Nothing like a joking of a Jarek4Gaming Gun Showcase Videos :>
I just watched Vinny's streams of this, it's really good!
Mtndewgang yeah he took 2 parts to finish it ...... Again
@@Pyrashusband I actually enjoyed the two part series.
I like how he did 2 parts, but not 3
@@ghoulbuster1 There's a 3, half life 3 confirmed.
not mentioned: the excellent humor and immersive horror, the easter eggs, the inventive use of NPCs and puzzles, and really good story.
"Half life 3 is probably never coming out"
Half life alyx: HO BOY!
it's a prequel
@@TheDRODOR hahahaha *you didn't get the joke damn you*
@@robowisanveithasung6022 where is the joke? Lol
@@TheDRODOR actually, i'm the dumb one, even though people say half life alyx is half life 3, it isn't
@@TheDRODOR ha
"prequel"
Sounds like you don't know about the ending
7:30 Someone else who shares my love for scripted sequences!
As someone who loves FPS games but doesnt have my ear to the ground for these things and misses a load gems, I appreciate your channel so much mate! For both making me aware of cool games like this as well as being my reference point to see if any FPS's I see out in the wild (to see if there worth my time) - you and your channel are a truely awesome resouce!
Thanks for taking the time and making these vids so awesome mate, its hella appreciated!
"We're never gonna see Half Life 3"
Oh, you were so, SO wrong.
We still haven’t seen it though.
kinda
At least the release of the HL2E3 story by Leidlaw opened some doors for fan projects to interpret and make it in the form of mods. I mean if Valve let Hunt Down the Freeman and that Nova Prospekt game exist then I doubt they'll cancel those.
Prospekt wasn't even that bad.
*Laidlaw
too bad fans are too fucking narrowminded and stupid for any sort of "interpretation" and will instead stick 100% strictly to the low quality bullshit Laidlaw wrote
I don't want to play fanfiction. No matter how good it may be, it can never ascend above being fanfiction.
@@drifter402 literally all mods are pretty much fanfiction
How I just love your reviews, your narration and the mighty dry but hilariously fun humor :D Thanks for sharing with all of us :D
Damn, this looks insanely good, just those environments and scripted sequences had to take ages to make...
I love you
are you gay?
no man he is just joking
Thats.. adorable
@@echoskelet I think after 1 year its safe to assume he moved on :P
max king Did you just reply to yourself?
6:29 Cry of Fear comes to mind
You know a mod is good when the first complaint is "It's over too quick" lol
that map creator is really good. Besides all the scripting and original content, just the consistency, putting ramps next to all the stairs.
Reminds me of Doom 3 literally meets Half-Life 1.
You mean HL Area 51 Mod?
6:34 Cry of Fear, Sonny Jim.
watched this video for literally a minute then went played the mod and came back. it was insanely good
The scientist must've visit the shooting range often.
A mod i hope you review someday is MetaDoom, which even had a big update weeks ago.
It's not perfect, but it might be the best tribute and love letter you could ever do to Doom.
Some of the easter eggs and details are neat.
Really appreciate your mod corner videos. You've introduced me to a lot of fantastic FPS mods I hadn't previously known about
Between this and CAGED, we've got some great HL single player mods recently.
I actually didn’t really like CAGED, it was too short to me. But that’s my opinion o-o
@@kindythecyborg short, but sweet.
@@HunterTinsley Yeah I have to admit, in the short 40 minutes (I counted) time I played it. It was pretty enjoyable, I just wish it could have been way longer.
Hey ggman. Any thoughts on the cyberpunk gameplay reveal?
too much sun
Asteladric it’s cyberpunk. What were you expecting?
looks really good, but the dialogue and the voice acting (at least the direction) should be improved.
Asteladric hopefully it gets polished a little bit before release. But even if it didn’t, didn’t really bother me that much.
Mediocre AF.
You better be here after I finish this game, see ya... *it's been a long day without you, my friend*
Nice review anything half life is gold.
Half life 2 was pretty disappointing compared to the first game.
Oh i havent tried them all.
@@DukeoftheAges It's not quite the Half-Life of its time, but it's still damn good.
I think A Jolly Wanker would like a word with you about that statement.
Even.... hunt down the freeman?!
8:28 THAT KICK
As usual, mod corner is amazing
"we had to accept the fact that episode 3 is probably never going to happen" ah... this, a relic of a **less** hopeful time
*This mod is simply amazing, great job James!*
It's a big compliment to make but *I actually like this more than HL1.* The detailed scripted sequences were epic and ambitious, the level design managed to accomplish looking great *and* playing to the strengths of the engine and the AI you were fighting, to the point the soldiers and other enemies *felt smarter* just because they were given more opportunities to use their AI.
Whether you agree with that assessment or not, it's an absolute must-play. It feels like it belongs alongside the other HL1 content packs like Opposing Force and Blue Shift.
4:52*cough* Jarek4Gming *cough*
This mod was great! Thanks for the recommendation!
Damn, this mod looks pretty legit.
1 like = respect for HEV barney
@*Bruh Sound Effect* I see
Falbert ALBUS savage
I'm pretty sure you play as a security guard in this. It just sorta fits the whole "good at shooting, wears body armor" deal... Though you start without a gun. Could go either way.
It's a scientist, you see the lab coat on the player model.
And the players model in blue shift was still Gordon, even though they are barney. Might have been that the player was originally going to be a scientist, but the dev changed his mind and never changed the model.
@@vegisamalzero3681 No way. The dev was very particular on his mod, go read his dev blog or something.
And besides, 3 out of 6 Half-Life protagonists are scientists who are really good with guns.
well the start of this video didn't end well. Half Life 3 is now closer then ever
"You fucked up my face... POW" pissed myself laughing.
glad that i listened when he said go play it first to avoid spoilers. the mod is one of a kind, some of its segments are even better than the original game
now this is a demonstration of goldsrc
“Whats the pasword?”
“PASSWORD!”
Oh my gaaawd were doooomeed..aaaah
I'm not even gonna tell you to shut up!
Come on in
The one part in the sewers with Mr. Friendly terrified me, I didn't even think of looking back in case *he* was there.
I downloaded the .EXE instead of the ZIP file and this being my first MOD that I downloaded it was easy! Like two clicks and I was ready to play the game. Thank you Gggmanlives I always loved HALF-LIFE and without your review on this MOD I probably would of missed it. This MOD is like an extra expansion of HALF-LIFE series.
*"YOU FUCKED UP MY FACE"* is still the best line from Edgelord the Hedgehog
if you guys didn't know
all the candidate's that was picked in the end is linked with the universe
the first candidate's is Alyx : Status : Extracted
the second is Gordon : Status : Hired
the third is Shepard : Status : Detained
if you watch Jolly's video you would know this
This is my favourite _Half-Life_ mod. I enjoy it even more than _Opposing Force_ and _Blue Shift._ It's so good that I sent James Coburn some money on PayPal just as a donation/thankyou for doing it. I have _never_ once done that before. The mod is _that_ good.
“We are never gonna see half life 3”
Project borealis: *Allow me to introduce myself*
Give Half Life Decay shot. Surprisingly good stuff.
Any plans on a QC:DE Mod Corner episode? Quake champions remake on DooM seem right up your alley
Probably not.
See how this mod looks like something that it's paying for!. Definitely gonna throw some donations after the dev when i play this.
I hope you enjoy it :)
Great mod, glad you reviewed it
I can say without any hyperbole that I've played practically every Half-Life mod release over the last 12 years, and Half-Life: Echoes is up there in being one of the most highly detailed and elaborate one-man efforts ever. Not just for Half-Life, but Half-life 2 and modding in general. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I yelped "HOLY HELL" at a scripted event, they are out of this world and considering the engine they are running on, I'm stunned he managed to pull it off!
The protagonist in this is the most BADASS Black Mesa scientist I've ever seen
Gmanlives: we may never get to see half life 3
Project borealis: why are you holding my beer?
This is a mod I liked for the surroundings and how it looks/looked like a real workspace.
360p squad
There is a creepy easter egg that I will post later (Never used recording software) the developer made one of the scientist that is in the first 10 mins where if you push him or make him walk a far distant towards the other entrance he say's, FREEMAN like 5-8 times and every time it's more in slow motion then it turns into the alien zen voice of the one eye alien then he coughs and say's excuse me. That voice transition really creep me out. I hopefully will find more easter eggs.
This looks like a proper expanson that could have featured Dr Kliner as the protagonist :D
Half life echos also introduces two cut enemies: Mr Friendly and King Pin.
The moment at 5:24 where 2004 downsampled Gman rotates the playermodel with no leg movement at all, and does a HL Gman animation is fucking creepy
"Ill still be here, I promise." -My dad a couple of years before going to the store to get booze.
You better be here when I finish Echoes 🤪
Keep up the great work. I always enjoy your videos!
Good channel/video, thanks for highlighting this game.
I just played this, and it's pretty damn amazing.
I only had it crash once when you find a scientist with a shotgun hiding in the bathroom the first time.
We never speak of High Definition Team Fortress in these parts.
You should check out Quake Champions: DOOM Edition. If you want to gather footage for it, the official Discord has duels almost every weekday at 2 PM Eastern Time and almost every Friday has PvE, TDM, CTF, FFA, and Duels. Also, a new update will come out the 31st. If you're not sold, the Build Trio are characters in the mod. Duke, Lo Wang, and Caleb.
Hyped for Project Borealis.. Progress looks good so far.
didnt expect a short review of that pos
Just coming back after a couple weeks to say this mod made me replay the entire half-life anthology again
pretty good video. full of content and to the point, not one second wasted. made me subscribe!
Thanks for subbing!
@@Gggmanlives thanks for making the videos! watched some other ones, eg HDoom, and it was the right decision!
4:53 "Now look I'd like to shoot at a sky box for 12 minutes and show you all the new weapons" You just summed up the entire fucking FPS community on RUclips XD
8:18 this looks just like in Black Mesa in Surface Tension.
Great review man. Never a dull moment
came back and you were still here - creepy!
What a great mod! The start really was like survival horror when playing on Hard.
Don’t mess with the science team!
Damn, I'm definitely going out and getting this. It looks awesome!
Nice review, sonny jim
Got the impression that we were playing as Azian Vance. I won’t say why in case I’m right but there was a pretty big hint at the end
Half Life 3 is confirmed now so you can be happy
"A GoldSrc mod that allows you to see the black mesa incident from another perspective"
Ah, so it's like Half-Life: Blue Shift or Half-Life: Opposing Force but not Half-Life: Blue Shift or Half-Life: Opposing Force.
2 other fun campaign mods I played as a kid were TodeAngst and Azure Sheep
Man, when that thing kicked the concrete barrier at you I jumped. It's a grasp of environmental interaction you just don't see very often.
I can see a mode based off black mesa game using its engine for this mod now be cool.
I think the best thing about echoes is that barney has a HEV suit with a black helmet
AND ALSO A COLT HES EPIC
Don’t compare to the worst, “forget about hunt down freeman” - some soldier
Hearing about this mod makes me wish I'd made a mind series in it instead of Residual Life and Residual Point. Can't go back now.
"You fucked up my face." BANG!