YOU ARE GORDON FREEMAN: How the Half Life Series Keeps Players Invested [Video Essay]

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @FreddoFilms
    @FreddoFilms  Год назад +12

    Thanks for watching, your thoughts on this video would be appreciated as always.
    What did you think about the irl segments? Good? Bad? Too slow? Just right? let me know.
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    • @CatsT.M
      @CatsT.M Год назад

      I think the real life segments are good, they can be quite good for pacing and mixing up the video.

    • @btcbuster5556
      @btcbuster5556 Год назад

      There’s a guy called Jeff in alyx

  • @davisoutolarroyd2108
    @davisoutolarroyd2108 Год назад +25

    Imagine you are in a normal day walking by the road and suddenly you see a guy with a tv head on, talking to a camera about half-life on the side of a building

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +3

      idk what you mean, seems like an average day to me

  • @weerprofeet5910
    @weerprofeet5910 Год назад +2

    I watched this after watching your last video on Wilson, because I couldn't help but notice that you really wanted people to watch it and although I havent played Half Life (I too now question my life choices), it was still a great vid that does indeed deserve more intention. I respect the work you put into these video's, it's really amazing and I'll definitely try out Half Life now.

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +3

      thanks for the kind words, and enjoy the games :)

  • @c0aldri
    @c0aldri Год назад +8

    Loved the real-life segments and different places you went to. Would love to see more set pieces

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +1

      glad to hear, it was a lot of fun

  • @lordgigapiller
    @lordgigapiller Год назад +4

    Video essay's make perfect sense for you. Also the amount of commitment man, leaving the house to get shots in relevant scenery? Im proud

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +4

      going outside was definitely a big accomplishment for me

    • @Flamme-Sanabi
      @Flamme-Sanabi Год назад +1

      @@FreddoFilms I encourage it.

  • @gastrodonte3435
    @gastrodonte3435 Год назад +6

    At the end of half life alyx gordon becomes a pickle

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +1

      you... you bastard...

    • @Flamme-Sanabi
      @Flamme-Sanabi Год назад +1

      @@FreddoFilms he lying, Gordon actually becomes god.

  • @Gnome_Tank
    @Gnome_Tank Год назад +3

    Damn, this video is criminally underrated. The first time I've actually thought about a video and not just consumed its garbage and moved on in a long time.
    It's a nice break from the usual short attention span spam that we usually get.

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад

      much appreciated

    • @sommerblume9671
      @sommerblume9671 7 месяцев назад

      you control what you consume. plenty of even longer form content than this.

  • @FrankHorrigan3232
    @FrankHorrigan3232 Год назад +1

    Great video hope it gets more views.

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +1

      so do I... commenting helps a little bit though so thanks

  • @drain1718
    @drain1718 Год назад

    the channel description is so true and saddening

  • @ahmed__hatem4202
    @ahmed__hatem4202 Год назад

    This amazing video should get a lot of attention

  • @nesing1667
    @nesing1667 Год назад

    Amazing video freddo.
    I never played HL series before ,but this video make me appreciate that franchise.
    Idk why the views in this video is low, you deserved more. Keep it up buddy.
    The IRL section is ok , not removing the video immersion.

  • @Rose19-dm8eo
    @Rose19-dm8eo Год назад +2

    As a gamedev myself, this video has opened my eyes a little on how a game should be made, however, there is still something i cant grasp yet, and that is the fact that its impossible to do something like this without a nothing charecter.
    If the player charecter has the slightest bit of personality and sense of desire, it is almost impossible to NOT have dialogue or push players into certain actions. For example, in the spiderman games, spiderman does not kill people, he has a certain way of thinking, and acts accordingly to that, so no matter how much the players want to "kill" villains or avoid situations or even be an A##hole to people, they cant, cuz if they could, it would ruin spiderman as a charecter in the story.
    I would love to hear your thoughts about implementing this level of immersion to story heavy games with player charecters that have a personality.

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад

      there's no right or wrong way to write a game, this is just one potential way to do so that valve has used to great success (including the portal games too.)
      it depends what the game actually is and whether it would benefit from having a silent protagonist or not

  • @Flamme-Sanabi
    @Flamme-Sanabi Год назад

    Fallout 4: "God damn, she dead. Where is the gameplay?"
    Half Life 2, Episode 2, only that one bit you showed in the video: "I'M GORDON FREEMAN! HE JUST LIKE ME, FR FR!"

  • @Krisorsomething.
    @Krisorsomething. Год назад +1

    Good to see your vids

  • @traficantedelaranjas9865
    @traficantedelaranjas9865 Год назад +2

    I love half life, the scientist voiceline and kissing MEN!!💪💪

  • @3kto
    @3kto Год назад +1

    The algorithm HATED this one

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +1

      it did rip
      but comments help it a little bit so cheers 👍

    • @3kto
      @3kto Год назад

      @@FreddoFilms never stop trying to branch out king 👍

  • @CatsT.M
    @CatsT.M Год назад +3

    HALF-LIFE! Played it recently, been playing All the mods and it severl times...sometimes a couple times each month.

    • @CatsT.M
      @CatsT.M Год назад

      Such as: Episode 2 I played thrice in the span of a month...the same month I beat it.

    • @CatsT.M
      @CatsT.M Год назад

      First time normal, second time with MMod, thrice for the Little Rocket Man achievement.

    • @CatsT.M
      @CatsT.M Год назад

      ALSO! MMod! Best Half-Life 2 Mod Ever. IIf you want just normal Half-Life 2 but BETTER!

    • @CatsT.M
      @CatsT.M Год назад

      Also, also, by "recently" I mean I started the first game in May of last year and I am still playing the games.

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад

      it would be fun to do the gnome run and purple hat run from black mesa 🤔

  • @r0b1n92
    @r0b1n92 Год назад

    Didnt Know you had this video till your last dst video

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад

      youtube recommended it to no one for some reason ahaha

  • @goldngamer1365
    @goldngamer1365 Год назад

    I hate the fact that this video got less than 1,000 views, makes me cry because Funny Huggy Wuggy Scary Video Freddy Five Nights gets millions of views(by the way that isn't a real video)

  • @shyferr
    @shyferr Год назад +1

    love this

  • @sharaecollins5944
    @sharaecollins5944 Год назад

    Half life alyx is really good. It’s a must play for any games havers.

  • @shkringalodingo
    @shkringalodingo Год назад +1

    gordon feetman

  • @CatsT.M
    @CatsT.M Год назад

    Also, Half-Life (1) is not all just shooting people, it is really well broken up (most of the time) with puzzles and exploratoin. A video titled "Half Life's Varied Gameplay | Cascade" really well illustrates (technically wrong use of a word) that. The creator of that video also made a video on this exact topic.
    Half-Life 2 is not superior to Half-Life in every way, Half-Life has genuinely better grunt A.I. than Half-LIfe 2. Half-Life's will take cover, insult you, shoot you, squad combat, throw grenades...throw more grenades......then throw some grenades. While Half-Life 2's kind of just runs at you and throws grenades...still fun though. BUT GET MMOD IT IMPROVES HALF-LIFE 2 SO MUCH!
    "Tutorial lady" is also a main character in Half-Life: Decay. Her name is Gina Cross.
    Not just the dialogue, the voice actors, they are incredible. I especially love the voices of Breen, Father Grigori, and G-Man. (G-Man's voice is the greatest voice EVER)
    About the lack of cutscenes: the fact that you can miss stuff really shows that You are Gordon Freeman, Gordon a real person misses things, like you playing the game.
    Gordon is just a guy, why would he be able to slide and vault? He is a theoretical physicist, not a HECU marine.
    GRIGGS AND SHECKLEY! Amazing characters. I have replayed the Шахта Победы (Victory Mine) section atleast 7 times at this point, just so fun...also, your strategy in this video is not very optimal. Vortal Combat is the creme de la creme of songs.
    This video will kill your CTR (Cathode tube-ray).
    Watch Freeman's Mind...not related to anything, just watch it, it is very good.

  • @Qwezzso
    @Qwezzso Год назад

    A heads up-the algorithm hates you now for some reason. I'm not only talking about this video but your older ones as well. I was searching for one of your dst vids and it took ages to find because youtube wouldn't recommend me your channel

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад +1

      that kinda sucks... it's probably because I said a bad-bad swear word or someshit

  • @jamesamongus3338
    @jamesamongus3338 Год назад +1

    bro nodoby watched this what the hell....
    no im wont watch it fully as im dont wanna spoil half life for me
    but thats just.. kinda sad

    • @FreddoFilms
      @FreddoFilms  Год назад

      brb blaming it on the new youtube CEO

  • @smugthemugger7158
    @smugthemugger7158 Год назад

    I must join the chain of hate. "why hd models??!?!?"