Insecurity is to Blue Shift what Anomalous Materials is to Black Mesa - this chapter serves to accomplish the following in the storyline of Half-Life: (a) Introduce Barney’s workplace, job and colleagues to provide a sense of familiarity, normalcy, and camaraderie before it all goes south in order to increase the impact of the Resonance Cascade (b) Emphasize the scale of the facility by having Barney get to Sector G on-foot through extensive service tunnels and massive storage warehouses (c) Foreshadow and increase the tension and anticipation of the aforementioned accident by means of sporadic system crashes and malfunctioning equipment (d) Provide a dramatic and shocking payoff by way of an incredibly intense elevator sequence BM:BS delivers all these key moments and then some. The added dialogue, scripted sequences, detailed environments and density of workers just going about their day adds a ton to making the facility feel lived in and real, just like the introductory tram ride. The resulting extended length does not drag out the chapter to the point of boredom, but instead allows players to really embrace the brief “calm before the storm” before it all goes to hell. The little touches that will make long-time Half-Life fans smile with nostalgia are still there as a treat as well - jumping off the balcony to surprise the nearby scientist, watching Otis’ repeated but fruitless attempts to reach for his gun, listening to the scientists being snarky towards the guards and looking down on them. The elevator sequence is perfection in my eyes. We’ve all pushed sample GG-3883 into the Anti-Mass Spectrometer countless times and witnessed the resulting chaos through Gordon’s eyes - for me, I’m always curious as to how it might’ve looked to those who were not in the test chamber. And HECU Collective does a damn good job at illustrating and re-envisioning the event as Barney saw it. The tension before the elevator arrives at the train station is so thick you can cut it with a knife - the slow ratcheting up of Aslan Akhmetov’s intense music piece “Meta-Collide”, the flickering lights and rumble of the facility, the offhand comments about Anomalous Materials’ involvement, the Guards running full speed for Sector C, shotguns in hand, and the announcement system broadcasting an “extreme energy field hazard”. The release of this tension comes in the form of a spectacular train derail sequence that turns the dial on the HL:BS version up to 11 (I really appreciate that they kept the Guard attempting to wave down the train then diving out of the way, that was such a badass moment in the original game); the last scream of Patrice as she falls to her death is haunting and visceral. This is my favourite depiction of the Resonance Cascade in any Half-life game, period.
12:53 the reason that dude keeps doing that motion is because he was programmed non-stop to do that in the original blue shift. Something really nice that the makers of this kept in.
@@timebomb42 That's awesome! I thought the animation is also showing that Otis can't reach his gun without sacrificing his donut hand, which makes it doubly hilarious considering it's looping
The scene of the resonance cascade with that music was fucking phenomenal Edit: I just realized that the alarm going of at 0:09 is probably a callback to Gordon pressing the alarm button at the beginning of Anomalous Materials
Since this *is* Barney Calhoun and he has a fear of headcrabs and/or despises them, it would be a nice detail to have Barney go overboard sometimes with headcrabs, or just a couple extra whacks with a crowbar, who knows!
First of all I think I should say it's awesome that Crowbar Collective are helping out HECU with the development. It's pretty much an official DLC at this point. I gotta say I love how cooperative and helpful to each other the Half Life community is in general. Anyway, I like the atmosphere of Insecurity and how it both fleshes out and humanizes Black Mesa and the staff even more. With the casual banter and seeing people doing day to day stuff, it really just feels like a normal day at work. It's a neat reminder that for Gordon and the Anomalous Materials team it was the morning of a big experiment, but for everyone else in the facility (and on Earth for that matter) it began just like any other day. Nothing too exciting was happening. Maybe there were a few more problems than normal, but nothing serious. Then you hear the words "Extreme energy field detected" over the intercom...and from there everything goes to hell in less than a minute, and the future of humanity is changed forever. Also, the death of Patrice at the end is gut wrenching. Seriously, that was some top notch voice acting. .
The Half-Life community really is one of the best gaming communities out there :) I second the point that it really started like any other day for everybody. Really made the Resonance Cascade that much more intense. And Patrice's voice actress really sold the intensity of the situation well
Insecurity is probably the most accurate chapter description considering the comical amount of things going wrong a BM, Anyway here’s the highlight reel of things I want to say: I love how this campaign really makes you feel like your at the absolute BOTTOM of the Proverbial hierarchy at Black Mesa, with Gordon NPC’s were usually very cordial and friendly, At least after the RC, but with Barney You really get the sense that no one really respects or values the guards at the facility despite the fact that most of them essentially work 4 jobs (Security, maintenance team, secretaries, ext.) and are the only line of defense for the facility. It makes you feel Even more so than the base game that you were just a normal guy going through the daily grind,trying to survive an incomprehensible disaster… Also special shout out to unplugging that scientist’s laptop at 2:55 was freaking hilarious, nicely done Nut! Also also, Even more so than the main campaign the level of characterization You were able to get Barney through just moving your head is impeccable, especially Backing away from things like the computer malfunctions, Using the sink & hand dryers in the bathroom,the way You look at yourself one that scientist comments on your shirt being in-ironed And especially almost putting the screwdriver in the trash had me rolling Just nothing but compliments all around
Great observation on the guard/scientist relationship. Those guards really got looked down upon and they don't deserve it at all :( The voice of Sisk really helps sell how genuine and chill they are too, so that when they start getting into trouble it's so easy to sympathize with them. Glad you appreciate those little gestures I gave Barney. In my mind, he's like Gordon in the sense that he's a prankster, but he's more upfront with his displeasure of the science team's snobby-ness given that he's a guard.
The intro text during the tram ride also showed your main priorities as a security guard: High priority - protect equipment and materials Medium priority - protecting the scientists Lowest priority - ensure your own safety Yeah, your job description is basically telling you that your own well-being is not relevant.
That's what makes the environments of Half Life games (including, and I would say especially so, Black Mesa) so fantastic: they ARE believable settings, since all of them are places like utility rooms, laboratories, warehouses, offices, living quarters, etc. Each piece of the environment in all of these different locations has realistic practicality and function in mind that the gameplay is then modeled around, and that's what makes the settings and level design in these games great in my eyes...
I'm glad you appreciated that. Part of it was to make sure the song ended when the doors to the HE Particle labs opened, but part of it was to play it for laughs hah
The song timing should be done in engine honestly, this fit so perfectly the music should be 2 parts and transfer between lower volume repeat while dialogue is on and more intense when moving between places. its absolutely stunning the atmosphere it created
Thanks for the kind words! Thumbnail creation is one of the most fun parts of making these. Like you've said I try my best to make an eye-catching one without making it needlessly cluttered. Happy to hear it turned out well
3:00 it's amazing even after you see the NPCs get done with their initial audio logs they actually go off and do something else instead of just disappearing off screen. It really shows just how far games have come, and as for the playthrough it does a really good job backing up the original black Mesa, showing so many different sides to that fateful morning.
I agree, this extends across the entire chapter as well. That forklift driver at 24:51 offloads his crate, then disembarks from the lift and walks over to a nearby wall, leaning against it for a small break. Incredible detail put into things people might not even notice ever.
@@Sexy_Nutella and those are the kind of things that turn up five or six hour play through into a 10 to 12 hour play through, just all a little discrete details. Hopefully they get the next chapters out soon.
@@Sexy_Nutella I never even saw a playthrough of the original blue shift, so this really will be the first time for me. And I'm same as you I can't wait for it. Let's just hope that it comes out soon.
Can't wait for the next chapter! The attention to the small details in this chapter really makes me want to just not proceed further down the story line and just thoroughly explore the area. Love what the developers did with blue shift!
I really love the added character flare you put in..the ending..just htat split second of rushing to the woman as the elevator falls makes calhoun feel heroic..even after all the idiotic antics along the way. Really loved your presentation here, and looking forward to what happens next! :D
Thanks! I intended to convey exactly what you've described. Barney might be an ass to his colleagues, but he has a good heart and jumps to the pump when duty calls
Can you imagine a Source Mod in Black Mesa but you are a Janitor? To be fair a janitor is a most likely probability to survive, having all the keys to all the doors. Janitor with a clearance of Level 9
Speaking of a remake for Opposing Force, I saw this Mod called Black Mesa Military, mod that lets us play as an HECU marine named Steven Mills, who obviously not Adrian Shephard and after I saw the HEV suit hands replaced with the HECU marine hands for holding the guns and it reminded me of the first chapter of Hunt Down The Freeman where the HECU marine protagonist "Mitchell Shephard" is inside Black Mesa, and I thought, what if we were to make a remake of the first chapter of HDTF in Black Mesa, also I kinda believe that we can make HDTF better, so petition for any modders who reads this comment, please make a remake of HDTF chapter 1 also because I kinda wanna see what Mitchell looks like in the BM version of the HECU uniform, if your wondering why only chapter 1, well since chapter 1 takes place in the Black Mesa research facility and we are to use Black Mesa, that kinda means that there can be no way to recreate the rest of HDTF
Holy hell that ending was intense! I've never played this expansion before so it's all new for me. Very immersive! The timing on those background songs are spot on again. Always gets me pumping. Looking forward to the next chapter, I hope the lady survives.... Also Barney is a butthole haha Edit: I just read the lady dies... my day is ruined
Glad you liked the timing of the music sections, I spent a bunch of time to make sure the elevator doors closed at the right time when Barney goes back up to the main lobby. And yeah, the Resonance Cascade was crazy.
Speaking of guards' lockers, and I already said it under an other BM:BS video, but it's kinda funny how the tradition of placing developers' names on them turned most of guards in this section into Russians or people of Russian descent
This is a stretch but maybe it's a nod to all the Russian lettering we see in Half Life 2? Even though that wouldn't make sense in the current timeline of the events of Half Life, this is a remake of Blue Shift, a game made just over 20 years ago and we still can't decide if it and Opposing Force are canon, so who knows.
@@thisyoutubehandleisdumbasfuck A huge portion of the HL fanbase and fan creators are Russian, but I'm really not sure if HL2's setting had any effect on that
Scientist: Callhoun! Please, let me work. Stop pull the recharger of my laptop. Callhoun: I like make it to economize in the bill's energy. Scientist: Bullshit. I don't have time to fun with u. I need work and u go to ur duties. Callhoun: 😑.
It turns out that there was a Breen face at 8:30. If you go frame-by-frame when the screwdriver makes contact with the camera, you'll see the Breen face.
Perdón por la demora, estuve ocupado pero recién termine ver tu video *Sexy Nutilla.* La verdad me gustó cuando ya comienza el catástrofe en cada lugar de BM Buena jugada, esperaré el siguiente capitulo👍🏻.
To be very fair Black Mesa also had this, with the Anomalous Materials track playing once Gordon gets the HEV (and even HL1 with Klaxon Beat). I believe BM:BS is calling back to this. I didn't mind that track myself, got me pumped to start my shift haha
Pô eu achei legal demais haha a música synth é massa, poderiam ter encaixado ela melhor em um caminhada mais relevante mesmo, mas acho que a intenção foi se sentir empoderado na sua primeira tarefa de guarda do dia.
Haha, I wanted to show off the optional dialogue there. Though my interpretation of Calhoun is that he's not above pulling pranks like that on his coworkers, though he doesn't take it too far
I prefer this version of the train/rail cart crash, makes more sense for it to collide into something on the tracks rather than just derailing because "train go fast lol". It reminds me a bit of the movie Super 8. I wonder if it's possible to give that scientist his soda can since there was a machine nearby. Mind you it probably wouldn't make sense to help someone who's just insulted your job position.
That train crash in Super 8 still looks amazing, the suspense is incredibly well done. Unfortunately it's one of the NPC's many random voicelines and they won't bat an eye if you do get a soda. Though, if you were to chuck it at them, it does elicit some funny responses :)
this Game is still unsurpassed. Just walking around and chatting with people. Games haven't gotten any better. Rather less. You can also play this with an Intel card.
Yup, not as much as HL1 or OpFor. But I do prefer some elements of BS over OpFor. Captive Freight is one of my favourite levels in any of the original Half-Life games.
I hope the blue shift remake follows the foundation that the original was going through. But do it a little different, but adding a lot of Variants type of enemies, New Weapons, and Locations. Cause' it was lacking a lot of those features in the original. That could be the reason why Opposing force Half Life Expansion was praise as the best expansion, It had *a lot of stuffs.*
That being said this mod is already impressive in terms of how different it is from both HL:BS and Black Mesa. I can't wait for their rendition of Focal Point and the Xen environments
As Calhoun was about to go on duty he passed high level security officer 2nd lieutenant Felicia Yu, Who was in their usual get up of black tactical gear and clothing, a P226, Combat knife, And wielding an MP5. There was an inside joke with the low level guards that she was ready to mow down an army at a moments notice. Felicia:"Morning Calhoun, Got called by Dr. Vance to look after his kid as he works." Barney:"Alyx?, That shouldn't be too hard she's a nice kid just word of warning Don't let her distract the other scientists have her play cards or something." Felicia:"Why's that?" Barney looked around for a sec Barney:"Because of Dr.'You Know Who'" Felicia:"Christ Dr.Horn? Yeah I can see why." Barney:"Anyway see ya at break." He went to leave but suddenly turned around Barney:"Oh tell Alyx and Eli I said hi." Felicia:"10-4 Barney." Done I recently thought of making a half life OC so yeah Give you a brief rundown Full name:Felicia Yu Ethnicity:Chinese-American Former profession:American Black Ops Eye color:Dark Brown/Black Rank:2nd lieutenant (US Army officer rank) Hair color:Black General information: Knows multiple martial arts techniques which include but are not limited to Judo, taekwondo, Kung Fu, and jiu-jitsu, proficient in multiple small arms weaponry such as assault rifles, SMGs, sidearms, DMRs and sniper rifles. Psychological evaluation: Will often try to save as many people as she can even if said people are of opposing forces, charming and optimistic most of the time and are focused under pressure. Forgive me if this is a bit too much
This frequent nodding whenever an NPC ask you something, as well as dicking around, helps to showcase all the various interaction outcomes but at the same time seem so me like a divorce from your usual style of narrative and immersive play. Unless of course your intention all along is to portray Barney as a hyperactive prankster with an itchy trigger finger, which is equally cool.
Yeah, definitely intentional. I wanted to portray Barney as a prankster, just like Freeman, but a bit more aggressive and with a "take no shit" attitude, especially since he's a guard that is constantly looked down upon by the science team. You'll notice that I went after the scientist who threatened the clerk about his emails by unplugging his laptop (Barney standing up for his buddy), and pullling some other pranks. But I tried not to take it too far - for instance I was messing with the guard with the screwdriver but gave it back to him at the end - had I not he would've been shocked by electricity as he no longer has the tool. Of course the intent is also to showcase as much of the optional interactions as possible too. Hopefully I didn't go too far with this. The increased nodding was an attempt by me to make him more human - in my Black Mesa playthrough it often seemed like I wasn't acknowledging NPCs that were giving me direction so that's why I'm doing it more.
Yeah and he's probably not a bog standard rent a cop too. Security in BMRF is basically IT and maintenance, I'd wager Otis has a bachelor's in communications or comp sci too. Not to mention a loving mother ❤
ADDITIONAL TRIVIA: Shooting/killing any of the guards in the firing range (11:37) will result in a game over screen with the following message: SUBJECT: Calhoun STATUS: Employment terminated REASON: Improper handling of a firearm in the facility Barney's locker (5:24) contains some notable references: (1) A poster of "Prax Wars 2: Dante's Revenge. This is a reference to Prax War, a cancelled video game by Rebel Boat Rocker. The key members of the studio later founded Gearbox Software. This same game title is found on the arcade machine during the intro tram ride in HL:BS (2) A sticky note reminder to buy Gordon Freeman a beer - a reference to one of the random voicelines uttered by security guards in HL1, as well as to HL2's Barney intro (3) A sticker of a chumtoad, a Xenian creature in Opposing Force and Blue Shift. In HL:BS, a chumtoad can be found in Barney's locker upon breaking open a package with his pistol. Since Barney automatically holsters his pistol in BM:BS outside of the shooting range, this is not possible in the mod (4) Two not-so-subtle books that foreshadow the events of Half-Life. These are the same books as in HL:BS (5) Additional tidbit from the voice actor for Otis himself, UnstoppableGiant - if one is to noclip inside the locker to view the book covers, some very interesting cover images can be seen ;) The security camera terminal at 6:50 allows Barney to see some interesting items: (1) Freeman makes his way from the tram station to his locker in the Anomalous Materials lab at 6:51. The two scientists conversing on the left of the hallway are the same two as from BM (2) Gina Cross, one of two main characters in Half-Life: Decay and the model for the holographic assistant in the Hazard Course, is seen pushing the cart containing sample GG-3883 to the Anti-Mass spectrometer at 7:37 - this crystal eventually causes the Resonance Cascade. Interestingly, she is shown donning her grey suit ( the canon color) as opposed to the orange in HL:BS (3) An image of Breen briefly flashes on the screen when the guard destroys the camera at 8:29. This is the same image used in HL2 when the Breencast monitors are glitching out (4) The scientist performs a dab at 8:36 - this may be a reference to the dancing scientist easter egg in HL:BS (also located at the same camera in the original game) (5) The guard carrying the coffee mug and female scientist at 8:35 are the same two that Gordon interacts with in the cafeteria in Anomalous Materials. They are shown headed to the cafeteria in the camera feed (6) It should also be noted that the scripted sequences of the dabbing scientist and the Otis/Donut conversation do not happen immediately upon switching back to their respective camera feeds a second time as shown in the video, but rather after a short duration after Barney first scrolls through the feed. The time that thess sequences occur varied for me for each recording, so I’m not sure when exactly it’s timed to play. However, for pacing reasons I just edited the footage so that it seemed as though they happen sooner
I like how one of the notes on Calhoun’s locker says, “Get Beer for Gordon.” I also saw a sticker of the Chumtoad on his locker. The Chumtoad is a cut NPC from Gearbox and Valve.
That's probably a reference to the easter egg in the original Blue Shift where if you shoot the box in Barney's locker enough times, it breaks and there is a Chumtoad inside.
@@yourfellowducky2712 The Chumtoad was supposed to be a criter/enemy(?) In the original Blue Shift, but ended up becoming an easter egg, or some stuffed toy as a gift to Barney's girl. I suppose.
Yeah. It reminded me of the panicking scientists in the elevator after the Resonance Cascade in Unforeseen Consequences. Heartwrenchingly realistic voice acting
@@Sexy_Nutellaif you work at a top secret research facility and it happens to be May 16th in the 2000’s and every starts braking maybe just prepare for unforeseen consequences
Apparently the reason why things kept breaking throughout this chapter and the last chapter was that the people in the Anomalous Materials lab were pushing a lot of power towards the Anti-Mass Spectrometer for the experiment that Gordon Freeman is involved in. As that scientist Trevor said at 30:41, they were pushing their equipment too hard.
This remake has brought another level of terror into our famous distopia. They have proven once again that nothing can be ordinary, calm and usual in Half Life Universe. The elevator fall just before we seen a chaotic nightmare was so intense, the music and the screams of the lady scientist, energy failure warnings, announcement of unauthorized biological forms in several sectors; this could only mean; our world's dying sigh. I want to see more dramatic and shocking scenes in the following chapters as well, such as a security guard getting pulled by two zombies and falling to their deaths.
@@Sexy_Nutella I can't wait for new videos you upload, also love to read each note and description you write under your videos. God, I can't tell enough how I feel that love for this game and your passion is fascinating and admirable. Thank you, this channel is such a gem, when there is nothing to do I just click on a random video and find myself spent many hours already!
@@tychusenfieldlarsson206 I'm super glad to hear that my videos can provide that level of entertainment and enjoyment. As long as there's Half-Life content out to cover I don't think I'll ever stop making videos, so I hope that I can continue to deliver :)
I'm very happy that the got the voice actor from BM to do the guards since that last mod the HECU Collective did didn't have the voice actor. I'm referring to Black Mesa Azure Sheep I'm that regard a great mod but lacked the voice acting.
Glad you like it! Yeah, tons of easter eggs and optional dialogue/actions that didn't need to be there but the fact that the devs included them is so awesome
@@Sexy_Nutella Ohh, hm. I see, I see. I honestly thought it was forgotten since it'd be strange to include a far older Breen's face inside the game, but at the same time it could be said to hint at more than what seems to be.
It's a reused effect from Half-Life 2. You can see this exact one on a breencast screen on a distant building in the chapter Water Hazard. If you look closely it also shows an eerie and ghostly image of G-Man for a split second. It's probably unintended for those images to appear here
26:00 "Yeah that seems to be the running gag" Loved the meta joke here xD The build-up for the Resonance Cascade is insane! Never thought I would experience such an unnerving soundtrack either. Honestly I thought Blue Shift would be a bit more boring to watch but this reimagined elevator sequence turned out to be possibly one of my favorite bits in the franchise. Note: Barney "pranking" kinda fits the character since he's actually quite humorous himself.
Did anyone play original HF and BS thinking that its not goofy enough? Why did they put so much goofy lines in this mod?! Anyway - love your playthroughs Nutella
The original was kinda hilarious af on purpose, just in a different way. The disaster and character deaths were over the top and meant to be humorous, but with the tone of HL2 and Black Mesa such things are taken more seriously with more detailed characters and world building so they kinda translated it to dialogue instead. Same level of silliness I think
Watching this is like watching a news coverage on 9/11 before the towers fell. You know what's going to happen, you know it's terrible, and with each passing minute the tension is palpable. Amazing.
It does a great job playing off the fact that the player knows what's going to happen, and just shows you all the signs to make it feel dreadful all over again
"Warning, Facility service system failure on levels - 3, 5 and 8." "Warning, Extreme energy field hazard in Sector C." "Warning, unauthorized biological forms detected in Sector B, C, D and G."
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Insecurity is to Blue Shift what Anomalous Materials is to Black Mesa - this chapter serves to accomplish the following in the storyline of Half-Life:
(a) Introduce Barney’s workplace, job and colleagues to provide a sense of familiarity, normalcy, and camaraderie before it all goes south in order to increase the impact of the Resonance Cascade
(b) Emphasize the scale of the facility by having Barney get to Sector G on-foot through extensive service tunnels and massive storage warehouses
(c) Foreshadow and increase the tension and anticipation of the aforementioned accident by means of sporadic system crashes and malfunctioning equipment
(d) Provide a dramatic and shocking payoff by way of an incredibly intense elevator sequence
BM:BS delivers all these key moments and then some. The added dialogue, scripted sequences, detailed environments and density of workers just going about their day adds a ton to making the facility feel lived in and real, just like the introductory tram ride. The resulting extended length does not drag out the chapter to the point of boredom, but instead allows players to really embrace the brief “calm before the storm” before it all goes to hell. The little touches that will make long-time Half-Life fans smile with nostalgia are still there as a treat as well - jumping off the balcony to surprise the nearby scientist, watching Otis’ repeated but fruitless attempts to reach for his gun, listening to the scientists being snarky towards the guards and looking down on them.
The elevator sequence is perfection in my eyes. We’ve all pushed sample GG-3883 into the Anti-Mass Spectrometer countless times and witnessed the resulting chaos through Gordon’s eyes - for me, I’m always curious as to how it might’ve looked to those who were not in the test chamber. And HECU Collective does a damn good job at illustrating and re-envisioning the event as Barney saw it. The tension before the elevator arrives at the train station is so thick you can cut it with a knife - the slow ratcheting up of Aslan Akhmetov’s intense music piece “Meta-Collide”, the flickering lights and rumble of the facility, the offhand comments about Anomalous Materials’ involvement, the Guards running full speed for Sector C, shotguns in hand, and the announcement system broadcasting an “extreme energy field hazard”. The release of this tension comes in the form of a spectacular train derail sequence that turns the dial on the HL:BS version up to 11 (I really appreciate that they kept the Guard attempting to wave down the train then diving out of the way, that was such a badass moment in the original game); the last scream of Patrice as she falls to her death is haunting and visceral. This is my favourite depiction of the Resonance Cascade in any Half-life game, period.
12:53 the reason that dude keeps doing that motion is because he was programmed non-stop to do that in the original blue shift.
Something really nice that the makers of this kept in.
@@timebomb42 That's awesome! I thought the animation is also showing that Otis can't reach his gun without sacrificing his donut hand, which makes it doubly hilarious considering it's looping
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Where's Chapter 3? What is taking long?
3:55 I really love to believe that it is completely cannon that Barney broke his fucking legs just to scare his coworkers.
In his head: "Worth it"
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2 years of broken knees for 2 minutes of reaction, worth it if you ask me
The scene of the resonance cascade with that music was fucking phenomenal
Edit: I just realized that the alarm going of at 0:09 is probably a callback to Gordon pressing the alarm button at the beginning of Anomalous Materials
Agreed. It's so Half-Life in its execution of an epic scripted sequence. I love it
@@mashedpotatogin236 Indeed. I love how passionate Half-Life fans are
Ah so im not the only one who thinks it was gordon who set the alarm off
@@elusivedesert8530 You aren't alone. Buddy. (Read it with a Nihilant deep voice)
Since this *is* Barney Calhoun and he has a fear of headcrabs and/or despises them, it would be a nice detail to have Barney go overboard sometimes with headcrabs, or just a couple extra whacks with a crowbar, who knows!
Wow, you read my mind exactly. That's exactly what I am planning to do with Duty Calls hahaha ;)
First of all I think I should say it's awesome that Crowbar Collective are helping out HECU with the development. It's pretty much an official DLC at this point. I gotta say I love how cooperative and helpful to each other the Half Life community is in general.
Anyway, I like the atmosphere of Insecurity and how it both fleshes out and humanizes Black Mesa and the staff even more. With the casual banter and seeing people doing day to day stuff, it really just feels like a normal day at work. It's a neat reminder that for Gordon and the Anomalous Materials team it was the morning of a big experiment, but for everyone else in the facility (and on Earth for that matter) it began just like any other day. Nothing too exciting was happening. Maybe there were a few more problems than normal, but nothing serious. Then you hear the words "Extreme energy field detected" over the intercom...and from there everything goes to hell in less than a minute, and the future of humanity is changed forever.
Also, the death of Patrice at the end is gut wrenching. Seriously, that was some top notch voice acting.
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The Half-Life community really is one of the best gaming communities out there :)
I second the point that it really started like any other day for everybody. Really made the Resonance Cascade that much more intense. And Patrice's voice actress really sold the intensity of the situation well
8:40 Haha did that scientist kneel and dab 🤣
Yup. This guy was way ahead of the trend ;)
Insecurity is probably the most accurate chapter description considering the comical amount of things going wrong a BM, Anyway here’s the highlight reel of things I want to say: I love how this campaign really makes you feel like your at the absolute BOTTOM of the Proverbial hierarchy at Black Mesa, with Gordon NPC’s were usually very cordial and friendly, At least after the RC, but with Barney You really get the sense that no one really respects or values the guards at the facility despite the fact that most of them essentially work 4 jobs (Security, maintenance team, secretaries, ext.) and are the only line of defense for the facility. It makes you feel Even more so than the base game that you were just a normal guy going through the daily grind,trying to survive an incomprehensible disaster…
Also special shout out to unplugging that scientist’s laptop at 2:55 was freaking hilarious, nicely done Nut!
Also also, Even more so than the main campaign the level of characterization You were able to get Barney through just moving your head is impeccable, especially Backing away from things like the computer malfunctions, Using the sink & hand dryers in the bathroom,the way You look at yourself one that scientist comments on your shirt being in-ironed And especially almost putting the screwdriver in the trash had me rolling
Just nothing but compliments all around
Great observation on the guard/scientist relationship. Those guards really got looked down upon and they don't deserve it at all :( The voice of Sisk really helps sell how genuine and chill they are too, so that when they start getting into trouble it's so easy to sympathize with them.
Glad you appreciate those little gestures I gave Barney. In my mind, he's like Gordon in the sense that he's a prankster, but he's more upfront with his displeasure of the science team's snobby-ness given that he's a guard.
The intro text during the tram ride also showed your main priorities as a security guard:
High priority - protect equipment and materials
Medium priority - protecting the scientists
Lowest priority - ensure your own safety
Yeah, your job description is basically telling you that your own well-being is not relevant.
@@simonaspalovis1204 Yup, loved that touch. It was similar to Freeman's introductory text in Black Mesa Inbound!
The level design in this mod is top notch in my opinion, scifi yet believable.
Agreed. I'd love to work in a state of the art facility like this, minus the alien invasion
That's what makes the environments of Half Life games (including, and I would say especially so, Black Mesa) so fantastic: they ARE believable settings, since all of them are places like utility rooms, laboratories, warehouses, offices, living quarters, etc. Each piece of the environment in all of these different locations has realistic practicality and function in mind that the gameplay is then modeled around, and that's what makes the settings and level design in these games great in my eyes...
The Keeper is one of my favorite scores from BM:BS so far
Same here. Meta-Collide is another of my favourites for its buildup.
14:57 This was so unnecessary but my god did it add so much to this video
Nutella, you are truly a cinematic genius
I'm glad you appreciated that. Part of it was to make sure the song ended when the doors to the HE Particle labs opened, but part of it was to play it for laughs hah
The song timing should be done in engine honestly, this fit so perfectly the music should be 2 parts and transfer between lower volume repeat while dialogue is on and more intense when moving between places. its absolutely stunning the atmosphere it created
actually has neat gameplay for once without some overly cramped thumbnail and annoying stuff, keep it up nutella!
Thanks for the kind words! Thumbnail creation is one of the most fun parts of making these. Like you've said I try my best to make an eye-catching one without making it needlessly cluttered. Happy to hear it turned out well
3:00 it's amazing even after you see the NPCs get done with their initial audio logs they actually go off and do something else instead of just disappearing off screen.
It really shows just how far games have come, and as for the playthrough it does a really good job backing up the original black Mesa, showing so many different sides to that fateful morning.
I agree, this extends across the entire chapter as well. That forklift driver at 24:51 offloads his crate, then disembarks from the lift and walks over to a nearby wall, leaning against it for a small break. Incredible detail put into things people might not even notice ever.
@@Sexy_Nutella and those are the kind of things that turn up five or six hour play through into a 10 to 12 hour play through, just all a little discrete details.
Hopefully they get the next chapters out soon.
@@timebomb42 I myself am awaiting Captive Freight with great anticipation. It's my favourite chapter :)
@@Sexy_Nutella I never even saw a playthrough of the original blue shift, so this really will be the first time for me.
And I'm same as you I can't wait for it.
Let's just hope that it comes out soon.
Can't wait for the next chapter! The attention to the small details in this chapter really makes me want to just not proceed further down the story line and just thoroughly explore the area. Love what the developers did with blue shift!
Agreed. Same reason I love just messing around in Anomalous materials hah
I really love the added character flare you put in..the ending..just htat split second of rushing to the woman as the elevator falls makes calhoun feel heroic..even after all the idiotic antics along the way. Really loved your presentation here, and looking forward to what happens next! :D
Thanks! I intended to convey exactly what you've described. Barney might be an ass to his colleagues, but he has a good heart and jumps to the pump when duty calls
I loved when Barney flashed the guy with the camera. 🤣🤣🤣
The fact that they took time to add stuff like this into the game is super cool and hilarious haha
24:06 I tried stopping the cart here by putting myself in front of it. Unfortunately, all that did was crush me between it and the crates and kill me.
Lmao, that happened to me too. Hence why I didn't do it in the video lol
Can you imagine a Source Mod in Black Mesa but you are a Janitor? To be fair a janitor is a most likely probability to survive, having all the keys to all the doors. Janitor with a clearance of Level 9
Lol, or Gus the forklift driver ;)
I'm not normal enough to know that you are not normal as well, and I like and most appreciate that side of yourself.
Normal is boring. Abnormality leads to extraordinary ;)
24:45 That was good acting by the player
It's crazy to see how quick can everything go to shit in an event like this
Speaking of a remake for Opposing Force, I saw this Mod called Black Mesa Military, mod that lets us play as an HECU marine named Steven Mills, who obviously not Adrian Shephard and after I saw the HEV suit hands replaced with the HECU marine hands for holding the guns and it reminded me of the first chapter of Hunt Down The Freeman where the HECU marine protagonist "Mitchell Shephard" is inside Black Mesa, and I thought, what if we were to make a remake of the first chapter of HDTF in Black Mesa, also I kinda believe that we can make HDTF better, so petition for any modders who reads this comment, please make a remake of HDTF chapter 1 also because I kinda wanna see what Mitchell looks like in the BM version of the HECU uniform, if your wondering why only chapter 1, well since chapter 1 takes place in the Black Mesa research facility and we are to use Black Mesa, that kinda means that there can be no way to recreate the rest of HDTF
I still need to check out BM: Military. Heard good things about it :)
@@Sexy_Nutella it IS good, but it's still a work in progress if you look at the sniper rifle and how the gibs for the male Black Ops are HGrunt gibs.
I have no words to express how perfect this looks! Amazing job, everyone!!
Yep, the folks at HECU Collective really did a great job :)
Holy hell that ending was intense! I've never played this expansion before so it's all new for me. Very immersive!
The timing on those background songs are spot on again. Always gets me pumping.
Looking forward to the next chapter, I hope the lady survives....
Also Barney is a butthole haha
Edit: I just read the lady dies... my day is ruined
Glad you liked the timing of the music sections, I spent a bunch of time to make sure the elevator doors closed at the right time when Barney goes back up to the main lobby. And yeah, the Resonance Cascade was crazy.
can't wait for OBM and GD to come out
Same here!
Speaking of guards' lockers, and I already said it under an other BM:BS video, but it's kinda funny how the tradition of placing developers' names on them turned most of guards in this section into Russians or people of Russian descent
Hahaha, never thought about that!
This is a stretch but maybe it's a nod to all the Russian lettering we see in Half Life 2? Even though that wouldn't make sense in the current timeline of the events of Half Life, this is a remake of Blue Shift, a game made just over 20 years ago and we still can't decide if it and Opposing Force are canon, so who knows.
@@thisyoutubehandleisdumbasfuck A huge portion of the HL fanbase and fan creators are Russian, but I'm really not sure if HL2's setting had any effect on that
You'll never take me alive! 9:06
I sure hope Otis survived the incident :(
2:18 This is a reference to HL: Source floors being way too reflective
Lmao, good catch!
10:02 - Whoops, soon wiped the grin off of her face.
She has a couple of additional hilarious voicelines if the player keeps pestering her aha
Good to see you doing videos again. Gotta say, this remake mod looks promising.
Good to see you again! And yup, it's really good so far.
16:17 вот поэтому есть золотое правило, никогда нельзя мешать человеку, который делает свою работу.
Scientist: Callhoun! Please, let me work. Stop pull the recharger of my laptop.
Callhoun: I like make it to economize in the bill's energy.
Scientist: Bullshit. I don't have time to fun with u. I need work and u go to ur duties.
Callhoun: 😑.
Hehe, I'm sure Barney would be saying something like that if we could hear him talk ingame ;)
Oh wow nice as soon as I get home I can watch the video
Glad I was able to time it to that :P
It turns out that there was a Breen face at 8:30. If you go frame-by-frame when the screwdriver makes contact with the camera, you'll see the Breen face.
7:37 woman is doing most physical job there
That's Gina Cross, one of the many badasses of the incident haha
8:30 mmmm that breencast looks kinda sus here 20 years before HL2...
Breen: Plotting the events of HL2 since 1998 O_O
Perdón por la demora, estuve ocupado pero recién termine ver tu video *Sexy Nutilla.* La verdad me gustó cuando ya comienza el catástrofe en cada lugar de BM
Buena jugada, esperaré el siguiente capitulo👍🏻.
No hay necesidad de disculparse, gracias por el apoyo y por ver el video :)
@@Sexy_Nutella no hay problema👍🏻
There were some initial complaints about a very un-HL-ish extreme use of OST.
Yap still there:
*walks through normal corridor*
*tense music plays*
To be very fair Black Mesa also had this, with the Anomalous Materials track playing once Gordon gets the HEV (and even HL1 with Klaxon Beat). I believe BM:BS is calling back to this. I didn't mind that track myself, got me pumped to start my shift haha
@@Sexy_Nutella I totally get the stems that play when you get the gear. But like in random corridors, it's just weird.
@@CT7ALW i can understand that for sure :) it worked for me personally but I can see why it might not be everyone's preference
Pô eu achei legal demais haha a música synth é massa, poderiam ter encaixado ela melhor em um caminhada mais relevante mesmo, mas acho que a intenção foi se sentir empoderado na sua primeira tarefa de guarda do dia.
12:04 Calhoun has really bad firing range etiquette.
Haha, I wanted to show off the optional dialogue there. Though my interpretation of Calhoun is that he's not above pulling pranks like that on his coworkers, though he doesn't take it too far
Let's GOOOOOO! >:D
I'm gonna watch it now!
Hope you enjoy ^_ ^
damn, dr freeman blew it up😂😂😂
another great video
Thanks for the support!!
It's now canon that Barney Calhoun is a jerk.
I'd say he just likes to pull pranks on his colleague, just like Freeman in my headcanon.
@@Sexy_Nutella He and Gordon did crawl through vents to try to race into Kleiner's office without a key
I prefer this version of the train/rail cart crash, makes more sense for it to collide into something on the tracks rather than just derailing because "train go fast lol". It reminds me a bit of the movie Super 8.
I wonder if it's possible to give that scientist his soda can since there was a machine nearby. Mind you it probably wouldn't make sense to help someone who's just insulted your job position.
That train crash in Super 8 still looks amazing, the suspense is incredibly well done. Unfortunately it's one of the NPC's many random voicelines and they won't bat an eye if you do get a soda. Though, if you were to chuck it at them, it does elicit some funny responses :)
9:41 Fountain gone rouge.
That guard's day certainly isn't going to improve anytime soon haha
(LOL, perfect timestamp)
29:57 elevator scene
My favourite depiction of the resonance cascade to be honest
@20:37 The cockroaches from Half-Life are back.... Yay ??? 😉
I don't believe these ones react to light the same way but I'm glad they were included :)
Barney In Camera Broken Is Half Life 2 Secret
8:39 Was that a fucking dab??
Hahahahaha the camera test
Poor guy can't catch a break!
It's not made by Crowbar Collective, right?
Nope, made by a group called HECU Collective
@@Sexy_Nutella Man, they made an awesome job. They even got the Black Mesa voice actors
@@byjohan832 Yeah, it's super cool how Black Mesa is supporting this mod :)
this Game is still unsurpassed. Just walking around and chatting with people. Games haven't gotten any better. Rather less. You can also play this with an Intel card.
8:30 dr.breen
Nice little easter egg
silly question but did u ever play regular blueshift before
Yup, not as much as HL1 or OpFor. But I do prefer some elements of BS over OpFor. Captive Freight is one of my favourite levels in any of the original Half-Life games.
I hope the blue shift remake follows the foundation that the original was going through. But do it a little different, but adding a lot of Variants type of enemies, New Weapons, and Locations. Cause' it was lacking a lot of those features in the original. That could be the reason why Opposing force Half Life Expansion was praise as the best expansion, It had *a lot of stuffs.*
@Fjuro yeah I guess so
That being said this mod is already impressive in terms of how different it is from both HL:BS and Black Mesa. I can't wait for their rendition of Focal Point and the Xen environments
Directed by: Michael Bay
That train crash reminded me more of Super 8 by JJ Abrams haha
As Calhoun was about to go on duty he passed high level security officer 2nd lieutenant Felicia Yu, Who was in their usual get up of black tactical gear and clothing, a P226, Combat knife, And wielding an MP5. There was an inside joke with the low level guards that she was ready to mow down an army at a moments notice.
Felicia:"Morning Calhoun, Got called by Dr. Vance to look after his kid as he works."
Barney:"Alyx?, That shouldn't be too hard she's a nice kid just word of warning Don't let her distract the other scientists have her play cards or something."
Felicia:"Why's that?"
Barney looked around for a sec
Barney:"Because of Dr.'You Know Who'"
Felicia:"Christ Dr.Horn? Yeah I can see why."
Barney:"Anyway see ya at break."
He went to leave but suddenly turned around
Barney:"Oh tell Alyx and Eli I said hi."
Felicia:"10-4 Barney."
Done
I recently thought of making a half life OC so yeah
Give you a brief rundown
Full name:Felicia Yu
Ethnicity:Chinese-American
Former profession:American Black Ops
Eye color:Dark Brown/Black
Rank:2nd lieutenant (US Army officer rank)
Hair color:Black
General information: Knows multiple martial arts techniques which include but are not limited to Judo, taekwondo, Kung Fu, and jiu-jitsu, proficient in multiple small arms weaponry such as assault rifles, SMGs, sidearms, DMRs and sniper rifles.
Psychological evaluation: Will often try to save as many people as she can even if said people are of opposing forces, charming and optimistic most of the time and are focused under pressure.
Forgive me if this is a bit too much
А главное, земляки делали)
0.27 B.M.R.F ?
Black Mesa Research Facility!
This frequent nodding whenever an NPC ask you something, as well as dicking around, helps to showcase all the various interaction outcomes but at the same time seem so me like a divorce from your usual style of narrative and immersive play. Unless of course your intention all along is to portray Barney as a hyperactive prankster with an itchy trigger finger, which is equally cool.
Yeah, definitely intentional. I wanted to portray Barney as a prankster, just like Freeman, but a bit more aggressive and with a "take no shit" attitude, especially since he's a guard that is constantly looked down upon by the science team. You'll notice that I went after the scientist who threatened the clerk about his emails by unplugging his laptop (Barney standing up for his buddy), and pullling some other pranks. But I tried not to take it too far - for instance I was messing with the guard with the screwdriver but gave it back to him at the end - had I not he would've been shocked by electricity as he no longer has the tool.
Of course the intent is also to showcase as much of the optional interactions as possible too. Hopefully I didn't go too far with this. The increased nodding was an attempt by me to make him more human - in my Black Mesa playthrough it often seemed like I wasn't acknowledging NPCs that were giving me direction so that's why I'm doing it more.
Make fun of Otis all you like but he’s the one working for a classified government facility and not you
And probably making a better wage than I am :(
Yeah and he's probably not a bog standard rent a cop too. Security in BMRF is basically IT and maintenance, I'd wager Otis has a bachelor's in communications or comp sci too. Not to mention a loving mother ❤
9:02 you'll never take me alive. That moment he ran from scientist asking where the donuts gone and he runs.
and he use a fucking magnum too , Otis is no joke
AAAND he survived the anomalous incident and a cleanup military mission that followed
9:02 Do you know who ate all the doughnuts?
I don't know
YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
That's a new one
Otis is a gem
Talk about cinematic indeed! From the recording to the actual mod itself! It’s amazing what fans can do!
Oh definitely. The sheer amount of dedication and creativity of Half-Life fans is incredible.
ADDITIONAL TRIVIA:
Shooting/killing any of the guards in the firing range (11:37) will result in a game over screen with the following message:
SUBJECT: Calhoun
STATUS: Employment terminated
REASON: Improper handling of a firearm in the facility
Barney's locker (5:24) contains some notable references:
(1) A poster of "Prax Wars 2: Dante's Revenge. This is a reference to Prax War, a cancelled video game by Rebel Boat Rocker. The key members of the studio later founded Gearbox Software. This same game title is found on the arcade machine during the intro tram ride in HL:BS
(2) A sticky note reminder to buy Gordon Freeman a beer - a reference to one of the random voicelines uttered by security guards in HL1, as well as to HL2's Barney intro
(3) A sticker of a chumtoad, a Xenian creature in Opposing Force and Blue Shift. In HL:BS, a chumtoad can be found in Barney's locker upon breaking open a package with his pistol. Since Barney automatically holsters his pistol in BM:BS outside of the shooting range, this is not possible in the mod
(4) Two not-so-subtle books that foreshadow the events of Half-Life. These are the same books as in HL:BS
(5) Additional tidbit from the voice actor for Otis himself, UnstoppableGiant - if one is to noclip inside the locker to view the book covers, some very interesting cover images can be seen ;)
The security camera terminal at 6:50 allows Barney to see some interesting items:
(1) Freeman makes his way from the tram station to his locker in the Anomalous Materials lab at 6:51. The two scientists conversing on the left of the hallway are the same two as from BM
(2) Gina Cross, one of two main characters in Half-Life: Decay and the model for the holographic assistant in the Hazard Course, is seen pushing the cart containing sample GG-3883 to the Anti-Mass spectrometer at 7:37 - this crystal eventually causes the Resonance Cascade. Interestingly, she is shown donning her grey suit ( the canon color) as opposed to the orange in HL:BS
(3) An image of Breen briefly flashes on the screen when the guard destroys the camera at 8:29. This is the same image used in HL2 when the Breencast monitors are glitching out
(4) The scientist performs a dab at 8:36 - this may be a reference to the dancing scientist easter egg in HL:BS (also located at the same camera in the original game)
(5) The guard carrying the coffee mug and female scientist at 8:35 are the same two that Gordon interacts with in the cafeteria in Anomalous Materials. They are shown headed to the cafeteria in the camera feed
(6) It should also be noted that the scripted sequences of the dabbing scientist and the Otis/Donut conversation do not happen immediately upon switching back to their respective camera feeds a second time as shown in the video, but rather after a short duration after Barney first scrolls through the feed. The time that thess sequences occur varied for me for each recording, so I’m not sure when exactly it’s timed to play. However, for pacing reasons I just edited the footage so that it seemed as though they happen sooner
You didn’t check the covers of the books, did ya? ;)
@@UnstoppableGiant Just did and I'm dead. Tossing that tidbit in the description, but perhaps without spoiling what they are ;)
I like how one of the notes on Calhoun’s locker says, “Get Beer for Gordon.”
I also saw a sticker of the Chumtoad on his locker. The Chumtoad is a cut NPC from Gearbox and Valve.
Good eye, yeah those references are on point haha
That's probably a reference to the easter egg in the original Blue Shift where if you shoot the box in Barney's locker enough times, it breaks and there is a Chumtoad inside.
@@Funguy100005 Totally a reference. I mean, why would they put a chumtoad in there?
@@yourfellowducky2712 The Chumtoad was supposed to be a criter/enemy(?) In the original Blue Shift, but ended up becoming an easter egg, or some stuffed toy as a gift to Barney's girl. I suppose.
I like to think that Calhoun uplugging the male-karen’s laptop charger was just an act of revenge for getting mad at that one security officer
33:02 that scream always freaks me out
Yeah. It reminded me of the panicking scientists in the elevator after the Resonance Cascade in Unforeseen Consequences. Heartwrenchingly realistic voice acting
12:20 Even in the original Blue Shift I could never figure out what Otis was doing with that doughnut.
Might be wrong here but I believe he's trying to reach his gun with his non-donut hand but is too committed to the donut to simply let go of it hahah
I think he was trying to eat the donut
5:04 Oh my gosh! Barney is the spitting image of John Cena!! 😱 Who would have thought?
How did Barney escape Black Mesa?
Because nobody saw him.
@@Sexy_Nutella 🤯 Mind = blown.
Everything sure was breaking down even before the Resonance Cascade occurred.
"Just one of those days, I guess."
Yeah, Black Mesa seemed to be having a terrible day in particular that day haha
It's like a dark omen
@@hatti... Yes. A dark G-Omen, for sure.
@@Sexy_Nutellaif you work at a top secret research facility and it happens to be May 16th in the 2000’s and every starts braking maybe just prepare for unforeseen consequences
I recently finished black mesa but after seeing this. It feels like a totally different game
It's worth a playthrough for sure. It's basically a very high quality expansion pack to Black Mesa, just lkke Blue Shift was to HL1
Some of these animations really need to be refined ngl
They are a huge improvement over previous versions, I personally think they're fine. I can see what you mean during the transitions though
Apparently the reason why things kept breaking throughout this chapter and the last chapter was that the people in the Anomalous Materials lab were pushing a lot of power towards the Anti-Mass Spectrometer for the experiment that Gordon Freeman is involved in.
As that scientist Trevor said at 30:41, they were pushing their equipment too hard.
Yes. Because some suit with a briefcase press them to do it and the administrator agreed with that.
This remake has brought another level of terror into our famous distopia. They have proven once again that nothing can be ordinary, calm and usual in Half Life Universe. The elevator fall just before we seen a chaotic nightmare was so intense, the music and the screams of the lady scientist, energy failure warnings, announcement of unauthorized biological forms in several sectors; this could only mean; our world's dying sigh.
I want to see more dramatic and shocking scenes in the following chapters as well, such as a security guard getting pulled by two zombies and falling to their deaths.
You're in for a treat. Duty Calls in this mod is much more cinematic and emotional than the base game.
@@Sexy_Nutella I can't wait for new videos you upload, also love to read each note and description you write under your videos. God, I can't tell enough how I feel that love for this game and your passion is fascinating and admirable. Thank you, this channel is such a gem, when there is nothing to do I just click on a random video and find myself spent many hours already!
@@tychusenfieldlarsson206 I'm super glad to hear that my videos can provide that level of entertainment and enjoyment. As long as there's Half-Life content out to cover I don't think I'll ever stop making videos, so I hope that I can continue to deliver :)
I'm very happy that the got the voice actor from BM to do the guards since that last mod the HECU Collective did didn't have the voice actor. I'm referring to Black Mesa Azure Sheep I'm that regard a great mod but lacked the voice acting.
Kevin Sisk's voice is perfect for Barney. I literally can't imagine anyone else but him and Michael Shapiro to fit that bill
The team did a really good job with this.
Agreed. It's amazing
I wish there was a picture or a showcase about Black Mesa's building structure on the topside.
We eventually do get topside in the later chapters :)
@@Sexy_Nutella Looking forward to it, then.
This is just breathtaking, both the mod and your playthrough of it. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this!
Glad to hear! :)
4:02 - “Nice of you to show by this morning, Calhoun.”
“Yeah, what do you care that I just leapt one floor down and broke my leg in the process?”
Lol! Tis a flesh wound
I can't even tell the similarities about blue shift and black mesa blue shift! The level design is very different
It is, though the general layout is still there :)
With how cinematic everything you do is, I cannot wait for the chapter 3 video
It's up now! Hope you enjoy it :)
lol @7:54
2nd lol @17:46
Love your gameplay style! Gotta give props to the team, so many lovely little details have been considered.
Glad you like it! Yeah, tons of easter eggs and optional dialogue/actions that didn't need to be there but the fact that the devs included them is so awesome
13:56
Love how smothly calhoun walks as he closes this woman’s laptop
Another sexcellent upload from Nutella.. love your thumbnails
Thanks for the feedback bro ;)
Strangely enough, is the glitching/sudden disconnect texture at 8:30 a forgotten placeholder?
I believe that's an intentional easter egg of Breen's face!
@@Sexy_Nutella Ohh, hm. I see, I see. I honestly thought it was forgotten since it'd be strange to include a far older Breen's face inside the game, but at the same time it could be said to hint at more than what seems to be.
It's a reused effect from Half-Life 2. You can see this exact one on a breencast screen on a distant building in the chapter Water Hazard. If you look closely it also shows an eerie and ghostly image of G-Man for a split second. It's probably unintended for those images to appear here
Damn. That was one HELL of an intro to Blue Shift!
Agreed!
26:00 "Yeah that seems to be the running gag" Loved the meta joke here xD
The build-up for the Resonance Cascade is insane! Never thought I would experience such an unnerving soundtrack either. Honestly I thought Blue Shift would be a bit more boring to watch but this reimagined elevator sequence turned out to be possibly one of my favorite bits in the franchise.
Note: Barney "pranking" kinda fits the character since he's actually quite humorous himself.
Yeah, that Resonance Cascade sequence is top notch. The score is killer like you've said. Glad you like my portrayal of Barney :)
32:41 this train crash more epic then in CoD:WW2. Great job Sexy Nutella, same as always
It is a spectacular crash scene for sure. Thanks for the comment!
YOOO this is so good?? The sound design is incredible
Agreed, especially during the Resonance Cascade!
Did anyone play original HF and BS thinking that its not goofy enough? Why did they put so much goofy lines in this mod?! Anyway - love your playthroughs Nutella
To be fair the goofiness was there in the original, there just wasn't that much dialogue compared to this mod. Thanks for the comment!
The original was kinda hilarious af on purpose, just in a different way. The disaster and character deaths were over the top and meant to be humorous, but with the tone of HL2 and Black Mesa such things are taken more seriously with more detailed characters and world building so they kinda translated it to dialogue instead. Same level of silliness I think
32:35 School after me and the boys accidentally do too much trolling
Lol
Watching this is like watching a news coverage on 9/11 before the towers fell. You know what's going to happen, you know it's terrible, and with each passing minute the tension is palpable. Amazing.
Yeah, the sheer dread I had anticipating the Resonance Cascade itself was not unlike anything I've felt before. They executed that sequence so well
It does a great job playing off the fact that the player knows what's going to happen, and just shows you all the signs to make it feel dreadful all over again
"Warning, Facility service system failure on levels - 3, 5 and 8."
"Warning, Extreme energy field hazard in Sector C."
"Warning, unauthorized biological forms detected in Sector B, C, D and G."
Lol, I work armed security, I wish I had a place like Black Mesa to work for.
9:02 Do YoU kNoW wHo AtE aLl ThE dOnUtS?
You'll never take me alive!!!
@@Sexy_Nutella That’s a new one
@@Sexy_Nutella I love that line.
Excelente gameplay y esta genial Barney siendo un trol , 15:01 lulz 👍
Gracias, sí, a Barney le encanta hacerle bromas al equipo científico ;)
I don't know someone said this earlier, but i have a suggestion. Can you do azure sheep extended after blue shift?
Definitely on the list! I'll have to see about time but I'd love to check it out
@@Sexy_Nutella I think it's the best mod i've played (if i don't count the blue shift mod). I would legit buy it if it was a game.
8:40 did he seriously get on his knees and dab?
He did indeed. Man was way ahead of the curve but also quite cringe hahaha
@@Sexy_Nutella Even the guards questioning him
10:48 wow black mesa hired stretch armstrong
Lmao
Scientist: ARE YOU MAD1! !!1!
barney: *nods yes*
Barney is a troll in my mind when it comes to the science team haha
Only thing I wish you could do is jot a simple walk. Slow enough to match the NPC's.
Yeah, at least the devs do slow you down when you're near a walking NPC. Though you can still overtake them