if you wanted to make it clearer, my best guess would be to add a couple other "wild" shots into the air at the end and maybe some screaming before it goes quiet and they stumble off, but there's probably better ways of doing it. I'm no storyboard writer!
Actually easy since zombie wouldnt have weapon or ability to use shield. So basicaly use shotgun, Viscerator, SMG, pistol or anything you can to take him down like a normal zombie
It’s a scary disturbing fact that even 2 highly trained combine units can’t even handle the infestation of head crabs. I think that sort of fear was presented well especially with the charger with how he panic fires his own ally and the detail on how he starts breathing heavily and doesn’t say a word
@@ford383 FOOL look at the pin comment. "I guess I've still got a lot to learn about communicating my ideas and should clarify this. It's panic fire at the end, not instant zombification." -TheParryGod
@@ford383 First off if you know what headcrab zombification is? It takes a long while for the guy to turn much more for a combine heavy boyo. (that was pure panic, (heavy breathing indicates that)
I know Elden Ring is gonna have you occupied for years at this point, but seeing Half Life lore videos in the future as a side project would be amazing!
The way you made these guys move just reeks of "highly trained infantry" the unmistakably human way they jerk and move when clearing the corner in the first shot is just... wow. I hope to see more of your work like this in the future. It's amazing!
The whole prespective trough Combine Eyes really adds how much stuff they have to go trough in QZ to keep the city safe. The movement, the breathing, the panic when they realise that theres more than anticipated, and Wallhammer shooting Ordinal in shock - This whole thing, even if just 2 minutes, is a perfect dish for eyes! I have no complaints here, really! Every upload is worth the while.
How much they have to go through??? They’re a hivemind with autonomic nerves serving a fascist alien superdictatorship. Your sudden sympathy is very telling.
@@throwawaydetective9080 Even under all that armor, memory supression, and augmentations, they still are human. Its more about the soldiers themselves than the Combine Empire.
@@mantoshka715 They literally aren’t. What part of transhuman surgery do you not understand?? There’s a reason combine radios still work after death in Half Life Alyx, to show that the soldiers are less like real thinking soldiers and more like an automated force. I find it weird how as of last year, there’s this intense wave of “The Half Life 2 Beta was so awesome with how it showed The Combine” and the praise for these videos. I really don’t wanna spell it out, but like, it scales with a certain political group that loves Violence and hates responsibility.
YES! I wanted more BIG COMBINE after that last video and now I got to go on a little mission with him. Next, I'd like to go on a date. TheParryGod is literally the only person on this entire planet who will deliver such quality Alyx content to us. If he died this void would go unfilled. I wonder if he ever looks down at his hands and understands the power and responsibility that he wields. Speaking of void... does anyone else feel empty watching these? I mean, the quality of them is such that I feel like we should be seeing a Title/Logo at the end for a combine based Alyx game a la Opposing Forces or Blue Shift... but no such thing exists. It hurts. Half-Life: BIG COMBINE
Incredible work, not only in the animation, but also in the composition, colors, camerawork, sound-design (my personal favourite, absolutely love the radio comms) and more that I can't name. The best part, this applies for all of your work. I still remember the skull cracking slam in the ANTI-CITIZENS short (loved the animation there) and the great planning and scripting of the PROTECTORS short (I still remember how smooth the strategy was and how well you made all the team memebers work together in unique and memerable ways). Keep up the good work, I'm sure you're very capable of it.
It just kicked the flying headcrab, insane reaction time as-well, these combine soldiers arent to be messed with. Unless a man in a orange amongus costume comes with a crowbar
I loved Alyx, but I wish it was this intense lmfao. This was incredible, very well done. A heavy zombine would be terrifying to fight It felt pretty close to this toward the end, so I have high hopes for the next titles to come out. I feel like there will be a build up to HL3, as they do some world building maybe.
It's not this intense because valve currently appeases to the general audience at all skill levels. They tried to find the sweet spot where everyone can enjoy it, especially for a VR game. There's tons of play tester notes about it. I feel like it held back for alot for us, but it's I think valve was playing it safe since their long break of making a half life game
TheParryGod essentially doing God like work for the Half Life community. Words cannot express how amazing this video is. Seeing from the sightlines of the Soldiers and Combatants. Simply perfect; amazingly executed and well presented
@@TheParryGod Of course! You single handedly keeping the Half Life community Rejuvinated and Active not only that but your work is suprassing several 'movies' that people buy tickets !
I refuse to believe this was made by S2FM. Holy shitm The music, movement, camera positioning and movement. Words can't describe how great this is. This is absolutely astonishing.
1:08 I've watched this well over 20 times at this point and i just noticed he actually takes his finger off the trigger once there are no more targets. Little details like that is what separates a good animation from a goddamn masterpiece.
This detail is also visible at 0:35 where the charger has his finger off the trigger there too, hence it being safer for the ordinal to walk in front of his gun. Then after that when they prepare to go in, they point their weapons up as to not endanger their allies. I also love the somewhat larger but still easy-to-miss detail that the ordinal goes pretty invariably for kill-shots on the zombies' headcrabs, while the charger's role is to slow the ones who are close with center of mass body shots and taking out legs (though of course he still does kill one of them when it presents the headcrab while getting closer).
@@ultmateragnarok8376 sorry to be one of those people, but it's a Grunt and not an Ordinal that we're seeing through the perspective of in this video.
I've already seen and commented on most of your other stuff. No matter how many compliments i throw at you, none of them can describe how good your animations are and how much i enjoy them. You've essentially created a series of shorts that are so good i find it impossible to describe with words. Seriously. I can't quite imagine the amount of work that goes into these and i can't quite describe how extraordinary the end result is. What i CAN say is that as of now your S2FMs are by far the best out there, and that you're extremely skilled at animation. Love this kind of content, keep it up!
I know it's a really small detail, but you can see 0:46 the headcrab fluids get wiped off the forcefield by the charger as he runs through. I love little things like that
I can't tell you how happy I was and am to help on this project and how it turned out. Seeing it now, I think the Echo's motions ride a good line between being anxiety and focused; twitching around, but still keeping visual on targets and clearing corners. His body language sells a character who's under stress, but it manifests as a kind of controlled energy - until everything falls apart. To me, it feels like the same kind of chaotic panic that playing HL:A in VR brings out, especially in the more chaotic moments, but seen from the other side, and I think that's its strongest point - it draws a kind of parallel with the player's experiance. I'd lose my cool if that many damn headcrabs popped up too. I also just noticed, on the 4th watch, the *slight* distortion of the camera lens in the middle, since we're actually seeing a composite of two images through the somewhat-elongated Combine mask, and whatever digital systems they have in there.
Outstanding work as usual! Aside from the bang on audio (the way you string together Combine radio chatter is on point) and convincing first-person POV, I love how threatening you've made headcrabs, and just how dangerous the concept of "infestation control" truly is in the world of Half-Life. Sure we encounter them en masse and experience the devastation/nightmare scenarios they cause, but they're always treated as nothing more than pest enemies or cannon fodder to the player, and thus are easily dismissed. In reality, all it would take is getting swarmed by these parasites and one landing a lucky jump to cause absolute chaos (as displayed here). Too bad Overwatch only sent two of my boys to deal with this situation... RIP Keep these amazing, original short stories coming! As many have said, you're top tier when it comes to S2FM, can't wait to see how you continue to expand the world of Half-Life!
The way that you made the camera whip left and right quickly to check corners and keep situational awareness looks EXACTLY like helmet camera footage of professional military guys doing room clearing, absolutely fantastic. I'd be interested in seeing the animation process purely for the camera movement in this.
I think I can speak for everyone when I say that I look forward to every video you post! They are literal masterpieces just waiting for to be discovered by a even larger audience.
I love that you're not only showing situations to realistically explain why Wallhammers are not useless while also showing that replacing them with regular shotgun soldiers was still a great idea
@@ish2008 Not just grunt, it could any type of combine soldier. Also: I'm saying Combine soldiers instead of OTA (Overwatch Transhuman Arm) for people to understand. The OTA are the simple Combine Soldiers and then the Half Life Alyx soldiers.
This really puts into perspective how terrible the portal storm must have been for earth as a whole. Rural areas all around the world suddenly becoming infested with Xen fauna and flora, massive migration into urban centers, a sharp reduction in the volume of trade and food production, logistics in disarray. By the time the combine start the invasion of Earth the planet must have been already in chaos.
You just sort of feel the emotion in a way I can't describe. Anti-citizen brought with it the sense of dread all sides had, and this brings at first controlled procedure and confidence, only to quickly, but not instantly, delve into panic and hysteria
Was having trouble thinking about what specifically to praise when I realized that every single part is absolutely crushing it. It feels like an entire production team worked on this. If someone told me this was a first-party trailer put out by Valve I'd believe it without question. Phenomenal skill is on display here.
I like how they both communicated well to each other and handled with the situation briefly, and actually knew what they are doing, absolutely love it.
Damn! This is taking it a step further! Made me feel like it was a movie. I loved the first person camera here and it's from the perspective of a Grunt so makes it very interesting. You nailed all the little stuff once again and made some imagination come true on my part. Keep up the good work.
This is not just an amazing animation, but also a meticulous one as well. See the headcrab splatter on the forcefield getting removed by the heavy combine. All those small details make it so immersive. Keep up the good work!
This feels and looks like a AAA Sci-Fi movie. I don't know how hard SFM is let alone S2FM. So hats off to you sir for making something so unique. Would love to see more of this at any time.
I love the whole idea of this type of stuff especially the soldiers in the video, and how they are not completely brain dead like the person we are looking out of saying "Holy Shit!", Amazing work.
That was incredible - not just in terms of animation and composition but also atmosphere! I didn't click why he was constantly swinging with his head movements, looking at everything until the crabs rushed out, of course he was checking every nook and cranny for them. Great animation well done!
My god these animations are banger after banger! You definitely deserve a job making valve trailers and/or even animated feature length movies based on half life
“OUTBREAK, OUTBREAK, OUTBREAK” I LOVE how you incorporated the Overwatch lingo of when there’s one squad member left alive they say outbreak three times
love your work and really hope there's more to come in the future. took me all of 2 seconds to hit the like button. honestly dont know how you dont have more views. the fact your shorts all just feel like little windows into the HL universe is what i like most. nothing crazy or over the top, just stories that add depth to the world. it all feels like canon to me.
this is one of the single greatest pov combat animations i've ever seen, and it accurately incorporates proper military tactics and accurate half-life lore at the same time. this is monumentally impressive
god dame this is good me and some buddys of mine we were talking about how good your animations are and we all whatched this yesterday and we all agreed you are the best s2fm animator in the world man
As a disabled person born with 22qq and dealing with anxiety issues and currently in his gamedev career and working on a cool project for Source (total conversion btw :)) , your work inspired me a lot and your animations it's always great to see it. Valve should hire you
This is insane. Really well done, particularly with communicating the story with just visual. Your skill reminds me of the guy behind Astartes and I really look forward to what you next produce
Fucking sick, you make atmospheres and perspectives so well! The constant glancing from side to side and behind just really shows how nervous the soldier is in the infection site
Poor Ordinal. Immediately fell in love with the unit as the game was released. I also love the way you communicate the battle sense and what goes on in a soldiers mind. And although I really enjoyed more, cognitive looking units for a change. In my opinion, I don't think it was very realistic for the Charger to shoot his weapon out of fear. It would be more realistic for a grunt to do so because they are still human. As seen in actual in game AI, grunts when near death will run for their life a far distance from the player and seek cover. All other Combine enemies in the game, will seek cover, and retreat. But do so in a more... Tactical manor, grunts just run for the hills. This doesn't really bother me to be completely honest, it just came to my attention and I found it worthwhile to point out.
@@Union- I have reas that But I thought he meant the panicked and uncoordinated Grunt. Thought The Chargers still have a degree of emotions and instincts too than
@@Union- there is. The main character is the grunt. You got it wrong. The only time the ordinal contacted is the beggining of the scene where they confirm the infestation
My man I would love to see an entire series based on these little stories and vignettes that you've made. I think you are the only person to ever truly capture the Combine and the Half-Life universe as a whole as accurately as the story writers intended. You are astoundingly talented. Thank you.
Daaamn, dude, you expand the lore of HL so much with these vids. I'd like to see more of such immersive shorts just to get the feeling of depth and direness of the HL universe, it truly has limitless potential. It exists for more than 20 years and still HL captivates me this much...
This is seriously so cool! I always love seeing your stuff. I would really like to see more first person footage like this in s2fm, if you want to. Keep it up!
Because I'm bored and I want to write something, here's some translation for people who aren't familiar with Combine terminology "Our A.I has confirmed this area is now controlled by the combine" "All units, get ready to fight." "Keep your eyes peeled, and your ears open" "Understood. Approaching coordinates 9-37 (not exactly coordinates, but I assume it's something similar to a precise location)" "Something's attacking us up close!" "Headcrab infestation is confirmed at coordinates 9-37. Waiting for a high commanding unit to give orders" "Follow sentencing procedure. Proceed with containment" "Copy that. We're moving in to control the infestation" "I see zombies." "Nothing is behind you." "I'm seeing zombies too." "Making sure that I'm seeing what I'm seeing..." "Yep, those are zombies" "Proceeding with hostility." "All visible hostiles neutralized" "Report the situation" "Zombies are dead." "Copy that. Keep going forward to ensure nothing's left." "Got it. Moving forward." "LOOK OUT!" "No, you look out!" "HOLY SHIT!" "Get behind me!" "WE'VE LOST CONTROL, WE'VE LOST CONTROL, WE'VE LOST CONTROL!" "Requesting additional units!"
THE AMOUNT OF DETAILS IS INSANE. at 0:30 as the POV soldier is backing up he feels something brushing on his back and only after shooting he looks behind to check seeing the metal handle. Simply insane
Absolutely amazing as always. The lighting was perfect and don't even get me started on the first person view. Also this actually puts in perspective on how dangerous headcrabs and infected are. Good job I hope u had fun and see you at the next one! ♥️
To be honest this the most realistic SFM videio iv'e ever watched its more like i was watching a movie scene The sound effect The tactics And cummunication was really realistic speacially by the time the Wall Hammer unit got Cought by a Head Crab its sound effect was really good VERY NICE WORK MATE KEEP IT UP AND I CAN TELL THIS IS ALREADY A MASTER PEACE
I've been introducing my girlfriend to the "Alien" movie anthology. This is giving me first time I saw those movies vibes. *Thank you for the Content* !
I am a BIG half-life fan and these animations really give me that experience i first had playing the games. I really love thes animations and i can’t wait for the next one!
Another great video. Love the first-person perspective. And while I do love how brutal and efficient you portray the Combine in your previous works, seeing headcrabs get the drop on them was a fun change of pace.
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I guess I've still got a lot to learn about communicating my ideas and should clarify this. It's panic fire at the end, not instant zombification.
If it makes you feel any better I caught on that.
ohh I thought so...now i kinda like insta zombification for some reason
if you wanted to make it clearer, my best guess would be to add a couple other "wild" shots into the air at the end and maybe some screaming before it goes quiet and they stumble off, but there's probably better ways of doing it. I'm no storyboard writer!
nah you were spot on, people are just being dweebs, trying to put you down so they feel better
@@statelyelms can agree with what
I can't even begin to imagine how terrifying it would be to have to face a zombine charger with an armored headcrab on its head.
You should Outmanuver Him and Shoot the Bloats in his Back, Just like Armored Headcrab Zombies
Actually easy since zombie wouldnt have weapon or ability to use shield. So basicaly use shotgun, Viscerator, SMG, pistol or anything you can to take him down like a normal zombie
@@serpenthand7928 the issue is that both the armored headcrab and charger have metal armor but grenades would work fine on it
@@LambdaCherry its "Wallhammer" by its nickname and Yes you should use grenade for faster amputation of it
@@serpenthand7928 remember zombine? Yeah.
It’s a scary disturbing fact that even 2 highly trained combine units can’t even handle the infestation of head crabs. I think that sort of fear was presented well especially with the charger with how he panic fires his own ally and the detail on how he starts breathing heavily and doesn’t say a word
Terrifying! Even for those who are basically machines!
He didn't panic fire on his ally, the headcrab made him do it. He isn't in control of his body anymore.
@@ford383 FOOL look at the pin comment. "I guess I've still got a lot to learn about communicating my ideas and should clarify this. It's panic fire at the end, not instant zombification." -TheParryGod
@@stallingset7301 It looks very much like zombification
@@ford383 First off if you know what headcrab zombification is? It takes a long while for the guy to turn much more for a combine heavy boyo. (that was pure panic, (heavy breathing indicates that)
How can one person make something this polished? Goddamn
I know Elden Ring is gonna have you occupied for years at this point, but seeing Half Life lore videos in the future as a side project would be amazing!
@@imbreadth11r5 oh cool
VAATI HALF-LIFE DEEPEST LORE?
@@fhsgdjdfglkdf Do you know who ate all the boluses?
@@ChaplainIdaeus Why do we all have to wear this ridiculous armor?
I love the little "peek" at the broken window because the forcefield doesnt cover that at 0:26
I love that the soldier checks his peripherals during moments of contact, real nice touch.
and how he checks behind him if the headcrab was dead when he killed it after it jumped at him
The way you made these guys move just reeks of "highly trained infantry" the unmistakably human way they jerk and move when clearing the corner in the first shot is just... wow. I hope to see more of your work like this in the future. It's amazing!
"I took one look at the combine soldier and thought 'WOw! That guy looks like an average human!"
-things going through my head reading this
@@MAG_agent1337 the animations really well done let me be.
@@MAG_agent1337 it costs nothing to be nice on the internet man
@@andreszarmach554 I don't mean for it to come across as rude, at the time I was half asleep and misread it lmao
@@MAG_agent1337 That can be interpreted as a compliment if you consider that animating humans accurately is very hard.
The whole prespective trough Combine Eyes really adds how much stuff they have to go trough in QZ to keep the city safe. The movement, the breathing, the panic when they realise that theres more than anticipated, and Wallhammer shooting Ordinal in shock - This whole thing, even if just 2 minutes, is a perfect dish for eyes! I have no complaints here, really! Every upload is worth the while.
actually it's grunt, the ordinal is using AR1 instead Pulse SMG
@@hatma-xx5hj Oh, my bad, the voicelines confused me! Sorry.
How much they have to go through??? They’re a hivemind with autonomic nerves serving a fascist alien superdictatorship. Your sudden sympathy is very telling.
@@throwawaydetective9080 Even under all that armor, memory supression, and augmentations, they still are human. Its more about the soldiers themselves than the Combine Empire.
@@mantoshka715 They literally aren’t. What part of transhuman surgery do you not understand?? There’s a reason combine radios still work after death in Half Life Alyx, to show that the soldiers are less like real thinking soldiers and more like an automated force.
I find it weird how as of last year, there’s this intense wave of “The Half Life 2 Beta was so awesome with how it showed The Combine” and the praise for these videos. I really don’t wanna spell it out, but like, it scales with a certain political group that loves Violence and hates responsibility.
1:33 I’ve always loved the voice lines the combine have. Showing that even though they are a cog in a machine, they still have that humane identity.
YES! I wanted more BIG COMBINE after that last video and now I got to go on a little mission with him. Next, I'd like to go on a date.
TheParryGod is literally the only person on this entire planet who will deliver such quality Alyx content to us. If he died this void would go unfilled. I wonder if he ever looks down at his hands and understands the power and responsibility that he wields.
Speaking of void... does anyone else feel empty watching these? I mean, the quality of them is such that I feel like we should be seeing a Title/Logo at the end for a combine based Alyx game a la Opposing Forces or Blue Shift... but no such thing exists. It hurts.
Half-Life: BIG COMBINE
This got a big, stupid smile on my face. Thank you :)
Beautiful comment
i read this entire comment in dr. coomer's voice in my head
Entropy Zero is great for half life 2, sorta! :)
@@nyachoss That fits so well. "Half Life: BIG COMBINE" just seems like something Dr. Coomer would say.
Incredible work, not only in the animation, but also in the composition, colors, camerawork, sound-design (my personal favourite, absolutely love the radio comms) and more that I can't name. The best part, this applies for all of your work. I still remember the skull cracking slam in the ANTI-CITIZENS short (loved the animation there) and the great planning and scripting of the PROTECTORS short (I still remember how smooth the strategy was and how well you made all the team memebers work together in unique and memerable ways). Keep up the good work, I'm sure you're very capable of it.
Aye! Love the fact your favorite was the sound design. It's mine has well. Just simply fantastic.
@@jasonx1174 man, where did you find all those combine lines, or did you make them yourself?
You fill the Half-Life shaped hole in my heart
Amazing work as always
I feel this
You are absolutely one of the most advanced sfm users rn keep up the good work :)
It just kicked the flying headcrab, insane reaction time as-well, these combine soldiers arent to be messed with.
Unless a man in a orange amongus costume comes with a crowbar
It's a terrifying sight gotta admit.
Gordogus
Totally agree
These combine soldiers aren't to be messed with? They were taken out by a handful of headcrabs, mate. Did you watch the same video I watched?
@@thiagovidal6137 well 60% of their squads are wiped out, so?...
The level of detail in this is incredible
Glad you enjoyed it!
This feels like an E3 cinematic trailer for an epic Combine spin-off game.
I loved Alyx, but I wish it was this intense lmfao. This was incredible, very well done. A heavy zombine would be terrifying to fight
It felt pretty close to this toward the end, so I have high hopes for the next titles to come out. I feel like there will be a build up to HL3, as they do some world building maybe.
Valve should make a combine game similar to opposing force
It's not this intense because valve currently appeases to the general audience at all skill levels. They tried to find the sweet spot where everyone can enjoy it, especially for a VR game. There's tons of play tester notes about it. I feel like it held back for alot for us, but it's I think valve was playing it safe since their long break of making a half life game
Alyx was the build up for half life 3. Which is why they did what they did to move the story forward.
No spoilers on that ^
TheParryGod essentially doing God like work for the Half Life community. Words cannot express how amazing this video is. Seeing from the sightlines of the Soldiers and Combatants. Simply perfect; amazingly executed and well presented
Thank you :) I'm humbled you think this highly of my work.
@@TheParryGod Of course! You single handedly keeping the Half Life community Rejuvinated and Active not only that but your work is suprassing several 'movies' that people buy tickets !
This animation is sooooo crisp. Really amazing work. Definitely gonna use this as animation reference to learn from
I refuse to believe this was made by S2FM.
Holy shitm
The music, movement, camera positioning and movement. Words can't describe how great this is.
This is absolutely astonishing.
1:08 I've watched this well over 20 times at this point and i just noticed he actually takes his finger off the trigger once there are no more targets.
Little details like that is what separates a good animation from a goddamn masterpiece.
I do think your comment is the 1st to point to this, haha. Glad you're enjoying it this much!
This detail is also visible at 0:35 where the charger has his finger off the trigger there too, hence it being safer for the ordinal to walk in front of his gun. Then after that when they prepare to go in, they point their weapons up as to not endanger their allies.
I also love the somewhat larger but still easy-to-miss detail that the ordinal goes pretty invariably for kill-shots on the zombies' headcrabs, while the charger's role is to slow the ones who are close with center of mass body shots and taking out legs (though of course he still does kill one of them when it presents the headcrab while getting closer).
@@ultmateragnarok8376 sorry to be one of those people, but it's a Grunt and not an Ordinal that we're seeing through the perspective of in this video.
I've already seen and commented on most of your other stuff. No matter how many compliments i throw at you, none of them can describe how good your animations are and how much i enjoy them.
You've essentially created a series of shorts that are so good i find it impossible to describe with words.
Seriously. I can't quite imagine the amount of work that goes into these and i can't quite describe how extraordinary the end result is.
What i CAN say is that as of now your S2FMs are by far the best out there, and that you're extremely skilled at animation. Love this kind of content, keep it up!
Left with the same feeling at the end of every short. This is really high quality work.
I know it's a really small detail, but you can see 0:46 the headcrab fluids get wiped off the forcefield by the charger as he runs through. I love little things like that
I can't tell you how happy I was and am to help on this project and how it turned out.
Seeing it now, I think the Echo's motions ride a good line between being anxiety and focused; twitching around, but still keeping visual on targets and clearing corners. His body language sells a character who's under stress, but it manifests as a kind of controlled energy - until everything falls apart.
To me, it feels like the same kind of chaotic panic that playing HL:A in VR brings out, especially in the more chaotic moments, but seen from the other side, and I think that's its strongest point - it draws a kind of parallel with the player's experiance.
I'd lose my cool if that many damn headcrabs popped up too.
I also just noticed, on the 4th watch, the *slight* distortion of the camera lens in the middle, since we're actually seeing a composite of two images through the somewhat-elongated Combine mask, and whatever digital systems they have in there.
Love the headcrab kick! Great work as always.
Outstanding work as usual! Aside from the bang on audio (the way you string together Combine radio chatter is on point) and convincing first-person POV, I love how threatening you've made headcrabs, and just how dangerous the concept of "infestation control" truly is in the world of Half-Life. Sure we encounter them en masse and experience the devastation/nightmare scenarios they cause, but they're always treated as nothing more than pest enemies or cannon fodder to the player, and thus are easily dismissed. In reality, all it would take is getting swarmed by these parasites and one landing a lucky jump to cause absolute chaos (as displayed here). Too bad Overwatch only sent two of my boys to deal with this situation... RIP
Keep these amazing, original short stories coming! As many have said, you're top tier when it comes to S2FM, can't wait to see how you continue to expand the world of Half-Life!
You know the combine that are infected still report their location and situation to overwatch. The soldiers are just inhumanly effective.
The graphics almost look real even though it's clearly fiction, everything is amazingly well made and I love it.
The way that you made the camera whip left and right quickly to check corners and keep situational awareness looks EXACTLY like helmet camera footage of professional military guys doing room clearing, absolutely fantastic. I'd be interested in seeing the animation process purely for the camera movement in this.
oh my god i love this, the mixing on the voice lines with the old breathing lines being used is a genius touch
I think I can speak for everyone when I say that I look forward to every video you post! They are literal masterpieces just waiting for to be discovered by a even larger audience.
I love that you're not only showing situations to realistically explain why Wallhammers are not useless while also showing that replacing them with regular shotgun soldiers was still a great idea
Actually in jaw dropped awe during this
You somehow find ways to surprise me with the level of quality every damn time
*_Please never stop!_*
100% this is my favourite video of sfm and I saw a lot of them in this channel. I'd love to see more POV Combine Soldiers animations
Grunt*
@@ish2008 Not just grunt, it could any type of combine soldier. Also: I'm saying Combine soldiers instead of OTA (Overwatch Transhuman Arm) for people to understand. The OTA are the simple Combine Soldiers and then the Half Life Alyx soldiers.
The feeling of panic in the camera movement is so clean.
Goddamn this is the best animation i've seen so far.
The camera work is impeccable absolutely insane. Great fucking work yet again.
This really puts into perspective how terrible the portal storm must have been for earth as a whole. Rural areas all around the world suddenly becoming infested with Xen fauna and flora, massive migration into urban centers, a sharp reduction in the volume of trade and food production, logistics in disarray. By the time the combine start the invasion of Earth the planet must have been already in chaos.
Damn, that looks so realistic and beautiful! Love your animations
There's already a comment to praise every aspect of this animation, so I just want to say you are an awesomely skilled cinematic storyteller
I love that you can still hear the pov character still breathing after being shot, armor probs saved his life
I love combines from your works. They look badass
You just sort of feel the emotion in a way I can't describe. Anti-citizen brought with it the sense of dread all sides had, and this brings at first controlled procedure and confidence, only to quickly, but not instantly, delve into panic and hysteria
It’s actually crazy how talented this dudes animations are, he’s gotta make a half life alyx movie.
Was having trouble thinking about what specifically to praise when I realized that every single part is absolutely crushing it. It feels like an entire production team worked on this. If someone told me this was a first-party trailer put out by Valve I'd believe it without question. Phenomenal skill is on display here.
I like how they both communicated well to each other and handled with the situation briefly, and actually knew what they are doing, absolutely love it.
I live for the "HOLY SH*T" from the grunt
that wasnt a grunt that was the ordinal (captain)
@@weirdpersonidk6336 blud check his voice lines+he doesnt use ar-1 like ordinal
These are so insanely good. The voices especially. I love hearing the combine chatter
Damn! This is taking it a step further! Made me feel like it was a movie. I loved the first person camera here and it's from the perspective of a Grunt so makes it very interesting. You nailed all the little stuff once again and made some imagination come true on my part.
Keep up the good work.
I just discovered your stuff last week and I am completely blown away by how good it is. Great job
I thought they would both survive
Also your animations are awesome
15/10
one survived... as a zombie
@@SCP-mt7bc arguably a worse fate
@@SCP-mt7bc I was gonna say that.
I wish your content was a drug, I'd be injecting it right into my bloodstream. I seriously hope you don't plan on stopping anytime soon!
This is not just an amazing animation, but also a meticulous one as well. See the headcrab splatter on the forcefield getting removed by the heavy combine. All those small details make it so immersive. Keep up the good work!
This feels and looks like a AAA Sci-Fi movie. I don't know how hard SFM is let alone S2FM. So hats off to you sir for making something so unique. Would love to see more of this at any time.
I love the whole idea of this type of stuff especially the soldiers in the video, and how they are not completely brain dead like the person we are looking out of saying "Holy Shit!", Amazing work.
That was incredible - not just in terms of animation and composition but also atmosphere! I didn't click why he was constantly swinging with his head movements, looking at everything until the crabs rushed out, of course he was checking every nook and cranny for them. Great animation well done!
I'm curious to see how this was composited, the visuals and visual story telling is on a league of its own, absolutely stunning ParryGod.
68k subs? With the quality tier videos you make that number is going to skyrocket
this guy is fucking amazing and even if he takes some time to make his animations they are all worth the wait
Bro I NEED a drg gameplay styled combine co-op shooter like this. Like EXACTLY LIKE THIS. I can't get enough of your animations. Never stop
My god these animations are banger after banger! You definitely deserve a job making valve trailers and/or even animated feature length movies based on half life
“OUTBREAK, OUTBREAK, OUTBREAK” I LOVE how you incorporated the Overwatch lingo of when there’s one squad member left alive they say outbreak three times
Holy wow, this is insane. You should've called this video "Valve please hire me".
You know I was half expecting Jeff of all people to come down the hallway, with the famous "my names Jeff" in the background.
That is so cool, would love to see more of such eye pleasing cinematics.
dude was sharp enough to kick a headcrab mid-jump but got killed by his partner's incompetence :(
love your work and really hope there's more to come in the future. took me all of 2 seconds to hit the like button. honestly dont know how you dont have more views.
the fact your shorts all just feel like little windows into the HL universe is what i like most. nothing crazy or over the top, just stories that add depth to the world. it all feels like canon to me.
im suprised i didnt found this channel earlier the quality of these sfm's are amazing
this is one of the single greatest pov combat animations i've ever seen, and it accurately incorporates proper military tactics and accurate half-life lore at the same time.
this is monumentally impressive
Genuinely stunning work.
god dame this is good me and some buddys of mine we were talking about how good your animations are and we all whatched this yesterday and we all agreed you are the best s2fm animator in the world man
As a disabled person born with 22qq and dealing with anxiety issues and currently in his gamedev career and working on a cool project for Source (total conversion btw :)) , your work inspired me a lot and your animations it's always great to see it.
Valve should hire you
"Warning!"
"This video may potentially trigger seizures!"
Go on...
Another high quality animation thank you mate
I would say this looks like a cinematic... but bro... this looks real! Everything is so well made, animation, lighting sound, everything!
This is insane. Really well done, particularly with communicating the story with just visual. Your skill reminds me of the guy behind Astartes and I really look forward to what you next produce
Fucking sick, you make atmospheres and perspectives so well! The constant glancing from side to side and behind just really shows how nervous the soldier is in the infection site
Poor Ordinal. Immediately fell in love with the unit as the game was released. I also love the way you communicate the battle sense and what goes on in a soldiers mind. And although I really enjoyed more, cognitive looking units for a change. In my opinion, I don't think it was very realistic for the Charger to shoot his weapon out of fear. It would be more realistic for a grunt to do so because they are still human. As seen in actual in game AI, grunts when near death will run for their life a far distance from the player and seek cover. All other Combine enemies in the game, will seek cover, and retreat. But do so in a more... Tactical manor, grunts just run for the hills. This doesn't really bother me to be completely honest, it just came to my attention and I found it worthwhile to point out.
+NutDealer the Grunt made the accidental shot. The reason why the charger made his own shot is because he was zombified/infected
@@thedoruk6324 As stated by the *Animator*. He specifically pointed out that it was not instant zombification, but a panicked pull of the trigger.
@@Union- I have reas that But I thought he meant the panicked and uncoordinated Grunt.
Thought The Chargers still have a degree of emotions and instincts too than
@@thedoruk6324 There is no Grunt in this film.
@@Union- there is. The main character is the grunt. You got it wrong. The only time the ordinal contacted is the beggining of the scene where they confirm the infestation
My man I would love to see an entire series based on these little stories and vignettes that you've made. I think you are the only person to ever truly capture the Combine and the Half-Life universe as a whole as accurately as the story writers intended. You are astoundingly talented. Thank you.
your animations make half life universe even more interesting
I love the helmet cam vibe of it, and also the combine (I assume) grunt movement feels so natural.
it sounds like an ordinal
@@Blue_color_of_control its a grunt, ordinals dont say "holy sh-..."
@@axelaugust5552 i know that now. at first it sounded like an ordinal's vocoder instead of a grunt to me.
Yep it's a grunt, they use the tiny baby smg
Its a fucking charger bruh
This is the best work I have seen out of the others, GOOD JOB MATE
Daaamn, dude, you expand the lore of HL so much with these vids. I'd like to see more of such immersive shorts just to get the feeling of depth and direness of the HL universe, it truly has limitless potential. It exists for more than 20 years and still HL captivates me this much...
This is seriously so cool! I always love seeing your stuff. I would really like to see more first person footage like this in s2fm, if you want to. Keep it up!
The dialogue between the combine soliders is so well done. Also the term, "Going Sharp." is so cool.
Shooting semi-automatic like a true operator. Respect.
This channel as a whole is severely underrated
The animations are beyond great, they drown you in the setting, atmosphere and action
Because I'm bored and I want to write something, here's some translation for people who aren't familiar with Combine terminology
"Our A.I has confirmed this area is now controlled by the combine"
"All units, get ready to fight."
"Keep your eyes peeled, and your ears open"
"Understood. Approaching coordinates 9-37 (not exactly coordinates, but I assume it's something similar to a precise location)"
"Something's attacking us up close!"
"Headcrab infestation is confirmed at coordinates 9-37. Waiting for a high commanding unit to give orders"
"Follow sentencing procedure. Proceed with containment"
"Copy that. We're moving in to control the infestation"
"I see zombies."
"Nothing is behind you."
"I'm seeing zombies too."
"Making sure that I'm seeing what I'm seeing..."
"Yep, those are zombies"
"Proceeding with hostility."
"All visible hostiles neutralized"
"Report the situation"
"Zombies are dead."
"Copy that. Keep going forward to ensure nothing's left."
"Got it. Moving forward."
"LOOK OUT!"
"No, you look out!"
"HOLY SHIT!"
"Get behind me!"
"WE'VE LOST CONTROL, WE'VE LOST CONTROL, WE'VE LOST CONTROL!"
"Requesting additional units!"
THE AMOUNT OF DETAILS IS INSANE. at 0:30 as the POV soldier is backing up he feels something brushing on his back and only after shooting he looks behind to check seeing the metal handle. Simply insane
Absolutely amazing as always. The lighting was perfect and don't even get me started on the first person view. Also this actually puts in perspective on how dangerous headcrabs and infected are. Good job I hope u had fun and see you at the next one!
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To be honest this the most realistic SFM videio iv'e ever watched its more like i was watching a movie scene The sound effect The tactics And cummunication was really realistic speacially by the time the Wall Hammer unit got Cought by a Head Crab its sound effect was really good VERY NICE WORK MATE KEEP IT UP AND I CAN TELL THIS IS ALREADY A MASTER PEACE
Heavy Metro vibes from this one. Did the Charger panic-fire? Or was that headcrab *just that quick* at taking over?
Definitely a panic fire from the charger, he shot twice while swinging his arms trying to get the crab off
I love the stabilization teams radio comms shit sounds so clean
The audio is great stuff to. I love the Ordinal voice
I've been introducing my girlfriend to the "Alien" movie anthology. This is giving me first time I saw those movies vibes.
*Thank you for the Content* !
Man, what an amazing job!!! Your talent is insane!
Dude has like perfect aim, but when its against Freemann they shoot everywhere but at him lmao.
Anyway, cool video
Would be pretty frustrating to play the games if you got insta headshotted the moment they saw you. And thanks!
I am a BIG half-life fan and these animations really give me that experience i first had playing the games. I really love thes animations and i can’t wait for the next one!
This is basically SFM milked out to the max
This is absolutely amazing, I am speechless right now. All I can really say is bravo!
Another great video. Love the first-person perspective. And while I do love how brutal and efficient you portray the Combine in your previous works, seeing headcrabs get the drop on them was a fun change of pace.
Between his HEV suit and his skills, Gordon is a force to be reckoned with. These shorts help you realize just how insanely good he is.
Rip 2 combine grunts, to be missed
One was a charger and the other grunt or ordinal
@@PTSDDDEVIL actually the ordinal was communicating with the grunt
@@ish2008 just said grunt or ordinal , _ ,