Surface Tension is my favourite chapter in the game. It's got it all: great pacing, huge variety in gameplay, fantastic art design and a killer soundtrack. It's one of the longest chapters, but it never feels like a drag because every moment of this chapter is exciting and new in terms of what the game introduces to the player. It also has the added benefit of being the only chapter exclusively set on the surface; after countless hours of running through the facility, being able to emerge topside to the piercing hot sun of the Black Mesa Desert is liberating. This video focuses on what I call "Act 1", where the HECU are clearly still in control (well, until a certain orange power armour wielding scientist shows up) and the Xen army hasn't begun arriving en masse just quite yet. What struck me as very memorable in this section is that the sky is still a clear blue, as opposed to the smoky grey of the latter maps. It wasn't until Black Mesa that I realized what mid-day would actually look like in a scenario like this (even the HL1 skybox was pretty drab looking in comparison). Obviously, the canyon sequence is amazing as well - I had forgotten just how incredibly detailed that environment is, from the rocks lining the cliffside, to the mesas on the other side of the river, to the various plants and foliage lining the trails. It actually felt as if I was going through an actual canyon, even compared to the earlier versions of this game. This extends to the entire level, really - Black Mesa does a great job at placing you right in the middle of a scorching hot desert in the middle of New Mexico.

@omarandresorellano4142

3 жыл бұрын

Mi fantasía fue Sufrace Tension....mi parte favorito jeje👍🏻

@sillyfella2009

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@uglies7056

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah more long than the original, I really love Surface Tension Chapter

@blueversace4447

2 жыл бұрын

This. Was. Epic! I was like yes, another helicopter fight! I’d have to put this as a top 3 level with Questionable Ethics and Interloper. I really felt like this game had some length too, but it wasn’t like it was stretched out. The story requires it.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

@@blueversace4447 Totally. Surface Tension is an important chapter because it's the payoff to Gordon having to crawl around inside the facility for half the game. They needed to up the ante once he emerges onto the surface and I think the chapter delivered.

Built like a early 2000s high budget action movie, love it

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed - I tried to treat it as such too, diving into the water with the 2 icthys to escape the chopper. Love this chapter for all the high octane action.

@bearlover8500

8 ай бұрын

It's a remake of a 1999 game

@teoborges3949

7 ай бұрын

​@@bearlover85001998*

@Browno747

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I feel like the part from 2:30 is quite Brosnan-era bond inspired. Amazing

@Aha5653ch.

4 ай бұрын

“Budget” “render with 6gb ram”

1:40 perfect sync

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Before each combat encounter with music, I always ask myself, "How can I sync my gameplay to it". The timing of the magnum to those two repetitive beats was an idea I had from the start. Glad you liked it :)

@Lolzz_ya

3 жыл бұрын

Also at 3:07

@Crydove18

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lolzz_ya awesome XD

@justinchan6594

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!

@grandmajenkins

3 жыл бұрын

2:32

10:07 if I didn't know better I'd say that was Gordon sighing upon spotting more soldiers.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

It does sound like it's coming from him haha

@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF

Жыл бұрын

Is it from Gordon? I prefer he stays completely silent.

@SixtyFourJr

Жыл бұрын

It annoyed him so much, He spoke.

@CharaGonzalez-lt7yw

3 ай бұрын

​@@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF nah, it was a marine

@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF

3 ай бұрын

​@@CharaGonzalez-lt7yw the sound seemed so close and loud xD

15:52 Look Gordon, an actual rope! We can use it for big canyons.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

"HELP ME GORDON!"

@vadimsharanda1052

3 жыл бұрын

God, help me... What's seen, can not be unseen. Let us never again discuss chairs. Or wiki...

@connorgolsong290

2 жыл бұрын

@@vadimsharanda1052 Do you mean Wikipedia, the free, online Encyclopedia that anyone can edit?

@rachelo_xuxu4592

2 жыл бұрын

@@connorgolsong290 Gordon, I'm full.

@vesnabernjak-ord8674

4 ай бұрын

@@rachelo_xuxu4592Gordon, i need spices.

the bombing scene is so good. the shockwave and everything is just *chef kiss* perfection

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. First time seeing that was awesome

2:32 Joel Nielsen absolutely _killed it_ with this soundtrack

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

He did indeed. I believe that part is a remix/callback to Diabolical Adrenaline Guitar from HL1

@loginnathaneugh9412

Жыл бұрын

That timing too in this video! The moment the beat drops, so does the shotgun!

@Cpt_H00K911

7 ай бұрын

This is my most hated soundtrack in the game

@Cpt_H00K911

7 ай бұрын

​@@Sexy_Nutella i believe it's nothing from the original game

@TheOnePieceIsReal89

7 ай бұрын

​@@Cpt_H00K911you've got to be kidding. Surface Tension 1 is Black Mesa's Adrenaline Horror.

Your vids feel like a movie,i love that.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks - one of my goals was to make the entire game feel like one seamless experience, free of any loading screens or jarring gameplay. I'm glad you think I've achieved this (so far)!

I just wanna point out that at 15:05, when you walk out that pipe, the background mountains looks like the Black Mesa icon. Obviously on purpose.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, it's a nice touch

One of my favorite, yet simple parts I love here is 1:28. The way you just zoom in on the soldiers moving in on you and then quickly move behind cover feels really cinematic. It's the little things that matter, really.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack really helped me pace my gameplay, it was in a sense flowing through me as I recorded this haha. Down to those camera movements that you mentioned :)

I really love how this video serves as not only as a walkthrough, but as a showcase of the game itself. Stopping to admire the details, whether it be environmental storytelling like the dead guard at the beginning or simply looking at a chopper fly overhead, reacting like a real physicist would. It’s great, and also somehow makes other walkthroughs of this game worse because of how they hastily run through the game, ignoring the details and just progressing the gameplay (Not to say that’s bad, or it doesn’t help whenever you’re stumped by where to go or something,) but you deserve so much more attention for changing the formula and making these videos so much more enjoyable.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for noticing everything that I wanted this series to be! I would say my goal first and foremost is to retell the story of Half-Life and highlight the incredible work the devs put in, hence my efforts to showcase everything the game has to offer and pretend as though I'm Gordon reacting to events for the first time. Hence there are probably actual walkthroughs that are better for directing the player as I oftentimes do things that aren't really necessary if players are just looking to get through the level :P

@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, he managed to make this walkthrough both exceptionally entertaining and thoroughly informative.

Massive improvement on the environment. The new cliff sides and plants are visibly pleasing and added much needed depth to this beautiful and largely vertical level. Also like the little adjustments to the dam fight, with marines running from the gate, rather than taking a walk back and the M2 nest which gets blown up by the chopper. Little thing I was really hoping to see, was perhaps also a new trigger for HECU, to start pushing again in mass once the player opens the drain cap - an APC along with a hopelessly large group of marines would prompt the player to take a dive in to the water and escape, making it more obvious, that it's the only way adding even more dynamic. Still, the pace will pickup from this point onward :) Great to see you "styling it out" with Snarks and grenades, while returning fire. This feels like what Gordon would've done being surrounded and outnumbered so fiercely. Looking forward to the airstrip part :)))

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

I believe there is a tank on the dam in the chapter's menu background - would have been interesting to see it act like the cannon from HL1's map. Grenades are under-utilized in this game. The throwing arc is weird, but once yo get used to it it's very effective in flushing people out or just for spamming an area.

22:16 It's so satisfying when you run towards the helicopter as the music drops by. 23:01 And the perfect shot for ending! This is a pure art.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly half of these runs are me praying to the AI gods that the chopper will coordinate. It's quite unpredictable so getting the timing down is pretty difficult for several encounters, this chopper fight being one of them. Easy on paper; tough in execution.

@cmkop98

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella So basically you just keep trying till AI moves satisfyingly huh? Wow. Now that's a firm dadication. No wonder why your playthrough has those perfect timing. Thx for your hard work nutella👍

@connorgolsong290

2 жыл бұрын

That first one is so reminiscent of the 1.0 trailer.

@BreadCroissant

2 жыл бұрын

You missed this 3:04

@ivanonlyone7160

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, heli kill with that ending was just perfect!

nutella: *looks at soldier camps for freeman* nutella: *rapid spam throwing snorks*

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Snarks are the ultimate distraction. I love it when the game gives you ammo for it.

@uglies7056

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella I only use snark at the: Hey, gunny, you hear that?

15:07 Black Mesa logo

@ultdisc

2 жыл бұрын

same pfp gang

1:38 this guys death synchronized with the song quite well. I need a surface tension remix where that guy's pain is the song.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, those two repeating notes always sounded like magnum shots to me in the music, hence the timing :)

@jorgegames7066

20 күн бұрын

3:05

23:00 the timing with the song end was perfect

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Took a while to sync haha

Its finnaly here. With the ammount of effort you put into these videos... *You deserve more views and subscribers*

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, knowing that there is an audience out there, no matter how small, that is enjoying this content is all I need to hear :) thanks

Fun fact: when interviewed, one of the devs said that building that was bombed in the distance was a 'kitty orphanage' a clear reference to end of the line i tell you

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, I understood that reference.

@iusproductions9050

Жыл бұрын

So the BLU's DID successfully bombed RED's Base with that Bird Bomb at the end of "End of the Line", Eh?

I love black mesa, and this chapter, the game can be traspasing the feel of desesperation of the marines when combat with xen soldiers, really its amazing.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Surface Tension is my favourite chapter in the game :)

The pacing of your videos is honestly beautiful, couldn't have asked for anything better than this, keep it up!

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Next vids coming up real soon!

That part where the jets fly by is just legendary. Since Surface Tension 2 is CC's version of Hazardous Environments, I wonder if they'd use it for a valve-style intro for other games.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Loved ST2 for that same reason (the callback to Hazardous Environments). Not sure if they'll incorporate it as an intro though

@cambridgebee3239

Жыл бұрын

People wonder if they’ll ever make another game. They do deserve the break though, and I actually think they won’t since Black Mesa was their magnum opus and reason for toiling away for 14 years. Maybe some will go on onto other things, but for now they’re relishing in the scale of their work

10:05 did Gordon just sigh?

@Stongg

3 жыл бұрын

that was a soldier

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was an hgrunt. That timing was just a coincidence, but pretty hilarious lol

@connorgolsong290

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, it's one of the HECU Soldiers. You can see it's their distinct Grey font, as opposed to the White of scientists and security guards.

@andrewdeluca7352

3 ай бұрын

"Oh great more soldiers."

23:04 holy shit dude, that's just amazing

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! That timing took a while to pull off haha

@Wolf-jo9zo

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella the whole video has a perfect timing man, make me feel like im watching a movie

Poor guy on 00:34 is just scared of Freeman. O_o 02:18 - Hurry up, close the gate! Maybe he'll get bored and go away! 04:55 - Freeman shoots copter full of holes. 05:04 - Freeman makes selfie "Another chopper down. Also, cool view!" Everybody else: "OMG, Freeman shoots attack helicopters with CROWBARS!" 06:36 - Freeman: "I don't have time for this pest..." Headcrab: "Fear me, pathetic being! Flee, coward, before I change my mind and turn you in my new skull-slave!" 10:37 - Crate: "Handle me with care, please~" Freeman: "I'm out of care. Crowbar will suffice" Crate: "T_T" 12:04 - Soldier (beats poor little snark): "I hit him! Yeah, I hit him!" 12:05 - Soldier: *dead* 13:06 - Soldier (sees Freeman): "Run! RUN!" Freeman: shoots him in cold blood 17:53 - Headcrab: "OK, so I jump on him, and he either stands, frozen with fear, so I get a new minion, or he stumbles back and falls off the cliff. Perfect plan!" Freeman: steps aside. Headcrab: "We should have never tried invading this cursed world... It isn't made for our kind. Tell Gonarch I lo..." 25:11 - Headcrab: "I'm back, human! That fall was not enough to kill ME! You will not escape your fate again! Now stand still and I will..." Freeman: steps aside. Headcrab: "I hate you so much"

22:19 There's a feeling in this part, we finally get the gear and gut to say "Who's running now?"

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. I love the feeling of empowerment whenever Freeman gets a new weapon

@cactusmangaming

Жыл бұрын

ON THE FUCKING BEATDROP!!!

My favorite chapter as well.... CC did such an amazing job on this rebuild.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. This cliff sequence alone is just flat out amazing

I love your playstyle, but what is the most impressive to me is the way you're able to time your actions with the music. Great job :)

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad it's enjoyable to watch.

3:05 that magnum sync was fucking AWESOME!

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

Glad you appreciate it :)

It is so cool seeing the inspiration this level took from the Hoover Dam.

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

For sure. That dam looked great

15:03 is my favourite part

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a great moment. Seeing those three jets fly by, coupled with that vista of the mesa valley, is great.

@youmadbro9402

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella don't forget the cool music

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

@@youmadbro9402 Indeed. Surface Tension 2 is great.

1:54 I thought “oh this is a pretty cool dam” then got a closer look and realized “oh it’s Just the Hoover dam.”

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

The scale of it does look impressive compared to HL1 though! Love the shadows of the towers on the wall haha

Finally decided to watch a full playthrough of black mesa since I won't have the hardware to run it any time soon. Your videos have been everything I was looking for. Someone who can make it look organic and cinematic with minimal commentary and few failures and unnecessary backtracking. Excellent work sir, excellent work!

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

Glad I'm able to create enjoyable content for you! The intent behind this series was indeed to make it seem like a movie, while playing somewhat competently.

1:39 Holy shit I just realized how those Magnum shots were perfectly timed. Amazing.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Haha yup, I was happy with how that turnes out in this section

Most gameplays are very annoying and disappointing. You do a very a good job and show respect to the game designers by playing properly. This is what people should look for on gameplay footage.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! I really didn't want this to be a gameplay video where I skip over important things or move my mouse all over the screen trying to figure out where to go. I started this series to hopefully provide a high quality showcase of the entire game and like you said, to pay respect to the dev team.

18:34.. the drawings are a reference to the plot in HL2, how nice. Also 23:03 hot.. wonder if the jets going overhead thought about the downed chopper that they must have heard of

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, neat little easter egg to HL2. I'm assuming the jets have a higher priority on their agenda, even if they managed to notice the downed chopper

10:07 I always imagine that the sigh is freeman, even though it's a grunt. its just my headcannon that hes getting annoyed at constantly having to fight the military.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, it does sound like it came from him!

@TheOnePieceIsReal89

4 ай бұрын

Perfect timing honestly.

This is the first video I’m seeing from you and I LOVE how you edited the music to make it fit the action scenes, it just makes this whole thing 1000 times better. Great job and keep doing whatever you’re doing.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Though I didn't edit the music at all - the music plays independently of my action for the most part except that transition at around the 2:30 mark, which happens when Freeman jumps over the gate. It just seems like the music was edited because I have to match the shots, movements, etc to the track :P

@sammystrawberry6341

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella still amazing :)

This is a fantastic video. You did a great job making this feel very cinematic, great camera movement, timing everything to the soundtrack, it's all really neat

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks - that was my main objective, to make it feel like a movie of Freeman's journey :)

I never thought a walkthrough would be so entertaining. I only came to rewatch the jets & vista scene, but watching the rest of it was oddly engaging, the helicopter fight at the end felt almost choreographed like it was for a show or movie, incredibly satisfying.

This is my favorite part of Surface Tension - the natural environments, the rocks, the light, the blue sky, the exploration... The rest of the chapter doesn't come close with its grey bunkers and the grey skybox looks funny.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

I also love the blue sky. It's so strikingly unique, I haven't ever seen daytime like this in any other game (the unique New Mexico setting also helps). Although I personally am a fan of the smoky grey skies later on in the chapter, it adds to the sense of escalation that I think the devs were going for.

Hey I really love your videos my man!!! Keep up the gr8 work

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. I'll definitely finish this game despite how slow I'm going haha

Its amazing how good the flow of the soundtracks fit with the setting of the chapter

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. And the tracks get more synth heavy too as the Xenians start to get the upper hand. It's great.

Surface Tension 2 is my favourite track from Black Mesa OST.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

One of mines as well :) Though I love FaF just a bit better

You a true game master never seen some one play like you are doing in Half Life just amazing keep up the good work and thank you for share this with us !

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found the way I play unique and satisfying! No problem at all, comments like yours keep me going :)

23:02 Gordon must be thinking, “I am not in danger, *I am the danger.* ” -Walter Hartwell White from Breaking Bad

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

This chapter does a really good job of showcasing how badass Freeman is and I love it

@epictrollmanmoment

Жыл бұрын

I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS

Underrated content, but i'm glad you have your own public who is always thirsty to watch these sick high-skill leveled gameplay =)

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad as well - my goal has always been to make videos for Half-Life games that hopefully show them in the best possible way. It's nice to know that I've been accomplishing that for many people.

The way you kited the Ichthyosaur.. Respect+

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

There's a lot of luck involved too, sometimes the second Icthy would get me from behind.

Even though I don't have Black Mesa, this chapter seems a bit like a pain due to its length and such, but you did a good job playing cinematically and made it look much better:D

@atlev

3 жыл бұрын

This chapter is probably the most fun due to the HECU and outdoors.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

It is long but I love every second of it. It's my fave chapter :)

@HECU.Corpsman

3 жыл бұрын

nah fam, its the most fun. I LOVE the tank / T.O.W Encouter and the dynamic fights

Been gone for a few days and man how did I miss this I had notifications on

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Least you still managed to find it! Haha

This is a weird experience for me, as these are the only videos in my life that I prefer to watch rather than play the game. Great content mate, thanks for sharing 🥰

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

That means a lot, thank you - I'll definitely keep em coming!

every sync you do satisfies me

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad :)

Even tho they die, holy shit HECU soldiers are badass with that music! good video

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I agree, the soundtrack is kickass for them.

15:24 perfect sync

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

You're the first to comment about that :) Glad you noticed!

Your timing is impressive!

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so! I spent a bunch of time to pace the action with the music. I treated this whole segment of the game as an action movie setpiece, particularly the first 5 minutes at the dam.

The area in this chapter is so damn beautiful.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. That canyon looks spectacular in the definitive edition.

9:45 Those fire buckets are a nice touch. Haven't seen those since the 1960's. I may be wrong, but wasn't Black Mesa an old ICMB launch complex? Anyway, this is like watching a movie. TY for the movie.

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I believe you're correct - that missle complex in Blast Pit was supposively Cold-War era so it makes sense. Glad you found the video akin to a movie, that was my intent :)

24:33 That bombing run is epic. I love the shockwave.

@HECU.Corpsman

3 жыл бұрын

yeah look closely, see it? Its the Questionable Ethics Lab

@brandonb1681

3 жыл бұрын

@@HECU.Corpsman Holy cow. Never realized that. TY.

@HECU.Corpsman

3 жыл бұрын

@@brandonb1681 yeah i was on my 7th playthrough/w buddha cuz lets face it ITS A HARD GAME and buddha is cool. When i looked closely and was like, wait a second...

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I believe the devs actually calculated the distance the sound has to travel before it reaches the player too (0.85 miles). Though I don't think its the QE lab, the layout doesn't match up with Gordon's path once he exits the lab.

5:30 That is the most terrifying way to get to the other side of the dam.

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't know what was going through Gordon's mind but I would be terrified

22:18 Money Shot.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

Great gameplay, Great level, wisely done

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, this chapter is amazing in terms of pacing. My favourite of the bunch!

Man, surface tension 2 is my fav song of all time (Edit: the reason i love it is due to the strings and perfect line-up with hazardous environments)

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I only recently discovered how the beats line up perfectly with Hazardous Environments. Super cool.

The love I have for this game is unbelievable.

Your gameplay style keep improving, the gameplay synced with the soundtrack is just kickass. I think no one mentioned yet how you killed the last enemy and jumped the bridge exactly at the last upbeat of the music 16:39

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

Glad you caught that!

Perfection!

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great video! I love the canyon section where you get the RPG. It reminds me of a place I go for rock climbing trips near Vegas. Red Rocks National Park. I love that section in the original as well. I wonder if Dr. C Horn survived.?

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

I've actually been to Red Rock myself as well - I did think how closely it resembled the Black Mesa cliff sequence ;) small world! You do eventually find out what happened to Dr. Horn, but I will save that for the video :P

@gordonneverdies

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella Oh cool!! Awesome place. I guess I'll probably find out what happens to the doctor soon. I actually just started playing this game but I've been watching your walkthroughs for a while. Just got a PC. I've been a console guy for a while. I've been playing the original like crazy up until recently, but for the PS2 port. I'm so obsessed with half-life games that I had to play this. I'm excited now too because I can play opposing force and blue shift again. I haven't played them since I was a little kid.

20:45 - I wonder what's the point of these catwalks and ladders in this version of the map? Because that rock looks like it was there for a very long time, before the RC even happened.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

You know what, I wondered that myself. I guess that ladder does lead down to a service hatch right before the boulder, so maybe it was never intended for the two paths to connect. That, or maybe a mini boulder avalanche occurred, as the walkways above are in serious disrepair.

@HECU.Corpsman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella Could also have been a longer catwalk wrapping around the cliff that was destroyed, adding onto your avalanche theory.

Perfect!!!! Nice game play!!!

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

this is how I imagined half life while playing as a kid, superb!

0:31 That grunt was like "Ooh, I wonder what this does"

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, silly dude just walked right up to it

@worldsmostevilman

2 жыл бұрын

combat training for years and months just to walk into a flaming barrel and die

You make it look so easy, I had to carry a pizza with me during this

Surface Tension 2 sounds more like a frustrated lament at Gordon's current situation (and the ones to come very soon) than a fight-driven piece to me, which does a great job at foreshadowing the events to come in the chapter - specifically, how Gordon is almost abruptly placed at the helm of a war against Xen.

Nice Man Sorry It I late your video its cool

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

No probs at all, thank you!

1:39 the .357 shots synced up perfectly with the music

10:07 was that 'frustrated sigh' Gordon? xdd If not then wow, what a happy coincidence, perfect timing

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

It's one of the marines, but it's hilarious that it seemed like it came from Gordon! lol

@likopinina6803

3 жыл бұрын

Soldiers: shooting Gordon: UGH, disgusting

18:13 por fin te diste cuenta el portal q te mando en el escondite secreto! 23:25 a meno el helicóptero se ve donde cayó arriba de la enorme rocas! 24:45 como me gusta ver la gran explosión en *BLACK MESA*.....y eso q Freeman le costo mucho salir ahí! Bueno me encantó la fantasía en Sufrace Tensión cap12a......buena jugada *Sexy Nutella* ;) 👍🏻👊🏼.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

¡Gracias por el comentario!

@omarandresorellano4142

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella no hay problema👍🏻

Ah, my favourite chapter as well. I always loved the cliffside part of this, in the original and in Black Mesa too. More games should use such environment, it's great, atmospheric. The music they made for it makes it even better. Grats on syncing shots with the music. How many takes did you need? Be honest! :D I was surprised you used snarks, and quite well. I never used them, they felt like a gimmicky "weapon" with no real use, just to see them kill a grunt once. If only there was a part in the game where you needed to stay quiet, so no loud weapons, just the crowbar, crossbow and snarks. Then it would've had a real place. (kinda same with the hivehand. You never really run out of ammo, so it's a bit pointless) Was surprised you went to that easter egg place too. Will you "stumble into" the secret area on Xen too? And that last asshole of a headcrab in the final pipe of the cliffside, in the original on my first playthrough it completely surprised me, and I backed away, falling down the cliff. And also fell out of my chair in real life :D

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly stopped counting the number of takes I do for each clip because I just end up deleting them off my external hard drive to make room for more. If QE's final lobby battle took me 500+, it's safe to say the first Dam fight took me just as many attempts. That single encounter took me two nights to get down the timing and what I wanted to show. I didn't use Snarks much as well when I played through this for the first time, but I realized that the devs added the nests to try to encourage players to utilize them more - I noticed how efective they are at distracting marines after that. I think I will show off the Gonarch's Lair easter egg area too, so long as it makes sense for Gordon to get there.

@crabulonbestgirl9130

2 жыл бұрын

Only use for the hive hand is the teleporting to xen skip and deleting the portals spawned by the nhilianth in the original. Hive hand is a weapon built off of jank

Nice

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! :)

19:53 foreshadowing at its finest

3:06 was absolutely perfect timing

@kabeam5643

2 жыл бұрын

i have no idea why noone is talking about that

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you picked up on that! :)

@kabeam5643

Жыл бұрын

It's been a few months but I still love so much how you synchronized your gunshots with the music, Black Mesa is such a great game.

15:13 My favorite theme.😎

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

It's one of my favourites too. Such a great tribute to Hazardous Environments

@mikekomarinski

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella Yeah.

nice

It’s my personal head canon that Gordon put himself through college on the G.I Bill and served in the Gulf War, which is why he’s so tactical and good at fighting the soldiers, also explains why he immediately leaps into action and starts cutting shit down with no fuss after the Cascade happens.

Oh god that mine on the bridge. Detonates plastic explosive on a rope bridge ... bridge shrugs it off like nothing.

18:34 So this is how Dr. Breen came up with his plan to partnership with Combines.

You make it look easy

The gunshots at 1:41 were on beat

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

Glad you picked up on them :)

15:10 i remember doing that map with only 20 hp because of the bad save,it was really rewarding to later get to the point where you get the rocket launcher and finally can heal up

More to Trivia: *10:59 - for me this is a great tragedy that BMS' devs don't added Tentacles to 'Surface Tencion', which shows start of Earth's ecosystem assimilation (which in next maps of 'ST' and 'FAF' are progressing more deep); *15:02 - if you look carefully, you can see Black Mesa logo ( kzread.info/dash/bejne/iX2ru7qNnNfIeaw.html ); *18:30 - this drawning with a man riding atomic bomb is a reference to the Stanley Kubrick's 1964 movie 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'.

@KyJIaK71rus

3 жыл бұрын

@@KawaiianArgument I know, but mods can stop their proper working with BM updates.

the way you always sync the gameplay with the music it feels like the music was designed around your gameplay

I don't know if someone else has pointed out, but this kinda is the definitive "cliff-side sequence" in terms of visual level design GoldSrc's skybox, while very limited, used the perfect image to convey the feeling of vastness, and being actually in a cliff. A bit scary knowing a disaster is happening while the outside world is oblivious, not for long. Source's, does make the continuity and sense of height better than GoldSrc's, but lacks the impression GoldSrc's has. The river and pipes make more sense now. Black Mesa combined what both of HL1's iterations did best for Surface Tension, and created the definitive experience. GoldSrc by how you get to see the extreme vastness of the New Mexico desert, the sense of height and scale by how you can see a cohesive cliff-side when looking down which Source did, making the most believable use of Source to create an environment beyond the environment. Beautiful.

3:06 I wonder what goes through an average HECU grunt's mind.. The HECU Grunt : *"IM HIT! AUGH!"* (Also Perfect Sync)

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Every chapter with Human Grunts are satisfying.

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. The Earthbound chapters in Black Mesa are great. Xen is too but I always had a soft spot for the HECU encounters.

@uglies7056

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella Hey, i working a black mesa fan made for Half-LIfe, but you have to use a application so called Xash3D for launch it. Do you want it?

1:40 god that perfect timing with the song

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

1:39 BRO THE TWO MAGNUM SHOTS WERE ON BEAT LMFAO

17:52 to infinity AND BEYOND.

@Sexy_Nutella

Жыл бұрын

An effort was made xD

12:03 I hit him, yeah!I hit him! *Dies*

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Famous last words lol

Pretty sure you can find 2 Scenes from HL Opposing Force in this chapter

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

One for sure - the Dam where they rig up the Garg in OpFor. Can't remember the other

Super!

@Sexy_Nutella

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

1:57 Funny to think, Adrian technically visits the dam but in ruins from the war. Wonder what it would look like.

@Sexy_Nutella

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm excited for that part. I believe the chapter was "Foxtrot Uniform"?

@standardzombie3454

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sexy_Nutella Yes, it took place in Foxtrot Uniform. Poor place is damaged and infested with weird Alien infestation

@Larpr0

2 жыл бұрын

Man it would be really cool if Crowbar Collective created a role or chapter that you could play as one of the HECU grunts