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  • @PurpleColonel
    @PurpleColonel2 жыл бұрын

    I forgot to mention that Gina was stated to have created the HEV suit in her Opposing Force multiplayer bio and a mission in Decay. I had this in my notes but it must've just slipped away in writing. Sorry about that!

  • @wta1518

    @wta1518

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's more likely that Gina stole the HEV suit from Aperture

  • @keiyakins

    @keiyakins

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wta1518 Aperture? No way, the HEV suit's computer doesn't try to kill you for no good reason, it can't be Aperture tech.

  • @wta1518

    @wta1518

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@keiyakins AEGIS, Virgil, the Announcer, and the Companion Cube don't try to kill you for no reason.

  • @keiyakins

    @keiyakins

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wta1518 I don't remember any of those but the companion cube from the Portal games. And that damn cube threatened to stab me, it totally counts.

  • @wta1518

    @wta1518

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@keiyakins AEGIS and Virgil are from Portal Stories: Mel, and the announcer is from Portal 2. He's the male AI that guides you through the test chambers until you reactivate GLaDOS.

  • @Vienna3080
    @Vienna30802 жыл бұрын

    To add to why a Psycists needs to learn how to swim, shoot, and use a crow bar, it is probably because many physicists are trained to go into Zen to find Crystals or aliens

  • @TheWinjin

    @TheWinjin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Orange clearance seems to be for Xen. Red for home scientists that are involved with Xen artifacts, and Blue for regular guards. Plus the level - Calhoun gets two, and Gordon is five.

  • @kikibebe6410

    @kikibebe6410

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's xen but i get what you mean.

  • @OGKingfish

    @OGKingfish

    2 жыл бұрын

    Definitely how I saw it, perhaps as a way to filter out some of the less capable candidates for Xen under the guise of training. That would explain why Gordon get's to do it despite not being cleared for or even knowing about Xen's existence. If he passed some of the requisite courses and the higher ups found him a decent candidate then they'd up his clearance.

  • @satrethuel_productions

    @satrethuel_productions

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always pictured a massive expedition into Xen, and it all going miserably and that is why there are corpses everywhere.

  • @redstonewarrior0152

    @redstonewarrior0152

    Жыл бұрын

    You dropped an H from physicist. You also missed an I and somehow ended up swapping the locations of the C and the S. I mean, how?

  • @Awesomeness-iz3dh
    @Awesomeness-iz3dh2 жыл бұрын

    It's criminal that you didn't mention that Gina canonically is the designer of the HEV suit, as initially stated in her Opposing Force Capture the Flag character bio and reaffirmed by a line from Dr. Rosenberg in the Hazardous Course mission.

  • @TheWinjin

    @TheWinjin

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd say what's really important are the Clearances in the Schedule part. They are Blue for security, Red for what seems like "dangerous scientists", Green for public demos and Orange for Xen-headed scientists, I assume. And while Barney is at Blue-Two, a step above introduction, basically, Gordon's is Orange Five, which probably means that he's training heavily to be the part of Teleportation Teams for Xen. If Gina is Orange Seven, and she's like a head instructor, then Orange Six is probably the last step for Xen, and Seven is her private test level, where they try out unstable things, like experimental suits.

  • @anonemoose7777

    @anonemoose7777

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's noteworthy for being a factoid of the gldsrc days but also of dubious canonicity in the HL universe. 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @TheWinjin

    @TheWinjin

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anonemoose7777 it definitely is, and ofc it's Gearbox's canon anyways which was largely ignored in HL2? But still it makes for fun takes and I want to believe :D

  • @tonypeppermint5329

    @tonypeppermint5329

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheWinjin Nice.

  • @AydarBMSTU

    @AydarBMSTU

    2 жыл бұрын

    Canonically in a non canon opposing force

  • @mast3734
    @mast37342 жыл бұрын

    I saw Richter’s vid and thought “hmmm, that seems more like a Cascade video then his normal type” and now it all makes sense

  • @DcCock
    @DcCock2 жыл бұрын

    One of the fan theories I read about why the hazard course has the player do all this extreme stuff including firearms handling is because they were preparing their scientists for expeditions into Xen. The corpses wearing HEV suits found in Xen as well as the samples brought back to Black Mesa show this too. Although, it doesn't make sense for Black Mesa to only send armed scientists but with how dangerous it is there, the few scientists would have to know how to defend themselves and escape if anything happens to their soldiers

  • @Robb1977

    @Robb1977

    2 жыл бұрын

    Plus when you think about it, scientists get sent to strange new places. Even the first astronauts on the moon weren't just test pilots, they were trained as geologists first.

  • @alansilvero

    @alansilvero

    2 жыл бұрын

    i remembered while watching the video about the multiple bodies found wearing the hev suits, makes sense if that's the case.

  • @tsrenis

    @tsrenis

    Жыл бұрын

    That'd mean that Black Mesa would have to have pretty specialized employees, cause there's no way any of the "AUGH NOO STAHP" scientists are doing that

  • @VinVonVoom

    @VinVonVoom

    Жыл бұрын

    Marc Laidlaw's writings from 1998 seem to support this hypothesis. "Xen proved to be a meeting place, a point where universes collided and hung in endless freefall, the elements of countless worlds intermingled. No sooner had we begun to explore Xen-with particular attention to its wealth of natural resources with unknown properties-than we found ourselves the object of unwanted inspection. Members of the survey team were collected in a cold and systematic manner, much as we gathered living specimens of alien wildlife. Realizing our precarious situation, we shut the portal completely, stranding the last members of the survey team and forcing them to survive alone in Xen."

  • @vizthex

    @vizthex

    8 ай бұрын

    yeah, it's easier to train a scientist (who would already know how to utilize and combine xen stuff with earth stuff) how to fight than it is to teach a security guard how to utilize and combine xen stuff with earth stuff.

  • @KittyKatz547
    @KittyKatz5472 жыл бұрын

    Personally as a woman the same age as Gina playing this game and listening to the security guards' flirty lines, its kinda cute and I'm all for it because I love Barney Calhoun

  • @gordon_freeman2542

    @gordon_freeman2542

    Жыл бұрын

    Have you heard of Sven Co-op?

  • @KittyKatz547

    @KittyKatz547

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gordon_freeman2542 I have heard of it, never played tho.

  • @gordon_freeman2542

    @gordon_freeman2542

    Жыл бұрын

    @@KittyKatz547 It's basically Half-Life and every other mod is made free in one thing but at the cost of you having to play with the rest of the Half-Life community.

  • @Spiderella3959

    @Spiderella3959

    Жыл бұрын

    That's an interesting point! Personally l don't really like it when people try to flirt with me while l'm at work, so it came off as kinda awkward and maybe even a little creepy sometimes lol, but that's fine. Greetings from a fellow badass female scientist 🤝

  • @Tester-sh1mn

    @Tester-sh1mn

    Жыл бұрын

    “Ugh, so, ugh about that beer I- no I used that already shit!”

  • @branchy2000inc
    @branchy2000inc2 жыл бұрын

    I never realized Decay was so connected to the other games, I love that Gearbox did stuff like that

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    2 жыл бұрын

    The only bad thing is that it was exclusive to PS2. They putted so much love to the expansion but it was almost forgotten for some fans.

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Hardware John Play single player. The bot if placed strategically can really help sometimes.

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Hardware John Haha, dont worry. I hope you enjoy Decay.

  • @standardzombie3454
    @standardzombie34542 жыл бұрын

    Gina in my personal opinion, is one of the good Half-Life characters that is small but plays a impact into the Black Mesa Incident. She may be dead but she died serving her protecting for a grumpy mean old man.

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    2 жыл бұрын

    Because a developer wants him dead only because he dont know what more doing with her doesnt mean he is logical dead.

  • @LordVader1094

    @LordVader1094

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sebastianaliandkulche Yeah tbh there's no reason for her to go into Xen after Decay ended. Pitchford was just messing with people.

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LordVader1094 The most logical thing would be that she, alongside Keller and Colette, escaped from Black Mesa in that car that appears at the end of Blue Shift. Being Keller one of the most important scientists in Black Mesa, he probably knows how to get out easily, and he can probably comunicate with Dr Rossenberg so he picks up with the car. So Barney, Simons, Rossenberg, Gina, Colette and Keller all escapes from Black Mesa in the same car. The end. PS: My headcanon.

  • @machiner6

    @machiner6

    11 ай бұрын

    @@sebastianaliandkulche Would be doubly awesome in the Mind series continuity, where Barney Calhoun flies everyone out in a commercial jet.

  • @lentlemenproductions770
    @lentlemenproductions7702 жыл бұрын

    I think it's funny that in d06_sci02_contact he says "some kind of energy from the other side" while in HL1 the scientists tell you it's held open by some "entity" on the other side, which means one of the pieces of continuity is that between these two parts the scientists discovered more about the Nihilanth.

  • @guilhermehank4938

    @guilhermehank4938

    Жыл бұрын

    When so many attempts to close the connection between both worlds fail, eventually you realize that something is shoving its foot at the door

  • @TheWinjin
    @TheWinjin2 жыл бұрын

    I'd say what's really important are the Clearances in the Schedule part at 3:05 They are Blue for security, Red for what seems like "Xen-related scientists", Green for public demos and Orange for Xen-headed scientists\pioneers, I assume. And while Barney is at Blue-Two, a step above introduction, basically, Gordon's is Orange Five, which probably means that he's training heavily to be the part of Teleportation Teams for Xen. If Gina is Orange Seven, and she's like a head instructor, then Orange Six is probably the last step for Xen, and Seven is her private test level, where they try out unstable things, like experimental suits. Also, if Barney with level two clearance can stand in for level one training of Otis, it means that these steps are basically logarithmic. If you've finished your Twos, you can teach Ones. This further proves that Gordon at Orange Five is a _very_ serious task force Xen operative, basically. This would also make Gina even more badass.

  • @PurpleColonel

    @PurpleColonel

    2 жыл бұрын

    HL1 goes out of its way to say Gordon isn't supposed to know about Lambda labs, teleportation or xen at all.

  • @TheWinjin

    @TheWinjin

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PurpleColonel well, maybe the actual Orange Six is the part where you learn about teleportation, and before that it's just military-level training? Or it's just the Gearbox's idea, because yes, as far as I remember Gordon's far removed from very secretive Xen labs.

  • @LordVader1094

    @LordVader1094

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheWinjin Tbh it makes sense that it'd be the military training and survival. Those are pretty much the most important skills in Xen, as we see in the game itself.

  • @OllieMendes
    @OllieMendes2 жыл бұрын

    The reason the Hazard course has all that weird shit is because they know scientists will be going to Xen and need those survival skills.

  • @chairmanwario
    @chairmanwario2 жыл бұрын

    I like the idea of having a choice of two playable characters that are both related to each other, and who will both have an impact on the story no matter which one you pick. Also, Gordon being married to the other protagonist would have been interesting. It's a shame they couldn't fit those ideas in.

  • @PurpleColonel

    @PurpleColonel

    2 жыл бұрын

    They were struggling to get this game out in a good state by its release date, there was no way they could've done that.

  • @SHDW-nf2ki
    @SHDW-nf2ki2 жыл бұрын

    It occurs to me now, for the first time that Gordon doesn't have a wife. Yeah he has baby pictures in his locker but theres no real mention of his family Did Gordon have a family but they died in Black Mesa? Does no one in two mention them cause they think it'd be too awkward or painful? Is Gordon a single dad? Or are the baby pictures just of Alyx.

  • @BLAM5980

    @BLAM5980

    2 жыл бұрын

    Alyx definitely isn’t the one pictured. That’d be really weird.

  • @WednesdayMan

    @WednesdayMan

    2 жыл бұрын

    According to the Half-Life 1 manual (PC version manual) he has no dependants and isn't married. (yes they specify he isn't married, he could have a GF or Fiancee though)

  • @shabxrath

    @shabxrath

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's his niece

  • @Kassandra101

    @Kassandra101

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shabxrath i agree with this

  • @Pinnaporaptor

    @Pinnaporaptor

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's the stock photo that comes with the frame

  • @darkprelate
    @darkprelate2 жыл бұрын

    I just want to say, that new pre-release intro is just amazing.

  • @CreepyboomGamer
    @CreepyboomGamer2 жыл бұрын

    Man, the one half life expansion I can’t play is the one being covered. Can not wait for this episode.

  • @sonicdash9652

    @sonicdash9652

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're not the only one bro

  • @TheEmeraldSword04
    @TheEmeraldSword042 жыл бұрын

    The "that orange really brings out your eyes" line was reused in Black Mesa when you would chat with guards in chapter two, pretty cool. The guard that seems most likely to say this the one guarding the sector B airlock, the same guard where you get the Glock 19 from.

  • @n646n

    @n646n

    Жыл бұрын

  • @Anon26535
    @Anon26535 Жыл бұрын

    Her submachine gun Can fire in bursts If it shoots your ass It's gonna hurt She's meaner And greener And stronger, too She's the first member of the Decay crew

  • @1everysecond511
    @1everysecond5112 жыл бұрын

    Don't beat yourself up over the running "killing an important NPC for no reason" gag, it will never not be hilarious

  • @parkerday470
    @parkerday4702 жыл бұрын

    I gotta say thank you PurpleColonel for making these videos! I’m a Half-Life fan for about Half of my entire life now (pun intended), or ~10 years. And I literally can not get enough of videos on KZread about Half-life, whether it be random unknown lore such as this, or even just analyses and recaps of the lore, I’ve seen pretty much every KZread video essay there is about half life. Kinda feels like an obligation, and has been my way of coping with waiting for episode 3 I guess. So thanks for providing this content! Doing so when KZread is already flooded with other such similar content is difficult I’m sure, and it surprises me that people are out here still making videos on it when it feels like everything there is to know, is already known. But of course, that’s simply not true.

  • @Patolagos
    @Patolagos2 жыл бұрын

    "In order to have decent female characters, we would have had to double the resources used (...) and we weren't able to do that." Admit it, it's all because of the jiggle physics, isn't it?

  • @anonemoose7777

    @anonemoose7777

    2 жыл бұрын

    One male model, one female model, 1+1=2, 1::2 = +100%, double. Though the assassins did bounce nicely. 👌

  • @tonypeppermint5329

    @tonypeppermint5329

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Dirt Soup Damn. All that work and it was cut.

  • @dubspool

    @dubspool

    2 жыл бұрын

    Weren’t the jiggle physics already in though? I remember the Spec Ops ninjas had them.

  • @n646n

    @n646n

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dubspool No, they meant they didn't want people to see them everywhere or they'd get bad press.

  • @n646n

    @n646n

    Жыл бұрын

    They aren't physics, it's an animation.

  • @JediPloys
    @JediPloys2 жыл бұрын

    2:08 Because Black Mesa have always intended to send HEV users to Xen. They train you to traverse in general dangerous scenarios, give you a bit of weapons training, and then slap you into the alien dimension. It's also why the HEV suit has weapon and ammunition monitoring, so the science team can know when you're low on supplies, and presumably, teleport equipment to your location in Xen via your suit's tracking device.

  • @volodyavortigaunt5492
    @volodyavortigaunt54922 жыл бұрын

    I'm SO glad to see that Gina's not completely forgotten. I love this character and wish there was more of her. Thank you for doing this!

  • @Awesomeness-iz3dh
    @Awesomeness-iz3dh2 жыл бұрын

    YOOOOOOO Nice, a video about one of the most underrated characters in the series!

  • @Pangshi

    @Pangshi

    Жыл бұрын

    Personally, I wouldn't say underrated, def a W for me in characters.

  • @Jarekthegamingdragon
    @Jarekthegamingdragon2 жыл бұрын

    5:30 hah, same happened to me and ESCalation when I covered decay. I'm fairly certain it's the janky PC port mod.

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, the PS2 version was indeed much better. Apart from that, the bot in singleplayer is far more useful and....... Split screen>>>>>>>>online

  • @circuitbreaker7860
    @circuitbreaker78602 жыл бұрын

    Honestly surprised how far ahead Gaben was for 2001 with the women in the game industry issue. Valve is really anything but industry standard in every department.

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    2 жыл бұрын

    Decay was released in 2001.

  • @circuitbreaker7860

    @circuitbreaker7860

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sebastianaliandkulche thanks for the correction, I've updated my comment

  • @bigmek2903

    @bigmek2903

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol "issue"

  • @flying-magpie

    @flying-magpie

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember being 11 years old when Portal 2 came out. I was so shocked and happy I got to play as a girl because I was so used to playing as a male character.

  • @circuitbreaker7860

    @circuitbreaker7860

    Жыл бұрын

    @@flying-magpie One cannot imagine how important represantation, until one has experienced it. Glad that it left such a strong impression on you.

  • @grapeapetape9132
    @grapeapetape91322 жыл бұрын

    I remember hearing somewhere that part of the cut ending to Decay involved the wheelchair man betraying Gina and Colette as the nuclear weapons go off in a large reference to the ending of Doctor Strangelove

  • @guilhermehank4938

    @guilhermehank4938

    Жыл бұрын

    MY FREEMAN!!!! I CAN WALK!!

  • @SheathEntertainment
    @SheathEntertainment2 жыл бұрын

    7:06 Hey thats my Tweet from a few years back! Glad it made it into the video

  • @PurpleColonel

    @PurpleColonel

    2 жыл бұрын

    I considered blurring it, but seeing as you run a channel as well, I figured you wouldn't mind :)

  • @SheathEntertainment

    @SheathEntertainment

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PurpleColonel you are welcome to use it in your research, it’s Half Life after all!

  • @ThatKidBobo
    @ThatKidBobo2 жыл бұрын

    The reason that the target range exists is probably for rangers to protect themselves in xen.

  • @WednesdayMan

    @WednesdayMan

    2 жыл бұрын

    that does make the most sense considering the amount of people who've gone to xen in Half-Life

  • @ThatKidBobo

    @ThatKidBobo

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WednesdayMan also like theres no other possible reason anyway

  • @GeZz.
    @GeZz. Жыл бұрын

    Half Life has so much lore, still in 2022 it blows my mind

  • @theylivewesleep.5139
    @theylivewesleep.5139 Жыл бұрын

    Eli lost his leg doing the hazard course.

  • @uria3679
    @uria36792 жыл бұрын

    I hope this will motivate people to make more art of them

  • @eming.8280
    @eming.82802 жыл бұрын

    Very informative video! Thanks!

  • @busygirlbeauty8437
    @busygirlbeauty84372 жыл бұрын

    excellent vid. I was always interested in Gina lore.

  • @g--stef4756
    @g--stef47562 жыл бұрын

    Excellent stuff as always!

  • @leohu8447
    @leohu84472 жыл бұрын

    love your videos man

  • @Unit_457
    @Unit_4572 жыл бұрын

    Aw shit man, this channel is so good, I wish you had more attention on youtube

  • @odinatra
    @odinatra2 жыл бұрын

    2:10 Because Gordon was trained for Xen, like other HEV suit operators

  • @zebitus5731

    @zebitus5731

    2 жыл бұрын

    i think he didnt know but was prepared for a last ditch scenario

  • @gaymermoment

    @gaymermoment

    3 ай бұрын

    But gordon was in anomalous materials, he was never meant to go to xen, that just wasn't his area

  • @sphony
    @sphony Жыл бұрын

    Glad you talk about decay on your channel. Not many people talk about it on here.

  • @L1DER32
    @L1DER322 жыл бұрын

    Loved Tyler's voice in the reenactment)

  • @SheosMan117
    @SheosMan117 Жыл бұрын

    When you mention the bit with the guns in the Hazard Course, I like the explanation that actually comes as part of the Hazard Course intro, for the most popular mod that adds the Hazard Course to Black Mesa. In it, Gordon wasn't actually supposed to get firearms training. A clerical error somewhere along the line signed him up for it, and they went ahead since it was all set up. (Or, this is G-Man pulling strings. It would make sense, and given what he can do....I don't think you can ever DISPROVE his involvement. Nor really prove it either, but it's G-Man. Mysterious interference where you're not sure he even did it is his thing.)

  • @1thevm1
    @1thevm1 Жыл бұрын

    Barnold is such a sleazeball in Decay, you can almost physically feel the grease of Randy Pitchford's writing.

  • @Mario583a
    @Mario583a2 жыл бұрын

    Interviewer: Will there be women in TF2? Interviewee Gaben; We hope too, yes. The Administrator and the femme mods: Are we a joke to you?

  • @fatboyvladimir1555
    @fatboyvladimir15552 жыл бұрын

    Stellar work mate

  • @camera2178
    @camera21782 жыл бұрын

    I found that corpse in opposing force and thought it was just for decoration or something, not something that told me what happened in decay

  • @yi_olde_fashioned
    @yi_olde_fashioned2 жыл бұрын

    Woah you got Tyler McVicker in on this!

  • @Sunsetradi0
    @Sunsetradi02 жыл бұрын

    Real cool vid

  • @TheBladeGuy522
    @TheBladeGuy5222 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, Half Life 1, Opposing Force and Decay, have their own final bosses but in Blue Shift, you face the grunts in the final part but still they are not the boss of the game. The player takes control of the most known character to this day along with Freeman, Barney, playing as a security guard from Black Mesa which in his final moments in Black Mesa did not face any bosses but grunts. That is quite weird, valve should have supposed to create a powerful boss for Blue Shift to make it more interesting when Barney was been sent to the xen and come back after finishing the boss's life. I hope they did not create it because Barney is just a normal security guard and useless just like the others.

  • @prorussianman

    @prorussianman

    2 жыл бұрын

    Valve didn't make any of the other Half-lifes other than 1,2, Ep1 and Ep2

  • @santo6847

    @santo6847

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@prorussianman Half life alyx?

  • @WednesdayMan

    @WednesdayMan

    2 жыл бұрын

    Valve didn't make Opposing Force, Blue Shift, The HD models, Half-Life (PS2) Hazard Course and Decay, that was licensed out to GearBox. (yes the PS2 Hazard course was remade by GearBox and is noticeably different to the PC hazard course)

  • @TheBladeGuy522

    @TheBladeGuy522

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WednesdayMan I stopped playing Half Life since my pc was broken thanks for myself after i accidentally pour my soda above of the keyboard which it leads to a malfunction. Maybe i was confused who created it but i believe that the game was created by sierra.

  • @WednesdayMan

    @WednesdayMan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheBladeGuy522 Sierra published the physical version of Half-Life on PC and the PS2 version of Half-Life, other than that, they had nothing to do with it development wise, other than Cancelling the Dreamcast Port even though it was finished.

  • @alsnana00
    @alsnana002 жыл бұрын

    sven coop actually has a pretty functional and working decay maplist, just gotta go find it

  • @straweddd
    @straweddd2 жыл бұрын

    Finally someone made a video about them

  • @athomicritics
    @athomicritics3 ай бұрын

    lets not forget that rossenberg is also the guy that made the Anti-Mass Spectrometer , as he say in his first appearance in Decay , making him peraphs one of the most important people responsible for the events of half life by accident

  • @DanielBreadly
    @DanielBreadly2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @daverunningpresidentofther1185
    @daverunningpresidentofther11852 жыл бұрын

    day 860 still no hev suit gf

  • @CrazyKosai
    @CrazyKosai2 жыл бұрын

    Was that Tyler McVicker voicing Gabe?

  • @bruttocane

    @bruttocane

    2 жыл бұрын

    13:38 yes it was

  • @physical_insanity
    @physical_insanity2 жыл бұрын

    >I don't know why I use this joke so much Well now that I know it's a joke, please don't stop, it's hilarious.

  • @mwbgaming28
    @mwbgaming28 Жыл бұрын

    Decay was only forgotten because it was a quintessential PC game that became a PS2 exclusive, and was co-op only If decay was released on PC and had a modified single player mode, I guarantee it wouldn't have been forgotten in the void

  • @MrDirt
    @MrDirt2 жыл бұрын

    I didn’t notice it was Tyler as Gabe until I red the credits.

  • @Buttersaemmel
    @Buttersaemmel2 жыл бұрын

    i never thought about how pointless the final boss-fight of opposing force is...lol or maybe g-man wanted to test sheppard. i mean he even safed him from getting killed to put him in one of his suitcases for some time so...

  • @joseaca1010
    @joseaca10102 жыл бұрын

    A Black Mesa style remake for Decay is my dream

  • @TheHowlingMan
    @TheHowlingMan2 жыл бұрын

    "I don't know why i use this joke so much" Because it's funny every time lol

  • @Xynam0
    @Xynam02 жыл бұрын

    I like to think that she's chells mom just to keep things connected 🤷

  • @Pangshi

    @Pangshi

    Жыл бұрын

    But unlike Chell, she's not a monster.

  • @Helperbot-2000
    @Helperbot-20002 жыл бұрын

    happy birthday Half Life, 23 years old today!

  • @WK-47
    @WK-472 жыл бұрын

    Always a good day when we get a new Cascade.

  • @zatoka08
    @zatoka082 жыл бұрын

    Tyler voicing the young Gabe was amazing

  • @pieseldatches5555
    @pieseldatches55552 жыл бұрын

    Can you do an analysis on Surface Tension and how the war between humanity and Xenian forces and how impacted earth? Great video as always.

  • @CoolSs
    @CoolSs2 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe i played HL decay on my old ps2 with my bro and actually beat it . people don't even know this was a game . PurpleC you gotta cover the 1v1 mode split screen on ps2 for HL1 .

  • @codaboi138
    @codaboi138 Жыл бұрын

    If I had to guess why the HEV training in Half Life is the way it is, is because it's a way to get the user familiar with all of it's functions and how it's to be used. I think the HEV suit is meant to be a all round general protection suit for dealing with any hazardous environment, be it radiation spills, military conflicts, wreckages, industrial matainance, anything where user needs protection. That's why it's got a munitions monitor, gigarcounter, chemical detection system. It's the answer to any hazard. I'm guessing it's still in testing when the Black Mesa incident hit and Gordon was probably a participant in testing it. The "training" is there to make sure the user knows all it's functions, then it's put to practical use in Black Mesa, with the data created from this use being loged in the suit or something. That might explain why there's a tracker in the suit, it's because it's sending user data to Black Mesa servers.

  • @tobbyhappy3572
    @tobbyhappy35722 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @flynneugene2675
    @flynneugene26752 жыл бұрын

    Gordon Freeman did make it to decay I think. You can see him in the beginning

  • @YourMirroredDaniel
    @YourMirroredDaniel6 ай бұрын

    "preparing the elderly for the violent demise" LUL I lost i there 😅

  • @hahen8
    @hahen86 ай бұрын

    2:16 its because they know that gordon is the one hes just that guy hes aggressive enough fearless and smart

  • @TelmenBudsuren
    @TelmenBudsuren2 жыл бұрын

    its like people finished exploring half life series and moving into half life decay

  • @extremegamer6452
    @extremegamer64522 жыл бұрын

    In opposing force the displacer cannon teleports us to the underwater xen and we can see Gina's dead body now it tells that her story has ended

  • @theoneguywhowasatthatoneplace
    @theoneguywhowasatthatoneplace Жыл бұрын

    3:27 hey, what about the 3rd scientist with the short hair? he looks like he got thrown out of his house by his mom to get a job

  • @N3Selina
    @N3Selina2 жыл бұрын

    That hl humor is right up my alley

  • @CoffeeWaffee
    @CoffeeWaffee2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I don't buy Randy's retroactive bullshit, I like to think that Gina and Collette survive the black mesa incident just fine with their pal Wheels. Plus OP4 came out long before Decay so they definitely didn't plan that ahead of time.

  • @CourierSiix

    @CourierSiix

    2 жыл бұрын

    Id also like to point out the gina model in op4 could just be genric female scientist in a hev suit. We see dozens of dead barnies, klieners and eli's but theyrw still alive in hl2

  • @standardzombie3454

    @standardzombie3454

    2 жыл бұрын

    Until the Seven-Hour-War

  • @zebitus5731

    @zebitus5731

    2 жыл бұрын

    decay was being made while op4 was i think

  • @CoffeeWaffee

    @CoffeeWaffee

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@zebitus5731 I believe the ps2 version of hl1/decay's development only started in 2000, op4 was in 1999

  • @zebitus5731

    @zebitus5731

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@CoffeeWaffee i think the story stuff or was being made during op4

  • @jonaswest6993
    @jonaswest69932 жыл бұрын

    Bro use this exact half life pre release from now on that little moment made me go "Wait what's the scientist doing?"

  • @zebitus5731
    @zebitus57312 жыл бұрын

    omfg a video about gina (also 2nd comment)

  • @willowcdxx3896
    @willowcdxx38962 жыл бұрын

    this one was legit great, good work bro

  • @PurpleColonel

    @PurpleColonel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Clazzette
    @Clazzette2 жыл бұрын

    1:52 *I see you have illegally crossed the path like I do*

  • @skrabman
    @skrabman Жыл бұрын

    "Slow down Calhoun! I can't keep up at this pace!" *proceeds to get mowed down with an m4 by barney a second later*

  • @Paul20661
    @Paul20661Ай бұрын

    here after the colette vid from richter overtime

  • @missingindy
    @missingindy2 жыл бұрын

    I mean, to give credit to black mesa, they seem to have known about the dangers of xen and known things could fuck up, so maybe that’s why they trained the HEV scientists to handle a MP5

  • @eyiss7236
    @eyiss7236 Жыл бұрын

    7:34 those little robot dudes are from macross

  • @Generlc_Human
    @Generlc_Human Жыл бұрын

    2:50 I've always wondered who the crossed out person is, you can see Gordon, Kleiner, Eli, and some other unnamed scientists, including one of the original models from Half-Life, but there one person who's been crossed out, and I want to know who they are, or at least what they look like.

  • @LikeZoinksGangWay

    @LikeZoinksGangWay

    Жыл бұрын

    I guess it's Dr Breen former Black Mesa administrator now administrator of earth.

  • @PanamaJack556
    @PanamaJack5562 жыл бұрын

    I hope Colette makes an appearance outta nowhere in a new game.

  • @victuz
    @victuz6 ай бұрын

    2:03 All of that actually has a good reason, because the field scientists who experiment with teleportation need to be prepared to handle the possibility of facing hostile alien creatures and also facing the hazardous environments from the world that these creatures come from.

  • @barmaley8033
    @barmaley80332 жыл бұрын

    2:10 they're sending theier personnel to to XEN, for some researchings or other work.

  • @sebastianaliandkulche
    @sebastianaliandkulche2 жыл бұрын

    For me Gina and Colette are still alive (and i dont care what Randy or Gabe says). Is more logical that Rossenberg just picked up Keller, Gina and Colette with that car and just escape. The three being highly rank scientists could easily know how to escape Black Mesa, just first they had to close the portal. It doesnt make any sense that Gina appears in Xen, why did she do that? Is unnecesary. Also Colette being in Gman freezer? No way Randy Dumford, since Gman clearly doesnt care about both scientists at the beginning of Decay. Cmon Randy, i respect you for doing Half Life on PS2, one of the best ports from PC to a console in history, but this is just dumb.

  • @deadly_golem
    @deadly_golem2 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't quite put Gina and Colette as the 2 most obscure playable characters. That title would go to R-4913 and X-8973. Edit: Looks like Richter Overtime covered them in his video

  • @jumnei5159

    @jumnei5159

    Жыл бұрын

    The thing is that in order to forget something you would have to know about it first at some point.

  • @slxcer
    @slxcer2 жыл бұрын

    9:31 and also the announcer when shes speaking

  • @GrandDukeMushroom
    @GrandDukeMushroom Жыл бұрын

    GINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHG

  • @Joshrouss
    @Joshrouss2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly I think valve should give Gina a proper spin off game in between their big releases because she's actually pretty involved indirectly with a lot of things. Even just a couple hour source 2 fps would be neat Edit: I am aware she's dead but it's not like things haven't been re written before

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    2 жыл бұрын

    "She is dead" is debatable.

  • @tapgames3465

    @tapgames3465

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sebastianaliandkulche true. Considering that the guy that "confirmed" her death is Randy pitchford and if she did die it would have been more shocking rather than an easter egg

  • @sebastianaliandkulche

    @sebastianaliandkulche

    Жыл бұрын

    @@tapgames3465 I feel like Randy Pitchford said that just to decanonize Decay and/or forget that Gina and Colette were once part of the Half Life lore but ended up screwing things up even more (especially considering that we're talking about a spinoff exclusive to a console port that few people know about). Really, I appreciate Gearbox for what they did with Half Life for PS2 and its Decay expansion but I can't forgive trying to hide it like this (or maybe they were pressured by Valve, I don't know). Proof of that is that Valve also tried to desvinculate the PS2 port to Half Life 2, just look at Gearbox hiding the existence of Kleiner and they just put a mention of it, but it was suppose to appear in Decay, for what i read at least.

  • @TheBleach5680
    @TheBleach56805 ай бұрын

    The Greatest Collab Of All Time

  • @TheBleach5680

    @TheBleach5680

    5 ай бұрын

    GCOAT

  • @redips8947
    @redips89472 жыл бұрын

    2:13 "They don't even give the guards that s**t!" Oh, oh how wrong you were...

  • @Doctoranthetardis
    @Doctoranthetardis2 жыл бұрын

    I have to wait two fing dayz why

  • @Cheerybelle
    @Cheerybelle2 жыл бұрын

    There are two more obscure player characters than Dr. Cross and Dr. Green in the released Half-Life games: The two vortigaunts from the bonus chapter in Decay. ...Do they count as protagonists...? Edit: Oh, they were mentioned in the other video. Excellent.

  • @diamondshield9932
    @diamondshield99322 жыл бұрын

    I remember that they're the only ones that bring down a Xen ship in the valve's game. It gives an impression that even the HECU was unable to bring down a xen ship. How can i forgot them? Although i really want to know if there is any Black Mesa mods that lets you destroys a Xen Manta

  • @IndieLambda
    @IndieLambda2 жыл бұрын

    Hey, you got Tylerman, pretty nice. PS: Major Archer?

  • @MajinMist603
    @MajinMist6032 жыл бұрын

    tbh if it was not Rosenberg who called in the military in it would have been another person who did . . . .

  • @supermegabenji1026
    @supermegabenji1026 Жыл бұрын

    The Game Decay ending, It takes place Before Gordon's Capture. But when they See Barney entering a Portal. It can Take place Right when Gordon is being Captured.

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