Dropping a 1 hour long documentary without any announcements or anything for it is the most Valve thing i've ever seen

@wta1518

5 ай бұрын

I guarantee you that Half-Life 3 will just show up on Steam one day without any announcement or marketing whatsoever.

@Luke-ih1oc

5 ай бұрын

@@wta1518that would break the fucking internet Edit: why did my comment get zero likes lol

@eyeconqueror1185

5 ай бұрын

@@wta1518ffs i hope so. my grandkids will still be waiting for that game.

@Dewy_Salvo

5 ай бұрын

Its okay, Im sure Valve will come out with a VR only Half Life 3 so Gabe can do another interview with no shoes in new zealand like he did last launch xD

@GIANNHSPEIRAIAS

5 ай бұрын

@@wta1518 i mean does it need marketing at this point? "here it is" in a hour it probably gonna shut down the internet

Valve actually acknowledging their past is crazy to see

@lukky6648

5 ай бұрын

Rockstar fans:....

@explicitbanana

5 ай бұрын

I think its because it's a good past unlike so many other software companies.

@asaguda

5 ай бұрын

Why? Out of all the big companies today, Valve has a lot more reason to look back and be proud of how far they've come.

@FreshTillDeath56

5 ай бұрын

​@@asagudaBecause they haven't published an original IP in over 11 years.

@crylune

5 ай бұрын

Every time they release something Half-Life related my heart sinks a little

15:40 this has got to be the best speech on game design, ever

@greggoat6570

29 күн бұрын

If you are narcissistic control freak who does not listen to other people and who doesn’t care about fans then sure, your cult leader is a fucking genius, whatever weirdo!!!

@DrClock-il8ij

4 күн бұрын

So many people, both consumers and game designers, have to listen to this. The modern obsession with realism sucks.

1:03:22 "Excited by the future" "The past are the stepping stones to what we'll be able to do in the future" Half-Life 3 confirmed bois.

@jasonvoorhees8899

28 күн бұрын

Too vague of a statement sadly.

@DrSpaceman69

19 күн бұрын

@@jasonvoorhees8899yes that’s the joke

@spoony01428

16 күн бұрын

this doc is the kind of think you would commission if you were looking to build preliminary hype for hl3 though...

25 years and Valve comes out of nowhere with an HOUR LONG documentary. Nice one

@dkochiev5384

5 ай бұрын

Да

@b.c.s.o4169

5 ай бұрын

classic valve move tbf

@loco4loco

5 ай бұрын

Just like everything

@StevieOk-hr8yh

5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah they also made Half Life free for a limited time

@stayfrxstyy

5 ай бұрын

​@@StevieOk-hr8yhI've heard it was a visual bug and no one could get it.

"Late is for a little while, suck is forever" - Gaben. Man I love this guy, why can't all game studios have this man.

@StrikeWarlock

5 ай бұрын

What makes this even more significant is that this has been paraphrased before, by Sean Murray. He was in the crossroads on whether he should move on to a next project or stay and fix No Man's Sky and he said someone from Valve quoted that line and told him to finish the game. Gabe Newell may be the person who got Hello Games to make NMS the success it is now.

@Digiphoenix

5 ай бұрын

@@StrikeWarlock That's so awesome! Gaben really was years ahead of his time...

@spookyBluetail

5 ай бұрын

isn't this basically the shigeru miyamoto quote

@PikaWarrior1222

5 ай бұрын

Yeah but… he made me pay 7$ for a hat i don’t use

@amvlabs5339

5 ай бұрын

that's actually copied from Nintendo's CEO

16:28 "If I go up to a wall and shoot it, to me it feels like the wall is ignoring me, I get a narcissistic injury when the wall ignores me" It's such a good way to describe it, but damn it sounds like Gaban is just losing to the wall.

One thing i remember most about Half-Life from those days is how incredible the sound was! Leaps and bounds ahead of anything before. In 1998 i had Altec-Lansing stereo speakers with attached sub woofer and damn did this game CRANK! The explosions were vivid, gunshots raw, and the voices so realistic. The stereo spacial effects were (and still are) incredible, if something was to slightly to the left or directly behind you, it really sounded like that! The echoey footsteps especially on those metal catwalks were just absolutely striking, it really brought you into the game.

@adawg3032

Ай бұрын

don't forget about the absolute banger soundtrack also

Kelly Bailey doing all of the sound, music, and helping design levels. What an insanely talented guy, and the music is forever iconic.

@self-proclaimedanimator

5 ай бұрын

And he never wrote a soundtrack before Halflife Like wot?

@Z01nkScoobs

5 ай бұрын

@@self-proclaimedanimator I suppose it helps he had played music before but its really such a unique instance where someone truly is really good at making something.

@pawprint1

5 ай бұрын

And he knew 0 music making knowledge pre HalfLife, this guy is legendary at music making and didn't know anything.

@Vektor.666

5 ай бұрын

Exactly what I thought, makes sense why all the sound is perfect. It's because it was made only by one guy, one mind, one vision. And he f******g nailed it!

@holy0damn

5 ай бұрын

@@Vektor.666 A lot of it was sound fx and beats from CD compilations but sampled and edited in fitting manner for HL. Just to be clear it wasn't all from scratch

The game was designed to be fun, and it still is

@hl2betafan

5 ай бұрын

god damn RIGHT

@AwesomeBlackDude

5 ай бұрын

So is they planning to release 3.0?

@Oscaragious

5 ай бұрын

Most games are designed to be fun

@JesusChrist_Denton

5 ай бұрын

@@Oscaragiousnot anymore yakhi

@Oscaragious

5 ай бұрын

@@JesusChrist_Denton That's a slight to most indie devs.

It’s so surreal seeing the iconic textures as REAL images

Long long ago, I remember someone drawing a distinction between "realistic" and "authentic". Usually you don't want literal realism. What you want is for the game to feel cohesive and internally consistent. Portals aren't realistic. If we actually had portals like Aperture Science, it would mean free energy. BUT the portals in Portal have an internal logic that's almost entirely consistent across two games. It FEELS real, even though it isn't realistic. That's authenticity.

It would be so cool to see a documentary like this on Half-Life 2

@NovidProkteps

5 ай бұрын

Hopefully for its 20th anniversary next year!

@PlebNC

5 ай бұрын

It would cool if we could see a Half-Life 3 documentary.

@silverpants7178

5 ай бұрын

Don’t count on it

@saricubra2867

5 ай бұрын

Half Life 2 E3 demo from 2003 is still crazy. People were watching the future.

@justzack641

5 ай бұрын

Just gotta wait another 6 years

Thank you Valve for one of the defining games of my life. This documentary was wonderful.

@SwagCheeze

5 ай бұрын

Vine my man!!

@Henrus_Second_Channel_Now

5 ай бұрын

Half life rly was built different. judging from this documentary they knew that the whole time

@UltraNurture

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for providing many great live streams of this game.

@waylonwallace

5 ай бұрын

damn right

@Blink_E.

5 ай бұрын

hi vinesas

hope they'll make a 20 years anniversary documentary about Half-Life 2.

@Vub.

7 күн бұрын

I'm sure @dannyodwyer will

My absolute favorite thing about G-Man was how he always sounds like another entity attempting to replicate human inflection. It's so creepy and immediately suggests he's not what he seems. His character wouldn't have been even half as interesting without that constant rising and falling tone. So good.

"late is for a little while, suck is forever" - Gabe N. Proven formula, thank you for making such great games.

@isaiahdaniels5643

5 ай бұрын

It was well worth the weight.

@NostraDavid2

5 ай бұрын

I'll have to add that that was true for games, until Steam hit the market - nowadays bad games can bounce back from the suck, assuming the studio will double down in their effort on improving the game. See Terraria (which wasn't bad, but kinda basic when 1.0 released), No Man's Sky, or Cyberpunk 2077. Before Steam, that 'formula' was _definitely_ true.

@snil4

5 ай бұрын

​@@NostraDavid2 But you can't be a fresh brand studio consisting of a bunch of people who never worked on a single released game, release an unfinished game and expect people to just buy the game when it's ready. Also even for huge studios releasing a broken game will take away the trust from your fans, it's a stain you can't remove with an update patch as much as you try.

@Alan.livingston

5 ай бұрын

Explains why we don’t have HL3 yet

@pablo-zn1mg

5 ай бұрын

what if late IS forever... *cough* hl3 *cough*

i love gabe's take "late is a short period, suck is forever" it really somewhat describes valve.

@phoenixvance6642

5 ай бұрын

Steam deck and cs2 needed more time in the oven when they launched. The frequent uodates got the deck into a good place at least

@Nitro2030ce

5 ай бұрын

@@phoenixvance6642 They felt it was ready to release. You can't find all the problems with a smaller team of people. Sometimes you have to put something through its paces before you know what you need to improve upon or fix

@mashimaru4134

5 ай бұрын

Look at CS2, valve changed their philisophy

@Kupiakos42

5 ай бұрын

Similarly "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad" (attributed to Miyamoto at Nintendo)

@fuilli

5 ай бұрын

@@Nitro2030ce true, has anyone here seen the meme "software tester walks into a bar"? it's a pretty good summary of what software testing is like you put in a bunch of weird inputs, make sure they all work then a normal user says one thing you didn't think of, and, as the meme says at the end, "the bar goes up in flames"

I remember how surprised I was when I realised that I could move during the intro of the game. That's when I knew that this was something different.

The part where they talk about cutting aliens from the game due to time constraints (25:00) is something I think acted unintentionally as a strength in the end product. When I think of Half Life the concrete monolithic pillars, metal walls and ambient soundtrack flood into my mind. The monsters and combat are amazing true but the environment really elevated this game above its peers. And with something as simple as an office building, missile silo or warehouse. Thank you to Valve for taking the FPS genre to what I feel was a deeper level!

Imagine starting a video game company with hardly any game developers on staff and then making Half-Life for your very first game.

@randomaccmeme

5 ай бұрын

That is INSANE! Even though they admit it themselves that xen was a bit undercooked, all the other parts are brilliant and the game itself is nothing short of a work of art

@CavinLee

5 ай бұрын

However, could you make a game like half life any other way?

@frostden

5 ай бұрын

Survivorship bias. 95% of new businesses fail. The ones that don't are, by definition, extraordinary. You have to work hard and be lucky. Good on Valve for nailing both.

@case4298

5 ай бұрын

It's all passion and hardwork, something no gaming company today understands

@contaminator7526

5 ай бұрын

@frostden especially lucky. there are many many hard workers out there with good ideas even, but they still don't make it.

Valve is like that distant relative that shows up in your birthday every 5 years, but always brings the best gifts.

@-redacted_by_youtube

5 ай бұрын

Except they haven't shown up in mire then 5 years. But you can have a steam deck!!. So theres that. They need to finish half life. Im not giving them praise for shifting to a money making machine. They have enough resources to try amd fail. They just seem to lack the ambition or maybe talent at this point to craft a good story to finish free-mans story.

@MarcoAntonioColioGallardo

5 ай бұрын

@@-redacted_by_youtube Yeah, we can't argue that

@-redacted_by_youtube

5 ай бұрын

@@MarcoAntonioColioGallardo lol Right?

@doctordoggo8604

5 ай бұрын

@@-redacted_by_youtube No, they just stopped making games. "Gamers" tend to focus on the games themselves, but very few people acknowledge the decade Valve spent building up steam and generally improving the PC Gaming space in the time that they didn't produce any video games. The modern Indie community only exists because of Valve and steam as the biggest example of this. Now they seem to be getting back into making games directly, but simultaneously Valve seems to be trying to further improve on the broader gaming industry by breaking the Windows monopoly(making tools for Linux to run most games). Basically, Valve stopped making games so they could become a benevolent monopoly, improving all of our experiences as gamers(I hate the way that sounds) in ways that we don't even know to acknowledge.

@-redacted_by_youtube

5 ай бұрын

@@doctordoggo8604 ok cool. Where is half life 3!!!!?!?!?

It's so bizarre that this seemingly random group of people were able to create a game that felt like it had a 100 man team behind it. Truly lighting in a bottle. I never saved any of my old games, but I still have my original Half-Life box and CD from 1998. Just from the train opening alone you knew that you were playing something special, and as the years went by it only became more clear that what Valve did with Half-Life was, and still is, truly unique.

@urban7514

Ай бұрын

It’s the lightining most of us dream to ride.

The plot of the Half Life could be a very interesting movie. Great documentary, nice to know about the production and the team behind this incredible game. Props for the documentary and a big thanks to this team who made it possible.

one hour documentary on a video game 25 years old... unannounced and almost 2 million views in three days. THAT'S how good Half Life was and is.

@redt7452

5 ай бұрын

The remake Black Mesa is also amazing. Definitely did the original half life justice. And the remastered blue shift and soon to come opposing forces as well. So awesome

@stone2219w

5 ай бұрын

three did you say three? half life 3 confirmed

@AngryAlfonse

5 ай бұрын

And 12000 comments. Even the number of comments is an impressive stat, it's disproportionately high considering view count.

@neyaneya5554

5 ай бұрын

I've never played it and still never will.

@davidepastore8183

5 ай бұрын

@@neyaneya5554 really sorry for you 🤷

"Late is only for awhile, but suck is forever". You can tell they invested their hearts into their projects.

@SudoYETI

5 ай бұрын

"Late is just for a little awhile. Suck is forever." -Lord GabeN

@johannesschmitz6370

5 ай бұрын

half life 3 might be coming just very late then?

@21shanks

Ай бұрын

I mean, it does show when you play through these games. Even today.

@phyllotaxis

Ай бұрын

I feel like all of the original writers quitting is a sign that it's getting too late.

@dibs6462

27 күн бұрын

they'll find a way

That outro was fantastic. The old credits theme playing made me cry :=

Mr. Bailey, I'd like to personally thank you for Vortal Combat piece. This one has been my wake up for univesity track for 5 years.

Valve, this new angle you’ve been going for, willingly being more open with your fans does not go unnoticed. Its a very good break from the radio silence of the recent past. Keep it up.

@executivetoad

5 ай бұрын

they probably won't

@aaryanairy756

5 ай бұрын

3 is all I have to say.

@sidneyj6363

5 ай бұрын

"recent past" xD

@BathrobeHero

5 ай бұрын

Y'all really are some heavy dickriders, it's just a fucking video

@dejEtack

5 ай бұрын

TF2 community: Are you sure about that?

i'm so glad they're talking about this, i think people in the industry are finally starting to realize if they don't document these stories they are going to disappear forever.

@PabloGener

5 ай бұрын

Do you know the NoClip or Gvmers channels?

@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708

5 ай бұрын

Gaming is starting to get old enough to lose the first generation of game designers

@Bloodyshinta1

5 ай бұрын

@@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708 first games were made in the 70s, it already happened

@jackburton2680

5 ай бұрын

There's def a major in,terest in these making of stories as well. Twisted Metal has a great one that came with the stellar Head On Extra Twisted edition on PS2. There's been quite a lot of Street Fighter stuff put out there as well. Wish more stuff of this ilk was made.

For me the sound design makes the most of the Half-Life experience and creates the athmosphere so thanks for the one person creating it! :)

Im 22 years old, growing up i always saw gmod videos and animations and just loved what i saw this game could do, i didnt have a pc only a ps3 so i never could play, long story short is when i did get to play gmod, i absolutely fell in love with the mechanics of the game, the physics all of it. It was so next gen to me lol,then i started learning about what half life was, and how gmod is a mod blah blah blah, fast forward to today, half life alyx is my first official HL game and i cant get enough of the half life universe, and i need more so here i am playing hl1 and hopefully 2 with a vr mod. And man. Half life 1 with the vr mod is a better vr game than other vr games, like wayyyy better 👀

The sound effects were so iconic you can still recognize them TO THIS DAY! The fact that this was all done by one person is simply incredible. The gun sounds, reloading, creature effects, crowbar…. It’s all just so incredible.

@sinephase

5 ай бұрын

dude's a genius that's for sure!

@Dr.W.Krueger

5 ай бұрын

a good chunk of it is outright pulled from commercial sound libraries. what ended up in the game is heavily modified, but still...

@ww2lover100

5 ай бұрын

yeah especially the scientist sound

@davecurtis86

5 ай бұрын

there are still game released today, 25 years later where the guns sound weak / like shit. Satisfying gun sounds is essential to a FPS.

@Tschacki_Quacki

5 ай бұрын

I was crapping my pants as a teenager when I heard that Houndeye sound effect for the first time.

The fact that Valve made a major update, free sale and made this video all just for its birthday makes me happy on a level I cannot describe. Thank you Valve and the designers for making this legendary game.

@weremus8639

5 ай бұрын

Update?

@Efri3nd

5 ай бұрын

What update M?

@corruption781

5 ай бұрын

Update?

@pedroferreira4323

5 ай бұрын

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@spicydong317

5 ай бұрын

Check your HL copies guys

VALVE, thank you for your dedication, passion, sweat, tears, sacrifices and time invested in creating my personal life changing experience - Half Life. It is amazing that I was just 8 years old in 1999 when I played HL Uplink for the first time. I will be 33 soon but I still find hard to understand the magic behind HL Uplink/HL 1 that forever changed how I see technology and "magic" it creates. That "magic" helped brighten up some of my days back then growing in post communistic country. I wish you all could experience the "impact" of HL especially in poorer countries in late 90s. I still remember my friends and other kids from "less fortunate" families that could not afford PC but despite that they knew/heard about Half Life and its greatness - literally, everyone back then knew what Half Life is and everyone knew Half Life is pure magic. I do not want to elaborate on HL2 and Alyx as I am afraid I will exceed characters limit ;) VALVE. Never stop what you do and how you do it. I just hope I will still be around to experience Half Life 3. I have house, amazing wife and great job (IT - I also decided to create/maintain the "magic") but my life will be incomplete if Gordon's story is not finished... Forever fan, Dawid

Seeing this felt like seeing an old friend & just catching up with where they are today & talking about the good ol days. What a comfy documentary this was to sit through. Half Life was an incredibly fun part of my younger days & the joys it brought me will never be forgotten.

I can't believe all the textures were created by one person and all the sounds and music were created by one person. That's pretty incredible.

@yannickclaes90

5 ай бұрын

Yea crazy, huge talents.

@DashMatin

5 ай бұрын

well it makes sence tbh for that stuff to be done by 1 person props to them

@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers

5 ай бұрын

The music in Half Life is amazing, especially 'Nuclear Mission Jam' and the main theme.

@i_love_gay_corn_69

5 ай бұрын

​@@DashMatinlike notch or markus persson who make Minecraft by himself and later create a huge Community also not sence its sense (not a police grammar)

@Marduk401

5 ай бұрын

i make music a bit of textures and sounds for my game, it gives me life literally

The sound design of Half-Life to this day remains absolutely iconic. I know people in the comments are singing praises already, but Kelly Bailey is an absolute genius. Here’s to 25 years (and more…soon…hopefully) of Half-Life!

@GeZz.

5 ай бұрын

He is a master, he make a masterpiece of sound in HL, i listen almost every day to the OST of HL and the ambience. is amazing i love it.

@seadffsa

5 ай бұрын

sound design in games fell off hard, but half life was definitely peak

@anthonymazeppa

5 ай бұрын

also Morpho is a very funny app, it's a shame it's not on appstore anymore, I used to have a blast making weird faces in it

@coolborndj

5 ай бұрын

A big thank you to the sample CDs of that era too

@pavelsivertsev6417

5 ай бұрын

Полностью с Вами согласен, это половина моей любви к ХЛ

Thank you VALVe, for shaping my childhood. Half - Life is one of my most favorite and cherished games.

Thank you Valve for everything you done, your passion and creativity about games is why i become someone who play games still today after so many years

28:42 "late is for a little while, suck is forever" 🙌 just imagine if more developers had that kind of integrity with their product!!

@JISecond

Ай бұрын

just look at hollow knight community to see where that leads

I'm glad the original team came together to give this beautiful gift to the fans. Even if we wait a thousand years for Half Life 3, we are grateful for what they did. ​

@Sir.DiesAlotol

5 ай бұрын

Yeeeaahhh sell the immortality potion there bud. But yesone of the greats

@joshnull6132

5 ай бұрын

AI will create every variation of half life 3 possible, for us, in about 30 years, so no need to wait thousands of years my guy.

@MrAeral

5 ай бұрын

Walking legends in the flesh.

@-redacted_by_youtube

5 ай бұрын

Would have been great of they came together to finish the GODDAMN STORY!!!

@SpirtySir

5 ай бұрын

we getting gta 6 trailer before half life 3

This makes me want an anniversary documentary about Half Life 2. I would love to hear its development team talk about how hard and exciting it was for them to make a sequel for a game as good as Half Life.

I was not prepared to get so emotional watching this. thanks for the memories Valve

Valve actually looking back and celebrating how far they've come is unheard of. I want to see more of this Valve, who isn't afraid of celebrating their progress as a means of showing what time, hard work, and dedication gets you, and what that looks like along the way.

@heavenandhello6629

5 ай бұрын

I hope they come back to Team Fortress 2 again in 2027 for the game’s 20th anniversary.

@TheFace89

5 ай бұрын

Bro if you want heavy update you can just say it lol, kinda preaching to the choir

@heavenandhello6629

5 ай бұрын

@TheFace89 I don’t want a heavy update because unlike everyone else, I’m aware that we already had it in august 2008. All I REALLY want is for valve to combat the bot crisis.

@DropsOfMars

5 ай бұрын

@@heavenandhello6629 Honestly we need another Heavy update simply because they said it was going to happen sometime after the Jungle Inferno and it never did. Heavy's also hugely lacking in options that change his playstyle compared to the other classes. Most people say Heavy is boring-- that needs to change!

@heavenandhello6629

5 ай бұрын

@@DropsOfMars Well the only reason I think he’s boring is because his old stock minigun viewmodel from 2007-2014 is gone. We also need back every old detail that was shown in youtuber Crowbcat’s “tf2 2007 and now” video. And plus, we shouldn’t have any more major updates before the bot problem is solved. Because for example, even if we had a 2nd heavy update, people would just get turned off from it by the bots.

The fact that Valve even released this video, AND did a major update for Half-Life, makes me so happy.

@mariobros68

5 ай бұрын

But they can't count to No.3 or update The Heavy

@player70477

5 ай бұрын

@@mariobros68they are making half life barney vr game

@mariobros68

5 ай бұрын

@@player70477 and the heavy update for tf2 what?

@player70477

5 ай бұрын

@@mariobros68 they are making team fortress engineer vr game too

@durzoblint6532

5 ай бұрын

Hold up! What update?!

Playing it as a child was surreal , gave me the feels , still have vivid memories . Thank you Valve.

I'm so fascinated by hearing the original devs explain their process on creating my fav game ever. I can still play this game and have a great time, and I'm always surprised by the A.I. it's incredible

“Late is just for a little while, suck is forever” when he said that’s not the company we want to be, it made me choke up because it shows how much they strived to be the best that they could be.

@scaydsods2844

3 ай бұрын

They want to innovate videogames on every half life game launch and try to make all fans happy, you can see why half life 3 may take a life time 😅

@AUTISM.GAMING

3 ай бұрын

still no third game tho, i sad@@scaydsods2844

@ChopTactician

3 ай бұрын

cs2 cough cough

@AUTISM.GAMING

3 ай бұрын

Came out BEFORE HL3@@ChopTactician

@dompan9169

2 ай бұрын

You have been fooled. They do not care.

Had I worked on the development of Half-Life, I'd be the proudest man alive. What an achievement. You guys are true inspiration.

Thank you to the team who made a game that impacted my life. Excellent work on the Documentary!

The pics in the beginning reminds me of New Mexico/ south west Oklahoma. I had no idea they got their references from Washington area instead of the south west lmao. They really did make it seem like the south west

Shoutout to Karen Laur for nailing that aesthetic. These massive, monolithic office/industrial complex type building materials/textures. Really made half-life feel a certain way. With the level and sound design, you get this very 90's professional white collar work environment vibes. I was so happy to hear The Mist was an inspiration, because I think the original HL has something so unique going for it.

My first job out of college was at Sierra as the assistant brand manager on Half-Life. This game was the starting point of my career and I look back at those days like it was yesterday. I can’t believe it has been 25 years. Where has the time gone?

@victorn1291

5 ай бұрын

Waiting for Half Life 3 ofcourse

@Twiddle_things

4 ай бұрын

​@@victorn1291 HLA post credits scene

@MacenW

4 ай бұрын

What are you doing now?

@cysco5598

4 ай бұрын

@@MacenW Went on to be employee 11 or something at Gearbox, executive produced the original Borderlands ->Quit and started my own studio and ran that for 10 years (working on tons of games) ->Sold the studio to Zenimax and then rolled the studio into Bethesda Game Studios becoming a Studio Director there -> Got acquired by Xbox and shipped Starfield -> Just quit Bethesda and am starting a new studio to make an original game. It's been a hell of a 25-years.

@GruppeSechs

4 ай бұрын

Swallowed up when the G-man took us all as time hostages.

Amazing seeing such a classic behind the scenes.

Half-Life was so immersive back then I thought it was real life story. Thank you Valve for being part of my childhood

It's nuts that Karen was the only one working on textures, that's awesome. They're all so iconic and ingrained in my brain after the 20+ years of playing/modding Half-Life and Half-Life derivative games, mainly in my formative years.

@zambo6453

5 ай бұрын

I'd say she influenced the final aesthetic of the game more than anyone, everything avoids being drab like quake or garish like doom. Visual aesthetics of HL1 massively hold up because of this.

@kuklama0706

5 ай бұрын

inb4 "women ruin everything" banter

@romancatholicgameing

5 ай бұрын

​​@@kuklama0706 seems like i wasn't able to get inb4 someone had to make this comment relate to politics in some way. we get it. women deserve rights. women are humans too. and it's a horrible thing that some people don't agree. but it doesn't mean you should keep saying that on completely non-political comments.

@caddin2620

5 ай бұрын

WAMEN ruin good comment threads.@@romancatholicgameing

@phoenixvance6642

5 ай бұрын

The red rock texture always stood out to me as one of my favourites once you made it outside.

It's not everyday that an upstart studio suddenly redefines a genre. In fact, it's almost unheard of. Valve truly is the studio of innovators, and I am truly amazed at what they have accomplished, and cannot wait to see what the future holds.

@CoreusSymphonia

5 ай бұрын

Not unheard of. Westwood, Blizzard and several others have redefined or created genres.

@lenawillis2484

5 ай бұрын

@@CoreusSymphonia They weren't upstart studios founded out of the dark, though. That's why they said it was almost unheard of.

@susperdis

5 ай бұрын

they havent touched a relevant pc title since l4d2 theyre busy running their new hentai platform

@vintagememelord8168

5 ай бұрын

They are the master of not screwing first sequels. They have yet to make a second sequel

@DanielFerreira-ez8qd

5 ай бұрын

​@@susperdis You can't just exclude everything non-pc and say they haven't been doing anything. Specially now that they've just released a steam deck OLED.

everything about Half-Life fascinated me when I was young but I remember whenever there was a quiet moment in the game I kept looking at those awesome textures and I think that's when i decided to get into computer games creation what a great 25 year anniversary video

This...defined my life 25 years ago. You sirs carry so much monumental weight in the way I still think to-date. Small efforts have rarely demanded such big results. I count amongst the honoured to both witness and appreciate your efforts, no salute would or could suffice. Thanks, is the best I can provide.

I want to give some love to Harry Teasly, working through crunch time on your team's biggest all or nothing project whilst also taking care of a newborn baby girl who had heavy special needs, so much was given by the entire team but I want to give a huge thank you to you and your family for giving a huge part of yourself to make something so life changing not only to you but the entire industry as a whole. My favorite video game of all time, one of my favorite pieces of story telling ever, and some of my favorite video game soundtracks ever. Thank you.

@bobbobertson9325

5 ай бұрын

AMEN 🙏

@Nyllsor

5 ай бұрын

Well said!

@adammercysystem6450

5 ай бұрын

amazing guy

@namstel9225

5 ай бұрын

Right? As a father myself I really felt for him after he opened up about that. What a guy!

What struck me the most was how humble everyone was about their contributions to the game and the industry as a whole.

@LavaCreeperPeople

5 ай бұрын

yes

@VADemon

5 ай бұрын

engineers and creative people vs bragging entrepreneurs.

Thank you for your masterpieces!! your games are a part of my childhood. I still play them today.

Worthy of every second, right, now ! Amazing graphics even today and action, design, sounds, characters, everything. Such cool engine !!

To this day I still remember that visceral feel of the opening sequence in Half Life 1. The entire opening sequence was such an incredible experience I will never forget.

@laflamethegoat7795

5 ай бұрын

So glad other people feel the same way. No game for me has EVER recreated that feeling that half-life gave me. Half-life 2 intro was similar.

Of course Danny from Noclip got to direct this. Bloody legend. Thank you Valve for this amazing series.

@nat040496

5 ай бұрын

I could tell it was NoClip without even looking at the credits, it just felt right. They do fantastic work.

@Tizen

5 ай бұрын

How about that Gameplay Director, Frank Howley? SOMEBODY SHOULD GIVE THAT GUY A RAISE.

@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive

5 ай бұрын

Remember when during the 20th Anniversary of _Half-Life,_ Danny O'Dwyer couldn't get a single interview or even an email reply back from Valve for his NoClip documentary? Times have changed.

I still have memories of playing this the summer after my senior year of high school. It was so engaging and fun. I have been enamored with Half-Life and its lore ever since. Best games I've ever played.

Shout out Danny oDwyer and Jermey Jayne! My boys did it big with this one!

"late is just for a little while, suck is forever" - amazing quote from Gabe

@alittlecreepywhenyou

5 ай бұрын

Gabes precognitive vision was so on point.

@sledgehammer3989

5 ай бұрын

mmhmm.. just like episode 3 has been for a little while, and probably will be forever 😭

@OctavioCorral

5 ай бұрын

This is quote is largely attributed to Shigeru Miyamoto. "A Delayed Game Is Eventually Good, a Bad Game Is Bad Forever"

@Richie8406

5 ай бұрын

It is true for that era. Sadly, now the patches and updates have become a crutch for developers. It is noticeable, so many developers rely on future patches nowadays. Back in the day it was like the World Cup in Football, one chance every 4 years. Now, it is like the Super Bowl, comes around every year. easy.

@danlock1

5 ай бұрын

@@alittlecreepywhenyou Why don't you give us your viewpoint on precognition? I'm serious!

i love the new direction valve is taking to interact with their communities. 10/10

@extremeanalogmusic6296

5 ай бұрын

yeah thats because they have some busy years in front of them. with cs2. potientialy a portal 3 or left 4 dead 3 ? they HAVE to be there for their fans.

@saricubra2867

5 ай бұрын

They dropped the ball on Counter Strike 2's launch.

@extremeanalogmusic6296

5 ай бұрын

indeed@@saricubra2867

@extremeanalogmusic6296

5 ай бұрын

which was a huge mistake on their part. they should have released the game with a new operation and all the maps.... not with missing trains and cache and cobblestone lol@@saricubra2867

@bighams69

5 ай бұрын

Haha don't get your hopes up

It amazes me that, the industry was exactly the same then as it is now. This was an indie dev team, doing their own thing, which is what happens now.

Still waiting for Episode 3 and HL3 Waiting aside, huge congrats to Valve for creating one of the best (atleast imo the lore is awesome) video game series ever 👍 can't wait for more cool projects and games from you guys

I'll never forget going through the legendary train sequence when I got this game with my first computer in 1998. Thank you Valve.

I really hope Valve does this type of documentary for some of their other games too in the future, I found this so incredibly interesting and would love to hear more stories like this

@OriginalPuro

5 ай бұрын

Next year will be Counter-Strike's 25th anniversary. Something big will happen.

@user-qq6wp8ye6b

5 ай бұрын

​@@OriginalPuromaybe... but I want Alyx!

@AlexashaG

5 ай бұрын

Would be pretty dope to see docs on left 4 dead and portal, what they used as inspirations n stuff.

@WohaoG

5 ай бұрын

I'm fairly certain those games already have a dev commentary and while that doesn't replace this type of thing it would certainly be a reason for valve not to do it@@AlexashaG

@MlnscBoo

5 ай бұрын

I wanna hear the one how they stopped making games because it was easier and way faster to make money selling other peoples games, getting kids addicted to gambling, and loli games. Lots and lots of loli games

I was 12 when Half Life was released, the older brother of a friend got a it and when he was away, we started playing it. That changed everything about gaming for me, there wasnt any other game that was so intense than Half Life for me. Still loving it to play and the remake Black Mesa brought back the feeling from 25 years ago. Thanks for this masterpiece and were is my crowbar ?

I swear this game is so well made it feels better to play than most modern games, good job valve

Back in 1998, I'd talk with a kid (loner/geek etc.) in my class now and then. He started telling me about a game that his older brother introduced him to and how it was the greatest game of all time. We were only 12 years old and I had stopped playing games a few years earlier, having moved onto other hobbies/interests. 3 years later, we actually became really good friends and he surprised me. He gave me a burned copy of Half-Life - the very game, he'd told me about 3 years prior. I asked him why he waited this long. He told me that the game was that special to him and didn't know whether I'd appreciate it at the time. When I got to play it, I realised what it meant. Half-life was, is and will always be one of my most treasured experiences as a child.

@chrishayes7771

5 ай бұрын

gay

@vaportwo3339

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree.

@xMrRasec

5 ай бұрын

gold comment

@TheFreakonate

5 ай бұрын

Same. But for me, I bought Half Life on day one. And to this day, it's still my favorite game of all time.

@sillylilstella

5 ай бұрын

@@chrishayes7771 yeah we gay, keep scrollin

The sound effects in this game are second to none, truly genius work by Kelly Bailey

I have played this game for so many times and I still absolutely love it to the core. Thank you for creating one of the best games in the universe. I wish you good health.

This game was such a big part of my childhood. I can't believe it's been 25 years already!!

@Omega-jg4oq

5 ай бұрын

Kids back then are now adults and possibly married and got family 😂😂😂 yeah that’s how long, half of our lives

@definetlynotamainacc8773

5 ай бұрын

damn we are old af rn

@self-proclaimedanimator

5 ай бұрын

Man this game is older than me

@DutchDiederik

5 ай бұрын

We're getting old, my friend.

Discovering this as a kid was one of the best experiences of my life. It's sad to think how today there is so much more money, so much more processing power, and so many more software developers, but so much less heart.

@DIK63875

5 ай бұрын

Истина ,👍

@Blazik3n99

5 ай бұрын

That's what I felt as well. The games industry is completely different today, the way Half Life came together is totally unique. I don't think theres less heart in it these days. I think there are a lot more passionate and talented people in the industry now than there ever was, and actually making a game is much more accessible for those people today than it was in the past. The big AAA studios are going to pump out soulless games, but there are also a lot of small indie teams out there producing some incredible games that are full of heart. Outer Wilds, Hades, Hollow Knight to name a few.

@NegatingSilence

5 ай бұрын

​@@Blazik3n99 I think there is less heart as a fraction of the whole, although the whole has indeed grown. And companies that made great things in the past are always at risk of being infected with the Moneyball virus and focus-group, HR-ified blandness. Watching Blizzard's evolution over the years has really hurt. I recently played Outer Wilds and I agree with you. That game really made me feel something. Not quite as much as Half Life did though.

@elone3997

5 ай бұрын

The mega budgets in triple A games can be the thing that can cripple them as much as help them I guess. So much capital is at stake and games have got sooo comlpex that they sometimes have to play it safe as so much is at stake. Throw in some box ticking, a few loot boxes to squeeze your wallet even more, varying degrees of quality control on launch day, mandatory subscription services etc etc. Back when games were pressed on discs (or cartridges, floppys, tape etc), they had to be essentially water tight, *finished* code - none of this patch it later with multiple GB's worth of data. The thing I also miss is the whole, 'Here's the world, go explore and figure it out..' No dumb highlighted prompts, or arrows just literally telling you where to go. Half Life 1/2 was just a beautiful experience of quiet isolated exploration mixed with full on loud gun fights that was so contrasting but blended perfectly, and all while respecting your intelligence. If you got lost, then you just kept searching. Indie is where it's at for me - crazy ideas, fun, risks taken etc. That's not to say big budget games don't do this either or with less passion as they are all just creative people doing what they love, but I find the idea of Indie devs being the bedroom coder revival of the past. I love this and seeing the explosion of these is heart warming. I played through HL2 recently and It still holds up brilliantly. Yeah, it's a bit clunky here and there but the atmosphere and characters still hit you. I'd forgotten what a good voice performace that the Alyx artist gave - so much warmth in that voice and the ending got me all over again 😂

@crimsonlanceman7882

5 ай бұрын

it s cause modern video game companies are laser focused on marketing. And subtelty does not advertise video games. It is grandiose pursuit. The bombastic orchestral music or intense ecstatic synth. This is like when Tchaikovsky hated the cannons in his music. Because in the end it shouldnt be about being grand and pointless, but human.

An excellent documentary that reveals the behind-the-scenes of the game development process and highlights the importance of enthusiasm and team cohesion in the work. After watching it, my understanding of the development of Half-Life changed dramatically, I could not even imagine what fundamental work had been done to make the game come out and be worthily appreciated. Thank you, Valve, you did well!

Good to see Gabe both looking and sounding healthier.

My mother worked in IT in the 90's. In 99 we got our first computer powerful enough to play games, and my first game, along with Diablo and Baldur's Gate, was Half-Life. What a revelation! 24 years later and I've had a life-long hobby that still brings me joy today.

@NathanMc

5 ай бұрын

You really knew how to pick good games.

@SLCclimber

5 ай бұрын

@@NathanMc I think one of my mother’s coworkers might have suggested them to her! I’m not sure if knew to pick those particular games. Truth is I don’t even remember.

25:23 At the time that specific environment absolutely blew my mind. I vividly remember walking down that hallway for the first time, hearing the squeak of Gordon's shoes on the tiles and being gobsmacked at how realistic it was. Might not seem like a big deal compared to today's photorealistic environments, but back then it felt like a game from 10 years in the future.

@journeytosilius1

5 ай бұрын

I to remember this vibe of the game feeling way ahead of it's time, at the time of release. I can't recall any games in 1998 that pushed graphics so far except maybe Unreal 1 but HL still looked better with the level design and enemy interactivity. It was ahead of it's time in many ways, the first "modern" FPS. I remember things coming a year or two after which started to compete, like Undying, Deus Ex, Unreal Tournament, Sin. Really top tier graphics and/or gameplay for their years. But HL1 did it first and a year before.

@aVerySillyBilly

5 ай бұрын

listen to the abomination of the ada wong phone-in voice work on the resident evil 4 remake.... and making the ashley character look like an old granny? authenticity>technology and `messaging`

@gottagofastfaster

5 ай бұрын

​@journeytosilius1 both Unreal and Half Life looked beautiful for me

The game has been so influential and important to modern gaming that I play through it at least once a year, hell i started a playthrough on my 3DS of all things.

For a 25 year old game it is still really solid.

@The_Blue_Otaku

5 ай бұрын

Facts the first Half Life holds up vary well

@Uncle_Pavelic

5 ай бұрын

its actually not, skyrims better

@The_Blue_Otaku

5 ай бұрын

@@Uncle_Pavelic Nah dude the only reason why Skyrim has aged well is because of mods

@SpooN12344321

5 ай бұрын

hes a troll ...@@The_Blue_Otaku

@iamdopeasfcuk

5 ай бұрын

@@Uncle_Pavelic skyrim is not even the best elder scrolls game.

The contrast between how Unreal and Half-Life spend their 25th year anniversaries couldn't be more stark here.

The nostalgia coming in waves. Quake was the first fps I played after playing Zero Tolerance on my dads megadrive. Never knew how much Quake was integral to Half Life. Seeing the alphas looking like an old school Quake mod. Amazing

2 mods I played so much : Day of Defeat and FrontLine Force

This was amazing, Valve casually dropping a 1-hour Documentary for the 25th Anniversary of the best game they have ever created is so heartwarming to see.

The whole intro section was mind boggling at the time. I remember thinking "oh, this has RPG elements", because walking around just talking to people was such a foreign concept in FPSs at the time.

Man the multi tourneys were awesome. Wish i would have kept in touch with some of the players

I've never played this game before yet I feel so attached to it. Hearing about it, reading about it watching videos on it, this documentary, etc. I uh...i think really gotta play this game.

@TheLostProbe

4 ай бұрын

it's a really unique game franchise. the first game is kinda jank but it's fun. there's a lot of fan games and mods too

Valve would have broken the internet if they put a Half-Life 3 announcement at the end of this documentary. 🤣

@vurhn2009

5 ай бұрын

I still hope for Half-Life 3 please...

@timmarrr234

5 ай бұрын

Just Gaben casually raising 3 fingers, I can't imagine the shitstorm it would cause lmao.

@JR-zv7ws

5 ай бұрын

It's called Alyx@@vurhn2009

@genie4539

5 ай бұрын

Maybe they are building towards Half Life 3 with the documentary

@NOSTahlgia

5 ай бұрын

@@genie4539 That's what I was hoping for too, actually I have been hoping this at least a few times a year for 19 years lol. I think if Alyx had been more successful it would be a more likely release but I'm not sure VR is there yet. The headsets still cost way too much for the average consumer and are too bulky and encumbering imo

Of course it's directed by Danny O'Dwyer. Seeing Noclip acknowledged is amazing. Amazing job.

@DuneJumper

5 ай бұрын

It must've been a no-brainer for Valve to hire them after the last Half-Life documentary.

@bretttheillustrator

5 ай бұрын

The dude is a psycho

@TheLingo56

5 ай бұрын

Have the largest smile in my face seeing he finally got it to happen!

@green929392

5 ай бұрын

fuck

@TheIronSnowMan8D

5 ай бұрын

Wym he's a psycho?@@bretttheillustrator

So much appreciation for the development team that made this game happen and for giving me so many good childhood memories

Gabe : Shit needs to pop off every 3 seconds, make it hapen. Valve: We're on it.

*Saying thank you would not be enough.* Such a risky decision resulted not only in a revolutionary work for the gaming industry, but also in a dear childhood memory for many of us. Anyway, thank you, Valve.

Half-Life & Half-Life 2 are the epitome of quality first person shooters. Thank you Valve for your love and dedication to this series.