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The DARKER Alternate Introduction of Half-Life 2 | Timelapse Opening | FULL Half-Life Lore
Originally, the introduction sequence to Half-Life 2 was envisioned differently by its creators, including a version called the 'Timelapse Opening.' This unique intro would have shown Gordon Freeman the dramatic changes to Earth, compressed into a mere few moments by The G-Man, illustrating a decade of Combine rule in seconds.
Was this alternative opening better? and what impact might it have had on the story? In this video, we explore the 'Timelapse Opening' scripted by Marc Laidlaw, the mastermind behind Half-Life 2's narrative.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
01:48 Timelapse Opening
07:32 Thoughts & Legacy
10:43 Closing Thoughts
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Standard Sources
Game Manuals
Half-Life Series Playthrough Research
Portal Series Playthrough Research
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar (Uncorrected Proof)
Half-Life 2 Prima Guide
Half-Life: Alyx Playthrough
Portal/ Half-Life Fandom
Dev Commentary
Old Valve Forums
Marc Laidlaw's Twitter
Marc Laidlaw Website
Breengrub Twitter
Reddit AMA (w/ HL: Alyx Developers)
Portal 2
Aperture Desk Job
AUDIO USED
Half-Life Alyx OST: Insubordinate Relocation
Half-Life 2 OST: Lab Practicum
Half-Life 2 OST: Nova Prospekt
Half-Life 2 OST: Triage At Dawn
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ThisIsTheTowne
    @ThisIsTheTowne 23 хвилини тому

    This is one of the best videos on UA-cam

  • @JohnsonAttackThatBoomcannon
    @JohnsonAttackThatBoomcannon 54 хвилини тому

    The right man in the wrong place can make the funniest difference in the world

  • @Aliamus_
    @Aliamus_ Годину тому

    I mean he is the *_G_*-man, probably a stand in for the *_G_*-abe Newell.

  • @Blackandfan
    @Blackandfan Годину тому

    he blinked

  • @Rairosu
    @Rairosu 2 години тому

    Imagine the last remaining combines in our world in current HL2 met with a alternate reality of this Iteration of HL2 heh.

  • @KaizzeSMH
    @KaizzeSMH 2 години тому

    I'm about halfway through, and loving this - The effort that was put into the visuals, the modded scenes it's unbelievably good. <3

  • @villings
    @villings 3 години тому

    yessssssssssss another half-life video awesome, man hope you're doing alright

  • @abysswalker3357
    @abysswalker3357 3 години тому

    i would have included it but as alternate opening so after you complete the game it should start like that instead i think that would have been cool

  • @ICCUWN
    @ICCUWN 3 години тому

    this may be a little off topic, but i think city 17 is probably in belarus or russia, maybe ukraine, but i myself think its somwhere around minsk or it is minsk

  • @Manuqtix.Manuqtix
    @Manuqtix.Manuqtix 6 годин тому

    23:25 Nazi Concentration Camp 😰

  • @FoxMacDonald
    @FoxMacDonald 7 годин тому

    Train passenger: "I didn't see *you* get on."

  • @Rairosu
    @Rairosu 7 годин тому

    One day the Advisors will rebel and ally with the good guys and be free from the combine. The good ones at least who want to live.

  • @Manuqtix.Manuqtix
    @Manuqtix.Manuqtix 8 годин тому

    15:11 Dr. Wallace Breen ≤ Adolf Hitler

  • @ajxx9987
    @ajxx9987 8 годин тому

    This is awesome, it felt more detailed than the already cryptic intro we got in retail, it certainly would have made things way easier to understand on your first playthrough

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      I think there are two main camps of thinking on this. I love this version because it gives us more information to think about, while the other camp like to explore and discover what had happened without it being explained.

  • @cliffordt6686
    @cliffordt6686 8 годин тому

    Since it was Bring Your Cat to Work Day when Genetic Lifeform and Disc Operating System (GLaDOS) activated the neurotoxin, did any cats die? Or were they fine?

  • @suomiperkele311
    @suomiperkele311 9 годин тому

    cool video and cool new pfp

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      Thanks :) Glad you liked both of them

  • @Koskettaja609
    @Koskettaja609 9 годин тому

    just a comment

  • @kaisertrinityt.m.i.s1607
    @kaisertrinityt.m.i.s1607 9 годин тому

    talking about HL2 again there are two questions that i dont understand so far or havent been explained well so far. 1. in HL Alyx the Gman sayed to Alyx that "a former employer wasnt able or refused the tasks that have been put upon him" and therefor the Gman hired Alyx instead, which makes no sense for me, since the Gman admited to gordon that he did alot in a short amount of time and even escorting alyx savely to white forest after he talked to gordon in HL2 ep.2 2. right after alyx changed the future with the help of the gman, what happened with alyx right after that event, because she had to "wake up" or return to her father/the resistance and life through the rest 5 years until the story continiues with gordon in HL2. i mean in those 5 years the vault and the quarantine zone had to dissapear, the citadel was completed, the combine surely strenghtened their grip on earth after what happened in half life alyx. and about alyx, my best guess is that the Gman made sure that she didnt remember everything and within the remains of the vault she escaped out of the zone and returned... and i do wonder what happened with Russel from HL Alyx, he was a nice character

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      With question 1, he is referring to Gordon. While the G-Man did his best to keep Gordon on a path selected by him and his employers, the vortigaunt interfered, and derailed Gordon's path. They stole Gordon from stasis at the beginning of Episode 1, and continued to help Gordon and Alyx. 2. I have no idea. I think he just plucked her out of that space. Just like he did when she was a child. I think everything that had happened up until that point still happened, but there will be slight changes now that the G-Man has essentially retconned his plan.

  • @Brown-streak_studios
    @Brown-streak_studios 9 годин тому

    i remember a mod back in the day that started out with this intro. i cant remember the name of the mod though.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      Lemme know when you find it

    • @Brown-streak_studios
      @Brown-streak_studios 7 годин тому

      @@Skyrionn i doubt its compatible with the current half life 2 engine rendition.

  • @Just5omeRandomGuy
    @Just5omeRandomGuy 13 годин тому

    If I'm not wrong, the only mod I remember doing this opening is Dark Interval Old Build

  • @dalekdrummer
    @dalekdrummer 13 годин тому

    Where

  • @rockhound3.14
    @rockhound3.14 14 годин тому

    10:45 and I loved it❤❤❤! And will always love your work!!

  • @Gorebox_kenzie_wuz_here
    @Gorebox_kenzie_wuz_here 14 годин тому

    Its a good day because skyrionn upload

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      Thanks for the comment!

  • @HarrisonDoyle-vt5bp
    @HarrisonDoyle-vt5bp 14 годин тому

    I am definitely glad they cut the timelapse, the G-Man's retail speech is a lot better. One main part to mention is when he showed the Anti-Mass Spectrometer, which slowly transitioned into an image of the Citadel. It so efficiently gets into a player's mind that the events that we are just about to learn are all because of the Resonance Cascade. And of course the "Wake Up and Smell The Ashes" at the very end also adds to this. Then we can go around by ourselves, learning about the fact that the Xen creatures are still around, and exactly what The Combine were by just paying attention. It's so simple yet so effective, truly keeping the Half Life umbrella of almost always being in control of Gordon.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      Wake up and smell the ashes is now iconic. I'm really happy with what we received.

  • @CrysisYaDig
    @CrysisYaDig 14 годин тому

    back in the day when I opened up the raising the bar book I wondered what it was but it was cool af, I was like 6 or 7

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      I'm slowly working through the book and I'll be exploring everything.

  • @Ashlyn46
    @Ashlyn46 14 годин тому

    Nice new pfp

  • @Courier2077
    @Courier2077 14 годин тому

    I want him to go over some of the lore of Entropy Zero 2

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      It's been suggested a lot. Maybe soon.

    • @Courier2077
      @Courier2077 5 годин тому

      @@Skyrionn Kool

  • @Rairosu
    @Rairosu 15 годин тому

    Antlion Milking! KINKY!

  • @stonemanofgardnerville1162
    @stonemanofgardnerville1162 15 годин тому

    Ive always seen Gman as gordan from further along the timeline insuring that he gets his ultimate power in every timeline that can be saved (i.e. in hlf1 if you refuse thats gman flushing this gordan early rather then risking the combine getting him)

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      I think that is another one of the big theories. I wouldn't be too mad. We haven't heard Gordon speak before... he could sound exactly like him.

  • @Dhammapros
    @Dhammapros 15 годин тому

    Earth controlled combine

  • @Rairosu
    @Rairosu 15 годин тому

    If I was in Alyx's shoes I would had done the same choices to get a second chance for them to live. I actually would side with the Gman no question asked. I rather work with him than be in a situation where the bad guys win. If are chances are greater to keeping everyone alive and my talents ad skills are what the Gman wants I'd gladly lend him whatever the gman requires. Besides who does not want to have there age frozen when your in stasis? I know I would. I rather trust the gman than freaken world dominating bad guys! At least the Gman is not a villain. The Gman never once led us a stray. If he was the bad guy he would had let the combine win. Also The Gman only saved Eli because the writers screwed up the script in the past making it impossible to continue the story, So they used there Gman to "fix" the story awhile doing it in in lore. Besides Eli should not had gotten so upset, I know Alyx was forced but its not like she was harmed. The Gmaan would never harm something who is working for him, If someone breaks loose from Gman then he replaces someone else. He does not kill the last person he "hired".

  • @tylerrojas2619
    @tylerrojas2619 17 годин тому

    loved the production on this one boss

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      Thank you! It was a fun one to put together.

  • @flynneugene2675
    @flynneugene2675 18 годин тому

    Cool

  • @seantischler2624
    @seantischler2624 18 годин тому

    Ah, this was certainly a "So that's where they got it from" moment. Parts and phrases of this opening were adapted for the Raising the Bar: Redux mod. Not just in concept, either, as the mod's being released in "divisions" over time. The whole timelapse concept isn't there, though, likely because it would be very challenging for the dev team to pull it off, especially with the limitations of the Source engine. The G-Man's dialogue wasn't word for word, either, likely for the reason of letting the player discover the transformed world on their own that you mentioned. Though some changes were definitely made to make it sound more dramatic as well, especially when the G-Man explains how Gordon still remembers the world he left.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 17 годин тому

      I haven't got around to playing that yet but I have heard good things. Something new to explore at some point

  • @Nic0reda
    @Nic0reda 18 годин тому

    As always thanks for the direct release subtitles, also nice bait when you started talking as soon as gman appeared xD

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 17 годин тому

      Happy to supply them. They're super easy to do!

  • @flammablegoodness1168
    @flammablegoodness1168 18 годин тому

    that is a very nice new logo my good skibyti toylet lore sharer

  • @technobabble_
    @technobabble_ 18 годин тому

    I bought the book a few months back for the art, now i'll have to go back and have a look at the story!

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 17 годин тому

      The book has so many gems! I think it was around page 136, give or take 5 pages

    • @technobabble_
      @technobabble_ 17 годин тому

      @@Skyrionn I actually got it to plan out a good number of tattoos to go on my arms and back.

    • @Skyrionn
      @Skyrionn 7 годин тому

      That sounds cool. Which ones?