I think the coolest part of the Citadel was how Valve used it as environmental storytelling to show your progression through the story
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
IKR. It was so smart. Just this huge ominous building in the background
@JaxontheOkay
2 жыл бұрын
it was so cool how you could see it at just about any point in the game. i just wish it was a little more consistent just how big it is
@southpaw117
2 жыл бұрын
@@JaxontheOkay What do you mean by that? If anything, its position relative to Gordon's travels isn't, but all the models used are the same size.
@JaxontheOkay
2 жыл бұрын
@@southpaw117 that's about what i meant yeah. at certain distances, we shouldn't be able to see it like we do - but i'm okay with sacrificing a tiny bit of realism for more driving in the point of the grasp the combine has on earth
@southpaw117
2 жыл бұрын
@@JaxontheOkay What maps do you feel Valve made mistakes with? "Follow Freeman!" is definitely problematic from start to finish, but I'm curious to know what you may have issues with.
@Khris_HeimdallDetachment
2 жыл бұрын
Always thought of how imposing the Citadel is. Such a feeling of dread and anguish around it. I love it.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
100% Valve does story telling best.
@samuelhayden4710
2 жыл бұрын
Especially the sound effects. They’re terrifying.
@rockhound3.14
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn 200% agree!
@GoldenTiger01
2 жыл бұрын
You're going to love being made a slave then.
@PikkaBird
2 жыл бұрын
@@samuelhayden4710 All of HL2 and its episodes had what I would call the best overall sound design in all of gaming history. It has never been matched, not even by themselves.
@conker13245
2 жыл бұрын
in 6th grade we got to choose our final report and i chose the combine in a heartbeat 😂 made a 3 foot citadel outta cardboard... Good times my teacher was horrified
@4sythdude549
2 жыл бұрын
"And this is where resistance members get their ruthlessly tortured until they turn into Stalkers! "Very... interesting, Hank. I really, *really* hope that you get accepted into that art school you applied to! I'm sure everyone *really* hopes so as well!"
@dylanbksp
2 жыл бұрын
@@4sythdude549 i wonder if he's austrian
@Opinare
2 жыл бұрын
@@dylanbksp uh oh
@pyropulseIXXI
Жыл бұрын
my 6th grade report was on Brazil (Brasil)
@pyropulseIXXI
Жыл бұрын
@@4sythdude549 We need another Austrian man to save us from these trying times. I beg pray that conker isn't accepted to art school
@djoleluk
2 жыл бұрын
Now that is think about it, i guess we have more chance to be invaded by the actual interdimensional empire like the Combine before we get a Half Life 3 game from Valve.
@repkins
2 жыл бұрын
Half-Life IRL
@Flesh_Wizard
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, full life
@giganiqqa3381
11 ай бұрын
@@Flesh_WizardNo life if you die.
@eternal7912
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think the C17 citadel actually took 20 years to build, seeing as there are no years on the charts you see in HLA, but only months. So the Combine built that thing really fast for how big it was. Also, I have a theory about the citadels. We know the core was teleported in, but in Raising the Bar, there was an excerpt that talked about complete citadels being teleported in at the start of the 7 Hour War, holding many of their forces. Initially, I thought Half-Life Alyx simply tossed that idea out, but then I got to thinking, you know, for being constructed by aliens, the one we see in HL2 seems like it was built for humans. So my theory is that most of the citadels were teleported in when the Combine invaded, but the one in City 17 was built for Dr. Breen and to act as the center for the Trans-Human Arm. Further support for this is the fact that City 17 doesn't look like it was ever the center for some massive alien invasion that would have leveled much of the city (especially considering the Combine didn't originally intend on subjugating humanity, but simply laying waste to it, taking Earth's resources and moving on).
@christianmolick8647
2 жыл бұрын
The Citadels were warped in from other worlds.
@eternal7912
2 жыл бұрын
@@christianmolick8647 This is at least partially true. HLA clearly depicted the Citadel of City17 being constructed, even showing us a diagram of the different stages. Though the core was teleported in. It is unknown as to whether it was the same way for the rest of the citadels, or if they were teleported in in their entirety.
@Randy.Bobandy
2 жыл бұрын
@@eternal7912 no idea why they felt the need to change that. It’s annoying enough they fucked with the story but that’s just pointless retconning.
@WrynnCZ
Жыл бұрын
Im on the same boat with you. :)
@nuckj
Жыл бұрын
@@eternal7912 I always thought the whole citadel was teleported somewhat in the air, so that it could ram itself a kilometer down the ground when it falls :D
@the_tome_keeper42
2 жыл бұрын
I love how the Citadel is so monumental, that even when it is destroyed, you can still see it's remains from miles out.
@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034
2 жыл бұрын
It was an imponent structure and also a representation of the power of the Combine over all their conquer, plus their philosohphy of purely utilitarian and on-the-march architecture.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
It has meaning on so many levels. And there are so many levels haha
@pyropulseIXXI
Жыл бұрын
how often do they march?
@Hodenkat
2 жыл бұрын
I love how HL2 keeps getting re-evaluated decades after it's creation, and the number of mods is staggering. I think it's the "averageness" of the characters that gives it so much of it's appeal. The familiar surroundings of towns with broken infrastructure from years of war, yet well preserved areas that seem almost untouched gives it such dynamics! Many of us older gamers were on the cusp of the computer gaming revolution and truly see HL2's value and contributions to the genre as landmarks. It's so satisfying to see it's still being talked about and in many ways emulated in other games of today. Thanks for the history lesson of HL2!!
@alexdietrich7975
2 жыл бұрын
Without Half Life, we wouldn't have such inspired independent writers and developers releasing their art. There are such incredible games that give off major half life vibes that wouldn't have been possible without this gane series existing. Check out Industria, freaking wonderful shooter that needs more content or a sequel or SOMETHING, I played it twice and desire more.
@giganiqqa3381
11 ай бұрын
I only wish they kept a lot few more elements from the beta. Retail feels a little bit more like a glorified technical demo, but at the same time, you kind of wish for a little bit more. You kind of wish to see the results of the 7 hour war kind of wish to see the millions of millions of bodies that they probably have chucked in the ocean and mass graves. The hostile alien Is flora and fanua on overtaking and fighting the last of earth natives. The general starvation and lack of advanced medical care From the resistance. The state of other nations and what used to be left of them.valve can make spin off games showing these kind of things, and they would make millons.
@MtjaSaik
2 жыл бұрын
The coolest thing about the citadel to me is how it's so huge. It's just crazy, especially the moving tiles in the middle of it ( displayed at 22:55 ), I wonder what it's purpose is though.
@Wertyhappy27
2 жыл бұрын
I assume its a hanger, for the scanners, and other aircraft
@joshstraub6972
2 жыл бұрын
@@Wertyhappy27 big brain
@minelayer26
2 жыл бұрын
@@joshstraub6972 well its not hard to figure out, when your in the citadel in game you can see striders and gunships being built
@boonis5298
2 жыл бұрын
@@minelayer26 and you can see gunships flying out of it
@Bbhamadama888
2 жыл бұрын
Essentially, it’s the White House and a military base/factory combined into one building. Combine
@icecreamman9092
2 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think those "citadels" that can be seen through the portal to the combine overworld are citadels. I'm pretty sure they are some sort of portal spires that allow the portal to materialize on the combine overworld.
@alexdietrich7975
2 жыл бұрын
You could also be half correct. Half citadel, half portal spire? You see at the end of half life 2 the immense power and capability the citadel on earth has, being able to open the butt end of the portals that are initially created on the combine homeworld,, possibly from the power of combined citadels on their homeworld that we see in a glimpse through the failing portal at the end of the game
@fonkyfesh-old
2 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the citadel for the first time, wondering how many 1000's more they have on other planets, and if the Combine could actually be defeated at all
@512TheWolf512
2 жыл бұрын
antlions are NOT native to Xen, they're native to the Vort's home! and Vorts also don't require them to exist, so they did not purposely get them to Eaerth either. they're simply stowaways, from the Combine.
@KatarinaBohtana
2 жыл бұрын
Technically, no one was native to Xen, all the species on Xen was teleported by the Nihilanth race.
@GrimZJako
2 жыл бұрын
Eaerth
@512TheWolf512
2 жыл бұрын
@@KatarinaBohtana I believe the animals that are present there in hl1 are all native, except the flying ones that take part in the assault on Earth
@farawaygaming_
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe the vorts did bring some antlions with them to xen, after all they do have those healing showers In the factories. And the water is the same color as the antlion extract
@KatarinaBohtana
Жыл бұрын
@@mado-wh4jv Actually, the vortigaunts encountered the combine on their homeworld. In a last ditch effort, the last surviving vortigaunts discovered Xen as a way to escape, where they were able to hide until the Nihilanth escaped as well and proceded to take advantage of it's power over them, seeing itself as superior and the rightful ruler of Xen.
@greyraven9164
Жыл бұрын
Seeing the Citadel in Alyx after 12/13 years of wait was like..... being that 11 years old kid playing Half Life 1 for the first time. Mind blowing. VR is perfect for Half Life universe.
@madscientist1045
2 жыл бұрын
The retail version of the citadel is the coolest looking for sure
@NovaBoi7
Жыл бұрын
U have an image of it
@madscientist1045
Жыл бұрын
@@NovaBoi7 bruh it's the actual citadel in the current half life 2 not the beta leaks
@MostlyPennyCat
2 жыл бұрын
That wasn't the force of an atomic bomb, that was the force of a hydrogen bomb, looking at what's shown in the game it looks equivalent to the big ones, the multi-megatons, maybe up to castle-bravo size at 15 Megatons. I'll have a further think about this, seems an interesting problem.
@NovaBoi7
Жыл бұрын
New thoughts?
@concept5631
Жыл бұрын
If the explosion was that powerful, I wonder how Gordon and Alyx survived it. Far away as they may have been, 15 megatons is 15 megatons.
@MostlyPennyCat
2 жыл бұрын
Dear god half life 2 is still so beautiful. The ascension to the top is gorgeous, as the sound fades and you _feel_ higher just through good art direction. I know it's just a simple today texture of the city but the transition is perfect, the colour is perfect and the sound is perfect. In case you don't know, all the sound direction and music direction was performed by one man, it's why they all got together so well.
@concept5631
Жыл бұрын
Got any new thoughts?
@MINISCULE2
2 жыл бұрын
i noticed that in every video you make you sound monotone but only once you get to the behind the scenes part you actually get emotion
@dansmoothback9644
2 жыл бұрын
Every few years i replay hl and the episodes. Started recently and then stopped for some reason. These lore vids have given me new motivation. Just, everything about the universe and story are so compelling and grand, yet weirdly relatable. That combined with the actual gameplay makes it, to me, game of the century...so far
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad they could help in some way. I always get the urge to replay them properly when capturing the footage too!
@brandonpearson3826
Жыл бұрын
Full playthrough from black mesa all the way through alex this winter. have to play it during the cold season. somthing about having the window open when its 57 degrees out all bundled up in blankets and covers while playing this game just feels soo good :) oh and snacks
@leonidas1093
Жыл бұрын
Sounds awesome!
@thebiggerboat3236
2 жыл бұрын
I think HL:A is a really fun game, but its' retconning of certain things is sometimes an unwelcome change. Before Alyx, the Citadel was a massive super-structure that was presumably just fucking dropped violently and forcefully onto the world as a whole, and was very much hinted to be a sort of synth. The uncanny mechanical screaming and groaning, the weird wires that look like arteries and veins, and the way the citadel movies in an organic way suggests that it isn't just some military super-building that was constructed in a traditional sense, but was actually another alien creature that was agonizingly mutilated and turned into a techno-lovecraftian biomechanical war machine to suit the Combine's purposes. Having the Citadel's only true otherworldly essence come from some imported dark fusion reactor really reduces the intrigue and subtle themes of horror that the Combine are supposed to represent.
@Randy.Bobandy
2 жыл бұрын
I hate all the retconning Alyx did, it’s all pointless as well. I feel like they did it just cause they couldn’t use the original story any more.
@ThyBigCheddar
Жыл бұрын
It's not retconning if you don't know. Then it's just explaining.
@thebiggerboat3236
Жыл бұрын
@@ThyBigCheddar poop
@theunholyadventurer2376
Жыл бұрын
I mean, it still can be that same feeling that it's a living creature. Just because it was built and constructed "traditionally" doesn't mean that it can't be a living being still. Much like how every other synth is most likely also just constructed.
@thebiggerboat3236
Жыл бұрын
@@theunholyadventurer2376 Other synths are not "just constructed". They are all fashioned in the same way an Overwatch soldier is. A pre-existing, entirely organic being that has been artificially and horrifically modified and outfitted with highly invasive procedures in order to serve the Combine's interests, with little regard for the well-being of the creature outside of functional capacity for service. The idea that the Citadel has been 'constructed' suggests that its a traditional structure rather than a half-living (half-life) spear that was symbolically stabbed into the Earth after being teleported from another world.
@krush454
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the video, I always love your lore videos. The first time I played HL2 I was losing my mind in awe of the strange beauty when Gordon is moving up the citadel to Breen's office. And your voice sounded fine, calm relaxed and awesome, as always!
@j.michaelwiiams1859
2 жыл бұрын
This whole time I thought they sent the entire thing down in one piece…I never thought they actually built it out on earth.
@waitholdonwhat28
11 ай бұрын
They did sent the core and base down
@newcastleman86
2 жыл бұрын
The Citadel is alway cool to see in the game when playing. We have a science lab here where I live it’s a cool looking building. It’s call FermiLab in Illinois. Me and my friends call it the citadel lol. Great video!
@asoldierfromopposingforce2806
2 жыл бұрын
Its strange how combine are trying there best to make the earth in control and i think they also found some good technology like the portal which help them and they trying there best to control humans maybe earth was really helpfull for them
@Mae_Dastardly
2 жыл бұрын
I like to think that literally all they care about is the portal technology, like Earth's resources and humans are just a little extra something to help recuperate costs while they look for the portal technology, and once they get it they're just gonna fuck off and leave humanity to slowly starve to death on their barren world because they're not worth the resources it takes to oppress anymore
@unfa00
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for creating such amazing story and lore exploration for the game fans to enjoy! I really appreciate your calm and objective writing style as well as your narration. Awesome work!
@brodno1945
2 жыл бұрын
That shot of the moon at the beginning got me thinking. You reckon the combine colonised the moon?
@jb9two957
2 жыл бұрын
what is the true form of the combine, we see the synths, advisor grubs and mechs. but is their true original form ever explained in any way?
@eidoneverchoosen1171
2 жыл бұрын
No I believe the ones who kead the combine. Combined themselves with to many machines and aliens their true forms ha e long since been forgotten the have no history because they dont record anything that isn't about conquest and assimilating new technology and aliens.
@NKiwi2903
2 жыл бұрын
There probably is one alien race that first "founded" the combine, but now every species under their controll is part of the combine. Maybe these original "founders" are still the highest leaders of the combine or just became a part of it.
@imnolongerasking5933
2 жыл бұрын
@@NKiwi2903 Or maybe they were long gone and their former subjects run the war machine
@binbows2258
2 жыл бұрын
I always thought that perhaps the Combine was initially created by an A.I who just began conquering stuff and building an empire. With how coordinated and lethal the Combine is, I highly doubt there's a whole network of bureaucracy. I think that there is no civilian population of the combine, and instead, it's really just a giant military whichs absorbs other militaries into its own military to become even more powerful. Basically I think an A.I created an imperialistic, self-sustaining military that is not in service of a civilian population, but rather exists only to continue to grow itself.
@eternal7912
2 жыл бұрын
The Advisors seem to be the current master race, but we know they too had been assimilated at some point. My guess, is the Combine got so unimaginably vast and efficient, that the species that started it kind of got assimilated by their own "machine" and are now one of many twisted cyborg lifeforms that the Combine has in their numbers.
@ADHD55
2 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍
@mrcombine4312
2 жыл бұрын
21:37 that part is VERY interesting!
@ezra5325
2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I wonder if there's an combine engineer who help construct stuffs in the city, it would be cool to see one.
@AmBush2048
2 жыл бұрын
Alyx has that, to a degree
@lucamckenn5932
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't be too far fetched. In Halo the Covenant take advantage of a forerunner race known simply as engineers. They're quite simple: they see technology and they fix it. The Combine likely do have access to a servitor race that explicitly works on their technology/construction. Lots of peeps in the multi verses.
@crypticglow5075
2 жыл бұрын
Your Chanel and videos are so underrated bro. Love your work
@paweszutowicz5732
Жыл бұрын
Imagine during the singularity collapse of the citadels core your a elite damaged laying on a apc. Nothing to help you. Vocoder damaged. You just want your suffering to end.
@abnormality3345
Жыл бұрын
Glad you didn’t spoil anything at 15:29. Nice you’re still aware of the uneducated 🙂
@dkkanofkash8798
Жыл бұрын
If you want to have a look at an alternate Citadel design, just look at the Citadel from Lambda Wars which functions as the main headquarters of the Combine faction. All other Citadels in the story are probably smaller guard towers with spotlights or just Combine Depots for local control.
@SlavMarine
Жыл бұрын
All that advanced technology, and the office on top of it for W.B. .. but there's no bathroom anywhere.
@SillyandStrangeYT
Жыл бұрын
Beautifully done videos, thank you for putting these together. Love the lore of HL.
@Kappa7837
2 жыл бұрын
I would like a Alternate Scenario where the Combine take full control and let Humans Breed again and have a functional Society.
@SerpentNight
2 жыл бұрын
The visuals in "Half-Life: Alyx" remind me quite a bit of the manga "Battle Angel Alita".
@negible
22 күн бұрын
same
@ThisIsFolks
Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time going up through the citadel and seeing that it was a giant synth factory. It gave a sudden realization that the resistance truly had no chance.
@Robloxplayer456-kk3wv
27 күн бұрын
Maybe modes the Citadel could enter is raid, infection, riot or rogue, so basically raid would be a rebel raid, infection being an infection like headcrabs, riot being well a riot around it, and rogue which is rogue personnel, I do think each Citadel would have different purposes like one for storage, one for transportation, one for communication ETC.
@Totallynotmskaven
Ай бұрын
I believe that the combine advisors ARE the combine species. The lack of any major arguments besides the visitor which allows them to see and the mask to allow them to breathe but the arms seem to be a separate attachment that goes underneath the clothes. The clothes seem to have a caller with text on it but the text looks less harsh than the text we see on the posters and the insignia of the combine units. And thats why I believe that the combine advisors are the combine species.
@denifnaf5874
13 күн бұрын
19:30 my theory: on the other side of the portal Bellow the portal is on a citadel sized structure and those other towers are much higher than that said structure
@vesnabernjak-ord8674
10 ай бұрын
Ok, I have a theory on how destroy the combine before they go through the super portal, if the rebels can find a number of nuclear warheads or combine weaponry similar to nukes they might be able to push them through the portal, resulting in them exploding while they are inside the combines world.
@large-turkey
9 ай бұрын
Where are they gonna find a 'number of nuclear warheads' 💀 And even if the Rebels WERE able to acquire a set of nuclear weapons, how would they 'push' them through the portal?
@yourdad6902
19 күн бұрын
@@large-turkey well it's quite funny you say that nukes have these things on em that help move it some sort of thing that rockets used what's it called again so I don't think "pushing it" is needed
@ziongite
2 жыл бұрын
The blast in city 17 would be much larger than an atomic bomb BTW. City 17 when you go up in the citadel, you can see the ground map portraying the city, it's portraying a megacity essentially, something the size of Tokyo, Beijing, NY, London etc. To be able to destroy all of that, the blast would have to be as powerful as hundreds of atomic bombs actually. Because in real life Hiroshima was only a small sized city by today's standards, it had less than half a million people, and the atomic bomb dropped on that city didn't even destroy the entire city, parts of that city survived if you look at historical birds eye view photos, that's how around a quarter or a third of the people in that city survived. If the atomic bomb couldn't even take out a small city fully, it's not going to take out a megacity like city 17 is portrayed. The blast to destroy city 17 would have to be more akin to that giant bomb that Russia made, the Tsar bomb I think it was called, 50 megaton bomb. BTW China's biggest nuke is something like 5 megaton, so only 1/10th the power of the Tsar bomb. You generally need something around 20-30 megaton to be able to take out an entire megacity.
@The-Plaguefellow
Жыл бұрын
Someone else already pointed out the enunciation-based double-entendre of The Combine's name, that of the Combine (COM-bine) Harvester since they come along and mass-exploit the planets and species they come across, and that of the word "combine" (com-BINE) since they create creatures/machines of synthetic and organic beings. But, a possible third layer to this is that "Combine" (COM-bine) can also be used to refer to groups of companies/corporations that, economically, function as a single unit. Considering the discussion of contracts, advisors, administrators, etc. over more typical government terminology, this adds another layer of meaning to The Combine's name. At least, in my opinion, that is.
@arandomdragon1534
Жыл бұрын
For the slight lore inconsistency, it could be that part of the city vanished when the core of the citadel was brought in with the rest of it hen being built in situ.
@MostlyPennyCat
2 жыл бұрын
Name a game moment equal to or more cathartic than the gravity gun getting supercharged but the security field and going ham at the Overwatch Elite and watching them just turbo panic. I'm sure there is but memory fails me at the moment
@lisvender
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe getting the hyper beam in Super Metroid
@zekromfan1
7 ай бұрын
It’s funny to think that the Combine need an entire room with large energy beams to serve the same function an Aperture Science Emancipation Grill does on a much smaller scale. Though they may be incredibly advanced, they’re woefully inefficient, and their technology isn’t even at the same level as ours. Black Mesa was capable don’t get me wrong, but maybe Cave Johnson was onto something when he suspected they were stealing from his company. Aperture is beyond either of the two of them when it comes to technological advancement, it came at the cost of morality and human life, but hey even that’s a bit ironic given that the facility is entirely automated at this point, with AI and machines creating new advancements every day.
@therealevilmudbug
2 жыл бұрын
Babe, wake up, new Skrionne video just dropped
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Hello :D
@mattsen4297
2 жыл бұрын
wish we got to see more of how the combine work
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I'd have loved to see that too
@OnePolishMoFo
2 жыл бұрын
When I think Half Life my mind always goes to The Citadel. An Alien contruct, intimidatingly towering into the clouds. Looming over the remnants of a European city. What few humans are left are essentially shackled and at their overlord's mercy. It's hopeless.
@qcompressed1409
Жыл бұрын
Breen as an advisor with all his knowledge would be absolutely devastating
@SonyIchinose
Ай бұрын
2:32 where is this space skybox from? i love it
@desireddeath7777
29 күн бұрын
Following
@lorenzovalencia6816
Жыл бұрын
At the end of Episode 1 when the citadel is exploding, is that a portal at the top that opens? I've always wondered what that is
@ziongite
2 жыл бұрын
Umm no. The Citadel is not as tall as Mt Everest, that's just another example of why you shouldn't read crap from random reddit posts. You literally can see cars in the city map while you are at the top just before reaching Breen's office. Sorry, but you aren't going to be able to make out cars or even roads from 8.8km high, which is the altitude of Mr Everest. BTW you can't even breath at that altitude either. Stop reading stupid reddit posts. The tower is clearly nowhere near that height, you can see the top of the tower just by standing in the city, it's literally akin to something like the Burj Khalifa, meaning it's 800m-1km in height.
@lordofthebeltsthereturnoft1127
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, a stupid claim. Obviously Skyrionn takes any random reddit thing as the gospel however, he mustn't realise that reddit is 99% full of random kids just typing crap who really have no clue what they are talking about.
@SlyIdiot
Жыл бұрын
ok lol
@waitholdonwhat28
11 ай бұрын
@@lordofthebeltsthereturnoft1127 I dont think he got this from reddit, its just fun to speculate Half Life's universe since there are a lot of unknowns, some are caused by tech of the time. But yeah based on the games including Alyx Its seems to be arround 2 to 3 KM, which is rather disappointing.
@MacElMasMancoDeTodos
Жыл бұрын
"The transport of resources was very important: Materials, striders, *prisioners* " *HHHMMMMMMMM* 🤔🤨
@LambdaHXBN
2 жыл бұрын
I've heard a theory that says that the citadel is just a giant thumper, to prevent antlions from going into the city, and when in episode 1, since the citadel got pee pee poo poo'd it got turned off, and antlions came into the city. what reminded me of this theory was the things outside of the citadel and in the underground part, the things that rise and then fall down, just like giant thumpers
@orangequill1645
2 жыл бұрын
I also assume the antlions learnt the hard way to not fuck around in a city with people swarming everywhere
@trashmammal9203
2 жыл бұрын
Well, there are the massive smartwalls, that just smash and eat through everything, so I think they act like thumpers
@LambdaHXBN
2 жыл бұрын
maybe but they arent always crushing, unlike the actual thumper
@abdullahtshabal9522
2 жыл бұрын
Another inspiration for the Citadel would be the Agosthino Neto mausoleum in Angola
@timwlake
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Where did you get those sprawling cityscapes of City 17? Did you make them yourself?
@cscdvmp
Жыл бұрын
hi Skyrionn, I love every videos you made about HL universe. What about combine/human weapons, all guns. there might be a reason for all of those weapons are used for both combine soldiers and resistance. Please make video about this. How they are produced ? Where did resistance get all of the weapons/guns. Why there is no factory for weapon production ? Why combine still use earth product ? :D Thanks.
@fernandovarhenvidal
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video!✨
@carmelosgro6413
2 жыл бұрын
I would have liked a brief description of the other citideles. Maybe you could write a story, about the others
@norispade32
6 ай бұрын
Citadels from the other regions of the planet definitely serve different purpose with the one in City-17. Because if all Citadels are the same, then why didn't the Combine just destroy the other Citadel to start another creation of the portal storm after Episode 2? The resistance only has one rocket. So I assume City-17's Citadel is the only one capable of sending a package that can open a portal, the other Citadels only serve as main headquarters of the Combine forces.
@TheOriginalGueza
2 жыл бұрын
I don't play or care about half life at all and to be honest I don't have a clue what this video is about really... But if you upload a lore video, I'm watching it. It's as simple as that.
@SirGingerOfKnight
2 жыл бұрын
That moment in the watch later list, when I hear the intro noise.
@nonyabeeznuss304
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I first saw the Citadel being struck by how alien and bizarre it looked.
@wisecup2
2 жыл бұрын
You doing good work dude. Keep it up
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@BurningGhosts
6 ай бұрын
This is my number one favorite fictional structure of all time
@AngryPenguin22
2 жыл бұрын
The footage for this is fantastic. Great video!
@Noruzenchi86
2 жыл бұрын
12:40 *reminded of carmelldansen citadel*
@uberpod49358
11 ай бұрын
all my favorite designed for everything in half-life 2 are the all the ones we received.
@FirestormDDash
2 жыл бұрын
They could still use the organic citadel at some point. If there is ever a return to Half Life, and a reinvasion from the Combine, The first tower was metal for the sake of control and automation. But now with the combine angered, they switch to the the more organic to represent they simply want to infect and consume humanity.
@Cellmate412162
Жыл бұрын
I say when the Combine Empire falls, keep the Razor Trains, cuz they’re an awesome design. :)
@YegryYeqana
2 жыл бұрын
In the virtual end Lore WHEN?
@martinvymazal8361
Жыл бұрын
Im gonna someday make a beta hl2 game where you will see the organic citadel
@512TheWolf512
2 жыл бұрын
episode 1 is my favourite part of the half-life games
@robertsdzelzkalejs4255
2 жыл бұрын
I never played Half-life but it seems worth it for the lore!
@TheStoodUpKid
2 жыл бұрын
dew it
@originalityisdead.9513
2 жыл бұрын
You have no idea what you're missing. If you have a PC you can pick them up cheap, Black Mesa the Half Life Remake is well worh it.
@icemasterpro
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the entire half life collection can go for under $20 in the summer sale
@originalityisdead.9513
2 жыл бұрын
@@icemasterpro It's 40% off now.
@Haunuva
2 жыл бұрын
Go piratebay
@atyeszpapesz1426
2 жыл бұрын
Organic Citadel looks more like how the combine we kind of knew in half life 1, i feel like the way it looks makes it feel like they got something alive and mad eit into this stiching pieaces to it, like the Nihilanth it has chains and an extra arm stiched to it, also the vortagaunts has chains on them, also it has a xen feeling to it which i think would make sense since xen was the place the combine and their slave aliens came from so whoever combine made the citadel would probably originate close to xen and so have a similar style, but then again to have that we would have to have all of half life 2 feel like half life, its hard to explain but still i think this version is good for this game, for a different kind of half life 2, one more like the original i would prefer the organic one more haha
@koryaiine7393
2 жыл бұрын
You've woke up the hive, Gordon!
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I heard that in his voice
@koryaiine7393
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn 😁
@The_bb1
6 ай бұрын
I still find it funny that a late scientist could somewhat "single handily" beat a inter dimensional army
@explosivenecklace8516
2 жыл бұрын
Bloody Aberystwyth!? Always get surprised when I see Cymru, somewhere so relatively small, mentioned or referenced in somethign so big and popular Edit: You sound so Welshy saying Aberystwyth lmao
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
What can I say, I was so happy to see something Welsh somewhat related to Half-Life. My accent has faded since I moved near Liverpool but it comes back every now and then
@Pnezyx2056
Жыл бұрын
aperture was under city 17 and the citadel
@Loch_Ness_Lachster
Жыл бұрын
By ya’ll, what stronger? Combine Metal or 2 Lego Plates stuck Together?
@amirsalih2332
4 ай бұрын
Combine Metal,if you have a lego brick separator (the orange/grey/black/blue/green) weird parts,you can split it
@amirsalih2332
4 ай бұрын
Don't r/whoosh me,I get the joke
@buddhablue21
2 жыл бұрын
Great job!
@TheKingTywinLannister
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. Thanks. 👍
@babufacio_____wczesniejvin2847
Жыл бұрын
When film about Half Life best commando Mitchell Shephard
@ihatehandlestheyareannoying
2 жыл бұрын
I like to think all of the other citadels across the planet are the unused citadels, the ones you showed at 20:44.
@Nin0z1
2 жыл бұрын
Here we go again! Great vid as always. 😎
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome sauce. Thanks for watching :D
@bat8616
2 жыл бұрын
Incredible video.
@zschwaihilii8596
2 жыл бұрын
Great video I never knew it was this deep
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
The Citadel is so deep haha
@kevbrown2589
2 жыл бұрын
The Citadel was as it should be. It was freaky as heck.
@MichaelMaxwell747
2 жыл бұрын
A very good breakdown.
@RetiredMemeLord
2 жыл бұрын
the Bigger they are, the Harder they Fall
@JustAnCrow
Жыл бұрын
Wait the Striders weren’t build by the combine?
@Robert-gb1pr
2 жыл бұрын
can you also do a video explaining what happened to the citadel on the inside when it blew up
@kadrix732
2 жыл бұрын
I'm confused about the height of the citadel. In most places I've heard that the building here is approximately 2,5 kilometres tall, while here, it's said that it's over 8,4... The citadel in barely touches the clouds, something seems off about this. (Not calling you wrong, it's just strange)
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I understand with that everyone will have their own idea on how big it is. I just thought I'd mention the height from the Reddit thread ☺
@kadrix732
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn Literally just after I wrote this comment, I found the thread you were referring to xD That solves my confusion, though I'm still uncertain about the whole thing. Also, great video by the way!
@trashmammal9203
2 жыл бұрын
I heard it's 17 miles tall, some in the ground.
@kadrix732
2 жыл бұрын
@@trashmammal9203 Don't think that's it either tbh. 17 miles is a lot.
@RSaBBproductions
8 ай бұрын
I found an image that says it's 3.4km tall
@_the_primer_
2 жыл бұрын
So there is a citadel in every city created after the 7 hour War? How many citadels are on Earth and which is the center? I always figured when I first played H-L 2 in 2005 that the citadel was unique Mostly becuase Breen was there, and Freeman appeared from nowhere So does anyone know the lore as to how many cities and citadels were created after the 7 hour War?
@binbows2258
2 жыл бұрын
We don't know how many Citadels there are, but there are probably more than one. Dr. Kleiner in HL2: EP1 says that there's a linked network of Citadel reactors. I think that there's one Citadel per city, but City 17 was chosen as Dr. Breen's base of operations for an unknown reason.
@murrmakesstuff9269
Жыл бұрын
I think city 17 has the only citadel that could communicate with the advisors but I'm probably wrong
@NovaBoi7
Жыл бұрын
@@binbows2258 that would mean that they're over 10,000 citadels
@RSaBBproductions
8 ай бұрын
There is only 24 cities in the train station menu, so i believe there is 24 citadels
@squadenjoyer
2 жыл бұрын
love your explainations
@Emeraude_Gamer
2 жыл бұрын
it's still a pleasure.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Heyo. Thanks for clicking on
@Emeraude_Gamer
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn well it's still a pleasure to learn more about Half-life/Portal lore
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