ANTI-CITIZENS - A Half-Life: Alyx Short [S2FM] 

The way the Charger was still breathing and calling out to the Captain saying he's still alive was kinda haunting.

I love at how 2:19 the charger states "Don't resist" because of how he immediately isnt on kill order. And then he immediately blasts the shit out of the technician when she fires at him. Love that

The difference between human cp and synth soldier is hauntingly beautiful. Human CP: When injured, looking at attackers for mercy or help. Synth Soldier: When injured, called to his squad leader that he is still alive. I have a small bit of sympathy for the civil protection, they are trying to survive. I am horrified by the killing machines that are the soldiers.

2:22 Imagine blasting someone point blank with a shotgun and hearing him radio back "Hostile spikes ineffective"

One of the things I love most about these animations is how we actually get to see the bad guys kick ass for once.

The ending dialogue from the Charger is just plain unsettling. The explosion left him blind and near death, he reports to the Oridinal that he has negative visual on the target but that he is still alive, the oridinal responds simply by saying that a containment team is inbound.

The thing I love about 0:35 is that you hear the soldier at the window grunt instead of doing the flatline noise, which foreshadows him being alive later

2:09 the way the soldier’s footsteps sync with the fading of thunder is genius. The rebels don’t even notice it at first because the thunder masks it, and they only react when they realize… “that thunder has been trailing for a bit too long…”

Dude this is one of the most high quality sfm animations ever made. The acting, the sound, the movement, everything is incredible.

What I love about these type of animations is that no character has plot armor. Giving a sense of realism.

0:35 the first combine doesn’t make a flatline so he didn’t die yet love the attention to detail!

Dude, the wallhammer at the end still giving his ordinal information about the anti-civilians, really just shows how far their augmentations are. One sentence, holy fucking shit.

I love how that everyone in that room immediately feels guilty for executing the CP. Even the guy who executed the CP immediately gave an excuse to a question nobody asked which means he was probably trying to convince himself more than anyone. Nobody can argue with it too, twenty seconds ago they were already determined to kill everyone in that room, and trying to argue it now would just create internal conflict, low morale, and a lowered guard that would of let the Wallhamner murder them all in the end anyway. All of these moral dilemmas and the resulting conflict simply cannot exist when you're fighting against an enemy that took over the planet in seven hours. So what's left is the deafening silence of everyone in that room, despite the Combine being willing to do the same and more, was thinking the exact same thing that what just happened was fucked up and absolutely nothing can or should or be done about it.

2:41 for once in his life, this rebel could look at his own back without using a mirror

2:20 holy shit, yeah I knew that alive CP was a problem. The hammer nailed those rebels in just about 15 seconds.

My god combine feels like unstopable killing machine, who can kill you with single punch, and that amazing atmosphere, i watched on one breath. Amazing work

Damn, that was fast for another 3-minute piece. I really like how the training and providence of the different characters come through in their actions. The CPs are basically conscripts intended to operate under Overwatch supervision 100% of the time, so when they're put up against an actual opponent who fights back, they're immediately off-balance, hesitate, forget basic procedures under stress, and so forth. The Rebels, meanwhile are a little sloppy owing to a lack of training, but have a drive behind them. They've already committed to their purpose and get it done, even if they display a fatal lack of urgency after the CPs get off a radio transmission, and Overwatch reads their flatlines. But Transhuman Soldiers... They're something else entirely. Their entire life is to fulfil the function of an immune cell in an organism so large the word 'civilization' can't even scratch at it. They have no self-preservation instincts left, only the pragmatism or programing to remain alive for the sake of completing their mission. Unlike many other game, where it's just a limitation of them being 'games' when every living enemy you meet fights you till their dying breath, no matter the cost, Combine soldiers would actually do that if their mission profile demanded it. They're terrifying, badass, my favorite antagonists from any setting, and Parry God does them justice like not even the games do.

i love the detail of the metrocop breathing hesitantly before deciding to take a stand and fight at the beginning, really highlights the human instinct that separates the metrocops from the soldiers

i love this short so much, one thing i really thought was cool was how at 2:40 the wall-hammer just lets out a scream under all of the chaos before hitting the guy, like hes actually getting frustrated fighting these guys

It never occurred to me how terrifying Wallhammers must be.

This is gold, man. Start a Kickstarter and get a feature film set in the HL universe going!

The phrase "Preparing hammer" is the last thing you want to hear when you're trapped in a small room with Wallhammer. Plus I love how his baton isn't just some stunstick, he literally just kills you with one hit.

Love how the characters actually get built up before being slaughtered, shows the amorality and mercilessness of the Combine

The ending with a mutilated shotgunner reporting lack visual contact was brutal. Great stuff, really impressed by your work.

You could see the hesitation in that 3rd CP when he was deciding whether or not to peek around that corner. My man... and the execution of the dying CP? Amazing work. Parry, you do human combine units so much justice.

I found anti citizen yesterday. I then watched all of your videos with my friend. We couldn't stop talking about how fucking insane the atmosphere and the tension was in your videos! You are a fucking god, parry. The name is fitting, much love

Seeing the impact of the Wallhammer’s baton on the Rebel near the end made me realize how we could allow better death sequences in VR, maybe freeze framing mid-way through your character’s recoiling

The way you do violence in your animations is terrifying, reminds me of sicario. no pomp and circumstance no good feel to it, just efficient and abrupt

Damn man, this is great stuff!

" Don't resist " *BLAM* Though in all seriousness, I love how the unit goes ahead to ask the technician to not resist before blasting her after she fires back. and then tells the other resistance fighter in the end when he looked down at him to not do it while he finished reloading. Sort of a nice touch for what is otherwise seen as brutal and merciless walking biomechanical soldiers of death.

That "Don't Resist" at 2:19 is just hilarious to me. You can just hear it in the Wallhammer's voice - he said "don't resist," but he meant "Please resist" Also just now realized that this short really lets Wallhammer live up to his name - he comes in via hammering through a wall. Unbelieveably impressive, I think you do the Half Life 2 atmosphere in Source 2 better than almost anyone

I like how this is all done is (mostly) one long shot without any cuts while also keeping the camera rather low on eye height, it helps getting the feeling of what these 3 fellas are feeling. Also like the small sprinkle of "He could have lifed / but he is a traitor", always gotta love anything that has to do with that. Whenever it is "Do I choose to stay miserable, but human, or do I choose to have a more or less decent meal?"

I love how the still living Wallhammer, despite unable to move and barely breathing, is fulfilling his last duty by letting his superiors know about the mission status. It reminds me of the Zombine Soldiers who still transmit warnings to their comrades, even though an alien parasite has taken full control over their body, leaving them stranded and helpless. They are completely ambivalent towards the value of the individual and thus, themselves, prepared to pay any cost to protect the collective. Beautiful short! I hope we'll find out what happens to the remaining Rebel and whether he escapes or dies a similar, helpless death as his team.

The ending scene - the blind half-dead wallhammer letting out a muffled 'can't stop' groan as he hears the ordinal's demand and reporting 'negative visuals' and being 'still active' despite lying on the floor as he expires is arguably more terrifying than the wounded cp's plea for mercy

0:53 that CP had nice aim bro

I just kept repeating that part where the mortally wounded CP was begging to live and felt both guilt and extreme sadness just watching that one scene

Shows how the resistance shows resentment to the combine and either side will show no mercy. while watching the video I was very interested at the ending which shows the combine charger still barely alive talking to an ordinal over the radio. Like it really shows how the heavy counterparts of the combine soldier variations not easily killed. I really liked that touch of detail along with the lighting. Great job!

1:45 the SMG dude just involuntarily killed this mans family if he had any. If a CP dies, so do their loved ones

I'm at a loss for words... I just got these shorts recommended by the algorithm, and boy was I surprised to see something so completely different from all the (crappy) SFM's I'm used to seeing. The production quality on these is truly beyond professional! I love that you manage to capture that distinct 'Half-life atmosphere' that most other SFM shorts often lack. You stay true to the lore, and yet also expand on it, without soiling it with out of place tonal shifts or fanfic additions that don't work in the Half-Life universe. And that is to be commended! You've got me hooked and wanting more, keep it up!

Brilliant work 👍

2:41 You can feel the raw brutality through this smack. Absolute masterpiece, TheParryGod.

The sound design is brilliant you can literally hear the heavy coming up to the wall as the two rebels talk, not to mention the pained breath on both the cop and the heavy at the end, showing signs that there is still human parts within all that combine modification. Top Quality animation.

Damn! Wallcharger really is more machine than man at this point, he's like a robot almost, even narrating his moves so they can be later analyzed like improving combat effectiveness.

This was really cool, I liked it when after executing the injured CP, that the resistance member said '"He chose his side!" really nice look into the world of half-life.

That action sequence with the wallhammer was glorious. It's always cool seeing the combine portrayed as an actual threat, rather than just NPCs that walk in a straight line towards you and die after 5 shots from a pistol.

0:50 i like how you can see the cop shoot before his gun actually points at the rebel in the doorway. I doubt they were trained very well, being so unmodified compared to soldiers

I would wholeheartedly support Parry to make a full length movie out of this.

Amazing

TheParryGods content is simple a whole intense community on its own! He literally produced Half Life *Movies* where there is a severe drought of 2:41 - I *never* realized that how Strong that the Combine Chargers are like damn! I often wonder thought does the Combine deliberately treated humans worse off compared to other conquered sapient species throughout the multiverse and universe or the combine essential goal is to either entirely subjugate a species whole or outright render them extinct

Holy hell. Even if this whole thing is just 3 minutes, it screams such satisfaction out of it. Really like how the "nerdy" Civilian really isnt keen on executing the CP soldier, so his collegue has to. Also that Charger bursting trough was an unexpected twist to me, but that doesn't mean I dont like it - you can't expect Combine to give up so easily. Either way, your hard work for Month has really paid off. Its a shame you are such an underrated animator. Please, whatever else you will be working on, with or without breaks - take your time. Thank you.

It’s ridiculous that something so high-quality has so little views. You’re *really* good at SFM, dude. I subscribed.

No cuts. Incredible! I hope Valve accept this as canon.

I love these so much the voice acting and the way they talk to each other feel so real

At 2:42 it showed how brutal the combine forces were to the humans very well and this whole short film felt like I was at the same place

seeing a Wallhammer RUN towards you with a stunstick must be terrifying

This comment is a little late, but I've always wanted a half life series where each episode was it's own separate story following different people in the half life universe, seeing this is incredible and the closest I think we will ever get to that, keep up the amazing work

2:19 I love how the Combine Charger gives every opportunity for the rebels to surrender and only fired after being fired upon. The way he tries to force compliance with an intimidating "Don't resist." line after the grand entrace, only to blast the woman across the room not a moment later, after she had let off a single shot. As well as not engaging the others until they opened fire. Trying to take in as many alive as possible for later questioning and most likely horrific punishment. This is further the case at the final, after bashing one with his 'hammer' and ordering the other guy to not move. Truly an amazing piece to the combine collection. Each new animation seems to be better than your last.

Once again you take everyone's breath away with a S2FM short.

This is amazing. Imagine an hour long movie of this, well done!

Have you ever hit with a stick someone so fucking hard their entire neck breaks? The wall hammer just did!

The background environment alone is worth watching this for, that beauty in desolation both in visuals and tone is really excellent. I've always loved the design of half life 2 and alyx, these shorts really get it, the atmosphere, the characters and those weird little quirks and details in the combine machinery or the occasional xen organism's behavior is truly immersive

I swear to god your videos are on another level of editing, you deserve way more subs bro.

I really do love how the guns are shown as having a lot of thoonk to them, it makes them feel way more powerful and makes the Resistance seem hopeless, amazing work as always dude.

I was wondering why that first metrocop didn't flatline...he wasn't dead! Brilliant touch.

Poor wallhammer, he paralyzed and blind and hurt but still reporting it to overwatch/ordinal, a real work

Impressive work as always Having Chungus use his cut baton attack just makes me wish we got way more ruthless enemies in HL:A

You are one of the best SFM and S2FM artist i've ever seen. Great job!

Idk how you keep topping yourself with every S2FM you make. You're just pumping out masterpiece after masterpiece rn.

this is so criminally underrated

The physics of the man getting slapped by that stunstick were beautiful if only for 2 seconds. The whole 2nd fight was incredible

Oh my god, This is quite possibly one of THE BEST SFM Animations out there. It completely feels like this is an Official Valve animation and the Atmosphere and Setting are AMAZING! Great work!

01:24 that bonnet looks good

2:58 I can’t believe the Wallhammer was still alive.

The way the camera moves, the still segment of the scenery at the start and the lighting, combine corpse and background in the end of the video is all in all is brilliant cinematography, it reminds me so much of the movies Children of Men and 1917. The calm at the start and the way it lets feel the 3 resistance soldiers would be safe only for that heavily armored combine to strike down everyone, I love it so much. This legitimately feels like a sequence in a Half Life 2 prequel movie!

Christ he fucking wacked that guy in the head so hard his head did a near full 360

1:33 you are a martyr, your blood will not stay on the ground :(

Legendary animation mate, you really are an inspiration to us all.

Whats really neat is that the rebel that survived doesn't actually have plot armor. His survival makes sense. The Wallhammer unit was in front of the rebel when the explosion happened, the source of the explosion was behind the wallhammer. Wallhammer unit took all of the shrapnel and most of the concussive force, likely taking at least one piece to its spine leaving it unable to move, paralyzed. Barely alive likely due to its augmentations. Meanwhile, the rebel, who ironically was saved by his enemy, likely only suffers from minor concussive and hearing damage, and probably PTSD.

Oh my God, *phenomenal* work. I can't get over the scene with the metrocop they drop. Given all the two-faced stuff the Combine pull (like how they fake you out in HLA), you're so torn as to whether that's him actually begging for help or just another mindgame to buy him time. The way the hacker looks away from him right before he gets shot, and how everyone feels like such hot garbage afterwards - it's so much well-placed detail packed into what's really just a five second timespan. Keep it up!

Even the reaction of the heavy Combine soldier getting a direct shotgun blast and his negligent discharge at the wall!? The detail in this is incredible ! I think you need a series!

Knocked it out of the park again! As mentioned by others, the world building of adding details like "he chose his side" to remind you that CP's are just normal humans still. All your animations drip of these touches, it's fantastic. Going to assume our protagonist/survivor was ex CP by the tattoo on his scalp? Makes it even more fitting how he shows no remorse for them. He's been on the other side and likely had to carry out his own "beating quotas." Probably hates himself for it. Anyway, keep up the incredible work and shout out to the voice actors as well. You can have an amazing animation, but if the voice acting isn't there it really takes away from the immersion. Wasn't an issue here

It sucks so hard that i can only like this video once. This is some next level shit bro, keep up the good work!

"Then I said don't resist." "And she didn't resist." "So anyway, I started blasting."

Damn! If only you had time and money to make a whole series! Imagine a guerrilla resistance taking on and ever threatening Combine, that would be superb! Please keep this content coming!

Nice work and looks incredible This one works like an amazing live wallpaper 3:02

It's really impressive you were able to make characters an audience can care about with them being on screen for less than 3 minutes

like how at 0:47 the combine thinks about his next move knowing well that hes probably going to die when he turns the corner.

And people thought big= slow, Wallhammer turned that guy into the President from Spaceballs

My God, this was absolutely incredible! You really managed to make the action scenes feel grounded and stressful, while at the same time not pulling any punches regarding the resistance getting killed just as ruthlessly as they had Civil Protection. The parallel between the officer getting finished off and the Charger wheezing out his mission report was also fantastic. The only point of criticism I have is that the dialogue for the resistance members was too quiet compared to the Combine, which made their dialogue hard to make out at times. You've managed to capture the grim side of Half-Life fantastically, and I can safely say this is my new favourite fan-made SFM/S2FM animation.

An incredible detail I just noticed is that the reason the Charger comes is because they attacked just as the Cp's were reporting in. Overwatch heard the whole thing and quickly reacted. You are too good.

2:18 "honey! i'm home!"

Once again, absolutely insane work. I'm continually impressed by your stuff, it always puts me to shame LOL. And one continuous shot too!! Very well done.

Holy shit... This is perfect. Hands down. The audio alone is amazing. The gunshots felt very real. Bravo.

I love how you used the Charger's unused stun stick charge animations! ❤

fantastic, if half life had cutscenes this would be them

It felt like it was a scene from an action movie. The camera work was accurate and these characters and their movements made me feel like they were real. And for a long time, combine has not felt like a simple NPC to me. I hope that more videos like this will come soon. Great work Guys👍🏻

Terrific video! Love the fact that it is done entirely in one shot. The audio could use some work on levels, because I could barely hear the dialogues compared to everything else. Awesome work nonetheless!

the quality of the animation, the atmosphere and the details are incredible, keep it up, it's so cool !!!

I still dont understand why you have don't have more than a hundred thousands subs and views, you are so underated my guy keep up the good work!

Again this content is why we need a dislike button. People need to see the ratios People need to know that some content is dogshit and content like this is so incredible.