Black Mesa: Blue Shift - Captive Freight - The HECU Arrives (Gameplay Teaser) 

*11* Maps? Hot damn! This is gonna be fun!

I'm already dying of anxiety as you will continue the adventure with your Taiminga and everything, what a thrill: D.

Eager to see it! I actually love the first person animations in this, its a nice touch. The Marines at the start caught me off guard, yet I quickly realized those were the guys you saw at the end of the last chapter. I also liked the different weapon animations for bareny, plus recoil management due to his tranaing, all those details are impressive for a workshop mod. Plus the other guard in chapter 3 was a nice idea too, I really love how they added scripts for when the NPCS can't follow you anymore in Black Mesa I am eager how you will handle the marines later on. Me, I rushed them ,mostly, due to the open terrain most of the time, trying to end fights as quickly as possible, given you can't restore armor as easily as with the HEV.

I loved this chapter the most. A note if you encounter any bugs with the allies: save before any scripted sequences, and hang to the back of the group. I had a couple times where their pathfinding got thrown off and someone got left behind.

Yeah, pretty cool to know they wrote lines for both options.

Yeah, the idea to have them be non-hostile at first is very original. Pretty fitting that the surface chapters of both games are the highlight for many people (myself included)

It was indeed intended to convey that Barney's already in on the know, and my movements are supposed to reflect him thinking how he's going to get out of this mess. Glad you noticed and thanks! :)

Es muy sierto bro

I'm glad! I intended to convey Barney's perceptiveness so I am happy it came through; me looking at the numerous means that he can use to get out like the explosive barrels, alternate path, etc.

@@Sexy_Nutella ohhhh i didnt know you made him eye up the barrels. I thought you made him eye the soldiers. Great job regardless!

@@OnyxNuva thanks so much :)

@@Sexy_Nutellawait, when was the barrels?

I dunno, them saying stuff like "We've got a live one headed your way" in such a menacing tone is pretty sus ;P

i see what you did there

Then it turns out you attacked the one guard who could fuck up your face. And the rest of your body.

the best part.

The calm and cold way he says that - so good.

This one knows... weapons free

Search scientist dead body and marine trying to kill or trick barney Calhoun

Agreed! I was expecting to climb up the ladder and face those turrets just like the original; them pretending to be friendly caught me offguard and I loved it.

It makes sense if we are fair, I doubt they literally rolled in guns blazing but likely arrested or tricked staff initially before word maybe spread they were hostile or when it went bad enough they started firing on sight on staff. (tbf I still think the whole "Backup is hostile trope" makes little sense from a semi-realistic POV and is more fitting to a cliché or early 2000s game plot :D. The government invested in BM which is clear by lore and they roll in to "help" by massacring the staff that can fix it in the first place?)

​@@Paonporteur It's not the real life zombie virus that does things as it happens in this game. But rather what's inside the headcrab's toxin does its magic and makes the dead body rise. The thing is, the toxin inside of the headcrab only helps mutating a normal human's dna / body to allow the headcrab to gain strength, power and even skills to digest / feed upon human flesh. the Headcrab controls the body through the host's nervous system. The whole thing is actually explained in Opposing Force, don't know if you've played that single player expansion before. Judging by your comment and knowledge, you haven't. One of the scientists in Opfor says "Have you ever seen such a magnificent species? These crabs can completely control their hosts’ nerves system. Can you imagine what the next stage of mutation looks like?" This just proves how they hatch onto their preys to control their bodys to evolve / survive or however you like to put it in words. And there's a scripted scene where zombie soldier gets up and throws the scientist to smash the glass...there's some x-ray pictures in that room explaining the initial purpose of headcrabs.

@@Paonporteur Because its a parasite ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--ySwuQhruBo.html

@@Unknown-ek1ox I'm under the impression they believe the scientists, (at least some of them) are responsible. In any case, gman likely played a big part in how it turned out. We know he doesn't like survivors, at least ones he can't keep an eye on or contain. (All survivors we know of have been in direct or indirect contact with gman, wether they know it or not). Military makes sure black mesa personell don't get out of nuke range, and the nuke takes out the rest.

@@ttn1043 You got it. Without spoiling anything there are some pretty telltale signs later on in the chapter that ties it into Freeman's journey during WGH ;))

@@ttn1043It’s probably during We’ve Got Hostiles, now that I think of it. Wonder why Freeman took so long just to go through a High Storage area.

@@Sexy_Nutellae more thing I forgot to note. I think I remember a Scientist warning Barney about the military. So Barney took precaution from trusting the military. Anyways, can’t wait to see your Captive Freight gameplay.

Yeah, it's quite ominous eh? How they take flanking positions when Barney gets close to the corpse.

I'm so excited for you! It's definitely on-par with Black Mesa in terms of quality I'd say.

Thank YOU for the amazing score for this chapter! I enjoyed all the music. I loved the track that plays when you're exploring the turntable trying to save Rosenberg, and the track when you fight the tank :)

Yeah, I wanted to showcase their "trap" so I didn't immediately get to shooting them. I found that it also increases the tension :)

Thanks for noticing that I made Barney take the defense first rather than attacking them right off the bat; it was definitely intentional and I'm happy you saw that :)

Indeed. That feeling of unease is so palpable

@@Sexy_Nutella not just that, but how they literally PLAY with you, it's a literal execution, it shows how RUTHLESS those guys are

Yeah for sure. The sense of uneasiness is great here

Glad to be back! Hope you've been doing well!

He's just glad you'd march to the disposal site by yourself and he doesn't have to drag your body. You don't see the wicked grin under his mask.

That's how they probably fooled the science team though :(

Because he has shotgun and they pretend to be friendly

Realistically, I'm guessing they didn't because Barney is pretty close to at least one of the soldiers at all times and they didn't want to give him any excuse to open fire and kill one of their own (even though gameplay-wise you totally can). Perhaps they wanted to lead Barney all the way to the drainage hole so that it's an easy, "bloodless" kill and they get rid of the evidence.

That was the ambush. Once you walk towards the body, they say weapons free. The person ruined the ambush they had planned by running away

@@aquatic4760 I mean why not just stay hidden, and wait until Barney is out in the open. Then pop up and shoot him when he's not suspecting anything.

Yeah, it was definitely a case of fortunate timing. Though they were acting pretty sus even without Barney having seen them dumping the bodies haha

Good to hear from you! And thanks :)

Super cool that they had this all designed around the player potentially not shooting the HECU on first sight :)

They attack you

Ya, if you approach the corpse they will say the same lines, the only difference is they get the drop on you. However, if you shoot them before getting to that point, they will say something along the lines of "SHIT! He knows. Open fire!"

He is a badass too!

Yes. Hecu hates Barney and attack him.

Hecu soldiers hates Barney, like a Gordon.

It's what I love to do and I'm glad it comes across like that :)

We've got hostiles!

Well, you got to consider, the chapter before Apprehension was at nightfall, so it would make sense Captive freight is close to evening. The explosions and siren, was in We got hostiles too, when the artilery forced Gordon back underground. It would make sense artillery got called in throughout the day

Yeah, if I recall WGH also took place at sunset and the HECU had started a bombardment at that time (why they did that I do not know). So it does line up with the original game's timeline more or less I believe

It's pretty sneaky of the HECU!

Thank you for the kind words!

No, you climbed out to a few turrets near a truck that immediately opened fire on you, then the first soldiers are instantly hostile.

Yup, it was much more straightforward in the original. Having them actually talk to you in a "non-hostile" manner in this version caught me offguard in the best way.

No they sau just hostile

They say something along the lines of "SHIT! He knows" if you do fire first.

You'll get them :P

Yeah, pretty unique for sure

Will do! Thank you

Glad you're excited! Hope you enjoy ^^

Sorry to keep you waiting! Hopefully I can crush out the rest of the chapter soon

If I had time I would definitely consider it; as it stands now my immediate focus is on uploading the full Captive Freight chapter, then we shall see

Oh hey it's good to hear from you again! Hope you've been doing well :)

More to come! Thank you :)

Yep, the game gives you the flexibility to approach this situation however you choose

@@Sexy_Nutella It's so satisfying when YOU catch them by surprise and they go "Shit, he knows!"

Good to hear from you too! More to come :)

I appreciate your comment too! Looking forward to getting the full chapter out :)

Yeah it's as epic as Surface Tension in the base game :)

Rest of the chapter is just as good :)

No definitive date, they still have a couple chapters to go yet. However, they've mentioned that they thought of this chapter as the most challenging, and anticipate the remaining ones to be easier to develop :)

More to come! Thank you for the continued support, good to hear from you again :)

Indeed.

Thank you for the kind words! Looking forward to doing the full playthrough soon!

I was going to start Entropy Zero 1 & 2 but...those are large undertakings and I unfortunately just don't have the time for another full series right now. Captive Freight is my immediate priority right now given I've already started the game but we'll have to see about other mods. Sorry for the bad news!

Ahh, this was the old Logo, they have an updated one without Barney in it. I forgot that they replaced it and recorded using the old one

Thanks a lot!

Good to be back! Full chapter coming out soon :)

Agreed!

Hope you enjoyed it! More to come :)

@Sexy Nutella can't wait. Love the way you RP the character while being very skilled at the game.

@@tankingbeast1132 appreciate the kind words. Takes a painstaking amount of effort, glad it's worth it :)

Glad to be back! Excited to work on this chapter :)

Happy to hear from you again too! Hope you've been doing good man :)

@@Sexy_Nutella I've been doing OK. Should I make Gordon Freeman has PTSD 2? Also, I figured out why that video had so many views. It's cause you commented on it. Took me too long to figure it out. And I think I know exactly what song to use and how to edit it. It's going to be waay better than the first one. And I don't think I have to ask for permission to use clips from your playthrough.

@@erikpng I think you should go ahead with it! I'd appreciate if you mentioned me in the video description or wherever, but other than that feel free to use the footage as you have for the first one haha

@@Sexy_Nutella silly, of course I'm going to credit you.

Hi! How you doin :)

You got it!

Hope you enjoy it! It's out now :)

Glad to hear! Hope you've been doing well :)

Good to be back!

Ayy

How's it going!!

@@Sexy_Nutella i'm good, rewatching ur black mesa playtrough while you're away

@@aareaja783 thanks for the support and glad that series is still entertaining :)

Thank you!! :)

Marines*

@@matthewjones39 still united states army

@@bartus6804 No. They’re both military, but they’re not the same thing.

@@matthewjones39 marines is like a regular usa army, just different category but still this is united states army

@@bartus6804 Are you serious? This is an incredibly basic concept. There’s Navy, Marines, Army, Coast Guard, Air Force, and Space Force. Marines and army are NOT the same thing.

Yup! The entire chapter (and game from chapters 1 to 4) is playable from start to finish :)

@@Sexy_Nutella Bet you cant pin this!

My thoughts when I saw this chapter was released ;)

WOOO

I'm excited for Guard Duty; it's a different team so I'm curious to see their approach to Blue Shift

Hello!

How's it going?

Perhaps consider that different people have different visions as to how they can remake Blue Shift? Frankly your comment is quite disrespectful to the devs.

@@Sexy_Nutella What's disrespectful about my comment exactly? I just asked why the second remaster team is working on something that's already being worked on by the first remaster team. Never said that you can't make something from the same idea twice, but it won't really be unique at that point as the first time.

@@Nonebit And how can you know that it won't be unique if the development teams are two different groups with their own ideas of how to execute said projects? What HECUC has put out right now is ambitious and full of effort; saying that there's no point in their mod after what they've done on their own time and money is pretty disrespectful, even if you don't agree with their direction.

If HECU Collective does do Opposing Force, I would not mind at all. They've proven they can certainly handle a remake of Blue Shift so why not ;)