BLUE EYES - A Half-Life Short [S2FM] 

1:01 the strider calls it back, it would be cute if it weren't so terrifying.

By far the most animalistic, terrifying and deadly portrayal of the hunter. And an acknowledgment of its role as a strider bodyguard. Also a good portrayal of a less experienced militia cell.

I like the detail at 1:01 where you hear the Strider calling back the Hunter to it's position. You even see the Hunter's back antenna wag in response.

I've never really considered how scary flechettes are when you're not wearing a suit of super armor

This is amazing! - so atmospheric and terrifying ... it's just left me wanting more. Subbed!

I like how the tank, one of humanities biggest examples of military technology, is reduced to a hiding spot due to how overwhelmingly superior the Combine is.

I think my favorite part, horrifically, was the dude shot in the head. The look on his face wasn't generic or anything, it definitely looked like someone whose brain was firing all sorts of wrong as it tried to understand what trauma it just suffered. Not thrown off his feet unrealistically, not just a ragdoll fall. Just confusion and terror. And the exit wounds on the head were doubly impressive. Well done.

I love how you emphasize how scary the combine actually are. Unlike in a shooter setting were the hunters are just another enemy, this emphasizes that they are a specialist tool. Also I love the weapon variety in your animations, when you see the resistance/anti-citizens they have normal human made weapons that are not uniform were the combine have alien made weapons that are uniformly issued. It's really a nice touch.

I hope in one day we will see a full 1 hour movie about Half-Life in S2FM This is amazing, lad

Amazing portrayal of the hunters. They stalk their prey, and like someone else said, they are strider bodyguards. This is the epitome of less is more.

You just awoke my childhood fear of hunters. I remember having nightmares about them chasing me through the woods. The scariest part was that I'd think I'd out smart them, but they're smart and cunning, so I'd hide in a house or something, thinking they would just look for me else where like a normal animal, but they bust the doors down and look for me under beds and behind doors. This is also extremely well done. Exceptional visuals.

god, that hunter jumping onto the tank and making it shake really shows how strong their jump is and how heavy they must be.

Fantastic work!

the beginning is brutal, love to see the hunters getting their justice

I love how the more we expand on the half-life universe, it becomes like a modern take on the beta. It's still very much darker than the original game, but where the beta has this Orwellian dystopia focus on horror, and when we focus on the rebels it's these terrifying, hunt or be hunted game they're constantly playing with the world around them. I absolutely love the textures of the flora, the landscape, the weapons, the PEOPLE- This is why the half-life community is one of my favorite groups of creators.

I remember you mentioning you wanted to do something with hunters, can't wait to watch this. Edit: I'm not sure why, but this is the most realistic feeling one for me, something about the visuals feels really real

That hunter has his priorities straight

Your stuff is amazing, awesome and a extremely scary. The way you portrait the Combine is so hair-raisingly terrifying! Your work seems to improve for each video you publish. Good job!

something i really like with what you did to the camerawork is the fact that the camera travels smoothly with the hunter, showing that he's in a cold blooded and unreasonably calm state, while the camera showing the rebel travels roughly like its actually held by another person that is running alongside the rebel, showing how he's in a pure state of panic and stress. God i love your work

I love that the Strider it's calling Hunters to rally back at the place where the Strider was, kool lore

Synths are completely something else when you're not the great unstoppable Gordon Freeman, they get really terrifying. I also never realized how big their flechettes were.

Valve needs to hire this man

I always found the Hunters to be so freaking cool but in the games they are so weak, props to you to showing how gruesome they can really be.

Always thought that the Hunter's first introduction was prime horror material, and you delivered that message very flawlessly

I always felt like the Hunter's Flechettes looked very weak on impact despite the two huge spikes, and all the damage came from their deflagration, finally they feel as dangerous as the should.

Man, S2FM is looking gorgeous tbh

Even just having a small editing role in this one was fantastic. The soundscape turned out beautiful and menacing. The cinematography feels claustrophobic without being too close to feel what's going on. That poor sod is only alive because he wasn't worth the time. Hunters have always been my favorite Half-Life enemy, from my first encounter with them. They're smart, faster than you, half way between a hunting dog and a movie monster, and have automatic grenade launchers on their face. And now they're stalking the S2FM animation space as well... (Tried commenting this yesterday, but the video was so popular right after release the comments broke for me XD)

Them seeing the tripod come through the trees literally felt like I was right next to them. If there’s one thing you do best, it is the immersion aspect of these videos.

I’m just gonna say the gore in your animations is perfect. It’s not too over the top to the point weee it’s cartoonish, but not underwhelming either. It just has the perfect amount of shock value. Also everything from the music to the sound design to the camera is industry level and is way too good for RU-vid. Love your videos. Edit: Also the animation is clean as hell. That hunter was animated perfectly.

A CHARACTER SURVIVING IN A PARRY VIDEO?!?!

I’d love to see an extended horror about surviving in the wilds in Half-Life, astounding animation.

I think this is one of your best shorts! I love how the forest looks. Its stunningly beautiful

I have no words, God Tier animantion. Puts a teer in my watching someone create such master pieces of half life.

0:34 Hunter: *Headshots one of the rebels* Rebel: *Dies* Hunter: "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (YEAH BABY")

This puts a whole new light on the hunter, and it pretty unsettling to imagine running away from one of them, and the atmosphere is absolutely terrifying compared to the shooter where they are just your typical enemy. All in all, expertly crafted animation!

Always wanted to see the actual damage a Hunter’s flechette could cause- absolutely brutal. Fantastic portrayal as always!

I love this. Excellent portrayal of the rebels, the hunter, and the way the two react to each other, and the tactics from both sides are clearly and easily read.

The beeps before its vocalizations are kinda like the beeps that happen when overwatch soldiers speak into their comms, which just goes to show how simmilar they are at their core, they might look different and be from different species but at the end of the day their both creatures that have been made equally usefull to the Combine.

Another animation that makes me wish for more. The Combine are probably the most interesting alien empire out there. I have this personal theory that, knowing earth is one of untold thousands they have taken, their real goal is to fight elder gods…. By using technology and empire to become elder gods. That’s why the “G Man” seems to be an enemy of them. They’ve been looking for “him” for a long time. My theory is probably not anywhere near close, but I think its enough to make you wonder… They won the war in 7 hours. If combine hunters are running rear security patrol, what do they have on the front lines?

Props to gordon freeman surviving 150 flechette rounds to his head without a helmet

Опа , а вот и возвращение легендарного аниматора SFM HL-Alyx

the hunter is such a terrifying & well-designed enemy. I love how it even looked like it was having fun when it was on the tank & the only reason the guy lived was because the strider called it back. It knew exactly where he was

This is SO amazing! I really loved the slavik facial featurures you gave to the humans.

Absolutely love the transitions between the shots of the dude strafing with the rock in shot with the hunter subsequently doing the same thing, terrific cinematic vision. Your work is a sensation.

I love the way the Hunter looks like a dog wagging its tail at the call of its master when the Strider contacts it, telling it to return to guard duty. Terrifying, cute monsters they are.

The Hunters are my favorite enemy in the game. It's so cool to see them get recognized in their own short. I'm surprised how little recognition they get.

That was absolutely brutal and shocking. Hunters seriously are some of the most terrifying combine forces there are in my opinion. They seem like such a streamlined predator.

This animation shows how the hunters can be terrifying. Yeah they aren't so weak when you're not wearing a protective suit when you're just a rebel.

0:38 Hunters are kinda like vicious dogs.

I love the atmosphere, the sound effects and the soundtrack all of it is so perfect. Terrifyingly perfect, I’m not sure if you were going for a Russian vibe with it but the forest and such all comes across as if it’s in the urals and the old defunct T-55 you had the character hide under perfectly sells that fact. In my mind anyway. Insanely well done man, keep it up!

I just recently replayed HL2 episode 2, this was such good timing! I absolutely love how you potrayed the realism and unique behaviours of the hunter here, another god tier short!

The overlapping improvements is perfection.

Awesome sauce as always, the hunters were always a favourite of mine for being one of the more unique combine enemies you actually get to fight. Plus you really brought home the point of calling it a Hunter, loved all the life you put into it and the animation and its atmosphere in general.

I really liked to see nature done in S2, we usually mostly see industrial environements so that gives us a real breath of fresh air !

Imaginary scenes like this one really makes me wish for a Half-Life universe realistic multiplayer military horror shooter game, or as a mod for Squad.

Dude, the effort and work u put in these animations are just speechless! Between the audio and the prefect cinematic cutseens, u always amaze us!!

This is incredible! Perfect animation! And the scale of the forest is insane!

Was praying that the other rebel would survive. Amazing work at setting up so much tension in only a minute and eighteen seconds!

I've always love syntets, especially hunters. They're like striders, but smaller. Fast, agile, have cool weapon and look, sounds scary, pretty tanky too. It must be horrifying to face with even one of them when you just a regular rebel without cool powerarmor, arsenal of weapons and gravity gun. You cant kill them fast - they too armored. You cant run from them on foot - they way more mobile. You even cant rely on your bodyarmore, if you have one - they darts are explosive and hurt you even if dont penetrate. You only have some chanses if you have an AR2 with energy ball, or engage at long range, open fire first and pray that you have enough firepower to kill a hunter before it was close enough for accurate dart shot. Or you can hide and maybe it won't look for you carefully.

The atmosphere and overall look is simply next level, man. Love it!

0:10 normal day in generation zero

Suprising how much action and suspense you can pack into a single minute, very impressive.

These are so damn good! It seems like enemies are treated like paper tigers in games. "THESE guys conquered the planet in 8 hours?" Parrygod's videos show how scary it would be to face this stuff. Great work!

the sounds just wow, looking forward to the future, top quality shizzle

You honestly makes the best films man, i watch every single one of them multiple times and gets nice event ideas for my Half-Life 2 Roleplay server

I felt the hunter's fear properly

That hunter "wolf howl" was frightening! Beautiful work as always!

So this is why Gordon is hailed as a Messiah in the Half Life world.. he fought enemies no normal humans could kill alone and more. And during action, just imagine Gordon taking his enemies down like the Gunships and Hunters, Combine, etc

Seeing an arrow go through his head while he’s still alive and seeing it explode was honestly horrifying. Good work man 👍

I don’t know why but the hunters are so CUTE 😭😭😭

I really like that the guy with the rocket launcher ,closes his eyes before aiming at the strider. It's like he's thinking about what he is about to do and what will happen if something goes wrong. 0:24

Jesus Christ the way his head just exploded is utterly horrifying

Watched every S2FM animation you made. And every single time I was amazed at your skill

My good GOD this portrayal makes the Hunter's projectiles terrifying.. something you don't really notice in the game.

Проработка, детали, анимации, всё как всегда на высоте и становится только лучше! Желаю тебе и дальнейших успехов, твои работы очень вдохновляют, жду каждую твою анимацию, так что удачи в будущем!

i genuienly had to remind myself this is all animated through the video because it just looks so damn realistic, 100/10

Everything is 50 times scarier if you're not Gordon freeman.

imagine a horror film set in the half life universe, and it follows a group of militia trying to escape from the combine just like this. dam

I pray to God Valve sees one of your videos to realize the potential this franchise has, not only in gaming, but filmography as well. This felt like an episode from Love Death Robots. Keep on going, brother.

They are so fast, agile, deadly and versatile that it is simply unthinkable how the rebels ever managed to survive encounters with them.

This looks amazing! Really cool to see the hunter in source 2 as well

God that is BRUTAL! It can be easy to forget just how much damage Combine weapons would actually do to flesh-and-blood humans removed from the comfort of the HEV suit...

How is Valve not hiring you to make this a series? Your work is amazing, you are giving life to this universe.

_" They're called Hunters for a reason... "_

i like in your vids how realistic you are, like for example you had that guy die from one shot where half life treats the rebels as if they have a thin hev suit underneath their clothing

Your videos add so much flavour to the world of HL2, the combine has always been one of my favourite aspects of the lore and you show them in a terrifying new light.

Your work is truly breathtaking! Thank you for sharing with the rest of us!!

That abandoned t-55 from the seven hour war was a cool shot.

I'm glad to see killzone shadow fall ost getting some proper use and attention It's sad how many tracks in many video game ost's get lost to time or under utilized or appreciated Good show.

These hunters can't even compare to the chad that is the Half life 2: Episode 2 radio operator he has confirmed to kill 10-20 hunters a day and knows about the combine secret weapon -The AR3

Yeah, holy shit, that's terrifying. Well done!

0:34 "WOOO YEAH BABY! That's what I've been waiting for, that's what it's all about!"

Outstanding animation like always, short but sweet. I always found the hunters to be neat enemies to fight in episode 2. it's kinda interesting that Hunters are somewhat sadistic in that they can sometimes be heard making a kind of "laughing" noise when the player is at low health.

The hunter sounds are just the best

This is some horror movie [__] right here, absolutely great.

It just occurred to me Half-Life creatures sound similar to modems singing to each other

ENG:This is brilliant animation. A short story with good framing, a strong sense of anxiety and danger. It's like you're really a rebel running away from a hunter, and miraculously you're still alive. RUS:Это гениальная анимация. Краткий сюжет с хорошей постановкой кадра, сильное чувство, тревоги и опасности. Словно ты действительно повстанец который убегает от охотника, и ты чудом остаёшься в живых.

The Combine sounds are so ominous. This is fantastic.

I love the detail that there is an abandoned T-55, I mean, Valve never told us where exactly was City 17, just that was on an "eastern Europe country", and since the combine invasion took place in the early 2000, a lot of T-55s were still in service in a lot of ex-communist states, and the fact that it's a T-55 and not a T-62 or something else states that this guy paid attention at everything, becouse the Soviet Union sold vastly the T-55 and not the T-62 or T-72 (at least in the generic eastern European country such as some of the balkans, Bulgaria ajd Hungay or Moldova [Romania not included becouse they wanted to made theyr own T-55]). This is just amazing

Infantry to cover their heavy armor. That's what the hunters are. Either the principles are the same in every world they've occupied, or they adapted very well to ours. I can see why they won the 7-hour war