Half-Life 2 - Dr. Wallace Breen addresses the Overwatch in Nova Prospekt [S2FM] 

These are incredible

1:15 Probably the last survivor of a squad, limping towards his next assignment. Baddas scene.

Half life’s ambience and atmosphere in sound, music, landscape, dialogue and lore is what makes half life so interesting, vivid and immersive. All of that alone is what makes simple still camera shots like this so enduring

This speech at best: If the soldiers don't prove themselves useful, the Combine will not switch off the suppression field and wipe out humanity. This speech at worst: The Combine will wipe out humanity except for soldiers; but they'll be wiped out too if they don't step up.

The writing for Breen was so fantastic in HL2. Really hope Laidlaw works with Valve again in the future.

I love how the Elites are the last squad to enter the door, trying to stop Freeman and Alyx from using the teleporter before the entire place faces total destruction. Amazingly detailed as always.

Oh my God this perfect The clash between a bunch of highly trained OTA units using tactical chatter while Breen berates them in the background, begging the question if they're even listening to what he's saying All the different soldiers clearly coming from different places intently moving to the same location regardless of status The walls trying to gain more territory even though that checkpoint is very much already under Combine control The motion of the turrets being extremely accurate to the games Those four elites heavily implying the reason why they're all moving to the same location is that Gordon is in the teleporter room, and those Elites are the same we see in the end of that sequence It shows the organism that is the Universal Union so perfectly, confusing but methodical; alien because it is exactly that.

The combine dragging his leg: This but a scratch

Am I right in assuming the Combine Elites at the end are the ones that surround Gordon and Alyx at the teleporter? If so, that's an extremely nice attention to detail and it really shows in your work how dedicated you are to accurately presenting this universe.

next half life game should have background footage more like this, you do a very good job with these :)

I really love the way the first man infront always stands aside and watches behind the squad, consistent everytime a new group arrives. Such a cool little detail for squad tactics

Whenever another one of these types of videos get posted I'm reminded of just how devastating the Combine are systematically on humanity. HL2, for all its advances and nuances, sometimes isn't fresh enough to display to me the true extent of destruction, both to infrastructure and human society, and these videos do the Universal Union more justice.

0:03 Turret 1st victim 0:16 Squad 1 with grenade 0:38 Turret 2nd victim 1:16 injured soldier 1:28 another soldier with the injured one 1:43 turret 3rd victim 1:59 M A N H A C K 2:06 Elite Squad

Breen was written to be so beautifully smarmy. He doesn't talk like a military dictator or even a seasoned politician: he is instead reminiscent of a pompous academic or obstinate professor who pedantically refuses to grant a passing grade and berates their students for failing to see it the right way; that is to say, the professor's way. One of the things I love about Half Life 2 and the Episodes is how distinctly un-military both sides are: on the lighter end, we have Eli, Magnusson and Kleiner, three scientists fighting back not by turning themselves into an army but a laboratory; a triumph of human innovation and inquiry penetrating the mysteries of the Combine. Meanwhile, Breen is the dark side of that same intellectualism: whereas the Resistance leadership strive to pull back the veil of mystery surrounding Combine technology and methods, Breen is a master of obscurantism, treating the concerns of citizens with a patronizing promise that he knows the truth of what the Combine is and what it intends, that really, when one looks at the situation with an intellectual eye, the situation is turned on its head: the Combine, who are poisoning and strangling humanity and raping the Earth which nourished it, are in fact a good thing for mankind: that the traditions and life that the Combine destroyed are not worth mourning, that their destruction is in fact something to be celebrated. He puts together these elaborate hagiographies for the Suppression Field and the forceful augmentation and alteration of humanity which use high-minded language and a barrage of buzzwords to distort the issue and leave citizens confused, with the aim of tricking them into believing that since Breen understands and they don't, he is clearly smarter than them: he must therefore be right when he praises the Combine and reassures them that everything is alright. The tragedy of it is that Breen is even fooling himself. I really do think that he sincerely believes the lies he spouts daily. Like a lot of great characters, he is a smart man: but not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.

"This is not some agent provocateur or highly trained assassin we are discussing" He is more than that, and he doesn't need to hear all this..... HE IS A HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONAL!!

I hope you do that one segment from Water Hazard where Gordon has to open up the water gates and inside another breen cast plays for the civil protection

There's something about the atmosphere in the Half life universe. The machine eating the city it's just so incredible.

sound design is phenomenal as always. y'know what I really appreciate? it's small but it's that eerie riser noise at the very beginning before the scene shows up with the bass hit. it really sets the mood and it's seemingly nothing but that's why sound design is often overlooked. here, it's at 0:00 (and now just rewatch the whole thing because there's a million other things that are also 10/10)

Man, I love that Overwatch Soldiers are depicted as wounded/weakened by Gordon Freeman's attack on the Nova Prospekt with one of them, Barely making his way back to the rest.

I am sooo hooked on with these 'after upload' series. They have a wholly differentiated aura of their own and are certainly appreciated!

Dr Breen's VA did stellar work portraying his character, sadly he passed sometime in 2012 but it would have been great to see a cameo in Alyx

These are so good, the attention to detail and those little yet really amazing scenes of soldiers, a manhack and those antlions were really nice 👌🏻

God I love those small details, the first squad of Nova Prospekt's guards being all tactical, with the first one being the last one to enter the room while looking back for threats, while the last one of the Elites was more hurry-like and didn't even crouch while looking back. BUT DAYUMM those models and that room looks sick! God I'm so glad I'm subscribed to this channel, amazing work!

1:07 I see that sneaky G-man up there on the left lol 0:59 That was so scary though, how the walls moved, holy crap, imagine running from these things while they swallow the city behind you.

The small details of the squads moving into what I assume to be Gordons location makes me feel as if they're all just unfortunate friends that got caught up in all this. It's hard to explain, but they feel like bros to each other.

Those moving walls are such a cool idea, it auto-expands crushing anything in its way.

God I'd love so much to see something similar to The protectors, Anti-citizens or even Infestation but taking place in Nova Prospekt

I still think it's hilarious that Breen roasts Freeman about his PhD to the Overwatch soldiers

Loved the detail of the antlion leg sticking out of the guard, causing his limp, as well as the ambient HL2 OST playing softly in the background. Nova Prospekt always stood out as such a fantastic set piece, and chapter(s) in HL2. From storming the beaches, to clearing the prison block by block, these chapters always had the most immersive details, and stories playing in the background, outside of the chaos Freeman himself was causing. From the radio chatter, distant gunshots and antlions roars, to the cameras you could interact with and watch guards set up defensive perimeters and win the odd battle against against the bugs, there was so much going on in the background to take in. It all came together to bring this specific environment to life - you nailed capturing a piece of that, fantastic work as always!

2:14 i like how the elite wastes little time checking their 6, as opposed to the less modified soldiers, who also have more fear of the Antlions

OMG. I DIDNT EVEN REALISE GMAN STANDING AND SEEING HIM THROUGH THE WINDOW ON THE TOP LEFT WTF. I'll admit ive watched this too many times because of just how God damn beautiful this is but holy shit

amazing job man, these little stories that we can see trough the soldiers are such a delight to watch, you never know what will come

Not sure what the grenade was for. Gave me the vibe of "I'm at max grenades, and I know I will be able to pick up a fresh one in the next area, so might as well use one now".

Would love this as one of the default HL2 backgrounds. Excellent work as always, storming Nova Prospekt and killing Combine whilst Breen's ice cold monologue comes over the radio has always been one of my favourite moments of the game. I love the sense of empowerment and "oh shit, I'm really making a name for myself" feeling it gives you

I love how these animations just fit right in with the canonical events of the game. For example, the Combine elites moving into the forcefield near the end lines up perfectly with when Gordon and Alyx are departing from Nova Prospekt through the Combine teleporter in the depot as it is exploding

This is fuckin S tier, as always. You consistently put out amazing work and I can’t thank you enough for it

Even tho this is just a speech in-game, you made it so much better with background and the details like breens speech sounding more buzzy and static when the grenade explodes and then it turns normal! These animations and details are god-like! keep it up :D

Damn it, youtube has failed to notify me. Either way, the atmosphere, the Combine Wall, and the injured (I assume) Nova Prospekt guard limping onto the safety and his "buddy" guarding before rushing in as well, really adds up to the whole doom-ish mood of the current situation, along with Breen scolding the Combine forces.

Someone else will have already noticed and commented on it here, but I'll say it anyway: I love the detail in these animations, the best part in my opinion is the one with the injured Combine Soldier, trying to get to the door blocked by (well, I think it is) dark matter that only authorized ones can pass, no matter that he is injured. He obeys without flinching and without question. It shows that the modified human soldiers, or what remains of them as humans, not only lost much of their capacity for pain and humanity itself, blindly following orders without questioning or resisting, as is well known; but that the Combine themselves don't give a shit about human loss and humanity itself, to them, we are nothing more than new replaceable, modifiable, and adaptable toys for their own purposes and nothing more.

I love these videos :). I'm a big Half Life 2 fan (it is my first half life game) and this man does the video game a lot of justice by doing these animated shorts.

LOVE YOUR WORK, BRO, CLICKED AS SOON AS I SAW THE NOTIFICATION. HYPED FOR YOUR NEXT BIG PROJECT

The combine walls moving is always so terrifying to me. Its something that should be solid and concrete and suddenly it could move and destroy the building your in, so menacing.

Always thought it was interesting that Breen decided to give the Overwatch soldiers a dressing-down, and we hear the Overwatch Voice repeatedly tell soldiers that mission failure will result in things like "recall & recycle" and "permanent offworld assignment." Consequences for failure would be wasted on braindead drones who know nothing but their programming. It means Overwatch soldiers retain just enough humanity to be motivated (or intimidated) into performing their duties. I wonder if other cyborganic units, like Striders and Gunships, also have a voice they can understand piped into their heads telling them what will happen if they fail. Or maybe they did fail their previous mission, and now they're serving on a permanent offworld assignment as punishment.

Amazing, i always loved the atmosphere of locations in hl2.

Nova Prospekt is my favorite chapter. Thank you for making such marvelous short!

Dude your stuff is flipping nuts dude, please dont stop, or stop to make a movie or something, I cant stop getting over your work, it's amazing

This is insane! I'd love to see Breen's "Welcome to City 17" speech from the very beginning of the game in this format!

I watched all of your HL animations over the last couple of days - thank you for taking me back into that universe. Subscribed and keen to see more!

A nice audio detail is the reverberations due to the enclosed space/hard walls and floor. This is especially apparent with the grenade. Its punchier and louder because the shock wave bounced off the walls a couple times.

Absolutely amazing, ever since I found you just a few weeks back I have been absolutely obsessed with your content. There's so much deeper lore and stories to be discovered within the Combine Regime, so I really appreciate giving you these perspectives that would otherwise not be seen.

Honey, TheParryGod uploaded again! Once again, great stuff. I'm addicted to your animations.

I can sympathize with Breen. Its either enslavement and complete transformation into the combine or utter extinction due to being viewed as: "Unworthy wastes of resources."

Ааа ! так вот в какую анимацию пошла моделька из новостей твоего сообщества, а я думал она будет в анимации "Дезинфекция" Выглядит как всегда на высшем уровне Восхитительно , чел , ты номер один на всём ютубе по созданию SFM

i love videos that explore and expand the lore of how the combine operate and well the soldiers look badass as well of course

I LOVE the HL2 Combine models with the HLA touch-up. It really brings the mood Half Life 2 made right to the present, such a fucking awesome feeling seeing the Elites too, great job man!

This is so amazing! Even without moving the camera you get a strong, compelling story and environmental detailing on a whole other level. Seriously great stuff!

Interesting to see the combine soldier leg get impaled and continues to hold the weapon, keeps walking and ignoring the pain like nothing happened, it shows just how much that everything gets removed from them like feeling pain and emotions, such as anything that isn’t useful in combat

Another great one! I love these scenes you're recreating :DD

Another amaizing piece of work, done right and with passion, keep it up, I'll be waiting impatiently for the next one!

This is a loading screen I would watch load for hours.

Another mastpiece as always.

its uncanny to see the combines walk and run like normal humans and even suffer injuries. im not saying that its bad, you did a REALLY great job

absolutely beautiful. you encapsulate the atmosphere of the half life universe flawlessly. (please make a 7 hour war video)

2:14 good to see that skyshield drop finally showed up

Love the details, like the soldier with the impaled leg, limping while the Antlion's leg is still stuck in him. Awesome, like always!

I absolutely love these. Could watch a full length film made with still shots like that, the sound really carries the atmosphere forward. Great job like always!

I love your attention to lore and detail of Half Life series, one if not the best cinematics I've seen.

dude, you nailed the nova Prospekt vibe awesome the environment the sound affects the realism the soldiers the speech it's outstanding

a simple yet stunning scene, great work

Really love the creations of S2FM, the body movements are smoother than SFM and more realistic

This series is filling a void I haven’t been able to even remotely attempt to fill since 2005. I humbly thank you.

Hey Parry, great stuff as always. Keep up the good work.

I just really really love these videos!!! The atmosphere is so calming yet unnerving. Please keep making them!

Всегда приятно заценить очередной шедевр по HL2!

Outstanding job, pal! Love your animations soo much!

Another amazing peace of work! Each one of these is better than the last!

I adore this. Probably one of my favourite videos ive ever seen for Half Life, my favourite franchise! Please keep making these!

Great work! Love your videos. Looking forward to see big project.

As much as I love your longer videos scenarized video, i love your scenes like this almost just as much. You can feel the mood

I wish someday we'll get more half life games with the same quality, if not more, of what makes half life so good

Beautiful, this could easily be an in-game scene. Also love how you always kept something going on in the background, the Overwatch entering through the gate, the antlions being killed, the walls moving, there was always something minor going on that kept your attention.

I love these! I love how the Combine center at Nova Prospeckt was actively expanding. Literally slowly destroying everything in its path and claiming it

Man, you put this out fast! And it’s so good! Can’t wait to see more.

I believe addiction to your content would be an understatement. Great work, as always. Keep it up.

1:29 If you look closely when they enter the doorway, you can see something impaled trough the right shin/calf. This detail is amazing. If an animated Half-Life movie ever comes to fruition, Valve HAS to hire this guy, not only for the amazing skill, but for his ability to so accurately convey the true atmosphere and dark feeling of Half-Life. Phenomenal work.

Fantastic work as always! Thank you for putting these out :)

The atmosphere in this is incredible! And the model animation is just phenomenal. Such a great video!!

After an hard day, I open up youtube and found a new video from you. Man, you cheered up my day! I truly love your series of the Half Life and episodic ambience videos, simply gorgeous. From one of your subscribers on buymeacoffee, thank you, thank you a lot. :)

There's so much in that speech that here are probably videos dedicated to analysing it alone. Thanks for the S2FM. Wonderfull as always. I loved these antlions apperenig every few seconds.

Always good to watch of your work mate! excellent video as always

Outstanding as always. Thank you for all your hard work.

Very well done I enjoy these way too much

ENG:This is a great animation, every small detail is spelled out with the highest quality and the gloomy and dark atmosphere of nova prospect is well conveyed. RUS:Это великолепная анимация, каждая мелкая деталь прописана максимально качественно и хорошо передаётся угрюмая и темная атмосфера nova prospect.

I've been watching plenty of your half life animations, and all I just wanna say is you are doing a very great job and I love your work. You are filling up my childhood needs when I used to play half life ALOT. Every time I see you upload new half-life animations I always get excited and hyped.

Astounding work, I cannot understand how you make these so damn good, one after another!

I love your work so much man this is amazing

These are absolutely stunning, great work!

Spectacular work as always, love it!

this looks absolutely gorgeous, amazing work!

Your videos are always so good!