INFESTATION - A Half-Life: Alyx Short [S2FM] 

I guess I've still got a lot to learn about communicating my ideas and should clarify this. It's panic fire at the end, not instant zombification.

How can one person make something this polished? Goddamn

It’s a scary disturbing fact that even 2 highly trained combine units can’t even handle the infestation of head crabs. I think that sort of fear was presented well especially with the charger with how he panic fires his own ally and the detail on how he starts breathing heavily and doesn’t say a word

I can't even begin to imagine how terrifying it would be to have to face a zombine charger with an armored headcrab on its head.

I love the little "peek" at the broken window because the forcefield doesnt cover that at 0:26

I love that the soldier checks his peripherals during moments of contact, real nice touch.

The way you made these guys move just reeks of "highly trained infantry" the unmistakably human way they jerk and move when clearing the corner in the first shot is just... wow. I hope to see more of your work like this in the future. It's amazing!

Incredible work, not only in the animation, but also in the composition, colors, camerawork, sound-design (my personal favourite, absolutely love the radio comms) and more that I can't name. The best part, this applies for all of your work. I still remember the skull cracking slam in the ANTI-CITIZENS short (loved the animation there) and the great planning and scripting of the PROTECTORS short (I still remember how smooth the strategy was and how well you made all the team memebers work together in unique and memerable ways). Keep up the good work, I'm sure you're very capable of it.

The whole prespective trough Combine Eyes really adds how much stuff they have to go trough in QZ to keep the city safe. The movement, the breathing, the panic when they realise that theres more than anticipated, and Wallhammer shooting Ordinal in shock - This whole thing, even if just 2 minutes, is a perfect dish for eyes! I have no complaints here, really! Every upload is worth the while.

1:33 I’ve always loved the voice lines the combine have. Showing that even though they are a cog in a machine, they still have that humane identity.

You fill the Half-Life shaped hole in my heart Amazing work as always

YES! I wanted more BIG COMBINE after that last video and now I got to go on a little mission with him. Next, I'd like to go on a date. TheParryGod is literally the only person on this entire planet who will deliver such quality Alyx content to us. If he died this void would go unfilled. I wonder if he ever looks down at his hands and understands the power and responsibility that he wields. Speaking of void... does anyone else feel empty watching these? I mean, the quality of them is such that I feel like we should be seeing a Title/Logo at the end for a combine based Alyx game a la Opposing Forces or Blue Shift... but no such thing exists. It hurts. Half-Life: BIG COMBINE

It just kicked the flying headcrab, insane reaction time as-well, these combine soldiers arent to be messed with. Unless a man in a orange amongus costume comes with a crowbar

You are absolutely one of the most advanced sfm users rn keep up the good work :)

The level of detail in this is incredible

This feels like an E3 cinematic trailer for an epic Combine spin-off game.

This animation is sooooo crisp. Really amazing work. Definitely gonna use this as animation reference to learn from

I've already seen and commented on most of your other stuff. No matter how many compliments i throw at you, none of them can describe how good your animations are and how much i enjoy them. You've essentially created a series of shorts that are so good i find it impossible to describe with words. Seriously. I can't quite imagine the amount of work that goes into these and i can't quite describe how extraordinary the end result is. What i CAN say is that as of now your S2FMs are by far the best out there, and that you're extremely skilled at animation. Love this kind of content, keep it up!

I refuse to believe this was made by S2FM. Holy shitm The music, movement, camera positioning and movement. Words can't describe how great this is. This is absolutely astonishing.

TheParryGod essentially doing God like work for the Half Life community. Words cannot express how amazing this video is. Seeing from the sightlines of the Soldiers and Combatants. Simply perfect; amazingly executed and well presented

I can't tell you how happy I was and am to help on this project and how it turned out. Seeing it now, I think the Echo's motions ride a good line between being anxiety and focused; twitching around, but still keeping visual on targets and clearing corners. His body language sells a character who's under stress, but it manifests as a kind of controlled energy - until everything falls apart. To me, it feels like the same kind of chaotic panic that playing HL:A in VR brings out, especially in the more chaotic moments, but seen from the other side, and I think that's its strongest point - it draws a kind of parallel with the player's experiance. I'd lose my cool if that many damn headcrabs popped up too. I also just noticed, on the 4th watch, the *slight* distortion of the camera lens in the middle, since we're actually seeing a composite of two images through the somewhat-elongated Combine mask, and whatever digital systems they have in there.

1:08 I've watched this well over 20 times at this point and i just noticed he actually takes his finger off the trigger once there are no more targets. Little details like that is what separates a good animation from a goddamn masterpiece.

I loved Alyx, but I wish it was this intense lmfao. This was incredible, very well done. A heavy zombine would be terrifying to fight It felt pretty close to this toward the end, so I have high hopes for the next titles to come out. I feel like there will be a build up to HL3, as they do some world building maybe.

Love the headcrab kick! Great work as always.

I know it's a really small detail, but you can see 0:46 the headcrab fluids get wiped off the forcefield by the charger as he runs through. I love little things like that

The feeling of panic in the camera movement is so clean. Goddamn this is the best animation i've seen so far.

Outstanding work as usual! Aside from the bang on audio (the way you string together Combine radio chatter is on point) and convincing first-person POV, I love how threatening you've made headcrabs, and just how dangerous the concept of "infestation control" truly is in the world of Half-Life. Sure we encounter them en masse and experience the devastation/nightmare scenarios they cause, but they're always treated as nothing more than pest enemies or cannon fodder to the player, and thus are easily dismissed. In reality, all it would take is getting swarmed by these parasites and one landing a lucky jump to cause absolute chaos (as displayed here). Too bad Overwatch only sent two of my boys to deal with this situation... RIP Keep these amazing, original short stories coming! As many have said, you're top tier when it comes to S2FM, can't wait to see how you continue to expand the world of Half-Life!

The way that you made the camera whip left and right quickly to check corners and keep situational awareness looks EXACTLY like helmet camera footage of professional military guys doing room clearing, absolutely fantastic. I'd be interested in seeing the animation process purely for the camera movement in this.

The graphics almost look real even though it's clearly fiction, everything is amazingly well made and I love it.

I think I can speak for everyone when I say that I look forward to every video you post! They are literal masterpieces just waiting for to be discovered by a even larger audience.

Actually in jaw dropped awe during this You somehow find ways to surprise me with the level of quality every damn time *_Please never stop!_*

oh my god i love this, the mixing on the voice lines with the old breathing lines being used is a genius touch

This really puts into perspective how terrible the portal storm must have been for earth as a whole. Rural areas all around the world suddenly becoming infested with Xen fauna and flora, massive migration into urban centers, a sharp reduction in the volume of trade and food production, logistics in disarray. By the time the combine start the invasion of Earth the planet must have been already in chaos.

I love that you're not only showing situations to realistically explain why Wallhammers are not useless while also showing that replacing them with regular shotgun soldiers was still a great idea

The camera work is impeccable absolutely insane. Great fucking work yet again.

Was having trouble thinking about what specifically to praise when I realized that every single part is absolutely crushing it. It feels like an entire production team worked on this. If someone told me this was a first-party trailer put out by Valve I'd believe it without question. Phenomenal skill is on display here.

There's already a comment to praise every aspect of this animation, so I just want to say you are an awesomely skilled cinematic storyteller

Damn, that looks so realistic and beautiful! Love your animations

I love that you can still hear the pov character still breathing after being shot, armor probs saved his life

100% this is my favourite video of sfm and I saw a lot of them in this channel. I'd love to see more POV Combine Soldiers animations

I live for the "HOLY SH*T" from the grunt

This is not just an amazing animation, but also a meticulous one as well. See the headcrab splatter on the forcefield getting removed by the heavy combine. All those small details make it so immersive. Keep up the good work!

Damn! This is taking it a step further! Made me feel like it was a movie. I loved the first person camera here and it's from the perspective of a Grunt so makes it very interesting. You nailed all the little stuff once again and made some imagination come true on my part. Keep up the good work.

I wish your content was a drug, I'd be injecting it right into my bloodstream. I seriously hope you don't plan on stopping anytime soon!

This feels and looks like a AAA Sci-Fi movie. I don't know how hard SFM is let alone S2FM. So hats off to you sir for making something so unique. Would love to see more of this at any time.

It’s actually crazy how talented this dudes animations are, he’s gotta make a half life alyx movie.

I'm curious to see how this was composited, the visuals and visual story telling is on a league of its own, absolutely stunning ParryGod.

You just sort of feel the emotion in a way I can't describe. Anti-citizen brought with it the sense of dread all sides had, and this brings at first controlled procedure and confidence, only to quickly, but not instantly, delve into panic and hysteria

I thought they would both survive Also your animations are awesome 15/10

These are so insanely good. The voices especially. I love hearing the combine chatter

I love the whole idea of this type of stuff especially the soldiers in the video, and how they are not completely brain dead like the person we are looking out of saying "Holy Shit!", Amazing work.

That was incredible - not just in terms of animation and composition but also atmosphere! I didn't click why he was constantly swinging with his head movements, looking at everything until the crabs rushed out, of course he was checking every nook and cranny for them. Great animation well done!

I just discovered your stuff last week and I am completely blown away by how good it is. Great job

I love the helmet cam vibe of it, and also the combine (I assume) grunt movement feels so natural.

Shooting semi-automatic like a true operator. Respect.

I love combines from your works. They look badass

Bro I NEED a drg gameplay styled combine co-op shooter like this. Like EXACTLY LIKE THIS. I can't get enough of your animations. Never stop

this guy is fucking amazing and even if he takes some time to make his animations they are all worth the wait

its a neat detail of a pulse gun's mags that shows how much it left before replace another

My god these animations are banger after banger! You definitely deserve a job making valve trailers and/or even animated feature length movies based on half life

You know I was half expecting Jeff of all people to come down the hallway, with the famous "my names Jeff" in the background.

Genuinely stunning work.

“OUTBREAK, OUTBREAK, OUTBREAK” I LOVE how you incorporated the Overwatch lingo of when there’s one squad member left alive they say outbreak three times

Heavy Metro vibes from this one. Did the Charger panic-fire? Or was that headcrab *just that quick* at taking over?

I would say this looks like a cinematic... but bro... this looks real! Everything is so well made, animation, lighting sound, everything!

your animations make half life universe even more interesting

"Warning!" "This video may potentially trigger seizures!" Go on...

Holy wow, this is insane. You should've called this video "Valve please hire me".

I love the stabilization teams radio comms shit sounds so clean

Another high quality animation thank you mate

Daaamn, dude, you expand the lore of HL so much with these vids. I'd like to see more of such immersive shorts just to get the feeling of depth and direness of the HL universe, it truly has limitless potential. It exists for more than 20 years and still HL captivates me this much...

love your work and really hope there's more to come in the future. took me all of 2 seconds to hit the like button. honestly dont know how you dont have more views. the fact your shorts all just feel like little windows into the HL universe is what i like most. nothing crazy or over the top, just stories that add depth to the world. it all feels like canon to me.

68k subs? With the quality tier videos you make that number is going to skyrocket

That is so cool, would love to see more of such eye pleasing cinematics.

My man I would love to see an entire series based on these little stories and vignettes that you've made. I think you are the only person to ever truly capture the Combine and the Half-Life universe as a whole as accurately as the story writers intended. You are astoundingly talented. Thank you.

As a disabled person born with 22qq and dealing with anxiety issues and currently in his gamedev career and working on a cool project for Source (total conversion btw :)) , your work inspired me a lot and your animations it's always great to see it. Valve should hire you

im suprised i didnt found this channel earlier the quality of these sfm's are amazing

This is the best work I have seen out of the others, GOOD JOB MATE

This channel as a whole is severely underrated The animations are beyond great, they drown you in the setting, atmosphere and action

Dude has like perfect aim, but when its against Freemann they shoot everywhere but at him lmao. Anyway, cool video

The dialogue between the combine soliders is so well done. Also the term, "Going Sharp." is so cool.

This is insane. Really well done, particularly with communicating the story with just visual. Your skill reminds me of the guy behind Astartes and I really look forward to what you next produce

Fucking sick, you make atmospheres and perspectives so well! The constant glancing from side to side and behind just really shows how nervous the soldier is in the infection site

Absolutely amazing as always. The lighting was perfect and don't even get me started on the first person view. Also this actually puts in perspective on how dangerous headcrabs and infected are. Good job I hope u had fun and see you at the next one! ♥️

I would do anything to see you be in charge of a full blown Half-Life movie. You understand the world so well and are able to vividly recreate the reality of some situations that would go on in this world to a terrifying degree.

This is seriously so cool! I always love seeing your stuff. I would really like to see more first person footage like this in s2fm, if you want to. Keep it up!

Really like how the grunt didn’t immediately shoot the charger when the headcrab got on his head. It shows how the grunt still knows it’s his ally and teammate, so he didn’t shoot

Because I'm bored and I want to write something, here's some translation for people who aren't familiar with Combine terminology "Our A.I has confirmed this area is now controlled by the combine" "All units, get ready to fight." "Keep your eyes peeled, and your ears open" "Understood. Approaching coordinates 9-37 (not exactly coordinates, but I assume it's something similar to a precise location)" "Something's attacking us up close!" "Headcrab infestation is confirmed at coordinates 9-37. Waiting for a high commanding unit to give orders" "Follow sentencing procedure. Proceed with containment" "Copy that. We're moving in to control the infestation" "I see zombies." "Nothing is behind you." "I'm seeing zombies too." "Making sure that I'm seeing what I'm seeing..." "Yep, those are zombies" "Proceeding with hostility." "All visible hostiles neutralized" "Report the situation" "Zombies are dead." "Copy that. Keep going forward to ensure nothing's left." "Got it. Moving forward." "LOOK OUT!" "No, you look out!" "HOLY SHIT!" "Get behind me!" "WE'VE LOST CONTROL, WE'VE LOST CONTROL, WE'VE LOST CONTROL!" "Requesting additional units!"

I love that the residue the headcrab left behind on the field got "wiped off" when the Wallhammer unit ran through it

Another great video. Love the first-person perspective. And while I do love how brutal and efficient you portray the Combine in your previous works, seeing headcrabs get the drop on them was a fun change of pace.

You’re the Astartes of the Half Life universe, keep up the good work man

This is basically SFM milked out to the max

this is one of the single greatest pov combat animations i've ever seen, and it accurately incorporates proper military tactics and accurate half-life lore at the same time. this is monumentally impressive

I've been introducing my girlfriend to the "Alien" movie anthology. This is giving me first time I saw those movies vibes. *Thank you for the Content* !

i like how the combinal ordinal say "holy shit!" he fully aware that he said that

Thanks!

The greatest injustice that I have faced is this video was suggested to me 4 days late.

aww no flat line? still really good though

love the touch at 1:47, right after the charger gets headcrabbed the POV soldier quickly checks the direction where it came from to ensure there isnt more coming, so he doesnt get headcrabbed either. but damn they were going badass at first, then everything went to shit when they werent covering eachother's back even overwatch transhuman elite can make a mistake in a high-stress situation. one ounce of humanity left: making mistakes

Hey ParryGod, great stuff as always. If I wanted to explore this field and eventually do stuff like you do, is there somewhere I should start? I've tried looking at SFM stuff and my caveman brain has had trouble making sense of it. Is there a tutorial or learning program somewhere you can recommend? Please keep up the good work, I love your stuff.