Half-Life 2: Episode Two - White Forest Inn Ambush

[NerfZoo]

Alyx: Three at a time! It's too much!

You: Nope.

[Ramizello]

Half-Life is the best sci-fi universe)

[FEAR709]

they should make a half-life game about the pure guerrela warfare of the rebels and some kick-ass guy as the main character. Probably that from that military expansion of the original half-life

[SSFhighcommandJOHN]

what program did u use to record it?

[MattyDienhoff]

The registered version of Fraps. :)

[Killarila]

@MattyDienhoff i found like 1000 of them on torrent sites XD

[animefreak120]

Wow that was on hard mode? I had trouble with the three hunter fight on normal. >>

[tacohell66]

ITS A TRAP!

[Hellavionx]

Great video =) , oh shit its hard to know there will be some trap xD ^^

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[eddiminus]

Nice going there, this battle was so intense when I played it, I just loved it.

My favourite weapon against hunters though has always been the Jalopy.

[alex19589]

Has anyone noticed the cave before the White forest inn? It's on the radar in the car

[NerfZoo]

@alex19589 Yes I have, there is a skeleton.

[BarneyCelhoun]

youre better at gaming as me ... where did you earn all the skill man?

[MattyDienhoff]

Two things: sheer repetition (been gaming since 1993) and a broad range of experience. (Racing games, strategy games, simulators, tactical shooters which are so difficult they make regular shooters look tame by comparison...). Search my channel for a video called "Operation Flashpoint - War Cry".

[3rdDragunov]

this part is fucking awesome, i love this epic game

[monkeylost]

The ambush isnt triggered until u try and drive past so u can park the car and go in to house and resupply before the battle then go out and trigger it. if u want to ofc

[pvtpuffy]

5:17 Hunter fail. XD

[woodledoodledoodle]

ITS A TRAP!

[Pyro627]

No, wait, you did that with the radiotor. My mistake.

[Pyro627]

In the basement part, one of the hunters misfired his fletchettes and they hit his pal. It vapourised him, like with the "payback" acheivement.

[Pyro627]

...Did that hunter shoot his buddy?

[SuperFlicky]

It's a good thing he didn't run into any zombie goasts (HL:FLC reference)!

[Gooshkinheimer]

lol

[Gammerman12]

John Freeman must of moved them near the countryside so there were at peace.

[glicher647]

Zombine: Gordon, buddy, I just wanna give you this shiny grenade as a gift of friendship!

Gordon ....(Doesn't he know that grenades explode?)....

Zombine: Uh, I think it is shaking *explodes*

[02Dobby]

For the comments about the Combine Scout:

When you hear the radio go off, look up at the road and a little to the right just as the road leads into the village. You should JUST see a Combine Elite running off. If you still cant do it, exit the car and noclip up, you will defently see it then.

[holymotzi]

Nice ...

[CritzKriegClan]

Nice, though I almost only used the crossbow to kill them =) (except hunters)

[mikeyman6]

very nicely played man, only criticism i would have is that theres no point shooting the hunters with the pulse rifles rounds then hitting it with the secondary fire, as its a one shot kill, but ur to good not to know that, lol, other than that shit hot job, i especially liked u finishing of the last hunter with the car, i can never manage to take out the basement hunter before he gets upstairs lol, great battle

[MattyDienhoff]

Actually, the only reason I didn't go straight to the secondary fire was: I had done so during a previous playthrough, and if you hit it with an energy orb before it finishes its animation of jumping down from the window, it just disappears without any special effects at all. So I waited this time to avoid that bug.

[mikeyman6]

ah i see, i take it ur playing the pc version?

[MattyDienhoff]

Yep.

[hunkyzombie]

yeah definately - lone survivor thing going on :) of course its played off pretty beautifully against the, heart pounding, sweaty hands being unable to hold mouse properly, action you find dotted about. This being one of those moments. Nicely played btw!

[MattyDienhoff]

Thanks!

[hunkyzombie]

i love the use of sound in this game to create atmosphere. At the beginning of the video - when he's looking around; those little details like birdsong being in contrast with the dead silence really got me on edge :) I never noticed any bird song in this game till up to this point.

The other time that i can remember such a vivid sense of loneliness in hf2 was just after you killed the helicopter on the last bit of the hoverboat section.

[MattyDienhoff]

Agreed. Highway 17 was one of my favourite chapters in Half-Life 2, mainly because it was so large and desolate and lonely.

[mrlice22]

Nice fight1 The music in the background is sooothing yet intense, like you're fighting Combine in the peaceful countryside and noone notices...

Anyways you PWN at hard, I could never pull it off like you can!

[nachobrown95]

good work!!

[SEAKNIGHTRC]

you own at this game well done! :D

[Elementer117]

Nice video, you got some nice shots in. This scene is just one of the many reasons I LOVE Half Life 2, you're a skilled player too man, kudos on kickin' Combine ass on hard!

Oh yeah and about that scout, I think I saw him, it's amazing that Value puts so much effort and work into their games, and yet it creeps me out whenever I play episode 2 to think that the Combine was stalking Gordon and Alyx.

Anyway great vid, in my opinion the greatest video game ambush of all time.

[MattyDienhoff]

Cheers. :)

[mrlice22]

yes, i saw him too, that elite right? you can only see his head above the gate.

Oh, the hunters creeped me out. I didn't see them until you drive up the road, beihnd the gate, you see one running off!

[ppitm]

ah, the sandbox fight

[MattyDienhoff]

Sandbox...?

[ZarekFinland]

this video is probably the best one, the difficulty and the awesome atmosphere speak for themselves.

[joet88]

i think this is the first time in a video game i felt like i was REALLY being ambushed

[MattyDienhoff]

Agreed. In any other game, I'd much prefer to be the ambusher, not the ambushed. :P

[xSquiggumsx]

I agree with Alyx at 3:45, Nice Shot.

[jepajei]

Lol try on hard difficulty.

[MattyDienhoff]

This was on hard difficulty, you fucking moron. Learn to read descriptions.

[karoshimon]

Best action sequence ever.

[mrGlitch2000]

also abefore the scene you can see g-man.

[mrGlitch2000]

I love the part of the fight where you kill all the soldiers and you can here the hunters on the roof and comingaround the windows it builds up suspension.

[Illousion1]

That mountain in the background is just really damn beautiful! :)

[dude23133]

you know guys in the developer commentary it says that theres a combine soldier spotting you in the distence and calls you in i havnt been succesfull in finding him can you help me?

[MattyDienhoff]

Yeah, I heard that too. I looked, but I never saw any scouts. I did see some Hunters moving in the distance on the way up the hill, though.

[dude23133]

that i did see actually creeped me out

[dude23133]

did you see the gman?

[Niyou77]

It doesn't actually show the soldier, but if you listen carefully you can hear a combine relaying some information through the radio.

[mrlice22]

it does

[spork24601]

Right when you come out of the tunnel at the start of this stage you can hear a Combine radio, I think that's when the commentary was referring to. I spend so long searching that starting area to find the Combine but it's just a sound effect...

[Memoquin]

It's mentioned in the commentary? What did they say about it?

[SlapHappyElluko]

put on easy? come one, that's not even a challenge!

[MattyDienhoff]

Read the description, moron. This was on hard.

[ezzy23]

i guess this is 50% of ppls favorit stage. myself.. i died some times xD

[dingo27mobile]

Man, this is really nice video, so many action here, not as other dumb boring videos... You are playing it really nice

5 Stars bro :)

[rossmum]

IT'S A TRAP!