Half-Life: The Seven Hour War | A Half-Life Cinematic [SFM]
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2020
- The Seven Hour War was a brief, but decisive confrontation between the Combine and the governments of Earth, ultimately leading to a large human death toll and the Combine occupation of the entire planet.
In this cinematic we follow the brave individuals who stood up against the Combine invasion, until we come to a conclusion in bloodbath of a final showdown.
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In-depth disclaimer:
When making this cinematic, I felt like the aspect of keeping most of the Half-Life 2 elements in it would also make it feel more nostalgic and recognisable.
Yes! I do know that the Combine Soldiers, also known as the transhuman forces, did not take part in the Seven Hour War. :P
Also by adding elements from other universes than the Half-Life one, they could possibly spice up the battles a little. Know one knows for sure which types of military enforcements the Combine used to take over planet Earth. (As of now!:D)
My interpretation is but one of many other possible outcomes, but I really hope that you all enjoy my work and effort in creating what the Seven Hour War possibly could've looked like!:)
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For a while I've had the idea of portraying the Seven Hour War in a cinematic style, and as soon as I heard Valve would be releasing a new Half-Life game, it instantly gave me enough motivation to get started, and begin to dive back into the amazing universe of Half-Life that I had enjoyed throughout most of my childhood!
Hopefully this cinematic will also have an impact on you guys, and get you in the mood for the new Half-Life: Alyx which will be releasing about the same time as this film!
Soundtrack: Half-Life 2 OST
Used under the Valve Video Policy.
Thank you for watching! This'll be the beginning of a new chapter for me and my CZcams channel, as I have finally figured out what sort of content I actually enjoy making, rather than the feeling of needing to satisfy a specific audience!
Stand by for more cinematics and short films like these! :D - Krátké a kreslené filmy
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Everyone in the Combine Empire is gangsta 'till they hear: "WELCOME TO THE HEV MARK V PROTECTIVE SYSTEM, FOR USE IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS."
nice one lmao
@@Zombned Thanks.
There about to be turned into a shishqebob except with a crowbar instead of a stick
@@captain_fish_head Pretty much.
Here is your complimentary crow bar.
The Combine forces you fought in Half-Life 2 as Gordon Freeman are only acting as the police force, the real Combine army is much, much stronger. So strong it stomped The United Nations in just seven hours.
This, what you see in the games are simply 'peacekeeping' (if you can call them that) units left behind, and some advisors obviously. Much superior technology but largely relying on captured/willing humans to be transformed into combine transhuman soldiers. This is why it's such a big deal that they blew up the citadel and closed the portal with the Xen resonator rocket because they essentially cut off contact from the local, comparably much weaker combine forces on earth to the main empire, and the combine hadn't developed localized teleportation so they were stuck with manual transportation around on earth. Earth is even considered to be only of marginal interest to the Combine empire and they already tapped alot of earths resources and sent it offworld, so it's not completely unreasonable to think they'll maybe just cut their losses and not even bother tryng to reestablish contact and create a new portal to invade once again
Though it doesn’t mean that they are a police force because in more developing nations you tend to see soldiers acting as police
The scary thing about them is we dont know how strong their army really is
@@scoutguard3015 Yeah, we don't know HOW powerful. But we know that they are powerful enough to take the Earth so easily.
@@Neuwey331 imagine how many units there are to discover
bro leave this guy alone from the rants, he clearly said it’s inaccurate to the HL2 canon
lol ok Thank you
Dude thank you!
I'm not gonna rant about how it's innacurate, i find it funny though how they randomly had mass effect reapers and tripods lol, guess the combine invaded those universes too
Then call it a parody
It does have some right parts though of how they showed the hunter chopper getting shot but not even being dented, because hunter choppers, gunships, striders, all take 7 explosive shots to kill.
Rebel: Some day, this'll all just be a bad memory.
Overwatch elite: Copy that.
Me: LOL
It's Overwatch elite dummy.
Lol
Overwatch W4
(Beta)
@@nooby7289 Aren't you No visor?
"How many alien invasion cross overs do you want?"
"yes"
I remember that dog beats up the strider in wihte forest in hl2 part 2
5:39 The most sad part of this is when he didn't get to eat his big mac..
NOOOOOOO
wait is that why the resistance did an uprising..
HE ORDER WITH HIS LAST COUPON RIP
Atlest that custom strider ate it (with his beam)
Although highly inaccurate to the Half Life franchise, it was still an entertaining cinematic to watch
The seven hour war takes place before half life’s human metro cops were here.
@@GamerExiles Yes, I know
I think we all can agree that tanks would cause severe casualties to Combine
Like if Rebels can take out Striders or gunship with Simple RPG then imagine what would do for example M1 Abrams
@@XOFInfantryman Yeah, but striders were probably not the most powerful military units of the combine. They're most likely observer/peacekeeper units left behind.
Yaman same here!
4:26- damn that’s a big cheeseburger!🍔
5:39- damn he never ate the large, luscious cheeseburger. It really IS a tragic story.
Monster burger!
He literally DIED for that 🅱️🅾️rger
He didn't care about the tripod he just wanted his *juicy thicc tasty borger*
Mmm... Candy
-Otis doughnut-destroyer
H E R I T I C B 🅾️ R G E R
Every in the Resistance gangsta till the Tripods show up.
Noora Alnaqqash striders*
@@SkynetT-1944 no, he/she was correct, tripods
Freexty it depends what they mean, if they mean the things with 3 legs from half life 2 they are called striders, if they mean tripods from war of the worlds they probably should have put it better so it isn’t as confusing
@@SkynetT-1944 they were talking about the tripods from war of the worlds since they had no problem decimating striders
Freexty but why would the resistance be the ones who are scared, they don’t own the striders
13:04 "someday, this will be the bad memories"
Combine soldier *COPY THAT*
I got a feeling he was agreeing so he could possibly live
Lol
LOL
lel
Lol
As silly as it is, the Tripods matches the Combine aesthetic pretty well.
"IS THIS WAR OF THE WORLDS OR HALF LIFE!?"
they also snuck in a pacific rim kaiju
I’m their universe it would likely be a sentient being rather than a giant mech, like a giant squid/crab with armor
@@somedudethatripsplanetinha4221 War of the servers
Those are reapers from mass effect
" AND NO *ONE* WILL BE ABLE TO GET IN OUR WAY !"
G-Man and Gordon Free man: " Are Your *Sure* About that ? "
G-Man wouldn't do anything but gordon would kick there asses
G-Man is the founder/owner of the combine
@@randomRPperson false
@@dolphinl4020 Have you even looked in the internet bro?
@@FishX13 have you ever known that advisors and wallace breen lead the combine empire? Idiot.
You know how there's rebels already in the 7 hour war? I don't think that's incorrect as probably a lot of people would have joined militias and stuff to support the earth troops
And the hunter choppers bruh
My guess is most people would resist the combine forces when they began invading earth
Obviously they wouldnt be a very well organized resistance with uniforms or anything, probably just random civilians who picked up arms and fought the attackers
Joined the military in under 7 hours?
@@OrangeIsAGenuinelyCoolCo-fw9tqmilitias are not militaries.
I see that the tripod (5:50) is from the movie "War of the Worlds" and the other creature (11:01) is from the movie "Pacific Rim". I do like the wide range of combine forces, and it would make sense because the combines assimilate alien species.
No, the creature looks more like one of those big guys from subnautica
@@kalisnumber1 no its slattern from pacific rim
@@kalisnumber1 it has subnautica sounds tho
@@Tired_eyess it *has* sounds
From many things
Holy hell, imagine if Reapers allied with Combine. Then we had to find Shapard and Gordon to participate in an all out war against them.
If the Covenant hopped in you got an unstoppable trio death alliance
@@giantinflatedgoober3643 if the sith joined in they would even be more unstoppable unstoppable
and also Tripods
@@dementia4452 and then the Decepticons, animated, in-game and live action..
@@Aceysa2526 then the independence day harvesters
12:59 "I used to kill ten... twenty a day, just using my bare fists!"
And with a gun, his kill count triples
Some Saxton Hale type of stuff
Some things that came to mind:
- How did they get humans right at the beginning? CP and Combine soldiers were not present that time.
- That Tripod that burns people seems to be from a film (can't recall the title)
War of the Worlds.
Magic :)
@@jarred7788 magic? You stupid punk I gonna tell you who is magic... A pony!
doge soldier Lmao is this a joke if it isn't it is just sad
@@jarred7788 still cry as well baby
14:22 I like how the combine soldier was just trying to be peaceful and does what the human says then as it's about to get shot it raises it's hands up
It can be imagined that the main force of Combine, which conquered the earth in seven hours, is far more than the level we see in HL2
I have a theory that the combine army during the war had hunters as its soldiers along with gunships, striders, dropships, and no helicopters. I also think humanity shot first as they were busy cleaning up the xen infestation and must have mistook combine forces for xenian life.
@@chongwongson6982 yeah i agrew with ya, we come to them and attafked us!
@@chongwongson6982combine used synth units to invade, in hl2 it's just soldiers
@@vssb6186 what do you mean
@@chongwongson6982 overwatch soldiers didn't participate in the war
the fact we still haven't seen the *actual* combine aliens, just the stuff they've stolen and turned for themselves (and the weak ones, at that) makes them so much scarier
maybe the advisors are the Combine aliens
@@vibaj16 most likely not higher management, more likely genetically modified pawns to properly administrate worlds and populations of certain sizes, presumably just in emergency cases, as we only see them dormant in half life, that is up until the point where the combine-made human government falls apart, and the advisors assume leadership roles. Additionally, I find it highly unlikely that the combine government are a single species. Earth is a small island colony to the combine at most, but almost certainly much less than even that, in such a case its possible that a combine government agent was never actually sent to earth.
0:48 I love that sound.
Giant combine: this is gonna be easy
Japan: wake up godzilla!
Ptting aside the lore problems and use of other science fiction machines like tripods and reapers, this was an amazing depiction of the 7 hour war.
i especially loved that that its revealed that it could have been a 5-4 hour war were it not for the incompetence of a commander
i do especially love some of the cinematography here too
what thing did the Reaper mechs come from
@@notrealneo927 Mass Effect
sad that you couldnt makes this a whole, 7 hour animated film.
2:15 the combine were like "if you say so xD"
This was a really enjoyable watch!!!!! not quite how I imagine the 7 hour war really went down but something similar to this. Have you ever thought of getting the combine soldiers with the glowing eyes from mmod they look amazing. The addition of the Tripods and Reapers really adds to it as well cause I feel the combine forces we see on earth during HL2 are probably the bare bones of there full military strength.
You are right about that, if resistance regains Earth, they send in Tripods
The oceans are already drained at the first scene but the cinematic was still good 10/10
this was fun to watch but yeah it has so many flaws like how is there dog there yet? or the fact that there is combing humans when they first invade
Bog Smoke there’s a disclaimer at the beginning of the video
Dotties Alyx Literally shows up. Theres a limit to oh i didnt want this to be realistic
their*
@@haseenabadshah5381 there is the correct form
In fact they did combine humans when they were invading but they had very few.
This video must’ve taken forever to make! And even if non-canon elements were used, it’s a great SFM film!
But if you were to re-make this, here are somethings you could improve on:
1. Change the Combine OTAs to Combine Supersoldiers from the Beta.
2. Possibly have a cameo of a Cremator.
3. You can still have the Tripods and the squid looking things
4. Use some Xen wildlife such as Headcrabs (not fast or poisonous, they came after 7HW), Antlions and maybe bullsquids and hound eyes.
5. Try to remove combine elements in maps; such as the citadel, combine walls and barriers.
6. Approaching the final hours of war, you can have OTAs (because by this time, they would likely have prisoners now combine trans-humans)
7. Try to make buildings look damaged of destroyed, to show a war is going on.
8. (This is more a question) What is the creature summoned through a portal in the hidden combine outpost?
9. Perhaps use Mortar synths and Crab synths.
10. Maybe show the Combine Mothership, if you don’t know what to use, I’d think of a large mortar synth or maybe a giant advisor pod. And if you can, show maybe portals on earth rather than outer space. But it is canonical that some portals were in the solar system rather than earth.
These are only suggestions for if you make a new version. But the final piece here is still perfect!
I agree
Yeee
I think it's a Kaiju that came out of the portal
@@isaaccornu1331 Yep, exactly what I was thinking! Half life Pacific Rim lol
Or it could have been exo skeletons using the armor.
18:39 that honestly just feels cool to think about, when humanity is basically about to go extinct the half life hero emerges, it's like he's doom guy that gets put in the chyro space pod thing until they need him for when umanity is at stake but only now he just wakes up as gordon freeman
Why is there a kaiju? I mean I tried to not think about it but it uses the MUTO roars at first and then it completely goes out of character and goes full godzilla. Also I noticed the tripod from war of the world's or whatever, and the reaper.
Guessing you didnt look at the beginning of the video
Smh
Hahahahah
Wow, The Combine Lord is literally disappointed with just 3 hours into the conquest, humanity hasn't surrendered. Look at the other countries of Earth who fought each other, their conflicts took years.
That’s cause the combine is so fucking powerful, they can wipe out armies in minutes. They thought the humans would be primitive and very easy to take out in about an hour or so. When they realized humans were capable of way more, that’s when they got mad and sent in the big guns like the reapers, tripods and that giant fucking godzilla wannabe
@@AnOriginalBreakfast They let the power go to their head.
@@Neuwey331 and yet the still won
@@AnOriginalBreakfast godzilla wannabe is so unaccurate and it's like something that doesn't belong in HL and I don't think combine have this kind of things
@@AnOriginalBreakfast its Slattern from Pacific Rim
Damn man, great work!
May I ask why you added OTA and combine forces in the seven hour war? Not being mean, but the combine OTA or MP's never existed. That's why synthetics took over
Sorry for the rant
Francy anything you say here is fine because there’s one comment here that I don’t believe you could stoop lower than. Sorry for replying like this, it’s just that the comment really pissed me off. (Not yours, the other.)
In the beginning of the video, there’s a disclaimer.
You be like:what's a disclaimer?
True
@@red-gi6hx and what? He could use original models from invasion pack and it would be much more interesting.
0:30 when you need to tell the senior dev you screwed up the database
i really would like to see a seperate film on the entire half life universe so far (including half life alyx) but this my friends, THIS IS A BLOODY PEICE OF ART
1:39 Tanks shooting airborne vehicles from an alien species is the most badass thing I have ever seen, especially when tanks aren't supposed to act as AAAs
its soviet, u can use it anyway how u like it to use
Сколько же времени и сил было потрачено на этот короткометражный фильм... Однозначно лайк, от фаната серии игр!
The thought and passion poured into this is really nice. Not to mention, the Combine are Multiversal- everything fits with what they’ve assimilated, even if it doesn’t. Amazing work.
Love the way their was just reapers, commander Shepard would have a heart attack if she saw this 🤣
This was awesome.. I love half life and its story line, but I REALLY love how you put your own twist and creative changes to it. Amazing work 10/10
Except the part we’re the MPs kinda looked like he was acting like a general was kinda off putting
And the 7h war didn’t include CP like from the game or resistance soldiers
@@austinwhite3132 still was awesome to me 🤷♂
@@austinwhite3132Did you know what a disclaimer is? It already says that it will be lore inaccurate.
6:50 what the hell is that thing
I’m not sure but they look like the aliens from war of the world (2005).
0:45 Um... those are Reapers, not Combine.
Yes we know, thats why he put a disclaimer saying that it was in accurate.
In accuracies will be seen here mate
JUST WATCH AND SHUT UP
Wait reapers as in SABNAUTICA REAPER- wait HEEEEY REEFIES
@@Kai-1138bro those aren't reaper leviathans
Imagine sleeping, having a normal day before, then waking up the next morning to aliens controlling the planet
Here's a fact: Combine trooper werent actually from the other universe of Combine Empire, they are just transhuman troops. They were produced after 7 hours war
But they are in the 7 hour war game on roblox the only difference they have is glowing red and blue eyes
@@King-xe3kt Bro it is roblox.
@@King-xe3kt That's very different.
Also why roblox
@@King-xe3kt Seriously, are you comparing a game made on roblox that isn't even part of the franchise with events from the original game? will tell me that everything from roblox and canon
Wow, this was actually really good.
Combine soldiers is humans.
Transhuman actıally and they started to exist after tue 7 hour war
3:21 THE GHOST OF KIYV OMG
The ghost of kiyv does not exist XD
@@chel12376 yeah I know
@@lerageurdelextreme5516 ok
"Ah yes, combine, the immortal synthetic race that conquers and assimilates whole galaxies. We have dismissed that claim"
Fun Fact: The Black Mesa Incident took place on May 16th, 2009, and ended on May 18th, 2009. The Seven Hour War took place some time after the incident.
no 20 years
Edit: oops no got my maths wrong
the combine thinking they are all powerfull
scientist with Ph.D in Theoretical physics in a super suit wielding a crowbar: "We'll see about that"
The Soldiers should have been synths, due to the combine soldiers seen in Half life 2 were made from humans.
"NO ONE WILL GET IN OUR WAY"
Some scientist in a HEV suit: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
Nice
A powerful, fearless force with thousands or millions of conquered species that took over the multiverse known as the combine.
Apparently can’t survive a nerd.
4:29 - Headburger
Impressive work, well done!
honestly man, all i can say is thank you. this one animation inspired me to start my blender career, and ive been doing great blending in blender ever since.
4:58 i wish his burger dropped
Like if agree
Like beggar
How the hell were there OTAs before the 7 hour war
The combine force is a strong alien force that conquered so many realms
@@bishalgurung4356 they made the OTA system after the seven hour war,
This is the best and I mean the best seven hour war animation, and it i complete and finished and not just something abandoned you are really great at this.
But the worst depiction of it.
I really liked this sfm!! The use of all the different sound effects was very clever
Hello babe
What
Like how you used the reapers from mass effect in this. Neat
*We've Taken over the Earth, now it's time to take over this Comments Section.*
“Rise and shine Mr. Freeman… Rise and shine!” Gave me goosebumps all over again😍 Awesome video!
This is just several time paradoxes in almost 20 minutes.
Someone should make a version set in the UK during the Seven Hour War
@Dat Boii hahaha
No seriously I mean like the Combine pummeling London whilst the British Army attempt to evacuate any citizen stuck in London during this, whilst the RAF attempt to take out many flying Synths up to the jets and helicopters finally being brought down once and for all. Eventually then we see the Royal Navy being pulled out of the ports as a way to protect from other synths, either flying or boat like synths
Russia would be better.
@@PRRepublicOfKorea yeah I know
Do u mean that u hate the UK and u want it destroyed?
@@ultramanre503 no I want to see how the UK would deal with the Combine before London fell
6/10 would’ve been 10/10 if the video went on for 7 hours
(Jokes aside I actually really enjoyed this 9/10)
Is that the Alien forces who beat the whole Earth's armies in 7 hours? If they were no Synths, the "Combine" in the film would lose
It's so delightfully, I have never seen such a masterpiece.
Its good! I just dont understand why rebels are fighting tri pods from war of the worlds lol..
XxMLGGAMERZxX Epic crossover
To everyone complaining about the existence of human soldiers here…
Idk combine are multiversal, let's say they conquered a dozen different Earths.
Bam, fixed.
Big Brain, yet so obvious
But then there would be no more human soldiers because each earth has a man who wears an HEV Suit called Gordon Freeman
I love how you added the precursors and the kaiju from pacific rim, I imagine them as an enemy faction to the Combine.
To think that this one video’s length is 1 21th of the actual war. That’s insane
0:22 love those sounds and combines going to earth love it
Yes but I don't what name
its the tripod sound from the war of the worlds 2006.
@TvelokThanks
5:13 the resistancer are like: Wh- what what is that?!
maybe one day we will have all the resources for the seven hour war to be truly recreated
Pretty cool seeing tripods in the half life universe and they really fit the combine
7:25 man theres already a citadel
He should have made the video 7 hours long
It’s all about speedruns these days…
that would take months or maybe a year or two of animating.
at the end its a dream come true for a ceritan painter
13:05
Rebel Gunner: Some day, this will all be a baaad memory.”
Defunct Elite: “Copy that.”
What's the big tripod synth in 7:03 called?
Search war of the worlds tripod.
@@cornermpg I know where its from/based from, but I thought it was a canon tripod in half life.
@@bytezo7693 oh
The Combine literally exceeds Earth's technology and army size.
the reason the Combines won is because they used every advanced technology they have
@@jadeniinovalaquio359 Of course, they are a Type 7 Civilization while Earth is only Type 1.
@@Neuwey331 true but how did you know the alien group call the Combine is a Type 7
@@jadeniinovalaquio359 They literally have inter-dimensional travel and they have been said to be a cross-universe/dimensional empire.
That’s type omega
On my novelic story , the human is rising again and make organization called "union" , they retaking earth only for 8 weeks , and over 350 years later the human union found combine homeworld and conquer it only 3 hours , and combine empire has broke out and live with slavery
I think I know what the seven hour stands for because the war lasted seven hours
Captain Price had seen his fair share of battles, but nothing could prepare him for the harsh and desolate world of Half-Life. Ever since the Combine had taken over the planet, humanity had been forced to live under their oppressive rule. But Price was not one to give up without a fight.
He had joined forces with the rebels, a ragtag group of fighters who were determined to take back their world from the Combine. As their leader, Price had quickly gained the respect and admiration of his troops. They saw his bravery and his unshakable determination, and they knew that they had a chance to win the war against the Combine with him on their side.
Price quickly realized that the rebels were greatly outnumbered and outgunned by the Combine. But he also knew that they had one advantage: their knowledge of the terrain. They knew the ins and outs of every city and every alleyway, and they used that knowledge to their advantage.
They launched a series of guerrilla attacks on the Combine, striking quickly and then disappearing back into the shadows. Price led his troops from the front, always at the head of the charge, inspiring his troops to fight harder and never give up.
As the war raged on, Price and his rebels began to gain ground against the Combine. They liberated cities and towns, freeing the people from the Combine's grip. With each victory, their numbers grew, and the rebels became a force to be reckoned with.
But the Combine was not going to give up without a fight. They launched a massive assault on the rebels, determined to crush their resistance once and for all. Price knew that this was the moment he had been preparing for.
He rallied his troops and led them into battle, charging headlong into the Combine's forces. The fighting was intense, and Price could feel his heart pounding in his chest. But he never wavered, never gave up.
In the end, the rebels emerged victorious. The Combine was defeated, and humanity was free once again. Price looked out over the battlefield, feeling a sense of pride and accomplishment that he had never felt before. He had led his troops to victory, and he had done it with honor and bravery.
As he walked away from the battlefield, Price knew that there would always be another fight to be fought. But he also knew that he was ready, and that he would always be there to lead the rebels to victory, no matter how daunting the odds.
2:17
So I started blastin
I really want to know what the Combine used to invade Earth with. They probably used the same Synths, but the OTA forces (Combine soldiers, shotgunners, elites, metrocops, stalkers, etc.) were introduced as a policing force for Earth alone, not actually as a main army.
It is not particularly logical that the alliance already has soldiers in the form of people; they could not fly in and immediately catch up with the army
The face movement 1:10
5:04 Holy crap What is that thing?
War of the worlds (2005) Tripod. A war machine used by the Martians to invade Earth and ultimately racked a toll of over a billion casualties.
@@obliviousogre1908 Okay, thank you for telling me
@@obliviousogre1908 that is until some microscopic Bois killed them
@@redactedagentdataexpunged9431 ye
For being made in 2020, this is so 2008 and i appreciate it for that alone.
Why nobody asked what martian tripod doing in combine army??
5 minutes in and you mixed this with mass effect and world of the worlds.
Have you read the disclaimer?
None of the things you added abide by the lore, but that is okay. It was made for fun, after all.
1. Gordon woke up from stasis 20 years after The Seven Hour War, not right after.
2. The trans human forces aren't technically supposed to be there, but this is fine. It isn't that far off from the lore.
3. Tripods are somewhat believable, so I'll let them pass. Just know they weren't ever a thing in the Half Life lore.
4. I don't know what to call the thing at 0:43, so there's a timestamp. This was _never_ in the lore. I wish it was, however. And I'd be curious what its role is in the combines forces.
5. 10:23 On a second viewing, this is a really interesting edition! Do you know what it's from?
6. Dog and Alyx wouldn't be there. Alyx was 4 at the time, not 24. And Dog didn't exist.
7. Breen and an advisor *definitely* didn't touch their fingers together, and make a huge, bright explosion. What does this even symbolize? The combine winning? It felt quite odd, honestly.
As a huge Half Life fan, on a second viewing, when not in a bad mood, this is pretty good. It isn't accurate, but it's certainly creative. The animation is eh, and could use some improvement, however. But it's not that bad.
What I meant by the certain non-canon elements was the transhuman forces. (Combine Soldiers) :) Thank you for the criticism! I didn't intend on making a 100% lore accurate film, and that was my plan from the beginning. Neither do I think this film represents the accurate lore of the Half-Life universe, but as I mentioned in the description, it is but one of many other possible outcomes. The Combines used Synths from other overtaken worlds, such as the Striders, Gunships/Dropships, Hunters, Crab Synths etc. and inevitably the humans which were made into Overwatch soldiers and Stalkers. We never get to see or hear about which Synths the Combines used in the 7 hour war to take over Earth as of now, and therefore I just used my imagination. :) And if I am not mistaken; didn't Gordon wake up 20 years after the Black Mesa incident, and not the Seven Hour War? When we wake up as Alyx in HL:Alyx, she is 19 years old, and the Citadel is still under construction. I may be wrong, but none the less you are right, Alyx would be atleast a few years younger! :)
I am sorry if you feel my film is insulting to the Half-Life universe, but it was just made for fun. They had just revealed that a new HL game would finally come out, and I was probably as excited as you were. But I'll make sure to give my next films some more thought into what would fit in, in a more realistic image. :) (Even though the Nihilanth also was a pretty big monster, which possibly also could've been enslaved by the Combines and used against the humans as an example).
And the things at 0:43 is Reapers from Mass Effect. :)
@@Virlance Eh, fair enough.
I’m also a huge half life fan, but this feels pretty excessive. It’s a harmless SFM video. It’s not like this is a Netflix original that’s going to be seen by millions of people and be their first impression of Half Life as a series. That would be much different. The chances are that if you’re looking up The Seven Hour War, you already know a fair bit about Half Life and it’s lore, and considering that the majority of the comments I see here are about how inaccurate it is, I’d say it doesn’t matter.
@@Virlance Hey, I'm sorry. I was in a bad mood, and it was wrong to critique you in such a manner.
Overall, on a second viewing, it's pretty good. I did update my comment to reflect how I feel now.
I'm sorry if I upset you in any way.
Squidweed hey man at least you’re reasonable about it
Alien military that took over earth in 7 hours or a nerd in a hazard suit having a really bad day
Wow this is a really good short film! I love how you added the tripod from War of the worlds very fitting, I also like how you used other assets from different games like the tank from Gta 5 to give it more of a unique feel!
It was very creative how it switched to different parts of the world and how the combine used different tactics to overthrow humanity.
An amazing video and great animating! 10/10
To tripods as plus Mass Effect reapers)
No it doesn't the tripods doesn't fit for the Combine army because that would be very inaccurate and the tripods design is not half life related.
Sorry for the rant.
12:20 meanwhile inside tanks :BYLAT!!!
I know this is just for fun but aren’t the combine soldiers humans then meaning this is impossible
@Orange Fort the Xbox series x costs more than your adoption fee
@Orange Fort I can do what I want and I know what will piss you off Shitnite is the best game
@Orange Fort I’m smarter than you especially in game lore :)
@Orange Fort am I supposed to? Your really making me think the Fortnite community is better than half-life’s
@Orange Fort I think there’s one moron here and he’s forgetting to give his mummy the money for his adoption fee
5:37
I love how one is like "NOOO!"
and the other is just like "ah."
November 2020: official trailer