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Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

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566 points Philpax | 4 comments | 15 Nov 24 22:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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endoblast ◴[15 Nov 24 23:54 UTC] No.42152727[source]▶
My claim to fame on the 20th anniversary (84 views thus far) is to have completed Ravenholm without inflicting any deaths or receiving any injury:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_XN_RwjnqM

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nirui ◴[16 Nov 24 05:04 UTC] No.42154444[source]▶
8:54 Holy shit I don't even know one could do something like that, jumping back to the room and hide in complete safety, very smart.

Also, at 0:30, turning off that living place hazard is very kind of you. And you also saved Bob and Jim from being cut in half by doing that. Father Grigori might not like it, but he's crazy too.

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1. endoblast ◴[16 Nov 24 14:17 UTC] No.42156564[source]▶
I think I went off to make a cup of coffee IRL which is why I stayed in that room longer than needed ('Now brother step into the cart!')
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2. 0cf8612b2e1e ◴[16 Nov 24 19:06 UTC] No.42158420[source]▶
Wait, this was all one take? Not spliced together? Some of those falls looked like you had a mm to spare before you would have taken falling damage.
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3. endoblast ◴[16 Nov 24 20:09 UTC] No.42158863[source]▶
Yes, all one take :-) However there were many trials to get there with less than 20% chance of overall success I would estimate.

e.g. the bit where I hide behind behind a headstone in the graveyard is by no means reliable (maybe 80%?)

Thanks to HN the view count on YouTube has increased dramatically! If it gets past 1000 I'm going to have to record and upload the final section with the combine troops.

EDIT: assuming that is still possible: Valve have made some changes for the twentieth birthday which I noticed today.

e.g. there's more grass and bizarrely the lift button has switched to the other side of the elevator

4. nirui ◴[17 Nov 24 07:21 UTC] No.42162536[source]▶
While you sipping on that coffee, I was crouched down on the same roof surrounded by the awful sound of the incoming sporty zombies. I hate those things, I still do.