Sourceruns recently uploaded an INCREDIBLE
speedrun of Half Life 2. Check out the link
in the description, but beware - you won't
be able to stop watching. In this video I
have picked out my favourite parts. So...
let's begin!
20) Gocnak quickly eliminates the enemies,
before crate-jumping to safety. Impressive
though it may be, it's NOTHING compared to
what comes after. Introducing UnrealCanine,
who must be very proud of his contribution
to the speedrun . In what could have very
easily been a boring, inevitable 3 minute
wait for Alyx to arrive, he entertains us
by shooting pictures into the walls. That's
over three percent of the entire speedrun
time. As it ends, we see that UnrealCanine
must walk away proudly as the responsibility
is passed to somebody else who's probably
wondering where all the ammo has gone. Well
done!
19) Anybody who's played Half Life 2 will
remember the first really difficult bit where
you get a revolver, then have to take down
a gunship while running through an enemy base.
Well, these speedrunners don't since 'S.'
gets out of the airship before the loading
time, confusing Half Life 2 and allowing him
to skip the entire level. It almost makes
me want to load it up again and try it out!
18) The scripted bit with Dog is boring, but
Matmo livens it up by firing the crates directly
into Dog's face, which seem to make it excitedly
jump about, begging for more! Strange thing.
17) Executable mucks it all up by avoiding
the symbolic crowbar bit near the beginning
of the game. Why would you even consider that
a good idea? I mean, how are you going to
destroy wooden planks now? With your FACE?
Oh.
16) This bit has to be included, as it's clear
that playtesters would have made sure that
this wasn't possible. Heck, I did as well!
And yet, Gocnak does it with ease, once again
skipping a significant and difficult part
of the level. I've seen others do it with
a grenade, but this seems far more effective.
15) Yes, I have sped this bit up, as number
15 follows straight on. The more I watch this
footage, the more amateurish and buggy Half
Life 2 appears. I hold the game in high regard
and now believe that anything is possible
if you put your mind to it. How about that
for a positive message?!
14) UnrealCanine is back with a really neat
little trick. Once again this is something
I tried and failed, so I respect it all the
more because of it. I wonder if other people,
frustrated with the puzzle, managed similar.
Look how clean that flip was!
13) You know you're in for a treat when TacticalToastStrike
stops for more health, and it's soon apparent
why. What took seconds to watch must have
taken hours to achieve. According to the audio
commentary, somebody managed it too successfully
and went too high. The problems speed-runners
face...
12) Just for the record, you need to shoot
an orb in the room above this. Gocnak once
again embarrasses Gabe Newell's engine by
shoving his head through a ceiling, using
a grenade. Don't try this at home. Do you
think that, knowing these things exist, Valve
would try and prevent them? Or is it worth
it for videos like this? AND IN THE GAME
11) Let's finish this with a running joke
throughout the speed-run- a perverted attraction
to... women's ASS. And TITS. And Dog's. And
Doctor Breen's. It's great to know that, even
when speed-running a game, you still have
time to admire the female figure. Sourceruns,
I love you all.
