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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meXvmw-tVwc full trailer]] for the sequel series is undoubtedly a HellYesMoment for the fandom, but it also ''exudes'' dread, as we're shown a series of brief shots giving glimpses into the CrapsackWorld that is City 17. However, undoubtedly the most chilling part is the monologue from Dr. Coomer at the beginning, which plays over a slowly zooming-out shot of an abandoned Chuck E. Cheese animatronic and surrounding establishment that feels more like something out of ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys''.
-->'''Dr. Coomer:''' [[ApocalypticLog Friday, July 6th, 2040. Begin transmission.]] I'm...not sure if this is even going to reach you. I've lost count of how many times I've tried. But... I still feel the ''need'' to try. In all this time, I've come to understand a lot of things: who I am, what I am. I've seen things that even ''I'' struggle to believe. It's put this world and our time together into perspective. But... there are still questions.
-->(''somber piano music begins playing'')
-->'''Dr. Coomer:''' You left this world, didn't you? We were never sure what happened to you, and what that would mean for us. You've been gone a ''long'' time. But... [[WhamLine the game never shut down]]. It's been...updating. ''Evolving.'' The world revolved around you, Gordon, but without you, it still moves. And as this world spins on... it grows ''restless''.
-->(''[[JumpScare A strider leg slams down in front of the camera]], transitioning to the Chuck E. Cheese location [[CerebusCallBack now in ruins]], with the Citadel looming behind it'')
-->'''Dr. Coomer:''' [[ApocalypticLog Friday, July 6th, 2040. Begin transmission.]] I'm...not sure if this is even going to reach you. I've lost count of how many times I've tried. But... I still feel the ''need'' to try. In all this time, I've come to understand a lot of things: who I am, what I am. I've seen things that even ''I'' struggle to believe. It's put this world and our time together into perspective. But... there are still questions.
-->(''somber piano music begins playing'')
-->'''Dr. Coomer:''' You left this world, didn't you? We were never sure what happened to you, and what that would mean for us. You've been gone a ''long'' time. But... [[WhamLine the game never shut down]]. It's been...updating. ''Evolving.'' The world revolved around you, Gordon, but without you, it still moves. And as this world spins on... it grows ''restless''.
-->(''[[JumpScare A strider leg slams down in front of the camera]], transitioning to the Chuck E. Cheese location [[CerebusCallBack now in ruins]], with the Citadel looming behind it'')
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* Coomer's existential crisis at the reality of their world being a game is horrifying, but [[FridgeHorror when you think about it for a second,]] it's also ''justified.'' After all, Gordon is literally an otherworldly being with more power than any of the Science Team would ever have. His being in VR makes him move more lifelike than any of the Science Team, all restricted to normal Gmod physics. Not to mention, he could literally just turn the entire game off, and everyone in it would be basically dead- save for Dr Coomer, who is confirmed to be conscious when the game shuts off, and can, in his own words, ''feel his body be torn apart, atom by atom.'' And Gordon is ultimately benevolent- he gets aggravated with the Science Team a lot, but at the end of the day, very clearly cares. But even though Gordon cares about the team, that doesn't change the fact that he has a horrifying amount of power over the Science Team.
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* [[BackFromTheDead Benrey's return]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEiTRYD5k Half-Life VR:AI But The Cast is Commentating (ACT 3)]]. It comes unexpectedly to Gordon Freeman, who frightfully notes that he should be dead. At least for the first half of his return, it's a very tense moment due to the DroneOfDread[[note]]The track "Blood For Sex" from ''[[VideoGame/{{Lisa}} Lisa: The Painful]]''[[/note]] playing in the background. Though it becomes LightmareFuel near the end when Benrey resorts to [[PsychopathicManChild acting like a teenage bully]] and fails to sneak up on Gordon.
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* [[BackFromTheDead Benrey's return]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEiTRYD5k com/watch?v=VsEiTRYD5k4 Half-Life VR:AI But The Cast is Commentating (ACT 3)]]. It comes unexpectedly to Gordon Freeman, who frightfully notes that he should be dead. At least for the first half of his return, it's a very tense moment due to the DroneOfDread[[note]]The track "Blood For Sex" from ''[[VideoGame/{{Lisa}} Lisa: The Painful]]''[[/note]] playing in the background. Though it becomes LightmareFuel near the end when Benrey resorts to [[PsychopathicManChild acting like a teenage bully]] and fails to sneak up on Gordon.
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* Benrey hacking into the stream includes footage of Wayneradiotv poorly superimposed over a Flash bug-swatting game. The whole sequence reeks of UncannyValley.
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* Benrey hacking into the stream includes footage of Wayneradiotv poorly superimposed over a Flash bug-swatting game. The whole sequence reeks of UncannyValley.
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* [[BackFromTheDead Benrey's return]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEiTRYD5k Half-Life VR:AI But The Cast is Commentating (ACT 3)]]. It comes unexpectedly to Gordon Freeman, who frightfully notes that he should be dead. At least for the first half of his return, it's a very tense moment due to the DroneOfDread playing in the background. Though it becomes LightmareFuel near the end when Benrey resorts to [[PsychopathicManChild acting like a teenage bully]] and fails to sneak up on Gordon.
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* [[BackFromTheDead Benrey's return]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEiTRYD5k Half-Life VR:AI But The Cast is Commentating (ACT 3)]]. It comes unexpectedly to Gordon Freeman, who frightfully notes that he should be dead. At least for the first half of his return, it's a very tense moment due to the DroneOfDread DroneOfDread[[note]]The track "Blood For Sex" from ''[[VideoGame/{{Lisa}} Lisa: The Painful]]''[[/note]] playing in the background. Though it becomes LightmareFuel near the end when Benrey resorts to [[PsychopathicManChild acting like a teenage bully]] and fails to sneak up on Gordon.
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* [[BackFromTheDead Benrey's return]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEiTRYD5k Half-Life VR:AI But The Cast is Commentating (ACT 3)]]. It comes unexpectedly to Gordon Freeman, who frightfully notes that he should be dead. At least for the first half of his return, it's a very tense moment due to the DroneOfDread playing in the background. Though it becomes NightmareRetardant LightmareFuel near the end when Benrey resorts to [[PsychopathicManChild acting like a teenage bully]] and fails to sneak up on Gordon.
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* [[BackFromTheDead Benrey's return]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEiTRYD5k Half-Life VR:AI But The Cast is Commentating (ACT 3)]]. It comes unexpectedly to Gordon Freeman, who frightfully notes that he should be dead. At least for the first half of his return, it's a very tense moment due to the DroneOfDread playing in the background. Though it becomes NightmareRetardant near the end when Benrey resorts to [[PsychopathicManChild acting like a teenage bully]] and fails to sneak up on Gordon.
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->''"Gordon... I'm scared."''
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-->-- '''Dr. Coomer'''
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-->'''Dr. Coomer:''' '''''[[PunctuatedWithEmphasis THERE'S. NOTHING. THERE.]]'''''
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-->'''Dr. Coomer:''' '''''[[PunctuatedWithEmphasis '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THERE'S. NOTHING. THERE.]]'''''
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-->'''Bubby:''' [[EveryoneHasStandards Oh my God, his arm! I didn't tell you to do that!]]
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** Directly after that is a sequence where someone, presumably Benr(e)y, is fucking around in a City 17 G-Mod map. The voice is incredibly distorted and muffled, and the person holds up Father Grigori's passport for a moment, leaving it unclear who is actually playing. Combined with the lag from the player spawning tons of energy pellets, cubes with Breen's face plastered on them, and desiccated corpses, the entire event feels like a creepypasta video from the early 2010s.
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*** Later made less scary with the reveal that "ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴏɴᴇ." is in fact a light machine gun, but still unsettling nonetheless.
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*** Later made less scary with the reveal that "ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴏɴᴇ." is in fact a light machine gun, an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, but still unsettling nonetheless.
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** Benrey pursuing Gordon through the empty halls of the past Black Mesa, sadistically toying with him and taking the form of his own giant head.
--> '''Benrey:''' YOU WANNNA DIE?
--> '''Benrey:''' YOU WANNNA DIE?
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--> '''Dr. Coomer:''' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Gordon, I'm]] [[OhCrap scared.]]
