History VideoGame / DayHard

** Your main sidekick throughout the game is Jack Carver from ''FarCry''. His room has a framed picture of [[{{Videogame/FarCry}} Valerie Constantine.]]

The universe runs of RuleOfCool, so action movie locales like hotels, nightclubs, bars and more are still running and full of patrons even as striders walk the streets and drop ships fly overhead. And rather than terror inducing multidimensional eldritch conquerors, the combine are played for laughs here, dancing in nightclubs, drinking in bars, and generally not acting like the usual [[ANaziByAnyOtherName ultra-space-Nazi's]] that we saw [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} in the future]].

[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/dayhard DayHard]] ([[Film/DieHard Not the film]]) is a comedy oriented ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' mod by MODDB user ItsyaBoiiJoey. It stars Gordon Freemans’ brother, Morgan Freeman ([[Creator/MorganFreeman Not that one]]) who would not be out of place in a [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino film]]. Morgan and his [[HeteroSexualLifePartners friend]] [[ComedicSociopath Jack]] start the game making a daring escape from a combine raid on their apartment building, and it only gets crazier from there. It takes place in an apparent alternate universe from the main Half Life 2 story. In Day Hard's version of {{TheVerse}}, The Combine discovered on arrival that Earth wasn't a [[PunyHumans weak planet that would fall in a single day]], but rather an over-the-top, {{World of Badass}} and [[WorldOfHam ham]] fueled by action films and more than ready to stand its ground. Gordon is (as far as we can tell) still in stasis, and City 17 has yet to be founded, so one can consider Day Hard as an absurdly non-canon prequel.

[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/dayhard DayHard]] ([[Film/DieHard Not the film]]) is a comedy oriented [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} Half Life 2]] mod by MODDB user ItsyaBoiiJoey. It stars Gordon Freemans’ brother, Morgan Freeman ([[MorganFreeman Not that one]]) who would not be out of place in a [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino film]]. Morgan and his [[HeteroSexualLifePartners friend]] [[ComedicSociopath Jack]] start the game making a daring escape from a combine raid on their apartment building, and it only gets crazier from there. It takes place in an apparent alternate universe from the main Half Life 2 story. In Day Hard's version of {{TheVerse}}, The Combine discovered on arrival that Earth wasn't a [[PunyHumans weak planet that would fall in a single day]], but rather an over-the-top, {{World of Badass}} and [[WorldOfHam ham]] fueled by action films and more than ready to stand its ground. Gordon is (as far as we can tell) still in stasis, and City 17 has yet to be founded, so one can consider Day Hard as an absurdly non-canon prequel.

** The main character of the game, [[{{Videogame/HalfLife}} Gordon Freeman's]] brother, is named MorganFreeman.

** One of the apartments has a framed picture of the [[{{NamesTheSame}} actual]] MorganFreeman.

* SeriousBusiness: Apparently for Jack, [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]] is higher priority than helping his friend save the world.

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** There's a computer playing ''[[{{Videogame/Doom}} Doom 2]]'' in the first level. [[Spoiler: The final boss fight is also almost directly ripped from ''[[{{Videogame/Doom}} Doom 2]]''.]]

** Your main sidekick throughout the game is Jack Carver from FarCry. His room has a framed picture of [[{{Videogame/FarCry}} Valerie Constantine.]]
** Numerous [[ShoutOut]]s to HalfLife2 itself, with characters and voice clips being used out of context to comedic effect.

** The shirt that Morgan wears is the jersey of Italian footballer FrancescoTotti.
** Your main sidekick throughout the game is Jack Carver from FarCry.
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* DirtyOldMan: Father Grigori. He might even have his own sex cult.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Videogame/{{Doom}} EasterEgg in the first level foreshadows [[spoiler: the final boss fight]], which is ripped straight from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/Doom Doom 2.]]

* {{Spexico}}: Parodied by a follower character you meet at the nightclub.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/Doom Doom 2]] {{easteregg}} in the first level foreshadows [[spoiler: the final boss fight]], which is ripped straight from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/Doom Doom 2.]]

The gameplay is typical Source engine with some changes. The world map is {{metroidvania}}-esque, with common locations visited several times and some backtracking required. Powerups appear randomly during combat, and there's an aspect of strategy to their use. With nearly every fight an ambush tipped against the player and every weapon doing massive damage, survival now hinges on how quickly and creatively you can end a fight. Some areas are straight up [[{{NintendoHard}}]].

The gameplay is typical Source engine with some changes. The world map is {{metroidvania}}-esque, with common locations visited several times and some backtracking required. Powerups appear randomly during combat, and there's an aspect of strategy to their use. With nearly every fight an ambush tipped against the player and every weapon doing massive damage, survival now hinges on how quickly and creatively you can end a fight. Some areas are straight up [[NintendoHard]].

* HellHotel: Complete with a GenreShift BLAMEpisode

Morgan is not silent during gameplay, setting him apart from most Source Mod characters, and his voice actor is good enough that the result is [[LargeHam pretty good]] instead of [[SoBadItsGood cringe worthy]].

Morgan is not silent during gameplay, setting him apart from most Source Mod characters, and his voice actor is good enough that the result is [[LargeHam amazing]] instead of [[SoBadItsGood cringe worthy]].

The gameplay is typical Source engine with some changes. The world map is {{metroidvania}}-esque, with common locations visited several times and some backtracking required. Powerups appear randomly during combat, and there's an aspect of strategy to their use.

[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/dayhard DayHard]] ([[Film/DieHard Not the film]]) is a comedy oriented [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} Half Life 2]] mod by MODDB user ItsyaBoiiJoey. It stars Gordon Freemans’ brother, Morgan Freeman ([[MorganFreeman Not that one]]) who would not be out of place in a [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino film]]. Morgan and his [[HeteroSexualLifePartners friend]] [[ComedicSociopath Jack]] start the game making a daring escape from a combine raid on their apartment building, and it only gets crazier from there. It takes place in an apparent alternate universe from the main Half Life 2 story. In Day Hard's version of {{TheVerse}}, The Combine discovered on arrival that Earth wasn't a [[PunyHumans weak planet that would fall in a single day]], but rather an over-the-top, action film fueled by {{World of Badass}} and [[WorldOfHam ham]] that was more than ready to stand its ground. Gordon is (as far as we can tell) still in stasis, and City 17 has yet to be founded, so one can consider Day Hard as an absurdly non-canon prequel.

The gameplay is typical Source engine with some changes. The world map is {{metroidvania}}-esque, with common locations visited several times and some backtracking required. Powerups appear randomly during combat, and theres an aspect of strategy to their use.

The universe runs of RuleOfCool, so action movie locales like hotels, nightclubs, bars and more are still running and full of patrons even as striders walk the streets and drop ships fly overhead. And rather than terror inducing multi-dimensional eldritch conquerors, the combine are played for laughs here, dancing in nightclubs, drinking in bars, and generally not acting like the usual [[ANaziByAnyOtherName ultra-space-nazi's]] that we saw [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} in the future]].

* DirtyOldMan: Fathor Grigori. He might even have his own sex cult.

* BlatantLies: The developer commentary nodes. ''All of them''. The very first one in the game claims the sun bleached action film style was inspired by ''Shakespeare''. Possibly a parody of how snooty some nodes in other mods sound.

Morgan is not silent during gameplay, setting him apart from most Source Mod characters, but his voice actor is good enough that the result is [[LargeHam amazing]] instead of [[SoBadItsGood cringe worthy]].

[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/dayhard DayHard]] ([[Film/DieHard Not the film]]) is a comedy oriented [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} Half Life 2]] mod by MODDB user ItsyaBoiiJoey. It stars Gordon Freemans’ brother, Morgan Freeman ([[MorganFreeman Not that one]]) who would not be out of place in a [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino film]]. Morgan and his [[HeteroSexualLifePartners friend]] [[ComedicSociopath Jack]] start the game making a daring escape from a combine raid on their apartment building, and it only gets crazier from there. It takes place in an apparent alternate universe from the main Half Life 2 story. In Day Hard's version of {{TheVerse}}, The Combine discovered on arrival that Earth wasn't a [[PunyHumans weak planet that would fall in a single day]], but rather an [[BeyondTheImpossible over-the-top]], [[CrazyAwesome action film fueled]] {{World of Badass}} and [[WorldOfHam ham]] that was more than ready to stand its ground. Gordon is (as far as we can tell) still in stasis, and City 17 has yet to be founded, so one can consider Day Hard as an absurdly non-canon prequel.

[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/dayhard DayHard]] ([[DieHard Not the film]]) is a comedy oriented [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} Half Life 2]] mod by MODDB user ItsyaBoiiJoey. It stars Gordon Freemans’ brother, Morgan Freeman ([[MorganFreeman Not that one]]) who would not be out of place in a [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino film]]. Morgan and his [[HeteroSexualLifePartners friend]] [[ComedicSociopath Jack]] start the game making a daring escape from a combine raid on their apartment building, and it only gets crazier from there. It takes place in an apparent alternate universe from the main Half Life 2 story. In Day Hard's version of {{TheVerse}}, The Combine discovered on arrival that Earth wasn't a [[PunyHumans weak planet that would fall in a single day]], but rather an [[BeyondTheImpossible over-the-top]], [[CrazyAwesome action film fueled]] {{World of Badass}} and [[WorldOfHam ham]] that was more than ready to stand its ground. Gordon is (as far as we can tell) still in stasis, and City 17 has yet to be founded, so one can consider Day Hard as an absurdly non-canon prequel.

[[http://www.moddb.com/mods/dayhard DayHard]] ([[DieHard Not the film]]) is a comedy oriented [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} Half Life 2]] mod by MODDB user ItsyaBoiiJoey. It stars Gordon Freemans’ brother, Morgan Freeman ([[MorganFreeman Not that one]]) who would not be out of place in a [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Tarantino film]]. It takes place in an apparent alternate universe from the main Half Life 2 story. In Day Hard's version of {{TheVerse}}, The Combine discovered on arrival that Earth wasn't a [[PunyHumans weak planet that would fall in a single day]], but rather an [[BeyondTheImpossible over-the-top]], [[CrazyAwesome action film fueled]] {{World of Badass}} and [[WorldOfHam ham]] that was more than ready to stand its ground. Gordon is (as far as we can tell) still in stasis, and City 17 has yet to be founded, so one can consider Day Hard as an absurdly non-canon prequel.

The gameplay is typical Source engine with some changes. The world map is {{metroidvania}}-esque, with common locations visited several times and some backtracking required. The universe runs of RuleOfCool, so action movie locales like hotels, nightclubs, bars and more are still running and full of patrons even as striders walk the streets and drop ships fly overhead. And rather than terror inducing multi-dimensional eldritch conquerors, the combine are played for laughs here, dancing in nightclubs, drinking in bars, and generally not acting like the usuall [[ANaziByAnyOtherName ultra-space-nazi's]] that we saw [[{{VideoGame/Half-Life2}} in the future]].

* {{Spexico}}: Parodied by a follower character you meet at the nightclub. He's Italian, Mexican, Greek, and Spanish all at once.
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