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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless, likely terrified scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion without hesitation, having despite the overwhelming odds against him [[TagLine ran, thought, shot, and lived]] through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise which got in his way.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YT8QD1hc0 The booting up of the HEV suit]]. Even without the Klaxon Beat, the music -- along with the list of executed programs and suit functions being turned on -- really sends chills up your spine. The HUD slowly flickering on, the chromatic aberration along with the health and armour values, and the hands extending in front of the camera in awe of the suit is a testament to how powerful one feels in the Mark IV HEV suit.

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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless, likely terrified scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way venture into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion without hesitation, having despite the overwhelming odds against him [[TagLine ran, thought, shot, and lived]] through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise which got in his way.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YT8QD1hc0 The booting up of the HEV suit]]. Even without the Klaxon Beat, the music -- along with the list of executed programs and suit functions being turned on -- really sends chills up your spine. The HUD slowly flickering on, the chromatic aberration along with the health and armour values, and the hands extending in front of the camera in awe of the suit is a testament to how powerful one feels in the Mark IV HEV suit.



* One moment in ''On A Rail'' for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the guard reached the rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in order for the Lambda Team to have a chance to reverse the resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way down, HECU soldiers busts into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard did more than just held them off: he managed to ''kill off the entire HECU squad'' all by himself. Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still bought Freeman enough time to do what needs to be done, even [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].

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* One moment in ''On A Rail'' for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the guard reached the rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in order for the Lambda Team to have a chance to reverse the resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way Halfway down, HECU soldiers busts bust into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard did more than just held hold them off: he managed to ''kill off the entire HECU squad'' all by himself. Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still bought Freeman enough time to do what needs needed to be done, even [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].



* The Lobby Ambush in ''Questionable Ethics''. A quick but vicious fight against the toughest enemies of the game, which the player is given suitable kudos for surviving by the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] as well as firmly establishing Gordon Freeman's role as a OneManArmy at that very point to them.

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* The Lobby Ambush in ''Questionable Ethics''. A quick but vicious fight against the toughest enemies of the game, in which the player is given suitable kudos for surviving by the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] as well as firmly establishing Gordon Freeman's role as a OneManArmy at that very point to them.



* Magnum ammo is a little more plentiful in this game. As such, you'll be using it more often... and every time you kill a hostile Headcrab Zombie or HECU marine with it--hell, just ''firing'' that hand-cannon, thanks to the updated graphics and sound--will make the player feel powerful, '''especially''' due to the fact that you can go into its optional iron-sights mode by holding the right-mouse button for '''much''' more precision to prevent wasting precious Magnum ammo.

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* Magnum ammo is a little more plentiful in this game. As such, you'll be using it more often... and every time you kill a hostile Headcrab Zombie or HECU marine with it--hell, just ''firing'' that hand-cannon, hand cannon, thanks to the updated graphics and sound--will make the player feel powerful, '''especially''' due to the fact that since you can go into its optional iron-sights mode by holding the right-mouse button for '''much''' more precision to prevent wasting precious Magnum ammo.



*** Doubly so for the ZEV, an all-new Zombie variant encountered in Xen. That high-impact, reactive power armour it's wearing isn't just for show, either; it'll ignore a good portion of all incoming damage, making it practically ''mandatory'' to use headshots or explosives in order to put it down for good.

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*** Doubly so for the ZEV, an all-new Zombie variant encountered in Xen. That high-impact, reactive power armour it's wearing isn't just for show, either; it'll ignore a good portion of all incoming damage, making it practically ''mandatory'' to use headshots or explosives in order to put it down for good.



*** Not only that but the moment where you activate the rocket engine has been amplified in intensity thanks to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jnFgqS5ZgM epic guitar music that plays]] as you ascend back to press the button, giving way to even more urgency and a greater feeling of badassery than before. It's actually timed so that if you throw caution to the wind and just run to the button as fast as you can, the guitar will fade to piano around the same time as the boss is dying.

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*** Not only that but the moment where you activate the rocket engine has been amplified in intensity thanks to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jnFgqS5ZgM epic guitar music that plays]] as you ascend back to press the button, giving way to even more urgency and a greater feeling of badassery than before. It's actually timed so that if you throw caution to the wind and just run to the button as fast as you can, the guitar will fade to piano around the same time as the boss is dying.



** On the human side of things, the Apache gunships used by the HECU pack a hard punch, and can take punishment just as well as they dish it out. Bring your heaviest firepower, and find cover, you're gonna need '''every bit''' of both.
** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of a trio HECU bombers making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=44m4s fly-by near your airspace.]] Later you can witness a duo of them make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=54m9s bombing run]] to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in flaming, smoking ruins as well as the shockwave itself being visibly shown. Quite the attention to detail.

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** On the human side of things, the Apache gunships used by the HECU pack a hard punch, punch and can take punishment just as well as they dish it out. Bring your heaviest firepower, and find cover, you're gonna need '''every bit''' of both.
** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of a trio of HECU bombers making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=44m4s fly-by near your airspace.]] Later you can witness a duo of them make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=54m9s bombing run]] to a Black Mesa facility shown in the distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in flaming, smoking ruins as well as the shockwave itself being visibly shown. Quite the attention to detail.



** Hell, even the Alien Crafts (commonly referred to as Manta Rays or just simply Mantas by fans) are more badass than they were in the original, even though they're still simply just background objects. They don't make the same jittery movements and animations as they did in 1 due to the much more powerful engine, and [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome the dogfights they have in ''Forget About Freeman'' are absolutely stunning.]]
*** As of the ''Surface Tension: Uncut'' Update, there's a scene where one chases a military jet fighter (contrary to a previous scene where one was chased by a jet fighter itself) and another where it actually uses its belly cannon and ''vaporizes'' a tank that was in the way.

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** Hell, even the Alien Crafts (commonly referred to as Manta Rays or just simply Mantas by fans) are more badass than they were in the original, even though they're still simply just background objects. They don't make the same jittery movements and animations as they did in 1 due to the much more powerful engine, and [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome the dogfights they have in ''Forget About Freeman'' are absolutely stunning.]]
*** As of the ''Surface Tension: Uncut'' Update, there's a scene where one chases a military jet fighter (contrary to a previous scene where one was chased by a jet fighter itself) and another where it actually uses its belly cannon and ''vaporizes'' a tank that was in the way.



* At the beginning of ''Xen'', you've just been teleported to the titular borderworld, likely half dead from the fight to get the portal online. You'll wander around the small arrival camp, looking for any supplies to get you back to strength, until you finally leave the small alcove you are in [[WhamShot and]]...[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome treated to one of the most]] '''''[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautiful]]''''' [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome shots in the game]]. Anyone who remembers [[DisappointingLastLevel how Xen looked]] in the original ''Half Life'' [[NotHisSled will be blown away by how much the levels have been revamped]].
* Over the ''Xen'' chapters, Gordon Freeman would occasionally run into pods suddenly appearing in bouts of trans-universal teleportation, carrying vital supplies of ammo, batteries and health packs. As it turns out, the Lambda team and complex survived the attack by Xen forces from the last Black Mesa level, and they are sending Gordon all the help they can in order give him the best possible chances of surviving the hostile realm and stopping the AlienInvasion at its source. They even managed to sent encouraging notes to lift his spirits in some of the cache, and drinks and beverages for the poor Vortigaunts oppressed by Nihilanth you ran into!

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* At the beginning of ''Xen'', you've just been teleported to the titular borderworld, likely half dead from the fight to get the portal online. You'll wander around the small arrival camp, looking for any supplies to get you back to strength, until you finally leave the small alcove you are in [[WhamShot and]]...[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome treated to one of the most]] '''''[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautiful]]''''' [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome shots in the game]]. Anyone who remembers [[DisappointingLastLevel how Xen looked]] in the original ''Half Life'' ''Half-Life'' [[NotHisSled will be blown away by how much the levels have been revamped]].
* Over the ''Xen'' chapters, Gordon Freeman would occasionally run into pods suddenly appearing in bouts of trans-universal teleportation, carrying vital supplies of ammo, batteries and health packs. As it turns out, the Lambda team and complex survived the attack by Xen forces from the last Black Mesa level, and they are sending Gordon all the help they can in order to give him the best possible chances of surviving the hostile realm and stopping the AlienInvasion at its source. They even managed to sent send encouraging notes to lift his spirits in some of the cache, and drinks and beverages for the poor Vortigaunts oppressed by Nihilanth you ran into!



* During ''Interloper'', as the player goes further into the Alien Grunt factory, they'll have to face off against dozens of Alien Grunts and Alien Controllers while having to handle increasingly scarce ammunition reserves. But at the midway point, you'll find these strange green crystals. What do they do? Provide you with unlimited depleted Uranium-235, [[EleventhHourSuperpower allowing you to use the Gluon Gun and Tau Cannon as much as you want]]. It is ''incredibly'' satisfying to watching the Grunts and Controllers get ''utterly decimated'' in the ensuing battles.
* The Nihilanth in the original game was a rather underwhelming boss fight: his most dangerous attack was teleporting you to other arenas and letting his slaves deal with you. By the end of the fight he's reduced to throwing occasional weak energy blasts. In Black Mesa? He's portrayed as every bit as powerful as the lore makes him out to be, telekinetically throwing phone booths, cars, and even ''tanks'' through portals at you, covering the area in giant psychic lasers, energy shields, and deforming the landscape around you with earthquakes. When he finally goes all-out in the final phase, it's downright scary to see the sheer amount of energy he's channeling... and all this makes what canonically happened in the aftermath of the Nihilanth's death (giant portal storms teleporting millions of Xen creatures all over Earth) much more understandable.

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* During ''Interloper'', as the player goes further into the Alien Grunt factory, they'll have to face off against dozens of Alien Grunts and Alien Controllers while having to handle increasingly scarce ammunition reserves. But at the midway point, you'll find these strange green crystals. What do they do? Provide you with unlimited depleted Uranium-235, [[EleventhHourSuperpower allowing you to use the Gluon Gun and Tau Cannon as much as you want]]. It is ''incredibly'' satisfying to watching watch the Grunts and Controllers get ''utterly decimated'' in the ensuing battles.
* The Nihilanth in the original game was a rather underwhelming boss fight: his most dangerous attack was teleporting you to other arenas and letting his slaves deal with you. By the end of the fight fight, he's reduced to throwing occasional weak energy blasts. In Black Mesa? He's portrayed as every bit as powerful as the lore makes him out to be, telekinetically throwing phone booths, cars, and even ''tanks'' through portals at you, covering the area in giant psychic lasers, energy shields, and deforming the landscape around you with earthquakes. When he finally goes all-out in the final phase, it's downright scary to see the sheer amount of energy he's channeling...channelling... and all this makes what canonically happened in the aftermath of the Nihilanth's death (giant portal storms teleporting millions of Xen creatures all over Earth) much more understandable.
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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless, likely terrified scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion without hesitation, having despite the overwhelming odds against him [[TagLine run, thought, shoot and lived]] through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise which got in his way.

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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless, likely terrified scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion without hesitation, having despite the overwhelming odds against him [[TagLine run, ran, thought, shoot shot, and lived]] through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise which got in his way.

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* First and foremost: ''Black Mesa'' is an unofficial remake of the first ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' with graphics quality on par with its sequel. For ''free,'' no less! Even better, the team didn't receive a "cease-and-desist" order; they were instead offered the chance to ''sell it on Steam'' for a low price.
* Many awesome moments from the original game return, but the CROWNING moment is a meta example: ''Black Mesa'' is a fanmade, updated re-release of the original ''Half-Life'' using the Source engine. Despite using the same engine as the newer Valve games, it also has many features that those games don't, and is superior in many respects to most of what Valve has made. [[DoingItForTheArt It was done by a group of fans on their own time]].
** After years of careful development, they just released the trailer for Xen, the first of the final four chapters of the game, due out in 2019. And despite the same chapters in ''Half-Life'' being the original TropeNamer for DisappointingLastLevel, it looks ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIJich73NY amazing...]]''
** The final gameplay chapter, ''Nihilanth'', including the full ending with the G-Man, entered public beta on December 6th, 2019, marking the first time that the game has been playable from start to finish. And it was '''''well''''' worth the wait.
** The game made its debut outside of Early Access on March 5, 2020. And the game just became better than ever.
* Also one for Creator/{{Valve}}: most video game companies (like Creator/{{Konami}}, Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/ElectronicArts) would freak out if a bunch of fans started making a free, improved version of a product that they were still selling for ten dollars. Valve, on the other hand, put it up on Steam for download and said that they were just as excited for the release as everyone else was. A lot of people are taking odds as to whether or not the BM development team gets hired up by Valve.[[note]]On the other hand, as ''VideoGame/HuntDownTheFreeman'' proves, Valve will allow ''anyone'' to do ''anything'' with their properties, [[MoneyDearBoy as long as they can profit from it, but the fact of the matter is that Black Mesa proves good things can come of this too.]][[/note]]
** It's reached the point that even if it's still a non-canon depiction, as of Autumn 2020 Valve have officially listed the full version of the game alongside the rest of the ''Half-Life'' franchise when it comes to sales on Steam, which all but implies that they respect the amount of work put into recreating their flagship title to put it alongside their own entries.
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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless, likely terrified scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion without hesitation, having despite the overwhelming odds against him [[ArchWords run, thought, shoot and lived]] through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise which got in his way.

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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless, likely terrified scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion without hesitation, having despite the overwhelming odds against him [[ArchWords [[TagLine run, thought, shoot and lived]] through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise which got in his way.
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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong at the start to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion by the end, having run, thought, shoot and lived his way through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise in his way despite the overwhelming odds against him.

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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless hapless, likely terrified scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong at the start to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion by the end, without hesitation, having despite the overwhelming odds against him [[ArchWords run, thought, shoot and lived his way lived]] through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise which got in his way despite the overwhelming odds against him.way.
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* Over the ''Xen'' chapters, Gordon Freeman would occasionally run into pods suddenly appearing in bouts of trans-universal teleportation, carrying vital supplies of ammo, batteries and health packs. As it turns out, the Lambda team and complex survived the attack by Xen forces from the last Black Mesa level, and they are sending Gordon all the help they can in order give him the best possible chances of surviving the hostile realm and stopping the AlienInvasion at its source. They even managed to sent encouraging notes to lift his spirits in some of the cache, and drinks and beverages for the poor Vortigaunts oppressed by Nihilanth you ran into!
--> '''Note 1:''' "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood" - Marie Curie
--> '''Note 2:''' Press on, Freeman!
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* The entire course of the game is one for the PlayerCharacter. Gordon Freeman went from a hapless scientist with a crowbar desperately struggling to survive the catastrophic aftermath of a science experiment gone wrong at the start to a OneManArmy armed with exotic physics weapons who ventures all the way into a hostile parallel universe as possibly Humanity's last, best hope against an AlienInvasion by the end, having run, thought, shoot and lived his way through every obstacle and every opponent alien, Human or otherwise in his way despite the overwhelming odds against him.
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* One moment in "On A Rail" for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the guard reached the rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in order for the Lambda Team to have a chance to reverse the resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way down, HECU soldiers busts into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard did more than just held them off: he managed to ''kill off the entire HECU squad'' all by himself. Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still bought Freeman enough time to do what needs to be done, even [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].

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* One moment in "On ''On A Rail" Rail'' for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the guard reached the rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in order for the Lambda Team to have a chance to reverse the resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way down, HECU soldiers busts into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard did more than just held them off: he managed to ''kill off the entire HECU squad'' all by himself. Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still bought Freeman enough time to do what needs to be done, even [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YT8QD1hc0 The booting up of the HEV suit]]. Even without the Klaxon Beat, the music -- along with the list of executed programs and suit functions being turned on -- really sends chills up your spine. The HUD slowly flickering on, the chromatic aberration along with the health and armour values, and the hands extending in front of the camera in awe of the suit is a testament to how powerful one feels in the Mark IV HEV suit.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YT8QD1hc0 The booting up of the HEV suit]]. Even without the Klaxon Beat, the music -- along with the list of executed programs and suit functions being turned on -- really sends chills up your spine. The HUD slowly flickering on, the chromatic aberration along with the health and armour values, and the hands extending in front of the camera in awe of the suit is a testament to how powerful one feels in the Mark IV HEV suit.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6YT8QD1hc0 The booting up of the HEV suit]]. Even without the Klaxon Beat, the music -- along with the list of executed programs and suit functions being turned on -- really sends chills up your spine. The HUD slowly flickering on, the chromatic aberration along with the health and armour values, One moment in "On A Rail" for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the hands extending in front of guard reached the camera rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in awe of order for the suit is a testament Lambda Team to how powerful one feels in have a chance to reverse the Mark IV HEV suit.resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way down, HECU soldiers busts into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard did more than just held them off: he managed to ''kill off the entire HECU squad'' all by himself. Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still bought Freeman enough time to do what needs to be done, even [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].
--> '''Security Guard:''' [Bleeding out] You should see... [Coughs] You should see the other guy... [Dies]



And although you can still access the guard's [[GunPorn mini-armory]] even without Jackson accompanying you, it counts doubly as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] if you manage to bring back Jackson to his fellow security guard buddy.

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** And although you can still access the guard's [[GunPorn mini-armory]] even without Jackson accompanying you, it counts doubly as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] if you manage to bring back Jackson to his fellow security guard buddy.



* One moment in "On A Rail" for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the guard reached the rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in order for the Lambda Team to have a chance to reverse the resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way down, HECU soldiers busts into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard did more than just held them off: he managed to ''kill off the entire HECU squad'' all by himself. Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still bought Freeman enough time to do what needs to be done, even [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].
--> '''Security Guard:''' [Bleeding out] You should see... [Coughs] You should see the other guy... [Dies]
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* At the beginning of ''Xen'', you've just been teleported to the titular borderworld, likely half dead from the fight to get the portal online. You'll wander around the small arrival camp, looking for any supplies to get you back to strength, until you finally leave the small alcove you are in [[WhamShot and]]...[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome treated to one of the most]] '''''[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautiful]]''''' [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome shots in the game]]. Anyone who remembers [[DissapointingLastLevel how Xen looked in the original ''Half Life'']] [[NotHisSled will be blown away by how much the levels have been revamped]].

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* At the beginning of ''Xen'', you've just been teleported to the titular borderworld, likely half dead from the fight to get the portal online. You'll wander around the small arrival camp, looking for any supplies to get you back to strength, until you finally leave the small alcove you are in [[WhamShot and]]...[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome treated to one of the most]] '''''[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome '''''[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautiful]]''''' [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome shots in the game]]. Anyone who remembers [[DissapointingLastLevel [[DisappointingLastLevel how Xen looked looked]] in the original ''Half Life'']] Life'' [[NotHisSled will be blown away by how much the levels have been revamped]].
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* At the beginning of ''Xen'', you've just been teleported to the titular borderworld, likely half dead from the fight to get the portal online. You'll wnader around the small arrival camp, looking for any supplies to get you back to strength, until you finally leave the small alcove you are in and...[[WhamShot and]]...[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome a treated to one of the most]] '''''[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautiful]]''''' [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome shots in the game]]. Anyone who remembers [[DissapointingLastLevel how Xen looked in the original ''Half Life'']] [[NotHisSled will be blown away by how much the levels have been revamped]].

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* At the beginning of ''Xen'', you've just been teleported to the titular borderworld, likely half dead from the fight to get the portal online. You'll wnader wander around the small arrival camp, looking for any supplies to get you back to strength, until you finally leave the small alcove you are in and...[[WhamShot and]]...[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome a treated to one of the most]] '''''[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautiful]]''''' [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome shots in the game]]. Anyone who remembers [[DissapointingLastLevel how Xen looked in the original ''Half Life'']] [[NotHisSled will be blown away by how much the levels have been revamped]].
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* At the beginning of ''Xen'', you've just been teleported to the titular borderworld, likely half dead from the fight to get the portal online. You'll wnader around the small arrival camp, looking for any supplies to get you back to strength, until you finally leave the small alcove you are in and...[[WhamShot and]]...[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome a treated to one of the most]] '''''[[VisualEffectsOfAwesome beautiful]]''''' [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome shots in the game]]. Anyone who remembers [[DissapointingLastLevel how Xen looked in the original ''Half Life'']] [[NotHisSled will be blown away by how much the levels have been revamped]].
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'''Jackson:''' heh None, if it wasn't for my new buddy here.

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'''Jackson:''' heh None, Heh, none, if it wasn't for my new buddy here.
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* One moment in "On A Rail" for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the guard reached the rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in order for the Lambda Team to have a chance to reverse the resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way down, HECU soldiers busts into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard had not only managed to hold them off, ''but managed to kill off the entire HECU squad.'' Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still managed to buy Freeman time to do what needs to be done [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].

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* One moment in "On A Rail" for a lonesome security guard who could accompany Freeman: when Freeman and the guard reached the rocket carrying a satellite that needs to be launched in order for the Lambda Team to have a chance to reverse the resonance cascade (which was aborted by the military), that guard tells Freeman to go ahead with prepping the rocket silo for the launch while he holds the fort upstairs. Half-way down, HECU soldiers busts into the area. Said security guard [[DoNotGoGentle proceeded to]] [[DefiantToTheEnd defiantly hold]] [[LastStand the ground]] against an entire squad of ruthless, body-armour wearing, submachine gun wielding HECU with nothing but a security guard jacket and his pump-action shotgun. Freeman only gets to hear the battle taking place off-screen, but when he comes back up, Freeman finds the security guard had not only did more than just held them off: he managed to hold them off, ''but managed to kill ''kill off the entire HECU squad.'' squad'' all by himself. Too bad he took a fatal wound and bled out soon after, but he still managed to buy bought Freeman enough time to do what needs to be done done, even [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].
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** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a few moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of a trio HECU bombers making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=44m4s fly-by near your airspace.]] Later you can witness a duo of them make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=54m9s bombing run]] to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in flaming, smoking ruins as well as the shockwave itself being visibly shown. Quite the attention to detail.

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** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a few moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of a trio HECU bombers making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=44m4s fly-by near your airspace.]] Later you can witness a duo of them make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=54m9s bombing run]] to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in flaming, smoking ruins as well as the shockwave itself being visibly shown. Quite the attention to detail.
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'''Jackson:''' heh None, if it weren't for my new buddy here.

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'''Jackson:''' heh None, if it weren't wasn't for my new buddy here.
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'''Jackson:''' heh None, if it wasn't for my new buddy here.

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'''Jackson:''' heh None, if it wasn't weren't for my new buddy here.
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'''Jackson:''' None, if it wasn't for my new buddy here.

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'''Jackson:''' heh None, if it wasn't for my new buddy here.
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And although you can still access the guard's [[GunPorn mini-armory]] even without Jackson accompanying you, it counts doubly as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] if you manage to bring back Jackson to his fellow security guard buddy.
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-->'''Guard:''' '''Jackson?!''' Good God, man, how many lives do you have?!\\

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-->'''Guard:''' '''Jackson?!''' '''Jackson?''' Good God, man, how many lives do you have?!\\
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** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a few moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of a trio HECU bombers making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=44m4s fly-by near your airspace.]] Later you can witness a duo of them make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=54m9s bombing run]] to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in smoking ruins as well as the shockwave itself is visibly shown. Quite the attention to detail.

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** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a few moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of a trio HECU bombers making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=44m4s fly-by near your airspace.]] Later you can witness a duo of them make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=54m9s bombing run]] to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in flaming, smoking ruins as well as the shockwave itself is being visibly shown. Quite the attention to detail.
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** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a few moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of HECU bombers. Later you can witness a duo of them make a bombing run to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in smoking ruins. Quite the attention to detail.

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** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a few moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of a trio HECU bombers. bombers making a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=44m4s fly-by near your airspace.]] Later you can witness a duo of them make a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25JsQNOEJA#t=54m9s bombing run run]] to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in smoking ruins.ruins as well as the shockwave itself is visibly shown. Quite the attention to detail.

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** On the human side of things, the Apache gunships used by the HECU pack a hard punch, and can take punishment just as well as they dish it out. Bring your heaviest firepower, and find cover.

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** On the human side of things, the Apache gunships used by the HECU pack a hard punch, and can take punishment just as well as they dish it out. Bring your heaviest firepower, and find cover.cover, you're gonna need '''every bit''' of both.
** A villainous example. When Freeman is navigating the thin paths along the cliffs, there's a few moment where, upon exiting the tunnel to said cliff exterior, you can catch a quick glimpse of HECU bombers. Later you can witness a duo of them make a bombing run to a Black Mesa facility shown in distance. As if that wasn't enough, the remains leftover from said bombing run are even shown in smoking ruins. Quite the attention to detail.
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* The Lobby Ambush in ''Questionable Ethics''. A quick but vicious fight against the toughest enemies of the game, which the player is given suitable kudos for surviving by the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] as well as firmly establishly Gordon Freeman's role as a OneManArmy at that very point.

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* The Lobby Ambush in ''Questionable Ethics''. A quick but vicious fight against the toughest enemies of the game, which the player is given suitable kudos for surviving by the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] as well as firmly establishly establishing Gordon Freeman's role as a OneManArmy at that very point.point to them.
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* Ensure that the guard you meet upon leaving the Tripmine warehouse is alive during ''Surface Tension'': After another guard realizes you aren't Marines, we get this exchange
-->'''Guard:''' ''Jackson?'' Good God, man, how many lives do you have?!\\

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-->'''Guard:''' ''Jackson?'' '''Jackson?!''' Good God, man, how many lives do you have?!\\
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* The Lobby Ambush in ''Questionable Ethics''. A quick but vicious fight against the toughest enemies of the game, which the player is given suitable kudos for surviving by the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]].

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* The Lobby Ambush in ''Questionable Ethics''. A quick but vicious fight against the toughest enemies of the game, which the player is given suitable kudos for surviving by the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]].NPCs]] as well as firmly establishly Gordon Freeman's role as a OneManArmy at that very point.
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-->'''Scientist:''' ''[seeing the carnage]'' Look what you did!\\
'''Security Guard''': Holy ''shit''.\\
'''Scientist:''' I...''can't believe'' what you did!

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-->'''Scientist:''' ''[seeing the carnage]'' Look what you did!\\
did...!\\
'''Security Guard''': (awestruck) Holy ''shit''.'''shit'''...\\
'''Scientist:''' I...''can't believe'' '''can't believe''' what you did!
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* The absolute feeling of '''sheer euphoria''' one may feel after they manage to damage the deadly Apache Gunship that is sent after them once Freeman reaches the Dam on the surface enough via the [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter Tau Cannon]], with the Apache fleeing in a cowardly fashion once Freeman manages to significantly damage it to the point where it's both a near-destroyed smoking '''and''' flaming wreck '''never''' gets old...!

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* The absolute feeling of '''sheer euphoria''' one may feel after they manage to damage the deadly Apache Gunship that is sent after them once Freeman reaches the Dam on the surface enough via the [[ChargedAttack Tau]] [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter Tau Cannon]], with the Apache fleeing in a cowardly fashion once Freeman manages to significantly damage it to the point where it's both a near-destroyed smoking '''and''' flaming wreck '''never''' gets old...!

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* The absolute feeling of '''sheer euphoria'' one may feel after they manage to damage the deadly Apache Gunship that is sent after them once Freeman reaches the Dam on the surface enough via the [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter Tau Cannon]], with the Apache fleeing in a cowardly fashion once Freeman manages to significantly damage it to the point where it's both a near-destroyed smoking '''and''' flaming wreck '''never''' gets old...!


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* The absolute feeling of '''sheer euphoria''' one may feel after they manage to damage the deadly Apache Gunship that is sent after them once Freeman reaches the Dam on the surface enough via the [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter Tau Cannon]], with the Apache fleeing in a cowardly fashion once Freeman manages to significantly damage it to the point where it's both a near-destroyed smoking '''and''' flaming wreck '''never''' gets old...!
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* The absolute feeling of '''sheer euphoria'' one may feel after they manage to damage the deadly Apache Gunship that is sent after them once Freeman reaches the Dam on the surface enough via the [[KineticWeaponsAreJustBetter Tau Cannon]], with the Apache fleeing in a cowardly fashion once Freeman manages to significantly damage it to the point where it's both a near-destroyed smoking '''and''' flaming wreck '''never''' gets old...!

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