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This Half-Life: Alyx machinima shows off Valve’s gorgeous animationAnd TheParryGod’s lovely direction
And TheParryGod’s lovely direction
Half-Life: Alyxis a game I think about revisiting near constantly, and a short machinima called Protectors makes a strong case for finally doing so. It’s six minutes long, beautifully animated, and embedded below.
No spoilers, in part because there’s very little to spoil, but to give you a sense of what to expect: Protectors tells a very brief story about some City 17 citizens taking refuge in a dank hideout, and some Combine soldiers who investigate said hideout.
PROTECTORS - A Half-Life: Alyx Short [S2FM]Watch on YouTube
PROTECTORS - A Half-Life: Alyx Short [S2FM]
I’ve played Half-Life: Alyx from start to finishand loved it, but I spent a lot of my time with it being afraid, shot at, and hiding behind low walls. There was very little time to appreciate Valve’s animation, or anything other than the low wall textures.
Conversely, Protectors gives you ample time to see how wonderful it is. The way people shift their weight from foot to foot, or stretch their fingers while holding a weapon; it all seems absurdly detailed and natural. TheParryGod deserves a lot of credit also for the way the short is shot, edited, lit, and for whatever 25% of the animation Valve didn’t do. It’s all lovely stuff.
