*Time to celebrate another developer not releasing another game for 5 years.* I've covered Naughty Dog and Rockstar in this series, and I'm excited to finally explore another one of my favourite developers. I wanted to focus on the games I think displayed the most attention to detail, so some games I left off. I really hope you guys enjoy the video, and thanks for watching!

See, with Valve, I can always understand why they take so long to make games. It's cause the cockroach AI needs another 3 years to perfect before release.

dude wouldn't it be so cool if Valve made games

Some smart-ass texture artist was asked to add "detail" to the SMG's texture, and they added the dictionary definition of "detail". I love it!

Without doubt Valve has made part of the most memorable franchises.

Using the “look” voice command on the survivors in the first level on Dead Center will refer to them as “Mr. and Ms.” before entering the elevator and promptly Introducing themselves and refer to them with their actual names. Neat thing valve would take account when it comes to voice lines

Dont know how successful Alyx was, but damn, Valve really raised the bar how a VR game should look like and not just cel-shaded figures with low poly bows and swords. Valve has always had an insane amount of detail in their games, but just pieces and stuff, but actually world building details that solidifies the lore.

Also: In HL2, barnacles will remember the taste of objects you trick them with and will ignore them later. Also, eating a poison headcrab kills them instantly. In L4D2, survivors don’t know each other’s names at the beginning. Using the “look” command will say something like “hey you.” The Tank can also destroy the strongman game. That’s all I can remember.

HL Alyx is so fucking CLEAN. I cant figure out a damn flaw in it. Its the first VR game that actually felt like a game id play on a TV. I played almost the entire thing sitting down too. Amazing work. Their games (if they make anymore that is) might force me to buy into better VR tech

I feel like most of these details resulted form extensive play testing and watching what players would do, then adding in clever details to accommodate that. I really wish Valve still made games.

0:00 Hazardous Environments (Half-Life OST) 2:25 Triage at Dawn (Half-Life 2 OST) 5:09 Midnight Ride (L4D2 OST) 8:42 Want You Gone (Portal 2 OST) 10:50 Ending Triumph (HL:Alyx OST)

6:33 , you should really make a pt. 2 video of your attention to detail in your own videos, you put the channels icon on the billboard like you paid the advertisement company, great work man!

5:28 King Vamp🧛🏿 6:33 Guru on a billboard

Left 4 Dead 2 is still the King. Back 4 Blood has nothing on it.

16:19 They really gave attention to details. Down to its meaning.

About the survivors not knowing what to call the special infected in the first campaign, prior to The Last Stand update, there was a mechanic that was cut, that when the specials were killed in the first map of Dead Center, if the survivors were near it when it was killed, Rochelle who worked as a news reporter would say "They called those on the news" or "They used to call these when i worked at the news channel", at which Nick would usually reply with "So that's a huh? Guess ", and would from that point on refer to those infected by their respective names. When The Last Stand update released, this mechanic was restored to the game, and they will only refer to these infected by their name if they are close to them after they were killed, this goes on for almost the entirety of the Dead Center campaign until they reach the Mall, from that point on they'll just refer to them normally by their appropriate names.

3:34 This is because they were never intended to be on fire. However, in the beta they actually scream in pain and their flat line sound remains. If you add the hl2 beta sound files, make some modifications to the sentences file, the feature will be restored.

Not only valve, but you have the smoothest transitions ever!!! Nice video ¿3

Chargers can use low-ceiling and throw the survivors up? What the heck?? I have played L4D2 for years and never knew those things can do that.

In l4d2 I for some reason always thought when the survivors called the hunters "jumpers" in the first level, it was because the zombies were walking along the ledge outside of the windows. I thought it was intended to be a joke, a tasteless one at that. I have no idea why I was convinced that was what they were going for, it's obvious it's because they JUMP.

It’s amazing how detailed these old games are from late 19s to early 20s and still manage to be the best games to play

I love how when you soft lock on portal Glados actually acknowledges that and help you to get out of there (and basically tells you that you suck lmao)

13:32 no clue if it's intentional or not or if i'm even mishearing it, but assuming it is then that's a genius little detail to have alyx mispronounce it as "bodka", since she's only heard the word over a relatively unclear radio and the cyrillic letter for v lools like the latin letter b

The tech of Valve is something else. No company can match it in my opinion. Awesome video as always. Also 6:31 You can see an easter egg on the billboard.

I've watched every single video of yours Guru and very proud to say I found your personal Easter egg in this video just by watching through it! I almost forgot you added your own secrets as I never find them. Your videos are such brilliant quality and an enjoyment to watch 💖

Another thing with the Charger is that if you're near a wall it'll occasionally run your character's head into it like a battering ram.

in a time where many games feel like a schoolproject that was done 30 minutes before due, these games really show what going the extra-mile can mean

5:30 bro must be at a Carti concert lmao

The audio transition at 8:41 was fantastic!

Valve does straight up gold, when they do something at least.

what really should be praised is your attention to detail, After years you have still kept the highest quality in depth easter egg videos and showcase of game environments to the best and simplest forms, almost unmatched to many i personally believe using just the games ambient noises and text as your background instead of speaking and ncm its great. little late but thank you

6:32 NIce easter egg there, bud.

The level of detail that goes into these games is incredible. I've played Half-Life 2 so many times now, and I *always* notice a new detail every time. 30 years from now, we're still going to find brand new small details in these games that Valve had no reason to add. So few people will actually notice these details while playing, but it goes such a long way into making these worlds feel truly alive

valve is literrally one of my favorite developers of all time

More L4d2 trivia/details! Specials infecteds make a distinct loud warning sound upon directly seeing a survivor. Common infected can be killed with one punch to the back if they are unaware of you. You can see Whitaker when he fires at the tanker. He has a similar model to the "survivor infected". Survivors have unique voicelines when finding ammo types in the Tunnel of love. Construction infected will not follow pipe bombs due to wearing ear muffs. You can find a infected Jimmy Gibbs in the Dead Center finale (Very, very rare). Charger also has a forward smashing animation in addition to the ceiling and ground smash. Common infecteds have unique animations when blasted with shotguns. Shooting an oxygen tank will attract zombies to it like a pipe bomb before it explodes. You can be harmed by debris caused by fighter jet explosions in the parish. Survivors take less damage from commons if they have their back to them. Smoker tongues can be cut by sharp melee weapons.

Can we appreciate that liquid being liquid in the vodka bottles as well? Or the fact you can draw using the markers in Alyx? Crazy. When I was a kid I had this Star Wars game where you had a little light saber and the camera was a practice bot I think it came out in 2005? I thought that shit was advanced.

"Some games will not be featured" Damn, shame I don't get to see all the little details in Richochet, my favorite Valve game

Another neat detail in Half-Life: Alyx - When you see the Vault for the first time, if you don't look at it at all and continue to find the keycard and leave the room, Russel will berate you for not looking at the Vault and proceed to explain it to you.

This is why valve games could be considered the "citizen kane" of games. They always innovated stuff.

On my first playthrough, I took a vodka bottle to the next area like you're suppose to for the achievement but I thought that if I brought it to the end of the game I would get a second achievement... you do not. To make things worse, I didn't know you could just put it in your inventory so literally for the rest of the game I would gently put the bottle on the ground before every battle and loading screen. With loading screens though, if its in your hand while its loading, once the next chapter starts, it spawns out of your hand and will smash. So EVERY chapter I ended up squatting and making sure my hands was just high and low enough to keep it safe... its very dumb

You can usually count on Valve for their singleplayer games TF2 hasnt received a update for a long time Too much card games But stuff like Half Life and Portal? They’re perfect

7:32 you’re laughing, Ellis is dying and you’re laughing.

10:13 I noticed that but I always thought the Aperture logo was just printed onto the board

Wow, Valve literally defined detail in Half-Life: Alyx

The Flashlight gave Wheatley "brain" damage, which is why he acts like that for the rest of the game.

That Guru billboard though. 👀🤌🏼

god i always love the little easter eggs of yourself you put in like the billboard with your channel on it with the infected names

the music transitions are the best part of this video. So good!!

What the hell, this video legitimately blew my mind, amazing work as always, best channel on youtube.

6:32 the billboard up aHEAD

i love the little music resembling the game about to be shown, nice attention to detail in a video about attention to detail

I really enjoy your content man, i wish there was a new video every week but i understand that making content of this quality takes time and a lot of effort. Thanks for taking your time with this.

7:15 there's also one for if you're right up against a wall, the charger will push the survivors against the ground into the wall

Great games ❤ big love and the sound special 2:34 🙏🏻

Man,I love your videos. Your one of my favorite channels in YT,simple and basic videos,but well made and entertaining. This is the first time spot an Easter Egg of yourself,in the billboard.

Amazing video about amazing games. Thanks for the fun Guru! Never cease to amaze.

15:15 - That’s about the coolest detail I’ve ever seen. I’m glad I’m only halfway through Alyx, I may yet get to do this :)

You're honestly in the top youtubers ever dude. Awesome job as always, been following for years now. Thanks for your hard work and your time

I actually noticed one of your Easter eggs! Guru Radio is my favorite station

"you can crush cans" _inmediately beans the cat with it_

These videos are some fine art

Always get excited when Guru drops another video

I have to say Guru i love your videos. They are so high quality and very enjoyable to watch, please continue making them!

Hats off for, fittingly, above and beyond attention to detail in this video's editing. Every detail had a perfect showcase length, comparison shot, and intelligently placed clips and zoom-ins for super clear viewing. Also love the attention put into the music - my favorite moment was when the strength game in l4d2's bell flew off, which acted as a starting cue for the instrumental version of Want You Gone in the Portal 2 bit of the video. Another great one was how the music faded out in sync with Gordon leaving his Jeep in the Half Life 2 bird poop bit. Know that these things don't go unnoticed nor unappreciated, there was clearly a lot of love put into these videos! Cheers

I've literally just been replaying the whole Valve collection! Half Life 2 is easily my favourite game of all time, so a video with Guru and Half Life 2.. You can bet I leapt on it so fast!

Part of me wonders if Guru planted an obvious easter egg so that we don't pay attention to a much subtler one he hid....

Another great video! Always fun to see this little details.

The editing you do to lead into clips is really well done, especially the audio!

These games have so much love in them. I appreciate the work of valve there.

the transitions between games 👌

2:52 I love that perfect cut of the music

Bro, I've seen a lot of videos like this, but you really found something rare. Thank you.

I love that you’re a playboi carti fan

6:33 I saw what you did there ;)

I love your editing style! It's got a really friendly-professional kinda feel.

another amazing half life alyx detail is when you shake pretty much anything theres a sound linked to it. even resin.

Guru, just wanted to say that I follow your channel since 2012/2013 and your work has always been high quality stuff. Keep it up!

Everyone of these videos is just so cinematically pleasing. My eyes are always glued to the screen. Been watching since the beginning, love it!

6:32 cheeky bastard, this is why I love your channel haha

Aye, this is a well edited video, for just pointing out details, not many would go this far to edit this video, props to whoever the editor is and yourself

How proud of yourself were you when you finished the transition between L4D2 to Portal 2? Because I was incredibly proud of you.

15:00 You can crush with difrent controllers too Vive/WMR: Grip Oculus: X/A

I tell you GuruKid, I saw SO MANY Half-Life and Portal easter-eggs / details videos that I really truly thought I knew literally everything about the game. And yet you managed to find almost unknown features, references and easter eggs I don't even know how... Well I guess there is a reason if I followed you for like 5 years, and you f*king deserve those 788 thousands subs, big GG of being the best easter eggs channel of the entire KZfaq... Props to you o7

Some of the smoothest Musical Transitions I've ever seen in a video god dayum chief!

9:50 i love how wheatley is somehow even dumber than the frankenturrets

There are more details you didn't include in the video. But... It's an amazing video. One of the best I've watched this year. Thank you, for making it.

your edit in the bell sound to the portal song was so good.

Fun with guru billboard @ 6:33 . Well done

TF2 has the most attention to detail, as it is the single most well-made class based FPS ever created

Cualquier juego la mayoría no todo que saca valve simpre sale exitoso porque se toman su tiempo no importa cuantos años tome, por eso yo creo que están desarrollando algo aún, como half-life alyx que nos impresiono mucho

6:33 gotta love guru on the billboard rocking them beats

i missed channels like these that just compile cool video game facts with no commentary

5:28 carti approved🧛🏿

Goddamn Half Life Alyx looks gorgeous, ffs Valve i want to see more of the Source 2 engine.

Aside from the content itself, your edits are CLEAN asf dude. Keep it up!

Loved the ending touch

This is more about Valve's character design but I'd like to point out Larry's helmet having a lot of spikes, most probably against Headcrabs and Barnacles.

5:20 Carti spotted

Takes me back to binging the MarphitimusBlackimus channel, but now with awesome transitions and covering more than just mostly HL :D

Cheeky easter egg at 6:33, great job as always Guru!