valve employees: what is he doing? Gabe Newell: hes beginning to believe

Fun Fact: the citadel gets transparent at the top to blend with the clouds of the skybox to look like its so tall that can reach the clouds, this technique is also used in half life 2

I like how in each shot of Phil he’s wearing progressively less clothes lmao

The crazy part is, that he climbed that distance with his real arms, an arm length every swing. How far was that? 2km? 3km? Crazy.

Breaking news: crazy man climbs the combine citadel with only his hands and no ropes! Must watch footage!

Valve employee: *"Damn it, Bob! You were supposed to patch this weeks ago!"* Bob: *"I know, but I wanted to see if Philip would discover it!"*

Me:”Dad? What is that crazy lady doing on the citadel?” Dad: *”CLOSE YOUR EYES, HONEY!”*

Me: Mom can we have NoClip? Mom: We have NoClip at home. NoClip at home:

I love it how we're getting hours of entertainment out of HL:A despite the fact that it hasn't released yet

*Valve employee:* "Hey, should we like block off the non-playable area?" *Other employee:* "Nah, it's not like somebody's gonna spend half a day climbing the citadel or something" *Philip:* "Hold my beer"

haha this was amazing bro!!!

"hey guys, desinc here. Today we'll be looking at prop flying in half life alyx"

It was like some horror experience. As you make the climb your existence slowly fades into nothingness and the way the skybox texture is circular makes it seem very surreal

Overwatch: "Alert, an undentified personal is floating up to the citadel core. Someone please stop him."

This is fantastic, I love being in an age where someone needs actual physical exertion to discover things in a virtual world

4:28 When you're changing clothes and a ghost starts fighting you.

Philip: *Climbs the citadel with his bare hands* Dr Breen: "What's the meaning of this? Who are you? How did you get in here?"

You're a combine soldier guarding the citadel and then this weird girl starts climbing up to you by pulling some invisible rope. What do you do?

Normal peoples workout: weights jogging and some other stuff Philip workout: climbing the citadel

*Combine Soldier:* Sir, we have detected an intruder outside the Citadel tower. Do you want us to peruse this intruder? *Dr. Breen:* Of course, where is this intruder now? Have they breached the tower yet? *Combine Soldier:* Uh, they haven’t breached the tower. Right now, they’re... climbing it.

4:27 incerdibely fast phillpip running at hihg speed

I feel like Philip's first instinct when loading into Half-Life: Alyx will be to break the game. No doubt.

2:04 Seeing the historic Citadel from that angle while it's under construction gave me chills. This is a huge moment in the lore of a story we've known for decades

"This demo has a limited amount of content" Philip: Hold my bathrobe

Valve: We want the player to see as much as possible Philip: Much as possible is Not enough.. *Breaks game going beyond skybox* you never cease to amaze me, sir xD

_"You must not ascend the great tower for it shall bring death and the end of your generations."_

girls: i bet he's cheating on me boys:

3:50 Is this guy dancing? "[...] I was trapped. Then I remember I was in VR" *_SAO intensifies_*

This was the video I was waiting for when I saw that last one. When I was small, I used to revel in breaking out of maps just to see what I could see. The two games that I would do this the most in was Halo 1 and 2 for the original xbox. You could really break those games if you tried hard enough. I think a spent more time breaking out of maps than I did actually playing the game. Those memories are the fondest I have of my childhood.

I thought the Citadel was a part of the skybox, not a full thing!

The description of the citadel slowly dissapearing sounds like something out of a lovercraft story

Listen here dude if there is ONE person in this world that should be uploading a full gameplay of half life alyx...IT HAS ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE YOU!!!! i cannot afford a vr set rn no matter what so i humbly ask you to do this for me and people like me out there! Thank you your content it may be my favorite on KZfaq keep up the magnificent work!!!

This reminds me of a trick I saw a speedrunner use in Boneworks. They would use one hand to grab a finger on the other hand, pull it, and fly into the air hahahaha

i can't wait to see speeruners in vr games they'd have super strong arms but like no legs and there'd be a balance between speed and player exhaustion

"I went for the menu, but couldn't see anything" I literally had a nightmare where this happened in a horror game one time. Terrifying stuff

The fact that the low-poly textures in a modern half life game just look like the regular textures in the previous half life game is remarkable. What a difference 18 years make.

3:07 even when you are not supposed to see that, it keeps looking amazing!

*gets into the citadel* *Wallace Breen appears* -Gorgeous Philipman....

He went to all this effort when he could have just type into “noclip” into the console.

1:21 "It looked more like Half Life 2" 🤔🤔🤔🤔

i can't belive its completly 3d and not part of the backround

damn philly goin crazy this week

Super funny, loved the cuts to you IRL and laughed super hard when your shirt came off.

I wonder why everything fades away the closer you get? Maybe that's how they make it look like the citadel is piercing through the clouds

1:56 Ah, the new skiing simulator

so early, i have to watch in 360p

These videos are very important Philip. You are treading ground where no man would, and the information you gather doing so is of vital importance. The depth of your analysis's are unrivaled, and I would not know where to go if you were not here to provide this service. Thank you.

Massive respect for pulling off such a feat! As someone who struggled with the ascent of the gray cube in bone works, I’m impressed with your determination and stamina. Completing repetitive, yet simple, motions can become exhausting after a while. I imagine you ended up with quite the workout! I eagerly await the release of HL:A and I thank you for the content!

This would make for a great SCP if near the end you realized you're no longer "in VR" and/or can't leave it and then shit starts to get real.

So glad I got my knuckles controllers when I did.

Dude I gotta say I've only watched 3 of your videos and I'ma already subscribed, I look forward to seeing more HLA content from you!

Imagine what this person will do when he actually gets the FULL GAME.

"there is no god up here" -skinny shirtless sky climber

interesting to see how little has really changed between source 1 and two the moment you get out of the intended play area

I subbed today, dude, your hilarious, you speak clearly and keep the conversation going. I'm becoming a big fan and started scouring your past vids. That whole you aren't cool in VR video had me laughing at work today. I got my fingers crossed for an index on Monday, but I can't wait to try own version of the headcrab assassin lol

Your coverage of HLA so far has been top notch. From the speculative and preview bits to this. I can't wait for more coverage from you. (there's a certian quality to the way you are doing this that has brought me back to my childhood in a way. If I had VR I feel like I would've done the same things as you. explore and marvel at what's in front of me but also eventually break it and have fun with that as well. I don't know what I'm really trying to say here. It's just that it's great to see someone like video games and be excited about them even in their 30s like you. I'm rambling)

When are we gonna start seeing speedruns for climbing the Citadel?

When the video cut to you IRL I had to pause to laugh and give a like. Great work!

The speedruns of this game will be something amazing to watch.

This is my favourite HLA video i've seen, great work

I didnt do it this way, me and a friend literally had to walk to the citadel, WE PHYSICALLY WALKED TO IT, we did the snap turn exploit

Phillip pulling himself further out into the map, reminds me of the shimmer in Annihilation, as things get stranger and surreal.

I love your narration, I just imagine attempting to describe this without the video and think how much more of a story you can tell in VR than in traditional games. Even playing with the static environments seems more immersive

3:50 dude knows how to climb a tower.

hey joe, that mad lad alyx is at it again looks like another one of those days ron...

You have the exact same dressing gown that I'm wearing now. Nice.

This dug up an old memory. I remember over a decade ago there was a map where you ascended the Citadel by climbing ladders and gangways along the exterior while fighting various enemies from the HL2 beta. I do not think there are any surviving examples video or otherwise, but it was quite a spectacle.

It's nice to see Half Life: Alyx being used as a workout tool lol

From how much this video alone activates my fear of heights, I'm really looking forward to the inevitable shaky bridge sequence this game should have, like in Half Life 2

"I was trapped but then i remember i was in VR" If its sao then rip xD

Filipe, I actually love the shorter style videos you've been pumping out that u probably would've made a fully package before. But it feels like I'm unable to keep up. Many videos have passed me since I don't expect another filipe video so soon.

Such a great dramatic narration in a clip so not conducive. Though probably it was the only way to make it at least not too boring. Mission accomplished. Applause!

dayum, the citadel's lookin fine as hell

Valve: why is he always doing this

Heey, glad to see this so soon! You can definitely rebind the double tapping and resetting your playspace in the bindings menu if the menu gets annoying. In boneworks, since your body is attached to your camera, using this playspace mover you can fling yourself to places. I've flinged myself in the menu level so hard that i flew straight up, breaking the window with my head and flying out of the map. Was actually impressed by the interaction. I had no idea you could break stuff by going fast like that! In other games it might allow you to look into the wall but generally not much else apart from moving your body up and down without moving irl.

you absolute mad lad Phil. normally things like that are small in a skybox, so its cool to see it looks large up close.

“An unidentified person of interest has been detected” Gmod Lockdown PTSD intensifies

The funny thing about this is that there are news articles about this

Thank the lord you're fit, I don't know what I would've done if you couldn't make this video...

I love the music. It has that Ray Harryhausen/Mysterious Island/Jason and the Argonauts vibe to it... very haunting and foreboding!

yay

Fourth 3kliksphilip's hobbie: climbing buildings

I love how passionate you are about going out of bounds on games. This video is great especially with the suspenseful soundtrack.

the kliksphilip trio is literally my favourite channel(s) on youtube, man i love u

VR girlfriend: babe come over philip: can't i'm upscaling more cs:go footage VR gf: my VR parents are at the edge of the map philip: 1:57

Imagine getting motion sickness or having a fear of heights. This post was made by the no comfort mode gang.

I love your videos on hl:a. When I first played through hl 2 I spent so much time zooming in on every little detail. Cool to see you do the same in the newest iteration of the series

It wouldn't be Philip's video without something like this. You sir are a genius.

Suction Cup Man?...

4:54 Eventually,Kars stoped exist and think.

0:41 I’ve noticed that valve likes to do that with their games yes all game companies start lowering the detail as you get further and further from the playable area but valve specifically with Csgo does it the SECOND you get out of the playable area things hardly have textures once you leave the walls of dust floors that you can see or roofs of buildings don’t have textures, they are like if you can’t see it, it doesn’t need to be there it’s weird

Man climbs massive tower in VR, phases out of existence

I love this guys content more and more..

Dude, Half-Life: Alex isn’t even out yet, your hacking. LITERALLY!

Sounds like a great audiobook format of a horror short story

i love phillip so much. with the Hype of the Game i hope it goes Viral. Would love to see 1 Million Subs on him

4:30 when you finally found a way to show off your gym body without being called vain #tinderpic

“I see no god up here, except for me.”

Did this myself, it's so fucking fun dragging yourself through the air in Half-Life: Alyx's enviroments.

2:49 a budget trip to polygon city. Nice one