Does This Make You Sad Somehow?

Half-Life Alyx #shorts

When you start to listen to what the zombies in Half-Life: Alyx have to say, not only is it terrifying, but it's also quite sad... the darker side of headcrabs...

[american-vwbj]

Unlike most zombies in the video games these ones can actually feel pain and sort of talk but it’s not the zombies that follows the players it’s actually the head crabs since they got full control over the humans.

[jaybortion]

the way he tries to stop the headcrab from hurting people is sad, he even tries to smash it off against the wall

[itsCybeR-]

Picture this
Imagine being jump scared to something that looks somewhat like a white pumpkin only for it to jump on your face and giving you around 1:30 seconds to think about what to do to get out of that situation.
But sadly you did not think fast enough and now you are just a walking figure with a huge slit in your torso and your hands are just long fleshy discussing pieces of crap.
And on the top of all of that, all you see is black and dark red,
And now your only hope is to cry all for help with the only words you can say that come to your mind.
But sadly it sounds like it is in reverse so now the only way you can have your lovely peace is *death*.

That just gives me fucking chills

[JohnFortniteKennedy_]

The concept of Headcrabs being a parasite are frickin terrifying. While the host has no longer in control, they are still on their conscious state

[cadel]

"The only thing my allies and enemies hear are my muffled screams and cries for help. This isn't living"

[glizzyglavorynn]

It really is heartbreaking when I had to watch them crying from the agonizing pain of being forced to do things against their own will, and yeah the transformation is definitely just as painful as they're forced to move their limbs and stuff.

[magma]

it is said on the lore that the Zombies are alive humans that are taken control by the headcrabs, apperantely they can still feel every single pain happening to them (they’re fingers growing, stomach opening up etc..) So next time you kill a zombie in half life just know your actually helping end someone’s misery lol

[blueface]

I can't imagine how much pain they are in every second of their existence after the transformation.

[jellydog]

When u realised the alive zombie-human got little of his controll back. U can notice that when he is trying to get the head crab off his head by hitting them on the wall... Its just sad that they can feel all the pain... While when the Human dies the head crab still alive going in search for another prey. Like they dont deserve

[grunt]

The victim tried to remove the bug with most of his strength he had left😞

[AmestipRBLX]

the reason why they wobble around is because of the amount of pain they have.

[WanderingSoul-MP]

“Hear me oh god.”
That’s fucking heart wrenching. Jesus Christ.

[Bred]

I feel that the human is still trying to get back it's control and is hitting his head against the wall to get the crab off

[jellyjamsox]

If you reverse the sound effect when they are burning in HL2, you can hear "god help me" following with hysterical cries.

[rachaelm]

As a half-life veteran I find this sad

[RaymondDouglasRPD]

The saddest thing is that even if it was possible to remove the headcrab without killing the host, imagine the injuries it caused... not only physical, but psychological as well. The victim would have to undergo some form of extensive therapy.

[lifelessjack]

yall are gonna ignore the fact he was banging his head into a wall in an attempt to get the head crab off

[CairoAli]

The human had some control left if you saw he tried to get the headcrab off by head butting a wall

[allenbonares]

I wish I never discovered their sad secret

[jellymansur]

when he said “STOOOP IT stoooop it” made me think he was trying to tell the crab to stop