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Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1227 Joined: 29 Aug 2008     | |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 453 Joined: 18 Jun 2008     | Holy freakin crap. Awesome. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 409 Joined: 12 Aug 2008    | It looks great, bit hard to tell from the trailer but it looks true to half-life. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 404 Joined: 7 May 2008  | Downside? I've already played it. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 392 Joined: 7 Mar 2008     | I look foreward to this, sadly the original had slipped me by. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2693 Joined: 6 Jun 2008  |
Upside? Old shooters suck (it's true, even if they were the best thing ever "back in the day"). |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 911 Joined: 20 Jun 2008    | I only played the begining of the original because mine was a cracked copy. Hope they port it to the 360 coz my pc is no where near powerful enough to run that |
Beat Writer  Posts: 151 Joined: 2 Dec 2008   | neat |
On the Record  Posts: 7324 Joined: 23 Dec 2007    |
The upside? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3252 Joined: 8 May 2008  | I never played Half Life, so I hope this will take it's place. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1394 Joined: 31 Aug 2008    |
I recently played Half-Life 1 again. I loved it, more than most of the shooters I've played recently too! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1227 Joined: 29 Aug 2008 |
Watch your mouth boy! How dare you say that about Half Life!! *makes angry face* Half Life was and still is a masterpiece, although it would be interesting if they have the magic regenerating health like most modern shooters do. Although, if they do that, they need to let you be able to play it in the classic mode. Like before you start a game, you'd be able to choose if you want to play it in classic with health and armor pickups and regenerators or in modern with regenerating health and shields. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2693 Joined: 6 Jun 2008 |
Keyword: again. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1361 Joined: 21 May 2008     | Is it just a remake of Half-Life or does it have the expansions? I ask as I made my way through the game in less than 4 hours on my first play through. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 444 Joined: 23 Nov 2008     | Looks to be promising. I'll have to wait a little longer and see for sure though. I have always loved Half Life, such a good game(s). |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3643 Joined: 3 Apr 2008     | www.blackmesasource.com enjoy... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2693 Joined: 6 Jun 2008 |
That's an astute question, I also wonder that. Additionally I wonder if a 360 port is likely. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 440 Joined: 10 Mar 2008   | The most amazing thing about this "MOD" is that it is literally done on the production level of a real full game. They have people who are professionals (and several amateurs) from all over the field. Concept Artist, Graphic Artist, Music Composers, Programmers, and Much more. All of this is done for free. (Its a mod so it will be free) No mater how well the Black Mesa Mod turns out, It will indefinitely be the deepest mod ever.
Unlikely unless Valve picks it up from the lead devs. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 175 Joined: 19 Aug 2008  | that's all kinds of funky.... i've not played HL in ages (not the original anyways) and it was so much fun... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2693 Joined: 6 Jun 2008 |
And is anyone more likely to do something like that than Valve? Still, I suppose I better not get my hopes up. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1788 Joined: 29 Dec 2007   |
Watch Zero Punctuation. Don't remember the review. It was something having to do with people buying awful games or basic remakes with just a new weapon or some such thing. |
BANNED  Posts: 599 Joined: 10 Oct 2008  |
Could it be? The Foretold Half-Life Citrus Bazooka? The prophet spoke of the truth. User was banned for: Your.Name.Here Presents: Perma-Ban, the Thread!. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1997 Joined: 24 Sep 2008 |
Just the original Half-Life; I've heard that the Black Mesa devs apparently don't consider the expansions (or the Blue Shift upgraded models and textures) to be "canon" for some stupid reason. Not that I'm complaining - it would be awesome if they remade the expansions, but then it would take even longer than it already has (this mod was started 4 years ago, and I will eat my hat if it comes out earlier than Episode 3). I don't for a second believe that you played through the original Half-Life in less than 4 hours on your first play through, though - Half-Life is a very long game, especially by today's standards. Maybe you're thinking of Blue Shift? |
Press Junketeer Posts: 440 Joined: 10 Mar 2008 |
That a pretty risky bet to make knowing Valve. The difference between Valve and Black Mesa is that Valve makes money from their product BL doesn't. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1997 Joined: 24 Sep 2008 |
...Yeah, which is why Valve has more incentive to move quickly (not that I think we'll be seeing Episode 3 soon, either). Meanwhile Black Mesa is being done by amateurs on their spare time while they all get hired away from the project by game development companies. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2633 Joined: 30 Sep 2008  | That bit where you step outside, beautiful |
Copy Clerk Posts: 95 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 | it had better be on the xbox, i don't care much for pc gaming |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1609 Joined: 4 Jul 2008    | this is going on my "must have" list for sure. I just bought and started playing half life since they were having a sale on steam, and it is amazing how awsome it will be to play it with graphics and voice acting like that. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3664 Joined: 21 Jan 2008   | Great. No, seriously, this is great news. I'm probably going to download it when it comes out. Oh, and as for a Xbox 360 release, I wouldn't hold my breath. It's a mod, and it's most likely not going to come out on consoles (unless VALVE decides to publish it). |
Copy Clerk Posts: 98 Joined: 27 Aug 2008  | As awesome as this is...I wish they'd focus on getting Half Life 2: Episode 3 out the door in decent time |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 359 Joined: 13 Aug 2008    | I saw this on 1fort, and I can't wait. As much as I have a disdain for praising the quality of the game by looking at the graphics, just look at them. The desert at the end looks absolutely incredible. Also, this is not just a "make old levels look better" remake, this is pretty much a whole new game. I'm looking forward to it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3643 Joined: 3 Apr 2008 |
It isn't being made by Valve |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1013 Joined: 4 Dec 2007  | You know what could be really cool? A non-canon redo of the original Half-Life, but where Freeman has to drive around the Black Mesa area like he does in 2 and the episodes. It would be, like, an alternate universe game. Also, Half-Life has already been done in the Source engine. It's actually the version that I played first. Really, the original was just so damn good that every time developers get a new toy, it's totally freakin' worth it to see it used to make the original HL better... Also, you can play it for free? I believe I may have just had a nerdgasm... EDIT:
I'm pretty sure it really is just a "make old levels look better" except with a few changes. See that bit where Freeman is coming up in that room with the oddly shaped staircase which looks suspiciously like a small fortress? Exactly the same as the original. Admittedly, it was really good level design, I thought, and deserves to remain unchanged... |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 59 Joined: 6 Oct 2008   |
its not being released by Valve. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1779 Joined: 5 Sep 2008   |
Just want to say, I would buy Citrus Bazooka. |
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The trailer for "Black Mesa" just came out and it is awesome! For those who don't know what Black Mesa is, it's a remake of the original Half Life, but it's using the new version of the Source engine and since the devs made all the models from scratch, you can play it as long as you have a game that uses the source engine, any game that uses the source engine. Are you guys hyped for it or just meh cause I'M TOTALLY HYPED! This looks like a AAA game and we all know the story is gonna be fantastic since it's Half Life. It's got the modern production values, graphics, animations, voice acting, and presentation of a AAA title with the story of the original Half Life, is there a downside? If there is, I don't see it.
Btw, here's the link to the trailer: http://files.filefront.com/BlackMesaTrailer+HQ+720pwmv/;12515432;/fileinfo.html
Moderator note: This is a mod for the source engine.