can't believe black mesa is actually almost finished! http://forums.blackmesasource.com/showthread.php?p=480683#post480683 just got a facebook update from them and the site was immediately overloaded with people, have been watching the site for 3 years and actually gave up last year but it seems they are finished all the way to lambda core so exited ^^
Though I've played HL1 so many times that my mind basically live in black mesa, I prolly give this a try and see what they done with it!
The devs are trying to put it on Steam, guys! Vote for it! <a class="postlink" href="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94128543" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/f ... d=94128543</a>
They succeeded! Black Mesa is going to be on steam <a class="postlink" href="http://kotaku.com/5942350/black-mesa-nine-other-games-get-greenlit-on-steam" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://kotaku.com/5942350/black-mesa-ni ... t-on-steam</a>
And it's there! <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?khmzyygg4vetko0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mediafire.com/?khmzyygg4vetko0</a> Don't worry, the torrent is legal seeded by BlackMesa themselves ;-)
awesome, downloading it right now! ^^ Can't wait to see what they have done with the place. I've spend so many years in it in the past. ;D
As for someone who wasn't aware that Black Mesa ends right before Xen: WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Otherwise it's pretty neat. Some enemies and areas have been redesigned pretty nicely. The complaints I'd have is that the game is partially too dark in some areas and those mothereffin tanks.
yeah this is that project where a group of modders remade/reimagined HL1 in HL2. it's not a total remake of HL1, lot has changed or revised.(either for the good or bad) It's not a total conversion if thats what you're hoping for. ^^ noticed I never gave my 2 cents here. It's okay. It's a decent tribute/reimagination of HL1. it has some nice graphics. but other than that? mwah, I found that it isn't really beating the original.. it mostly gets less after the tentacle battle, scenes missing or altered to a lesser version. the AI is okay, I dislike the Insta-charge vorts + headbob though and the game felt relatively easier compared to HL1. the weapons looks nice and are overall good to use, but I felt they didnt really have that oomph feeling. The music seem to had some strange choices as well, they didnt always feel fitting. Oh and yeah, the HECU grunts conversations still sound awful, the combat shouting and other npcs conversations are great though. I never really feel the sense that the army are getting overrun by aliens, nor why they really hate freeman. which is partly due they removed a lot of the tram section. This is the part where the army basically threw everything they got against you to stop you in anyway and all of that got cut, there are a lot less army vs alien battles and other design changes in levels also ruins the story's plot. but if you never played HL1 or never finished it, you'll prolly won't mind it too much. but either way, don't get me wrong, I like it and I definitely would recommend playing this mod, but I wouldn't say that this is superior compared to HL1. graphically it's definitely one of the best looking mods of HL2, but design wise I'd say it's less compared to HL1. I wonder what they did with Xen though.