Black Mesa Source [A Half-Life Remake]

[cokebabies]

I love HL2.

I never actually played HL. I tried to, but it crashed when you got in that elevator like 5 minutes in. Apparently this was a fairly common bug, but I couldn't get it patched at the time due to no internet connection, and eventually it passed me by.

So this is the perfect way to finally play it.

 

[Sachiel]

My god they did such a great job on this. The look, the sound, the feel, EVERYTHING. I would have paid for this game. I'm on 'Surface Tension' right now. 'Questionable Ethics' was really cool.

Also, it's as gory as the original. Giblets, arms, legs, torsos, skulls, and eyeballs lying around. PLUS you can pick them up. I picked up a whole Headcrab and a Houndeye and tossed them around.

My gripes...

The marines are ungodly. Way too accurate and very quick to notice you. And that's on 'normal'. Be warned.

Having to jump+crouch on almost everything. The original had it sometimes, but here it is way too much. It was annoying at first, but since I figured it out, it's kinda become second nature.

If you have a PC, use Steam, and enjoy the Half-Life series you need to check this out.

 

[RabagaZt]

I also noticed that those marines are way harder on normal difficulty compared to the original game.
Great game so far, I like it

 

[Sachiel]

 

[Darth Caedus]

Finally downloading it now...can't freaking wait

 

[Nuka Cola Kidd]

Second best? Wow.. What's the best in your opinion?

Fallout... that and HL have the best stories/worlds outta any...imo.

 

[Matt S]

As soon as I get a new PC, and it's gonna happen within 12 months of now, this is the first game on my list

 

[Black Magic]

I just finished this game. What a fantastic job the dev team did. It's no wonder some of the people who made this game now work for Valve. I would have paid for this game without hesitation. My understanding is that the dev team wasn't even accepting donations. 9.5/10. My only complaint is that the machine-gun in the game holds 30 rounds, when I feel it would be a much better balanced game if it held 40 rounds, especially on higher difficulties. Also, I can't fault the game for the crashes or technical glitches I encountered, because it was completely free.

There are some really excellent sequences in this game. some of my favourite moments:

Spoiler

There's a sequence where a dropship is unloading dozens of soldiers to combat some alien forces in a big outdoor environment. If you're not careful, you can have both the aliens and marines on your ass at the same time. You have to take down the dropship with a mounted missile system, and it takes more than one missile, so you have to manually reload it with missiles found around a room. It got really tense to dodge the fire from both aliens and the marines at the same time, AND try to find extra missiles around the environment. Then to top it off, a tank busts through a bunker door, and you have to fight the tank, soldiers, and aliens at the same time. I came close to dying, but I didn't which is I think a sign of excellent play testing and game design.

Another cool sequence was the second encounter with the Gargantua, where you have to run from him, and then call in an airstrike to kill him.

 

[lerath666]

Fallout... that and HL have the best stories/worlds outta any...imo.

good choice.... which fallout?


Soo... how do i download this?

 

[Darth Caedus]

good choice.... which fallout?


Soo... how do i download this?

https://www.blackmesasource.com/download.html
Bottom of the screen to download...it's 3.2 gigs, so it will take a little bit

Played it for about an hour and I absolutely loved it. They need to do HL2 as well

 

[Drakul]

yeah finally!
I downloaded the game but not the Steam 3GB file yet (grrr steam). I'm deep into GW2 so I won't be playing this for a bit.

 

[Sachiel]

The only 3GB file you have to download is the game itself. If you already have it downloaded then what else are you talking about?

 

[cokebabies]

Is this the whole HL1 game? This phrasing sounds odd:

8-10 Hours of single-player gameplay, up to the Lambda Core chapter.

 

[Black Magic]

Unfortunately, It's not the whole game. It's right up to the point before you travel to Zen. At the end of Black Mesa,

Spoiler

you reach Lambda Core and get the jump/jet pack that you will use to traverse Zen, the credits roll, and it says "to be continued..."

 

[cokebabies]

Unfortunately, It's not the whole game. It's right up to the point before you travel to Zen. At the end of Black Mesa,

Spoiler

you reach Lambda Core and get the jump/jet pack that you will use to traverse Zen, the credits roll, and it says "to be continued..."

I assume they're still working on it, and will patch levels onto it as they're done?

 

[Black Magic]

I assume they're still working on it, and will patch levels onto it as they're done?

I'm not too sure how they're handling the rest of the game, whether it is to come out episodically, or if it will come out all at once (10 years from now ). All I know is that I can't wait, as the first half was really well done. I'll have to play it a couple more times to get my Half-Life fix while I wait for HL3.

 

[lerath666]

Zen will be it's own thing. kinda like HL2 episode one, and HL2 episode 2

 

[RIDDICK]

And that's a good thing for sure.

 

[RabagaZt]

I just finished the game, but damn it took many tries in the end. I've been running the game on high, but the lag was horrible at the end. The game ran fine up until that point :S

 

[Something Sexy]

AM I correct in saying that you have to download this outside of Steam correct?