HL Black Mesa mod is out.  - Page 1
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author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2012, 07:43:31 pm
content: HL Black Mesa mod is out.http://www.mediafire.com/?khmzyygg4vetko0Alexander.

author: LEECH666
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2012, 11:14:23 pm
content: Thanks for the link. Official servers seem to be down ...//EDIT: DOW! It's a torrent. xD

author: TriodeTiger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2012, 11:36:30 pm
content: Hair stood on end and a dumb look that's for sure. Fact the trailer lags my computer is disconcerting, shame 8800GTX burned out - may try that crazy microwave reflow fixerupper technique modders seem to use, why not, it's combining interests!

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2012, 04:03:59 am
content: black mesa source came out. This is A FREE TO PLAY remake of half life that was in development by fans for a number of years. It is completely fucking awesome and I believe its free to play if you download the source sdk 2007.www.blackmesasource.comPeople are saying that this game surpasses valve quality.In order to play:www.steampowered.com(download the client and make an account, click on library, scroll down to tools, find source sdk2007)www.blackmesaSOURCE.COM(download the torrent, install)play!

author: poodyp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2012, 04:18:44 am
content: Not even half a page down...

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2012, 03:42:00 pm
content: Quote from: poodyp on September 15, 2012, 04:18:44 amyou should be out on the street yelling at people to download black mesa instead of being a party pooper.

author: Jimmy the Squid
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2012, 04:19:00 pm
content: Just great. I finally crush my video game addiction by adopting a "buying stuff for my electronics hobby" addiction, and now this comes out.

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2012, 06:44:37 pm
content: A least this is free of charge.Alexander.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 15, 2012, 11:47:21 pm
content: wow, i totally wasn't expecting such a high quality remake.It really looks and feels exactly how a Halflife 1 remake should be.

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 12:05:37 am
content: this needs to be reviewed by dave AND mike

author: Zad
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 12:50:08 am
content: I can't somehow see Dave being a Black Mesa fan. Life's too busy!

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 01:10:19 am
content: Quote from: ftransform on September 16, 2012, 12:05:37 amIf they ever review/play any game it should be Portal 1 and 2 since they're not entertainment that just wastes time.They forever change how you look at the world in a really remarkable way. It's like opening up another dimension in how you think.Completely indescribable to anyone who's not played it.And of course the games are entertaining and funny on top of it.

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 01:31:30 am
content: From the visual and audio aspects it is an amazing mod.However, what they failed at is how to tell a story: that's where you see Valve's experience at mixing shooting with slow paced moments to relax the player after a fight, you can see Valve's talent at invisibly guiding the player so that it would listen to the engineers around and get the story, and lots of other things.The people behind Black Mesa failed here, they chopped the original game in lots of places which makes the story hard to understand and at some points, I found that the directions are hard to spot or missing completely - the player might not know what to do, where to go, might get confused if he/she didn't play the original game.They also failed to see how some scenes in the original game were not there just to make the game longer but actually to make the player more emotional, to care about the engineers and cops in the game. They butchered those moments (for example the engineer "hiding" on top of the generator that got electrocuted in the original game, now he has no worries in a small room on the side of the generator).In other places there are engineers hiding or panicked and they removed them thinking they were pointless but they actually had an important role, to teach new players how to crouch or do long jumps or introduce them to electrified water and other dangers.Some parts are very shrunk, for example the part where the soldiers are coming to "rescue" them to the point the player doesn't even get a chance to be afraid of them or spot their behavior, see how they throw grenades or hide behind crates.... 5-8 soldiers dead and that scene is finished.

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 03:51:18 am
content: Quote from: jim_griff on September 16, 2012, 02:19:29 amhehe yeah, did that. And i used the terminal to the left as well.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 06:36:11 am
content: Quote from: ftransform on September 15, 2012, 03:42:00 pmI think he was just making a small reminder to do a search before you post as the topic may already exist.

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 10:02:03 am
content: So is this just half-life 1 updated?What is black mesa?

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 11:05:11 am
content: Quote from: Mint. on September 16, 2012, 10:02:03 amMany years back when valve re-released HalfLife 1 using the HalfLife 2 graphics engine many people felt it wasn't very good. It looked exactly the same just with better lighting.So some people decided to do it themselves. They added high res textures, updated all the models and added lots of extra detail to all the maps, one my one. Valve saw how well they were doing it and offered to help by getting proper voice actors to do new dialog. etc.They call their remake Black Mesa

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2012, 02:36:18 pm
content: The Black Mesa Research Facility, or B.M.R.F. for short,is the headquarters of the Black Mesa corporation and the primary setting for Half-Life and its three expansions, Opposing Force, Blue Shift, and Decay. It is located in the New Mexico desert, USA.half life series are amazing game well worth a look half life 2 comes very close to perfect

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2012, 05:14:38 am
content: Yeah, i noticed that to, the jump/crouch/sprint combo doesn't respond as quick as it should.It's very obvious in the area where you jump along the top of 10 or so containers.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2012, 01:12:11 am
content: Quote from: jim_griff on September 17, 2012, 08:01:37 amIt's Half Life. It is an FPS game, it cannot be anything else.

author: Pentium100
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2012, 10:42:24 am
content: Quote from: jim_griff on September 18, 2012, 05:50:19 amAs I remember, the original Half Life was pretty much the same. The only thing I dislike about BM is that it is single threaded - it uses only a quarter of my PCs power and as a result is full of micro lags (and turning down graphics does not really help since this is a CPU problem).

author: Mint.
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2012, 11:52:51 am
content: Quote from: jim_griff on September 18, 2012, 05:50:19 amWant puzzles? Play portal! I recommend it!

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2012, 01:42:53 pm
content: Quote from: jim_griff on September 18, 2012, 05:50:19 amI was able to sneak in a "cooked" grenade on several of the HECU guards.

author: TriodeTiger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2012, 08:02:05 pm
content: Finally got around to playing it. Started 11:30 for a half hour round, shower, and be in bed by 12-12:30. The game crashed at 2 and I finally noticed the timeI love the soldier's new voices, and that MP5...Running with weapons how they dip a bit, and I am a fan of the revolver's iron sights, which is fair enough, as I always turn autoaim and crosshairs off. (crosshair 0 in dev console)PS: Bullsquids WERE my favourite

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 23, 2012, 10:41:32 pm
content: I guess you guys favourite is the whole HL series, i've been playing Battlefield from version 1 up to 3 to even know something called "HalfLife" existedPS: I have never played counter-strike

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2012, 12:58:07 am
content: Quote from: T4P on September 23, 2012, 10:41:32 pmKid, HL was out four years before the Battlefield series even existed. What rock've you been living under?!Next you'll tell me you've never played Uplink, or Total Annihilation.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2012, 01:32:03 am
content: YAWN!CabalorOperation Wolfon the C64 were way cooler than that.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2012, 02:00:14 am
content: Quote from: GK on September 24, 2012, 01:32:03 amWe're not talking about consoles, heretic.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2012, 02:11:48 am
content: The Commodore 64 was a computer!

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2012, 02:39:04 am
content: Quote from: GK on September 24, 2012, 02:11:48 amOh yeah, C, not N. 3am for you.They were still console (NES) games. Uplink is way cooler.

author: GK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2012, 02:53:53 am
content: Nintendo? Blaghh!Altered Beast on the Sega Mega Drive was way better than anything on the NES or Master System, and when the Super-NES came out Sega was still way cooler because the Mega Drive version of Mortal Kombat didn't have all of the gore cut out. "Finish Him!".

author: T4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 24, 2012, 04:28:26 am
content: Quote from: Monkeh on September 24, 2012, 12:58:07 amI guess I'm only a fan of BF