Black Mesa is finally out officially

Fuck no, it is completely reworked

>Play the original, faggot
>Don't play it without finishing HL first, faggotus maximus

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I know I'm a faggot for saying this, but I can't play games with 1cm wide pixels anymore

I loved HL when I was a kid back in '98, but my god this thing is soulless trash and I'm beginning to think HL just sucked in general.

They did Xen so dirty. It was full of soul, but they decided to replace it with something utterly and completely soulless.

>>>/reddit/

>soulless
Complain all you want about them adding a price tag but the first 7 years of development was literally a passion project made for no revenue.

Even Valve admitted they just shit out xen with no effort put into it though.

I'm a huge HL fan and I'll tell you this.
If you really care that much about the graphics then sure, just go on with black mesa. it's still a great game by itself - specially with the 1.0 release that they did with some remodeling on early levels and fixing some enemy AI to make it feel closer to the original's behaviour.
But if you want to get technical, there are a few ways you could go when getting into the franchise.
First: you could just go and play HL and then start up Black Mesa to see the changes right away.
Second: you could go for HL and then HL2 and THEN black mesa so you can feel both what valve did from the transition of one game to another, AND what the crowbar collective did to the engine of HL2.
Third: you could say "screw HL", go directly for black mesa and skip over to HL2 for the story, if you enjoyed it, or even play the original HL afterwards if you REALLY liked Black Mesa and want to see why people cared so much about the game, specially back then.

Shut the fuck up, valvecucks. It's not as amazing of a game in this day and age as it was in 98. The ONLY redeeming quality of both HL1 and Black Mesa is the atmosphere.

>It was full of soul
No the fuck it wasn't.

I replay HL every year desu. Black Mesa is good as well, but not as good and on top of that it is a vastly different game

This, wtf did they do to the scientists?

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HL2 is an incredibly mediocre FPS and I don't understand why Valve drones love it so much other than brand loyalty (muh Valve/Gaben!)

Half Life would have been forgotten without the marketing.
It stole the credit and spotlight from Unreal, Powerslave, Dark Forces 2, Sin, System Shock, Goldeneye, Marathon, CyberMage.
The Halo of it's time.

Adding onto this: story is the same as the original, but I think the story-telling is a bit more clear/better in BM because of level design and some extra dialogue, as the team already had a direction to go based on the subsequent games and future events of the story.
Sound design and atmosphere on HL were a bit better but this may be a nostalgia thing - I liked the old sfx and ambience but the modernized effects are a bit more grounded in reality, it's just that old HL sfx are/were iconic.

>498672975
>posting the same thing every day in the same threads for at least a year now
Autism. Not even gonna give out a (you).

Xen is literally the main reason to go for Black Mesa instead of HL though, everyone knows that in HL it was rushed at the end of development, which made it a bit empty and bland.
Not only that it does a way better job of setting the story on the borderworld.

my only complaints about current xen is how long some sections are and nihilanth doesn't have all his lines.

>Finally decided to give it a shot
>Pirate it
>First time in a couple of years I play for 2h straight

It feels wonderful.

which one are you trying out, user? I assume black mesa since it was what OP mentioned.
Anyway, always great to see new fans on the franchise, glad you're enjoying it

did this, but with an older version
had the same experience

it's easy to keep going when it's just gameplay into gameplay

Black Mesa, already finished the original many times over the years.

Yeah. I don't enjoy most modern video games because I don't want to shit through cutscenes and shit or have to do a PhD tier research into some wiki to beat it.

oh so not a new fan then, sorry.
I wish multiplayer was more prominent in BM though.
Oh well, there's always sven co-op for some shits and giggles.

That first chapter of Xen in Black mesa is pretty souful.

You’re in for one wild ride that will make you understand why Half Life stuck in our zeitgeist. The Black Mesa remake is amazing and does a great job with revamping the old levels and also making the Xen levels that much cooler.

I do recommend playing the original first so that you can experience the cool graphics and OST which were made in 1995 (you’ll recognize some songs from HL2). Guaranteed you will be impressed by this game even now. Once you complete it, then I say you should play Black Mesa to truly appreciate the work that they did.

Half life was never good
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>screencapping shitty opinions

Yup it’s a zoomer

>screencapping someone else's opinion because you're too inept to form one with your own words

liking half life is zoomer tier.
Look how much /vr/ hates your quake clone.

Wife and I are doing Black Mesa, 2, and the episodes so she'll be ready for Alyx. If we have time, we might do the expansions and coop campaign for 1.

Oh shot combine is taking over

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>implying I care about what a bunch of trannies on /vr/ think.

No you wont

Yes you will. That’s a fact.

No one should respect the opinion of any Yas Forums board. I also really don't care for the opinions of people that play a million Doom mods only.

zoomie cope

You’re not fooling anyone seether

>umm acktually, Half Life is bad
No one is gonna agree with this. Half Life is overrated compared to other classic FPS titles, I still like Quake 1 more, but HL1 is still a fantastic game.

>that part in Unforseen Consequences where you activate the lift and headcrabs keep falling on top of you
They did a really good job with the music there. It really captures the “oh god what have we done” feeling you get at that part of the game.

muh Another World FPS version
muh unskippable cutscenes
muh scripted sequences
muh linear level design
Face it will never be as good as it's predecessors.
Never a classic.

Half Life is better than Quake. You don’t have to negotiate with these butthurt fools.

It's inferior to any classic FPS game retard.

lol ok zoomie

You should pay for it, especially if you're enjoying it.

A very small team over a decade+ made this game, and you're a galactic dispicible cunt for pirating it.

It's not even expensive you penniless wanker

I appreciat the advice user
I think I'll download HL and see how i like the first hour or so.

I don't agree, but I'm one of those weirdos that finds Quake to be better than any 2.5D shooter. The build games plus Doom just never felt as good as any proper 3D shooter to me. Doesn't help that projectile speed in Doom is crazy slow and none of the enemies are all that interesting to fight in a 1 on 1.

I like Half Life because of its holistic polish and value. It truly tried to be great in all aspects. Not just the gameplay but storytelling and atmosphere.

happy international womens day

Where to pirate?

>people that play a million Doom mods only
I can't even imagine the mental illness it'd take

black mesa turned out pretty damn good, considering it was delayed like a full decade and looked like vaporware for many years

A damn fine game.

Yes. Very pleasant surprise.

Nevermind, got it.

It's based

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Anyone else gets fucked up white edges on objects?

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i wanna rub its belly

Fourth option:

Realize that video games are for teens and a waste of one's adult years when one is supposed to be learning and earning as much as he can.

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