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I disliked the new grunt SFX so I used this mod when I played through Black Mesa in 2012, no idea if it still works with the current version of the mod.
 
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Good news for those who enjoy Early Access Paid Mods

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Black Mesa is a re-envisioning of Valve Software's seminal classic Half-Life. Gordon Freeman and his unforgettable journey through the Black Mesa Research Facility have been lovingly re-created to capture the full spirit of the original game, without 1998’s graphical limitations. This is Half-Life the way it was meant to be played!
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we simply didn't have the resources to create Xen as we would like it. Our ambitions go beyond the original Xen section found in Half-Life. We have a standard of quality that we have to achieve. By using Early Access, we are allowed the resources to bring you the remaining chapters with the quality that you expect.

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I am not buying this. I've played this mod when it was still free and it wasn't really that great. May watch on youtube though - if there is anything new to see.
 

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I am not buying this. I've played this mod when it was still free and it wasn't really that great. May watch on youtube though - if there is anything new to see.

Last year, I played through vanilla Half-Life again, had a blast, and retried the mod version of Black Mesa. For some reason I didn't enjoy black mesa as much. There's something off about the movement, I felt slower and less agile, and I don't think this goes very well with the level design and encounters.

I'm not sure, but I also noticed less of the cool AI routines I saw in vanilla HL, like vortigaunts running after you kill some of their buddies.
 

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I don't dare to check the official forums, have the entitlement argument been brought up yet if you don't agree with paying for a mod? :)
 

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They said they would never charge any money for the mod,but anyway, if I want to play the game I can always go to the original one. I just hope they don't start charging and take 5 years to deliver this shit... Too many of this already going on in the Early Access.
 

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I might have considered paying back in 2012. But today the engine looks older than ever, the voice work in the mod was already OK to my ears (yes, even him!), and Xen is still not in the game.

Paying 20€ for multiplayer? Nope.
 

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Even if the game had no prior release and was to be considered an indie remake instead of a mod, 20 euros is a ridiculous price for that game. I can get Far Cry 4 or another AAA FPS for that price or even half of it.
 
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It's taking them three plus years to make Xen. Granted Xen sucked but... yeah.
 

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They've been talking about putting BM on greenlight since at least as far back as the original release. Turning major sauce mods into retail titles is hardly new.
 

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Yes. But they usually up the quality severely before doing so. When a mod wad announced to be sold for retail, it used to be both bad news for the people who liked it free and very good news for the ones who loved the game enough to pay for a substantial increase in quality and production value.

This has none.
 

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Ed, when you woke up this morning and your choice was between playing a shitty console game or defending these fuckers I wish you would have chosen the former.
 

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You imply they have any creative talent whereas they take any reason possible to avoid showing us their talent with the Xen bits.
 
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After so many years I doubt even Valve could make something that would blew of peoples minds. After the episodes cliffhanger they had still momentum and could make a slam dunk but since they have Steam they stopped caring. Their interpretation of HL was interesting, instead of 100 % copy-pasting all of the locations they made some changes. I don't remember anything horrible or out of place so I guess it worked for me. And it seems they know how to work with the engine, so it's a big plus. Making of Xen more than first person platformer would be nice. The place has a great "outworld" feeling but it was wasted, derpy boss fight was a final confirmation of that.
 

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Ed, when you woke up this morning and your choice was between playing a shitty console game or defending these fuckers I wish you would have chosen the former.

I poasted that message and then played a Resident Evil 3ds port :smug:
 

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