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Black Mesa - legendary vaporware Half-Life remake finally out
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Not possible. They were literally compiling about three hours ago.
https://twitter.com/The_Stormseeker/status/1235689536560209920
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Not a big deal. Even if there were any changes, it's highly unlikely there was anything significant.
Makabb
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Pretty much shows the current state of games industry if people get excited for these two.
Dexter
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Probably gonna release in 9 hours like most games on Steam if it's gonna happen today.6th and it's still in betaGuess after 14 years a delay is inevitable
the 1.0 update has been up for an hour or so
Dexter
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Yeah I just saw, a 3.46GB Update just hit. Gonna have to play this ahead of Alyx.
It still displays as Early Access though for some reason and they haven't even posted a News item or anything about it.
Imagine taking 15 years to remake a game and you manage to do absolutely everything worse.
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Final patch notes just went up. They haven't updated the store page to reflect it yet but it's officially out of early access as of a few minutes ago
https://steamcommunity.com/games/362890/announcements/detail/1717499322286666465
https://steamcommunity.com/games/362890/announcements/detail/1717499322286666465
Lemming42
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Yeah, all we can do is imagine that, because it's not what's actually happened!!!
DraQ
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Xen was pretty cool back then and is actually inclined in BM.
The problem is Interloper which in BM is mostly pure decline, albeit with some cool sequences.
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I've been playing this for about an hour or so now. It's pretty damn good. Really nostalgic. The source engine sure is showing it's age though. Lots of random low res textures in places so far. Mostly signs and other things. Maybe they just couldn't think of what to write on some of the signs so they made them low res and illegible.
Baron Dupek
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everyone want it out
OctavianRomulus
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I really like the new Marine AI. They throw grenades at you, flank, lay down suppressive fire, heal their comrades. It's been a while since I last played the original HL but I vaguely remember the marines being able to do these. I hope more games incorporate this kind AI. I'm really tired of braindead AI.
The Black Mesa levels got a minor facelift in the latest update but they are really kind of dated, like something out of a 2009 game and not necessarily in a good way. I still like how games like Duke 3D and Blood look like but maybe it's because the level of detail is congruent with the pixelated graphics while most of the Earth levels in Black Mesa feel empty and dated, like a game from 2009. It's something I can't really explain why. Questionable Ethics is the best looking of the BMRF levels. Maybe the lighting has something to do with that.
Xen feels like a different game in comparison. They squeezed everything they could out of the poor engine.
The Black Mesa levels got a minor facelift in the latest update but they are really kind of dated, like something out of a 2009 game and not necessarily in a good way. I still like how games like Duke 3D and Blood look like but maybe it's because the level of detail is congruent with the pixelated graphics while most of the Earth levels in Black Mesa feel empty and dated, like a game from 2009. It's something I can't really explain why. Questionable Ethics is the best looking of the BMRF levels. Maybe the lighting has something to do with that.
Xen feels like a different game in comparison. They squeezed everything they could out of the poor engine.
DraQ
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Also, they shat all over tau cannon.
OTOH new MP5 is pretty sweet.
OTOH new MP5 is pretty sweet.
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The game won't run on my system. 
I never saw enemies healing each other in the original game. That's definitely an improvement if they do it in BM.
There was a consensus back in the day that while Xen was very different from the rest of the game that it wasnt on par with it in quality.
I can only remember jumping around with gravity (?) It has been a long time since i have played half-life single player.
if this isnt too expensive i might just buy it.
I can only remember jumping around with gravity (?) It has been a long time since i have played half-life single player.
if this isnt too expensive i might just buy it.
DraQ
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AI followers did that in Opposing Force, though.
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