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Digital Foundry: Black Mesa: Half-Life Remake Tested - A Spectacular Revival of a PC Classic!
- Thread starter chandoog
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This explains a lot the changes made with Halo 1 anniversary. DF should make a new video about it now that it is on pc
I am working on that... right now!
Although I am not sure how this reflects on that :)
A Half-Life 1 remake, Halo 1 is back on PC, the sequel to a game called Doom is coming out... confusing timeline but as an old school PC FPS fan I couldn't be happier :)
People are complaing a lot about the differences in the art style, saying that Halo 1 had minimalistic structures( there are good examples in the thread that unfortunately I can't post right now because I'm on cellphone) and the remake changes that throwing too much objects in the walls for example.
I'm not saying they are wrong, I do believe that some changes were exaggerated, but after seeing the explanation here about Half Life 1 things make more sense.
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It's just...too much?
Like 2001 Halo is too bland:
But 2011 Halo is over-saturated with detail.
I don't know how I'm going to play through it yet.
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I really like what they did updating some of the levels/areas, as well as tweaks to the characters and some of the minor story sequences. It's not just a graphics update, you can tell a lot of work went into this!
The only aspect I'm critical on is I wish they'd been able to push the graphics/animations a bit further.
The only aspect I'm critical on is I wish they'd been able to push the graphics/animations a bit further.
I remember playing this when it first came out (without Xen) as a mod and I thought "Well, maybe I will play this now and the last bit when it arrives in a few months or so". Welp.
It's an incredible remake and, honestly, I feel like playing it again. The team behind it did an incredible job.
It's an incredible remake and, honestly, I feel like playing it again. The team behind it did an incredible job.
I remember when this project was still in its infancy, and we'd get updates showing things like they were adding ADS to some guns, and people were understandably cynical and doubtful of the dev team's abilities. I even recall seeing some posters at the old place saying things like (I'm paraphrasing), "I can't believe these guys actually think they can do Half-Life better than Valve," etc. and then the first release hit and people were floored at how well it turned out. It's really been a cool thing to watch unfold.
I think so. But it is still shows as an early access game to me in Steam and in the video he said something about how it is now in its final form (if I've heard it correctly). I'm a bit confused.
The original Half Life is still among my top 5 gaming experiences ever. Being that I just got back to PC gaming for the first time in 2 decades, didn't even think about this. This is as exciting as hell.
The game is finished. The release candidate 1.0 version has been on public beta for the last few weeks. The official release will just fix bugs and improve performance.
The game comes out of Early Access today, but the Steam store doesn't update until 10 AM Pacific.
Downloading now. I was thinking about this game and how I wasted money because I never played (not even the original). Looks like that is the opportunity I was asking for.
It's just called Black Mesa. The Xen part comes with it free*.
*inlcuded with purchase of Black Mesa on Steam
