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[PC] Steam - Black Mesa - $14.47 (was $28.95) - Steam

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[PC] Steam - Black Mesa - $14.47 (was $28.95) - Steam
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Lysander on 13/02/2021 - 17:26 store.steampowered.com (117 clicks)

Great price for this highly rated game that started life as a Half Life Mod made by fans who were then hired to turn it into a professional project.

From the website:

Black Mesa is the fan-made reimagining of Valve Software’s Half-Life.

Black Mesa: Definitive Edition
Update 1.5 brings together all the improvements to graphics and gameplay across 15 years of development to create the final version of Black Mesa. There has never been a better time to pick up the crowbar and play!
Single Player Campaign
You are Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist at the Black Mesa Research Facility. When a routine experiment goes horribly wrong, you must fight your way through an interdimensional alien invasion, and a bloodthirsty military clean-up crew in order to save the science team… and the world!

Features

  • A completely reimagined and refined single player campaign, including all new and expanded Xen levels
    -19 chapters of fighting through top-secret labs, running atop harsh desert landscapes, sneaking into abandoned railways, and leaping across dimensions
  • Mind-Blowing graphics and effects, never before seen on the Source Engine
  • Face off against an army of classic enemies, updated with new features and engaging AI
  • Wield an arsenal of military hardware, scientific prototypes, and the iconic crowbar through incredibly detailed environments
  • The all-new soundtrack and voice acting create a more immersive experience than ever before
  • 50 Fun and challenging achievements

Multiplayer
Frag your friends across 10 iconic maps from the Half-Life universe, including:

  • Bounce
  • Gasworks
  • Stalkyard
  • Undertow
  • Crossfire

Workshop
Create your own mods, models, and maps with the Black Mesa Source SDK, then share it with the community on the Steam Workshop.

Steamworks
Collect the full set of trading cards, backgrounds, emoticons, and achievements! Featuring Steam Cloud, Steam Workshop, closed captions in multiple languages and full controller support.

Enjoy!

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  • sangohan on 13/02/2021 - 17:40
    +3

    So this game is not just a simple re-creation with higher def graphics. It actually re-imagines the game a bit, a shortens it where it's needed, and fixes up the "boring" parts.

    Pretty good value for money if you have never played half-life before, and fairly good value for money even if you had.

    • thisisscotts on 13/02/2021 - 17:46
      +4

      Half Life is one of the best games I've ever played. Agreed that if you haven't played it before, this would be a good deal.

    • beeze on 13/02/2021 - 19:13
      +2

      I think the 3rd section (Xen) was all new / additional content. Played it through for the first time recently. Good story and puzzles. Action shows its age, to be expected given the original is 20+ years old.

      • lostn on 13/02/2021 - 22:49

        I still enjoyed BM though the game is showing its age.

        Since its a full remake, they should have done away with the loading times which aren't sped up by SSDs. It was innovative at the time, but modern games handle streaming in data much more seamlessly than HL/BM.

        • sangohan on 13/02/2021 - 23:12

          it's a remake but using the half-life 2 engine, which doesn't do streaming or seamless loads like today's openworld games.

          • lostn on 14/02/2021 - 09:11

            @sangohan: yes, the problem is the HL2 engine is 16 years old.

            At the time they started making this, other devs had already figured out streaming of areas seamlessly.

    • lostn on 13/02/2021 - 22:47

      Correct, but it also lengthens some parts. Particularly Xen.

  • dealord on 13/02/2021 - 18:25
    +1

    Well worth it for the price! Great game

  • lostn on 13/02/2021 - 22:44

    Great game still. Just stop playing at Xen. After an hour in, I was asking, this should be the end right? 3 hours later, I was still asking that.

    Xen wasn't bad but outstayed its welcome. And then it spent the night. And still refused to leave the next morning. It's one of those annoying guests at a party that won't leave no matter how many subtle hints you give. They just continue eating your chips until you put up flashing neon lights saying GTFO. That's Xen.

    The original Xen was bad, but at least it was short.

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