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[VashTS]

I don't believe it!!! I bet the world will end in 11 days! HA!

Also, ending before the xen levels would be best, those were probably the worst parts of half life.

 

[EvilDick34]

Time to break out all the hyperbolic posts made by GAF posters who hated on this project, if they dare play this after all the shit they gave it.

 

[xJavonta]

Time to break out all the hyperbolic posts made by GAF posters who hated on this project, if they dare play this after all the shit they gave it.

I'm one of the people who gave it shit for it's bad VA, but I'm still going to try it. Maybe it'll play really well, but that doesn't change my opinion on the shitty VA.

 

[Emitan]

"They're waiting for you Gordon, in the Test Chamber."

TO BE CONTINUED.

Hahahahaha oh man. Imagine if you blackout during the resonance cascade (or whatever it is) and that's the whole demo.

 

[JaseC]

But really, they said the first installment will be playable up to the Lambada Core.... which is the area before the Xen levels.

The cynical take on this approach is that the consensus on this release will inform the decision on whether or not to complete the final part of the game.

 

[Fantastical]

Clicking the link gives you "Forbidden".

The internet gods are not happy.

 

[EvilDick34]

I'm one of the people who gave it shit for it's bad VA, but I'm still going to try it. Maybe it'll play really well, but that doesn't change my opinion on the shitty VA.

Voice acting is one thing, shitting on it for every conceivable reason is another.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

It seems it isn't the complete game, but rather than keep us waiting further, they're gonna release the first part of the game.

Yeah...no thanks.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Uh... whoa. This is pretty cool, even if it is just a portion of the game.

The voice acting was terribad in the leaked video. But I'll still give this a shot since it's free and I have nothing to lose.

Yeah, because, you know, the original voice acting was some award winning shit yaknowhumsayin'?

 

[Alfredo]

Aren't the Xen parts of the game considered the worst part anyway? I mean, it's be cool if they could greatly imprIve Xen, but I wouldn't really miss it.

 

[Hawkian]

NO






WAY

 

[reptilescorpio]

Very keen to give it a shot and hopefully my fears are unfounded. Majority of the remake is done, fine with them not doing Zen.

 

[Reagan's BR]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-LopmeppI

1:20 had me laughing at how bad it was

Thanks!

Definitely not the best...but I've heard worse!

 

[arab]

NOT BUYING IT

 

[soulassssns]

lol, it's not even complete?

nope

 

[Onemic]

Its not even the whole game. I feel like waiting it out.

 

[hillsighed]

Wow, just when my graphics cards craps out on me.

I mean, it's just Source. You could put a mouse running inside a wheel in your PC in place of a graphics card and it'd probably still run at medium settings.

 

[Spierek]

Day 1 pur... free download.

 

[tborsje]

Wow, I've been following this mod since I read the initial announcement of the start of the project on planethalflife.com, I think that it was even before the release of Half Life 2 itself.

They've taking their time, but hey, it's free. I'm looking forwards to actually playing it.

 

[(._.)]

what the fuck took them so long

 

[BigTnaples]

In disbelief.

 

[qq more]

Yeah, because, you know, the original voice acting was some award winning shit yaknowhumsayin'?

The voice acting in the original was cheesy good though.

 

[Windu]

the end is near

 

[Odrion]

I mean, it's just Source. You could put a mouse running inside a wheel in your PC in place of a graphics card and it'd probably still run at medium settings.

"Why does my computer keep trying to launch Bad Rats?"

 

[Tain]

release date doesn't matter

guilty until proven to be better than hl1

 

[nyong]

Most overhyped mod ever.

All this time and we're only getting a fraction of the original game? From what I've seen, that fraction is going to taint the original's memory too. Abort this monstrocity before it's too late, IMO.

 

[Instro]

Probably all they ever made until they realized that Valve wasn't going to pick the game up.

 

[pakkit]

I'm optimistic!

 

[xemumanic]

Yeah...no thanks.

It's the last 1/5th of the game, and it's not very good anyway.

 

[Scrow]

stopped caring over a year ago

 

[Perkel]

Most overhyped mod ever.

All this time and we're only getting a fraction of the original game? From what I've seen, that fraction is going to taint the original's memory too. Abort this monstrocity before it's too late, IMO.

It's before XEN that's almost whole game.

 

[-BLITZ-]

By this I will know if is worth it or not to play for the complete release.

 

[jambo]

2012 really is the end of the world

 

[ahoyhoy]

It's going to end up sucking. For whatever reason, all the extra development time will not have helped improve the game, and will just result in inflated expectations.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

:O:O:O:O

NEVER expected the day would come.

 

[XMonkey]

Excellent. Xen was kind of crappy anyways so I don't care.

 

[bbyybb]

I am happy that this is even getting a release. Without the Xen portions, you are not missing much as everyone agree's that was the weakest part of HL1. I am keeping my expectations in check because it is just a mod even with the ridiculous development time.

Now lets see if they will actually release on that date though.

 

[TheVampire]

On September 14th you will see the first release of Black Mesa! This will include our re-envisioning of Half-Life all the way up to Lambda Core.

So its been a while since I last played HL1, how far is Lambda Core from the end of the game?

 

[Card Boy]

what the fuck took them so long

Voluntary work out of their free time with no internet nerds paying them a single cent. The same internet nerds that whinge and whined about it taking so long to come out.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Half Life without Xen?

So, a superior version to the original is confirmed.

 

[Sapphire Dreams]

OMG... We had Duke Nukem Forever last year and Black Masa this year.

I wonder what we will have next year...

 

[Rapstah]

Releasing beta versions and allowing the community to test it out is what they should have been doing all along. I don't think they'll ever get Xen to play or look good though. It relies heavily on blocky 1997 graphics and it's the most hated part of the original gameplay-wise. If they're redesigning the gameplay it's going to have to be entirely changed.

 

[Femmeworth]

Ironsights in weapons is the new rage fuel.

But guns typically do have iron sights. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[SystemShock2]

Hell yeah. Probably won't play it for awhile, but I gotta congratulate these guys for finally putting it out. I remember it was soooooo long ago when this project first started. I think it's amazing that it's actually happening. I thought the footage they showed looked pretty fun too.

 

[Hydrogen Bluebird]

OMG... We had Duke Nukem Forever last year and Black Masa this year.

I wonder what we will have next year...

Versus XIII!

 

[tci]

I can't believe it. 8 years now. It will never live up to expectations though. Still looking forward to finally play it!

 

[Glass Rebel]

Lies.

But guns typically do have iron sights. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

LIES!

 

[IrishNinja]

cant wait, been saving my HL1 playthrough for this, and it may finally pay off!

 

[Max]

real weird

 

[Sober]

Aren't the Xen parts of the game considered the worst part anyway? I mean, it's be cool if they could greatly imprIve Xen, but I wouldn't really miss it.

I don't remember Xen in HL1 really well. I guess that's a good thing. I hadn't kept up with BM's development since, I dunno, 2005. So I wouldn't be surprised if they hadn't been working on Xen too much to begin with.