Black Mesa Source NEW media (June 4)

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

For those of you who have been watching this mod progress, here's a new taste of what's to come.
For those of you who have never heard of this, be prepared to shit your pants.

http://www.blackmesasource.com/media.html

[DigitalBacon]

Mmm tasty, thanks Filthy...ill be watching this one!

(This reminds me, me and my friends spent weeks looking for Black Mesa back when I lived in NM :P)

[atomicbob]

Looks cool! What game is it? A CS mod?

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

It's a mod for HL2. It's a remake of Half-Life the original game.

I'm looking forward to this more than any retail game coming out next year.

[atomicbob]

So it's not multiplayer?

Bummer.

[-LiT- Killer_B]

Filthy, are there any other mods that you have played for HL:2 or are looking forward to??? Single player that is...

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Well I just recently heard of this one:

http://www.bssource.com/


That's pretty much it for SP mods unfortunately. No others are really that promising.

If u want to get some nice SP gaming in though, try FEAR if u already haven't.

[-LiT- Killer_B]

haven't played FEAR yet...did you play the mod or add on for it? I didn't think comp could handle it at first, but I'm pretty sure it can now.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

No mods, no add-ons. FEAR is plain ass-kicking insanity all by itself. Get it. Get it now.

[APOC]

Any ever play firearms for HL1? if so this is a mod for HL2 from the same team. (this one includes vehicles for you bf2 players)
http://www.worldatwarmod.com/

APOC

[-LiT- Killer_B]

No mods, no add-ons. FEAR is plain ass-kicking insanity all by itself. Get it. Get it now.

What about FEAR Extraction point?

EDIT: Friend is lending me F.E.A.R...so I should be playing by tomorrow night.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

I have extraction point but haven't played it. I'm waiting to upgrade so I can play FEAR and then the expansion in full glory.

BTW when u play FEAR don't let the first few levels get to you, the level design gets better.
Still, the combat is good enough that I'd play the game if the levels were just one big box.


EDIT: I know this thread is going off topic, but it's a valid discussion I think because we're talkin about SP gaming.

[KrystalStarWolf]

It's a complete redo of the first Half-life with HL2's engine?

[DigitalBacon]

"Black Mesa (formerly Black Mesa: Source) is a Half-Life 2 total conversion remaking VALVe Software's award-winning PC game, Half-Life. Utilizing the Source engine, Black Mesa will reintroduce the player as Doctor Gordon Freeman, along with the original cast of memorable characters and environments seen in Half-Life. Black Mesa was built and founded on the basis that Half-Life: Source was inadequate as the Source engine port of Half-Life, regardless of the intentions of VALVe Software. As such, Black Mesa was founded to fully reconstruct the Half-Life universe utilizing Source to its fullest potential in terms of art detail, level sizes and code features. This total conversion will not require Half-Life: Source to play - only legitimate copies of Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source on Steam"

[Tykwer]

coop would be sweet :thumbsdown:
ill definately play it none the less.
man, i just checked out the screen shots with the mini comparison pic in the corner and damn! without the comparison pic in some places like the outside canyons w/ water, i wouldnt recognize it as being a part of hl1. the banks of the water is just so crazy different.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

I think the biggest difference are the screenies of the tram ride.
Man, so much detail is going into this mod its incredible.

[Tykwer]

any word on a release date? it looks like it's gonna be some fun.

[Vryllyn]

Any ever play firearms for HL1? if so this is a mod for HL2 from the same team. (this one includes vehicles for you bf2 players)
http://www.worldatwarmod.com/

APOC

I'm still waiting.

[z3speed4me]

i have been watchin this one as well and i cannot wait!!!!

[[TLB]*xSnI(+)PeRx*]

omfg filthy this looks awsome i cant wait to play this.....

[Gruthar]

Any ever play firearms for HL1? if so this is a mod for HL2 from the same team. (this one includes vehicles for you bf2 players)
APOC

Yeah, I started playing Firearms in the day of the Volmer and the horrendously unbalanced Aug... forget which RC that was. I believe I got it off of a PC Gamer demo CD. I stopped the day sgossard nerfed the G36e and made sniper rifle no-scopes wildly inaccurate. Hopefully the team has learned something since FA.

So if there's a Black Mesa Source, is someone going to try to make a Sven Co-op type game out of it? That was a great mod, if relatively unknown. In addition to being able to play the regular Half-Life levels in multiplayer, there was a ton of custom maps for it... a dozen people either fighting a ton of monsters, or a handful of giant monsters with ludicrous amounts of health. Great fun!

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Update:

http://www.blackmesasource.com/media.html

be sure to check out the hound-eye animations... so cool

[Tykwer]

aw, too bad it didnt have the sound effects too. i was looking forward to that sound. anyways, it looks like it's limping at the end...that would be so badass if you could wound it like that!
sweet.
http://www.blackmesasource.com/media/anomalous_tc_01.jpg

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Well since they added in that last limping animation I'd assume they're doin that for every enemy, which IMHO is facking awesome :thumbsup:

[Mad5cout]

There was a pretty good HL2 SP mod that came out a while back called Metastasis or something. If you haven't played it, give it a shot. It's pretty fun but very short.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

BUMP

Update

http://blackmesasource.com/

[StevenNevets]

Wow damn, thought Bacon was back.

Huge bump.


Mod looks sweet though.

[-LiT- Killer_B]

When is this bad boy coming out????

[Blis]

The pics sure look pretty but it wont look that nice on my pc.Sadly I find sp shooters these days are too much about graphics and less about gameplay.Hopefully this will be different.

[FiLTHY_SNiPER]

Blis it's a complete remake of HL1... so I can't see the gameplay being anything but amazing.

@Killer: no idea dude, I'd assume somewhere around xmas since it's a mod team with no money to back up their drive to finish.

[Vash]

I wet myself in anticipation.

[Wibby]

I wonder how they are going to do the worm thingy in blast pit.

[SnaKe]

Very interesting!

[Metametheus101]

Yea I was really into this mod for awhile, I always visit it when there's new news, it looks like a great mod to go with the territory for reviving Half-Life original. Though Im hoping for a Blue Shift or Opposing Force 2 personally as well...

Ontop of a Blue Shift or Opposing Force Source.

But Id be happy with just a Opposing Force 2: Episode 1 - 3. lol

Cause thats another story that never ended with Andrian Shepherd, basically locked up like Gordon was. I wonder if there could be a implication on Episode 3 or further into the HL2 Saga since by technically that would be almost the Gman's Ace in the Hole if he ever lost control of Gordon Freeman.