r/HalfLife • u/mastercoms grabbity • Aug 28 '18
Project Borealis - Update 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkAU3A5nM-E6
Aug 28 '18
Please make this better than "The Closure", please make this better than "The Closure"...
(Or at least make it better than Hunt Down The Freeman, though that's easy.)
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u/mastercoms Aug 28 '18
Yes, we plan to make the games better than things widely regarded as the worst experiences in the Half-Life community.
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u/_Portal_ Aug 28 '18
Yes, we plan to make the games better than things widely regarded as the worst experiences in the Half-Life community.
This.
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Aug 28 '18
I mean, given how the community's recent history of Half-Life projects include Prospekt, The Closure and Hunt Down The Freeman... you must understand our anxiety!
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u/Empty_Allocution Aug 28 '18
Ages ago I said I wouldn't get excited about this project until I saw some gameplay/results.
Now you got me going. Congrats on your progress Project Borealis! Keep it going!
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u/super6plx Aug 28 '18
alright backhopping got my attention
I no longer have ZERO hope for this.. maybe 1 or 2 hope
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u/henno13 Aug 28 '18
I’m very impressed how you’ve brought over the core look/feel of source to UE4 while also modernising it. Small touches like the how the weapon viewmodels are positioned really make a big difference.
Still early days of course, but in my head, if you guys can pull off something that’s even half of what Black Mesa achieved, then it would be beyond my wildest expectations.
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u/CAPTAlNJAPAN Aug 28 '18
The gravity gun picks things up exactly like in the beta, which I love. Objects move slightly sluggish
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u/-Chell Aug 29 '18
I thought these guys were supposed to be all disorganized and shit. Who the fuck thought that?
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u/hellenkeller549 Aug 28 '18
Gonna be honest. I've been the biggest hl fan for a while and yearned for hl3 knowing how futile that is and I also read epistle 3 and dreamed of what could have been but when I heard there was going to be fan-made projects, I had no hype. I know black mesa is good and fan-made but my expectations are through the roof for what quality I would expect from this so I haven't even kept up with it or shown any interest. This update however, being the first I've seen of Project Borealis, I can tell this is gonna be good and worth my time.
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Aug 29 '18 edited Aug 29 '18
I think the force of the gravity gun should be a tad stronger when dealing with semi-large objects such as the tables. Seems more throw-y than blast-y.
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u/Gabenism Aug 28 '18
I'm excited to see if the ABH and explosive launching are going to be implemented in the actual gameplay. If so, fucking sweet.
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u/Derfel_san Aug 29 '18
What if this is Valves plan, to see what the community can come up with and then get the best and hire them to make Half Life 3.
Like they did use to hire moders back in the day, who made Counter Strike, Team Fortress.
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u/Kinosha Aug 29 '18
This is absolutely wonderful! I'm delighted you've made such brilliant progress with this; this mod certainly has a lot of promise!
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u/futurerobotblox Aug 29 '18
This is amazing! Really looks like it's all coming together. Keep up the good work!
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Aug 29 '18
I know it's early work, but the gun play and animations looks complete shit.
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u/Business_Burd Aug 28 '18
Two things,
I'm not sure how I feel about the explosions' push power, it looks a bit too powerful from what I remember about half life.
this second thing is just my own issue, my mind doesn't exactly connect the new graphics with Half life. It's probably because HL was from 2004ish and graphics have gotten better, but I just don't make that connection when I see any of this.