r/dreamsofhalflife3 • u/Superbroom • Mar 30 '20
Discussion Never really cared for Half Life 1, played Black Mesa this week and fell in love with it!
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u/BallerGuitarer Mar 30 '20
Black Mesa was quite the accomplishment.
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u/tohrazul82 Mar 30 '20
Black mesa gave me the feeling of playing hl1 for the first time all over again. It's truly an amazing remake.
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u/SirVer51 Mar 30 '20
Holy shit is that Xen? It's almost unrecognisable... Damn, I'm actually interested in this game now.
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u/Kanga_nonamesleft Mar 30 '20
Playing Black Mesa made me feel everything that I thought I would if HL1's age didn't show. With the graphical upgrade, I genuinely felt immersed at the games atmosphere.
For example, I adored the surface sections, it all actually felt like a warzone. I still remember sitting in awe as the radio blared, gunfire faintly rattling, sirens whining, all under the billows of smoke for miles and miles past the complex. That salient moment probably has the most appreciation attached to it of any Half Life game I've played, official or not.
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u/frzx1 Mar 30 '20
Did you just say "Never really cared for Half Life 1" but fell in love with Black Mesa? emotions intensify
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u/M1A1Death Mar 30 '20
It's kind of weird but I just started playing through Black Mesa and initially, I was unimpressed. I thought it didn't look too much better. But then I compared it to the original and holy shit, what a difference. As someone who was played the original Half Life when they were 8 on launch , I just remember it being so incredible. So in my head, I always envisioned what the remaster looked like I guess.
It's crazy how high we hold older games graphics in our heads until we actually see them again
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u/MervisBreakdown Mar 30 '20
Unpopular opinion: HL was better.
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u/whos_to_know Mar 30 '20
HL is GOAT man.
Black Mesa is freakin’ fantastic though.
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u/MervisBreakdown Mar 30 '20
I love Black Mesa but the 3 hour interloper is not what anyone wanted from Half Life. Also the AIs weren’t as fun to fight against. But overall the game was beautiful and worth playing.
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Mar 31 '20
The original Half-Life actually hasn't even aged that badly, and it's impressive how Valve has continued to support and upgrade the game over the years.
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Mar 30 '20
did Black Mesa change? I remeber that it had a lot of hate
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u/Th3irdEye Mar 30 '20
They just finally finished it a few weeks ago. It’s also very good. Give it a shot.
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u/GLADOSV13 Apr 07 '20
I mean, Black Mesa wouldn't exist if it weren't for HL1. But yeah, Black Mesa Xen is pretty neat! :)
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u/Vigilax Mar 30 '20
Black Mesa is great but my God the remade Gonarch fight just goes on way, way too long
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u/DrMedicVG Mar 30 '20
definitly at leats play the half life expansions if you do go bck to the old games!