Brombaq said:
I really do hope that you are not right that the mod will not feel like hl1. I honestly respect your opinion but lets just wait until the mod comes out. We can't really judge the mod yet simply because they give out so few information. Most of the things i stated i read on their forum which you cant really know if its real information.
btw: yes the new surface tension doesnt sound good compared to the old one
Oh, I'm right there with you. I'm not making a final judgment call yet. I'm still waiting on bated breath for the mods release. And, I truly do hope it turns out to be exactly what they're promising. I.E. Half-Life rebuilt on Source.
However, based on the wealth of info presented on what they've done so far (and there is quite a bit on their site and around the net), I'm not convinced their assertion the mods going to be "Half-Life HD" have any real merit. The biggest culprits, again, are the God awful sounding new soundtrack (though the new Anomalous Materials is okay, if derivative), and the screen caps of redesigned levels. I can appreciate that they want to make their own soundtrack, but slapping in some generic sounding electro tracks is NOT going to cut it. The new tracks just don't illicit the same dark, dread-filled, atmospheric feeling the original soundtrack did.
Again I, like you (I assume), eagerly await the release of this mod. I'm definitely going to be trying it, however I'm not going to put too much hope into the claim that it'll be as good as some people have been saying it will be. Mod team included.
Still, I sincerely wish to be proven wrong. And, should it turn out to be great, I expect...no, I demand you send me a message saying, "Told you so!".
