Half Life coming out in 2009

[jackanderson]

Quickly! Leg it! (Runs off with tail between his legs)

 

[whyarecarrots]

Will be really nostalgic to play through it again, especially blowing up the jacket potato in the microwave.

Casserole actually

And I played HL recently (thanks to Steam's $0.99 deal), and I did enjoy it. THe graphics were awful, and there was some very bad level design in places, and the lack of the immersive, character driven storyline I'd seen in HL2 made it seem slightly lacking, but despite all this I enjoyed it; it had some character to it, and was enjoyable to play.
If BMS can build on it by sorting out the graphical issues and making it more modern to play (which it would be impossible not to do), this should be brilliant.

On a side note, I wonder what they're going to do about voicing for the Gman; do their own and risk messing it up, or beg Valve for permission to use theirs?

 

[Chimpa]

Will be really nostalgic to play through it again, especially blowing up the jacket potato in the microwave.

Casserole actually

And I played HL recently (thanks to Steam's $0.99 deal), and I did enjoy it. THe graphics were awful, and there was some very bad level design in places, and the lack of the immersive, character driven storyline I'd seen in HL2 made it seem slightly lacking, but despite all this I enjoyed it; it had some character to it, and was enjoyable to play.
If BMS can build on it by sorting out the graphical issues and making it more modern to play (which it would be impossible not to do), this should be brilliant.

On a side note, I wonder what they're going to do about voicing for the Gman; do their own and risk messing it up, or beg Valve for permission to use theirs?

Bugger but it's been about 8 years since i last played it so try and cut me some slack

 

[John Tacos]

Holy S#!T. I would love that seeing as how I play Half-Life still. Citrus Bazooka FTW!

 

[thiosk]

awesome!


... did I see combine? or were those black ops? (hopes not combine)

 

[PersianLlama]

Downside? I've already played it.

Upside? Old shooters suck (it's true, even if they were the best thing ever "back in the day").

I recently played Half-Life 1 again. I loved it, more than most of the shooters I've played recently too!

Keyword: again.

Not sure how playing it again really matters. Several of my friends recently bought it during the 98 cents sale on Steam and all but one loved it and found it better than most other shooters. Yeah, that one hated it, because he couldn't figure out what to do.

:O

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Whilst it looks bloody awesome, the downside is that it'll take even longer for Half-Life 3 to come out. That, and my computer won't be able to play it. Otherwise, BRING ON BLACK MESA!

It's a mod made by fans. The only thing Valve did was make them change the name from Black Mesa Source to Black Mesa since they were worried it might have gotten confused with Half Life Source.

 

[Duke Machine]

As awesome as this is...I wish they'd focus on getting Half Life 2: Episode 3 out the door in decent time

It isn't being made by Valve

Well that dosn't bode well...who's making it then?

 

[SAccharing10]

Wait - Is this a "mod" so to speak or did VALVe create this? since it doesn't look as good as Half Life 2, graphic wise.

 

[Devil's Due]

It's okay looking, but for some reason I'm not really that interested in it after seeing the trailer.

 

[Rankao]

That a pretty risky bet to make knowing Valve. The difference between Valve and Black Mesa is that Valve makes money from their product BL doesn't.

...Yeah, which is why Valve has more incentive to move quickly (not that I think we'll be seeing Episode 3 soon, either). Meanwhile Black Mesa is being done by amateurs on their spare time while they all get hired away from the project by game development companies.

True, I was kinda putting both thoughts out there without really any good order or connection.

However, from a recent IGN pod cast on Left 4 Dead, they haven't even begun to work on Episode 3

 

[smallharmlesskitten]

As awesome as this is...I wish they'd focus on getting Half Life 2: Episode 3 out the door in decent time

It isn't being made by Valve

Well that dosn't bode well...who's making it then?

Bug Bunch of fans

 

[jsouth88]

is anyone else slightly underwhelmed by the Source engine? I guess they are going for realism, but it doesn't pull me into the visuals so much. But I played the original half-life so many times. It was a great game and even if the engine looks a little dated to me, i'm still getting it.

 

[011011101112212121121]

Looks very promising indeed.
Looks like they are putting in a decent amount of time to this project.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Looks very promising indeed.
Looks like they are putting in a decent amount of time to this project.

Yea, they've been working on it for 4 years. That's more than some AAA games.

 

[Crrato]

I would buy it just to fight Gargantuas and/or spawn them in Garry's Mod.