New Black Mesa: Source leaked footage?

[matrix3509]

First of all apologies if this has been posted already, I searched, but couldn't find anything related to this.

Apparently, someone close the the Black Mesa: Source project has leaked some gameplay footage of a recent build of the game. The video was sent to ValveTime, so I'll provide a link:

http://www.valvetime.net/threads/video-black-mesa-source-on-a-rail-footage-leaked.215493/

The video has since been taken down due to copyright claim, but this is the internet, so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-LopmeppI&feature=player_embedded

Being the stereotypical Valve fans, nearly everyone is hemorrhaging bile and pure unadulterated hatred in an effort to nitpick every single pixel. In an effort to stem the tide of butthurt rage the devs released some info regard the most talked about aspects of the footage:

http://forums.blackmesasource.com/showpost.php?p=474198&postcount=164

So I ask you fellow forum goers, does this gameplay trailer look promising in light of the questions that were answered by the Developer? Or should we all heap hatred on what will be a free product? Or maybe neither of these things? Or maybe both?

For my part, my excitement for this game has been reignited, it seems like its really close to being done. And yes, the voices are pretty dumb, but then people forget that the voices in the original game were also fucking terrible.

 

[Moth_Monk]

And in one swift blow have succumb to modern gaming trends.

Why the Iron Sights? It seems so unnecessary; either they serve no purpose in terms of accuracy and are purely aesthetic; or they undermine the basic game balance by making hip fire less accurate or iron sights more accurate. Just...pointless

I was really excited for BlackMesa Source, about 4 years ago. Now I'm just apathetic to it; if it ever comes out I'll play it but meh.

Don't want to make you feel like a n00b or anything, but the Iron Sights for that gun were a feature in Half Life: Deathmatch...

Edit: If had read the forum post by the devs, linked in the OP, you'd know

Why are there iron-sights in the game?
You can look down the sights of the .357 for a slight zoom and increase in accuracy at the expense of your rate of fire. It was a mechanic that was present in Half-Life: Deathmatch, but we've brought it into the singleplayer to help solidify the weapon's role. We've added an option to the main menu to completely disable that functionality, as a result of the feedback we've received from the video.


The .357 and crossbow are the only weapons that you can use the sights on, and they're for decent gameplay reasons. We aren't casualising or consolifying the mod; you don't have regenerating health, there aren't chest-high walls, you won't get strawberry jam on the screen when you're hurt, etc.

I'd feel a bit silly now if I were you

 

[hazabaza1]

Oh god that fucking voice acting, it's like somebody took Solid Snake and made him retarded. Bwahahaha.

 

[DoPo]

Edit: If had read the forum post by the devs, linked in the OP, you'd know

Why are there iron-sights in the game?
You can look down the sights of the .357 for a slight zoom and increase in accuracy at the expense of your rate of fire. It was a mechanic that was present in Half-Life: Deathmatch, but we've brought it into the singleplayer to help solidify the weapon's role. We've added an option to the main menu to completely disable that functionality, as a result of the feedback we've received from the video.


The .357 and crossbow are the only weapons that you can use the sights on, and they're for decent gameplay reasons. We aren't casualising or consolifying the mod; you don't have regenerating health, there aren't chest-high walls, you won't get strawberry jam on the screen when you're hurt, etc.

I'd feel a bit silly now if I were you

Lol, seriously? Are there people that many people complaining because they haven't played any HL, for the devs to include it in an FAQ?

Then again, the very first comment here was the same...

 

[DazZ.]

I refuse to get excited about this, I will however be playing it through on day 1 of release.

I'm just happy it seems to be ok, and that is as excited as I'm going to get after wanting it to come out years ago.

 

[sanquin]

I'm noticing how short the black mesa source version looks compared to how long the hl1 versions seemed to take when I played it. Just watched a vid as well and the HL1 version was a lot longer.

 

[Smooth Operator]

It's exactly what you should expect from the game, this is peoples love child and they aim to share it for free because they want to see the game being played in a new light.
If you don't fancy what they did it's perfectly fine, no one if forcing you to play this and the old game is still as it always was.

 

[Triforceformer]

And in one swift blow have succumb to modern gaming trends.

Why the Iron Sights? It seems so unnecessary; either they serve no purpose in terms of accuracy and are purely aesthetic; or they undermine the basic game balance by making hip fire less accurate or iron sights more accurate. Just...pointless

I was really excited for BlackMesa Source, about 4 years ago. Now I'm just apathetic to it; if it ever comes out I'll play it but meh.

>Has Iron Sights on a Revolver and Crossbow, which was in Half-Life: Deathmatch as well.
>Have to choose between moving fast from the hip but possibly having trouble firing, or using iron sights so you can easily make your mark but you're slower and fire slower. Thus adding a small bit of dimension to using the Revolver and/or Crossbow.
>Completely invalidates any and all other aspects of the game and dooms it to be modern trash.

Ok.

 

[Wintermoot]

wait they are still working on this mod?
other then that

 

[Olas]

I dunno, and don't care too much... I am getting less and less turned on by big developers these days, i still haven't even considered buying/playing mass effect 3 (and probably won't till it costs $10 in three years time) neither have/will i play the HL2 episodes or Portal 2, neither am I interested in ever playing Diablo 3 at all.

Well that's nice, because BMS is a mod being made by a small team of independent developers in their free time and is being given away to the world free of charge. Does that sound like a big corporate moneygrab to you?

Also, why avoid the HL2 Episodes?

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Looks pretty sweet, I've been waiting a long time for this mod. Still, someone really needs to turn up the gamma before recording gameplay videos.

 

[The Madman]

Other than the horrible voice overs it looks good! That said considering how long this has been in the works I'm not exactly holding my breath for it coming out any time soon.

 

[Spitfire]

And yes, the voices are pretty dumb, but then people forget that the voices in the original game were also fucking terrible.

I disagree completely. There's a big difference between voice acting that is camp, and voice acting that is bad. The original Half-Life very much belongs in the former category.

As for what I think about Black Mesa Source, I reserve judgement for now. I will say this though: I really hope that video isn't indicative of the finished game.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

*watching video, sees sprint*

Huh, a sprint where the character jogs the gun around... bit CoD... I mean, I guess HL2 has sprint, and this minor asethetic difference won't change anything...

*sees health come back*

W-Wait, was... was that regenerating health? It can't have been... no, no, no, this is not happening...

*ironsights*

YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!!!!!! I don't fucking believe this! How fucking dare they! Those BASTARDS!!!!!!!!

EDIT: Okay, now I've read the explanations above, about how it's only for the .357 and Xbow, yada yada... that makes it okay, I guess, but I've got my eye on you, Black Mesa!

FURTHER EDIT: I also think the camera tilt is REALLY cool.