New Black Mesa: Source leaked footage?

[Bobic]

Well, I was going to moan at you for getting my hopes up for a mod that is clearly never gonna get released.

Then I heard the voice acting. . . Seriously, what the hell? It sounds absolutely atrocious. And their excuse is that they did it intentionally? Why do that to yourselves, the game looks beautiful but you're going to drag me out of the experience with those terrible cartoony over the top voices.

And then the techno starts. I know the original had the occasional bit of techno, but it was considerably better. I can put up with that though.

Those voices though, they may make me quit the game long before finishing.

 

[ShoryukenDude]

I didn't know Snake used to be in the HECU. Or that he died from a pack of C4. I'm learning so much today.

In all seriousness, this is looking pretty good. Hope it gets released eventually.

 

[Filiecs]

Well, I was going to moan at you for getting my hopes up for a mod that is clearly never gonna get released.

Then I heard the voice acting. . . Seriously, what the hell? It sounds absolutely atrocious. And their excuse is that they did it intentionally? Why do that to yourselves, the game looks beautiful but you're going to drag me out of the experience with those terrible cartoony over the top voices.

And then the techno starts. I know the original had the occasional bit of techno, but it was considerably better. I can put up with that though.

Those voices though, they may make me quit the game long before finishing.

Personally, I can find much humor in deliberately over-the-top voice acting. The point is it's satire, and it's absolutely hilarious.

"Oh yeah, he'll pay... *BOOM*"
I laughed out loud for real.

 

[Bobic]

Well, I was going to moan at you for getting my hopes up for a mod that is clearly never gonna get released.

Then I heard the voice acting. . . Seriously, what the hell? It sounds absolutely atrocious. And their excuse is that they did it intentionally? Why do that to yourselves, the game looks beautiful but you're going to drag me out of the experience with those terrible cartoony over the top voices.

And then the techno starts. I know the original had the occasional bit of techno, but it was considerably better. I can put up with that though.

Those voices though, they may make me quit the game long before finishing.

Personally, I can find much humor in deliberately over-the-top voice acting. The point is it's satire, and it's absolutely hilarious.

"Oh yeah, he'll pay... *BOOM*"
I laughed out loud for real.

Oh, I can find humour in it, when it's used in the right places. The naked gun's super serious generic film noir narration, any Arnie film, 60's Batman, Bulletstorm, these are all hilarious. The thing is, I never saw Half Life as a humorous game, it was awesome, don't get me wrong, but the only times I'd laugh would be when I did something stupid or the game bugged out and did something stupid. These voices just seem so out of place, it doesn't suit the serious game. I just don't get why you'd go for such a massive tonal shift in your loving remake. And as I said, it'll probably drag me out of the experience and cause me to lose interest.

But still, at least someone (and I assume many more people, the internet's a big place) enjoys the change.

 

[Phlakes]

So, I know this might be news to some of you, but there are actually, and prepare yourself for this 'cause it could be shocking, more differences between CoD and Half Life than having iron sights. I know, right? How can they actually be different games when they both have guns whose barrels you can optionally look down?

It's so crazy. It's almost like Super Mario Galaxy and Banjo Kazooie are different games, even though you can crouch and do a backflip in both of them. Fucking backflips. Damn ripoffs.

 

[Chicago Ted]

*sees health come back*

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

You do realize that his health went from 66 to 71 after the soldier in front of him dropped some form of a health pack or bandage by the looks of it and walking directly over it after, and that for the entire rest of the video, he didn't regen a single point of health not picked up from some source, right?

 

[AdmiralCheez]

Is there something wrong with iron sights that I'm completely missing? Or is all the hatred because supposedly it makes it more like modern shooters? Just want to get that clarified, since it seems to be a controversial addition to the game. It doesn't really strike me as something to get upset over, but then again, I haven't been keeping up-to-date with shooters in recent years.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

*sees health come back*

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

You do realize that his health went from 66 to 71 after the soldier in front of him dropped some form of a health pack or bandage by the looks of it and walking directly over it after, and that for the entire rest of the video, he didn't regen a single point of health not picked up from some source, right?

Yeah, I figured that out later.

 

[RedDeadFred]

It looks kind of generic... and ugly... and the voice acting is some of the worst I've heard.

 

[oplinger]

It...It's kinda just how half-life was.
That's neat.

Though it's weird watching everyone try to rip it apart. Like half-life is still an amazing game when compared to games now. Even though comparatively it looks like mashed buttholes smothering your eyeballs, the sounds were horrifyingly bad, the voice acting was the worst

It's just at the time it was awesome. And this mod makes it awesome again. I can't wait for it.

 

[RedLister]

Been keeping my eyes on this for past 2 years. Looks awesome but cannot get myself too excited about it in fear it will end up being what half life 3 is between gabe and the fans.

When its released...then mind officially blown and play the hell out of it!

 

[thespyisdead]

It looks kind of generic... and ugly... and the voice acting is some of the worst I've heard.

you do realize, that they do not have professional VAs on their side, nor professional gear for that matter

in other words a Tom, Dick or Harry sent it in.

 

[theriddlen]

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.

It's clearly stated that the ironsights are just an option, you can turn them ON if you want, but normally - you don't have them, just like in HL.

Well, I was going to moan at you for getting my hopes up for a mod that is clearly never gonna get released.

Then I heard the voice acting. . . Seriously, what the hell? It sounds absolutely atrocious. And their excuse is that they did it intentionally? Why do that to yourselves, the game looks beautiful but you're going to drag me out of the experience with those terrible cartoony over the top voices.

And then the techno starts. I know the original had the occasional bit of techno, but it was considerably better. I can put up with that though.

Those voices though, they may make me quit the game long before finishing.

Cartoony voice acting was always a part of original HL, so they went the same way in the remake. And about the music... well, it does sound bad, it seem that they've tried to add HL2 style music, but their sound guy was only able to make something that you used to hear in Unreal Tournament 99'.

 

[Chairman Miaow]

*sees health come back*

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

Where was that?

 

[m19]

People are seriously complaining about iron sights? That's just silly.

 

[Eddy-16]

Well that looked fairly bland and uninteresting to me. Anyone else notice the button press sounds was the same as from portal 2?

 

[Karoshi]

People complain about...

- head-bob (scaleable in the options)
- iron-sights (removeable)
- bad voice acting
- (non-existant) life regeneration
- EVILZ corporations trying to rip off money (Black Mesa is free, for god's sake!)

Actually, I was disappointed, that the voice-acting wasn't as bad as in Half-life. Those guys almost sounded intelligent. Only thing which bothered me was that the train rails aren't electrocuting the player anymore. *sadface*

Nevertheless, this look pretty damn sweet. Props to the developers!

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

I love how people are complaining about the OPTIONAL irons sights.

I love it, can't wait to play it, bets are on what comes out first BMS or HL3.