Anyone else love the audio in this game? Really punchy and great reverb. The way explosions sound in the distance (running 5.1 surround setup here) is just great.
Just completed it! The end was bloody fantastic!, going up that big lift, and then having to do the big Mekon head Nihilanth What a ******* game!
Yeah same here, 5.1 and game sounds great. With speakers or headphones, former giving better directional accuracy ofc. Og Half Life was I think one of the first games to support EAX so good soundscape is an integral part of the game.
I completed this too quite recently. Easily the best game I've played for a long time and a welcome reminder of the golden age of FPSs.
Yeah the new Xens much better, i hated the original. The only bad part of this id say, was the stupid like Mario dash bit, when you're being chased by those big bloody Blue Gargantuas. Thought it ws terrible that bit, i didn't have a clue where i was going, so i was just sprinting and long jumping, anywhere that i could get to.
Heads up, Major Update incoming - Definitive Edition. https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/362890/view/2895214724133808811 Could be time for another run through
awesome news. Black Mesa was one of the best experiences in recent years on PC for me. i see a 2.3GB update, Steam already downloading. no idea if this is the major patch. sweet !
Well just fired it up after downing, and it just looks the same, unless im missing something EDIT: Unless somethings going to happen at 6pm, as according to the link i posted above, the event starts at 6pm GMT (which is about 5mins away for me). EDIT: Well its after 6pm, and nothings changed still, i even clicked on the Definitve Edition banner, and saw the price has been dropped to £7.49 (from £14.99), and it also had a Play Now button in Green, so clicked that as well, and it still loaded up the same, thought it would have at least said it was Definitive or something Guess i'll have to start a game proper, to see if anything has changed.
There is a new sequence in Power Up, when you first encounter the Gargantua. Didn't make it further so far.
Yeah, this isn't a complete update for the entire game. They tweaked a few sections, like On a Rail and Power Up. And updated some art, like outdoor textures and certain particle effects, lighting. So, it's not going to be a drastically different experience if you played the full build a while back.
Are the updates the same as the user made updates that enhance some of the sections in Steam Workshop? I hope they add COOP mode like SvenCOOP! I still play HL1 because of that mod alone with all the user maps. If someone would port the SC mode over, I might let go of HL1 finally but that is such an incredible game it stays on my active play list.