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track day bro! posted:Why is nobody talking about Blackmesa now Xen has been finished. I started a playthrough of BM around christmastime, the last time I'd played it was when it was still a free mod and a bit janky. lol scroll up and yeah xen was phenomenal and worth the wait as they clearly put a ton of effort into it. the nihilanth fight will not disappoint you
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Playing through it now myself and having a great time. I haven't reached King Gonad in Xen yet but it really is a huge step up in visuals. I actually liked Xen in the original but they have really flexed their creativity and fleshed out it's connectivity to the rest of the game. It has been an odd thing to play though, as it's like they've created my fallible memories of HL. Sure it looks dated but not as dated as the reality is if you actually go back and look at the original. Also I'd forgotten how much of a long weird tour of the black mesa facility it is outside of the more memorable set pieces like the dam and the cliff face. Things like the Takeshi's castle waste disposal run or the industrial war zone were a constant state of "... oh yeaaah" moments. Black Mesa, a thing you can play to the end in tyool 2020, amazing...
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Jan 16, 2020 15:02
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I did like that they show you what black mesa was doing on xen and that the Vorts are all good lads that mean well. It's also nice that there are lots of different environments for all the different creatures. All I can remember of the original Xen was loving poo poo platforming > Fight the nads > Boring rear end factory section > Big babby who loves to teleport ya I honestly don't think it looks dated at all, quite a few times I was like wow this is still on the source engine? I mean I know stuff like apex and titanfall are on a version of source but xen doesn't feel dated. Only thing I miss from the original HL are the gun sounds, I dunno why but they all sound so satisfying. Like reloading the MP5 and the double barrel shot for the shotgun. Then you come to the HL2 gun sounds which are all ehhh apart from the pulse rifle thingy.
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Jan 16, 2020 15:57
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What was the deal with all the crazy reverb in HL1 anyway? Did Valve set all the EAX settings to Bathroom?
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Jan 16, 2020 15:59
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track day bro! posted:Only thing I miss from the original HL are the gun sounds, I dunno why but they all sound so satisfying. Like reloading the MP5 and the double barrel shot for the shotgun. Then you come to the HL2 gun sounds which are all ehhh apart from the pulse rifle thingy. It's really odd because the sound design for everything else in the game is top notch as well. It's only the guns that feel limp
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Jan 16, 2020 16:03
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PIZZA.BAT posted:It's really odd because the sound design for everything else in the game is top notch as well. It's only the guns that feel limp It's mainly the MP7 (it's an mp7 in hl2 isn't it?) although it's been a while since I've played HL2, I can't remember what most of the other guns sound like haha.
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Jan 16, 2020 16:08
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I think it was always referred to as an MP5 in the original but it's an MP7 in HL2. Regardless, I'm sad they nerfed the ammo count for the grenade launcher from 10 to 3. I guess they wanted to balance things and the HL2 version gave them an obvious way to do so. It was an absurd amount of ordinance, but it was the best  The shotgun is still my favourite shotgun in gaming and I think they've transferred that well. The single barrel is good at range and the double barrel up close has got so much boof.
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Jan 16, 2020 17:16
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Like I was acting above I attribute this to the incredible sound design in HL2. The SMG might be weak but it's the best sounding SMG ever. The shotty is god-like and the crossbow has a satisfying thunk.
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Jan 16, 2020 17:37
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Songbearer posted:What was the deal with all the crazy reverb in HL1 anyway? Did Valve set all the EAX settings to Bathroom? Doom 3 is the same way with EAX enabled. It was cool back in the day, but now I prefer either slight reverb or nothing at all, because it sounds ridiculous.
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Jan 16, 2020 18:39
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Can you level skip in Black Mesa? I want to check out Xen and I had forgotten how boring most of the escape from the facility is.
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Jan 16, 2020 19:40
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Arcsquad12 posted:Like I was acting above I attribute this to the incredible sound design in HL2. The SMG might be weak but it's the best sounding SMG ever. The shotty is god-like and the crossbow has a satisfying thunk. I mean I'm assuming the HL1 MP5 sounds nothing like an mp5.
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Jan 16, 2020 20:31
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Arcsquad12 posted:I'm interested in how the game is going to sound, since Half Life 2 had some amazing sound effects and enemy chatter. I don't like the one CP audio bark I heard in the trailer, I'm worried there isnt going to be much of the "new-speak 10 codes" to unpack in this, it just sounded like generic bad guy soldier talk. Edit: Also yeah I'm up to "On a Rail" in Black Mesa and it's the best single player fps since doom 2016. Jack B Nimble fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Jan 16, 2020 |
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Jan 16, 2020 20:54
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Animal-Mother posted:Can you level skip in Black Mesa? I want to check out Xen and I had forgotten how boring most of the escape from the facility is. Open the console (tilde key next to 1; enabled in the keyboard menu/advanced options) and type in "map bm_c4a1" or thereabouts; should see you swiftly to Xen
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Jan 16, 2020 21:16
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Vinylshadow posted:Open the console (tilde key next to 1; enabled in the keyboard menu/advanced options) and type in "map bm_c4a1" or thereabouts; should see you swiftly to Xen It says that level doesn't exist. I cheated to the last level that does exist and beat it, jumping through the portal to Xen. Then the credits rolled, game over. edit: I wasn't opted into the "public beta." I'm dumb. Xen is 10 gigs? LOL.
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Jan 17, 2020 03:26
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Arcsquad12 posted:Like I was acting above I attribute this to the incredible sound design in HL2. The SMG might be weak but it's the best sounding SMG ever. The shotty is god-like and the crossbow has a satisfying thunk. I loving love the half life one Mp5 so much.
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Jan 17, 2020 04:14
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Animal-Mother posted:It says that level doesn't exist. I cheated to the last level that does exist and beat it, jumping through the portal to Xen. Then the credits rolled, game over. Once you see it you’ll understand why it’s that big
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Jan 17, 2020 04:50
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Also you shouldn't have to be in the public beta to get xen.Motherfucker posted:I loving love the half life one Mp5 so much. This, THIS!!!!!
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Jan 17, 2020 09:21
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They did an AMA. Nothing mind blowing but a rare sight from Volvo. https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/esen9b/were_developers_from_the_halflife_alyx_team_ask/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
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Jan 22, 2020 21:48
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stev posted:Nothing mind blowing but a rare sight from Volvo. These product tie-ins are getting insane!
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Jan 22, 2020 21:52
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Vinylshadow posted:My gripe with Black Mesa: Xen is that each section is an hour too long I loved the look of Xen and how it was just completely new and fresh, but boy did that poo poo go on forever. They could have cut half of it out and it would have been so much better.
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Jan 24, 2020 02:54
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I dunno I found it nostalgic. Modern shooters are tiny. We've just become inured to being given less and charged more. lmao
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sigher posted:I loved the look of Xen and how it was just completely new and fresh, but boy did that poo poo go on forever. They could have cut half of it out and it would have been so much better. After playing a bit more at an incredible snails pace, the only gripe I have with Xen is the factory part in interloper? It starts off with some cool stuff and at first it's enjoyable especially with the sections where you get unlimited gauss gun. But it goes on waaaaaay to long at this point where you are sort of climbing up the factory. Theres a point where you have three doors and you have to essentially do the same thing 3 times to progress and it made me think why the hell didn't they just do this once instead of having 3 slightly different variations of a puzzle. Everything apart from that has been cool, pretty sure I'm close to the end now maybe I'll try and finish it tonight.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:01
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track day bro! posted:After playing a bit more at an incredible snails pace, the only gripe I have with Xen is the factory part in interloper? It starts off with some cool stuff and at first it's enjoyable especially with the sections where you get unlimited gauss gun. But it goes on waaaaaay to long at this point where you are sort of climbing up the factory. Theres a point where you have three doors and you have to essentially do the same thing 3 times to progress and it made me think why the hell didn't they just do this once instead of having 3 slightly different variations of a puzzle. Yup that’s the only part where I was thinking, ‘guys.... come on’ as well. The elevator sequence after it got pretty tiring as well.
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Jan 24, 2020 15:18
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I loved the 1:1 aping of the Episode One Core sequence
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Jan 24, 2020 18:19
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I still have a hard time forgetting Half-Life 1's sound profile. I was bad at computers and couldn't figure out how to get the music to play in-game, so I played it all with nothing but the audio. Really memorable and heavy quality to everything. I kind of hope to see HL1 VR at some point.
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Jan 25, 2020 04:36
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Black August posted:I kind of hope to see HL1 VR at some point. I just finished playing through it last week. It's Quest only for the moment, I think there's a PCVR HL1 out there but I'm not sure of it's current state.
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Jan 25, 2020 04:50
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SCheeseman posted:I just finished playing through it last week. It's Quest only for the moment, I think there's a PCVR HL1 out there but I'm not sure of it's current state. Oh, cool. I might be able to play it by the time I can ever afford VR then.
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Jan 25, 2020 04:57
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Only if plays like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtIp8jOo8_o
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Jan 25, 2020 21:06
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Been enjoying the hell out of Black Mesa, forgot how well done it is. I’m looking forward to the new Xen stuff even though you guys say it’s a slog. Gonna fire up HL2, ep1, and ep2 when I’m done, can’t wait for Alyx.
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Jan 26, 2020 02:43
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Cartoon Man posted:Been enjoying the hell out of Black Mesa, forgot how well done it is. I’m looking forward to the new Xen stuff even though you guys say it’s a slog. Gonna fire up HL2, ep1, and ep2 when I’m done, can’t wait for Alyx. it’s a slog in the same way that some people say dark souls is hard. it’s a throwback to how games used to be so it may feel wrong. the interloper level was the only one that started to fatigue me but you always feel like you’re making progress the nihilanth then shows up to knock it out of the fuckin park
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SCheeseman posted:I just finished playing through it last week. It's Quest only for the moment, I think there's a PCVR HL1 out there but I'm not sure of it's current state. There's another HL1 VR mod that uses Sven Co-op IIRC but I haven't tried it yet.
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Jan 26, 2020 02:53
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Cartoon Man posted:Been enjoying the hell out of Black Mesa, forgot how well done it is. I’m looking forward to the new Xen stuff even though you guys say it’s a slog. Gonna fire up HL2, ep1, and ep2 when I’m done, can’t wait for Alyx. Doing exactly this, just finished Half Life 2 just now after beating Black Mesa. Onward to Episodes 1 and 2. Man Half Life is so rad.
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Jan 26, 2020 05:32
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Jan 26, 2020 05:36
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Blue Shift and Opposing Force mysteriously stopped working on my computer and it's basically a tragedy
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The Walrus posted:same only I'm doing blue shift and op force also for the first time I never played Blue Shift but I loved Opposing Force. I didn't want to try to attempt to go back down to HL1 graphics in order to play through them this time though, poo poo would be super jarring especially because Black Mesa looks so good. You'll have a rad time for sure though!
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I think I remember Opposing Force being decent but Blue shift was a mess. Still I might check those out after Black Mesa to get the full experience...
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Jan 26, 2020 13:16
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PIZZA.BAT posted:it’s a slog in the same way that some people say dark souls is hard. it’s a throwback to how games used to be so it may feel wrong. It's not really a throwback to anything though? HL1 is maybe a 8-10 hour game if you play it completely blind, being overly long and drawn out doesn't really fit the bill when talking about HL1 but that's exactly what Xen is now. Black Mesa took me 9 hours to complete and I know the game pretty much like the back of my hand so I pretty much blazed through it until the new Xen levels, also On a Rail is cut down to ironically remove some of the tedium. Xen is really pretty bloat. The Gonarch fight going from a 10 minute encounter to a 40 minute chase all over the place became really boring, same with the whole let's run away from 20 Gargs via jumping that they did to death.
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Xen feels pretty much like a second half to the game now rather then the "ending". I really enjoyed it though, the length didn't bother me.
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Jan 26, 2020 14:00
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You know what I really hate, MORE content. Ugh! And whats with all the scripted set pieces??
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When I got into Xen, I just spent a while oohing and a aahing looking around. It's gorgeous looking. I love how they handled the Vorts too, them sometimes getting mind controlled by the minilanths was clever. All the enemy redesigns are a great surprise too. Does anyone know if they got the original voice actor for G-Man at the end, or is it an impersonation?
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