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Black Mesa: Coming 2009

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est:
This looks good!  I hope it actually does come out.

KvP:

--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 01 Dec 2008, 02:48 ---Okay, neither of those points are related to Black Mesa but I feel like I should point out that I didn't say HL2 was non-linear and that linear is an acceptable piece of video game terminology because you know exactly what I mean when I use it.
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It's an acceptable term, you were just not using it in a way that made sense. Usually a "X makes Y look Z" statement is made when X and Y are contrasted to some degree, they have some difference such that the properties of one throw its differences to the other into sharp relief ("McDonald's makes a TV dinner look like fine dining", "Sarah Palin makes GW Bush look like Stephen Hawking", etc. etc.). What confused me about your statement (I isolated the word "linear" but the sentence I was reacting to was "I loved HL when I played it a decade or so ago but HL2 and other recent games make it seem very linear and old-fashioned by comparison") was that specifically where linearity was concerned the two games are quite alike. Saying that playing Half-Life 2 makes Half-Life 1 look linear is like saying my black shirt makes your black shirt look positively black.


--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 01 Dec 2008, 02:48 ---If you want to have the HL versus HL2 debate, start a thread or bump an old one. I will be conspicuous by my absence.
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I'm pretty sure somebody already came in here and started talking about how much better of a game HL2 was than HL1 and accusing people of deluding themselves into preferring an inferior game. If you want to just drop an opinion and let it lie that's your prerogative but if you're going to do that don't piss and moan when other people start doing the same.

clockworkjames:
I know a guy who was doing a HL1 mod for "Return to black mesa" or something but this looks tons better. Loads of people are doing black mesa shiz but the only difference is this dude was doing it pre HL2 :/

Johnny C:
The team responsible for this project is apparently doing a "re-imagining" and are very adamant that they are working to redesign and ideally improve the game. I'm not sure what that means in terms of gameplay, though.

The other thing is that the map layout is the same but the design is completely overhauled. If you look at the screens from the first game in the corner and then the in-progress screenshots the difference is honestly night and day. It's a chance to play the game in a world that looks, sounds and feels lived in.

Media related to Xen exists only in the form of concept art but if the effort they're putting into the facility's redesign is any indication then it'll probably blow minds when it's finally revealed.

imapiratearg:
Man, this makes me wish I had an up-to-date computer.

God damnit, Johnny.

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