I was a huge HL fan back in the day. I recently bought Black Mesa… and had it refunded pretty quickly. I played the demo… ten years ago? And enjoyed it then. But imo it just doesn’t hold up at all.
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cafuneandchill@beehaw.org 1 month agoBlack Mesa is an obvious recommendation, since it’s a modern take on the original Half-Life. Another game that I thought was similar to Half-Life in progression and physics emphasis was Prey (the 2007 Native American one)
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I really enjoyed black mesa, they added some new stuff to the zen areas if I remember right.
SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Too much new stuff. I think the fact that Xen existing was the difference between the free version and the paid version pushed them to pad Xen out way too far for fear that snappier pacing would feel like a ripoff.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Xen was really rushed and shorter than originally intended in HL1, and part of the idea with BM was to flesh it out properly. Might have gone a bit too far, but it was also one of the few places in the project where they could truly come up with something new and unique, and not just redo what Valve had made before them.