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JordanC's Black Mesa (PC)
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| [October 5, 2012 09:35:51 AM]
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After eight years in development, the Half-Life 1 mod for Half-Life 2, Black Mesa, finally released last month on September 14th. The game was received to seemingly unanimous praise. It improved may things about the original game. The most noticeable was the graphical overhaul. The game looks great! The set pieces were also made much bigger. Due to limitations at the time Half-Life 1’s development, many of the areas you traverse are not awe inspiring in size. Take for example the dam in the first game. It was big for 1998, but now day’s looks like cinderblock in comparison to set pieces features in triple A games on the market. With Black Mesa the dam is huge. You truly feel like the dam could power the entirety of the Black Mesa Facility. The mod developers have done nothing to change the story of the game, which is what the player base wanted naturally. They have however changed some aspects of the games environments and pacing. Some rooms that felt tedious the first time around have been shortened, and some that had great mechanics to them were expanded, and the game feels great. Nothing added feels out of place, and nothing taken away feels missed. It was very risky for them to do that. People don’t like it when you mess with things they love, and so many people love Half-Life. This brings me on to another thing that we are seeing more of in the video game industry: HD remakes. Movies have been doing this more and more for a few years now and where it was once a novelty it has, in some peoples opinions, overstayed its welcome. With triple A games costing more to make than movies generally, this is a safe way for the developers to make money. They have been doing this for years with sequels, and it only seems natural to do it with remakes. One question that I often thing about the situation is, when no new IP’s are being made, with the developers make and HD remake of an HD remake?
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JordanC's Black Mesa (PC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Friday 5 October, 2012
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