Black Mesa Source

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Oh man I love this. I've just gotten to the surface and went down the bunker. Damn it was awesome

Me too... this is the best thing to come out of PC Gaming this year man!

It's amazing to play an FPS where you are not interrupted by a 5min cutscene every other step!

You will not like Max Payne 3 then.

Yea on that same note, another thing that's nice is coming across health and suit chargers which are inoperative / not full. It gets your hopes up from further away, then when you get close... disappointment

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It's also nice to play an FPS again that doesn't have regenerating health. There's a certain tension that happens when you are low on health which just doesn't happen in games with regenerating health

+1

More like +10000. Health regen is the biggest fad ever in the FPS genre.

It definitely depends on the game design. I can't imagine something like Uncharted without regenerating health simply because the game is almost impossible at times as it is, and it helps to keep the game's pace snappy rather than adopting an ultra-conservative approach because you're afraid to get hit. I guess the problem could be alleviated by providing crazy amounts of health, perhaps when enemies die — but that's not going to change the flow much.

For something like Half-Life or Metal Gear Solid where it's more about survival it's an absolute must to have old-fashioned health. I love the fact that in such games games you just don't know how long it is until the next bit of health, and when some ridiculous enemy comes along when you're already running low it provides the ultimate 'FFFFFUUUUU'.

But no regeneration, at all, discourages you from taking risks and can slow down the game a lot. I think Halo's healthkit + shield regen buffer was the right balance.

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But no regeneration, at all, discourages you from taking risks and can slow down the game a lot. I think Halo's healthkit + shield regen buffer was the right balance.

but maybe the slower pace is intended? why would i rush my game experience?

Exactly, not everything needs to be need for speed pew pew! I like to enjoy my experience and stare around now and then.

But again, and its been said already, it depends on the game at hand.

Hey guys, this is Carlos Montero, Project Leader for Black Mesa.

I don't come around here often, but I wanted to say thanks for the support and honesty. Lot's of people I've looked up to in this thread, and it's great to see people enjoying the game after all we've put into it.

Thanks again!

Hey Carlos, thanks for stopping by

I haven't tried BMS yet, I'm swamped in (crunch time) work, but I'm keeping a warm seat for it for the upcoming winter Can't wait to play Half life again

Just finished it. Really great tbh. I could point out a handful things if I'm feeling nitpicky but I'll skip that for now.

Awesome work.

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What's up with those handrails?! They look odd... Some of the rusty metal textures in the Silo look really weird and unnatural too.

Up to On A Rail now, although I can barely recognise any of it, seems like it's completely redone. Design is still utterly fantastic though...

I was wondering wtf these white things were, too.

They are crumpled from when the tentacle hits that area of the walkway

The game crashed for me on that part Very frustrating

Just finished Blast Pit, pretty great work so far indeed. To think that people from all over have contributed to this beast of a mod is really impressive. Two things keep causing me to nearly ragequit;

- Jumping. I feel like such an asshole when I can't even jump on top of a regular crate or a pipe or across a small gap. Takes me several times for the easiest of jumps. You cannot say the jump has not changed, because it is clearly broken (that or the dimensions in BMS are slightly off). Just load up HL2 and try to jump on your average crate, no problem. Then try to jump on something in BMS (even noticed I couldn't jump up this simple beam prop, which I flipped over to HL2E2 where my savegame had the same prop... worked perfectly there)

- Ladders. These were great in HL1, just look and move where you want to go and the player easily dismounts. In Source they are a royal pain in the balls (this is true for HL2 and everything). I had always jumped to get off the ladders, only after reading campaignjunkie's post did I know I could press +use to dismount. Either method is an equal gamble whether the game will understand what you are trying to do, most of the time ending up in plummeting to your death or to <25hp. I even missed the final ladder in Blast Pit and fell down the inside of the ladder cage inches away from the actual ladder. This gave me an shitty auto save after the map changed where I could watch the player crater, then reload and crater again, etc.

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This made no sense after I reloaded the previous save, climbed down the ladder, and then dropped into a big pool of water- what was I cratering on?

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I had always jumped to get off the ladders, only after reading campaignjunkie's post did I know I could press +use to dismount.

this.