Black Mesa

[octoberhungry]

Anyone checked this out yet? Think I'll give it a shot this weekend. It's gotta be worth a go to re-live some Half-Life in plushy graphics

 

[Sunius]

Just finished downloading it on steam. Gah, too bad retail version isn't available, I hate steam

 

[octoberhungry]

Just finished downloading it on steam. Gah, too bad retail version isn't available, I hate steam

Ha..yeah I'm gonna set it to download tonight. Game on in the morning!

 

[nna2]

eek, lots of leachers still on the torrent

 

[casualcolors]

Just finished downloading it on steam. Gah, too bad retail version isn't available, I hate steam

Where on Steam is it even available? I'm downloading from a mirror for what looks like a standalone .zip atm.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Its NOT available on Steam , although it will go into your Steam list in Library once installed...

Get it from a link on www.blackmesasource.com/

Its a 3.1 gb zip....

I am about half way through the game at the moment

Good graphics to go with a great game...

All the best Brett

 

[Sunius]

Yes that's what I meant. It's a 3 GB file to download, but it's still a steam game when you install it... Sorry if I caused confusion .

 

[Mousemonkey]

Ha..yeah I'm gonna set it to download tonight. Game on in the morning!

It only takes about 28 minutes to download not a whole night.

 

[octoberhungry]

It only takes about 28 minutes to download not a whole night.

Good point! I just meant that I'd be at the pub so would have to download it after and play this morning! As is happens I totally forgot to download it after the pub. haha shocker!

 

[Mousemonkey]

Good point! I just meant that I'd be at the pub so would have to download it after and play this morning! As is happens I totally forgot to download it after the pub. haha shocker!

Fair point, well made! :lol:

 

[Sunius]

It only takes about 28 minutes to download not a whole night.

Whoa, that's a lot. Took me just over 4 minutes :S.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Whoa, that's a lot. Took me just over 4 minutes :S.

My connection may be slow but it is cheap and unlimited.

 

[Sunius]

Mine is unlimited as well, so how much do you pay? I pay 13 euros a month!

 

[Mousemonkey]

Mine costs me a tenner a month and includes the phone line which also has unlimited local calls.

 

[Guest]

I hope the god of gaming smites ye heathen

 

[Sunius]

Why? Do you enjoy advertisements popping up everytime you alt tab? Do you like your games taking 30 secs longer to launch because steam has to update itself?

Mine costs me a tenner a month and includes the phone line which also has unlimited local calls.

Cool .

 

[Mousemonkey]

Cool .

Thanks.

 

[clutchc]

Just started playing it this afternoon. Haven't played HL1 since back when HL2 was new. I enjoyed HL2 so much back then, that I downloaded the old HL and played it about half way through. Then got tired of the old looking graphics and gave up, I guess. Black Mesa appears to be true to the original and muuuuch better graphically. Now maybe I'll be able to finish it... if I can get past some of the tougher puzzles.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Just got to the surface ...lol...

All the best Brett

 

[Sunius]

I played it in dark room. I might add that all those years ago I either didn't understand the story at all, or I had nerves of steel. The game is god damn scary, especially when you go through dark pipes, and you clear zombies on the other side... And I don't even want to consider how Gordon feels!

 

[clutchc]

I played it in dark room. I might add that all those years ago I either didn't understand the story at all, or I had nerves of steel. The game is god damn scary, especially when you go through dark pipes, and you clear zombies on the other side... And I don't even want to consider how Gordon feels!

It's amazing how games have changed since the 1990's. I miss the 'old school' shooters like HL. I guess today's generation prefers playing Tag with guns.

I never finished the original HL. I got stuck on the dexterity-required puzzle where Gordon has to jump from one spinning centrifuge to the next to get past the section. At least I think that was what was going on. My memory has faded a bit since I played it years ago.

 

[octoberhungry]

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[Mousemonkey]

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