Jumping is too low. You need to crouch jump over E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G. Even little kerbs. He jumps about 3 inches off the ground and that's no exaggeration.
AI's accuracy is too high. They never miss a shot.
After playing for a couple hours I have to say I'm pretty impressed. It definitely brings back memories, and I'm happy the devs added more to the original game.
Originally after watching the gameplay video with the Marines talking I thought this would be filled with bad voice acting, but so far it's pretty good.
This holds up for almost every single pre 2004 FPS I've ever played.
I feel like I can blow through all of my old FPSs much faster than before.
Yeah, this might just be due to having so much experience playing FPS now compared to when we played these old FPS games. The more practice you put into something, the better you will become, so it's not surprising that it feels shorter now.
Started playing, so far I'm almost to Office Complex, and I'm digging it. I like the subtle changes they've made to the original game, like when you find the crowbar and burning zombies.
I like the level of attention to detail these guys have put in this. The easter eggs are still there, the extra visual touches, Kleiner and Eli, it's all very well-done. I'll keep playing and see how the game progresses.
Wow, this is really good! I've played for about 30 minutes so far, and I'm VERY impressed. The attention to detail is incredible, and I like the additions they threw in there. I can't wait to play more.
I'm liking this a lot so far but... is anyone else's performance kind of awful at times? Specially in areas with tons of decals and steam or water effects.
The detail in the recreation is amazing and so far I'm very impressed.
I do feel there are a bit too many eastereggs / inside jokes at the start that ruin my immersion. Basically every readable scentence in the scenery (monitors, posters, books, papers, candybars) is a joke of some kind and it drains the immersion and the freshness of finding something cool and funny.
doublepost ftw; my performance is fine @ KillerJuan. Also want to mention I got the game via the torrent link provided by the devs, I got the install in about an hour and that was when there were 10k seeders and 40k leechers. by now it's about 30k seeders and 20k leechers I imagine so speeds should be great.
So great to see people doing projects this big for free, I hope the people who made this get to work with Valve in the future as they clearly have a passion for Half Life.
I've never played Half Life 1 before just the second one. I've played a couple of hours. I get lost a lot... haha. Anyway, it's pretty cool/fun game so far! It's crazy that they did this for free.
From the hours I've played so far, I've been loving it. Half-Life to this day still feels fresh and exciting to me, nearly as much it used to back in 1999.
I'm quite impressed, it's pretty detailed and it has that oldskool half life feel with eye candy source engine.
But do how do i launch the game? i'm only able to only after install when i'm asked if i want to play, i can't find any shortcuts or .exe, i guess it has to be launched from source sdk but i don't know how.
And to delete it, now that i installed it twice, the only way to do it is by deleting the folder right?
I'm quite impressed, it's pretty detailed and it has that oldskool half life feel with eye candy source engine.
But do how do i launch the game? i'm only able to only after install when i'm asked if i want to play, i can't find any shortcuts or .exe, i guess it has to be launched from source sdk but i don't know how.
And to delete it, now that i installed it twice, the only way to do it is by deleting the folder right?
alan_carter
Restart Steam, it should appear in your games list
I'm quite impressed, it's pretty detailed and it has that oldskool half life feel with eye candy source engine.
But do how do i launch the game? i'm only able to only after install when i'm asked if i want to play, i can't find any shortcuts or .exe, i guess it has to be launched from source sdk but i don't know how.
And to delete it, now that i installed it twice, the only way to do it is by deleting the folder right?
NoAssKicker47
Restart Steam, it should appear in your games list
I'm quite impressed, it's pretty detailed and it has that oldskool half life feel with eye candy source engine.
But do how do i launch the game? i'm only able to only after install when i'm asked if i want to play, i can't find any shortcuts or .exe, i guess it has to be launched from source sdk but i don't know how.
And to delete it, now that i installed it twice, the only way to do it is by deleting the folder right?
alan_carter
Restart Steam, it should appear in your games list
So great to see people doing projects this big for free, I hope the people who made this get to work with Valve in the future as they clearly have a passion for Half Life.V4LENT1NE
Millions of pc gamers have a passion for Half-life. I am fairly sure that Valve wants people with a vision of new ideas. Not people with the ability to rehash things Valve has already accomplished.
This mod is fantastic, there has been alot of love put into it, a very worthy remake. Easily GOTY so far, and worth the wait and hype. Please remake OF! After xen and MP!
So great to see people doing projects this big for free, I hope the people who made this get to work with Valve in the future as they clearly have a passion for Half Life.V4LENT1NE
I think one of the biggest disappointments after finishing it, is that they couldn't get more support from Valve for the voice actors of known characters.
That is to say... Well for one: Barney doesn't exist in this game, which I know is a point of contention seeing as how with his addition in HL2 basically ANY of the security guards was Barney, but it would have been nice for there to be a REAL Barney (same say one of them on the tram ride is the real one). And then later when we see Kliener and Eli it would have been nice to have the actual voice actors.
It really is a small thing though, seeing as you only see them for about 5 minutes at the start of the game.
But god damn what a nostalgia trip it was. Moving the crystal into the beam and creating the cascade again. =X
Playing on hard, it seems far more difficult than I remember the original being on hard. Once We've Got Hostiles starts, the special ops are like double armored cyborg tanks equipped with autoaim sniper canons. Obviously the BM team has spent much of their 8 years trying to outdo Valve in terms of challenge. But I think they went a tad overboard. But everything else they pretty much nailed.
Where do you go after the scientist lets you into the security office to get the gun? I can't seem to find where. Every direction seems to be a dead end, and I can't go back very far because of the broken elevator.
[QUOTE="fend_oblivion"]How much hard disk space is required for Black Mesa? I tried playing the original Half Life a couple of years back and found it to be horribly dated. 3.03 gig download 9.35 gig installed. and it hurts me to have someone say HL is dated. :( not sure what age you are but I think it aged decent enough and is still very playable to this day. as long as you play it on a decent resolution.
Where do you go after the scientist lets you into the security office to get the gun? I can't seem to find where. Every direction seems to be a dead end, and I can't go back very far because of the broken elevator.
the_bi99man
you need to spin the 2 valves on the upper level to open a door down below
I've played about 2 hrs. So far loving it. Its like a big hit of nostalgia with a twist. Cleverly created new areas, new dialogue. The game looks gorgeous too, considering its running on source.
Playing on hard, it seems far more difficult than I remember the original being on hard. Once We've Got Hostiles starts, the special ops are like double armored cyborg tanks equipped with autoaim sniper canons. Obviously the BM team has spent much of their 8 years trying to outdo Valve in terms of challenge. But I think they went a tad overboard. But everything else they pretty much nailed.
Qixote
They spent much of the 8 years making the maps. If it was truly realistic ai then you'd be right. Damage values and aimbots are the easiest things to program. Surprised theirs not an ini file we can go into to change how much damage the enemies take.
[QUOTE="V4LENT1NE"]So great to see people doing projects this big for free, I hope the people who made this get to work with Valve in the future as they clearly have a passion for Half Life.DigitalExile
I think one of the biggest disappointments after finishing it, is that they couldn't get more support from Valve for the voice actors of known characters.
That is to say... Well for one: Barney doesn't exist in this game, which I know is a point of contention seeing as how with his addition in HL2 basically ANY of the security guards was Barney, but it would have been nice for there to be a REAL Barney (same say one of them on the tram ride is the real one). And then later when we see Kliener and Eli it would have been nice to have the actual voice actors.
It really is a small thing though, seeing as you only see them for about 5 minutes at the start of the game.
But god damn what a nostalgia trip it was. Moving the crystal into the beam and creating the cascade again. =X
You actually see Barney knocking on a door at the very beginning of Half-Life (it's where you get off the train ride in Blue Shift, where you play as Barney. You can actually see Gordon riding his own tram)
Where do you go after the scientist lets you into the security office to get the gun? I can't seem to find where. Every direction seems to be a dead end, and I can't go back very far because of the broken elevator.
bonafidetk
you need to spin the 2 valves on the upper level to open a door down below
I like it a lot. Something old and new about it. The game feels a lot easier than I ever remember HL1 being though. Maybe its because I've played it already. A few problems with the music and the voice acting here and there but its a lot better than I thought it would be.
[QUOTE="PetJel"][QUOTE="fend_oblivion"]How much hard disk space is required for Black Mesa? I tried playing the original Half Life a couple of years back and found it to be horribly dated. 3.03 gig download 9.35 gig installed. and it hurts me to have someone say HL is dated. :( not sure what age you are but I think it aged decent enough and is still very playable to this day. as long as you play it on a decent resolution. I'm 19 now. What I found funny was that I had no problem playing the original Deus Ex while Half Life was the one I had problems with. I remember playing a demo of Opposing Force when I was around 6 and the game looked pretty decent. The first Half Life kinda put me off; I don't why because I played Xenogears a year back and I had no problems what so ever with it. Thanks for confirming the size. Off to download it :)
well i been there from the start of half life and Valve.. and my god it was good to play it again looking as good as it does now. they skiped levels here and there makeing it a shorter version of hl but everthing that they done is awsome and highlights iconic parts of the games. i allso liked the puzzles they added to the game. i juat wanna see the HL addons recreated now :D.
as a side note they stoped makeing it for co-op becase it was to hard to make the maps and codeing good for it. which is fair anuff but when i played HL! and hl2 i just hosted the sp maps and it mostly worked... yea it was bugy and not made for more than 1 person but it was the biggest laffs i ever had ingame. i think we gone perfection crazy everything gotta be working with no bug... what happened to the fun old days of messing around and doing crazy stuff with bugs :D. Dayz is duged to hell and that is massive.
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