![]() Upon my arrival, I take my sweet time on my way to the HEV suit, interjecting myself into every immersively queued conversation, taking the time to speak to most NPCs that do not first initiate the banter. I catch a case of the feels as I endure the now excessively long tram ride into the Black Mesa Research Facility as the credits flash across the screen. ![]() The Leakfree and Half-Life: Source Overhaul Project teams combined to make a crew of 13, and would balloon to 40 volunteers under the Crowbar Collective before Black Mesa would be “greenlit” on Steam in 2012, seven years after the original parties sought to do the game of their inspiration justice. While Half-Life gained many bells and whistles (unnecessary to list here) afforded by Source, it unfortunately retained the old textures and models.īlack Mesa: Source, now simply Black Mesa, began as the fusion of two volunteer endeavors to completely remake Half-Life in full glory of the Source engine, updated models and textures included. Meanwhile, the success of Steam and Half-Life 2, and L4D inspired Valve to bring the original Half-Life to its own Source engine since it was originally produced from a modified version of the Quake engine. Nevertheless, we are going on ten years since the official release of Half-Life 2, and even though the rumor mill keeps turning, Half-Life 3 is the industry’s last notorious vaporware ( Duke Nukem Forever was more like an atomic dookie, and Shenmue 3 is currently being crowdfunded). I had only asked Christ into my life that same summer and was still clinging on to the ways of my old self instead of my new self. ![]() I was firmly entrenched in the (sinful) arts of warez at the time, and felt the 2003 leak of Valve’s source code for Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike Source a sort of poetic justice for the Dreamcast. I had prepared myself to give Half-Life a second look when the Dreamcast port was announced, but only grew bitter because I felt its cancellation in 2000 was like a bullet to Sega’s brain. ![]() Besides, I dismissed Half-Life as just another entertaining game, and like the fanboy that I am, focused my attention on Aliens versus Predator (1999). I was in the 8th grade when it took the industry by storm, and I lacked any sort of analytical virtuosity. When I reflect upon all the accolades attributed to the original Half-Life, I feel inadequate in my inability to fondly celebrate how it revolutionized the FPS genre. ![]()
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