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Black Mesa Source still not out, still no date, still no discussion in this thread
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HurricaneJesus
Member
This whole mod must be created by Valve in order to dissuade anyone else from remaking HL, so they can inevitably include it in the future with the HL E3 Box. Genius.
It would be nice if they were a little more honest about when it is likely to be released. A few years ago I put off paying through HL because the mod looked so awesome. I stopped waiting and played through it. This shit is never coming out.
It would be nice if they were a little more honest about when it is likely to be released. A few years ago I put off paying through HL because the mod looked so awesome. I stopped waiting and played through it. This shit is never coming out.
TheNamelessOne
Member
Well, they released the track listing if that means anything:
http://www.joelnielsen.com/bms/
Tried searching but only found this thread... so yeah... sorry if this has been mentioned already.
http://www.joelnielsen.com/bms/
Tried searching but only found this thread... so yeah... sorry if this has been mentioned already.
Great. Hope they release it as mp3s like the other 5 tracks they put up, because THIS THING IS NEVER COMING OUT.
Awesome! Now we just need to wait another seven and a half years and we should be able to play!
But it's odd that even after all this time they still insist it's under development and it's coming out.
RyanReedyMusic
Banned
I talked to the lead designer on BMS a few weeks ago. Things are still moving forward on the project. They are all hard at work on it.
Well then you're wrong.
funkystudent
Member
They should kickstarter it then use that money to vanish of the face of the earth.
Its going to happen to a kickstarter eventually. Might as well be these jokers.
We can get that increasingly inevitably happening Kickstarter reality check and BMS can be canned for good all in one go.
Its going to happen to a kickstarter eventually. Might as well be these jokers.
We can get that increasingly inevitably happening Kickstarter reality check and BMS can be canned for good all in one go.
Demigod Mac
Member
They said it would be finished soon after the soundtrack was released.
I knew that fate would have it that the mod would be completed right after I gave up waiting and did that playthrough of Half-Life I'd been aching to do for a while.
Well, I just finished playing it 2 weeks ago....
Perhaps I wasn't wrong.
I knew that fate would have it that the mod would be completed right after I gave up waiting and did that playthrough of Half-Life I'd been aching to do for a while.
Well, I just finished playing it 2 weeks ago....
Perhaps I wasn't wrong.
Para bailar La Bomba
Banned
All three of them.
Fan games are OK until the developers ask for money. Won't happen.
reptilescorpio
Member
Visualante2
Member
This whole affair is kind of insulting at this point. It claims to be a fan driven mod but they won't talk to the fans in any meaningful capacity. They're acting like they have to talk through PR mouth pieces, doling out information on a drip feed. Fucking Irrational is more loose lipped than them.
Whenever I see projects like this (or the Chrono Trigger remake) that look like they require a ton of effort I always wonder why they don't just make an original game and be able to make some money. At the very least they can say "heavily inspired by X" and still get some interest from the fans.
No he's pretty much right.
Random-ass hints are supposed to be interesting after all these years? You got some information, or are you just thinking wishfully? If you have info, then spill it. If not, who cares? We'll continue on with the rest of our lives, playing games that actually exist.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
I wonder which come out first, this mod or Episode 3/HL3.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Another bump, another round of
"It's not coming out
"
I'll just keep waiting patiently.
"It's not coming out
I'll just keep waiting patiently.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
TheVampire
Banned
Wasnt it said by the devs ages ago that when the soundtrack comes out the game will follow very soon?
Yes........but the devs have given us plenty of "hopeful" release dates in the past. After 4-5 promises dating all the way back to "Late 2009" I can't blame anybody for being a skeptic.
teacupcopter
Banned
The devs also said this game would be "definitely out" in like 2008. I'm not trying to be a hater but they are hardly a great barometer for trusting them on release dates.
as we told you before, they're lying.
besides, they've destroyed any goodwill they might have gotten by being such jackasses to people over the years.
TheVampire
Banned
I Stalk Alone
Member
I remember something being discussed about when the soundtrack was released that the next part would be a big overhaul of the website as the game was also close to releasing. I hope I wasn't dreaming.
teacupcopter
Banned
Normally I'd say it's a fine line between requesting info and being entitled but the thing is they have just been a joke. There is literally nothing seperating black mesa source and countless other mods that come and go, but this one 'seemed' promising at some point. Problem is they also spout shit like OH WE TALKED TO VALVE, OH WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL NEWS, IT IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR WE PROMISE, over and over.
The mod started development in 2004
the mod is just a MOD not a new game
it a mod that transfers an old game into a new game
there is literally nothing NEW so why not just update us on the fucking status. "we've taken so long because we have had issues retaining artists", bam, I'm happy. Just tell us!
This used to be the number one thing I was hyped about- like more than EP 1 or 2! Now it's just sad and pathetic... the hilarious thing is, they are updating Half LIfe 1 to the 'new' gameplay of HL2 and new graphics and physics of HL2... well sadly HL2 (while still great) is showing some age gameplay wise, and graphically it definitely is. What will be the point of this update anymore?
Based on what, exactly? The release of the soundtrack wouldn't mean anything considering Hubicorn withdrew a comment, made last year, that it would signify the imminent release of the mod itself.
Edit: Clarity.
This is incorrect. Black Mesa is a mod that recreates the original Half-Life within the Source engine. What you're describing, however, is entirely along the lines of Valve's own Half-Life: Source, which itself is nothing more than an example of how (relatively) easy it is to port GoldSrc content to Source.
Pretty sure any hope of that happening left long ago. Now they're just screwing with the gullible.
Making my way through the HL games right now. I'm nearing the end of HL2. It's a great game. HL on the other hand freaking stinks. The platforming is terrible and because of that and other things (like when ceilings cave in on you) it leads to really poor trial and error gamplay. I can't imagine why anyone thought it was good back then nor why anyone who played it before would want to go through it again. Only decent part is figthing against the human AI but the human enemies in HL2 are about the same.
Rumor mill(Years old rumor, thats how long this farce has gone on) says that was what they originally intended. But then after a few years it became clear that Valve, and other studios had little interest for the project. Some people left. Some replaced them, and eventually they left too.
The project was left in a clashed fucked up heap of half finished work, and some of it had to be scraped and redone entirely. The few people remaining have made no indication when that will be, or if they even care.
Psy-Phi
Member
Take away everything that you know and love about gaming since 1998. That's why HL was so praised. Many games iterated on it, and it's arguably the beginning of many of the tropes we know in FPS now. Scripted events like ceilings caving in on you didn't exist before or were exceptionally rudimentary (ceiling obviously coming down). NPC's to talk to, a story that wasn't a lame excuse to shoot demons or aliens, puzzles to solve that were more than just the flip of a single switch.
Glass Rebel
Member
Played HL for the first time last year after having played HL2 and the Episodes and it's my favourite part aside from Xen. Can't even fathom how anyone who likes shooters couldn't love HL.
Hard at work? Or Hardly working?
Interview at RPS
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/09/interview-what-happened-to-black-mesa-source-part-1/
I guess more parts will follow soon.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/09/interview-what-happened-to-black-mesa-source-part-1/
I guess more parts will follow soon.