Looks to be out really soon. Im quite excited. Even though i wont be able to play it because i have a stupid mac.

http://www.giantbomb.com/news/black-mesa-mod-is-still-coming-out-looks-incredible/587/

Old newz lololololololololol

No really, I don't quite understand the point of remaking games.

Especially when you take a game from a much more powerful engine (metroid prime) and then try to duplicate it on a much ****tier engine (JK).

I was merely reiterating the fact that it's about to come out soon.

except this is half life to the source engine. so... uh shut up

Someone was just saying that the developers said it was a ways off.


Oh yeah mb, just like trying to remake doom on doom3 lolololololol

So where exactly does it say it will be coming out soon?

Nostalgia is a very powerful drug.

If I weren't at school I'd go find a video of The Dude talking about driving around and having the occasional acid flashback.

If you take it face value, by choosing to "remake a game" such as Half Life, you:

-definitely get publicity. To take on a classic game many people seem to have fond memories of is not only a crazy idea but a very attention grabbing one.

-acquire instant fanbase. If nostalgia is a drug, you will always have the addicts. There are many people out there who champion HL as the best game ever after all these years.

-will have people come to you. No need to advertise what your mod is about, people know what Half Life is. So you don't need to establish expectations.

Because it's an old Valve game...

-the mod people know Valve hires mod groups.

-the people at Valve will comment seeing how mod-supportive they are, especially when it comes to a huge project as this. As for Black Mesa Mod, they did already.

-there is the possibility of money involved.

So yeah. Typed too much. All in all, "remaking" may seem like a silly thought, but it's a big cow that can be milked.

You can't milk half a cow if you haven't got the half with the udders.

If you don't have the part of the cow with the udders, at least you have the one that produces bull****.

You still can get attention with both.

I bought Half Life for $0.98 and I still have yet to play it. Anyhow, Echoman hits a lot of good point. I would also like to add that a remake can bring new fans to the series. There are some gamers who can't stand "dated graphics" (unfortunately) and a remake can help them get interested in older games by updating the graphics. Furthermore, a remake can often fix flaws of the original game. For instance, improved voice acting and controls for the Resident Evil remake for the GameCube.

Echoman is right

I know a guy what works on this mod and he got to get interviewed in a magazine because of it

Let's remake JK using source!

Lets remake remade quake on a quake engine.

We'll call it QUAKER STATE

I'm probably going to get interviewed for a local newspaper for owning a vintage motorcycle that doesn't run.

Yes! YES! OH GOD YES!

JK:Source starts today!

FIRST THING TO GO IS COGS (what NOW?)

Of course. Cog is far too limited for anything interesting.

Lets replace it with embedded perl.

LEC shuts it down Tomorrow!

Python. Python and I'd go for it.

But I'd rather than learn perl.

(Alternative comedy option: PHP)

I don't think thats possible.

Besides, I'd rather ... umm ... wheres the ***-rape emoticon, again?

Perl can be used for anything and is useful for nothing. It's a terrible language.

We had an ***-rape emoticon?

Wow, that trailer is extremely impressive!

This.

A TC that actually seems to be more than concept art and weapon renders? Hot!

Hard drive crash in 49423, 49422, 49421...

the black mesa:source team actually does something unheard of in the modding community

they back their **** up

Amazing.

But in any case, I'm really looking forward since even a remake of an old game tends to be better than many new games these days. ... Yes, even a bad remake. (Not really, luckily this one's pro stuff)

I remember running into this project while trying to look for Black Mesa shirts. I didn't find any, so with the help of kyle90, I made my own. By that, I mean useing cafepress.com.

I enjoyed watching nay-sayers with their 'This'll never get finished, there's no in-game action!' get shut up by the trailer with all its polished, non-dodgy in-game action.

Black Mesa developers are pretty smart, they don't show particular aspects of the game whatsoever until release instead of updating the community constantly, thus more time to actually work on it and get it released. Then people who see the comparative lack of media shout about how it'll never get done and boom a new media release with all sorts of impressive high quality stuff.

I love it when the sig fits the post

I don't really recall LEC shutting down a mod before.

Didnt they shut down the one for battlefield 1942?

They did?

There is one for BF2142 if I recall. But maybe they will shut that one down too ever since the busy production for The Fail Unleashed is over.

I dont know if they did, I just thought I remembered hearing something about that


anyway, JK:Source would be kind of neat

LEC is too busy making Jar Jar Binks Racer 18 and ewok memorabilia to notice or shut down JK/JO/DF mods and TCs

not to mention Jedi Knight mods are far too high quality to ever get canceled, George Lucas would kill himself for stopping such excellent endeavors

however the main reason LEC hasn't touched JK mods is because the artistic 12 year-olds and their epic internet power struggles naturally bring about their own ruination, LEC doesn't need to bat an eye

How's the tomato garden doing?

i'm glad you asked me echoman, I'm picking some beautiful roma tomatoes to put on a salad and drink some red wine, then I'm going to do some jazzercise before getting a blowjob from the missus, as you can see I've decided to leave behind my ways of rough living and model my life on Francis Ford Coppola