Need to point out that this was the early access .9 version of Black Mesa. There's a bunch of performance, gameplay, and graphical changes with the 1.0 release. It's even better than what's here - Crowbar Collective did an amazing job.
Whole-heartedly agree. I thought the 1.0 release would be the same but boy was I wrong. A few good map changes too. The only thing I miss is the revolver as your second weapon pick-up, unless I missed something, since it felt like a good warm up for your aim before the action really ramps up. Then again, now that vortigaunts are harder to hit (the buggers dodge your bullets now), I think it's reasonable that you get the shotgun instead.
@YayDude123 Actually Half Life 1 *was* beaten by someone in under 20 minutes for a speedrun. You can find it here on RUclips if you look for it, I forget the name of the guy who made it
I don't see any reason why games can't be remade after a few years, just like movies are. Black Mesa is a thing of beauty, really does justice to Half-Life 1. Project Lambda does justice to the intro chapter, and I'd love to see the rest of the game remade in that engine, as well. Imagine how cool it would be to have other games remade with updated engines and re-tooled functionality after they get way outdated.
Is this remake exactly the same as the original Half Life in terms of story and events? I'm looking forward to get to know the story of half life, but I don't know whether I should watch the original game or this one, as it looks way better
@@sirparedoff8976 Black Mesa omits little things here and there which I'd like to see included, but overall it represents Half-Life 1 very well. The story beats are the same, the gameplay is very similar, but some aspects of the original experience have been improved upon, not the least of which are the final chapters of the game.
It's not the same, because it actually makes more sense to remake a game than a movie, acting can be unique and very iconic, a lot of great scenes in movies were not even part of the original script, improvisation plays a very important part in movie making and acting. Videogames are the result of different technologies coming together, if these technologies improve over time, it does make sense to make an update of sorts or in cases like Black Mesa or Skywind, a complete remake. Also, the communities of those two titles for example are still very much alive, if you remake a 25 year old movie, only a few people will remember it or even care about it, the dinamic is completely different. I've always believed that comparing movies and games on this field is completely unfair, because not only is more sensible to remake games because of technological limitations of the time, also because developers had ideas they couldn't implement because of those limitations, so it can eventually be a game of its own, that will drive a new generation into a title they would have never even considered playing otherwise.
@@pasha21363 It started as a mod back in 2004 and became its own game in 2012 and released to early access on steam 2015 and the game was finally done in 2020.
This is probably the best summary of this gameplay I’ve seen in the comments >Predicts enemy movements and spots ambushes >Unloads an entire clip to kill a head crab >Sprints past every bullet in a firefight with nearly no damage taken to the exact alcove that leads to progression >Walks head first into a laser (x3)
What a great job! I played Doom at release, and all the good shooters thereafter, but Half Life was the revelation of how big, mysterious, and immersive a game could be and this remake NAILS the look and feel of what made it truly great! An honorable quest indeed.
So like, are you going to let every single headcrab take a bite out of your face? Damn, son. But seriously, huge thank you for uploading this, your quality and framerate are on point. Very awesome.
That was amazing,watched the whole gameplay,in the course of 3 days :D Amazed but how much it was changed,thank you and thanks Crowbar Collective and Joel for the great music
Sometimes I got the feeling this guy plays this game or HL for the first time ever. Literally every headcrab gets him, and he misses obvious things like health stations or HEV energy shards. I put my face in my hands at 1:08:03 when he was at 3 health, facing forward a health station while talking to a scientist but not using that station, and after that scene he went out the door and used the other one. WTF.
It gets worse, I feel like grabbing this idiot and shaking him. The thing that irritates me the most, is the consistent incorrect use of weapons, he's always running out of ammo, because he can't shoot for shit and shoots airvents with a shotgun. He needs a full on slap to the face, the sort that leaves a big red hand print for a week.
It’s the pain in the arse to watch non FPS player play FPS(HL in this case),I know your irritation about tons of dumb stuff he made throughout the gameplay. At least he completed the game though
Amazing wow they changed so much,Half-Life was my childhood game,played all of them except the new Alyx I can't play Black Mesa but I started watching this now and that's fine for now,thanks
I am hard of hearing and with other walk-throughs I spend my time cranking up the volume and then reversing it to hear the dialogue parts and not get blown away by weapon sounds. I am grateful that I only need it for dialogue, so I can leave the volume at gunshot level and then read the CC when necessary. But believe me when I say that I know plenty of people who appreciate the difference between a crowbar "swoosh" and a hit (I forget the description). But even they will ask "WTF is a Houndeye 'alert"?" To Full Playthroughs I say thanks, and to my fellow Half-Life fans I say, if the captions bug you, then f--- ...You should hope you never end up the same situation as me. I had two healthy ears once. In case you are curious, the Google auto CC service counts it as video within video and doesn't translate.
I played half life 1 a LONG time ago...just got Black Mesa for half price. :) I'm pretty excited now after seeing a bit of these videos. Thanks for posting them.
The "Interloper" chapter is a bit inconsistent, but otherwise, this is a masterful remake that easily surpasses the original game - it takes the original title's brilliant narrative and merges it with necessary gameplay/graphical updates. I can't wait to play it again.
The player of this walkthrough clearly hasn’t played the original half life, thus i cant help but notice the lack of appreciation for the new graphics. Dont get me wrong i watched the entire thing and enjoyed it but it was rather annoying that he wouldn’t look around Xen for example or inspect some creatures. Other than that, cheers for sticking your ass 7 hours on the chair.👌🏻
Isn't one of the main points of a remake like this to give new players a chance to appreciate the story? I still haven't played any half life but I'm thinking of getting this and hl2 for alyx
Increíble un excelente gameplay de half - life xen Me divertí mucho durante todo estos 10 días, obvio que no pude verlo todo completo Por que uno se aburre xD gracias por subirlo amigo
The mid part of Questionable Ethics where u evacuate the scientists from the lab and charge to kill all of the soldiers, there’s a music on the background which makes the battle more intense and hyper xD
Supposedly, the HEV suit supplies the user with sustenance to keep them alive and stimulants to keep them awake and functioning for long periods of time. There’s also an integrated waste disposal system according to one of the scientists in-game so Gordon can shid and piss as much as he wants lol
Wow, you would have the PvP skillz of a hardcore mega platinum / diamond player for sure in RB6 Seige, come we need teamies with such undefeatable abilities.
it takes 7 hours to play the full game 4 hours of earthbound and 3 hours of xen. in the og half life it was only 30 to an hour which equaled to about 10% of the OG game but black mesa xen takes up 40% of the game. quite an improvement.
It takes 7 hours to play the full game 4 hours of earthbound and 3 hours of Xen. In the original half life it was only 30 minute to an hour which equaled to about 10% of the original game but black mesa Xen takes up 40% of the game. quite an improvement. p/s. Black Mesa still in Beta, Xen and Interloper level will be expand and improve, prop, thing, creature/alien will be add more, some bad texture will be improve. It will be up to 50% or 60% more than original Half Life 1.
I was just now thinking about how I want to watch gameplay videos without obnoxious commentating that killed the immersion for me, and lo and behold this pops up in my recommended. yassssssssss
I'm glad to see that the music for this game is no longer putting any copyright claims for any gameplay videos that use it. Seriously, if you want to make more money than what you are regularly making, don't rip off other people forcefully by de-monetizing content. Instead, start a charitable donation program.
1:28:19 music here dont makes sense at all. Are you supossed to feel sad for this monster, or something? And then, intense rock starts playing IN A STEALTH SEGMENT. great job.
This is a great remake but I think the original still has better sound design in general. They should completely reused the sound from the original Half Life following with the current sound and character quotes then it would be perfect
This looks like i actualy remember it the original would probably let my eyes bleed but it has nostalgie wonder why not remake this with unreal engine or something?
Black Mesa was originally a mod for hl2 then they made it a stand alone game, the devs *could've* made it in UE but i think they wanted to maintain the -feel- of half life and they were probably more comfortable with the source engine seeing that they modded for it for years
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Need to point out that this was the early access .9 version of Black Mesa. There's a bunch of performance, gameplay, and graphical changes with the 1.0 release. It's even better than what's here - Crowbar Collective did an amazing job.
Whole-heartedly agree. I thought the 1.0 release would be the same but boy was I wrong. A few good map changes too. The only thing I miss is the revolver as your second weapon pick-up, unless I missed something, since it felt like a good warm up for your aim before the action really ramps up. Then again, now that vortigaunts are harder to hit (the buggers dodge your bullets now), I think it's reasonable that you get the shotgun instead.
@@poppanaattori89 I got the revolver after killing the clawy monster that died under the rocket fire.
مرحباسلام الله العظيم ان كانت. انا و ما بعد مبارك إلى هذا المنتدى يستخدم لتكوين لا يوجد شيء لا يوجد شيء لا يوجد
What a pity that they have not put On a Rail UNCUT in the final version :-(
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Half-life Xen: 20 minutes or less
Black Mesa Xen: 3+hours
I was amazed too. The Xen extension is almost a whole game in its own right.
because XEN is new, just wait 1 month or more and you will see that the whole game is finished in 20 minute
I mean. He/she didn't bhop or prop jump
Eva San “master of the game”
@YayDude123 Actually Half Life 1 *was* beaten by someone in under 20 minutes for a speedrun. You can find it here on RUclips if you look for it, I forget the name of the guy who made it
video: 7 hours
War: 7 hours
Coincidence? I think NOT!
This game is not the 7 hours war. That event was after.
@@Grabimusic I think you’re missing the joke...
@@Grabimusic *is this an r/woooosh moment?*
Shoots MP5
Subtitle: [MP5 Shot!]
Finally I can hear the MP5 with Video muted.
but technically you dont hear it.. you just read it :)
I don't see any reason why games can't be remade after a few years, just like movies are. Black Mesa is a thing of beauty, really does justice to Half-Life 1. Project Lambda does justice to the intro chapter, and I'd love to see the rest of the game remade in that engine, as well. Imagine how cool it would be to have other games remade with updated engines and re-tooled functionality after they get way outdated.
Is this remake exactly the same as the original Half Life in terms of story and events? I'm looking forward to get to know the story of half life, but I don't know whether I should watch the original game or this one, as it looks way better
@@sirparedoff8976 Black Mesa omits little things here and there which I'd like to see included, but overall it represents Half-Life 1 very well. The story beats are the same, the gameplay is very similar, but some aspects of the original experience have been improved upon, not the least of which are the final chapters of the game.
@@zenhaelcero8481 It's good to know that, thanks!
It's not the same, because it actually makes more sense to remake a game than a movie, acting can be unique and very iconic, a lot of great scenes in movies were not even part of the original script, improvisation plays a very important part in movie making and acting. Videogames are the result of different technologies coming together, if these technologies improve over time, it does make sense to make an update of sorts or in cases like Black Mesa or Skywind, a complete remake.
Also, the communities of those two titles for example are still very much alive, if you remake a 25 year old movie, only a few people will remember it or even care about it, the dinamic is completely different.
I've always believed that comparing movies and games on this field is completely unfair, because not only is more sensible to remake games because of technological limitations of the time, also because developers had ideas they couldn't implement because of those limitations, so it can eventually be a game of its own, that will drive a new generation into a title they would have never even considered playing otherwise.
2004 - 2019
Thanks for the developer
actually black mesa was started in early access in 2015 even RUclips recognized it and in 2020 the game was out of early access as a full game
@@pasha21363 It started as a mod back in 2004 and became its own game in 2012 and released to early access on steam 2015 and the game was finally done in 2020.
Haha, the vortigaunt at 1:48:00 sounds like it says. "Dammit Robbert, Gaurghh."
LMAO 😂
It's more like: "Dammit crowbar, arghhh." 😂
[.357 shot!]
I like how excited the subtitles are. I'd be excited if I was toting around a 357 too.
it's hard to take the scientist at 13:49 seriously since he's voiced by the stanley parable narrator.
You recognize his voice too, huh? 🙂
@@thisisahandle01 he has a very obvious and distinct voice
I love how it seems like you simultaneously know what to do but don't at the same time.
That's very specific 😅
This is probably the best summary of this gameplay I’ve seen in the comments
>Predicts enemy movements and spots ambushes
>Unloads an entire clip to kill a head crab
>Sprints past every bullet in a firefight with nearly no damage taken to the exact alcove that leads to progression
>Walks head first into a laser (x3)
I miss half life , this emotional 2000s, u still the best game ever made waaaahhhhh
@Elk The Wolf
It's not okay... We still don't know what happens next.
it was a long journey... but its finally complete, thank you crowbar collective
it's still in early access but they said it's nearly completed for the final game
@@pasha21363 At this point it's ready but they want to make sure all bugs have been dealt with.
@@Mark_Lou It will be out of early access with the release date March 5, 2020. In two days.
Bababoey
What a great job! I played Doom at release, and all the good shooters thereafter, but Half Life was the revelation of how big, mysterious, and immersive a game could be and this remake NAILS the look and feel of what made it truly great! An honorable quest indeed.
"Look Gordon ropes we can use these for big pits." -Dr Coomer
HELP ME GORDON
Hello Gordon!
My power grows Gordon
5:12:05 - that was clever)) Wonder if devs thought about that)
We did - the option was to fix, or allow a smart player to save some time - we opted for the latter.
@@thestormseeker holy crap hi 🙂
Bro the devs thought of everything. The sound designer literally used the sound of his wife’s wet ass cheeks for footsteps.
I like how the closed caption reports literally everything...
houndeye alert!
Except headcrabs alerts
The pause at the beginning, i thought that youtube just crashed..
So like, are you going to let every single headcrab take a bite out of your face? Damn, son. But seriously, huge thank you for uploading this, your quality and framerate are on point. Very awesome.
Half Life is amazing for having such a good story to it...
And Black Mesa is amazing for being able to portray it in HD
I’ll never forget seeing the first trailers for this back in 2008. It’s insane how this game has evolved
Its amazing how this has brought back more of my childhood than the last star wars movies ever did.
"I beg of you
for all our sake
PLEASE proceed with EXTREME caution!"
style on the tripmines
@3:10:00 The Marines must have felt like right idiots putting up 100 laser tripmines just to see a total amateur civilian get through anyway
25:40
*A legend was born with a crowbar*
Man, the source graphics in HL2/CS/Portal flavour still rocks today.
Source really is a great engine, even if its a bit outdated.
3:10:20
Everyone else: *hop and evade every single trip mine, piece of cake
Me: *breathes *everything explodes*
That was amazing,watched the whole gameplay,in the course of 3 days :D
Amazed but how much it was changed,thank you and thanks Crowbar Collective and Joel for the great music
This project is just amazing.. Really sick how much work they've put into this Oh my God :OOO
I just finished black mesa the final release, goddamn what an epic adventure ,clearly one of the best game, and best remake ever made. Just Epic.
Who else gets mild dissapointment when an NPC helping you dies?
Sometimes I got the feeling this guy plays this game or HL for the first time ever. Literally every headcrab gets him, and he misses obvious things like health stations or HEV energy shards. I put my face in my hands at 1:08:03 when he was at 3 health, facing forward a health station while talking to a scientist but not using that station, and after that scene he went out the door and used the other one. WTF.
Does he ever die? Is he playing on easy setting? I am a good shot and when I battle Gonarch I am lucky to leave with 10 health.
It gets worse, I feel like grabbing this idiot and shaking him.
The thing that irritates me the most, is the consistent incorrect use of weapons, he's always running out of ammo, because he can't shoot for shit and shoots airvents with a shotgun.
He needs a full on slap to the face, the sort that leaves a big red hand print for a week.
It’s the pain in the arse to watch non FPS player play FPS(HL in this case),I know your irritation about tons of dumb stuff he made throughout the gameplay. At least he completed the game though
Amazing wow they changed so much,Half-Life was my childhood game,played all of them except the new Alyx
I can't play Black Mesa but I started watching this now and that's fine for now,thanks
I am hard of hearing and with other walk-throughs I spend my time cranking up the volume and then reversing it to hear the dialogue parts and not get blown away by weapon sounds. I am grateful that I only need it for dialogue, so I can leave the volume at gunshot level and then read the CC when necessary. But believe me when I say that I know plenty of people who appreciate the difference between a crowbar "swoosh" and a hit (I forget the description). But even they will ask "WTF is a Houndeye 'alert"?"
To Full Playthroughs I say thanks, and to my fellow Half-Life fans I say, if the captions bug you, then f--- ...You should hope you never end up the same situation as me. I had two healthy ears once.
In case you are curious, the Google auto CC service counts it as video within video and doesn't translate.
Man! In the intro; look to the sides -_-
I played half life 1 a LONG time ago...just got Black Mesa for half price. :) I'm pretty excited now after seeing a bit of these videos. Thanks for posting them.
i can t wait for the opposing force if the project is still in development and if it is i hope it will be long like Black Mesa 7h+ :)
The "Interloper" chapter is a bit inconsistent, but otherwise, this is a masterful remake that easily surpasses the original game - it takes the original title's brilliant narrative and merges it with necessary gameplay/graphical updates. I can't wait to play it again.
Link of black mesa
Plz
@@nodead4dead ? Buy it on steam
@@isidown7442 do crowbar collective even have their own website
@@nodead4dead Don't think so, but the game can only be bought via steam
The player of this walkthrough clearly hasn’t played the original half life, thus i cant help but notice the lack of appreciation for the new graphics. Dont get me wrong i watched the entire thing and enjoyed it but it was rather annoying that he wouldn’t look around Xen for example or inspect some creatures. Other than that, cheers for sticking your ass 7 hours on the chair.👌🏻
How dare he not play an exact replica of the same game with worse graphics!
@@CookingWithClaus you look so smart using that sarcasm to refute a point that no one made.
@@freakfilicon So you're saying OP wasn't lamenting the fact that he didn't play the original game? We must be reading a different comment.
Isn't one of the main points of a remake like this to give new players a chance to appreciate the story? I still haven't played any half life but I'm thinking of getting this and hl2 for alyx
@@CookingWithClaus weak b8 0/10
Increíble un excelente gameplay de half - life xen
Me divertí mucho durante todo estos 10 días, obvio que no pude verlo todo completo
Por que uno se aburre xD gracias por subirlo amigo
The mid part of Questionable Ethics where u evacuate the scientists from the lab and charge to kill all of the soldiers, there’s a music on the background which makes the battle more intense and hyper xD
Poor Gordon, no food, no eat, no drink, no piss...
Supposedly, the HEV suit supplies the user with sustenance to keep them alive and stimulants to keep them awake and functioning for long periods of time. There’s also an integrated waste disposal system according to one of the scientists in-game so Gordon can shid and piss as much as he wants lol
@@fagglebag I guess he shits always if a monster came around the corner, lol
Look Gordon its a game of our adventure together!
I think Xen is where the real beauty begins!👍
28:25 G man is watching!!!!
@@NeverYield-bq8qw he is a slipery SoB!
i like how the game makes the player make freeman move like he is sayin ''I GOT A GUN AND IM NOT AFRAİD TO USE İT!''
This is a great game! I've watched this walk thru over 10 times. I'm sorry I never knew about it when I had my gaming pc
These graphics would blow up my computer and blast through my house and the ceiling
the left scientist right before you enter the test chamber is the narrator from the stanley parable
I just noticed one of the scientists in Chapter 1: Anomalous Materials sound like the narrator from The Stanley Parable
He is
Look..Gordon is return to mess up the laboratory again in 4k
Xen of Black Mesa: *many advanced machines, shelter, and buildings exists*
Also there: *almost all of the human beings there died*
It’s good to see in depth where all these “consequences” came from
Prepare for
Unforseen
Consequences
Holy shit, BRAVO! Crowbar Collective BRAVO!
Wow, you would have the PvP skillz of a hardcore mega platinum / diamond player for sure in RB6 Seige, come we need teamies with such undefeatable abilities.
I envy him- cause he can actually see wtf is going on when walking around
too bad duke nukem and serious sam never had a continuos job so well done
Epic epic remake! Well played as well, cheers!
it takes 7 hours to play the full game 4 hours of earthbound and 3 hours of xen. in the og half life it was only 30 to an hour which equaled to about 10% of the OG game but black mesa xen takes up 40% of the game. quite an improvement.
It takes 7 hours to play the full game 4 hours of earthbound and 3 hours of Xen. In the original half life it was only 30 minute to an hour which equaled to about 10% of the original game but black mesa Xen takes up 40% of the game. quite an improvement.
p/s. Black Mesa still in Beta, Xen and Interloper level will be expand and improve, prop, thing, creature/alien will be add more, some bad texture will be improve. It will be up to 50% or 60% more than original Half Life 1.
I was just now thinking about how I want to watch gameplay videos without obnoxious commentating that killed the immersion for me, and lo and behold this pops up in my recommended. yassssssssss
The hell??? Who designed the factory section of the Interloper map? The Galaxy Quest writers????
the vortigants are slaves on hl1
Bro what
1:28:55 Music perfectly timed!
Thankyou for the let’s play ❤️❤️
14:14 Is that Kevan Brighting from Stanley Parable?!
5:04:46 underwater barnacles? :-O
I guess yes but idk
Man, I really hope this game will come out on consoles.
damn its good! played HL trilogy at least 4 times so far, i am very sad that I DONT HAVE A FRICKIN TIME FOR GAMES ANYMORE :(
I choked on my food when I saw the length. It was worth it.
if you told me this guy had ever played a video game in his life before this one i wouldn't believe you
Attacked by raw plucked chickens, classic.
just perfect
I'm glad to see that the music for this game is no longer putting any copyright claims for any gameplay videos that use it. Seriously, if you want to make more money than what you are regularly making, don't rip off other people forcefully by de-monetizing content. Instead, start a charitable donation program.
On what difficulty were you playing on?
Hopping across those 3 generators was tough huh?
L-little big planet narrator?...is that you?
13:48
Tolles Video. Danke.
Reminds me of the good old days
13:49
He was The Stanley Parable’s narrator!
Absolutely beautiful remake of an amazing old game, but some of the remade sounds are disappointing for some reason.
Looks cool. But they should add louder voices and dialogues for the marines
One of those men give me Stanley Parable vibes at 13:40
1:28:19 music here dont makes sense at all. Are you supossed to feel sad for this monster, or something?
And then, intense rock starts playing IN A STEALTH SEGMENT. great job.
7 hours !? But most of it and at 0:59:00 he is running through those lasers like a parkour madman on redbull.
And taking fuck tonnes of unnecessary damage, the guy is so crap at this game.
If you're having a bad day, go to 3:33:35. Good2b alive.
Holy shit how did I just find out about another half life. I still think they have the best rocket launcher ever.
1:03:34 Fuck guns, say hello to my death stick!
aww they should of had it where you could press the emergency button at the front desk.
This is a great remake but I think the original still has better sound design in general. They should completely reused the sound from the original Half Life following with the current sound and character quotes then it would be perfect
good old days when you could make ladder with gun drawn.
*This is why Mondays suck.*
New graphics look dope
The HEV suit Music at the beginning sounds like By_Myslf from Linkin Park's Reanimation album!
Glock 19 detail is spot on
I played half life 2, esp 1,2,and portal on Orange box for Ps3. And is a best games ever.🤓 long live Gordon Freeman.
On a console 🤦♂️🤮
Xen looks more similar to WOW rather then Half Life! :D
Every time you used a .357 to open a vent I cringed.
This looks like i actualy remember it the original would probably let my eyes bleed but it has nostalgie wonder why not remake this with unreal engine or something?
Black Mesa was originally a mod for hl2 then they made it a stand alone game, the devs *could've* made it in UE but i think they wanted to maintain the -feel- of half life and they were probably more comfortable with the source engine seeing that they modded for it for years
Right, Valve approached the team and offered assistance with tools and updated source engine
22:06 What the hell are you doing? Just. Shoot. Them. *Edit the guard
With. What?
watching this while having the game in my library but not being able to play it makes me happy and angry.
Me when my computers overheating I CANT SHUT IT DOWN AHHHHHH
I hope whoever suggested Alien FedEx shipping distribution center as the last 2 hours of the game was fired out a cannon into a wall
Why does every Guard and Scientist have to die a gruesome death? I always feel so bad because their always so close to making it.