Just so everyone doesn't freak out anymore about the terrible animations, they were changed with the recent update that came out and have gotten much better ! Check out my Video on these changes: ruclips.net/video/HfOwWVQ1J3w/видео.html
"Shouldnt you be guarding some COFFEE and DOUGHNUTS right about now?" The science staff are not as rude and condescending as they were in the original, but they still have a low bar of respect for the security staff, and i love it.
@@theextremeanimator4721 If every smart person you meet is being condescending to you I'm willing to bet it has nothing to do with them being smart lol, that or you're just getting unlucky as all the smart types I've met are almost all the kindest people
This add-on really captures the feeling of unnerving and anxiousness that comes shortly before the incident. It wouldn't be too far to assume that Calhoun and the rest of his colleagues had a underlying feeling like something bad was going to happen that day and the level really reinforces it.
That scream at the end was gut-wrenching. The only critique I have is that the composer doesn't understand how Half-Life keeps the music minimal and used it sparingly.
@@fakerac3521 i think it could maybe be taken down 20 percent, just cuz theres already SO much more going on in this compared to Black Mesa, it can be overwhelming
@Josh JeanJacket Jaeger i think, it is possible the incident sync with gordon press the button. Because barney probably chatting with his other security friends after he enter the facility. Just my thoughts
This is incredible. The level design is so detailed, and oh my god THAT ELEVATOR SCENE. I really hope they smooth out those new animations, because everything else is excellent. Can't wait to play this!
Small thing about Barney handling his weapon, a trained security officer would keep his finger off the trigger while handling his gun, so he should pick it up with his index along the slide of his gun-same with reloading. A small detail but it does well to show how well-trained Barney is. Of course you could always have a scripted mishap at the shooting range where someone _doesn’t_ follow gun safety and, oh, shoots himself in the leg. Could be used to demonstrate how first aid stations work to new players.
Also, while in the gun range, people usually put-on/remove their head-gear before moving into the gun range and after they exit the gun range. I've been to one before.
Honestly, it doesn't feel very Half Life to have animations for him picking up the gun and putting on the helmet. Everywhere else in the game, you just walk over items and then you have them. Why should I be any different here?
This video exploded ! I want to thank each and everyone for watching this video and also for reading this ! I will consider continuing Black Mesa Blue Shift when a new chapter comes out, but i cannot promise. Once again Thank you so much and have a beautiful day !
It's amazing to see people putting so much passion and skill into remaking Half-life themselves. I'm sure with enough time, Blue Shift will be finished, and then polished up even further. There's room for improvement in the some scripted scenes and their animations, but patience, excitement support for the team will let them know it's all worth it.
*walks into a gun range without headphones or safety goggles on* *people firing guns* *walks towards a free spot, puts on headphones and safety goggles* makes sense
I do wish that barny did practice better gun control during the animation, he had his finger on the trigger and while yes the guy probably was behind bullet resistant glass but still seemed to point the gun at him for a moment
Everyone's griping about the music and cutscenes and, yeah I agree, some of the music is ABSURDLY out of place. It does have a couple of moments, like the song starting at 16:36, but over all hallway action music is weird. The cutscenes I can almost excuse but they really need work. They're ALL unnecessary, and they have have really jarring, janky, unfinished animations. Barney's sense of gun safety is somehow scarier than the resonance cascade. One thing I wanna draw attention to that NOBODY is talking about: The level and sound design in this are fucking *Gorgeous* It sounds interesting and believable and all of the map work and new models are amazing, it feels more interesting than the base game by a long shot. The elevator scene on it's own is worth watching over again.
because its not the H.E.V suit, and I do hope that it actually isn't as tankier as the afforementioned HEV suit, since compared to that thing it's literally just flattened cardboard
@@coccacoorra but %60 doesnt really make much sense, i mean you wear a helmet and west and what else can you wear to increase it to %100. What it think is that its just the HEV suit with blue HUD and less max suit battery capacity and protects you the same way HEV suit does with %60 battery. I think it is some sort of laziness.
It would be really awesome if Crowbar Collective revamped/remastered Half Life: Decay and Opposing Force. I would buy those games instantly if they were available. 😄
It's a very affectionate remake, with callbacks and references all over the place. The guards and Calhourns locker both mention buying Freeman that beer. We finally see that guy who ate all the donuts. And Calhourn takes on HL tradition by being able to piss off everyone by trying to go through all their dialogue, or throwing shit at them, make a double reference on how Freeman is the only scientist the other guards know by name... because he probably did the same thing.
This is some seriously impressive work, but I really feel like the developers are trying too hard to make it cinematic, what with the cutscenes and overly dramatic hallway walking music. Less is more with Half Life
it almost reminds me of fakefactory cinematic mod. My guess is the guys at HECU Collective are playing around with the dynamic music that black mesa added some months ago, its good if you use it correctly but this is just too much music.
I liked the cinematic bits like the guard popping out of the ceiling? That felt very Half Life 1-ish with it's humor, or the water fountain.. I think the music was my only real complaint, was WAY TO DAMNED INTENSE for Chapter 1, Blue shift utilized Opposing Force's soundtrack when it was initially released and used a very dreary sounding song at the start giving it an almost "Flashback" quality to it, as if Calhoun was having a Nightmare about the hell he had endured, change it to something like that and I think it'd be fine. ruclips.net/video/zVl5JNKLxwo/видео.html&ab_channel=Basti%C3%B3nGamer
lookin good. The guard voice acting seems a bit fake at times, but it's still nice to hear the voice actors from BM doing the blue shift lines. And hey, if this never finishes or just sucks later down the line, we still have Guard Duty to look forward to.
This remake is just sooooo fucken good!!!! The level design, atmosphere and lively vibe just fits sooo well. I cant wait to play this. Everything about it is tooo good.
There is a remake better than this, but its still under development, for blue shift its called - Guard Duty, and for the O.F its Operation: Black Mesa, Wait for it, it will be Legendary
Daaaaamn! I would play it all! And Opposing Force too! That elevator scene at the end gave me goosebumps all over my body. You guys should release whole game as DLC for Black Mesa for full money, with achievements. I would pay the full price!
Im glad someone else picked this project up, as much as I like what Tripmine Studios is doing with OpFor and Guard duty, theyre just taking way too long. Black mesa took 15years(!) for the release. Tripmine studios isnt far behind. Modders used to just make shit for fun, not to reinvent the wheel. Black Mesa and Tripmine were essentially gate keeping these games as mods, as good as they might turn out to be at the end.
Amazing ! I think they need made special mod : Black Mesa Maintenance when you could just walk around Black Mesa & fix some problems,malfunctions few weeks before incident happen .
@@Paonporteur I think about all sectors some like chapters or scenarios , different sectors , tasks , for example , task where you are build new complex for teleport experiment or maintenance net servers around anomalous complex area ...
I believe in the mod developers. But I will admit this mod is NEVER going to reach it's full potential unless Gordon yells "SUUCKKEEEEEEER!" when passing by with the tram.
@Vase this team absolutely needs to team up with the Tripmine devs. The level design and choreography here looks superior, but Tripmine is more ambitious with overhauling the gameplay and better models. Theres also no need for two high profile remakes of this one
work as a security guard. fixing an email, fixing ventilation, fixing a computer, fixing the vending machine, fixing camera cctv, fixing all bunch machine stuff. moving around with a side firearm. go checkup at sector G lift problem. fixing a door. drive a forklift. work behind the desk. fixing a lift. pack a bunch of items/boxes. almost all sort of maintenance this security guard does. then comes a doc in PhD asking: "do the security guards have nothing more important to do" "well, it's about time! we don't pay you people to mosey around to your own convenience" dude, they're saving the world. one day. you never know it.
I was about to ask why Barney couldn't just get off at the platform at 2:00 since his tram went right past, but I just realized it says 'EXIT' above it, so I think it's a one way thing they've got going on here. I loved the revamped Sector G too.
@Josh JeanJacket Jaeger Shame you don't get paid for basically doing 2 jobs xD But tbh I don't think I saw a single person that wasn't a security guard or a scientist, makes you question if they even have a maintnence team!
I really liked seeing guards running through the hallway with purpose when the alarms started blaring, it makes it seem like they have more situational knowledge than you and there’s some danger somewhere
This is awesome! I love the detail in it, and the dialogue! Beautiful work. The Decay scene and the other camera bits were great too. It's got some flaws, but I cant wait to see how they improved upon the original in later missions.
What they have done with Black Mesa is nothing short of incredible. I bought the game a couple of days ago, just got to Xen and I am astonished. Once I'm done with the game I'll go for this one.
Half-Life best game ever!!! I believe that the game should be resurrected every 20 years. Black Mesa this is truly the best fan reincarnation in the history of games.
20:55 You see, after Trevor got rid of Devin Weston with Michael and Franklin, he applied for a job at Black Mesa to forget about the horrible things he has done. 26:30 But too bad he died in an elevator, i don't know why he didn't just use his special ability in that situation.
And he found another Patricia, well, a Patrice, to.... not actually fall in love with. Or it's probably Franklin who has assumed Trevor's identity and Michael's money to acquire an education and then a legitimate job. After all, the real Trevor burned away in the San Andreas countryside.
So...I was scrolling YT videos and suddenly found this. I didnt know what to expect and I feared a lot it will be trash. I love how the drama and stress starts to rise slowly...how the problems starts to appear more and more. Then "something" happens - guards running around with guns - nobody knows anything whats coming. Then the main thing happens.... yeeeeaaaaah... I fking enjoyed that!!!!! It was great!!! I just hope they will stick with the realism and less "movie scenes"...and wish developers luck! I hope they won't disappoint us! But keep in mind they are doing their best for us...fans. Enjoy what they give us anyway! :)
Liking some of the neat changes like having to do the corridor light puzzle in order to open the door and especially a more sensible take on the "malfunctioning" elevator.
This is the list of things that I love and a little bit dislike: Cons: -the animation is a bit janky and it's a very slow paste-like the view model animation where barney picks up his gun and his helmet, it doesn't add on. -Putting too much music: I love crowbars collective theme songs in the classic black Mesa, all of the themes are very good and amazing to hear. But this is way too much music like when you walking down the hallway and suddenly a rock music cues up like you a slow-motion and a camera slowly coming right at you, I don't like it. Pros: -the voice acting and the characters: I love the voice acting, I know they are the same people but the voice acting is very realistic like screams of the girl in the elevator, and the sound of the panicking of the security guards when the *incident* is happening, feels very scary, And I like the humour they put with the characters like water one where a security guard gets splashed on his clothes, the sliding box one, the camera one as well, it feels like they're real people. -OTIS (I know he doesn't look the same Otis we know, but I'm glad he's back) -I like the atmosphere it looks good and is very terrifying Edit: oh yeah and the beer joke, I'm glad they put it back. So yeah blue shift is very good, but they need to fix the animation and low it down with the music, and I know it's the demo but I need to share what's good and bad so that they can expand the good and fix the bad.
I agree with your criticisms and praises personally glad I’m not the only one that had these thoughts. Still I’m excited. Hopefully they’ll make some tweaks. I know with Black Mesa they made changes as time went on.
This is why we need more stuff dedicated to black Mesa as a whole I mean there’s just so much of the daily life there we don’t know so many roles not explored like for say a radiation safety officer or a civilian there because their husband or wife works there the point is we need more stuff like this.
They made a great job with breathing some life in the hub area, lighting and scripted events. But some of these "gaining equipment" cutscenes are unnecessary. They break immersion instead of adding to it. The final ride down gets more scary the more it progresses. And this scream at the end is really horrific
WOW. It looks like a movie the whole story of Half-Life 1 and 2, with no cutscenes. AWESOME AND PERFECT !! Now if you take Black Mesa, Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa and put it in videos for each part, it makes a real film worthy of an Oscar. Wonderful, the part of the cataclysm of the Xenian Invasion seen by Barney in the elevator gave me the creeps. Much better and more terrifying, agonizing and realistic than in Black Mesa, from dr. Freeman's point of view!! It's very scary, it was perfect. I spent years waiting for Black Mesa. He left and was impeccable. Now we can only look forward to Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa. My God, they will be flawless too. So many years of waiting are worth it. Currently, only Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa Ps: The only element that is ugly in this Guard Duty are only the animations, but should improve over the years, just like the Black Mesa that also had some errors that improved. In Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa, I hope it doesn't remove any animations either, they just need to improve, but not be removed, as they left the game more immersive and organic. Good that this Saga of Black Mesa is very light and runs on many home notebooks and that are not gamers, this and great. It's a lot to play, like me Ps2: later I hope they do a remake of Decay, also linked with Black Mesa, Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa, to close with a flourish this impeccable quartet of the best franchise ever: Half-Life
![INSECURITY [SFM]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cGtRTFNMXCU/mqdefault.jpg)
Just so everyone doesn't freak out anymore about the terrible animations, they were changed with the recent update that came out and have gotten much better !
Check out my Video on these changes: ruclips.net/video/HfOwWVQ1J3w/видео.html
"It's a freaking wonder this place hasn't been shut down yet"
Freeman: i'll fix that, give me few minutes
More like seconds xD
"Shouldnt you be guarding some COFFEE and DOUGHNUTS right about now?"
The science staff are not as rude and condescending as they were in the original, but they still have a low bar of respect for the security staff, and i love it.
the coffee and the donuts you write is vice versa
Yeah science types are often smug condescending arseholes. I miss that 😕
@@colinstewart7123 thats how they are in real life?
@@theextremeanimator4721 If every smart person you meet is being condescending to you I'm willing to bet it has nothing to do with them being smart lol, that or you're just getting unlucky as all the smart types I've met are almost all the kindest people
For future reference iron your short, calhoun
This add-on really captures the feeling of unnerving and anxiousness that comes shortly before the incident. It wouldn't be too far to assume that Calhoun and the rest of his colleagues had a underlying feeling like something bad was going to happen that day and the level really reinforces it.
This is not an Addon, this is a mod. They are different.
@@uglies7056 Right sorry , I'm not exactly the smartest tool in the shed
@@jamesmikhail017uy2 you just sing an All Star song
@@uglies7056 It was originally a addon to the original half-life.
@@randomidoit9605 ITS CALLED A MOD, NOT ADDON, ADDON IS FOR SMALL CHANGE.
Pretty good from the looks of it, they just need to hire an animator.
Cutscenes like that in a Half-Life game seem kinda weird in general, to be honest.
Yeah cutscenes don't really belong in Half-Life imo
@@Saw321lol
It's a little awkward yeah, but to be honest I've seen MUCH worse.
@@Saw321lol :/
@@johnthompson8428 cough cough hunt down the freeman cough cough
More scarier than the original Black Mesa, this one is really realistic.
Even the end of the demo shows realistic human emotions
@@iooaf but that scream in the end Is not fitting.
Realism is overrated.
@@iooaf Uh, no. Female voiceacting is really bad
Especially the cutscenes
That scream at the end was gut-wrenching. The only critique I have is that the composer doesn't understand how Half-Life keeps the music minimal and used it sparingly.
Yeah thats true. i still appreciate some good overall soundtrack
@@SelimTZI Don't get me wrong I like the ost so far.
I love the music, I don't think it needs to imitate Half-Life in that regard
@@fakerac3521 i think it could maybe be taken down 20 percent, just cuz theres already SO much more going on in this compared to Black Mesa, it can be overwhelming
I wish the music had that industrial feel that Kelly Bailey’s has. It just sounds too cinematic for Half-Life
22:53
So you mean to tell me that, in this iteration, Barney had to plug stuff back in just like Gordon did in HL2?
*Incredible.*
"Good Job, Gordon ! Throwing that switch and all ? I can see your M.I.T. education really pays for itself."
Calhoun: on his way to fix an elevator
The music: REAL SHIT
Yea that type of music should be reserved for going into dangerous area after the resonance cascade event
@@JuanCruz-in2bd chill bruh
2:50 that was gordon? Pressing the alarm button as a joke xd
@Josh JeanJacket Jaeger i think, it is possible the incident sync with gordon press the button. Because barney probably chatting with his other security friends after he enter the facility. Just my thoughts
@Josh JeanJacket Jaeger he went into the console and typed "host_framerate 0.2"
@@JackPorter reckon if he did that, tram's door probably got a little munted in the process, but that's okay
@TheJackK!ck i mean since black mesa uses source he would probably use host_timescale instead
@@male_0773 host framerate still works in source
If these guys made a game where you had a normal day at black Mesa with all the employee’s mingling I would buy that immediately
That was the most realistic scream I think I've ever heard in a Half-Life game.
For me its the most realistic scream i EVER heard in a GAME
Yeah that’s some good acting there
Hopefully it’s acting lol
@@DogsRNice time stamp?
@@bigmanfortysix Ask, and ye shall receive: 27:13
STAPH
When that one security guard said: "There's no one *herhere* to fix it"
I felt that
This is incredible. The level design is so detailed, and oh my god THAT ELEVATOR SCENE. I really hope they smooth out those new animations, because everything else is excellent. Can't wait to play this!
9:55 This is the moment right here where we watch Barney do a little trolling
5:48 that's a great Doctor Coomer speech here
what is the speech supposed to be?
@@laatma985 if you ever watched hlvrai
“Ah! Hello Gordon! Another day, another dollar. Am I right? Hahaha!”
The elevator scene was just too damn good, the music, the seriousness, good it is awesome.
5:49 THAT LAUGH WAS HILARIOUS
1:51 Damn that's way more respect than Calhoun ever got in the original Insecurity.
Freeman passing by: "Sucker!!!"
Small thing about Barney handling his weapon, a trained security officer would keep his finger off the trigger while handling his gun, so he should pick it up with his index along the slide of his gun-same with reloading. A small detail but it does well to show how well-trained Barney is. Of course you could always have a scripted mishap at the shooting range where someone _doesn’t_ follow gun safety and, oh, shoots himself in the leg. Could be used to demonstrate how first aid stations work to new players.
Also, while in the gun range, people usually put-on/remove their head-gear before moving into the gun range and after they exit the gun range.
I've been to one before.
They got one thing right though, security are usually trained to rack the slide rather than use the slide release (At least with Glocks)
Reminds me of that scientist in world war z
Honestly, it doesn't feel very Half Life to have animations for him picking up the gun and putting on the helmet. Everywhere else in the game, you just walk over items and then you have them. Why should I be any different here?
The animations are a bit wonky, but still good
Really needs rework tbh
I noticed that too, I'm guessing they're trying to get most of the story done before polishing it all for the release.
@Kalamaz0 great opinion my dude
@Kalamaz0 soo.. mocap?
Fortunately, the animations are the only bad thing about it. ( in my opinion )
This video exploded ! I want to thank each and everyone for watching this video and also for reading this !
I will consider continuing Black Mesa Blue Shift when a new chapter comes out, but i cannot promise.
Once again Thank you so much and have a beautiful day !
Incredible job, this has a lot of polish, looks amazing. The atmosphere is just great! Keep it up! you should make a patreon or something
How did she guess the elevator is fixed and just sit down? Why is she triggered when we press the button? 24:14.
@@zombine7103 that’s EXACTLY what I thought when watching this 😂🤜🤛
@Sad lonely emo Right, the most relevant place to tell about bugs? You know video author not the mod author, right?
Good video, you got the aspect of seeing a new game for the first time in this quite well (if you get what I mean)
''About that beer I owed ya..''
4:20 This is why humanity will defeat the combine. Our security officers put their cans in the trash themselves!
It's amazing to see people putting so much passion and skill into remaking Half-life themselves.
I'm sure with enough time, Blue Shift will be finished, and then polished up even further. There's room for improvement in the some scripted scenes and their animations, but patience, excitement support for the team will let them know it's all worth it.
9:54 funnies shit ive ever seen
If You Flash Him Enough He Breaks The Camera
*walks into a gun range without headphones or safety goggles on*
*people firing guns*
*walks towards a free spot, puts on headphones and safety goggles*
makes sense
The additional animations like the armory guy though, so weird and kinda bizzare.
Yeah i agree HECU Collective did the same in their azure sheep remake
@@SelimTZI Crowbar Collective's vanilla animations were also bad, they were just barely "passable" but look ass compared to HL2
I do wish that barny did practice better gun control during the animation, he had his finger on the trigger and while yes the guy probably was behind bullet resistant glass but still seemed to point the gun at him for a moment
I feel like they should redo the animations for like the stuff, It just not the best still good].
the way he started "dancing" with his collars when he was giving Barney the gun was the most hillarious for me
Everyone's griping about the music and cutscenes and, yeah I agree, some of the music is ABSURDLY out of place. It does have a couple of moments, like the song starting at 16:36, but over all hallway action music is weird.
The cutscenes I can almost excuse but they really need work. They're ALL unnecessary, and they have have really jarring, janky, unfinished animations. Barney's sense of gun safety is somehow scarier than the resonance cascade.
One thing I wanna draw attention to that NOBODY is talking about:
The level and sound design in this are fucking *Gorgeous*
It sounds interesting and believable and all of the map work and new models are amazing, it feels more interesting than the base game by a long shot.
The elevator scene on it's own is worth watching over again.
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT A HELMET AND A WEST GIVING YOU %60 ARMOR PROTECTION?
because its not the H.E.V suit, and I do hope that it actually isn't as tankier as the afforementioned HEV suit, since compared to that thing it's literally just flattened cardboard
@@coccacoorra but %60 doesnt really make much sense, i mean you wear a helmet and west and what else can you wear to increase it to %100. What it think is that its just the HEV suit with blue HUD and less max suit battery capacity and protects you the same way HEV suit does with %60 battery. I think it is some sort of laziness.
The screaming scientist when the elevator falls absolutely fantastic work.
10:20 - Nice, they even revamped the reference to Decay.
i really loved that reference
It would be really awesome if Crowbar Collective revamped/remastered Half Life: Decay and Opposing Force.
I would buy those games instantly if they were available. 😄
@@SeanVSOfficial there is a opfor/bs remake, it’s by tripmine studios. It’s called Operation Black Mesa, it’s still being developed though
My god, this came out even better than I expected
It's a very affectionate remake, with callbacks and references all over the place. The guards and Calhourns locker both mention buying Freeman that beer. We finally see that guy who ate all the donuts. And Calhourn takes on HL tradition by being able to piss off everyone by trying to go through all their dialogue, or throwing shit at them, make a double reference on how Freeman is the only scientist the other guards know by name... because he probably did the same thing.
This is some seriously impressive work, but I really feel like the developers are trying too hard to make it cinematic, what with the cutscenes and overly dramatic hallway walking music. Less is more with Half Life
it almost reminds me of fakefactory cinematic mod. My guess is the guys at HECU Collective are playing around with the dynamic music that black mesa added some months ago, its good if you use it correctly but this is just too much music.
Yeah like at 11:40. It's a bit much.
I liked the cinematic bits like the guard popping out of the ceiling? That felt very Half Life 1-ish with it's humor, or the water fountain.. I think the music was my only real complaint, was WAY TO DAMNED INTENSE for Chapter 1, Blue shift utilized Opposing Force's soundtrack when it was initially released and used a very dreary sounding song at the start giving it an almost "Flashback" quality to it, as if Calhoun was having a Nightmare about the hell he had endured, change it to something like that and I think it'd be fine. ruclips.net/video/zVl5JNKLxwo/видео.html&ab_channel=Basti%C3%B3nGamer
thats been a problem since black mesa
@@SelimTZI 0
- Oh I sure do hope this learns from Black Mesa's mistakes to make a better experience
*plug and cable to fix the elevator*
- OH CMON
its really stupid but i dont mind xd
Just another day at the B.M.R.F
Everything about this is so well done, love the cinematic approach and simplistic design, can't wait to play it soon!
The voice actors did a great job on the mod
lookin good. The guard voice acting seems a bit fake at times, but it's still nice to hear the voice actors from BM doing the blue shift lines.
And hey, if this never finishes or just sucks later down the line, we still have Guard Duty to look forward to.
This remake is just sooooo fucken good!!!! The level design, atmosphere and lively vibe just fits sooo well. I cant wait to play this. Everything about it is tooo good.
So far, this looks great! Can’t wait to see what the opposing force one will be. And maybe someday. This is a HUGE maybe, decay will be remade.
There is a remake better than this, but its still under development, for blue shift its called - Guard Duty, and for the O.F its Operation: Black Mesa,
Wait for it, it will be Legendary
"for future reference, remember to iron your shirt Calhoun"
PSHH walks away
The screaming at the very end is actually really fucking good. Actually makes the moment feel more scary
Daaaaamn! I would play it all! And Opposing Force too! That elevator scene at the end gave me goosebumps all over my body. You guys should release whole game as DLC for Black Mesa for full money, with achievements. I would pay the full price!
Can we just appreciate how OP closes doors behind himself? 24:05
I would happily spend money on this, it's looking pretty good
Im glad someone else picked this project up, as much as I like what Tripmine Studios is doing with OpFor and Guard duty, theyre just taking way too long.
Black mesa took 15years(!) for the release.
Tripmine studios isnt far behind.
Modders used to just make shit for fun, not to reinvent the wheel.
Black Mesa and Tripmine were essentially gate keeping these games as mods, as good as they might turn out to be at the end.
Amazing ! I think they need made special mod : Black Mesa Maintenance when you could just walk around Black Mesa & fix some problems,malfunctions few weeks before incident happen .
@@Paonporteur I think about all sectors some like chapters or scenarios , different sectors , tasks , for example , task where you are build new complex for teleport experiment or maintenance net servers around anomalous complex area ...
I believe in the mod developers. But I will admit this mod is NEVER going to reach it's full potential unless Gordon yells "SUUCKKEEEEEEER!" when passing by with the tram.
Movement of the NPCs is a little wobbly but holy shit, man! This should REALLY get picked up by Crowbar Collective.
@Vase this team absolutely needs to team up with the Tripmine devs. The level design and choreography here looks superior, but Tripmine is more ambitious with overhauling the gameplay and better models. Theres also no need for two high profile remakes of this one
I absolutely love the camera part where the one security guard just gets surprised by Calhoun at the cameras.
work as a security guard.
fixing an email, fixing ventilation, fixing a computer, fixing the vending machine, fixing camera cctv, fixing all bunch machine stuff. moving around with a side firearm. go checkup at sector G lift problem. fixing a door. drive a forklift. work behind the desk. fixing a lift. pack a bunch of items/boxes.
almost all sort of maintenance this security guard does.
then comes a doc in PhD asking:
"do the security guards have nothing more important to do"
"well, it's about time! we don't pay you people to mosey around to your own convenience"
dude, they're saving the world. one day. you never know it.
I was about to ask why Barney couldn't just get off at the platform at 2:00 since his tram went right past, but I just realized it says 'EXIT' above it, so I think it's a one way thing they've got going on here. I loved the revamped Sector G too.
could also be that the tram gate door bugged out and they needed another rout for the tram to take.
@@Zack_Wester That too, I was looking at the arrows as the gate malfunctioned and the tram was supposed to go the other way
10:17 I love how they made an actual model for Gina with the correct color of her HEV suit, unlike the original Blue Shift
How did I not know about this.
Visuals and soundtrack are absolutely amazing.
the announcement system voice for the train do be cute though
This one sure has the most epic corridor walking music I heard
It was a bit much for walking down a Corridor.
Sounds like Deus Ex music.
This project deserve more communication ! thank you for the sharing !
This is extremely well done! Can’t wait for the Opposing Force one but that might take even longer
yes there has to be even more work done especially weapons
I was NOT expecting this level of detail for a mod in a mod. Damn, the team did an outstanding job.
This is such a great game, I'm so proud that one of my friends got to participate in this project, I'm hyped for updates.
There are some really nice touches in this, superb work.
Now if I ever will play this gem of remakes , I wish do all small task or quests what are hidden in the game , including soda task .
Kinda wonder why Security is doing all the maintenance work
@Josh JeanJacket Jaeger
Shame you don't get paid for basically doing 2 jobs xD
But tbh I don't think I saw a single person that wasn't a security guard or a scientist, makes you question if they even have a maintnence team!
Which is why I'm hoping the Black Mesa Character Expansion will be used in a mod to make some NPCs look like workers and janitors for this remake.
I get a feeling it's a lil chilly in the facility, gives more to the atmosphere.
Looks great cant wait for this team to finish up!
omg the utter chaos in the last few minutes
always great to see the incident from a different perspective just shows the tremendous scale of black mesa and what damage has been caused
I really liked seeing guards running through the hallway with purpose when the alarms started blaring, it makes it seem like they have more situational knowledge than you and there’s some danger somewhere
This is awesome!
I love the detail in it, and the dialogue! Beautiful work. The Decay scene and the other camera bits were great too.
It's got some flaws, but I cant wait to see how they improved upon the original in later missions.
@@Paonporteur Oh I definitely am, and I love it!
Damn, guys, that is so Black Mesa-level of quality! Please keep it up!
10:18 they even fit Decay into it, nice
wtf this is actually good
Edit: Just finished watching it and I'm welling up. This is incredible! I can't believe how amazing this is!
So much character and personality in here
I loved when Barney flash the camera in that guards face and made him fall
What they have done with Black Mesa is nothing short of incredible. I bought the game a couple of days ago, just got to Xen and I am astonished. Once I'm done with the game I'll go for this one.
I love how this really highlights how dysfunctional Black Mesa really is.
10:17 nice Half Life Decay reference
Just take out the cutscenes and im happy.
Half-Life best game ever!!! I believe that the game should be resurrected every 20 years. Black Mesa this is truly the best fan reincarnation in the history of games.
The music are awesome as hell as it posible !!!
Damn this is awesome! I'm excited for the finished product :)
4:45 i love how one of the notepad says "Buy a beer for Gordon" but well he never did yet...
never noticed that damn !
The last 4 minutes are just so fucking good, it bought me completely!
20:55 You see, after Trevor got rid of Devin Weston with Michael and Franklin, he applied for a job at Black Mesa to forget about the horrible things he has done.
26:30 But too bad he died in an elevator, i don't know why he didn't just use his special ability in that situation.
And he became black
Whoa, he's named Trevor too that's crazy
And he found another Patricia, well, a Patrice, to.... not actually fall in love with. Or it's probably Franklin who has assumed Trevor's identity and Michael's money to acquire an education and then a legitimate job. After all, the real Trevor burned away in the San Andreas countryside.
"Now I wonder if those boys could have make a bigger mess."
Otis is still a big boned chad, i like that.
BARNEY CALHOUN 💙
So...I was scrolling YT videos and suddenly found this. I didnt know what to expect and I feared a lot it will be trash. I love how the drama and stress starts to rise slowly...how the problems starts to appear more and more. Then "something" happens - guards running around with guns - nobody knows anything whats coming. Then the main thing happens.... yeeeeaaaaah... I fking enjoyed that!!!!! It was great!!! I just hope they will stick with the realism and less "movie scenes"...and wish developers luck! I hope they won't disappoint us! But keep in mind they are doing their best for us...fans. Enjoy what they give us anyway! :)
this looks amazing, this was my favorite hl game honestly
Liking some of the neat changes like having to do the corridor light puzzle in order to open the door and especially a more sensible take on the "malfunctioning" elevator.
11:45 the best soundtrack I heard during a walk, I thought something happened but then I remembered that this is HL XD
They really need more VAs for the guards, since there are now a lot more of them in the start of Blue Shift
I love how this being a mod has their own identity 10000/10
Imagine if BM dev team got in on the fun and helped them out. That would be something great
Wow incredible *HL: Blue Shift Insecurity💙*
Blue-Shift is my favorite add-on and I am glad somebody picked up the task of converting that one.
This is the list of things that I love and a little bit dislike:
Cons:
-the animation is a bit janky and it's a very slow paste-like the view model animation where barney picks up his gun and his helmet, it doesn't add on.
-Putting too much music: I love crowbars collective theme songs in the classic black Mesa, all of the themes are very good and amazing to hear. But this is way too much music like when you walking down the hallway and suddenly a rock music cues up like you a slow-motion and a camera slowly coming right at you, I don't like it.
Pros:
-the voice acting and the characters: I love the voice acting, I know they are the same people but the voice acting is very realistic like screams of the girl in the elevator, and the sound of the panicking of the security guards when the *incident* is happening, feels very scary, And I like the humour they put with the characters like water one where a security guard gets splashed on his clothes, the sliding box one, the camera one as well, it feels like they're real people.
-OTIS (I know he doesn't look the same Otis we know, but I'm glad he's back)
-I like the atmosphere it looks good and is very terrifying
Edit: oh yeah and the beer joke, I'm glad they put it back.
So yeah blue shift is very good, but they need to fix the animation and low it down with the music, and I know it's the demo but I need to share what's good and bad so that they can expand the good and fix the bad.
I agree with your criticisms and praises personally glad I’m not the only one that had these thoughts. Still I’m excited. Hopefully they’ll make some tweaks. I know with Black Mesa they made changes as time went on.
My stomach hurts while watching this gameplay, my hurts only when I get really stressed. They made a great work with this
I imagine that the security guards do all the IT work because there’s barely any incidents and they get bored of waiting around all day
This is why we need more stuff dedicated to black Mesa as a whole I mean there’s just so much of the daily life there we don’t know so many roles not explored like for say a radiation safety officer or a civilian there because their husband or wife works there the point is we need more stuff like this.
Well I now got something to hold me over until operation black Mesa and guard duty are released
They made a great job with breathing some life in the hub area, lighting and scripted events. But some of these "gaining equipment" cutscenes are unnecessary. They break immersion instead of adding to it. The final ride down gets more scary the more it progresses. And this scream at the end is really horrific
This is pretty cool. I saw a few messups with text formatting, but it looks good to me otherwise.
WOW. It looks like a movie the whole story of Half-Life 1 and 2, with no cutscenes. AWESOME AND PERFECT !! Now if you take Black Mesa, Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa and put it in videos for each part, it makes a real film worthy of an Oscar. Wonderful, the part of the cataclysm of the Xenian Invasion seen by Barney in the elevator gave me the creeps. Much better and more terrifying, agonizing and realistic than in Black Mesa, from dr. Freeman's point of view!! It's very scary, it was perfect. I spent years waiting for Black Mesa. He left and was impeccable. Now we can only look forward to Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa. My God, they will be flawless too. So many years of waiting are worth it. Currently, only Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa
Ps: The only element that is ugly in this Guard Duty are only the animations, but should improve over the years, just like the Black Mesa that also had some errors that improved. In Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa, I hope it doesn't remove any animations either, they just need to improve, but not be removed, as they left the game more immersive and organic. Good that this Saga of Black Mesa is very light and runs on many home notebooks and that are not gamers, this and great. It's a lot to play, like me
Ps2: later I hope they do a remake of Decay, also linked with Black Mesa, Guard Duty and Operation Black Mesa, to close with a flourish this impeccable quartet of the best franchise ever: Half-Life