Do they actually have to start work on the rest of the game up to the Lamdba Core or is it nearly complete but just need to spruce it up
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;37518488]You know, after listening to more of the soundtrack, I think it's just the style of the music that's putting me off.
Now i'm not saying the actual music is bad (Joel did an excellent job), but to me I guess I was expecting it to sound more like... Half-Life.
I guess closer to Kelly Bailey's style of music. (Which is ridiculous)
I'm trying my best to get used to the tracks and get to like them; but i'm one of those people that would have preferred remastered, higher quality versions of the originals from Half-Life 1.[/QUOTE]
I know what you mean. I'm thinking that the level design and action will accommodate it perfectly though. This may be Half-life remade, but it is essentially a new game.
[QUOTE=WhatAmI;37519925]so no, they're not easy. that is of course if you're not a scrub and are playing on anything other than hard[/QUOTE]
And wouldn't that just be a [I]travesty.[/I]
[QUOTE=JaegerMonster;37517904]I'm hoping they are actually hard like they are in HL1 and not just reskinned combine troops[/QUOTE]
They're using the Combine Animations, but IIRC very little of the AI code is based off the Combine.
[url]http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/HECU_Marines#Artificial_Intelligence[/url]
[QUOTE=Cheeseist;37515327]2190 days for 14 chapters / 4 chapters = 547.5 days until xen is complete. Lets start counting boys[/QUOTE]
They already started working on Xen long time ago.
I'm not sure if this is late, but on one of the voice actor's websites it has the full tram PA announcement-thing.
[url]http://www.catzeyes93.com/[/url]
I think it sounds pretty good.
Even the devs posts about releasing it is hard to believe for me. I thought this day would never come.
Yeah that is is quite old, it is entirely possible it has been redone since then.
They probably are waiting for HL3 so they can get an idea on how Valve will make Xen look. That way they can make them look as similar as possible to sustain that level of authenticity. As of now we have no idea how it looks other than the way it is in the original half life, which quite frankly lacks the kind of detail we can achieve now.
So in other words, HL3 shouldn't be too far down the road. This generation of technology is ending, and Valve will surely end it with a bang.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;37525756]Why would Valve go back to Xen? Judging from the information we have so far HL3/EP3 is about the Borealis, and using whatever was found on it to kick the combine off Earth.[/QUOTE]
I'm assuming it has something to do with a portal of some sort. It doesn't seem strange to me that you may somehow end up traversing the planes to Xen once again. Plus some of the "leaked" artwork such as this one:
[img]http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/588/ep3_xen4-2_0.jpg[/img]
Seems like something that would be from Xen.
I just gotta feeling
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my thoughts exactly
[QUOTE=Adius Shadow;37525859]I'm assuming it has something to do with a portal of some sort. It doesn't seem strange to me that you may somehow end up traversing the planes to Xen once again. Plus some of the "leaked" artwork such as this one:
[img]http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/588/ep3_xen4-2_0.jpg[/img]
Seems like something that would be from Xen.
I just gotta feeling[/QUOTE]
It's more likely an advisor in it's natural form.
This makes me wish I still had a gaming computer.
[QUOTE=Upgrade123;37526363]This makes me wish I still had a gaming computer.[/QUOTE]
Source runs on current generation $400 laptops
I just came a little
Exciting
[QUOTE=Upgrade123;37526363]This makes me wish I still had a gaming computer.[/QUOTE]
This makes me wish I could afford a gaming computer.
[QUOTE=Adius Shadow;37525724]They probably are waiting for HL3 so they can get an idea on how Valve will make Xen look. That way they can make them look as similar as possible to sustain that level of authenticity. As of now we have no idea how it looks other than the way it is in the original half life, which quite frankly lacks the kind of detail we can achieve now.
So in other words, HL3 shouldn't be too far down the road. This generation of technology is ending, and Valve will surely end it with a bang.[/QUOTE]
How would the BM team know when HL3 is coming or whether Xen will be in it
[QUOTE=Adius Shadow;37525859]I'm assuming it has something to do with a portal of some sort. It doesn't seem strange to me that you may somehow end up traversing the planes to Xen once again. Plus some of the "leaked" artwork such as this one:
[img]http://www.screwattack.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/588/ep3_xen4-2_0.jpg[/img]
Seems like something that would be from Xen.
I just gotta feeling[/QUOTE]
This is super old concept art and probably got taken out of the final vision for the game.
[QUOTE=GodKing;37518503]The guys doing Natural Selection 2 went from making an original (well a sequel to their original) mod to scrapping it and writing their own engine from scratch and they're about ready to release a AAA quality title, and their team consists of like 10 or less people.
I know it's just a mod, but they've been given the blueprints and the tools to make it by Valve. I would expect this type of dev time for an extremely well done, original total conversion or something.[/QUOTE]
Well thats great, but Natural Selection 2 is made by a [B]dedicated development[/B] team that is making a [I]pay-for[/I] game with pay-rolls whereas Black Mesa is a [I]free-ware[/I] mod made by a bunch of [B]hobbyists in free-time[/B] powered only by passion and love for the series.
[editline]3rd September 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Gimme20dollaz;37530816]As much as I'm excited about the release of this, I'm rather dissapointed that they're making Xen a separate game. I don't know about you guys, but I liked the Xen levels, as they were a refreshing change from the rather bland facility levels. Sure, there were some explosions now and then, but eventually everything looked the same, so it was rather nice to have something different.[/QUOTE]
But the Xen levels are going to be completely revamped and lengthened and feel like their own game instead of only a few levels....
GAH. 10 and a half more days. I'm psyching out here.
[video=youtube;wvmLsfheiEA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvmLsfheiEA[/video]
Why aint this guy making music for Valve yet?
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;37533978]Why aint this guy making music for Valve yet?[/QUOTE]
They've got a guy named Mike Morasky.
which is kind of not as good now that kelly bailey's gone
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;37533978][video=youtube;wvmLsfheiEA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvmLsfheiEA[/video]
Why aint this guy making music for Valve yet?[/QUOTE] Ewww, what's that generic guitar strumming doing in a half-life game.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iXfWWrwrlQ&feature=relmfu[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_c9djkr08[/media]
Half-Life is supposed to have electronic music damnit.
[QUOTE=Warborq;37535343]Ewww, what's that generic guitar strumming doing in a half-life game.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iXfWWrwrlQ&feature=relmfu[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_c9djkr08[/media]
Half-Life is supposed to have electronic music damnit.[/QUOTE]
half life is more dark / space ambient
(which is why Episode Two's rock stuff left a weird aftertaste in my mouth)
I am getting pretty excited for this. I just hope that when the 14th rolls around we don't get a, "It's been delayed a week"
[QUOTE=aussiedropbear;37533978]
Why aint this guy making music for Valve yet?[/QUOTE]
Because he is actually not a composer, he is doing it as a hobby and already has a place to work at?
[QUOTE=lNloruzenchi;37534923]which is kind of not as good now that kelly bailey's gone[/QUOTE]
I found his soundtrack for Portal 2 great. And they even have new composers who, for example, made the soundtrack for Dota 2.
[QUOTE=Warborq;37535343]
Half-Life is supposed to have electronic music damnit.[/QUOTE]
You are completely correct. [B]Half Life[/B] is supposed to have it. But not [B]Black Mesa[/B].
He was completely free at composing whatever fits into BM. And I found it great how he did it.
I think all we need now to reach maximum hype level is an awesome launch trailer.
[editline]4th September 2012[/editline]
Also the launch trailer would have to be set to this. This is perfect trailer music.
[video=youtube;FtTmiYA5D4k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtTmiYA5D4k&feature=player_embedded[/video]
Coming out 3 days after 9/11.
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