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Half-Life remake Black Mesa has a Beta for a big update with a new UI and controller support (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I couldn't finish Black Mesa, as an update in the past made the safe files incompatible (it was noted in update notes, so this was not a bug, but expected). 20 hours gone. :-( It's been years. Since then I'm arguing with myself if I should play the original or start Black Mesa from scratch to finally finish it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    I think it's a game worth finishing. You couldn't have been very far from the end anyways. I spent 17h on my playthrough.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    You just remembered me that this was my second start from start. I don't remember what happened to first save file to be honest. That's probably why I was so frustrated when the save file was gone and not compatible anymore, there was not even an older version to fallback to. Sorry I get a bit emotional.

    I just wonder, if the original Half-Life (which got an update to be modernized a little bit) is worth it or should I play Black Mesa again? At some point, I have to, because of unfinished business.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah as the other guy said, Black Mesa is so much better. It still has the essence of the original, but much more polished. Specially Xen, the last part. It's so much more lively and detailed. If I remember correctly the original was rushed at that point so it was kind of unfinished. Also, I'm pretty sure you can use cheats to advance to any specific level if you don't want to start from the beginning. Enjoy! I wish I could play it for the first time again haha

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    If anything, it is worth playing the Blue Shift mod, imo! You play as Barney, and it is very high quality.

    I was going to wait for the Steam Frame (if I ever get out of the wait list) to do another Black Mesa playthrough, though.

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