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Black Mesa is coming out on the 14th!
13 years ago
Who's getting it? I know I'm getting it. Y'all guys getting it?
I'm getting it.
The OST came out yesterday or the day before or something like that. It's hauntingly beautiful to listen to, and it manages to evoke all the things that Half-Life did without being a carbon copy of the original soundtrack.
For those of you who don't know, Black Mesa is a fan-made (100% fan-made, by the way) remake of the original Half-Life that helped make Valve famous before Counter-Strike and Team Fortress and all that. It's been in development for four or five years now, having undergone countless revisions and complete overhauls, and it feels like an actual big-budget game from what I've seen of the media (trailers, screenshots, the aforementioned soundtrack) rather than a mod. Even the voice-acting is breathtaking--bad voice-acting plagues thousands of user-created modifications, but here it sounds like a masterful production.
Oh, and the zombies are finally scary again. That bugged the hell out of me in Half-Life 2. Anyway, this is all expectations and hopeful speculation on my part, but from what I know of the developers and the project it'll live up to even the most finnicky fan's desires. I'll post a full review after I've gotten to play it through. If you want more information on it, go to www.blackmesasource.com. The OST is free to download, but I would suggest using the optional Buy button and supporting the composer. It's great.
EDIT: STILL listening to the soundtrack. Any OST that sticks with me for more than a few hours (not to mention more than a whole day) is definitely something I would recommend to others.
I'm getting it.
The OST came out yesterday or the day before or something like that. It's hauntingly beautiful to listen to, and it manages to evoke all the things that Half-Life did without being a carbon copy of the original soundtrack.
For those of you who don't know, Black Mesa is a fan-made (100% fan-made, by the way) remake of the original Half-Life that helped make Valve famous before Counter-Strike and Team Fortress and all that. It's been in development for four or five years now, having undergone countless revisions and complete overhauls, and it feels like an actual big-budget game from what I've seen of the media (trailers, screenshots, the aforementioned soundtrack) rather than a mod. Even the voice-acting is breathtaking--bad voice-acting plagues thousands of user-created modifications, but here it sounds like a masterful production.
Oh, and the zombies are finally scary again. That bugged the hell out of me in Half-Life 2. Anyway, this is all expectations and hopeful speculation on my part, but from what I know of the developers and the project it'll live up to even the most finnicky fan's desires. I'll post a full review after I've gotten to play it through. If you want more information on it, go to www.blackmesasource.com. The OST is free to download, but I would suggest using the optional Buy button and supporting the composer. It's great.
EDIT: STILL listening to the soundtrack. Any OST that sticks with me for more than a few hours (not to mention more than a whole day) is definitely something I would recommend to others.
Oh, a day ago I got my Aperture Labs t-shirt. Wheeeeeee! c: The logo and lettering are so sleazy and professional, I can wear it only on special occasions. Plus, my (rarely used) fag-fashion-sense tells me that it's very fashionable and would go with various coats and jumpsuits.