Just because Nintendo is based in Japan doesn't mean you can just add a tentacle rape scene 1 hour in. I've read your script, I know what you're doing.
That joke went right over my head the first time, I completely forgot about the actual [REDACTED] remake that got shut down. Can you imagine seeing stuff like that and AM2R getting licensed by Nintendo??
@@CorruptPianist I am utterly incapable of seeing Nintendo corporate as anything other than an ominous giant beige cube which will happily crush any perceived threat, no matter how slight
Just curious, is there a reason for the edited comments about a [REDACTED] remake? I mean, I think we all know what you are talking about, but is the original name not mentioned for the sake of comedy or is there a "TH-cam algorithm" reason behind it or something? ^^;
Well in his defense, if enemies are too smart then trip mines, grenades, satchel charges and a bunch of other weapons in the game would be rendered completely useless.
From my experience most fans of the original think the new enemies are a direct downgrade from the original, unless they've released a new ai update after 1.0
Just wanted to clear up an extreme oversight in the information in this video, the flashlight in HL1 does absolutely NOT drain your suit power. It has its own battery that has no downside to draining as it recharges very quickly. It is not tied to your health at all. Use your flashlight as much as you want!
It's so weird, in the Hazard Course the hologram lady does say that it drains power, but doesn't expand upon that and it's hard to tell how much battery the flashlight actually has. I knew it didn't drain armor but I didn't use it enough to see it deplete, so I thought it was just bugged or the battery feature was cut late into development or something. Still a better system that HL2's flashlight using the same meter as sprinting and oxygen though.
@ there is no version where that happend, even 1.0. the flashlight draining suit charge was a cut beta feature that never made it in any officail release of half-life 1
I've never understood what people had against the HD models, I played my first run with the SD models, but after I got blue shift and found out you could just copy paste the models and textures, I did another run in HL and I thought it was fine. That and FPSBanana was chock-full of models and skins so there's certainly much better options than just the SD models.
The only thing the game industry seems to have learned from all the many innovations at Valve are the business practices and ideas that can reap maximum player interest, and how to further exploit them. In-game economies, cartoon multiplayer aesthetics, storefronts that double as independent platforms, hiring valued independent developers after forcing them into unwinnable positions, etc.
I loved the re-work of the game, and I was amazed by the Zen Levels.... I couldn't believe my eyes, knowing that it's made in the Source Engine, and when I saw the level design... I just knew the ending would be awesome... I would recommend this game to anyone who has played Half Life before, or even never has tried Half Life, as a whole. You will be blown out of your mind!
The reason it took so long to release Xen was due to them pushing the licensed Source engine (which has more capabilities than the public version) crazy far, to really nail that organic feel and advanced lighting. Looks amazing!
Oh wow. This was unexpected. Someone recently turned me on to your channel, and I've been binging through your old content. I was a voice actor for Black Mesa, and I wasn't expecting a project I was involved in to come up. I agree with all your points. Playing the final version surpassed all my expectations.
2:04 When will Nerrels obsession/addiction/fetish for distributing false statistics end? It’s been 9 months since the Links Awakening Video (He gave the game an 8.5 , and the screen showed 7.5) and I don’t even know if that was the first time he’s done this. Personally, the Nerrel Lore is getting way too complicated and contrived for me. On a side note this thumbnail is the most normal one Nerrel has ever made, even with the Wallys/Waldos hiding about.
I think you explained what I loved about xen pretty well. It's environmental storytelling was my favorite part- seeing the remnants of the base helped to contextualize the wilderness, the ghettos, and the factory. The bits of familiarity made the world seem that much more alien. Because of how much I liked Xen in Black Mesa, I decided to name my new computer Xen.
I want to say the longest running fan project I’ve ever heard of is Sonic Robo Blast 2, which started around 1998 or 1999 and is still being worked on today, but this is definitely up there.
You CAN add joystick movement into black Mesa, it's an option and once it's on, it'll stay on. I use the steam controller with this everytime I play and get mouse aiming + smooth joystick movement
The only thing I didn't love about this game was the predictable 3-times- repeated solving process of Zen's puzzles. "Oh that was a neat little puzzle... oh you want me to do it again... oh and again once more ok.."
I'm currently playing Black Mesa and while I'm enjoying it and loving almost every aspect of it, I don't feel like this is a replacement of the original one. Half Life was truly revolutionary for it's time, and it aged pretty well, specially with the new anniversary updates it received, but it has a different pace and charm than Black Mesa, to the point that Black Mesa doesn't feel "better" it just feels like a truly amazing project made by people who loved the franchise, but not better or worse
@@kracko1367 Half Life 1 on Goldsrc is far more hardcore, the AI is cheating. This is the main reason of why i still prefer the original, also, it has basically the same movement as Counter Strike 1.6 (my favorite fps of all time), i take skill over everything.
I hope nerrel knows how good his videos are. I’m always impressed with his dialogue, and with his monotone voice, it’s always so funny when he changes things up for comedy. Keep it up man.
PurpleColonel seems to have a pang of disdain for your video, but aside from a couple of errors, you've got a solid assessment. Plenty of discussion for me to sink into when I launch my own assessment.
The only bad thing about the game is the fact that they sometimes seem to think that 1998 limitations are actually features they need to be faithful to, and it ends up dating the earthbound chapters a lot. Gearbox added more scientist variants in 2001 yet they still only have scientists in labcoats and guards, for example
Funny coincidence I've just spend most of this evening rewatching older videos of yours when the notification for this one came in. Good video, makes me consider giving Black Mesa a chance now. I never played it, I mostly just made fun of how long they were taking to finish up Zen but it appears to have been worth it.
Black Mesa is probably on my top 10 favorite games of all time. It was so good, I know you criticized the fact that the music is overly loud at parts. But my favorite moments are when the music starts to play during a shoot outs. My favorite moments of the game is when this happens. For example when you cross over the dam in surface tension and when you go to the surface in the "Forget about Freeman" chapter. Whenever it happens it makes me think that it could be a movie.
the natural areas in black mesa's xen are really beautiful the factories go on WAY TOO FUCKING LONG and have too much "where the fuck do I go now" though.
Am I seriously the only person to realise that your crouching slide when combined with the long jump module, produces the ability to surf on flat land? Curving your momentum even works the same way as it does when playing surf. This was the best part of Xen if you ask me. All those naturally curved formations and open spaces. Matching Gonarch's charging speed while looking right at it and firing rockets in its nads, making sure to not stand up and cancel my momentum? One of the most engaging boss battles I'd done in a long time, with my only complaint being that it was never obvious enough whether you were actually hurting the damn thing. The gargantua escape is also complimented by surfing via its downhill slopes.
Yeah I found that too but it was annoying to use outside of a few areas because of how easy it was to get bounced off of 1-inch high bumps in the geometry
I guess this is a difference between a hardcore fan and a casual fan. For me I didn't realize too much difference between MM3D with MM, but you did, which tbf, I was a casual fan of the franchise while you, a hardcore fan. BM have differences and minor that as a hardcore fan I saw it as an entirely difference experience that didn't replace the original, but more so compliments it, due to it's differences. The biggest problem with it is, is the progression and people saying to start the series with BM first. By playing the original and it's expansions and then going to HL2, you'll see how the franchise changed and the improvements it brought both in mechanics and presentation. The issue is that BM completely overrides this progression and going to BM -> HL2, makes HL2 more inferior, as one of the big things was the Source engine's capabilities, that BM uses. BM plays more like HL2 than HL1, so playing HL2 afterwards feels more familiar than a sequel should be.
Personally I'm not a fan of how the more colorful and saturated look of Black Mesa (the game) saps some of the cold, industrial feel out of the environments. Black Mesa (the location) is supposed to feel like an inescapable tomb, it should be as unwelcoming as possible.
The only thing Black Mesa got wrong is the fighting distance. Since everything is bigger now and the weapons have less accuracy it's often very tedious to fight the marine grunts.
It takes a lot of wit and forethought to be able to say things a long time die hard Half-Life such as myself would agree with, especially when talking about subjective things like gameplay tinkering. As always, it goes to show just how excellent you are at writing these videos of yours.
I started following the project before the two original MODDING TEAMS merged and became the BLACK MESA TEAM aka Crowbar Collective, damn is been a min... The wait was long but it was worth it.
The only issue I have with Black Mesa is the way they handled Nihilanth. They made him a bit too "human". In the original, the way he looked and behaved was very "alien", almost incomprehensibly Cthulu-like. In the remake, he laughs and pats his belly while he mocks Gordon Freeman, like a typical cartoon villain :/
I am very happy that this game was fully released. I had been following its development since the very beginning. Was a terribly long wait, but I'm glad to have gone through it. Thanks for the review of it Nerrel!
The comment on crouching in mid-air no longer being a feature is incorrect; Black Mesa itself teaches you to utilize this mechanic early on in Unforeseen Consequences.
I DONT think black mesa is the game to start on when it comes to half life, since there is a lot of nuance to the physics and just how the game normally feels between the two games. To me, *Black Mesa felt like a clausterphobic HL2 game* (In the earth sections). While Half Life feels like quake in a way. Not saying BM is a bad remake or anything, But I do not think that a newbie cant appreciate what BM is giving them if they havent at least played HL1&2.
I'm definitely going to play this game again with the nostalgia music mod. The original games music was perfect and this one has super dramatic music that completely ruins immersion (except for where dramatic music is needed like forget about Freeman or the dam which is actually better than the original).
Nerrel's voice just commands attention. He is the one exception to my youtube attention deficit viewing where I have to go back 20 seconds every other minute.
The one thing that bothered me about Black Mesa was that soldiers liked to hold down full auto. In the original they did burst shots to limit the damage they did. But in Black Mesa it's full on auto and that ripped me apart so many times when fighting the marines.
I mean, Valve, they are winning money, from someone else's work, and keeping their IP relevant at the same time! It's just great for them. I wish more companies realized that it works.
10:30 Goddamnit Nerrel! I just got out of this tube and I was gonna start 6th Sense! Well at least I still have the Phantom Menace - now there's a franchise that'll last forever! Who is J. J... A-Brahms...
I actually see no problem with fumbling a tiny bit in the environment, you just experiment and find your way it's not so cryptic it's impossible. Yes even the interloper part where you had to climb that piston. It took me a while to find my way but I did all by myself.
He has a bad taste. Majora's Mask on the N64 is rushed, with a bad saving system, very unpolished 3 day system and the framerate on the N64 is bad and also creates input lag. 3DS is far superior, AVGN totally destroyed the N64 original.
Black Mesa does support analogue movement, I remember specifically because you can hold the sprint button while barely nudging the stick to make Freeman sprint at 0.1 miles an hour. I think they just put the option to "enable gamepad" in the mouse options menu same as Half-Life 2. (Pro controller works great for the game btw, I bound X to enable gyro and a tap/hold to the share button for save and load respectively)
@@Jax-go9es they look hideous and extremely out of place when contrasted with the quality of the originals. they work in blue shift and decay, where they were meant to be.
Pulling back on litigation is such a good call. Nintendo has people making the best Metroid 2 remake at a high level of quality literally for free. This is a hugely sell-able thing. How about they invite the creators to work with them to make the game what both the community and Nintendo want? Nah, fuck that, sue them.
Gonna point out Sonic robo blast 2 has been in development since 1999 in the doom engine. I think that's A MUCH longer development history for a game, seeing as it's still getting major content updates all the way in 2020
@@Hysteria98 Personally think the same, but xen is really such a pain in the ass that a small bit of me agrees with the remake, ended up cheesing the nihilinth in og half life and glad i did as it was much better that way, even if it still wasnt that good.
@@Hysteria98 The two are not mutually exclusive. There was nothing stopping a team of fans from remaking Deus Ex the same way, except for Square Enix maybe sending out a C&D.
I think you hit the nail on the head here. The only gripe I had with Black Mesa was the platforming in some sections, especially during the "factory" section in xen (besides that xen was great). I didn't actually think about the music like you did and I loved it, but you're definitely right. I think if I was a new player and just got suited up I wouldn't think too much of it; since I've played half life already though, getting the armor was a huge trip for me and the music really went well with that feeling.
A note to 3:00 or so. Valve is not a publicly traded company. It's private and majorly owned by Gabe Newell. No external stockholders, nobody to angrily dispute fan remakes.
Playing this before the original would be a big mistake IMO. You can't truly appreciate the graphics and changes without experiencing the original first. Also all of those complaints about not knowing where to go will be gone except for the Xen levels. They are completely different now and interloper can be quite confusing the first time.
Unless recently changed, crouch jumping was in the game. They made it automatic though, and there was an option to turn off automatic crouching when jumping.
the xen levels are like the burnt crust on the bottom of your toast yes its there, yes it sucks, yes youll remember the toast being bad because of it, but its only the crust of burnt and the rest is good
Yes, it says "Offical Main Trailer." Were you rushing here to post that? Do you feel like a big man now?
Yes
hey nerrel i didnt know if you saw but it says "offical man trailer" you ought to get that checked out
Not yet I don't
Getting bigger, that's for sure
Nerrel yes
How am I supposed to know what you think of this game when there’s no Tingle score?
Sounded like a strong 8 to a light 9 to me. Tran..
@@BaileyVII ...sition, did you give it a listen..
What is Tingle score? I know only Twerking Tingle Score
@@aaa34953 Black Mesa mmmmm forever.
Is it 10/10?
If Black Mesa is so great, then why hasn't Nintendo approved of my idea for a Mario dating sim, take that, Nerrel
Is that a dunkey reference
Just because Nintendo is based in Japan doesn't mean you can just add a tentacle rape scene 1 hour in. I've read your script, I know what you're doing.
@@arbiter- I know! It needs to be two minutes in!
@@1FenFen1 No no no. 5 seconds
@@DarkLink1996. no, no, NO, 3 seconds in
I laughed when he mentioned a [REDACTED] remake being sold on the e-shop
That joke went right over my head the first time, I completely forgot about the actual [REDACTED] remake that got shut down. Can you imagine seeing stuff like that and AM2R getting licensed by Nintendo??
@@CorruptPianist I am utterly incapable of seeing Nintendo corporate as anything other than an ominous giant beige cube which will happily crush any perceived threat, no matter how slight
Just curious, is there a reason for the edited comments about a [REDACTED] remake? I mean, I think we all know what you are talking about, but is the original name not mentioned for the sake of comedy or is there a "TH-cam algorithm" reason behind it or something? ^^;
@@joaomarcoscosta4647 What is he talking about? I really don't know.
@@fbritannia Mario Galaxy
"...much smarter human enemies."
*Next clip shows human enemies walking directly into very obvious trip mines*
Well in his defense, if enemies are too smart then trip mines, grenades, satchel charges and a bunch of other weapons in the game would be rendered completely useless.
@@Scipio219 I know, it was just a funny meme.
SmartER, not Smart.
From my experience most fans of the original think the new enemies are a direct downgrade from the original, unless they've released a new ai update after 1.0
sometimes, we all are smooth brained
The ending really killed me, as someone who hasn't played Half Life _or_ seen Sixth Sense.
So random and yet so funny lmfao
Same
Begone Children!!
Just wanted to clear up an extreme oversight in the information in this video, the flashlight in HL1 does absolutely NOT drain your suit power. It has its own battery that has no downside to draining as it recharges very quickly. It is not tied to your health at all. Use your flashlight as much as you want!
removing it is still a pretty nice change though, it's a pointless mechanic
Yeah, that's such a strange misunderstanding. No idea where he got that idea.
@@GlowingOrangeOoze I think its just a brain crossfire with the flashlight in HL2 being tied to your oxygen.
It's so weird, in the Hazard Course the hologram lady does say that it drains power, but doesn't expand upon that and it's hard to tell how much battery the flashlight actually has. I knew it didn't drain armor but I didn't use it enough to see it deplete, so I thought it was just bugged or the battery feature was cut late into development or something. Still a better system that HL2's flashlight using the same meter as sprinting and oxygen though.
I could have sworn it was draining the main suit power, maybe I misinterpreted it. NAILED HIM
>a terrible idea to tie flashlight to health
>health
NERREL IS A HACK FRAUD WE GOT IM
That part confused me. It had it's own battery charge, it wasn't tied to health at all.
@@1un4cy I'm pretty sure it was tied to stamina is what he meant to say. which was always a stupid part of the game.
and sprint is basically health
@ the hazard course dialogue still refers to the flashlight draining your suit battery
@ there is no version where that happend, even 1.0. the flashlight draining suit charge was a cut beta feature that never made it in any officail release of half-life 1
Dang I was not expecting nerrel of all people to use the hl1 hd models
They were on by default
@@Nerrel still just "disgusting"
I actually prefer them tbh. My first experience with HL had been on the PS2.
Even though I prefer the originals, there is nothing wrong with the HD models.
I've never understood what people had against the HD models, I played my first run with the SD models, but after I got blue shift and found out you could just copy paste the models and textures, I did another run in HL and I thought it was fine.
That and FPSBanana was chock-full of models and skins so there's certainly much better options than just the SD models.
“Why is this window bleeding?”
"OH GOD I'm sorry"
I think this is my favorite review of Hunt Down the Freeman (2018). You really nailed everything this masterpiece has to offer!
Wait hold on
I know! the game is amazing. the story building and character development is just great. there needs to be more games like Hunt Down The Freeman!
But this isn’t the civvie 11 video
10:37 Still can't believe it's not comon common knowledge that Bruce Willis was a ghost in Pulp Fiction.
You mean Stuart Little right?
I've never even heard of Pulp Fiction before.
@@happi-entity watch it its one of the best movies ever
Now that's a twist
that's the sixth sense you're talking about lol
I love Nerrel, and I love Half-Life. Thanks for this.
Hello Tyler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i was waiting for a half life review since the steam controller video
Woah I didnt know you watched nerrel, this is, indeed, epic.
I didn't know VNN followed some of the same channels I do!
Love Sir Perry
Fr tho Nintendo could learn from Black Mesa and Valve.
They won’t, they’ll keep fighting against beneficial emulation and the nintendo fanboys will keep defending them
@@buhnana6117 you're not even wrong bruh.
Would be great if Nintendo officially endorsed the Mother 3 fan translation.
The only thing the game industry seems to have learned from all the many innovations at Valve are the business practices and ideas that can reap maximum player interest, and how to further exploit them. In-game economies, cartoon multiplayer aesthetics, storefronts that double as independent platforms, hiring valued independent developers after forcing them into unwinnable positions, etc.
Nintendo could learn a lot.
"This unofficial remake is the longest running fan project I've ever heard of."
Sonic Robo Blast 2: Hold my beer
I was just thinking that!
Glad I'm not the only one who had that come to mind
The team should make an original sci-fi fps now. Xen is simply amazing
yeah I was thinking the same, I THINK I heard theyre making a new game thats family friendly but I may be remembering something completely different
but they should not use the source engine
@@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559 True they should use Source 2.
I loved the re-work of the game, and I was amazed by the Zen Levels.... I couldn't believe my eyes, knowing that it's made in the Source Engine, and when I saw the level design... I just knew the ending would be awesome... I would recommend this game to anyone who has played Half Life before, or even never has tried Half Life, as a whole. You will be blown out of your mind!
The reason it took so long to release Xen was due to them pushing the licensed Source engine (which has more capabilities than the public version) crazy far, to really nail that organic feel and advanced lighting. Looks amazing!
Us: *living in 2020*. Nerrel: 2:04 this guy’s living in 2022
the hell man i live in 2021
Just for anyone to know, the Black Mesa devs are working on further controller support, set to come in the next update.
Cool
Oh wow. This was unexpected. Someone recently turned me on to your channel, and I've been binging through your old content. I was a voice actor for Black Mesa, and I wasn't expecting a project I was involved in to come up. I agree with all your points. Playing the final version surpassed all my expectations.
2:04 When will Nerrels obsession/addiction/fetish for distributing false statistics end? It’s been 9 months since the Links Awakening Video (He gave the game an 8.5 , and the screen showed 7.5) and I don’t even know if that was the first time he’s done this. Personally, the Nerrel Lore is getting way too complicated and contrived for me.
On a side note this thumbnail is the most normal one Nerrel has ever made, even with the Wallys/Waldos hiding about.
It's spelled "contreeved"
@@Nerrel Contreeved, like those button mashing sequences?
I never thought I'd see a Nerrel half-life video.
Bless us with your knowledge Papa Nerrel
No, call him Daddy.
Do not worry child, he shall show us his knowledge nonetheless. Because without it we would be retarded
Nerrel's openings always have me laughing, thank you!
"These are mere opinions
You do not have to agree with them"
We've arrived.
the "these are mere opinions" text should be used in every gaming video out there
The "Why is this window bleeding," clip had me dying 🤣
this is the second vid I have seen of yours, this and the Resi 6 one. I love your content. Subscribed
I think you explained what I loved about xen pretty well. It's environmental storytelling was my favorite part- seeing the remnants of the base helped to contextualize the wilderness, the ghettos, and the factory. The bits of familiarity made the world seem that much more alien. Because of how much I liked Xen in Black Mesa, I decided to name my new computer Xen.
I want to say the longest running fan project I’ve ever heard of is Sonic Robo Blast 2, which started around 1998 or 1999 and is still being worked on today, but this is definitely up there.
You CAN add joystick movement into black Mesa, it's an option and once it's on, it'll stay on. I use the steam controller with this everytime I play and get mouse aiming + smooth joystick movement
Your channel is slowly becoming one of my favourites.
The only thing I didn't love about this game was the predictable 3-times- repeated solving process of Zen's puzzles. "Oh that was a neat little puzzle... oh you want me to do it again... oh and again once more ok.."
I'm currently playing Black Mesa and while I'm enjoying it and loving almost every aspect of it, I don't feel like this is a replacement of the original one.
Half Life was truly revolutionary for it's time, and it aged pretty well, specially with the new anniversary updates it received, but it has a different pace and charm than Black Mesa, to the point that Black Mesa doesn't feel "better" it just feels like a truly amazing project made by people who loved the franchise, but not better or worse
Remember how Nintendo killed AM2R on Metroid's birthday....
8:12 I've played HL1 ton of times and I've never though to move boxes to this electrified puddle. :O I feel super dumb now. xd
huj? I always awkwardly climb those grey pipes on the rights. I thought that was how it was meant to be done. Oh whatever
you would have thought of it if it killed you instantly, which it should have
The opening gave me Counter Strike for Kids feelings. Well Done Nerrel. Keep up the good work.
This channel is starting to become one of my favorites. Keep going, man!
I swear when I played HL1, the Vortigaunts can't miss. You have to run in and out of cover.
I keep seeing footage of them missing in Black Mesa.
If you play BM on hard the vorts lock onto you a little better but still miss. I really like how the vorts themselves try to dodge your bullets.
@@kracko1367 Half Life 1 on Goldsrc is far more hardcore, the AI is cheating.
This is the main reason of why i still prefer the original, also, it has basically the same movement as Counter Strike 1.6 (my favorite fps of all time), i take skill over everything.
I hope nerrel knows how good his videos are. I’m always impressed with his dialogue, and with his monotone voice, it’s always so funny when he changes things up for comedy. Keep it up man.
PurpleColonel seems to have a pang of disdain for your video, but aside from a couple of errors, you've got a solid assessment. Plenty of discussion for me to sink into when I launch my own assessment.
The only bad thing about the game is the fact that they sometimes seem to think that 1998 limitations are actually features they need to be faithful to, and it ends up dating the earthbound chapters a lot. Gearbox added more scientist variants in 2001 yet they still only have scientists in labcoats and guards, for example
Funny coincidence I've just spend most of this evening rewatching older videos of yours when the notification for this one came in.
Good video, makes me consider giving Black Mesa a chance now. I never played it, I mostly just made fun of how long they were taking to finish up Zen but it appears to have been worth it.
Black Mesa is probably on my top 10 favorite games of all time. It was so good, I know you criticized the fact that the music is overly loud at parts. But my favorite moments are when the music starts to play during a shoot outs. My favorite moments of the game is when this happens. For example when you cross over the dam in surface tension and when you go to the surface in the "Forget about Freeman" chapter. Whenever it happens it makes me think that it could be a movie.
Nerrel I gotta say it's really cool how often you respond to comments, 2 years later and I'm glad you're still here
I want Nerrel to narrate my parent's divorce.
the intro feels like something out of 2007 machinima
It's a reference to an ancient TH-cam channel, "Cute things exploding".
the natural areas in black mesa's xen are really beautiful
the factories go on WAY TOO FUCKING LONG and have too much "where the fuck do I go now" though.
I feel so much better after a Nerrel video. I was looking this morning and sad it had been a minute. Thank you for making my day!
My favorite channel talking about a game from my favorite franchise
Am I seriously the only person to realise that your crouching slide when combined with the long jump module, produces the ability to surf on flat land? Curving your momentum even works the same way as it does when playing surf.
This was the best part of Xen if you ask me. All those naturally curved formations and open spaces. Matching Gonarch's charging speed while looking right at it and firing rockets in its nads, making sure to not stand up and cancel my momentum? One of the most engaging boss battles I'd done in a long time, with my only complaint being that it was never obvious enough whether you were actually hurting the damn thing. The gargantua escape is also complimented by surfing via its downhill slopes.
Yeah I found that too but it was annoying to use outside of a few areas because of how easy it was to get bounced off of 1-inch high bumps in the geometry
I guess this is a difference between a hardcore fan and a casual fan. For me I didn't realize too much difference between MM3D with MM, but you did, which tbf, I was a casual fan of the franchise while you, a hardcore fan. BM have differences and minor that as a hardcore fan I saw it as an entirely difference experience that didn't replace the original, but more so compliments it, due to it's differences.
The biggest problem with it is, is the progression and people saying to start the series with BM first. By playing the original and it's expansions and then going to HL2, you'll see how the franchise changed and the improvements it brought both in mechanics and presentation. The issue is that BM completely overrides this progression and going to BM -> HL2, makes HL2 more inferior, as one of the big things was the Source engine's capabilities, that BM uses. BM plays more like HL2 than HL1, so playing HL2 afterwards feels more familiar than a sequel should be.
Personally I'm not a fan of how the more colorful and saturated look of Black Mesa (the game) saps some of the cold, industrial feel out of the environments. Black Mesa (the location) is supposed to feel like an inescapable tomb, it should be as unwelcoming as possible.
This channel is so underrated I’m so glad I found it
"You can also help this guy wipe his ass" SOLD
The only thing Black Mesa got wrong is the fighting distance. Since everything is bigger now and the weapons have less accuracy it's often very tedious to fight the marine grunts.
It takes a lot of wit and forethought to be able to say things a long time die hard Half-Life such as myself would agree with, especially when talking about subjective things like gameplay tinkering. As always, it goes to show just how excellent you are at writing these videos of yours.
I just don't understand why he took it so easy with interloper, was he afraid to be too harsh or did they update that chapter?
I started following the project before the two original MODDING TEAMS merged and became the BLACK MESA TEAM aka Crowbar Collective, damn is been a min... The wait was long but it was worth it.
Man I love your analysis videos, they are always so intriguing in what you have to say. Can't get enough of em
The only issue I have with Black Mesa is the way they handled Nihilanth. They made him a bit too "human".
In the original, the way he looked and behaved was very "alien", almost incomprehensibly Cthulu-like. In the remake, he laughs and pats his belly while he mocks Gordon Freeman, like a typical cartoon villain :/
I am very happy that this game was fully released. I had been following its development since the very beginning. Was a terribly long wait, but I'm glad to have gone through it. Thanks for the review of it Nerrel!
Every couple of weeks I think you're dead and then you drop a new video! Thanks for giving me a reason to live, man!
4:27: He died like he lived...loud, fast and dangerous!
The comment on crouching in mid-air no longer being a feature is incorrect; Black Mesa itself teaches you to utilize this mechanic early on in Unforeseen Consequences.
I DONT think black mesa is the game to start on when it comes to half life, since there is a lot of nuance to the physics and just how the game normally feels between the two games. To me, *Black Mesa felt like a clausterphobic HL2 game* (In the earth sections). While Half Life feels like quake in a way. Not saying BM is a bad remake or anything, But I do not think that a newbie cant appreciate what BM is giving them if they havent at least played HL1&2.
Haven't watched yet, but I just wanted to say, Keep up the great work Nerrel, you'll always be my #1 youtuber for at least another 6 months or so!\
damn what a pathetic comment
Joeru Who hurt you dude?
@@Odinsday this video, apparently
Joeru damn what a pathetic channel description
@@bingbongjoel6581 Painfully accurate about page.
How dare you spoil 6th sense I mean c'mon man I was gonna watch that in like three years
I'm definitely going to play this game again with the nostalgia music mod. The original games music was perfect and this one has super dramatic music that completely ruins immersion (except for where dramatic music is needed like forget about Freeman or the dam which is actually better than the original).
Nerrel's voice just commands attention. He is the one exception to my youtube attention deficit viewing where I have to go back 20 seconds every other minute.
The one thing that bothered me about Black Mesa was that soldiers liked to hold down full auto. In the original they did burst shots to limit the damage they did. But in Black Mesa it's full on auto and that ripped me apart so many times when fighting the marines.
"Black Mesa was that soldiers liked to hold down full auto" Did you even play Black Mesa 1.0 update?
I mean, Valve, they are winning money, from someone else's work, and keeping their IP relevant at the same time!
It's just great for them.
I wish more companies realized that it works.
Just letting you know that you are probably my favorite TH-camr right now. Thank you for making everything you have made so far.
10:30 Goddamnit Nerrel! I just got out of this tube and I was gonna start 6th Sense! Well at least I still have the Phantom Menace - now there's a franchise that'll last forever! Who is J. J... A-Brahms...
I actually see no problem with fumbling a tiny bit in the environment, you just experiment and find your way it's not so cryptic it's impossible. Yes even the interloper part where you had to climb that piston. It took me a while to find my way but I did all by myself.
god damnit this channel is amazing
Where is the tingle score?
I just realized Nerrel made this video, the guy who ranted about Majotas Mask 3D
He has a bad taste. Majora's Mask on the N64 is rushed, with a bad saving system, very unpolished 3 day system and the framerate on the N64 is bad and also creates input lag.
3DS is far superior, AVGN totally destroyed the N64 original.
@Jumbo Jango Compared to the mess of the N64, the 3DS is still the better version.
@@saricubra2867 AVGN is a glue sniffer who couldn't figure out how to swim or lock onto enemies, honestly glad his embarrassing channel is dying.
Xen fucking blew my mind, and some of the music for more intense sections amplifies how exhilarating they were
2:04 "Fifteen years ago"... You from the future??
Black Mesa does support analogue movement, I remember specifically because you can hold the sprint button while barely nudging the stick to make Freeman sprint at 0.1 miles an hour.
I think they just put the option to "enable gamepad" in the mouse options menu same as Half-Life 2.
(Pro controller works great for the game btw, I bound X to enable gyro and a tap/hold to the share button for save and load respectively)
*sees hl1 gameplay*
awesome, nerrel's doing one of my favorite series!
*sees Beretta in place of the classic Glock*
awesome, i hate nerrel now
What do people have against the hd models? Well, here's an unpopular opinion. I like the Berreta more than the glock.
Actually, the Beretta is ok, the M4/16 is completely wrong since it uses Beretta's ammo in the game.
Better a beretta than a glock
@@Jax-go9es they look hideous and extremely out of place when contrasted with the quality of the originals. they work in blue shift and decay, where they were meant to be.
A new video from our god Nerrel 🌚 nice
Pulling back on litigation is such a good call. Nintendo has people making the best Metroid 2 remake at a high level of quality literally for free. This is a hugely sell-able thing. How about they invite the creators to work with them to make the game what both the community and Nintendo want? Nah, fuck that, sue them.
Gonna point out Sonic robo blast 2 has been in development since 1999 in the doom engine. I think that's A MUCH longer development history for a game, seeing as it's still getting major content updates all the way in 2020
If someone remakes the original Deus Ex in this style I can die happy.
I actually think the last 12 years could and should have been spent on that, instead. Don't think Half-Life 1 even needed remaking, really.
@@Hysteria98 Personally think the same, but xen is really such a pain in the ass that a small bit of me agrees with the remake, ended up cheesing the nihilinth in og half life and glad i did as it was much better that way, even if it still wasnt that good.
@@Hysteria98 The two are not mutually exclusive. There was nothing stopping a team of fans from remaking Deus Ex the same way, except for Square Enix maybe sending out a C&D.
@@frak4981 It's just a point of preference. If I was given a choice, this would be my response.
@@Hysteria98 Gotcha. I agree that Deus Ex desperately needs a remake
Yes Papa Nerrel another crumb of content mmmm
thank you for sharing those secrets bro, the 5th secret is so crazy can't believe they did that
A nerrel video = a great quality video
I think you hit the nail on the head here. The only gripe I had with Black Mesa was the platforming in some sections, especially during the "factory" section in xen (besides that xen was great). I didn't actually think about the music like you did and I loved it, but you're definitely right. I think if I was a new player and just got suited up I wouldn't think too much of it; since I've played half life already though, getting the armor was a huge trip for me and the music really went well with that feeling.
A note to 3:00 or so. Valve is not a publicly traded company. It's private and majorly owned by Gabe Newell. No external stockholders, nobody to angrily dispute fan remakes.
I actually just picked this game up a week ago, glad to see you talk about it
Playing this before the original would be a big mistake IMO. You can't truly appreciate the graphics and changes without experiencing the original first. Also all of those complaints about not knowing where to go will be gone except for the Xen levels. They are completely different now and interloper can be quite confusing the first time.
Can't believe you actually made the thumbnail normal
Unless recently changed, crouch jumping was in the game. They made it automatic though, and there was an option to turn off automatic crouching when jumping.
the xen levels are like the burnt crust on the bottom of your toast
yes its there, yes it sucks, yes youll remember the toast being bad because of it, but its only the crust of burnt and the rest is good
Weird that to this day, black mesa still doesn't support steam input API
I'm watching this to spite purple colonel
Same here
What video of his suggests he doesn't want you to watch this video?
Love you, Nerrel!
More content please! you are flawless in comedy and information!! keep it up
You forgot to mention Barney Calhoon, a security guard at the facility.