Black Mesa: Definitive Edition - 01 - Black Mesa Inbound [Hard]

Chapter 1: Black Mesa Inbound
It started off like any other day. At 8:47am, theoretical physicist Gordon Freeman boards a tram in the massive Black Mesa Research Facility, located in the heart of the New Mexico Desert. His destination - the Sector C Test Labs, where he is scheduled to help the researchers perform a critical experiment in his area of expertise - Anomalous Materials. As his tram inches its way through the bowels of the facility, he passes by many of his colleagues, who all seem ready to start yet another routine day.
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Notes:
- Welcome all to my second playthrough of Black Mesa! I had originally covered this game about a year ago, right before it had its 1.0 release. Now, with the Definitive Edition out, I figured I'd toss up another full playthrough as much has changed in the game since. I attempted to use the BMCE mod to add more variety to the Black Mesa employees, but it seems that this mod is currently not working with the Definitive Edition. Otherwise, I have left the game unmodded to preserve the developers' vision
- I will be playing this game on Hard difficulty all throughout
- Since my original playthrough series of this game, the outdoor areas of Inbound has received significant graphical improvements, most notably the rock formations and foliage as seen at 2:36,
Trivia:
- The security guard at 00:41 knocking impatiently on the door is none other than Barney Calhoun, a good friend of Gordon and featured extensively in the Half-Life 2 games as well as the Gearbox expansion Half-Life: Blue Shift
- The Loader, a robot only seen in this chapter, makes its first appearance at 5:54. It used to have a much more pronounced dynamic shadow as it emerges from the corridor. This was greatly reduced in the Definitive Edition (thanks for noticing this Zefingstien!)
- The G-man is seen for the first time at 7:00, adjusting his tie in the adjacent tram
- A fair bit of irony at 7:06 as the tram VOX reminds employees to "work safe", as the tram moves over a large radioactive spill

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Well, I guess we're really coming full circle :) Welcome to my second complete playthrough of Black Mesa. I'm excited for this series, and I hope you are too. Sorry for the delay on this, but as I mentioned before I'm having a crazy busy year outside of KZbin, so my upload rate may vary - I just wanted to toss this up really quickly to let you guys all know that I AM determined to see this game through from start to end. I was never completely satisfied with my original playthrough. This time around I will double down on making it as cinematic as possible while still showing off good gameplay. Also, I have started uploading all my content in 1440p, which hopefully provides a much better visual quality to my videos. Let me know if there are any issues at all.

[@corgi8953]

Woop woop.

[@Anu-ei6jn]

I really want to like this video but it has cool number if like rn. I feel conflicted so I'm going to like every comment. 👍

[@VerbDoesStuff]

@@Anu-ei6jn I’m glad I’m not the only one who does that! lol

[@KyJIaK71rus]

One more to Trivia: - The security guard at 4:17 salutes you.

[@Myuutsuu85]

This is why I love Black Mesa. It has these details, that makes the place feel much more alive.

[@galinabojarova3237]

I didn’t actually didn’t see it.The more you know…

[@theshadowherself]

I love the little camera shake like Gordon Freeman is acknowledging the salute. Love it when players give silent protagonists personality.

[@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF]

Yeah, SexyNutella noticed that and shake the camera as a response.

[@citizenofcity6299]

"Work safe, work smart" 2 science guys in 7:13 : "AAAAAAAAAAAA" Adrian Shepard :

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Black Mesa's never had a particularly good safety track record, if it all ;)

[@citizenofcity6299]

@@Sexy_Nutella Ah, yes, who cares about safety protocols, resonance cascade, leaked radiation and chemical waste, numbers of killed personel and alien invasion if you can become an advisor of the new world. At least they had a highly trained professional that looks like an orange popsicle.

[@lascha2nd199]

@@Sexy_Nutella Aperture however is a different story.

[@Grategous9]

@@lascha2nd199 don’t compare black mesa and aperture. They are completely different.

[@AMBATUKAMceo]

​@@Grategous9and black Mesa stole from aperture

[@pieseldatches5555]

I played the definitive edition and I think Power up is the best part of this update, makes the chapter scarier.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

It's one of my favourites too!

[@luckylarry71]

They put a lot of effort and thinking to it. The blackout before the generator is reactivated was a stroke of genius and the guard actually switching the turntable for you at the end almost brought a tear to my eye. The only thing I'm not pleased with, is the final checkpoint where the guard tells you about the missile launch. Just like in the original HL, he's completely isolated and there's like no indication as to how the hell did he even got there?

[@paolomiguelpimentel6120]

@@luckylarry71 If I rembered correctly, there is a door inside that room, that is also locked.

[@sultim7570]

@@luckylarry71 When I played back in 2012, that moment with the guard was unexpected and touching... really felt bad for him after slowly moving away on the cart

[@cojiro9616]

Ah yes, the most difficult chapter in the game, good job beating it on hard ;)

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Thanks man ;) In all seriousness it's just a force of habit when I'm naming similar videos in a full playthrough like I'm planning to do with this game.

[@jarnodatema]

I died twice here playing for the first time on the original because I kept jumping off the ramps

[@BlackSago_]

@@jarnodatemaI played hard difficulty in the original half life but unlike you I kept dying From not keeping my limbs inside the tram at all times

[@JakesFavorites]

Came to this channel from Soup Emporium, the footage of beating the lobby fight timed perfectly with the music was worth a subscribe alone. I look forward to seeing the rest of the playthrough.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Welcome! Thanks for the sub and support. Hope you enjoy as I close out the series in the next few videos :)

[@eldkfwkd321]

I can't still believe, Black Mesa made with Source 1 Engine.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

It's crazy how much mileage they got out of that engine

[@psychosomatiqueofficial]

Titanfall is made on source........ LOL

@@psychosomatiqueofficial titanfall 2 and apex legend too.

[@LiamS2005]

@ But those are very heavily modified, while the Black Mesa source engine is modified a little, the Titanfall engine basically replaced a lot of source’s features and pipelines to remove the limitations.

[@trainenthusiast5199]

​@ayo? 🤨

[@swatchbox6789]

A fully envisioned and realistic world is created in just 7 minutes. So many games nowadays owe it to Half Life.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

For sure. It's easy to look back and think of it as just another intro sequence but Half-Life pioneered this style of "show don't tell" gameplay and Black Mesa paid tribute to that in spades

[@Bacony_Cakes]

The title is like "Sonic's Schoolhouse Brutal Mode".

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Dude this is the hardest chapter in the entire game. Took me forever to beat it :'(

[@rvc7468]

Or Watching Paint Dry (NIGHTMARE Mode)

[@standardzombie3454]

More Trivia for Dr. Cross: She also appears in Half-Life: Blueshift as a small cameo. Barney Calhoun can enter a video surveillance room and check one of the monitor feeds to watch her deliver the GG-3883 crystal sample to the delivery chute. Stated from the Combine Overwiki

[@Sexy_Nutella]

That's neat, thank you!

[@audax117]

Good God, I'm in love with your channel, loved the cinematic idea, always wanted to watch those types of playthrough on youtube instead of some random youtubers ignoring obvious paths and not knowing where to look, also loved the trivia on your description and the little summary of the chapter, this is perfect, congratulations!

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Thank you for the comment :) I started these playthroughs because, like you said, a lot of players upload videos of the games where they aren't really taking it in. They often just breeze past elaborate set pieces, dialogue and gloss over small things that enhance the story. As well, they often take a LOT of damage and quicksave their way to the next chapter. All these things are understandable (these videos that I make take a LOT of time, something most youtubers don't necessarily have), but they take me out of the experience and immersion in the gameworld. I am glad that my intentions for a more cinematic and immersive playstyle are evident. I'll definitely keep working on this series. The only tradeoff is that they take a crazy amount of time to make haha :P Hope you can bear with me on that.

[@audax117]

@@Sexy_Nutella There's no problem with time pal ;) I'm looking forward to watch your next videos :D peace

[@octodaddy877]

The additional irony at 7:06 is that a bit before the VOX tells employees to contact their radiation safety officer if they feel they have been exposed to radiation.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Hahaha, that's a nice touch

[@atlev]

You're one of my favorite people for uploading these.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

No problem! :)

[@AJTheGraftMan]

4:51 I’m gonna guess that decathlon never happened

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Perhaps Gordon won the last one, would explain how incredibly fit he is in this game haha!

[@aguyonyt1]

oh man, thank you! i couldnt pass this bit for ages but this tutorial saved me

[@F1fan4eva]

Soup Emporium sent me here. So far, I'm thoroughly enjoying the videos, and you've earned yourself a sub! I've watched 3 episodes in this playlist and I wanted to thank you for the uploads. I like the way you play: exploring all paths, triggering most dialogue options, nodding and shaking head, jumping zooming and cinematically looking and zooming at POIs. Also, I just noticed the extensive write-up in the form of brief outline, notes, and trivia in video descriptions. I'm back tracking and reading them all. Looking forward to your Blue Shift and maybe OpFor uploads some day!

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Hi there, welcome and thanks for the comment! All those things you mention are the result of a ton of effort to present the game in the best light possible, so I'm glad you enjoy it. Will definitely be hoping to upload videos of the OpFor remake once that's out for sure. Currently working on the Black Mesa re-imagining of Blue Shift in the meantime :)

[@chonkemp7091]

I'm really excited to watch this!

[@Sexy_Nutella]

I'm excited too! Thanks for the support

[@standardzombie3454]

Awww man! Too bad we didn't get to see Gus the driver like in HL1 😫

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Haha, I'd like if he'd made a cameo. I just watched MarphyBlack's video on him not too long ago.

[@Grategous9]

TYSM! I was having so much trouble with this chapter!

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Anytime, this was definitely the hardest chapter in the whole game

[@Leo.23232]

glad you are playing this again

[@Sexy_Nutella]

No problem. Glad you're enjoying these, thanks as always for the support!

[@undergrounddrift187]

instant sub from the father of phonk community (me) since i saw u upload this MASTERPIECE !

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Thanks! Much appreciated, hope you like the content :)

[@11JAGZZZ]

What a beautiful PBR materials!

[@Questionable10]

0:13 Start 0:30 automated tram message starts 0:41 Barney Calhoun appearance 2:23 The surface 6:02 Robot appearance 7:02 Gman appearance 7:08 Giant pool of radiation and acid 7:33 Arrival at anomalous materials

[@developerenn]

Thanks for the info at thedescription. I always read it.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

I appreciate that, I put a lot of effort into them :)

[@jeanscuissiato135]

One minor idea: Could you install the Tau cannon particle mod? It is a minor detail and doesn't really diverge much from what the game is inteded to be, but it really makes a Tau shot similar to the original game.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

That sounds interesting actually. I loved how the Tau shot scatters when it hits something in HL1 so that sounds like a good idea.

[@jeanscuissiato135]

@@Sexy_Nutella I have made some efforts to add back some features of that weapon too. On the weapon code there are a lot of features like the particle explosion when it hits a wall, and the hability to penetrate walls, but it is significantly minimized, so the Tau doesn't really act like the original. I get it, it was very overpowered, and considering Black Mesa gives much more ammo it would be the go for weapon for the entire game. But I also noticed that when I altered the weapon status, it is very dangerous to use it near allies and explosives because even the primary fire penetrates walls and explodes on the other side. It becomes VERY overpowered to a point I even prefer it to the Gluon Gun (I do it anyway, Tau is my favorite weapon). But it is worth it to try ballance the weapon to make it even more like HL1. I also noticed that, when it penetrates a wall, the beam divides in random directions, which can potentially hit items and other NPC's. That is even included on the unaltered weapon that comes with the game, but only works on straight thin walls.

[@cuttrogue]

@@jeanscuissiato135 Where can I find this mod? Could post a link or a name?

[@StarForce_631]

Good morning and welcome to the black mesa transit system.This automated train is provided for security and convenience personal

[@LNSO2006]

"Black Mesa Inbound (hard)" oh yes, what the most hardest thing on the universe than wait until the train arrives the station

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Haha, it's just a force of habit when I'm naming the videos. That way all the video naming formats are consistent

[@LNSO2006]

@@Sexy_Nutella no, im serious, its accually hard to wait 3 minutes to finnally arrive at your destiny xd

[@doominator-117]

Oh my Gawd is Christmass.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Merry early Christmas! =D

[@skfnv6340]

The video thumbnail is spectacular. Did you noclip out of the traincar and snap that?

[@ralphrestubog5519]

It's probably from the home screen

[@Sexy_Nutella]

I did indeed. Making thumbnails is honestly one of the most fun parts of making these videos because it lets me become a photographer of sorts haha, finding the perfect angles and such.

[@aaronvuong4677]

@@Sexy_Nutella As a fellow photographer, I agree!!

[@koheletcalaforexclan6508]

Gosh darn it! Another year I get birthday money, and once again I FORGET TO BUY THIS MASTERPIECE! Welp, next year, I guess

[@s-man5647]

0:45 I'm glad they changed that scene. The original platform for the security team was so dingy, it felt like abuse of labor lol

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Haha yeah. Those platforms in Hl1 were precarious.

[@Vantud391]

Always love watching inbound sequence, even rewatch Unreal Engine version sometime. Btw, you should have left the good morning part from the security guy. And how did you make thumbnail like that? Thanks.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

The "Good morning" is said at the start of the next chapter after a load point, so I didn't include it in this video. My thumbnails are all from me noclipping around the map looking for good angles haha :P

[@s-man5647]

0:33 that man is not minding the gap

[@jonathanblackmon1224]

This is pessimistic but the hydraulic cylinder rods on the blast doors don't actually stroke in and out like they're supposed to. A minor flaw but could be easily remedied by only revealing the rod section of the cylinder to the player. This would of also been easier to model since the gland serves no apparent role in its operation. Terrific remake overall.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Are you talking about the doors such as at 5:05? It does seem rather odd now that you mention it haha

[@voxel8960]

You should do something with Black Mesa Azure Sheep. It features combat in war-torn BM Inbound, chapter " Walking to Inbound ". It's a really good mod.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

It's on my to-do list, alongside other mods like OAR Uncut and classic HL2 mods like MINERVA.

[@hl2betafan]

"Work safe." bro do you realize what you're going over

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Black Mesa safety regs in a nutshell hahaha

[@GianlucaBaccino]

I wish Crowbar Collective would take some features from Mmod for HL2 and its episodes and add those features to the game. Oh yes also some kind of hardcore/hell difficulty would be awesome, because I played HL so much that everything in these source games is too easy for me. Idk if you tried Minerva: Metastatis with the Mmod, but that mod must be the most hardcore HL2 mod I´ve ever played. I never saved my game in that mod, I played just using the auto save as if it was some kind of checkpoint.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

It's been a while since I played Minerva but I remember that mod being much more difficult as well xD

[@joshuamontoya99]

3:28 first ah-64 (Apache) assault helicopter seen in the game

[@MrCotoletta89]

Hello friend! I like so much your half life videos!! Can you tell me the differences between the new version of black mesa and the older one?

[@Sexy_Nutella]

There's a ton of new level design changes, bug fixes and much more. Check out this link: store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/362890/view/2895214724133808811

[@tomholy]

Soup Emporium ----> Here! Subscribed and looking forward to some good viewing.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Welcome, and thanks for the sub! Hope you enjoy the other videos I have up :)

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

I'm so used to watching Jolly play Half-Life that it's weird not hearing all the shitposty sounds modders put in this intro.

[@jdkgh1]

question, cause i wanna play games smooth like what u do, how in the world do you make it so smooth? mine runs at like 48 FPS and i wanna get it higher for smooth gameplay, and i cant fathom how you even do it.

[@aareaja783]

Sadly, it's their last normal daily activity in that day

[@sweetsucculentcontentnectar]

Those guys near the green liquid are definitely dead before the incident starts. Should've worn their P.P.E. 🤦‍♂

[@ltyenturk8381]

Well. That Chapter was one of the hardest ones.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Yeah, I died like 20 times on this one.

[@nikokat511]

Must be very very hot

[@Myuutsuu85]

Considering, how this is a scientific facility, you would think they are using Celsius more commonly.

[@WastedPotentiaI1]

Why is this sequence so much longer when I'm playing it. Not that I play it much since I can't shoot trough the windows anymore.

[@voronmatt4748]

Is there any differences in black mesa inbound on different difficulties? Longer tram ride?

[@uhsir9852]

no

[@jocuridepoveste]

Hello, I want to make a story explanation of Half-Life and I was wondering If I could use gameplay from you. I can give credit and all that. Let me know if you are ok with this, thanks!

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Go ahead!

[@charlesc3894]

Hey Nutella, Can I have a request, Since this will be the final iteration of the game, Could you make your walkthrough into a 100% walkthrough Go for all the kills and all the secrets, and explore all areas

[@Sexy_Nutella]

I will do the best I can, but it won't be a 100% walkthrough as a lot of the secret areas need cheats to access, or otherwise require me to deliberately behave out of character. If you are looking for a 100% walkthrough, I think BigMacDavis does a brilliant job covering the game :)

[@nour2146]

I’d love to see this updated in Source 2 engine

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Haha, maybe eventually!

[@Mintor94]

All this work and it still looks like 2008 game in most areas. Yet they managed to make it look way modern on Xen chapters. I think It's more a matter of too much vibrant colours and flat lighting.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Some areas do look a bit dated, but I do think overall the increased density, particularly in the outdoor areas, make it stand out for me. The new Surface Tension cliffside is amazing in my opinion, but yeah Xen definitely is a standout from a graphical point of view.

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

There’s mods to add the cut stuff back to the Earthbound levels. Gonna use those?

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Don't think so. This runthrough will preserve the director's vision when it comes to the level and map design. Though I do plan on covering cut content in later videos like OAR uncut.

[@lyokianhitchhiker]

@@Sexy_Nutella oar Uncut comes in a version that also adds the loop area to the first map.

[@nguyenhuyhoang1010]

2:28 Wallace Breen 😮😮

[@Sexy_Nutella]

That''s just a Guard, not Breen, but I believe there is a certain mod that replaces him with Breen

[@nguyenhuyhoang1010]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2exan5vlt2rprc What don't know

[@cuycardenas4930]

Como lo hiciste para que tengan más iluminacion

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Esta es la iluminación normal en el juego, ¡no cambié nada para este nivel!

[@omarandresorellano4142]

Q bueno q estas jugando *BLACK MESA: DEFINITIVE EDITION* Sexy Nutella : ), te deseo suerte en el juego ^w^......y espero el siguiente cap 2

[@Sexy_Nutella]

¡Gracias! Esperemos que llegue pronto.

[@omarandresorellano4142]

@@Sexy_Nutella no hay problema....lo estare esperando

[@LeonCat]

I can't beat this level, the tram never arrives! Pls help

[@mauroandresorellano398]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@sm2008_]

2:27 Is that dr breen? Wearing some sort of black suit and watching on window?

[@jaski4022]

It's always bothered me a bit that only scientists and guards work at Black Mesa. It's a bit stupid that in parts like this 1:46 or these 1:56 you see scientists doing maintenance.

[@Sexy_Nutella]

The "Inbound Revamped" workshop mod fixes this by adding a bunch of new character skins that are more suited to their work environments, such as maintenance personnel and so forth. I believe you also need the "BMCE" mod for the revamped mod to work

[@erikpng]

Wait, the update's out already?

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Yessir!

[@user-zv1ew6bf8s]

looks better than Alyx...

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Both games have stellar art direction I gotta say :)

[@michaciejka2839]

I don't know how this is supose to be hard.

[@bagasangga]

BMCE is stand for?

[@mrpatata9640]

I think it´s the Black Mesa Character Expansion mod

[@Sexy_Nutella]

I believe it stands for Black Mesa Character Expansion. It adds a ton of new character models into the game, which makes Black Mesa feel more lived in and diverse, especially in these first two chapters. Unfortunately it does not work as intended with the Definitive Edition quite just yet.

[@bagasangga]

@@mrpatata9640 ok

[@GianlucaBaccino]

@@Sexy_Nutella Thats really cool, something that I never liked about HL is how every zombie looks exactly the same, I understand it with the combine but with the zombies is just laziness.

[@johnnytopgun6414]

Bloody ruined my save again I was just about to do the secret poison gas in xen

[@Sexy_Nutella]

You can probably load directly into those two chapters but that sucks man

[@johnnytopgun6414]

@@Sexy_Nutella was literally almost at gonarch's lair have to do xen again

[@johnnytopgun6414]

Got through it again just now, finally got the poison to the teleporter

[@corgi8953]

[Hard][Hard][Hard][Hard][Hard][Hard][Hard][Hard][Hard][Hard] Bruh, you're riding a tram. Don't accidentally fall over durig any bumps I guess?

[@salty_nutella3218]

Sup Sexy Nutella, I'm Salty Nutella :)

[@Sexy_Nutella]

Hello fellow Nutella user! :)