Black Mesa: Xen Trailer

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of Half-Life, the long awaited final chapters of Black Mesa are shown in motion for the first time! Xen is targeted for release in Q2 2019.
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[@kebasnaek4129]

And now... We understand. Xen took forever... Because it was not meant to be rushed.

[@doctorsmiles2209]

These things, they take time ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@HorrorGamePhenom]

Yeah. It looks amazing. Seriously.

[@greenhowie]

One does not simply crunch into Xen.

[@lulurodriguez9139]

@@NauticalNinja I'm sorry. r/whoosh

[@ediodimacaroni]

@@NauticalNinja are you high? Half life 3 is out already. I just played it lol

[@WindowsAndGhosts]

Insane that they turned a bunch of floating platforms into a living, breathing ecosystem.

[@skinnybuggo]

original xen looked more organic while this looks like crystal filled caves, we'll see later tho

[@patomorillas165]

@@skinnybuggo lol of course m8. Of course

[@jiraffe9600]

Skinny buggo lol what’s, Original xen didn’t look more organic.

[@skinnybuggo]

@@jiraffe9600 black mesa's xen in this trailer looks like a bunch of caves, i've seen some newer screenshots and it looks quite organic, so i take back my original argument

[@jiraffe9600]

Skinny buggo cool.

[@Edifer2020]

I'm not crying, I just got a crowbar in my eye...

[@halopro8958]

I think that would make anyone cry

[@geordanlemon]

Jesus, yeah really, I wouldn't just be crying, I might be dead

[@SHUTDOWNOfficial]

@@halopro8958 Cry blood, maybe.

[@NoriMori1992]

Full disclosure, I actually did almost cry.

[@JahonCross]

Paying for a mod LOL

[@notso8605]

This is the result when you don't rush the game

[@mimisusanti3572]

Yes, They Push The Engine So Hard Man And It Still Ran Smoothly Thanks To The Devs Didn't Rush The Game And Put Some Loves On It

[@Gorfugus-d5l]

This needs to be sense by every single cod dev

[@eli-eastwood3548]

Duke Nukem Forever and Cyberpunk

[@yashjoseph3544]

@@eli-eastwood3548 They can't all be winners

[@jailbotmark1379]

At least SOMEONE remembered half life’s 20th birthday...

[@hemangchauhan2864]

So did Noclip

[@T--kq3pj]

@@rowleto Fuck artifucked

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

It's absolutely _contemptible_ what Valve allowed to happen to Half-Life (aside from approving this remake, of course). They cancelled Half-Life 3 without ever producing anything more than a _single_ piece of concept art and some mumblings about there possibly being a deaf NPC (although they never actually _admitted_ they'd cancelled it, they just stopped saying anything and hoped we'd forget it) because _they couldn't be fucked making it any more,_ feeling it was easier to just sit on their asses and rake in money from Steam and cosmetics sales in TF2 and Dota 2. One of the most anticipated games ever, the conclusion to one of the most-revolutionary series in the history of the gaming medium, and they just left it sitting on a horrific cliffhanger because they _stopped caring._ They even allowed that piece of worthless asset-flip garbage 'Hunt Down the Freeman' to be released with their tacit approval. Valve may not being a vilest publisher out there by a long shot, but they're easily the _laziest_ and, in a way, the most _pathetic._

[@dariomeza68]

@@ArcaneAzmadi you people are quite dramatic aren't you?

[@dariomeza68]

@PRaum's Dumpster I dunno, sounds pretty petty to keep whining about it

[@Nighto]

VALVe: *Releases a CSGO update* Community: *Finishes Black Mesa* VALVe: Hold up

[@Solemnus88]

It's still not finished

[@ForsternTheProtogen]

@NRG Night-o Valve: this is illegal

[@Ggd07]

@Ro0okie Yeah believe a random pleb who pretends to know stuff on the internet what he took out of his ass. That seems to work everytime.

[@ricepatty5258]

Ggd07 you haven’t proved anything yourself Vic, so unless your willing to show detailed evidence on why CC is taking so long to get xen out, please don’t shittalk people for helping some guy who didn’t know

[@NecumNaTo]

Valve: Releases a CSGO game and updates it every month Community: Releases a trailer for a game that will be outdated by the time it gets out

[@themantra]

When Valve let's you down, the fans/community is there.

[@Venom3254]

Watch Valve not pull a Nintendo and not shut it down.

[@D0NU75]

@@Venom3254 also watch Valve neglect their IPs, stop curating their stores and ultimately have a very disorganized development policy that affects games that even under EA could be having a minimum of maintenance

[@UniverseIndistries]

*Insert badly timed reference to Hunt down the Freeman here*

[@FlipZKtube]

@@Venom3254 Black Mesa is fully endorsed and supported by Valve, so it'd be a pretty shit move to suddenly pull back and say 'nah nevermind'

[@sunslap]

@@Venom3254 lol cuz nintendo has a history of enforcing their intellectual property even though it has cut their sale potential by at least 50%. Unless they make some major changes with the next switch in the right direction, they are gonna be fuuuuucked.

[@roqtest3070]

When a HL remake looks better than many AAA games... Freaking amazing, cant wait to play this

[@Milner62]

It better considering this game has been in production longer than any AAA title. They started this mod back in 2004. They partially released the game unfinished in 2012 and here it is 2019 a year after this trailer and Xen still isn't in game.

[@Tasy808]

@@Milner62 i Suggest you try the beta on steam if you havn't. Its really good!

[@xbox360guy19]

@@Tasy808 I'd play now but then I've been hearing some responses saying there's an error that crash the game half way through Xen; despite with all the bugs and glitches that are in beta still.

[@mariohugo2304]

yes you can wait

[@mariohugo2304]

talking about can, pick up that can

[@kravason1616]

Those graphics are insane! I hope my PC doesn't start a resonance cascade when I play this.

[@unknownguy6686]

Yeah , i guess it can get you some Unforseen Consequences.

[@greatmeatball2978]

"We've got hostiles!" said your CPU when it saw all the fogs, godrays and particles.

[@Devilot91]

Its always the source engine, should be pretty runnable on any mid-range pc don't worry

[@chavox2403]

What a reference

[@willbunyan]

Torturing your PC like that is surely some Questionable Ethics

[@nosoyporta]

Damn Half life community is serious

[@mynamefrank6567]

You seen project borealis and boreal alyph yet?

[@nosoyporta]

@@mynamefrank6567 I did, this people are not kidding

[@nathanenglander6496]

Half-life was the same to us as Doom. Very important game.

[@Mb_Drei]

@@nosoyporta *these

[@nosoyporta]

@@Mb_Drei thanks mate But i ain't gonna change it

[@DChap]

Can't believe Black Mesa spent 15 years making this and it still came out before Half Life 3

[@gin.6770]

Man , kind of sad after reading this....

[@King36]

Yeah, but now we know for sure that HL3 was a killed project

[@Fisher9001]

@@King36 And Episode 3 as well :/

[@nobleq4683]

15? not 6?

[@Eman1234513]

@@nobleq4683 It's being developed since 2004

[@Х.Гукетлов]

Music: Joel Nielsen - Internal Conflict

[@1T9O8N6Y]

many thnx my friend:)

[@БаракОбаменко]

god bless you and your family.

[@tcgmuzaffer9262]

danke !

[@bradmiller3552]

song is insaaaaanely good

[@DashMatin]

thanks

[@MrScuto]

Me before watching the trailer: 'Cmon, release xen already!' Me after watching it: 'take all the time you need'

[@insertnamehere8]

Hahaha

[@saifuppal7403]

I mean, they kinda had like, 7 years. But, this does look amazing, and Im surprised this can run on the source engine.

[@momzoemomzoe6302]

i cant wait to

[@arron4112]

@@saifuppal7403 They pretty much evolved the Source engine into such a form we're not use to. It definitely takes time to do that, this is very revolutionary.

[@Milner62]

Sure why shouldn't they take their time, they have been working on this game pretty close to 20 years now.

[@BarrettKillz]

Only after watching this you realize how much all the wait has been worth it.

[@gusztiplayer]

Tru dat!

[@Quadrolithium]

Definitely worth the weight.

[@petesgoproxboxchannel5581]

So if people like this why the fuck isn't HL3 a thing ? Pretty fucking sure it will work !!!

[@deustitties3589]

This looks like an actual ecosystem with its distinct fauna and flora, creatures that actually adapted living in this border world. It's amazing how much care and detail went into this.

[@One3673241]

No, it looks like every Earth cavern ever; boring, and not mind-bending at all. If I wanted to walk around caves all day, I'd "play" Dear Esther.

[@deustitties3589]

@@One3673241 Whatever rocks your boat.

[@YesterdaysMinder]

@@One3673241 I'd like to see the fucked-up earth caverns you've been to with exploding yellow pustules and an abundance of glowing crystals.

[@sirjgn4868]

@@One3673241 Nice troll. If you enjoyed jumping on floating rock platforms, might as well have played a 90s platformer instead of Half Life right?

[@sirjgn4868]

@@One3673241 Nice troll. If you wanted to go jumping around rock platforms might as well "play" some 90's platformers instead of Half Life right?

[@airlinefood5557]

It’s more beautiful then I ever dreamed

[@михаилгуляев-с1б]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@MsWergo]

Game of the year

[@Nekiplex]

@@MsWergo ...oof

[@kingofjs]

Now, about that chapter I owed you.

[@biketyson691]

😂

[@vrabo3026]

About that Xen I owed ya.

[@nathanwakeham2313]

Aw gee, you cut the interloper? Sell out.

[@KhalifahAnimation122]

Now, about that condom I owed you

[@SteigerHSV]

Project Borealis in noclip - "Using source would be a easy way to retain the feel of those older games, but it would put a 10-year-old-cap on the quality of the visuals. Whereas, with Unreal they colud make it look like a modern Half-Life game." Black Mesa team - Hold my beer

[@YukonHexsun]

I genuinely forgot this was still in the source engine. I know we're able to use Source 2 now so that's nice, but again, it's still built on source, which is built on GoldSrc, which is built on the Quake engine. This game probably still had code in it from Quake. That's just crazy to me.

[@kittikorn6674]

TitanFall 2 made from source engine. And it’s pretty decent

[@mjlsosito]

But don't forget Boreal Alyph, it is another HL3 Fan Game which uses source engine on creating the game and look on their latest update (kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXjcc4KBgtujb9k) which they modifies the engine which will be updated like on the latest games.

[@natalieobman5018]

Source has been called "the tower of duct tape". For instance, that really cool singularity thing in Episode 1? Yeah... allegedly if it isn't in those EXACT coordinates in 3d space, it hard crashes. You literally have to build the map around it. Honestly I just want to play some kind of decent conclusion.

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@YukonHexsun Dispite the fact they haven't madea decent game in almost over a decade, you gotta admit that Valve is really good at adapting and modifying their own proprietary engine, unlike ala certain devs... *cough* Bethesda. *cough cough*

[@mondothegrunt7649]

Q2 2019? Note to self: *Don't die before that*

[@Crrrow]

*Mondo was later run over by Gabe Newell in a dune buggy jeep*

[@reboomer8369]

@@Crrrow *_Mega F_*

[@ImmortalTheOwl]

Don't let the gargantuas get you while you're at it.

[@MrGreghome]

You'll die before HL3 though

[@ImmortalTheOwl]

@@MrGreghome Fuck!

[@1996Pred]

This is no longer just a game. Now that's an art.

[@vishveshtadsare3160]

Yesss

[@roman_nfkrz]

OKAY, THIS IS EPIC

[@scav3167]

So guys

[@chaser8765]

@@scav3167 We did it

[@shrub8644]

Gamers RISE UP

[@nozzle4175]

No, it's Crowbar Collective

[@jacktaylor9625]

UPFREEMANS TO THE LEFT!

[@kato1kalin]

They did it...they actually did it!

[@canalfechado5316]

you're a bit late, pal.

[@waltergaming9802]

@@canalfechado5316 and so are you.

[@canalfechado5316]

@@waltergaming9802 i actually saw this video pretty soon after it released however i cant really prove that since i didnt comment so you're gonna have to take my word on this one :/

[@sam432er5]

@@canalfechado5316 I mean tbf(i mean in my eyes) that was a bit dickish telling he is late just cause.

[@canalfechado5316]

@@sam432er5 why would it be dick-ish? i did not say there was anything wrong with being late. i only said he was indeed late to watch this video since this has been released for quite some time now, nothing more. i honestly dont know why that phrase would be considered "dick-y", given how i put it

[@Axodus]

*Mornin' mister freeman looks like you're running late.*

[@vojtechstriz2756]

Say Xen instead of Freeman and it will be true either :D

[@AgentWolnyTyl3k]

*Time, mr. Freeman?*

[@128thMic]

*Is it really that time again?*

[@Axodus]

(I wrote out the entire Gman speech word for word and it appears youtube automatically deleted it D:)

[@veeezis]

I got actual tears of joy in my eyes.

[@popcornegg4405]

Half life xen: a bunch of floating platforms Black Mesa xen: *feels like home*

[@gabrielhanson8575]

Player keeps dying all the time on the hardest mode Throws pc out the window

[@popcornegg4405]

Gabriel Hanson oof

[@andyfriederichsen]

They really just made the islands in Xen bigger.

[@popcornegg4405]

@Aditya Sinha yes, it was absolutely amazing in 1998. That nostalgic feel still keeps it good, too. It was just that xen was rather bleak and didn’t have the same feel as the rest of the levels.

[@DarknesTheTrailblazer]

Pandora

[@NationalPepper]

Wow, definitely worth the wait!

[@paulssss5463]

Read the description.

[@Architector_4]

+MostMercifulMoose It says that it's targeted for release in Q2 2019. Definitely worth the wait!

[@ask1ra]

Опа, знакомые лица

[@triforcecarrier]

according to gabe, worth the weight.

[@justfetus]

How is it worth the wait if you haven't played it yet? What if it's 1 hour long? All I see is one large monster.

[@xDeadlyWarriorX]

I think i'm gonna cry. Ten years waiting for this... Valve needs to make this official. It's beautiful

[@BlindxSide]

well I mean, it kind of is official. It's a commercial game.

[@misterxzxc7314]

You must be fucking kidding me we all waited for half Life 3 not something that we completed it

[@WhatIsLove170]

@@BlindxSide Also didnt valve officially sponser it?

[@probmaxx]

misterx zxc о боже с тобой даже на американском говорить не нужно, у тебя было детство? эта игра очень хорошая, это все равно что игра детства с крутой графикой, вспомнить то детство на 2018 году, начал я эту игру в 8 лет, да и ещё, ты не достойный фанат, ты простой игрок. *translate all this*

[@CossackHD]

@@probmaxx геймплей и звук в Black Mesa не всегда дотягивают до оригинала. ИИ морпехов не такой интересный - они просто бегут и очень метко стреляют, а не пользуются укрытиями. ИИ морпехов был взят с комбайнов из HL2 и заточен в первую очередь под то, чтобы смачно получать в морду из грави пушки. Но в Black Mesa нет грави пушки, поэтому ИИ морпехов там не интересный. В плане дизайна уровней, моделей и графония всё зашибись. Xen в Black Mesa точняком будет намного лучше оригинального, потому что в оригинале он был по большей части отстойным.

[@Bolloxed]

You've made my day... you've made everyone's day. Looks amazing!

[@lochnessmobster9026]

Bolloxed I can see the inspiration from Doom

[@leonidverevkin4927]

$50k

[@vrabo3026]

@@leonidverevkin4927 You invest 50K in HDTF, and then you don't invest in Black Mesa.

[@Hard2hit94]

Bolloxed

[@Hard2hit94]

@@vicvos3766 he can't he's a potato

[@jackgaming267]

Black Mesa Xen 💙 Project Borealis 💚 Half Life Alyx ❤

[@helsharidy123]

_"Time, Dr. Freeman? Is it really that time, again?"_

[@twistednemo]

Rise and shine, Dr. Freeman. Time to smell the Half Life 3.

[@ObiKKa]

And at least, this could be the precursor to a revived Half-Life 2: Episode 3. And then Half-Life 3 with an estimated release date in ten years' time.

[@BeatCrazey]

It doesn't even look like it's running on the Source Engine.

[@dgrcad239]

No. It runs on a fully customized version of the source engine just for them. They got the keys and everything from Valve. Just a cool fact.

[@TarnkappenToast]

Well, Titanfall 2 is also a Source Engine Game.

[@JZStudiosonline]

@@dgrcad239 Huh. Thought it was UE4. Or maybe that was another "remaster" demo.

[@TheJayson8899]

JZStudios Have you not heard of Black Mesa before? It’s been out for years.

[@BeatCrazey]

Of course I did! I have it on my Steam library for over a year and I played it till the end. It's just that the Xen portion of it is graphically superior to any other area of the game to the point of looking like it wasn't made on the Source engine.

[@schmittfamily5045]

*Gordon jumps out from The Orange Box with a giant beard* WHAT YEAR IS IT?!

[@dgrcad239]

Q2 2019

[@KhalifahAnimation122]

Oh that meme

[@MrPhilsterable]

Why...that's a meme I haven't heard in a loooong time. I miss Robin Williams. Jumanji was a great movie.

[@desfox3685]

They legit made it beautiful, if the wildlife wasn't so aggressive, it wouldn't be so bad to live in if you had to. Edit: Or at least it would be very habitable, the gravity would still be weird tho lol.

[@thomasallen9974]

See THIS is what an alien world looks like.

[@therobot1080]

If you manage to proove you're not a threat thenn...

[@lordofthegeckos533]

It might actually be after the Nihilanth and his armies are defeated and the Vortigaunts seem to have taken control (given that all of the Xen aliens, at least the more intelligent ones, seem to have left Earth in HL2).

[@nickelodeonstuff1572]

Hopefully you don't fall into the void because that would be frightening.

[@Heroheenie]

@@thomasallen9974 Take notes Valve.

[@notbrandon9012]

You could show this at E3 and people will go nuts

[@Wifi_Thief]

This looks amazing. Seriously i better not die before this

[@magead]

Hope you dont have cancer!

[@kilroy987]

At the funeral, the coffin pops open. "NO DAMMIT! Somebody give me a mouse!"

[@MagnusSkiptonLLC]

Meh, I'm sure you'll be fine. _(hacks medical record)_ Oh...um...hmmm...well...I mean, at least you got to play the original Black Mesa, right?

[@Wifi_Thief]

I haven't even completed black mesa fully yet, im in surface tension chapter. I BETTER GET TO THE END AT Q2 2019 and not die because somebody hacked into my medical state

[@1dranik]

Just another 5 - 30 years

[@TheAquarius87]

Black Mesa. Black Mesa Xen. Project Borealis. Is it fair to say that the fans own the franchise now? This makes sad, happy and proud at the same time

[@SiGeTVee]

Why is Black Mesa Xen categorized differently? I thought it was a free update? (So it'll just be part of Black Mesa as a whole)

[@TheAquarius87]

@@SiGeTVee I suspect it is a free update, yeah. I guess a categorised it differentely because it feels like a different release to me...

[@0Qualit]

@@SiGeTVee if I'm not wrong it hasn't been fully released (retail) yet. So after this the full thing will be most probably released.

[@masontempleton5894]

hunt down the freeman, half life: before, prospekt

[@sebaprime6411]

@@masontempleton5894 prospekt is pretty good

[@ShadowHunter120]

I don't know why the thought of hev zombies unnerves me. Maybe its the vox module occasionally voicing the dire state of the victim, or maybe its trying to pierce that armor before it pierces yours...

[@isekaiexpress9450]

HEV: "I want to help my owner, but i can't..." Trauma Harness: "Well i do actually help - but my owner didn't appreciated it until he died HAHAHA!"

[@dirtkiller23]

@P. Ramirez viii vii vi ttalll siiiiiii crit ical cal cal

[@SirAroace]

because up to this point the HEv suit is what has given you the edge in survival.

[@therobot1080]

Imagine fighting one and you hear "auto matic medical assistance ingaged:morphine administered" and the zombie heals up

[@alexolas1246]

a shotgun alt-fire to the head is enough to one-shot them

[@ExEBoss]

This actually looks like a real alien world with its own ecosystem and not a series of floating platforms shaped to sort‑of resemble an alien‑ish world.

[@machiner6]

Here's hoping the jumping puzzles won't be as bad.

[@ExtremeUnction1988]

Which game are you referring to?

[@lugbzurg8987]

Half-Life; the game this is based on.

[@peppermillers8361]

Hey, Xen was pretty alien if you ask me.

[@dynamitedinosaur4601]

Yeah, Xen was alright. This looks much better.

[@JohnSmith-yf4un]

IMPRESSIVE..... Meanwhile Valve making a collectible card game.

[@Player2lemon]

Say what? Tell me more about valves card game

[@metanumia]

@@Player2lemon It's called "Artifact", it's their first game developed in-house in years. Hopefully it's just a stepping stone type of project, and maybe it will tempt the original Valve devs, Newell included, to work on something more *ambitious* :)

[@almightygod87]

@@Player2lemon Artifact (Dota card game)

[@bunnyfreakz]

Haters gonna hate.

[@fever2975]

@@Player2lemon The card game you need to pay to pay to pay to play.

[@io4439]

It appears Xen presented a whole new set of challenges for the devs. It's looking fantastic!

[@Godzilla-se8in]

*I just wish they gave the Gonarch more wrinkles.*

[@zaikolebolsh5724]

@@Godzilla-se8in and that they add another testicle, it's never enough

[@CreeperSlenderman]

A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad. -Shigeru Miyamoto

[@btfo420]

Foxste Gamer *Duke Nukem Forever*

[@ThatChester]

A good game developer will always take into account the quality of their game regardless of time.

[@Longinus32]

what about no man's sky?

[@btfo420]

RektInPeace no man’s sky was a result of overhyped, as well as unclear communication from the devs. The game is actually very good now.

[@voldy3565]

Nice quote, but even a rushed game can later be polished and fixed.

[@theploot8230]

New xen looks like a habitable place, rather than rocks everywhere, is good.

[@Peusterokos1]

Which is a shame, because the desolate atmosphere really gave Xen an alien feel to its environment. However, far from mad because this looks like an actual living ecosystem.

[@mythologue]

It looks great but I liked the feeling of desolation, hostility and isolation. It was also a little more realistic feeling, whereas having plant matter and creatures all over is a bit too fantasy for me.

[@Peusterokos1]

@@mythologue kinda what I thought as well, but then again Xen isnt your run of the mill inhabitable realm; we never had any say over its rules, valve/crowbar collective did and for what they did its splendid work. Still gonna miss the desolate landscape. We'll have to see for ourselves, maybe it isnt as lush as we think it is.

[@mythologue]

@@Peusterokos1 That's true, I agree there. I have nothing against the aesthetic, I'm just hoping they pull it off.

[@rabbitdrink]

it almost looks like the structure of earth (but with the materials xen would have)

[@coreym162]

Turns out it's a 6 hour expansion. That's a whole other game within itself!

[@SyberianLynx]

6 hour? Seriously? Where did you get that from? Fucking huge if true

[@gumfireparalax1371]

@@SyberianLynx He's right. The devs have said it.

[@olatot]

I think Black Mesa xen should be sold as a different game or a DLC, they have put so much work in this that I would feel bad if they released it for free ,_,

[@gumfireparalax1371]

@@olatot Well, they would be roasted over a fire if they did. Unfortunately they promised it would be free.

[@SemperFine]

@@gumfireparalax1371 They could announce it to be paid for a few bucks atleast. H1Z1 promised the zombie PvP Survival mode will be free but they changed their mind. Show the fans this and we'd understand, and I personally wouldn't mind throwing a few bucks more just for this.

[@blacksaibot6158]

It is so pathetic, that fans have more time for Half Life than the creators themselves. I am proud of the Half Life fan community. You guys are awesome.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

You know what they say, "Half-Life, uh, finds a way."

[@deathmetaldeathcult3896]

Did any one ever buy any HL game for anything but the mods?

[@abgmuhdfarmeezulterminator8865]

@@deathmetaldeathcult3896 i bought half life not for mods.Its because i love that game same like half life 2

[@puffyboy5991]

Half life is an average fps by todays standards it was always over rated anyways half life 3 would be pointless to make

[@STriderFIN77]

You are Awesome!

[@juezna]

Just finished playing a week ago. Xen was unique, beautiful, the music really stands out, gonarch was scary as f***. Also sometimes i would just walk aroun and look at the beautiful scenery. What a great experience.

[@hjones1850]

I felt the same as you man, the atmosphere of xen is so beautiful and real !

[@chimps-h3v]

GET THE PURPLE HAT ACHIEVEMENT BEFORE THIS COMES OUT SO YOU DON’T NEED TO BRING THE HAT THROUGH XEN

[@aweeds]

Where is petscop 2

[@aweeds]

@@Josh-gp9up yes

[@theharvinator7935]

imagine having to throw the hat across every jump where you have to use the long jump module

[@BunnLilah]

Or they add a new achievement that says "Bring it through Xen too".

[@stuffnstuff720]

@@BunnLilah **pats player on the back** "Good luck and have fun, fuckeroo!"

[@leonidverevkin4927]

It's official, boys. Xen trailer came out before HL3 was announced. edit: fixed

[@christiaanb4715]

Except that it didn't came out yet, and that these devs have postponed Xen more (and longer) than Valve has ever done with any game.

[@nerfinator6]

Except that thats wrong christiaan

[@delta250a]

Yep, but hl vr...

[@iliketurtles7947]

@@delta250a one and a half life

[@delta250a]

@@iliketurtles7947 True...

[@juddwest3295]

It's incredible how far Crowbar Collective have pushed both the Source engine, and DirectX 9 to produce these results. Fantastic.

[@quiver5756]

In fact I think that the customized version of the Source Engine that is used by CC now supports DirectX 11

[@ManLikeEddy]

fuck me , they pushed the Engine so far that i cant even run the steam version properly WITHOUT atleast getting 10 frame drops

[@realhaidinh]

@@quiver5756 the still using directx 9

[@newagederpderp]

@@ManLikeEddy My computer would shit itself at the graphics

[@Sprizzy]

Half-Life community: *Half-Life 3 is going to be amazing when it’s finished* Black Mesa: *Hold my beer*

[@ItsAnH]

Anybody who still believes that HL3 is going to be a thing is living in denial

[@Sprizzy]

JawaKiller yeah what a bunch of delusional degenerates

[@lucasf6946]

@@ItsAnH Atleast coming from Valve. I have hope for Project Borealis and Boreal Alyph, though.

[@noneoftheabove4571]

No. do hold my crowbar and this meme is overused.

[@flaninty2705]

@@ItsAnH except for the fact that it was announced

[@wakamason]

Is this? My childhood? Oh god it’s.... BEAUTIFUL

[@mormich]

blyatiful

[@derel8453]

It's just childhood anymore. It's the dawn of adulthood.

[@MrRogerogerio]

And it's better than ever!

[@KhalifahAnimation122]

@@derel8453 Rise of Childhood

[@natb8800]

I know right ?

[@BigHeadClan]

Jesus this doesn't even look like it's on the same engine, this is fantastic quality Black Mesa crew. Great work!

[@thefoolishgmodcube2644]

I bet even Source 2 on its current state can't compete.

[@N0M4dIC1RST]

I had actually lost hope about this. This looks amazing. Really shows how Xen was explored by Black Mesa before and it looks so much more alive than the original. Let's be honest, the original Xen level were pretty bad, so I think its great that the team allow themselves enough freedom to better the levels. They've done an excellent job so far.

[@Varian-Killbot]

They weren't bad through and through, they had many redeeming qualities, but they were just so rushed and it was over before you could get into it.

[@kryvian]

it's hard to do organic when you have a gpu budget, it had to run on most PCs, polygons where cut, things got blocky/edgy.

[@staryoshi06]

@@kryvian Yeah what this guy said. Xen was originally gonna take place entirely in a living organism (or atleast, that was one of their ideas).

[@digitalexordium4763]

@@staryoshi06 Really, is there any concept art to show that?

[@modzmodzz]

@@digitalexordium4763 facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1253345&p=47670411&viewfull=1#post47670411

[@bradmiller3552]

The editing / pacing / music in this trailer is absolutely incredible, some serious talent behind this

[@toasterqueer]

yo can we have a nature documentary all about xen

[@arnowisp6244]

Would be cool

[@holo379]

With Morgan Freeman

[@ashflint23]

@@holo379 *more anticipated crossover than infinity war*

[@staryoshi06]

As long as David Attenborough narrates it.

[@KrissFliss]

And here we have an adult headcrab with a huge single testicle.

[@m1l22]

*_Im just here for the Ballsack Crab_*

[@SeriousPotatoBot]

aren't we all

[@ordersquamata930]

The Testicle Crustacean.

[@haahaahaahoohoohoo]

gonrachs lair was a funny level. The perverted kid in me would laugh when it speit the semen/white stuff at us and mini crabs will fall

[@katanatsunami]

HE'S THE BEST **HE HAS THE BEST BALLSACK**

[@Varian-Killbot]

@@katanatsunami Red Letter Media is everywhere

[@victorpereira225]

Can we just forget Valve and have these guys make Half Life 3?

[@TheElviz86]

@@malavekanimates lol what are you talking about? Source is one of the worst engines to do such an ambitious game. Project Borealis has talents from across the industry and did you even see the new update vlog? It looks better than Black Mesa and still has the Half Life feel to it. Even their soundtrack is superb. They will even release a demo for the game to show everyone that it feels like half life and what you can excpect from the Project Borealis. And the best thing about the demo? Its ravenholm with snow. So shut up you misinformed idiot

[@suchy7227]

@@TheElviz86 check project lambda remake of remake

[@willbunyan]

@@malavekanimates Why the hell would they make Project Borealis on Source, it's so old. Also I really disagree, I think the game's assets and look is beautiful so far, they're doing an amazing job!

[@reidysmeidy5772]

Wow so much shade being thrown around here from people getting two takes on half life 3

[@D0NU75]

Project Borealis has as much talent from across the industry as Yooka-Laylee does

[@gonchi9657]

Black Mesa: Xen Half-Life: Alyx . . . . . Half-Life is not dead, my friends :D

[@newman2453]

10000%

[@Salomon_G]

Maybe not, but what people really want it Half Life 3

[@arteljus983]

@@Salomon_G Yeah! HL:Alyx could be a proof of concept game and the final episode of HL2. Than they should release HL3 in the future. Both on PC and VR. I think VR, if used correctly could revolutionize game industry just like the 3D graphic cards did before. But if that gonnan happend we need good games for the hardware.

[@pla43rdud38]

@@arteljus983 if you didn't know, valve confirmed that hl:alyx is the prequel of hl2.

[@arteljus983]

@@pla43rdud38 Yeah i saw that recently in a KZbin video...

[@Shezmen88]

Wow... o_o worth the wait indeed.

[@dantevivas6646]

Woah, didn't expect you here!

[@sauvagemusic1844]

*weight

[@wallawallas8387]

Hey I know you!

[@animationexpress543]

Hey Matthew, possible to animate this as a parody?

[@PhoenixBird9000]

Yeah, but after 20 f'in years it SHOULD be! Wait... wrong game. ;)

[@quiver5756]

Meanwhile, Artifact is dead.

[@Galeq.]

And valve index was announced...

[@quiver5756]

@@Galeq. And without any of its supposed 3 games made for VR... Apparently Valve is rushing to give a partner to Steam Link in the cemetery of bad ideas.

[@augustovasconcellos7173]

@@quiver5756 Oh, how the mighty have fallen...

[@SuperIcyPhoenix]

Good riddance.

[@thomasallen9974]

Valve needs to remember that its greatest success was giving a platform for gamers to buy games, AND FINDING THEM BRILLIANT ASS MODDERS TO MAKE THE NEXT BIG THING

[@ErizoMetalico]

Man still cant believe That this is Made with source

[@ZncroxdGaming]

a modif of the source but yeah xd

[@ramadhani201]

Source: *I'm still worthy!*

[@dr2d2]

Well titanfall 1 2 and apex legends are

[@szwagier50]

@Peng No. Bet there still is Quake code in that thing.

[@skalog3381]

titanfall was made in source

[@digitalexordium4763]

Even though this trailer was from over a year ago, and fully playing through Xen multiple times, the trailer is still so impactful

[@toaster9922]

this is a perfect 20th anniversary gift for Half-Life

[@pedinhu18]

The PERFECT 20th anniversary gift of Half Life would be Half Life 3...But since that's never happening, this will have to do.

[@kayomn]

the 20th century ended in the year 2000.

[@igorkostic6684]

@@kayomn What? 20th anniversary of half life, not 20th century..

[@kayomn]

@@igorkostic6684 my bad

[@oldergibbon]

1997: I hope, that this game will be awesome soon. 2019: Mega Houndeye

[@rogerio7678]

Alolan Houndeye LOL

[@chryrian2488]

Oh wow, this looks so atmospheric. Especially the human research camps with the zombie scientists. Very spooky. Can't wait to play.

[@killermax1297]

tu madre

[@varahunter68]

@@killermax1297 que

[@killermax1297]

@@varahunter68 no se, esto fue hace 2 años y no recuerdo porque dije eso xd

[@flipaclipsinkingship1650]

@@killermax1297 tu madre

[@Medved725]

>tries to run Black Mesa: Xen >computer collapses into a resonance cascade >gets teleported to Xen for real >"Whoa! I didn't know this had VR support!"

[@davidfiser8593]

And then first creature you find grounds you

[@limabean1202]

>gets killed instantly

[@Medved725]

@@limabean1202 >gets put on one of those countdown videos about gaming related deaths.

[@LirikKun]

Да вроде бы мощный комп не нужен, мой GTX750 (Не Ti) на ультрах в FullHD с x8 MSAA норм тянет, бывают просадки до 20 фпс, но терпимо

[@CG_GEOS]

my FX8150 at 4.3Gz has already maked 3 resonance o.O

[@TREditor]

Welcome to a world where dedicated and talented fans make better games than compagnies !

[@Galeq.]

This is what half Life fans can do, long live Gordon freeman!

[@protocetid]

fans have been embarrassing companies lately, such as Sonic Mania being the greatest 2D Sonic in a long time and Project M being a much worthier Melee sequel

[@Krone0k]

@@protocetid but the ones who made Sonic Mania were also the ones who worked for SEGA?

[@protocetid]

@@Krone0k They only got hired after they proved their talent with Sonic fan games and other work. Sega went the traditional route of asking a third party studio who had been around for a while in the industry for stuff like porting Sonic 1 to GBA (which ended horribly) or making the successor to their legendary 16 bit series (AKA the half baked Sonic 4). Fans later did a superior port and had been making fan games that play better than Sonic 4 for many years, Sega eventually gave some a chance to make something official.

[@ragelord9023]

they didnt make a game they make a REMAKE OF A MASTERPIECE(srry for the bad eng if ı made any mistakes)

[@hitplayer1243]

Waited a long time and finally waited. At least the trailer.

[@helsharidy123]

@Artsdai :B This is not Valve, this is a fan indie developer called Crowbar Collective

[@123deserted]

Hatem Elsharidy NOOOOOOOOOOO

[@lukkkasz323]

They are a collective, something between mod team and indie developer.

[@cyn1calsnake]

I still remember when this trailer came out,it felt like yesterday,it’s been 5 years now.

[@manny251000]

The “Freeman” part always sends chills down my spine.

[@supervegito2277]

I wonder who voices Nihilanth this time. In the original i believe it was Michael Shapiro, voice of Barney, who voiced Nihilanth but i dont know if hes involved with BM..

[@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF]

Yeah but the original voice is WAY creepier, it sounds more like a god-like alien trying to comunicate. Nihilanth is one of the few things on Xen that is better in the original IMO.

[@lecombine9141]

@@AndersonMallonyMALLONY-EricCF why are you like buttons gone

[@wasted9689]

I JUST FAILED NO NUT NOVEMBER AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD

[@lukalackovic9059]

@NEOsent mX lmao

[@Redstorm1554]

Awh, damn. You ate some peanuts too?

[@Ultra289]

No nut is ez :)

[@elmoelmerson172]

Already hate this meme lol

[@seva809]

I love the idea and implementation where HEV teams tried to build camp within Xen domain.

[@xanious3759]

Reminds me a lot of the Point of View mod which had a similar idea. I like that mod a lot, so thats fine by me :P

[@deltaoscaruniform1316]

There is the same thing in the original Blue Shift. (don't forget to check out operation black Mesa and guard duty)

[@gamerxt333]

reminds me of doom 3

[@TheKiller1922]

There weren't any elements of it in the original HL but Blue Shift and Decay had similar encampments, so it's kinda canon.

[@Architector_4]

But the HEV zombie... That HEV responding with "blood loss detected", just, _WOW!_

[@azix2915]

This and now Project Borealis. I love this community.

[@Galeq.]

and Half-Life Alyx :D

[@JoshMightymouse]

LOKEN2 Funny since Half Life Alyx is leaked to actually be a Prequel and a Sequel. It’s Episode 3 of HL2.

[@Galeq.]

Half Life Alyx is Episode 0 lol

[@JoshMightymouse]

LOKEN2 No, you don’t get it. This is a prequel and a sequel. There is going to be time travel involved in Half Life Alyx

[@Galeq.]

i really would love that. It's would be a dream come true

[@cesar4486]

If this was a HL3 trailer, I would have the same reaction.

[@mercury5003]

If half life 3 looked like this I wouldn't be dissapointed

[@lifehandzlemons9236]

Is that Arthur Morgan on your profile pic. If so, it looks cool.

[@metanumia]

Valve should just give these developers the rights to develop Half-Life 3.

[@Balnazzardi]

That they should....but making Half-Life 3 would be even more enormous task than remaking Half-Life or these Xen levels that we have been waiting for 6 years now... No one and I mean NO-ONE would take on that kind of task without getting proper budget to do so and having the rights to actually sell/make profit from their work. It would also ofc require proper script/writing, hiring voice actors, etc.....

[@metanumia]

@@Balnazzardi Indeed, but perhaps when Xen is released the Crowbar Collective team will have gained enough experience to attempt something even more ambitious, hopefully it will sell well and Valve will keep supporting these talented developers. Time will tell! :)

[@King36]

Sadly you can kinda see their reasoning for never making it now, look at the backlash of the gaming community to stuff like FO76.

[@Balnazzardi]

@King36 So you are saying that the gaming community should just shut up about crap like FO76? The moment we do that and stop voting with our wallets (im glad to see that F076 sales were down to 70-80% in UK atleast when compared to Fallout 4), thats the moment that this gaming industry is doomed.... If Valve are such bunch of cowards that they are afraid of the reaction that Half-Life 3 would get, then they should just get out of this business period, instead of sitting on their asses and watch as money flow in through Steam....that btw is the reason why Im not giving Valve single penny myself by not buying ANYTHING from Steam.

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

did someone say *"Project Borealis?"*

[@DavidKFZ]

I remember people saying "eh, nobody enjoyed Xen in HL1 and the Black Mesa's Xen still doesn't look interesting" And then this trailer dropped.

[@shadow7988]

I mean it looks pretty, but gameplay wise Xen is the least interesting and definitely one of the most tedious parts of HL1.

[@johnathan5252]

Shadow7988 I literally am the only person that actually likes xen I swear to god lmao

[@shadow7988]

@@johnathan5252 lmao it doesn't help that it's mostly just jump puzzles and blasting away early game creature spawns.

[@LotsaJunk]

nah dingus you aren't alone i like it too

[@richmendelson8194]

@@johnathan5252 I thought the Xen experience was amazing, earth / black mesa had become "mundane" after a while, throwing the player into a completely new environment allowed the game to change gears in a smooth and sane way while maintaining the plot.

[@Nighto]

0:56 "IT'S IMMUNE TO EXPLOSIVES!? IS THIS GOD!? AM I FIGHTING GOD RIGHT NOW!? IS THIS WHAT GOD LOOKS LIKE!?"

[@Kiraycon]

Thank you.

[@SirAroace]

Quote: Everyone who played the Xen Beta.

[@ordersquamata930]

A man of culture, I see.

[@thewanderer9559]

i like this black mesa tries to be its own new game

[@cola98765]

Ah... Freemans mind

[@RandyButternips]

Barney is the final boss of half life

[@theadministrator6998]

catch me later i'll buy you a beer

[@ชาติดนัยภูติจันทร์]

lol

[@beaneatingoni1353]

And Freeman team up with Shephard

[@FeatheredGryphon]

Plot twist. In Half-Life 3 we will find out that Barney controlled Nihilanth from the very beginning and now he controlls Combine. He is alien dinosaur that seeks for... he doesn't seek.. he just roars.

[@kody_h598]

Skinnyjams dear god

[@sirlock1945]

Damn. This was one of the most stunning trailers, I've ever seen.

[@isekaiexpress9450]

Valve, hire these guys for HL3.

[@Phantogram2]

Valve is no longer game development studio.. Last serious game was more than 5 years ago.

[@ge2719]

they already have the whole valve time thing down, i wouldnt be surprised if they arent already hired by valve.

[@MrZero1771]

154 minuses are all Valve employees ...

[@Jimmykreedz]

Yea they would fit in perfectly given it's taken them like 11 years to make this game and 5+ alone is spent on Xen. Hire them for HL3 and we'll get HL3 in 12? You know what, it's probably better than never.

[@guyofminimalimportance7]

They've put more effort into the half-life franchise than valve has for the last few years.

[@HECUShu4npax]

The source engine taken to the maximum, what damn madness. This is an absolutely piece of art

[@toastycrab5175]

You've outdone yourselves, so glad you changed your mind about the do or die date.

[@HammerBros235]

Not even 10 seconds in the trailer it already looks jaw-droppingly beautiful. And it keeps getting more amazing. AND MORE *OH MY GOD IT DOESN'T STOP*

[@M1SF0RTUNE]

Can we just let the Crowbar Collective make Half-Life 3 at this point? Honest to god, this looks stellar. And the editor of this trailer has some seriously good style. o.0

[@jackrutledgegoembel5896]

Project Borealis!!

[@t850terminator]

tbh, the only teams I ‘d trust to make a HL sequel would be Valve, ex-Valve, the WeCreateStuff modder team or the Crowbar Collective.

[@BlazertronGames]

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they've been working on this game for like 14 years, so no wonder it looks good. But if valve put in the work, they could make a new half life in less than half the time.

[@wizradical4905]

@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 fuck off with your unreal engine 4 garbage, half life belongs in valve engines.

[@Dargonhuman]

@@Dasistrite Eh? Pretty sure they nailed the "essence" of Half Life with Black Mesa, and, going by this trailer and many of the screens they've released, they've gone and turned Xen into the epic ending chapter is was meant to be in the original but Valve didn't have the time or resources to do justice to.

[@fonfa234]

It's not a game, it is a work of art... a masterpiece. The nostalgia is killing me.

[@khemiraivoweon3436]

My pc: Pls dude, you have brutal half life, why more? Me: *SHUT UP*

[@dynamo965]

@@bullgrunt4767 QUE WEA ENFERMO QLO Y LA HIJO DE LA LANZA CAMOTES

[@Nighto]

Computer: I AM DYING! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? Me: I. NEED. *MORE.*

[@nathanwakeham2313]

I must of watched this trailer 30-odd times by now, truly magnificent; the editing, the level geometry, the epic 'Jungle Drums' music rendition by Joel Nielsen. remember watching this mod when its concept was conceived in 2004 and the forums was on Leak-Free back in the day. 14 years later, it's so wonderful to see the light at the end of this masterpiece tunnel.

[@F1rstp3rson]

Hi i am searching for the Track that is playing could you help me out in finding it?

[@Laban6112]

Same

[@peppermillers8361]

@@F1rstp3rson it's not released yet.

[@wakerwanderer1702]

It'll probably be released a week or so before launch

[@AllanOfficial]

*Finally! Oh my God! This is AWESOME!* Can't Wait! Thank you, Crowbar Collective!

[@ter0liu]

О, привет! А я тебя знаю!

[@trailglonnonsovich9647]

Аналл уже тут

[@ask1ra]

Слыш стримить!

[@i3looi2]

What do you mean FINALLY ? Xen is targeted for release in Q2 2019. :)))

[@lA1exl]

I completely agree :)

[@monsieurg8256]

11 days left before the end of Q2 2019 🤞🏻

[@monsieurg8256]

@@DavidVanPatten358 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmGaq4ysoLOMgpo

[@Heeskane]

@@DavidVanPatten358 They said "targeted for release in Q2 2019", not "do-or-die deadline in Q2 2019".

[@Heeskane]

@@DavidVanPatten358 Maybe. But all jokes aside, I think that even in the worst case scenario we would be able to participate in the open beta by the end of 2019. But realistically speaking I think they are able to ship the update in August or early autumn.

[@Nzg41]

Tech beta out! Were so very close!

[@Heeskane]

@@Nzg41 The full release / open beta is probably two or three weeks away now, depends on how long time it takes for the problems to get fixed

[@theshadowl4]

Valve should be ashamed ....

[@thekrustaceox5181]

Valve is swiming on pools of money. They simply do not care.

[@theharvinator7935]

@TheVoiceOfTruth excuse me i must have misread, i thought i saw you saying that portal isnt an original game and that half life 2 is mediocre.

[@grnsweatervevo]

@@theharvinator7935 Portal isn't really original, Valve hired the dudes who made Narbacular Drop to work on Portal. (which had the same portal concept)

[@AnToxa57]

@@theharvinator7935 Half life 2 was lame

[@bbenjoe]

@@AnToxa57 O.o

[@C0T0HA]

Thank you for doing this. It's simultaneously heartwarming and depressing that the last game in the Half-Life universe will be a piece of fan work. What a piece it is though. I'll have fond memories of Valve as a gamedev company, but they are that no longer. Their last true piece of creative work was Portal 2 way back in 2011, can you imagine. Since then we received: - Remastered Counter-Strike with skin gambling; - A F2P MOBA; - A fun but small physics puzzle game nobody asked for; - A trading card game coming out soon. I'm not one preaching for entitlement, Valve don't 'owe' us Half-Life 3. But it's bloody heartbreaking that all chances of it ever coming out have been squished. So again, thank you SO MUCH Crowbar Collective for not letting the series end in a whim.

[@EstratosVarios]

Let's hope that the guys at Project Borealis can finish their work successfully and timely.

[@sidicle6537]

@@EstratosVarios Yeah! With Black Mesa, Half-Life 2 (its episodes) and Project Borealis, we'll finally be complete.

[@simla5]

To be fair, I'm not surprised we're never getting HL3... Why would such a gigant Valve is today bother to make a game that just would have to be absolutely pefect. HL3 is a game that just cannot live up to the hype or it would be extremely hard to make it so...

[@dusankostic7613]

COTOHA Amin.

[@dusankostic7613]

@@EstratosVarios They said that they will only developed and chapter 2 anomalous materials because to much people asking :). But not entire game. They said they don't have that much time and energy for entire game.

[@Enders]

Well worth the wait to see more care put into this vision. The final chapter of the most modern possible re-itteration of Half-Life 1 looks great! Thanks to your team for all the hard work on Black Mesa.

[@sneeziaz]

worth the bait

[@lassihelin4187]

worth the idontknowwhattosay

[@michadasz8163]

Anyone came back here just to check how does a community project hold up to valve's new half life? no? just me?

[@elitesnakeeyes2712]

You ain't alone

[@Galeq.]

Just love this community, i wanns cry 😭 Half Life is back,!!! 🥺

[@Milner62]

I only came here to see if they ever finished this game which apparently they haven't as Xen still isn't finished nor is it in the game.

[@schmittfamily5045]

I'll just make this my Half Life 3 so I can die in peace. God bless everyone who worked on this fan game! All that time you guys put in really shows! *I can't wait to watch someone else play it because I don't have Steam!*

[@Tuxflop]

but steam is free to use (unless you're talking about the steam _version)_

[@schmittfamily5045]

@@Tuxflop Thanks for telling me! *I'm still watching gameplay of it though*

[@thenobslol]

if youre for real then that's depressing🙂

[@schmittfamily5045]

@@thenobslol Now Gordon doesn't need to hear it, he's a highly trained professional

[@xaveri28]

This trailer actually makes the Xen chapter look like something I want to play. Can't wait.

[@tsartomato]

you mean a generic COD corridor for idiots who get lost between 3 trees

[@Architector_4]

+tsartomato What exactly are you talking about? Do you have any idea on how these maps are built to call them CoD corridors?

[@xaveri28]

Are you too simple to understand what I am saying? Ok, here you go... Trailer Pretty + Music Cool = I want to try this.

[@tsartomato]

@@Architector_4 do you have eyes? open a video with the original - great verticality, jump pads, low gravity now look at these corridor intestines, where only way you can go is forward

[@Architector_4]

+tsartomato I don't think it's reasonable to base such a negative opinion based on few clips of the levels - which were picked to be more cinematographic instead of actually showing the level layout. Let's first wait for the final version or some layout maps to appear, and then make conclusions like these. Allright? Thanks.

[@Grosspanzer]

I hope Valve hires these guys to make Half-Life 3.

[@TacticalSocks]

Project Boreallis will come soon my friend

[@SomeKindaSpy]

Fuck that. Valve is terrible to work for. They'll just fire off half their staff for no reason apparently.

[@Columbakin]

That would require our lord gaben to want to stop trolling the fans

[@quiver5756]

@@TacticalSocks Don't forget Boreal Alyph

[@cyberpleb2472]

Sure, we'd have it by about 2050.

[@MerrasMies]

I’ve been always wondering how the hell it takes years to create Xen, but when I started playing I realized how amazingly beautiful and detailed it is and it must be after a lot of hard work

[@fizzisoda7113]

Black Mesa Xen is like a whole new game. They had to come up with most of the map design from scratch. I'm proud of what they made.

[@damnfool2891]

@@fizzisoda7113 my pc is lagging

[@fizzisoda7113]

@@damnfool2891 Sounds like a you issue

[@snowcreeper09]

@@damnfool2891 skill issue tbh

[@lolstationvita5922]

*Half-Life:* What a creepy place with bad platforming. *Black Mesa:* OMG, I WANT TO STAY HERE!!!

[@ManLikeEddy]

bad platforming? BITCH MAKING A FLOATING AND MOVING PLATFORM IN THE 90'S WAS THE HARDEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE THING YOU COULD GET SHUT YOUR BITCH ASS UP

[@a.q.2330]

@@ManLikeEddy Tomas face

[@jiraffe9600]

Big Joe it was still not fun, and kinda boring.

[@ediodimacaroni]

Platforming in goldsrc is like jumping on ice covered with butter. Its great!

[@ManLikeEddy]

@@molegolm just because you have an opinion that doesnt mean it denies mine the end

[@dictatorinperpetuity]

Black Mesa should show valve why we need HL3.

[@CarrotSurvivor]

Black Market we’re getting half life VR. And half life 3 will be a VR game too

[@SideTracked1]

@@CarrotSurvivor I doubt HL3 would be VR, atleast not exclusively. Very few people own VR headsets and even fewer people own PCs that could run a decent looking game in VR. It could be really cool though.

[@CarrotSurvivor]

SideTracked the point of half life VR is to get people to buy VR headsets

[@SideTracked1]

Carrot Survivor Most people arent going to spend a few hundred dollars on a headset and potentially hundreds more on pc upgrades just to play one game.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

@@SideTracked1 Valve is just going to wait for another ten years when everyone has VR access, at least that seems to be their plan right now.

[@ilParry]

ITS... Its... *Beautiful* :")

[@terraniux19]

It's hard to believe it's running on a Source Engine. Of course I know some modifications had to be made, but it only shows that the Source Engine is still extremely capable and the work that Black Mesa creators have done is just mind-blowing!

[@amirmuzakkir3450]

Titanfall use source engine btw

[@randomcatdude]

@@amirmuzakkir3450 Titanfall uses a ridiculously modified version of Source, though, to the point that it can't even really be called Source anymore.

[@RAVEVelvet]

Here's what I observed. Why it looks good is really because of the art direction that went in it. I just finished black mesa for the first time and played in the the lowest quality possible in the settings YET it still looks AMAZING. The artists that designed how the levels were layed out felt like a well composed painting where your eyes would flow in the right direction. The use of color theory is present too, the first chapters of xen mostly consists of different shades of blue, magentas, and oranges. That pallete usually conveys a "Dream-like, Mysterious, and safe" vibe which is definitely the vibe you get when playing through the levels. The "Safe" parts comes from the fact that what most lives in the first chapters are basically "wild animals" of the place in which they live there "Safely". As the game progeress to interloper, the blues and cyans present of the xen chapters are completry gone and instead it mostly consisted of dark green, and reds like how the colors looked in the original half life xen. Giving it a very "dangerous" feel while also feeling natural to live in. They were very creative with making the orange crystals and alien plants with lights basically a giant "Red Marker" that makes your eyes focus your attention to them to tell you where you're supposed to go too. It's like Left 4 dead 1's design philosophy with how Valve made the players go in the right direction most of the time is make the areas you're not supposed to go to be dark and the areas you should go to progress will be completely lit up by light. The "dark" parts in this case of black mesa are the dominant blues where adding a very bright complimentary color to it like orange will make it very obvious you're supposed to go there. This is a very common thing for art designers to do and man writing this message really makes me want to make a Video Essay about Black Mesa Xen's Art Direction. Basically, art direction is really what makes xen awesome, Not the graphics. Xen still looks super jaw dropping when I played it in the lowest settings.

[@BOTzerker]

Don't mind me, just looking for Half-Life 3.

[@ThePillsburyJewboy]

It should be any day now

[@bleached.eyebrows32]

yup. me too

[@SiliconBong]

*gives you a kitten.

[@disneysuperherotv1666]

some video games continues in real life

[@mybattleponywei7660]

number 3 makes no sense to Gaben