It still contains long jump puzzles, but they are a lot more intuitive and enjoyable.īasically what I'm saying is to experience vanilla Black Mesa and see how it builds upon the original instead of trying to make your experience exactly like the original. Black Mesa expands on Xen greatly with a greater emphasis on exploring the awesome landscape. The original game was pretty short and was mostly long jump puzzles. Xen was completely redesigned, and for the better I'd say. Black Mesa trims it down to just the important elements by cutting out the 'fluff'. The chapter in the original game was super long and repetitive. A good example is the On A Rail chapter as you mentioned.

Some useless and repetitive aspects were altered or removed. While a large majority of the game is very close to the original, it improves certain aspects such as flow. If you want 'something as close to the spirit of the original game as possible', then just play the original Half Life. Personally, I have done multiple playthroughs without any mods. Off topic posts are liable to be removed. Please only post content relating to Black Mesa Source and Half Life. In-game gore (screenshots, video) acceptable due to the nature of the game. If your submitted link contains spoilers, please give it the SPOILER flair.

This will result in text looking like this. Please mark ALL spoilers with this code: (/spoiler) Restart your computer! This should solve any problems with the game not showing up in Steam or generally acting wonky. Simply run the BlackMesa-Setup.exe file and follow the onscreen instructions. If you did not download via the torrent, unzip the zip archive and save the resulting folder in a recognisable place.ĭO NOT unzip the BlackMesa.7z file. Save the folder of files to a recognisable place such as your desktop. ( Guide Here)ĭownload the mod as per the instructions above. Install the Source SDK Base 2007 via Steam. If you need a torrent client, try qbittorrent or Deluge. R/BlackMesaSource recommends the (legal) Official Torrent to download the game. Visit the Official Download Page to download the mod. View the System Requirements for information on running the game. Downloading the Gameīlack Mesa is 3.08 GB compressed, 8 GB uncompressed. Black Mesa (formerly Black Mesa: Source) is a Half-Life 2 total conversion remaking of Valve Software's award-winning PC game, Half-Life.

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