Black Mesa is a neigh perfect remake. It captures what made the original a landmark in PC gaming and adds some extra spices to the sauce to make it even better. Everybody should absolutely play this game. You genuinly get the feeling you are living through an adventure. A feeling that you don't even find in gaming today. I found myself often shouting OH ♥♥♥♥ and actually ducking behind the screen and such.

For me, the big difference between Half Life and everything else is the level design. It's a perfect balance of telling a story, parcours, shooting, adventure.... everything that a FPS could need.

If you never played Half Life, you have no more excuses. If you have, get Black Mesa anyway as you will discover all over again why we all loved Half Life.

I've read through some of the negative reviews and the only thing I agree with is that Xen levels could have maybe been slightly shorter. Especially the interloper chapter contains maybe one or two puzzles too many; but for me, it made the sense of accimplishment of reaching the Nihilanth only greater.

Black Mesa is a neigh perfect remake. It captures what made the original a landmark in PC gaming and adds some extra spices to the sauce to make it even better. Everybody should absolutely play this game. You genuinly get the feeling you are living through an adventure. A feeling that you don't even find in gaming today. I found myself often shouting OH SHIT and actually ducking behind the screen and such. For me, the big difference between Half Life and everything else is the level design. It's a perfect balance of telling a story, parcours, shooting, adventure.... everything that a FPS could need. If you never played Half Life, you have no more excuses. If you have, get Black Mesa anyway as you will discover all over again why we all loved Half Life. I've read through some of the negative reviews and the only thing I agree with is that Xen levels could have maybe been slightly shorter. Especially the interloper chapter contains maybe one or two puzzles too many; but for me, it made the sense of accimplishment of reaching the Nihilanth only greater.