It’s planning a “Definitive Edition” update with additional gameplay tweaks and improvements to the modding workshop, and it wants to hold community events for people who are interested in working with Valve’s Source engine. Now, in 2020, the whole game has been polished into an official non-beta release.Ĭrowbar Collective isn’t quite done with the game. Late last year, Crowbar Collective released the ending - a dramatic reworking of the infamous Xen levels, one of Half-Life’s weakest areas.
Then, Valve granted permission to make a standalone commercial game, and an incomplete version appeared on Early Access in 2015. It launched as a mod for Half-Life 2 in 2012, earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. Developer Crowbar Collective finally launched a 1.0 version of Black Mesa, which updates the 1998 first-person shooter with smarter enemies, levels built from scratch, and a level of detail that wasn’t possible two decades ago.īlack Mesa has been sort of playable for some time.
Occasional dead expedition members can create a disturbing and desolate atmosphere, however.Īliens should include headcrab, the barnacle, and the vortigaunt.Black Mesa was once a humble video game mod - but as of today, it’s a full-fledged remake of Half-Life, newly released out of Steam Early Access.
No humans should ever be seen in a Xen level. Odd fungi and pillars and can be seen spread around in areas. Xen's lighting consists mainly of glowing crystals and bio-luminescent tubes. Therefore, it is best to relegate moving platforms to an atmospheric role rather than a gameplay mechanic. Xen was often criticized for its frustrating "jumping puzzles". The gravity on Xen is lower than on Earth. Xen occasionally features larger cave systems underground. Various energy spires and other organic growths are commonplace. Xen consists mostly of organic, spongelike platforms floating in a nebulous void. Black Mesa sent expedition teams into Xen to collect alien samples, and is the source of the crystal that triggers the resonance cascade early on in the game. Xen is an alternate dimension discovered by Black Mesa scientists prior to the original Half-Life.
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