![]() ![]() I’m fairly sure I’m running into some kind of a CPU bottleneck in those certain areas since upgrading to the Ryzen seems to have improved those areas a little bit but it’s still fairly unclear to me why those areas cause my computer to struggle. While the game might run well over 100 FPS most of the time, some areas will cause the game to drop down to 30-40 FPS. However, the framerate of Black Mesa is pretty inconsistent and even my desktop which is rocking an R7 370 and a Ry(earlier i5-2500k) does not keep the framerate above 60 all of the time. So I opted for a 900p experience at medium which seemed to be enough to keep the framerates within the range of playability. I tried the game on my A10-9600p APU and the game worked but was a bit too much to be run at 1080p High settings. If you have a fairly modern discrete GPU you should be fine but on integrated graphics you might need to turn down the settings to medium-low to get a playable experience. Considering the graphical improvements, it’s no surprise that the hardware requirements have risen quite a bit. While the gameplay and graphical side of the game are quite awesome, some technical aspects weigh the overall experience down a bit. But overall the soldiers you end up fighting behave fairly similarly to those of the original game: they take cover behind objects, try to flush you out with grenades and run at you with shotguns and assault rifles if given the opportunity. The human enemies haven’t been changed that much but they seem maybe a little bit more tactical than before. In Black Mesa they have been buffed and pose a bigger threat than before or at least more of an annoyance than before. In the original the alien creatures were fairly weak, as they were used in the early parts of the game. The enemies have also gotten some updates, particularly the more alien creatures. I personally would have appreciated enemies that deal high damage but also die fairly easily but the combat was still enjoyable. This means that sometimes enemies feel a bit spongy and often take half a magazine to kill with an assault rifle. While the guns sound and look more awesome than in the original, the damage they do seems to be have remained more or less same. In terms of combat, Black Mesa is pretty close to the original. In my opinion, a simple physics puzzle here and there only balances the various gunfights and they are never too difficult as to stop you from making progress. Since Black Mesa uses the Source engine, the developers also have the physics system at their disposal and they seem to have taken advantage of it for some of their puzzles, which are Half-Life 2 style in nature but aren’t nearly as excessive as with Half-Life 2. Some new environmental puzzles were also added to the game. Luckily the crouch-jump has been faded out. Even the fairly annoying first-person platforming parts are still in the game. ![]() And despite some changes to the layout of the levels, as far as I know, nothing has been left out. If you played Half-Life you can quite easily find your way but sometimes you might notice the paths aren’t exactly the same as in the original. The levels have been redone with a lot more detail and sometimes have been adjusted in subtle ways that make the environments look and work better than the fairly empty hallways and corridors of the original while still staying fairly recognizable to those who have played the original. While the story of Half-Life is quite carefully replicated by Black Mesa, some aspects have been changed quite a bit from the original. I would say Black Mesa’s graphical side is the best fan work I’ve seen thus far and definitely gives the research facility and its surrounding areas a lot more life.īut don’t think for a second that Black Mesa is just some high-detail texture pack on top of Half-Life. The texture work, models and audio have all been improved upon greatly and the game uses a newer version of the Source engine along with its lighting capabilities, giving the game a modern look. View cookie preferences.Īs you might expect, the main focus of Black Mesa is to bring the Half-Life story to the modern age with numerous graphical improvements. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. ![]()
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