It’s one of the best shooters I’ve ever played, 10/10. Also I have not played Half-Life 1, partly bc I find its graphics hard to look at
It’s one of the best shooters I’ve ever played, 10/10. Also I have not played Half-Life 1, partly bc I find its graphics hard to look at
Black Mesa, aside from just graphical and audio overhauls, also uses different (many would say tougher) enemy AIs, which significantly changes the sort of strategy which the player uses for encounters. Much of the game is also pretty significantly reworked, I believe On A Rail is much shorter and the Xen chapters are muuuuch longer and waaaay better. Black Mesa also adds more puzzles, making some use of the physics simulation of the Source game engine.
All in all, it’s the same story as Half Life, but a pretty significantly different experience.
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The AI for the HECU marines is still worse than the original Half-Life, in my opinion. It’s a huge improvement over what they had when the game launched though, which was just repurposed Combine AI.
It does okay in smaller and indoor type areas, but especially in the large, newly-expanded outdoor areas, you can really see it struggle.