Community MetaSteam | March 2020 - Rise and Shine, Ms. Vance, Until It Is Done!
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Sorry, not having my best day today.
Boy, finally finished. Mixed thoughts. Spoilers.
Visuals are obviously much better than the more than two-decade-old original. But that's to be expected. Still, it looks really nice.
Gameplay has seen some changes. Since it uses the engine from Half-Life 2 as the base, the gunplay feels more "updated". In general, it feels nicer to shoot things, haha.
Sound is interesting. Weapons truly shine here with IMO better sound than the original.
In terms of music though, the devs decided to put in some tracks to emphasize certain scenes. It's a bit overdone as it always stole my attention a tad too much.
Now, the big one. Level design has seen an overall update in terms of complexity but for the most part, it's visual fluff to make it feel more real and gel with the updated fidelity.
With one big exception. Xen. It's totally re-envisioned with an entirely different pacing and structure. Everything is different.
No more low-gravity platforming for example.
But it has been expanded considerably. It felt like a small game on its own, especially since the "world" part plays and feels different than Xen. Crowbar Collective did put a lot of thought and effort into it, kudos where it's due. Whether it works for you I can't say, but in my case it was mixed. The early half was quite good as it managed to establish an interesting ecosystem on a jungle-like planet. But the latter half was lacking in world-building and felt too contrived.
End boss fight has been redone as well, and while different it still was a nice homage to the original. It was OK even if a bit frantic.
As someone who played the OG Half-Life several times, Black Mesa pre-Zen felt like a sweet nostalgia trip while Xen was more than I anticipated and sometimes wanted. All in all, I still would recommend playing the original since it feels and plays different enough to warrant it. But I can see the aged design being simply too much to handle for some, so Black Mesa is a nice option for them.
No harm intended. Far be it from me to dunk on anyone's taste on games. We all like our comfort food after all. But I'll still dunk on Persona 5 at every opportunity, though.
Play this with The Reunion mod or at least with the Beacause relocalisation mod and I'd imagine anyone will have a better experience compared with FFVIIR.
It's a miss for me, since the beginning every thing Coffe Stain has posted has made me like them less and less
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siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
i feel the same way ... i really do
"Achievements won't exist for a while until the game is closer to complete and until Epic has achievements"
Lol.
Lol.
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According to a local tech site, Microsoft bought a bunch of Konami IP's, including Metal Gear and Castlevania. Can't wait for a brand new €70 Castlevania game. 
Competition!
So, never? :Kappa:
and here we got with AssCreed leak again, this time its Achievments
AssassViking rumour thread - page-2#post-143673
tl;dw
- there is coop, there is sacking towns , upgrading settlements, discovering kingdoms and sucking up to kings, and ton of mythical norse monsters
tl;dw
- there is coop, there is sacking towns , upgrading settlements, discovering kingdoms and sucking up to kings, and ton of mythical norse monsters
Oh I want this to be true just for the drama!According to a local tech site, Microsoft bought a bunch of Konami IP's, including Metal Gear and Castlevania. Can't wait for a brand new €70 Castlevania game.
By local tech site you mean a report of a twitter brand warrior via Pastebin? cause' yeah, if so, nopeAccording to a local tech site, Microsoft bought a bunch of Konami IP's, including Metal Gear and Castlevania. Can't wait for a brand new €70 Castlevania game.
yeah me too. Cant say I ever liked them, since Goat Simulator and their other game didnt exactly grasp me, but the way theyve been handling Satisfactory is just ...wrong.
Chapter 3 is the tutorial of the horror part of the game.
For subsequent chapters (I won't spoil the numbers), make sure there is no furniture in the room, that you are far from the walls, and maybe put a blanket on the floor so that your knees hurt less if your legs give up as you position yourself in a fetal position. I have watched videos, both videos of playthroughs and videos of people losing it.
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No Achievement until Epic has it......what....
Parity features just for the sake of it?
Hard to believe. But weirder things have happened.According to a local tech site, Microsoft bought a bunch of Konami IP's, including Metal Gear and Castlevania. Can't wait for a brand new €70 Castlevania game.
Intresting, looks a bit basic but will keep an eye out.
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