Very cool remake of Half-Life!

When I was about 12 I downloaded a copy of Half-Life from the internet, I didn't even knew what was it, just that it looked cool and was one of the only shooting games my busted up laptop could run. Yet, my short attention span drove me to more colorful and fast games, back then I got to the first surface level and left it there, I thought that was the end and never played it again.

Years later, I keep hearing about this being one of the best games of all time, and decided to finally buy it along with all the other Valve games, perhaps as part of my redemption for my years of sailing the seven seas, and well, what other way to play but with enhanced and perfected graphics? Abandoned it to my backlog.

Until at long last I forced myself to play it, and what a game, every praise, every high score, every award this game has received is well deserved, of course most people talk about Half-Life and not exactly Black Mesa itself, yet Black Mesa is just the perfect way to play it, the original game hasn't aged very well, and while I did try it a few times as an adult, I believe anyone who wants to experience Half-Life should check this version.

The graphics are amazing, while it does change the art direction that does not hurt the original at all and at some point it might be it's own game yet the landscapes look beautiful and give Half-Life an excellent modern makeover. Gameplay feels way more fluid and responsive. Sound effects are most if not all from the classic version, since what would Half-Life be without it's iconic sound effects. It also has achievements now!

In conclusion, Half-Life will always be one of the founding fathers of the FPS genre and with Black Mesa it has a nice new look and is a lot easier to get into for the new generations, since this is Steam, every Library should have a copy.

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