Why is Xen such a big deal?

[Ouch My Brainz]

I know that its the end of the game and the game will be out of early access but why does the marketing for BM say that it will include Xen? I mean its part of the game is it not? Or do they mean the soundtrack of the game will be included? Sorry I had to ask the community yes I know I am dumb.

Edit: Why is BM making a big deal about adding something that completes the game if we already know that it is coming. The way it is being marketed is as if it is a completely separate part that was never in the original game.

[thray]

The marketing for Black Mesa says it will include zen because the original game had zen.

[Ouch My Brainz]

Originally posted by Jeremy Bearimy:

The marketing for Black Mesa says it will include zen because the original game had zen.

But that should be obvious no? Maybe I need to word my question better.

[FireFly]

Because Xen in Black Mesa is half the size of the Earthbound chapters?

[wirs]

Black Mesa already exists since years as a mod and never included XEN. So "now" that they went from being a mod to being a standalone game they included that statement into their marketing as it is a big selling point for the full game vs playing the free mod

[Count Grishnackh (Cyber)]

Just a reminder that rather than finishing Xen, Collective Scammers made a tiny change to bloom that literally does nothing.

[FluffyZarkus]

Originally posted by E-man:

I know that its the end of the game and the game will be out of early access but why does the marketing for BM say that it will include Xen? I mean its part of the game is it not? Or do they mean the soundtrack of the game will be included? Sorry I had to ask the community yes I know I am dumb.

Edit: Why is BM making a big deal about adding something that completes the game if we already know that it is coming. The way it is being marketed is as if it is a completely separate part that was never in the original game.

cuz it looks better that the default game cuz they have been spending a lot of time making xen and a lot of things the but the main thing is that theyre rly working theyr asses off

[Ouch My Brainz]

Ahhh okay thanks

[Colonel Orange]

Yeah totally "collective Scammers" yeah man totally scammers, definitley...

[1v4n94]

Originally posted by wirs:

Black Mesa already exists since years as a mod and never included XEN. So "now" that they went from being a mod to being a standalone game they included that statement into their marketing as it is a big selling point for the full game vs playing the free mod

+1

[Tuxflop]

I can't believe you absolute saltlords are mad about them implementing bloom

You said CC is marketing Xen as a separate part not even in the original game--that's because it basically is. I imagine it'll still be recognizable as being based off the original, but the Black Mesa version is a total redo. They'd like to make Xen closer to Valve's original vision that they couldn't do because of time restraints and tech limits. Therefore, it'll be quite a bit longer, & an improvement on the gameplay of the original.

[m4l1n]

Originally posted by wirs:

Black Mesa already exists since years as a mod and never included XEN. So "now" that they went from being a mod to being a standalone game they included that statement into their marketing as it is a big selling point for the full game vs playing the free mod

yea, too bad they don't fix game breaking bugs...

[DIGITAL SPORTS]

It's a big deal because it's an original, fresh interpretation of something that was fairly divisive in the original. We think fans will be excited to receive a hefty chunk of essentially original Half-Life content, which we've poured years and years of work into.

[[BMS] Adam-Bomb]

Also there are a lot of people who ask if it will be DLC, or if we will raise the price of the game after EA. It is all included.

[Rixxz]

Originally posted by Cyberman:

Just a reminder that rather than finishing Xen, Collective Scammers made a tiny change to bloom that literally does nothing.

P. sure the mappers, 3D-modellers and programmers are separate people