Xen sucks

[BlazeY]

Omg, when i entered this chapter the game in general just went down hill, where do i even start, XEN is one of if the the most clunky unfiar and unfun chapter in a video game ive ever seen in my life.

[PsyWarVeteran]

A very original observation.

[BlazeY]

The game is amazing but XEN is just on of the worst things ive ever seen. if you have money just go buy black mesa.

[PsyWarVeteran]

Originally posted by Bl4Z3:

The game is amazing but XEN is just on of the worst things ive ever seen. if you have money just go buy black mesa.

One of the worst things you've seen is a video game level? How long have you been alive? If all was well and good up until Xen, the final chapter, then the game earned your money, spend twenty more minutes playing and it'll end.

Also, I'd pay money NOT to play Black Mesa.

[Chimz]

Xen was the last part of the game, where they also happen to run out of time and rush it.
The original Xen was was way bigger than what it is now, but due to time constraints it was shortened and rushed, which resulted in many people feeling the same way as you.

I personally like the outskirts and while I dislike the interloper part, I think you're overreacting.

[Ikagura]

Yeah, Xen felt rushed for sure.

Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:

A very original observation.

Regardless of the originality you cannot deny that this is one of the weakest part of the game.

Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:

Also, I'd pay money NOT to play Black Mesa.

Nobody is forcing you to play the remake made by fans (even if it's a very solid remake and is much better than what Valve did with Half-Life : Source).

[PsyWarVeteran]

The fun police has arrived

[BurningCakeDoesAche]

Originally posted by PsyWarVeteran:

The fun police has arrived

counterargument: you're not funny

[JohnSalamii]

Xen was ok, it if you are talking about the realm, not the chapter, if its about the chapter i hated interloper more

[PsyWarVeteran]

Originally posted by BurningCakeDoesAche:

counterargument: you're not funny

The rookie helper of the fun police has also arrived it seems

By the way: Fun ≠ Funny ;)

[Cat]

Originally posted by Bl4Z3:

The game is amazing but XEN is just on of the worst things ive ever seen. if you have money just go buy black mesa.

This has to be a troll. One of the biggest issues or memes about Black mesa is its notoriously worse xen chapters.

[BlazeY]

What the hell do you mean a lot of people like black mesa's Xen more then half life's Xen.

[PsyWarVeteran]

Originally posted by Bl4Z3:

What the hell do you mean a lot of people like black mesa's Xen more then half life's Xen.

Nope, it's extremely long, very boring and nothing like the original.

Even if you don't like the original Xen it ended in half an hour. Black Mesa's Xen takes hours and hours.

[SmellofNapalm]

"Xen" in Black Mesa was pretty good. Not too much combat and instead more environmental storytelling exploration and puzzling in really well done rather pretty environments.

But both "Gonarch's Lair" and "Interloper" are just way too long and repetitive for their own good. It doesn't help that the game is overall just way, way longer than Half Life. At the point when Gonarch's Lair arrives I didn't have that much patience left. And I simply didn't like the two concluding chapters nearly as much as the introductory one. So my tolerance for any issues I had just wasn't there anymore.

I never had much of an issue with the original Xen. The Nihilanth's teleportation may be annoying and Xen as a whole a bit incoherent, but I didn't mind. I still kind of like it.

[calembredaine]

i like zen

Originally posted by Cat:

Originally posted by Bl4Z3:

The game is amazing but XEN is just on of the worst things ive ever seen. if you have money just go buy black mesa.

This has to be a troll. One of the biggest issues or memes about Black mesa is its notoriously worse xen chapters.

worse interloper*
it's lot more divergent on the rest afaik

[Ikagura]

I wish that someone made the last part of the game, Interlopper, more like the chapter in the Citadel in HL² where you get overpowered.