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Is Black Mesa based in the Portal / Half Life universe? I played Portal 2 and the Half Life games and I heard that name
It is a mod of Half Life 1. It may be one of the best mods ever made IMHO, since it is a top to bottom modification.
 
Oh cool, is it considered canon in Half Life?
That’s something I don’t know. They generally kept the same levels and story, and mostly improved gameplay and graphics.
 
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I was going to go back to Ancient Greece and begin my 2nd playthrough, but I'm so glad I found this when I did:


Great timing! My 2nd playthrough will be New Game+.
In the meantime, I'll reinstall and play Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza 0 again while I'm waiting for February 20 (Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza Kiwami release date for us Japanese).
 
Finished up with Shadow Warrior 2, the ending was abrupt. Didn't go to any forums yet to check what that was all about, anyway. It's like there was supposed to be some DLC or something, but that seems like it all I can do is start an NG+.

Trying to go back from where I left on in Altis campaign in ArmA 3. The game runs way smoother than it did a few years ago, they finally optimized the game where the CPU cores are doing a lot of heavy lifting, playing on 2560x1080 Ultra, Medium Shadows and Post-processing gives good frametimes and I don't have to compromise on view/object distance anymore. I still wonder what more complex missions do though because I remember some of them were running very badly, especially when you pilot a helo or an aircraft.

Also Hotline Miami.

I'm holding off on RogueTech mod for BattleTech until it stops constantly updating, I can't keep downloading 2GB every time there is an asset update. It has to be one my favorite mods for any game, best part about it is that I can make a 'mech variant pretty easily and it has a random spawn chance of appearing without meddling with any other files.

I think I sunk more than 400 hours in a short time span, very replayable if you just like hunting for different chassis.

BattleTech kind of caught me off-guard when I found out it ran on Unity, which has a reputation of being a challenging engine to optimize for in games with larger scale and assets with high file sizes. The game has random frame-drops, especially when spinning the camera around. It's running better with each update, but there is still room for improvement. This is kind of reminds me of..... ehhh nooo. Flashbacks from modding Bethesda games. It hurts.
 
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Oh cool, is it considered canon in Half Life?
Not sure if I understand the question, but Black Mesa is considered to be the definitive remake of Half Life, bar none. And make no mistake, it's so much more than just a mod (if indeed one could call it a mod), being a total remake of Half Life from the ground up.
In September 2004, Black Mesa: Source was announced, later renamed to BLλCK MESA and during the intervening years it soon became known as vaporware, even though teaser trailers were released.
Finally, on 14th September 2012, the game was released as a free download and I remember putting a countdown clock on my desktop and downloading the game as the second hand reached the top of the hour.
To see Half Life brought to life all shiny and new was quite something and a huge achievement for the team, now called The Crowbar Collective. Since then, the game has been upgraded, levels expanded and we're all now waiting for the finale - Xen.
You need patience above all things in the Half Life universe.
 
We do random map and Zeratul is the only commander that can do it all.
Sure, it's good synergy with Karax on maps where you need defense, too. But on maps where you need to push, you ok with doing solo offense ?
What difficulty are you guys playing on ?
 
Still playing Bioshock 2 Remastered. 3 hours each of the last 3 days.
 
Playing Dawn of War Warhammer Soulstorm still. Also playing BFV and COD4 and just recently RE2 remake.
 
Is Black Mesa based in the Portal / Half Life universe? I played Portal 2 and the Half Life games and I heard that name
It's basically the original Half Life remade in modern Source engine with some improvements.
Kinda like Half-Life: Source back in a day, but better.
Campaign is exactly the same as HL1, minus Xen. Supposedly the last part rolls out this year, finally getting the game off the lengthy Early Access.
 
Who still plays Battlefield 2 online on the new server?
Didn't know this is possible. Great times back then! Would you just point me to the way to play this online, if it is worth the effort, of course! Thanks ahead.
 
Astroneer is cool so far. Gonna play it a lot with my hubby this coming week! Love the art style
 
Didn't know this is possible. Great times back then! Would you just point me to the way to play this online, if it is worth the effort, of course! Thanks ahead.

I will send you all informations in private but first you need to install the game as usual.
 
Any Dark Age of Camelot fans out there? Phoenix Freeshard is a recently released OG version of DAoC (with the modern Quality of Life patches) that is free and populated. I haven't had too much time to play but I highly recommend it. I can either post the link in an edit if allowed, or I can message you if interested. If I ever have time to play again, I am Boatvanius on Midgard
 
Path of Exile was a good free online game back then. Guess it changed a lot but I think it's still free.
 
RNGezus being nice to me today?? wow... uh, thanks? owO been wanting this Geomag Stabilizers for awhile now. One more Exotic armor to go; Phoenix Protocol.
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Back with Ghost Recon Wildlands after an intermission and I finally got DJ Perico, flew loads of helis, shot up trucks with the heli mini guns, skydived and parachuted.
It's a fun game and beats the same old stuff of FC5.
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Finishing up Bioshock 2 Remastered tonight, then hopefully starting Enderal tomorrow.
 
Currently playing through this for a second time;
https://haloce3.com/downloads/singleplayer/original-singleplayer/spv3-1/

If you're a fan of Halo on the PC and have longed for something new, this is it. The GFX are beautifully improved as is the enemy AI, the missions kick butt(literally), have been expanded upon in many, very enjoyable, ways and it's just an overall quality experience. Word of warning though, it will test your skills and the only cheat available is the cloak(cheat_active_camouflage) as everything else like "bottomless clip" and "infinite ammo" will crash the game. You need a legit copy of Halo(and CDKey) for PC, and the installer will guide you through the rest. If you happen to have Halo Custom Edition with the latest patch and Open Sauce installed already, the installer will import your installation to a new directory and leave your original install intact.

It has been a blast and I HIGHLY recommend playing it if you're a fan of Halo 1!
 
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What I find pretty weird, is that I think Halo: CE is the only game on PC that has all of the assets on the map file itself, almost every texture can be different and rarely ever used on another map in the campaign which makes all of the maps mostly unique, the exception are the maps where you literally have to backtrack (I think everyone unanimously doesn't like "The Library", haha). This is for vanilla of course.

Anyway, Firefight Descent custom map has to be my favorite, anytime I want to jump in and shoot around a little, it is there. I think you have a class to pick from and then you have a large selection of guns to use not just the ones from Halo:CE. I've never beaten the map because some of the waves can be challenging and fun.

There are probably way more good custom maps out there that I haven't tried, but you know... time just slips.
 
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why is this funny to me ?
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this was wicked
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This happens all too often for me in GRW.
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