MorninglordI'm tired of being Batman,so today I'll be Owl.Registered Userregular
edited November 2007
The duck around double shotgun trick works because you pop out, do the double blast, then while the shotgun is recovering for a second double blast, you go behind the cover and come out again.
It's not amazing, I played half-life 1 through probably 20 odd times when I first got it. I loved that game so hard.
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(PSN: Morninglord) (Steam: Morninglord) (WiiU: Morninglord22) I like to record and toss up a lot of random gaming videos here.
Questionable or not, I want to be prepared. With my whole 4 bullets.
Someone let loose the dogs of war. Or Sonic the alien hog. Either way, I'm not happy to see them waiting for me.
Aliens > 4 = Bullets = 0
Time for trusty Mr. Crowbar!
There's one thing (hah!) that doesn't make sense though. How did they transport them in these dog crates? They attack with sonic shockwaves, which I would imagine would be enough to either break the crate or at least harm whoever was carrying them.
Ammo! And electricity.
Don't wizz on the electric fence.
I think by this point we've moved beyond "first aid". We're on "hundreth aid".
I'm very happy though. I've gone from crawling in waste to a nice, clean laboratory setting. This is much more acceptable.
I take back what I said. Give me waste anyday over this thing!
In case of emergency, or alien invasion, break glass? I'm up for anything, let's try it! What's the worst that could happen?
oh
(can you guys see these pictures ok? They seem really dark on my monitor and I don't remember them being that dark while playing either. Perhaps the lights were flickering and I happened to capture the millisecond that it was dark.)
If you can't see, he's dead. Not before soaking up most of my ammo though..
Ok, yeah, I will take this over sewage.
What exactly were they doing around here? The aliens only recently arrived. Right? Who was conducting these experiments? Where did they go? Did they capture these aliens before everything happened?
Like dolphins in tuna nets. Ha ha!
(I do not condone the use of non-dolphin-friendly tuna nets. However, if dolphins are so smart, they really need to learn to go around.)
Another button that I simply cannot refuse to push. I'm a sucker for these things!
This is looking better already!
Can I get one of those in a hand-held version?
I am so not cleaning that up.
A gun and ammo! Score!
At this point marines started to, almost consistently, drop grenades upon their death. I don't know if this is some sort of "honor" ritual, but it's annoying and just is messy.
"Hey, it's no good up there. It's all locked down with scanner access and we can't get out. I'm sure there are some scientists hiding around that might have access and can let us out!"
Good idea, Frank!
I fear no marine!
However, when you run ahead of me like that, sure, you're going to get shot up pretty bad. RIP Frank.
Ha! Weren't expecting a scientist were ya!
A front door?! Sweet! I can finally get out of here! It all seems a bit too simple though..
Yeah, it was locked, of course. Frank tells no lies. Time to find a way around.
Think they're trying to warn me of something?
Oh, more marines. They go down much easier once you get some decent weapons! And ammo.
Wonderful, more explosives. Seriously, this is starting to get annoying.
I'm slightly frightened of this room. I'm not quite sure why yet.
Remember those buttons I can't resist pushing? I'm so sorry, but I pushed it again.
Fortunately the marines decided that protecting their own lives from aliens is more important than killing me.
Yes, I said alienS. There's a second one over here picking off marines.
The battle is quite fierce!
Aliens: 3 Marines: 0
At least the aliens are hurt though and go down pretty quickly.
There are still 2 of them though.
Like I said, easy.
This coward was hiding around the corner. I took care of him.
This has already been more dangerous with enemies than all of Residue Processing. Just no jumping across pools of sludge.
This guy got the drop on me, attacking from behind. Unfortunately for him I have reflexes like a cat in this suit!
I never like seeing blood BEFORE I open a door.
Those arms with blades on them are spinning around the room. Whoever died in here, it was NOT pretty. Fortunately the door is locked, so I won't have bother with avoiding that death trap.
More aliens in cages. I'm really starting to suspect that some of these things were here BEFORE this morning.
Once again, the cages break. Never underestimate an alien headcrab!
I've looped around to the front door again. I must have missed something.
Ah! Here's some more stairs.
Another battle that I don't have to be involved in until later. I'm starting to like these!
Cleaning up the leftovers.
Hmm, my mind is starting to move away from "Rambo" mode and into "Scientist" mode. This is interesting and I'm curious what it does.
Whatever it is, I must push the button.
Ooh! Pretty!
I'm not about to find out if it does damage though or if it's just light.
"Careful with that! Watch where you are shooting! It's a new experimental weapon. Wait! Don't overcharge it!" ::BOOM::
Are you going to need this? No? Don't mind if I do!
Kids, always check with skeletons before you take their stuff! They can hold a grudge against thieves.
With 2 lasers activated, I have 1 beam coming into here. Doesn't seem to do anything though.
Ah, more lasers.
Guarded lasers.
Well that's the last of them. Let's see what's going on now.
1+1+1+1 = 2?
With this blast shield on I can't see a thing!
If there's a thin piece of metal that can block a super laser, why not just build stuff out of it and then this weapon is pointless! I'll never understand the military. They hire us, they shoot us, they build lasers than can be blocked..
Remember what I said about warning signs? Yeah, I'm doing exactly what it says not to. If they were smart, they would have put a switch on the floor or wall here to designate that the shield was fully lowered. Or just kept the shield in place and not made it retractable. I'm fortunate, I guess, that they were not this smart.
BZZT!
Seems like a pretty weak laser..
Nevermind.
Is it a trap?
Nope. Scientists!
"Another scientist! Thank goodness! Listen, you have to help get us out of here before the military drones find out where we are hiding! We have access to the front door if you can help get us to the lobby!"
"One of our colleagues activated this to keep the aliens and military out, he didn't make it back before it started up though."
"I'm telling you, it's hell out there. The military is all over the surface. You will have to hop from one dangerous area to another. If you get far enough, though, you will reach the Lambda complex. I wouldn't go myself though, too dangerous.
Oh, I'm authorized.
Ever just want to go around and around in circles in these things? No? Uh, me either.
Yay! The outdoors!
VERY questionable ethics. That's just sad, really.
Ow! I hate those turrets.
Hmm, explosive crates and barrels, all together. Yes please!
The next complex. Not nearly as inviting as a glass rotating door, but it'll do.
Well, my journey continues. You think that was rough? The tension on the surface just gets worse and worse in the next episode of Half Life: Surface Tension!
(I should be able to get Surface Tension up tomorrow, but I have 254 screenshots of that section so it may take a while for me to get them all commented on! Some are duplicates, but I could still reasonably have 200+ shots in the next update. So I apologize if it doesn't get updated as quickly as I have been.)
Awesome stuff man. I was thinking... if you are having problems timing your screenshots, you could consider binding the screenshot command to a mouse button or a key closer to your movement controls. It might be too late but I thought I would throw that out there.
Questionable Ethics was a cool level if I remember right. I remember having a good laugh when you hear the scientist explaining the gauss gun and then him dying.
Awesome stuff man. I was thinking... if you are having problems timing your screenshots, you could consider binding the screenshot command to a mouse button or a key closer to your movement controls. It might be too late but I thought I would throw that out there.
I suppose that would make the most sense. Only keys my program allows are Printscreen, or the F-keys alone or with Ctrl or Shift. I thought about making it F2 or something, but just never followed through. I'll see if the F-keys are anything important and if I can reset them to Printscreen. That would allow me to take faster shots for the important sections. Fortunately I'll sometimes just reload that section and be ready for it when I approach again.
Questionable Ethics was a cool level if I remember right. I remember having a good laugh when you hear the scientist explaining the gauss gun and then him dying.
Why do they never build in limits to guns you can charge? That would be logical to me.
Surface Tension (warning, this is going to be a HUGE spoiler)
So I have fled the experimental labs and am trying to reach the Lambda complex. Apparently I am not taking the route less traveled as I was advised earlier to do, as I have left the sewage treatment plant and now I am just cruising across the surface.
I am quickly greeted by a trio of marines waiting for me. They were waiting behind some barrels, which quickly led to their gruesome demise.
That's just gross.
A bridge (dam, actually). Nothing like a narrow path to really put you out in the open.
Oh, a helicopter! This is going to be just dandy!
Staying out of the sights of a helicopter gun is quite difficult, but fortunately the pilot doesn't know how to hover so they keep strafing the area like a jet. I've successfully made it to the other side but it looks like I can't get in this way.
Just before I started to cross the helicopter blew up the bridge leading to that tower. I bet the controls to get me in are in there.
After finding that there is a ladder leading from the water to the tower, I perform a beautiful reverse one and a half somersaults with three and a half twists, in the Free position dive and climb up the ladder.
The helicopter knows I'm here, but so far hasn't been able to keep their sights on me.
Rather than opening the door, it appears that I will have to enter through the dam. At least it isn't sewage.
Even though I've turned off the turbines, I have to open the grates, wasting more oxygen than I would like.
Funny story, I opened the grates and swam through, and my game kept glitching up on me. Did it maybe 3 times before I finally got around it. The first time the helicopter had actually killed this thing in its strafing runs and I didn't need to worry about it. The second and third and fourth times, however, it was NOT dead. Totally took me by surprise! So beware! The waters are hazardous!
That helicopter is starting to get on my nerves!
Swimming down the stream, hoping not to get shot up by that helicopter.
I love crawling down these drainage pipes!
I think I may have actually gotten away from the helicopter. It hasn't made a shot in a while, and I've been trying to stay out of view.
I've climbed a ladder and now am standing on a ledge. That helicopter just won't give up!
Storm Drain Hatch ->
Sounds promising!
That's not a hatch! That's a valve control! Ugh, guess the hatch is somewhere else and NOT labeled.
I've discovered a lot of small crevices containing ammunition and first aid kits. They also are great for getting away from the strafing runs of the helicopter. If you stand still too long in this area you are a dead man.
Oh, and the helicopter isn't the only thing after you, headcrabs and marines are out and about as well.
Wonderful, another tentacle. I don't have a test rocket this time either. Fortunately it doesn't have any ranged attacks and there's not much near it worth risking your life for. That and crouching makes you practically invisible to it.
No, I don't think we'll find any dwarves.
I've never seen one of those before! Hmm, what is it? I can't shoot it. I can't blow it up. It just won't die!
Awww, who's the cute little fella!? That's right, you are! Want my finger? Haha, can't have it.
Headcrabs like to ambush you while you are trying to avoid this monster. Shooting your gun is not recommended.
Deciding the safest route is along the edges seems to have been one of my better decisions.
Unfortunately I am wide open as well. Die by helicopter? Die by mine? Decisions, decisions!
Avoiding mines and the helicopter and marines I find the hatch! I didn't even have to use 19th century dynamite to blow it up either! I hope there's no crazy nutjob inside either. Though a shower and laundry sounds good about now. This suit has been picking up the scent of everything I've crawled through..
Down the hatch!
Wow, roomy!
Hello, my name is Alice. And this, is Wonderland!
Wow! Now that is a beautiful sight!
And that is not. Oh, and apparently bullets don't shoot that far.
Or lasers.
They do shoot this far though.
I was thrilled to find a way inside! Only to find that it's just a storage shed and doesn't actually go anywhere. I will say that Black Mesa was ready for anything!
However, ready for anything means they stock this lovely little item. I'll take 3 please!
I hear the sound of chopper blades. Wait a second! Rocket beats Chopper! Fire!
Hasta la vista, baby!
With that out of the way, I can continue in peace.
Huh, who knew Black Mesa actually IS on a mesa?
Ow! Freaking headcrab! I was enjoying the view!
So is this becoming a familiar sight yet?
WHOAH! This is not a familiar sight! I killed a few marines and heard ::BOOM:: behind me, only to see this thing trying to put me in its sights!
Oohh, more rockets!
Unfortunately they do nothing against the tank.
Throwing grenades under it doesn't work either!
I'm such a tease. Gunner can't turn the turret too far left or right, or hit me if I'm too close.
He'll try though! It's like he's hoping I'm just going to pop up and stick my head in the way or something.
Can't get him from above either. What in the world do I do with this thing?!
Oohh, you get him to shoot the door, and then you exit! Come on, Gordon! Think like a scientist, not a marine!
AAAAAAaaaaaahhhhhh!!! Now I know why the scientists did not come with me!
Fortunately for me this guys suffers the same limitations as the tank!
Let's see, where do I need him to blow up a door?
Ah! A wall this time! Whoah, what is that! Alien carrier planes!
Hooray for mines!
Too.. Many.. Tripmines..
Oh come on!
"hheelllp meee"
Wait a minute, I've seen this before in a movie..
::BLAM!:: Ow!
Sniper! 12 o'clock! And I'm all out of grenades..
hahahahahahaha!! I'm not out of these though!
Goodbye!
Ordinance Storage Facility? I probably should pay more attention to that sign, but I can't get in, so I won't.
Can't get out that way either. Mine didn't blow up the door.
Door is locked..
Oh you have got to be kidding me..
::BLAM!:: Another one!?
Eat rocket!
I wish they would drop their guns out to me though..
After avoiding a few mines, electricity, and climbing a tower, I'm on the roof!
A scientist!
"I was headed to the lambda complex, or at least until i got here and lost my nerve. Peek through the door and you know what i mean. If you are going to proceed, do so with extreme caution!"
Oh you wimp! It's only a few tripmines!
Look, you just stand back and shoot them you can blow them up and not get hurt. Then you just walk on through..
Then you hear more and more explosions. And things start to go white. And then you realize, oh yeah, I'm in the ORDINANCE STORAGE FACILITY! IDIOT!
And then, because the programmers take pity on your stupidity, they reload your game for you right before you made that stupid mistake.
Oops.
So this time, with careful box placement, you avoid setting off the tripmines. Stupid marines. At least that's over.
What the! Oh you have GOT to be kidding me!
Who?! Why?! This is unbelievable!
How do I get anywhere! This is crazy!
Aha! After blowing up a few times, then finding and crawling through a space under some boxes and finding this half-broken box and breaking the other half, I have found a way!
Oh, did I mention the headcrabs that are more than willing to set off the mines for you? No? Well, they are.
Ooh, a switch! ::BOOOM::
Ok, let's try this again, move the box OUT of the way of the mine.
Jump onto platform, jump onto box, and don't hit the mines!
Success!
Away from the death trap!
Hello! What have we here?
Noted. ::Looks left:: Wait a minute...
My very own bee shooter! Sweet! And it recharges! Even better!
Oh, hello Doug! Let's go!
Run away Doug! Run away!
Bees can go around corners. Yes sir, I like it!
Hope you're not allergic!
In hindsight, in a firefight, don't use explosive boxes as cover.
Doug! NOOOOOoooo!! Stupid turret in the back of the truck!
Black marks on walls is usually not a good sign.
Great, another wide open exposed area.
More alien flyers! Three of those guys!
I never thought I would be glad to see the military!
That feeling quickly left after they finished off the aliens and put me in their sights!
Dodge and run!
A few marines later and in a building. Some sort of barracks.
Hey! It's Joe! How are you still alive? I had to shoot my way through the bottom floor of this place just to get here!
Locked, of course..
I think I need to go there. But how?
Aha! Thinking like a scientist! Out the window!
I'm getting better at figuring this stuff out! Across the dumpsters and onto the ladder!
Ok, now I'm not sure again.
Remember how I said that there isn't any really good places to use those explosives? I lied.
Hey! What's that?
Found 2 more marines, and another place that's good for using explosives!
Aha! A door!
After some nimble jumping...
It looks a bit dangerous up ahead.
Scratch that, VERY dangerous ahead.
Where's my rocket launcher?! Well, let's see what it is going to do first, maybe it'll just fly by.
Unsuspecting. (How did they not see me?)
I'm starting to enjoy having explosives.
More marines and successfully past that open area.
Crap! Huge gun! Wait a minute, it's not manned! Yes!
Aliens busting through the door. Canon fodder! blam blam blam!
Nothing like a nice clear walkway.
Hey! You're ruining my moment!
Nothing a grenade can't solve.
Wow, big walkway.
Aliens + machine gun = FUN!
All Clear!
That, is just GROSS.
Apparently though, it's a giant, disgusting trampoline.
Aliens
Marines
Picking off the survivors, I make my way through the air ducts.
If only I could actually drive one of those..
Thinking like a scientist.. Push button, get on lift, jump out hole!
Then kill guy shooting at me.
When you can't find a tank to do your door blowing up work for you, you gotta do it yourself.
It's.. Just.. So.. Beautiful.. ::sniff::
Now you see him..
Now you don't!
Rinse and repeat!
Go Private Ryan! Take down that alien scum!
One down!
Uh oh, lost a marine..
This is tough, who is going to win?!
Looks like the aliens.. I was rooting for the marines too. Well, here's your prize! BEES!
In case you actually partook in that battle.
Opportunities for explosives are everywhere!
But instead, let's try these cute little guys!
That marine there is shooting at me, go my bug friends!
Ew, kamikaze bugs.
Guy thinks he's a sniper. BEES!
Bees > sniper.
Hey where did you come from?
Fortunately, I guess he didn't see me.
Locked!
::BOING!::
Into water again?
Into the pipes!
Crap! Trapped like rats!
Uhh, that's not good! Go back! Back!
Underwater and still feeling the heat..
This is actually pretty funny. Couple of marines struggling to fight off headcrabs.
Valve likes valves..
Once again, into the pipes.
Fortunately someone blew up the end of this pipe near some stairs. Looks clear.
Locked again!
"Get Back! Oh, it's you Gordon."
Good help is hard to come by, but I'm thankful he's here.
Back out here again. Perhaps he can unlock that big door?
Yes! I don't suppose you could write down some access codes for me so I can just unlock doors myself?
HOLY! Another one of those! But I don't have 1 million watts to put him through this time!
He saw me! Think, Gordon, think! What would a scientist do?
Run away! Run run run run!!!
Keep running! Don't look back!
Trapped! Wait, there's one of those trampolines!
Over the wall! Kill the marine!
"Cooper, come in!" Forget about Freeman!! We are pulling out of here! If you have any more targets, mark them and get out! Repeat, we are pulling out and commencing air strikes!"
Crap! It followed me and broke down the door!
Wait a minute, air strikes! ::sets coordinates::
Whew..
Hmm, looks like I need to get in there. Let's blow up those walls!
Success!
Hmm, I need to get across. What's long enough to get me across?
Direct hit!
Let's go!
Those air strikes are tearing this place apart!
I hope this tunnel doesn't collapse on me!
I'm outta here!
Next week!
Will they actually forget about me? I hope so, but I have reservations that these guys will actually give up a grudge against me..
You can kill helicopters with the gauss gun. Might have made that earlier portion before you get the rockets a tad easier. Also, you CAN blow up the tanks, it just takes a buttload of firepower.
Heh, you must've missed the intro text for "Forget About Freeman", as you did that section/chapter as well today. This explains your overabundance of screenshots.
Also, hurray for the map used for TFC Hunted.
Double check the last shot. I stopped at "Forget about Freeman". That's Monday's updates, with a measly 50 shots!
After a while I was thinking, "Man, I must have missed an intro somewhere here, this is LONG!" Then I would save to see what the title was, and it was still Surface Tension.
I think it was all the action shots I took of me shooting and things blowing up, combined with the length of the section that really boosted this thing past ~80 normal shots to 200+ (254, but I didn't use a few and some were doubles that I only posted one of as well).
Ah, for some reason I saw the final shot and thought "Lambda Complex", negating my need to read. I really thought the "Forget about Freeman" radio quote was in the chapter. Hm, oh well. I guess it's been too long since HL1.
You can kill helicopters with the gauss gun. Might have made that earlier portion before you get the rockets a tad easier. Also, you CAN blow up the tanks, it just takes a buttload of firepower.
Awesome update.
Bah, you do that, and you negate the most satisfying moment in video game history. I remember finally picking up that rocket launcher, and I just smiled and was thinking "Oh, your fucking dead now". I walk out of the cave with it equipped, the helicopter comes around the corner and looks right at me, and then I shot right in his face and blew him the fuck up. Greatest thing ever.
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AthenorBattle Hardened OptimistThe Skies of HiigaraRegistered Userregular
edited November 2007
Surface Tension is by far one of the longest chapters, and one of the most memorable.
You can kill helicopters with the gauss gun. Might have made that earlier portion before you get the rockets a tad easier. Also, you CAN blow up the tanks, it just takes a buttload of firepower.
Awesome update.
Bah, you do that, and you negate the most satisfying moment in video game history. I remember finally picking up that rocket launcher, and I just smiled and was thinking "Oh, your fucking dead now". I walk out of the cave with it equipped, the helicopter comes around the corner and looks right at me, and then I shot right in his face and blew him the fuck up. Greatest thing ever.
Yes! When I found that rocket launcher I was so thrilled! It probably took less than a milisecond for the visual of an exploding helicopter to come rushing to my mind. That stupid chopper follows you around so long that to finally be rid of it is awesome! (I forgot to try, but can you also down the plane dropping marines with the rocket launcher?)
Jeez you put alot of effort into this. Naming all the shots, presumebly resizing them.
And uploading them all to slow ass photobucket.
I'm enjoying it alot, props man.
I'm glad you enjoy it!
Here's a little secret though:
Gadwin PrintScreen
Every time I push PrintScreen during the game, it takes a shot, resizes it to 640x400 (widescreen laptop) and names it whatever I specify (I pause and change it for each section) followed by the 3 digit sequential number. It also saves it as a JPEG with a quality of about 80%. Leaves me with a wonderful set of 20KB files all named and sequential.
Uploading to photobucket isn't too bad as I don't normally have over 100 files so using the bulk uploader and subfolders I keep things organized.
However, making up the posts? Yeah, that takes forever. I think I spent maybe 90+ minutes writing up this last one. Flipping back and forth from photobucket to look at the shot and get the link then posting it here with the IMG tag and putting a comment, sometimes using Google to find something funny to quote.
It's worth it though to do this thread. I'm enjoying it! I love playing and then making up the comments later.
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Gear GirlMore class than a state universityRegistered Userregular
edited November 2007
By the way the security guard can open the door in the barracks you said was locked..and there is a fuckton of ammo in there.
Grenades, Magnum Ammo, SMG, Pistol, Shotgun, Sachels, Rockets, Crossbow..bunch of stuff..and to the point where most of your weapons are full up on ammo afterwards, or damn close.
Yes! When I found that rocket launcher I was so thrilled! It probably took less than a milisecond for the visual of an exploding helicopter to come rushing to my mind. That stupid chopper follows you around so long that to finally be rid of it is awesome! (I forgot to try, but can you also down the plane dropping marines with the rocket launcher?)
No you cannot.
Also when you shoot the tank aim for the top part it takes something like 4-5 rockets to destroy it.
But, but, I don't want to be forgotten! I want to change the world!
The Lambda Complex! Finally!
Just need to get that door open! Stupid marines are bombing the place and its starting to fall apart!
Whoah!
Crap!
Help! Anyone! This place is caving in!
Whew! I think it's done! (Yeah, I died a couple times during this..)
Guess I gotta go around, but I'm so close!
Hey! It's Chuck! Hi Chuck! Careful shooting that turret!
Want to come along, Chuck?
The Marines aren't worried about me anymore, so this should be a cakewalk......
I got the left, you get the right!
What? What is that?
Man, these aliens keep spawning everywhere! I gotta watch my ammo!
Another one. What are these things? They seem to help more aliens "warp" to the location.
Sniping clueless aliens down a ladder.
Hmm, despite forgetting about me, they still have tripwires set up. Well that sucks.
West? East? I don't remember which way Lambda was! Darn my directional sense!
Let's try west.
Aliens = correct path.
"You know the thing about an alien shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces."
"So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945."
No alien is taking me! Alien guns work underwater!
Parents, when you need to keep your grenades out of little hands, store them in the bottom of a alien-shark infested pool!
I'm getting flashbacks of Residue Processing...
Rockets! Awesome! Then again, I usually get rockets when I need to use them. That's not good.
What could be waiting for me?
All clear this direction..
Tank! Take cover!! Hey! You guys were supposed to forget about me!
I thought I was trying to get OUT of here. Why am I going to the center?!
Into the belly of the beast. I'd really rather not, but I don't seem to have a choice in the matter.
Wonderful. By the time I get out of here I'm going to glow in the dark!
For his sake I hope he died from the explosion. Radiation poisoning is not fun. Poor guy. RIP Robert.
Weren't these guys supposed to pull out? Guess I'll have to give them some encouragement. Let's see, I have some grenades here..
A repair bay? Awesome, maybe I can get a truck and truck it out of here!
The battle rages on! Get those alien scum, marines!
Hey, hey, hey! Forget about me, go after the alien! Argh! Fine, you're all dead!
Tank with open hatch? Don't mind if I do!
You aliens have NO idea what's about to happen, do you?
Ow! You stupid bee-shooters!
I'm pulling out the big guns now!
Hi! Have a rocket!
Goodnight!
This does NOT look good.
Lambda! Yes! Hallelujah! Finally reached you guys! I gotta find those scientists and then we can get out of here!
I can't fucking wait for it! But damn are they taking their sweet time, going on three years now.
It sucks that Valve won't help them with the project. But then, I think either Valve or their once parent company Activision (not sure of the history about this) knows that if (and God pray when!) this project is released, sales for the original Half-Life game will plummet because this will be a free alternative.
I wouldn't be surprised if Valve (or someone related) bought the source code/maps etc. to BlackMesaSource after its completion specifically so they could sell it on the market. Either way I wouldn't be too upset, as long as the BMS team got their credit.
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"When you're in the type of business we're in, you don't get a criminal lawyer, you get a criminal lawyer!" -- Jesse, Breaking Bad
I can't fucking wait for it! But damn are they taking their sweet time, going on three years now.
It sucks that Valve won't help them with the project. But then, I think either Valve or their once parent company Activision (not sure of the history about this) knows that if (and God pray when!) this project is released, sales for the original Half-Life game will plummet because this will be a free alternative.
I wouldn't be surprised if Valve (or someone related) bought the source code/maps etc. to BlackMesaSource after its completion specifically so they could sell it on the market. Either way I wouldn't be too upset, as long as the BMS team got their credit.
Basically do it like they did with Counter-Strike. Free mod, then it turns into a standalone product and they sell it on the shelves (Steam).
I can understand why Valve wouldn't want to do it as they just want to move forward with Ep3 or whatever, and this would take away from that when it already takes them long enough to release a new episode/game. But that's not really a bad thing, because they are GOOD.
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I think really Valve's only choice is to either buy these guys out or ignore them, for a number of reasons.
First of all, I'm not sure that "helping them out" would entail. Second of all, they don't know these guys, and have no reason to give the preferential treatment over other mod projects just because they claim they're remaking HL1. Third, they can't really give these guys any kind of stamp of approval without knowing if they're ever going to release or if it will be any good.
Then on top of that there's probably a crapton of legal issues regarding intellectual property. Basically, it's cool that Valve isn't shutting these guys down, but let's not act like they really should or can do something to help them just because these guys say they're making a mod and they have good PR. Maybe after they release and it's wicked-awesome something will happen.
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It's hard to tell from the screens if you did this but you know you can go through the alien mesh wall things with a crowbar or whatever and destroy those glowing ball things(they spawn 4 or so snarks..the little aliens you can also pick up as a weapon) right?
It's hard to tell from the screens if you did this but you know you can go through the alien mesh wall things with a crowbar or whatever and destroy those glowing ball things(they spawn 4 or so snarks..the little aliens you can also pick up as a weapon) right?
Dang, I don't explore enough! I think my thought process was "if it's not shooting at me or trying to eat me, leave it alone and move along". I'll have to try that the next time.
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It's hard to tell from the screens if you did this but you know you can go through the alien mesh wall things with a crowbar or whatever and destroy those glowing ball things(they spawn 4 or so snarks..the little aliens you can also pick up as a weapon) right?
Dang, I don't explore enough! I think my thought process was "if it's not shooting at me or trying to eat me, leave it alone and move along". I'll have to try that the next time.
There is actually only just some ammo and a few more brutes to fight over there..nothing spectacular..and the snarks DO attack you but you can shoot the things from afar and run up the ramp and wait for them to explode though.
Fuck jumping puzzles. If I wanted to do jumping puzzles I'd be playing Mario or Prince of Persia or something. I'm playing an FPS to shoot things till they die. Or steal shit (<3<3<3 Thief)
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It's not amazing, I played half-life 1 through probably 20 odd times when I first got it. I loved that game so hard.
Questionable or not, I want to be prepared. With my whole 4 bullets.
Someone let loose the dogs of war. Or Sonic the alien hog. Either way, I'm not happy to see them waiting for me.
Aliens > 4 = Bullets = 0
Time for trusty Mr. Crowbar!
There's one thing (hah!) that doesn't make sense though. How did they transport them in these dog crates? They attack with sonic shockwaves, which I would imagine would be enough to either break the crate or at least harm whoever was carrying them.
Ammo! And electricity.
Don't wizz on the electric fence.
I think by this point we've moved beyond "first aid". We're on "hundreth aid".
I'm very happy though. I've gone from crawling in waste to a nice, clean laboratory setting. This is much more acceptable.
I take back what I said. Give me waste anyday over this thing!
In case of emergency, or alien invasion, break glass? I'm up for anything, let's try it! What's the worst that could happen?
oh
(can you guys see these pictures ok? They seem really dark on my monitor and I don't remember them being that dark while playing either. Perhaps the lights were flickering and I happened to capture the millisecond that it was dark.)
If you can't see, he's dead. Not before soaking up most of my ammo though..
Ok, yeah, I will take this over sewage.
What exactly were they doing around here? The aliens only recently arrived. Right? Who was conducting these experiments? Where did they go? Did they capture these aliens before everything happened?
Like dolphins in tuna nets. Ha ha!
(I do not condone the use of non-dolphin-friendly tuna nets. However, if dolphins are so smart, they really need to learn to go around.)
Another button that I simply cannot refuse to push. I'm a sucker for these things!
This is looking better already!
Can I get one of those in a hand-held version?
I am so not cleaning that up.
A gun and ammo! Score!
At this point marines started to, almost consistently, drop grenades upon their death. I don't know if this is some sort of "honor" ritual, but it's annoying and just is messy.
"Hey, it's no good up there. It's all locked down with scanner access and we can't get out. I'm sure there are some scientists hiding around that might have access and can let us out!"
Good idea, Frank!
I fear no marine!
However, when you run ahead of me like that, sure, you're going to get shot up pretty bad. RIP Frank.
Ha! Weren't expecting a scientist were ya!
A front door?! Sweet! I can finally get out of here! It all seems a bit too simple though..
Yeah, it was locked, of course. Frank tells no lies. Time to find a way around.
Think they're trying to warn me of something?
Oh, more marines. They go down much easier once you get some decent weapons! And ammo.
Wonderful, more explosives. Seriously, this is starting to get annoying.
I'm slightly frightened of this room. I'm not quite sure why yet.
Remember those buttons I can't resist pushing? I'm so sorry, but I pushed it again.
Fortunately the marines decided that protecting their own lives from aliens is more important than killing me.
Yes, I said alienS. There's a second one over here picking off marines.
The battle is quite fierce!
Aliens: 3 Marines: 0
At least the aliens are hurt though and go down pretty quickly.
There are still 2 of them though.
Like I said, easy.
This coward was hiding around the corner. I took care of him.
This has already been more dangerous with enemies than all of Residue Processing. Just no jumping across pools of sludge.
This guy got the drop on me, attacking from behind. Unfortunately for him I have reflexes like a cat in this suit!
I never like seeing blood BEFORE I open a door.
Those arms with blades on them are spinning around the room. Whoever died in here, it was NOT pretty. Fortunately the door is locked, so I won't have bother with avoiding that death trap.
More aliens in cages. I'm really starting to suspect that some of these things were here BEFORE this morning.
Once again, the cages break. Never underestimate an alien headcrab!
I've looped around to the front door again. I must have missed something.
Ah! Here's some more stairs.
Another battle that I don't have to be involved in until later. I'm starting to like these!
Cleaning up the leftovers.
Hmm, my mind is starting to move away from "Rambo" mode and into "Scientist" mode. This is interesting and I'm curious what it does.
Whatever it is, I must push the button.
Ooh! Pretty!
I'm not about to find out if it does damage though or if it's just light.
"Careful with that! Watch where you are shooting! It's a new experimental weapon. Wait! Don't overcharge it!" ::BOOM::
Are you going to need this? No? Don't mind if I do!
Kids, always check with skeletons before you take their stuff! They can hold a grudge against thieves.
With 2 lasers activated, I have 1 beam coming into here. Doesn't seem to do anything though.
Ah, more lasers.
Guarded lasers.
Well that's the last of them. Let's see what's going on now.
1+1+1+1 = 2?
With this blast shield on I can't see a thing!
If there's a thin piece of metal that can block a super laser, why not just build stuff out of it and then this weapon is pointless! I'll never understand the military. They hire us, they shoot us, they build lasers than can be blocked..
Remember what I said about warning signs? Yeah, I'm doing exactly what it says not to. If they were smart, they would have put a switch on the floor or wall here to designate that the shield was fully lowered. Or just kept the shield in place and not made it retractable. I'm fortunate, I guess, that they were not this smart.
BZZT!
Seems like a pretty weak laser..
Nevermind.
Is it a trap?
Nope. Scientists!
"Another scientist! Thank goodness! Listen, you have to help get us out of here before the military drones find out where we are hiding! We have access to the front door if you can help get us to the lobby!"
"One of our colleagues activated this to keep the aliens and military out, he didn't make it back before it started up though."
"I'm telling you, it's hell out there. The military is all over the surface. You will have to hop from one dangerous area to another. If you get far enough, though, you will reach the Lambda complex. I wouldn't go myself though, too dangerous.
Oh, I'm authorized.
Ever just want to go around and around in circles in these things? No? Uh, me either.
Yay! The outdoors!
VERY questionable ethics. That's just sad, really.
Ow! I hate those turrets.
Hmm, explosive crates and barrels, all together. Yes please!
The next complex. Not nearly as inviting as a glass rotating door, but it'll do.
Well, my journey continues. You think that was rough? The tension on the surface just gets worse and worse in the next episode of Half Life: Surface Tension!
(I should be able to get Surface Tension up tomorrow, but I have 254 screenshots of that section so it may take a while for me to get them all commented on! Some are duplicates, but I could still reasonably have 200+ shots in the next update. So I apologize if it doesn't get updated as quickly as I have been.)
I suppose that would make the most sense. Only keys my program allows are Printscreen, or the F-keys alone or with Ctrl or Shift. I thought about making it F2 or something, but just never followed through. I'll see if the F-keys are anything important and if I can reset them to Printscreen. That would allow me to take faster shots for the important sections. Fortunately I'll sometimes just reload that section and be ready for it when I approach again.
Why do they never build in limits to guns you can charge?
So I have fled the experimental labs and am trying to reach the Lambda complex. Apparently I am not taking the route less traveled as I was advised earlier to do, as I have left the sewage treatment plant and now I am just cruising across the surface.
I am quickly greeted by a trio of marines waiting for me. They were waiting behind some barrels, which quickly led to their gruesome demise.
That's just gross.
A bridge (dam, actually). Nothing like a narrow path to really put you out in the open.
Oh, a helicopter! This is going to be just dandy!
Staying out of the sights of a helicopter gun is quite difficult, but fortunately the pilot doesn't know how to hover so they keep strafing the area like a jet. I've successfully made it to the other side but it looks like I can't get in this way.
Just before I started to cross the helicopter blew up the bridge leading to that tower. I bet the controls to get me in are in there.
After finding that there is a ladder leading from the water to the tower, I perform a beautiful reverse one and a half somersaults with three and a half twists, in the Free position dive and climb up the ladder.
The helicopter knows I'm here, but so far hasn't been able to keep their sights on me.
Rather than opening the door, it appears that I will have to enter through the dam. At least it isn't sewage.
Even though I've turned off the turbines, I have to open the grates, wasting more oxygen than I would like.
Funny story, I opened the grates and swam through, and my game kept glitching up on me. Did it maybe 3 times before I finally got around it. The first time the helicopter had actually killed this thing in its strafing runs and I didn't need to worry about it. The second and third and fourth times, however, it was NOT dead. Totally took me by surprise! So beware! The waters are hazardous!
That helicopter is starting to get on my nerves!
Swimming down the stream, hoping not to get shot up by that helicopter.
I love crawling down these drainage pipes!
I think I may have actually gotten away from the helicopter. It hasn't made a shot in a while, and I've been trying to stay out of view.
I've climbed a ladder and now am standing on a ledge. That helicopter just won't give up!
Storm Drain Hatch ->
Sounds promising!
That's not a hatch! That's a valve control! Ugh, guess the hatch is somewhere else and NOT labeled.
I've discovered a lot of small crevices containing ammunition and first aid kits. They also are great for getting away from the strafing runs of the helicopter. If you stand still too long in this area you are a dead man.
Oh, and the helicopter isn't the only thing after you, headcrabs and marines are out and about as well.
Wonderful, another tentacle. I don't have a test rocket this time either. Fortunately it doesn't have any ranged attacks and there's not much near it worth risking your life for. That and crouching makes you practically invisible to it.
No, I don't think we'll find any dwarves.
I've never seen one of those before! Hmm, what is it? I can't shoot it. I can't blow it up. It just won't die!
Awww, who's the cute little fella!? That's right, you are! Want my finger? Haha, can't have it.
Headcrabs like to ambush you while you are trying to avoid this monster. Shooting your gun is not recommended.
Deciding the safest route is along the edges seems to have been one of my better decisions.
Unfortunately I am wide open as well. Die by helicopter? Die by mine? Decisions, decisions!
Avoiding mines and the helicopter and marines I find the hatch! I didn't even have to use 19th century dynamite to blow it up either! I hope there's no crazy nutjob inside either. Though a shower and laundry sounds good about now. This suit has been picking up the scent of everything I've crawled through..
Down the hatch!
Wow, roomy!
Hello, my name is Alice. And this, is Wonderland!
Wow! Now that is a beautiful sight!
And that is not. Oh, and apparently bullets don't shoot that far.
Or lasers.
They do shoot this far though.
I was thrilled to find a way inside! Only to find that it's just a storage shed and doesn't actually go anywhere. I will say that Black Mesa was ready for anything!
However, ready for anything means they stock this lovely little item. I'll take 3 please!
I hear the sound of chopper blades. Wait a second! Rocket beats Chopper! Fire!
Hasta la vista, baby!
With that out of the way, I can continue in peace.
Huh, who knew Black Mesa actually IS on a mesa?
Ow! Freaking headcrab! I was enjoying the view!
So is this becoming a familiar sight yet?
WHOAH! This is not a familiar sight! I killed a few marines and heard ::BOOM:: behind me, only to see this thing trying to put me in its sights!
Oohh, more rockets!
Unfortunately they do nothing against the tank.
Throwing grenades under it doesn't work either!
I'm such a tease. Gunner can't turn the turret too far left or right, or hit me if I'm too close.
He'll try though! It's like he's hoping I'm just going to pop up and stick my head in the way or something.
Can't get him from above either. What in the world do I do with this thing?!
Oohh, you get him to shoot the door, and then you exit! Come on, Gordon! Think like a scientist, not a marine!
AAAAAAaaaaaahhhhhh!!! Now I know why the scientists did not come with me!
Fortunately for me this guys suffers the same limitations as the tank!
Let's see, where do I need him to blow up a door?
Ah! A wall this time! Whoah, what is that! Alien carrier planes!
Hooray for mines!
Too.. Many.. Tripmines..
Oh come on!
"hheelllp meee"
Wait a minute, I've seen this before in a movie..
::BLAM!:: Ow!
Sniper! 12 o'clock! And I'm all out of grenades..
hahahahahahaha!! I'm not out of these though!
Goodbye!
Ordinance Storage Facility? I probably should pay more attention to that sign, but I can't get in, so I won't.
Can't get out that way either. Mine didn't blow up the door.
Door is locked..
Oh you have got to be kidding me..
::BLAM!:: Another one!?
Eat rocket!
I wish they would drop their guns out to me though..
After avoiding a few mines, electricity, and climbing a tower, I'm on the roof!
A scientist!
"I was headed to the lambda complex, or at least until i got here and lost my nerve. Peek through the door and you know what i mean. If you are going to proceed, do so with extreme caution!"
Oh you wimp! It's only a few tripmines!
Look, you just stand back and shoot them you can blow them up and not get hurt. Then you just walk on through..
Then you hear more and more explosions. And things start to go white. And then you realize, oh yeah, I'm in the ORDINANCE STORAGE FACILITY! IDIOT!
And then, because the programmers take pity on your stupidity, they reload your game for you right before you made that stupid mistake.
Oops.
So this time, with careful box placement, you avoid setting off the tripmines. Stupid marines. At least that's over.
What the! Oh you have GOT to be kidding me!
Who?! Why?! This is unbelievable!
How do I get anywhere! This is crazy!
Aha! After blowing up a few times, then finding and crawling through a space under some boxes and finding this half-broken box and breaking the other half, I have found a way!
Oh, did I mention the headcrabs that are more than willing to set off the mines for you? No? Well, they are.
Ooh, a switch! ::BOOOM::
Ok, let's try this again, move the box OUT of the way of the mine.
Jump onto platform, jump onto box, and don't hit the mines!
Success!
Away from the death trap!
Hello! What have we here?
Noted. ::Looks left:: Wait a minute...
My very own bee shooter! Sweet! And it recharges! Even better!
Oh, hello Doug! Let's go!
Run away Doug! Run away!
Bees can go around corners.
Hope you're not allergic!
In hindsight, in a firefight, don't use explosive boxes as cover.
Doug! NOOOOOoooo!! Stupid turret in the back of the truck!
Black marks on walls is usually not a good sign.
Great, another wide open exposed area.
More alien flyers! Three of those guys!
I never thought I would be glad to see the military!
That feeling quickly left after they finished off the aliens and put me in their sights!
Dodge and run!
A few marines later and in a building. Some sort of barracks.
Hey! It's Joe! How are you still alive? I had to shoot my way through the bottom floor of this place just to get here!
Locked, of course..
I think I need to go there. But how?
Aha! Thinking like a scientist! Out the window!
I'm getting better at figuring this stuff out! Across the dumpsters and onto the ladder!
Ok, now I'm not sure again.
Remember how I said that there isn't any really good places to use those explosives? I lied.
Hey! What's that?
Found 2 more marines, and another place that's good for using explosives!
Aha! A door!
After some nimble jumping...
It looks a bit dangerous up ahead.
Scratch that, VERY dangerous ahead.
Where's my rocket launcher?! Well, let's see what it is going to do first, maybe it'll just fly by.
Unsuspecting. (How did they not see me?)
I'm starting to enjoy having explosives.
More marines and successfully past that open area.
Crap! Huge gun! Wait a minute, it's not manned! Yes!
Aliens busting through the door. Canon fodder! blam blam blam!
Nothing like a nice clear walkway.
Hey! You're ruining my moment!
Nothing a grenade can't solve.
Wow, big walkway.
Aliens + machine gun = FUN!
All Clear!
That, is just GROSS.
Apparently though, it's a giant, disgusting trampoline.
Aliens
Marines
Picking off the survivors, I make my way through the air ducts.
If only I could actually drive one of those..
Thinking like a scientist.. Push button, get on lift, jump out hole!
Then kill guy shooting at me.
When you can't find a tank to do your door blowing up work for you, you gotta do it yourself.
It's.. Just.. So.. Beautiful.. ::sniff::
Now you see him..
Now you don't!
Rinse and repeat!
Go Private Ryan! Take down that alien scum!
One down!
Uh oh, lost a marine..
This is tough, who is going to win?!
Looks like the aliens..
In case you actually partook in that battle.
Opportunities for explosives are everywhere!
But instead, let's try these cute little guys!
That marine there is shooting at me, go my bug friends!
Ew, kamikaze bugs.
Guy thinks he's a sniper. BEES!
Bees > sniper.
Hey where did you come from?
Fortunately, I guess he didn't see me.
Locked!
::BOING!::
Into water again?
Into the pipes!
Crap! Trapped like rats!
Uhh, that's not good! Go back! Back!
Underwater and still feeling the heat..
This is actually pretty funny. Couple of marines struggling to fight off headcrabs.
Valve likes valves..
Once again, into the pipes.
Fortunately someone blew up the end of this pipe near some stairs. Looks clear.
Locked again!
"Get Back! Oh, it's you Gordon."
Good help is hard to come by, but I'm thankful he's here.
Back out here again. Perhaps he can unlock that big door?
Yes! I don't suppose you could write down some access codes for me so I can just unlock doors myself?
HOLY! Another one of those! But I don't have 1 million watts to put him through this time!
He saw me! Think, Gordon, think! What would a scientist do?
Run away! Run run run run!!!
Keep running! Don't look back!
Trapped! Wait, there's one of those trampolines!
Over the wall! Kill the marine!
"Cooper, come in!" Forget about Freeman!! We are pulling out of here! If you have any more targets, mark them and get out! Repeat, we are pulling out and commencing air strikes!"
Crap! It followed me and broke down the door!
Wait a minute, air strikes!
Whew..
Hmm, looks like I need to get in there. Let's blow up those walls!
Success!
Hmm, I need to get across. What's long enough to get me across?
Direct hit!
Let's go!
Those air strikes are tearing this place apart!
I hope this tunnel doesn't collapse on me!
I'm outta here!
Next week!
Will they actually forget about me? I hope so, but I have reservations that these guys will actually give up a grudge against me..
Also, a few notes.
Awesome update.
Also, hurray for the map used for TFC Hunted.
Double check the last shot. I stopped at "Forget about Freeman".
After a while I was thinking, "Man, I must have missed an intro somewhere here, this is LONG!" Then I would save to see what the title was, and it was still Surface Tension.
I think it was all the action shots I took of me shooting and things blowing up, combined with the length of the section that really boosted this thing past ~80 normal shots to 200+ (254, but I didn't use a few and some were doubles that I only posted one of as well).
Bah, you do that, and you negate the most satisfying moment in video game history. I remember finally picking up that rocket launcher, and I just smiled and was thinking "Oh, your fucking dead now". I walk out of the cave with it equipped, the helicopter comes around the corner and looks right at me, and then I shot right in his face and blew him the fuck up. Greatest thing ever.
Yes!
And uploading them all to slow ass photobucket.
I'm enjoying it alot, props man.
I'm glad you enjoy it!
Here's a little secret though:
Gadwin PrintScreen
Every time I push PrintScreen during the game, it takes a shot, resizes it to 640x400 (widescreen laptop) and names it whatever I specify (I pause and change it for each section) followed by the 3 digit sequential number. It also saves it as a JPEG with a quality of about 80%. Leaves me with a wonderful set of 20KB files all named and sequential.
Uploading to photobucket isn't too bad as I don't normally have over 100 files so using the bulk uploader and subfolders I keep things organized.
However, making up the posts? Yeah, that takes forever. I think I spent maybe 90+ minutes writing up this last one. Flipping back and forth from photobucket to look at the shot and get the link then posting it here with the IMG tag and putting a comment, sometimes using Google to find something funny to quote.
It's worth it though to do this thread. I'm enjoying it! I love playing and then making up the comments later.
Grenades, Magnum Ammo, SMG, Pistol, Shotgun, Sachels, Rockets, Crossbow..bunch of stuff..and to the point where most of your weapons are full up on ammo afterwards, or damn close.
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No you cannot.
Also when you shoot the tank aim for the top part it takes something like 4-5 rockets to destroy it.
The Lambda Complex! Finally!
Just need to get that door open! Stupid marines are bombing the place and its starting to fall apart!
Whoah!
Crap!
Help! Anyone! This place is caving in!
Whew! I think it's done! (Yeah, I died a couple times during this..)
Guess I gotta go around, but I'm so close!
Hey! It's Chuck! Hi Chuck! Careful shooting that turret!
Want to come along, Chuck?
The Marines aren't worried about me anymore, so this should be a cakewalk......
I got the left, you get the right!
What? What is that?
Man, these aliens keep spawning everywhere! I gotta watch my ammo!
Another one. What are these things? They seem to help more aliens "warp" to the location.
Sniping clueless aliens down a ladder.
Hmm, despite forgetting about me, they still have tripwires set up. Well that sucks.
West? East? I don't remember which way Lambda was! Darn my directional sense!
Let's try west.
Aliens = correct path.
"You know the thing about an alien shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces."
"So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945."
No alien is taking me! Alien guns work underwater!
Parents, when you need to keep your grenades out of little hands, store them in the bottom of a alien-shark infested pool!
I'm getting flashbacks of Residue Processing...
Rockets! Awesome! Then again, I usually get rockets when I need to use them. That's not good.
What could be waiting for me?
All clear this direction..
Tank! Take cover!! Hey! You guys were supposed to forget about me!
I thought I was trying to get OUT of here. Why am I going to the center?!
Into the belly of the beast. I'd really rather not, but I don't seem to have a choice in the matter.
Wonderful. By the time I get out of here I'm going to glow in the dark!
For his sake I hope he died from the explosion. Radiation poisoning is not fun.
Weren't these guys supposed to pull out? Guess I'll have to give them some encouragement. Let's see, I have some grenades here..
A repair bay? Awesome, maybe I can get a truck and truck it out of here!
The battle rages on! Get those alien scum, marines!
Hey, hey, hey! Forget about me, go after the alien! Argh! Fine, you're all dead!
Tank with open hatch? Don't mind if I do!
You aliens have NO idea what's about to happen, do you?
Ow! You stupid bee-shooters!
I'm pulling out the big guns now!
Hi! Have a rocket!
Goodnight!
This does NOT look good.
Lambda! Yes! Hallelujah! Finally reached you guys! I gotta find those scientists and then we can get out of here!
Fuck that last three levels, just fuck that.
Lambda Core isn't bad.
After that? Can't argue.
http://www.blackmesasource.com/
I can't fucking wait for it! But damn are they taking their sweet time, going on three years now.
It sucks that Valve won't help them with the project. But then, I think either Valve or their once parent company Activision (not sure of the history about this) knows that if (and God pray when!) this project is released, sales for the original Half-Life game will plummet because this will be a free alternative.
I wouldn't be surprised if Valve (or someone related) bought the source code/maps etc. to BlackMesaSource after its completion specifically so they could sell it on the market. Either way I wouldn't be too upset, as long as the BMS team got their credit.
-- Jesse, Breaking Bad
Basically do it like they did with Counter-Strike. Free mod, then it turns into a standalone product and they sell it on the shelves (Steam).
I can understand why Valve wouldn't want to do it as they just want to move forward with Ep3 or whatever, and this would take away from that when it already takes them long enough to release a new episode/game. But that's not really a bad thing, because they are GOOD.
First of all, I'm not sure that "helping them out" would entail. Second of all, they don't know these guys, and have no reason to give the preferential treatment over other mod projects just because they claim they're remaking HL1. Third, they can't really give these guys any kind of stamp of approval without knowing if they're ever going to release or if it will be any good.
Then on top of that there's probably a crapton of legal issues regarding intellectual property. Basically, it's cool that Valve isn't shutting these guys down, but let's not act like they really should or can do something to help them just because these guys say they're making a mod and they have good PR. Maybe after they release and it's wicked-awesome something will happen.
Dang, I don't explore enough!
There is actually only just some ammo and a few more brutes to fight over there..nothing spectacular..and the snarks DO attack you but you can shoot the things from afar and run up the ramp and wait for them to explode though.
I didn't have a problem with it but yes I will agree that the setup was indeed bullshit. Really no reason for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFelTUHYhvI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTUOn2EUFhk
Oh, and, fuck the Nihilanth.
-- Jesse, Breaking Bad
DIAF