Black Mesa download madness hits the Half-Life gamer universe
Today the gaming world was reintroduced to 1 in their most beloved places to do battle with a complete conversion remaking of Half-Life 2 by development group Valve Software. After seven full years in development, this release have been not only given away for gratis by itself, but given away with a whole soundtrack in addition. Here is the fulfilled promise of the Source engine port of Half-Life as made by the developers all those years ago – when you thought Half-Life: Source was awesome, you are going to have a heart attack today.
This download was made available earlier today through several portals, the main official of those being the [Black Mesa Source Download Page] as provided by Valve. This page can be your one and only location where tried and true – and trusted – sources for the build are available. Because the game modification is given away at no cost, you’ll find some advertisements here and there at the webpage, however the final product may be just as ad-free as your original game was and always was.
That same page shows you the Black Mesa Trailer which you see here above. This trailer was released earlier this month for those that’ve been following the project for several years – and it’s gotten rave reviews in and of itself. Here with this new product, you will see above to boot, the sport mechanics have remained largely the identical (to gamers’ glee) while the storyline and overall scale of the sport were exploded with greatness.
You’ll now be playing as Doctor Gordon Freeman right alongside the unique cast of environments and characters you’ve grown keen on from the unique Half-Life. What you have here in place of an analogous product is one made a lot more visually fantastic and immersive. This full reconstruction of Half-Life uses Source to what the developers describe as its “fullest potential” with enlarged level sizes, art detail, and code features galore.
You’ve also got new maps entirely, new models, new voice actors – avoid wasting key heroes, and textures. And again, there is a whole new soundtrack to boot which you could also download totally free – be sure you donate to the team though if you are feeling especially appreciative.
The download of this game does have some requirements, those being:
(as seen here).
• Minimum System Requirements
Software : Windows XP, Vista, or 7
Processor : Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, or AMD processor.
RAM : 1GB (1024 MB)
Graphics Card : Shader Model 2.0 capable, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better.
Sound : DirectX 8.1 compatible.
HDD : 8 GB (Not including the Free Source SDK, installed separately)• Ideal System Requirements
Software : Windows XP, Vista, or 7
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or AMD equivalent.
RAM : 1 GB (1024 MB)
Graphics Card : Shader Model 3.0 capable, ATI X1600, NVidia 7600 or better.
Sound : DirectX 9.0c compatible.
HDD : 8 GB (Not including the Free Source SDK, installed separately)Fun Fact: the Xbox360 controller is supported for this game – use it!
If you could have a Mac, you’re out of luck. It isn’t likely that any builds aside from what’s listed above can be supported, but we’ll certainly keep you up-to-the-minute on any developments sooner or later regarding furtherances of this build. They have got Portal at the Mac, maybe we will dream!