ça rigole pas Half-Life niveau skill, bon après une fois acquis les bon réflexes ça passe easy mais le premier piège tendu par les marines là, chaud ! 😅 ça fait pas loin de 25 ans que j'y ai joué pour la 1ère fois. #BlackMesa
One thing I don't think people quite get about the sun belt that #BlackMesa and #HalfLife get right? The prevalence of large, crunchy bugs indoors.
To wit, I just spent several minutes looking for an alarm going off, decided to take a washroom break and found the source of the alarm. It wasn't an alarm, it was a cicada singing the song of its people while sitting on the toilet seat in the washroom.
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
Mar 6, 2023 - Day 65 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 71
Game: Black Mesa
Platform: Steam PC
Release Date: Mar 6, 2020
Library Date: Sep 18, 2021
Unplayed: 534 days (1y5m16d)
Playtime: 54m
Today's game is weird for a whole different reason to yesterday's game.
Black Mesa started out as a mod, and then was turned into a full remake of Half-Life with the blessing of Valve.
In one way, it's a replay, but in another, it's a whole new game.
Half-Life was amazing for its time. I played it, and completed it, before Half-Life: Source was released. I bought Half-Life: Source, but it felt like I was just replaying it; I just couldn't connect with it.
Unfortunately, therein lies the problem. While Black Mesa is a remake, and adds some new stuff to the game, I can't connect with it. It's very well made, but it's just not doing anything for me.
If you're a Half-Life fan, Black Mesa might be right up your alley, but for me it's just: