When I first arrived in Xen, I was not expecting it to be so beautifull. I still had in mind the 1998 Xen. Dark, weird, scary. Given the technology of the time, Valve did not have many options. But man, this new Xen is incredible. Full of the darkest horrors and yet teeming with the most beautifull and incredible lifeforms. That with the music, I spent a long time just looking at the landscapes. Such a beautifull score for such a beautifull game.
I haven't played BM yet but the Xen looks completely the opposite of how I always imagined it. I just always assumed it was how you described the original but more creepy.
@@engineergaming4123 Eh not really. A remaster is built on top of the original game, most commonly updating models and textures. There's rarely any functional or story differences. (eg. Halo Anniversary) A remake is an entirely separate project built from the ground up that changes almost everything to be a unique experience (eg. Black Mesa)
The timing of the music when you exit the first portal to Xen and look onto the Nihilanth's gate created what is probably the most beautiful moment in the history of gaming.
I liked all.of the xen music. Hl is probably the best game ever made, hl2 is second best in my opinion. But very nice and hl2 remastered is also out so imma play it.
After playing Black Mesa the Xen chapters are pretty much an entire Half-Life game on their own, they really put in the effort and details into every part of Xen
You can say that again! The remake is incredible, not just because all the wonderfull graphic and sound upgrades, but because they really managed to make the half-life story even better, the Gonarch's battle OMG is completeling amazing. And they fulfilled some gaps between HL1 and HL2, the suffering of vortigaunt with their slaverry, for exemple, it's well depicted in the new version. The waiting really paid off!
@@caioroque1089 Sure. I was very surprised when realized that BM and Xen makers not only recreated original Half-Life environment and feeling, but make it better in completely new level. Plus fixed some story bugs with that. That is a way how to old computer games must be remaked. No need to rush. Hope that they will do that same with Blue Shift and Opposing Force.
I honestly spent ages just staring at everything before I went further. The level designers / artists truly nailed the totally atmosphere by making it so beautiful yet so foreign.
I know right, my first playthrough.(completely and utterly blind mind you) Just arrived in Xen and as I watched those giant flying things soar overhead, the music started. I was awestruck!
Yes, remaked Xen is something. Played BM + Xen at this April. When reached Xen, my yaw dropped literally for first 5 minutes. Expected better graphics and sound, but what I noticed, was something completely different and in good meaning.
6:47 I swear every time I hear this it sounds like the creation of the universe and the angels rejoicing as it grows and matures...and the complexity of it increases
4:25 entangled is one the best song i've ever heard in my life, i wanna fly and discover the universe, they give me the sentiment that i can save the World.
Did anyone else get lost in this music when it played during xen, it made Me feel like Doom eternal did when you just wanna rip through demons. I felt completely lost in this game when this music played. It can't be appreciated enough for how good this games soundtracks are.
I know, right? I played both last Doom games before Black Mesa/Half-life and now I appreciate what ID Software did waaay much more, they took so much inspiration by making an exciting soundtrack united with a visceral gameplay and platforming sessions!
when first arriving at Xen, it was great. I think that part was the best section of the game, as it was also quite easy to bunnyhop/slide. Really want a game that actually revolves around bunnyhopping/sliding and gunplay now.
To be honest As a legendary half life fan I was not expecting this much memorial soundtracks and feelings , especially when you get teleported to Xen and hear this soundtrack in the background and get completely lost in the universe of it , forget reality and live in the edge of unknown galaxy , there are no enough words to explain the feeling of it because it really hits strange to change things in real life , no way I’m explaining things this much because after years after we have seen a game which is about half life but yes ! I cannot hold My tears while listening to these masterpiece tracks just just gorgeous job man , keep going , and also I know those wonderful soundtracks has been made by you and your wife. Joel please continue your job I can leave everything behind to listen to them 🖤
i agree with you CRCO went above and beyond with xen and the music is beutiful yet alien and i also got lost in the music for a few minutes,well done joel you lifted the bar of music making
my tears dropped when reaching Xen, after hours and hours fighting trough Aliens, HECU, solving maze, tunnels, puzzle ect. The view and soundtrack are best reward so far. Truly amazing remake!
Black Mesa is my favorite game I've ever played, and likely will remain so. And a big part of it is this soundtrack, and how gorgeous it can be, how badass and scary it can be, and just how lost I get in the beautiful world of this game
Black Mesa is the only game that I can call a “true remaster”, I mean just look at every single detail in the game and how mush valve have put work in to it. Its just Amazing and beautiful!!
@@stoyanb.1668 I mean there are good remakes that lot of effort was put to like Resident Evil Remakes and FF VII Remake.... But people need to be able to recognize the differences between remake and remaster....remasters can at most only modernize the grapics/visuals to modern age while true remakes modernize the game in every possible way. To be frank Black Mesa falls somwhere in between, cause other than XEN, it keeps the same level design for most parts exactly the same from the original Half-Life....but then again as massive fan of original Half-Life, I dont complain about it, Crowbar Collective only changed the level design where it really needed to be changed. But what Crowbar did even before XEN was that they added so much more damn detail to the Black Mesa complex and so much more dialogue/voice acting, so they knew exactly what the game needed to be more modern version of Half-Life without changing thigns too much....again other than XEN, but no one not even most hard core Half-Life fans have fond memories of original XEN.
I *could not* believe this part - going into the new Xen having played the original Half-Life, I would never have expected more than one Gargantua at once, let alone....THAT. Legitimate adrenaline, legitimate heartracing, legitimate goosebumps from the music.
@@vegascvpiaaron6807 Yeah. I also like to play other games, like Wolfenstein (unfortunely i cannot play as a nazi, and also we couldn't win the war; but if that Da't Yichud vaults existed in real life, you would be speaking German) Hearts of Iron IV (I'm so good that i can win playing as Albania - Sic! Albania doesn't exist) Doom (Good game) and World of Tanks (i can destroy Maus using Tier 1 tank).
World of Xen is truly breath-taking. I mean, it's so much different from our world... To be honest, in the remake, it was made somewhat resembling to an underwater wonderworld. I sorta miss the restless howling winds from the original.
After all this time, I only just noticed the blaring melody that plays during Ascension, on your final journey towards Nihilanth at 28:00. It's the same melody as the string section from the original Black Mesa Theme.
13:47 I do really like how they thinked about adding those background beats on that track. Really feels like an audit illusion from sleep depravation after several days of firearm fighting nonstop, from the MC perspective of course. Black Mesa is the best remake ever, and best of all it was not even official. Truly amazing.
Xen had this peculiar nostalgic feeling for me that was accentuated by the music. It was like I'd been there before, although I couldn't put my finger on where the resemblance originated. What an amazing soundtrack.
Well it was definitely better experience than original Xen, I can say that much :D....I mean yes XEN in the original felt kind of interesting and very alien/hostile compared to the rest of the game. But its level design....well its one part that didnt last test of time very well and thats why it deserved and gladly got re-designed so well in Black Mesa. It was well worth the wait even if it took almost 10 years after Black Mesa was originally released in 2012. Anyhow its great to see new people finding Half-Life/Black Mesa. Many younger generation of gamers likely wont ever play them, unless Half-Life 3 one day gets released and younger generation of gamers get interested that way from original game/Black Mesa and HL2. Personally Im just waiting Operation Black Mesa (remake of both Opposing Force and Blue Shift expansions) to be released now. They have been almost as long in development as Black Mesa was and likely wont be yet released for couple of years...but its more guaranteed to be released than Half-Life 3, thats for sure :D
Just finished the game today. OH MY GOD. Xen is breathtaking! When I first teleported there and got out of the cave I just stared at the screen for a couple of minutes and grinned like an idiot. The colors, the stars above you, the lighting....and the music is a perfect compliment to it all. I can't remember all of HL1; I played it back in 99 and have not played it since (although I re-play HL2 and its episodes about once every 2 years) but man did this do justice to the HL universe. It had the action, the story, the puzzles, the suspense ... Crowbar Collective...hats off! This is a masterpiece (I may be biased though)!
I was truly blown away on my first Xen playthrough. Played BM up to the portal several times during early access, and was very much anticipating the Xen chapter to be something special. But nothing could have really prepared me for the experience. You guys did a phenomenal job on the remaster, and the music for Xen is truly something special.
I love the Ascension part. The alien controllers were becoming more desperate as they pulled the elevator back down in order to stop Gordon Freeman from reaching up top.
Finally played Black Mesa, finished it today after getting it on the sale. I've always been hyped for it because the original Half-Life is one of my favorite games of all time, but just never got around to it - and it's still brilliant. Most of it is a pretty faithful remake of the original, a little easier in some places and a little harder in others, with On A Rail being the biggest departure from the original by taking a different but recognizable approach that makes it superior to the original chapter. But Xen - oh, Xen. Talk about changing for the better - I actually like Xen in the original, but I know most people think it's the worst part of the game by far and I can totally understand why. By contrast, Xen in Black Mesa is absolutely something else. Gonarch's Lair, Interloper and Nihilath are better too in many ways - but the level Xen itself is so beautiful, really taking advantage of the opportunity to create a wild, vibrant alien landscape and carrying the player through it with constant activity, interspersed with some brief dips down into Half-Life's horror roots to break up the flow and keep it from being too samey - and the music, this music, is just perfect for it. 10/10 would play again, 10/10 soundtrack will listen to over and over.
When I saw Xen for the first time, and heard that music, I thought "Yeah, this is special". The music and other sounds and the visuals all perfectly encapsulated the feeling of wonder and dread that I think Xen was always meant to have.
Black Mesa will go into the history books as one of the greatest remakes ever but you cannot have it go there without this OST. This soundtrack adds a layer to Black Mesa that it couldn't have achieved without. Absolutely one of the greatest gaming soundtracks, period. When my buddies ask me what are some of my favorite games of all time. I reference Black Mesa, but not without telling them, not only is the game amazing, it has an incredible soundtrack that will blow your mind if you go from beginning to end.
This Xen felt like a huge reward, in sense of dangerous/risky experiments using the full knowledge of mankind's science capability and technology which resulted in an divine/angelic discovery of a new dimension yet came in huge consequence. An old saying describes this situation pretty good imo: "He who wants the rose must respect the thorn."
This soundtrack sounds so serene, and yet so haunting. I have yet to play the game but from what I’ve seen and heard, I believe I am in for a truly incredible experience. I’m looking forward to completely losing myself in the moment as I struggle frantically with the gonarch in an epic fight to the death. They need to bring out a movie of this!
Half life xen wasn't bad, it was just annoying in some parts and not the prettiest part of the game. Keep in mind that it was made in 1998, so the tech they had couldn't handle something even remotely as beautiful as Black Mesa xen.
I just realised that the I-part of the Lambda-letter from "Black Mesa" kind of looks like a crowbar. Gordon Freeman confirmed. On a serious sidenote: I really love "Entangled". When I heard it the first time ingame, I felt so drawn to it like I haven't felt in a long time. It really connected to the little child playing Half-Life for the first time when it was new.
It's difficult to refuse a game which is classic like HF I. It's more difficult to refuse a remaster which is excellent like Black mesa. It's really really difficult to refuse such a Soundtrack which built a wonderful dreamland in my mind...
For so long, I was able to not spoil myself for the entirety of Black Masa source. I thought the remaster was nice, not until I reached Xen. I was absolutely blown away, and actually cried to some of the scenery accompanied by the music.
One of the only remasters to ever be significantly and notably better than the original. Black Mesa takes what used to be just a series of 3D shooter maps only brought together by the theme of "science facility" and the barely-there world of Xen and turned them into the cohesive environment of Black Mesa and the absolute majesty of a massive new Xen that really feels like a border between worlds and dimensions.
Это просто потрясающе!Я был уверен что никто не сможет превзойти саундтрэк оригинального half life в целом, но вам это удалось,и удалось в тысячу раз лучше!
Black Mesa's Xen hits different when you play Alyx. They made Xen amazing, but apparently too pretty and enchanting. Alyx kind of portrays life there to be biological nightmares.
Indeed power of good game soundtrack should never be underestimated.....it adds so much to the overall experience. Almost wants to make me replay XEN parts of Black Mesa again right now :D
when I look up at the night sky I don't see vast emptiness or darkness I see a sky full of stars staring back at me and I get the urge of wanting to be up amongst them staring down at the world I once called home. the stars will be our new home but not in our lifetime we are too young of a species to travel the stars without certain death over the horizon we we're born among the stars and we will die among them as well. -Unknown
Anybody here in 2023 can you believe this Game is made by indie devs? no triple AAA or big gaming company. its not even a official valve realse but its better than any modern games this is if not the best game you will see for a while.
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This Is Legendary !! Play this HL2 Saga from begining.........forever 💗
having played and completing the original Half-Life (which is now one of my favorite games), just recently then playing the remake, I can confidently say the remake does a very good job on giving life and detail that the original couldn't (because of technological limitations back then). and the soundtrack. especially in Xen. just pure awe.
Critical Mass & Ascension just so much chef's kiss. I like the entire soundtrack both Black Mesa & Xen but those two in particular hit just as hard if not harder than anything in official Half Life.
the first time i went to Xen,i had a little tear coming down. as someone who havent played the original half life and my only experience on this series is half life 2 and it's ''DLCs''. i wasnt expecting Xen to be so beautifull to the eye.
That moment when many Speedrunners, streamers, basic players, youtubers and lets-play ers. Kept pressing "refresh" button And when update button appeared everyone immediately started waiting Updating it without patience. Many happiness, patience, tears and even excitement, felt everyone who joined and saw the "XEN" Chapter. -December 9 2019
Getting into Xen and being immersed, with the music accompaniment, one begins to really grasp the depth of what is at stake as you transverse the entire environment. It captures the humanity of it better than Doom. What is at stake is more than survival, but a complete destruction of what God created on Earth into something completely foreign by a completely dark element that has always been right at our grasp all these centuries told through stories and fables such as ghosts, ET's, UFO's, portals, etc. During the playthrough I began to feel Gordon Freeman's purpose more so than any of the other HL games. This was more than existential, but spiritual. And then there is the G-man. God man. What is reality? Whole series is incredible.
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When I first arrived in Xen, I was not expecting it to be so beautifull. I still had in mind the 1998 Xen. Dark, weird, scary. Given the technology of the time, Valve did not have many options.
But man, this new Xen is incredible. Full of the darkest horrors and yet teeming with the most beautifull and incredible lifeforms. That with the music, I spent a long time just looking at the landscapes. Such a beautifull score for such a beautifull game.
I know right? Same here!
Could just wander around for HOURS just appreciating the music and scenery.
I haven't played BM yet but the Xen looks completely the opposite of how I always imagined it. I just always assumed it was how you described the original but more creepy.
@@pawprint1
Play the original Half-Life first
@@PerfectAlibi1 I already know what happens in it but I will when I get around to buying it
They took inspiration from the most beautiful space RTS ever- Homeworld.
I honestly think Black Mesa is one of the best remasters of a classic we will ever see!!
Black Mesa is a remake, not a remaster.
@@gabrielmorrow2991 arent... those things entirely the same fucken thing?
@@engineergaming4123 Eh not really.
A remaster is built on top of the original game, most commonly updating models and textures. There's rarely any functional or story differences. (eg. Halo Anniversary)
A remake is an entirely separate project built from the ground up that changes almost everything to be a unique experience (eg. Black Mesa)
@@tTaseric Half Life: Source is an example of a remaster as well, albeit not a great one.
@@engineergaming4123 Nope.
The timing of the music when you exit the first portal to Xen and look onto the Nihilanth's gate created what is probably the most beautiful moment in the history of gaming.
Totally agree... the execution was perfect.
I liked all.of the xen music. Hl is probably the best game ever made, hl2 is second best in my opinion. But very nice and hl2 remastered is also out so imma play it.
However I think the remastered hl2 is like a demo so plz let me know
After playing Black Mesa the Xen chapters are pretty much an entire Half-Life game on their own, they really put in the effort and details into every part of Xen
Thats why they waited 10 damn years for it
You can say that again! The remake is incredible, not just because all the wonderfull graphic and sound upgrades, but because they really managed to make the half-life story even better, the Gonarch's battle OMG is completeling amazing. And they fulfilled some gaps between HL1 and HL2, the suffering of vortigaunt with their slaverry, for exemple, it's well depicted in the new version.
The waiting really paid off!
@@caioroque1089 of course, didnt say nothing about this remake being bad or something
@@caioroque1089 Sure. I was very surprised when realized that BM and Xen makers not only recreated original Half-Life environment and feeling, but make it better in completely new level. Plus fixed some story bugs with that. That is a way how to old computer games must be remaked. No need to rush. Hope that they will do that same with Blue Shift and Opposing Force.
I also love how they added all the lore from the sequels into it.
This.
This is how you do a remaster, I loved every second of it.
Black Mesa isn't a remaster it's a remake of Half Life. Also, you shouldn't need to hear all of this! You are a highly trained professional!
@@anhxel I can see that MIT education really pays for itself.
Finally beat the game. Mannnnnn I need more. That's how you do a remaster
Agree!
there's a mod called "No regrets" on steam workshop that allows to you play after you refuse Gman's offer. They're still adding more to it.
the same's here but today. seems like i have to re run all hl2 episodes now
@@the79D37 what do you mean? Replay?
@@andrewoaktree584 yeah, maybe with some mods
xen, more like the land of wallpapers
"It is the place where dreams and nightmares meet, and merge"
- My best friend, somewhere around 2000
I honestly spent ages just staring at everything before I went further. The level designers / artists truly nailed the totally atmosphere by making it so beautiful yet so foreign.
Got chills just from seeing xen and hearing this music..
I know right, my first playthrough.(completely and utterly blind mind you)
Just arrived in Xen and as I watched those giant flying things soar overhead, the music started.
I was awestruck!
Yes, remaked Xen is something. Played BM + Xen at this April. When reached Xen, my yaw dropped literally for first 5 minutes. Expected better graphics and sound, but what I noticed, was something completely different and in good meaning.
6:47 I swear every time I hear this it sounds like the creation of the universe and the angels rejoicing as it grows and matures...and the complexity of it increases
interstellar vibes kinda
Interstellar fam
I have similar thoughts listening to M83 - Starwaves
12:32 - love this
4:25 entangled is one the best song i've ever heard in my life, i wanna fly and discover the universe, they give me the sentiment that i can save the World.
This with the level design gave me some kind avatar vibes
@@Pertev777 I totally agree with you.
@@Pertev777 Well, Xen is MUCH more enthralling than Pandora.
I love this part! It makes me feel like I can fly and transports me to another world! It makes me wonder what could be beyond the universe.
@@blackwidower8429 Well, y'know, I'd be kinda afraid to take a peek beyond the universe and what we mite see there...
Did anyone else get lost in this music when it played during xen, it made Me feel like Doom eternal did when you just wanna rip through demons. I felt completely lost in this game when this music played. It can't be appreciated enough for how good this games soundtracks are.
I know, right? I played both last Doom games before Black Mesa/Half-life and now I appreciate what ID Software did waaay much more, they took so much inspiration by making an exciting soundtrack united with a visceral gameplay and platforming sessions!
Yeah the woman choir feels like we are playing doom eternal
*Rip and tear until it is done*
when first arriving at Xen, it was great. I think that part was the best section of the game, as it was also quite easy to bunnyhop/slide.
Really want a game that actually revolves around bunnyhopping/sliding and gunplay now.
когда тащишь одновременно пиццу и баллон с газом - не до музыки на заднем фоне))) хочется просто всех убивать лишь бы не мешали нести два предмета
@@Sgt.Peanut16 idk it gives me a halo vibe
To be honest As a legendary half life fan I was not expecting this much memorial soundtracks and feelings , especially when you get teleported to Xen and hear this soundtrack in the background and get completely lost in the universe of it , forget reality and live in the edge of unknown galaxy , there are no enough words to explain the feeling of it because it really hits strange to change things in real life , no way I’m explaining things this much because after years after we have seen a game which is about half life but yes ! I cannot hold
My tears while listening to these masterpiece tracks just just gorgeous job man , keep going , and also I know those wonderful soundtracks has been made by you and your wife. Joel please continue your job I can leave everything behind to listen to them 🖤
i agree with you CRCO went above and beyond with xen and the music is beutiful yet alien and i also got lost in the music for a few minutes,well done joel you lifted the bar of music making
Is it his wife singing? Sounds absolutely amazing
my tears dropped when reaching Xen, after hours and hours fighting trough Aliens, HECU, solving maze, tunnels, puzzle ect. The view and soundtrack are best reward so far. Truly amazing remake!
Black Mesa is my favorite game I've ever played, and likely will remain so. And a big part of it is this soundtrack, and how gorgeous it can be, how badass and scary it can be, and just how lost I get in the beautiful world of this game
28:00 Epic.
Black Mesa is the only game that I can call a “true remaster”, I mean just look at every single detail in the game and how mush valve have put work in to it.
Its just Amazing and beautiful!!
The real heroes are the Crowbar Collective, they made the game, Valve just gave them tools to do it
Compared to some the "remasters" these past few years, it puts them all to shame.
I like the New changes, but the game îs very buggy and poorly optimized.
@@stoyanb.1668 I mean there are good remakes that lot of effort was put to like Resident Evil Remakes and FF VII Remake....
But people need to be able to recognize the differences between remake and remaster....remasters can at most only modernize the grapics/visuals to modern age while true remakes modernize the game in every possible way. To be frank Black Mesa falls somwhere in between, cause other than XEN, it keeps the same level design for most parts exactly the same from the original Half-Life....but then again as massive fan of original Half-Life, I dont complain about it, Crowbar Collective only changed the level design where it really needed to be changed. But what Crowbar did even before XEN was that they added so much more damn detail to the Black Mesa complex and so much more dialogue/voice acting, so they knew exactly what the game needed to be more modern version of Half-Life without changing thigns too much....again other than XEN, but no one not even most hard core Half-Life fans have fond memories of original XEN.
@@CalaVdarivdavd very buggy? What? I experienced one bug in 60 hrs
18:46... Time to run, and don't stop running until you're safe.
The Gargantua gauntlet ^^
@@PerfectAlibi1 that's actually really clever.
I *could not* believe this part - going into the new Xen having played the original Half-Life, I would never have expected more than one Gargantua at once, let alone....THAT. Legitimate adrenaline, legitimate heartracing, legitimate goosebumps from the music.
@@patricktsao9630
I get goosebumps just listening to it here ^^
18:46 stop = dead
Run = 👍
Entangled sounds so wild, sounds like that Xen is another world.
Glad to see rommel is a fan as well
@@vegascvpiaaron6807 Yeah. I also like to play other games, like Wolfenstein (unfortunely i cannot play as a nazi, and also we couldn't win the war; but if that Da't Yichud vaults existed in real life, you would be speaking German) Hearts of Iron IV (I'm so good that i can win playing as Albania - Sic! Albania doesn't exist) Doom (Good game) and World of Tanks (i can destroy Maus using Tier 1 tank).
@@PolishPsycho2704 as expected from you Herr Generalfeldmarschall.
@@vegascvpiaaron6807 Thanks. You're not French? Or British?
@@PolishPsycho2704 American
Amazing soundtracks for such a beautiful world Xen
World of Xen is truly breath-taking. I mean, it's so much different from our world...
To be honest, in the remake, it was made somewhat resembling to an underwater wonderworld. I sorta miss the restless howling winds from the original.
XEN is breathtaking ! Loved it ! Awesome job they did !
I sorta miss the never-stopping howling winds though. And the singing of the healing water. I kinda wondered what caused the singing.
this wants to make me count to 3
After all this time, I only just noticed the blaring melody that plays during Ascension, on your final journey towards Nihilanth at 28:00. It's the same melody as the string section from the original Black Mesa Theme.
You've proved yourself a decisive man...
It's time to choose
@@xeanderman6688
Wisely done Mr freeman. I will see you up ahead.
@@PerfectAlibi1 well it looks like that we won't be working together, no regrets.
@@mygamingpcisthebest8546 Rise and shine Mr Freeman, rise and... shine.
13:47 I do really like how they thinked about adding those background beats on that track.
Really feels like an audit illusion from sleep depravation after several days of firearm fighting nonstop, from the MC perspective of course.
Black Mesa is the best remake ever, and best of all it was not even official. Truly amazing.
So much nostalgia I'm crying memories
napim
How long is this new Xen out again?
@@PerfectAlibi1 crying memories of half life 24 years ago
phenomenal music from the creators of Black Mesa.
Xen had this peculiar nostalgic feeling for me that was accentuated by the music. It was like I'd been there before, although I couldn't put my finger on where the resemblance originated. What an amazing soundtrack.
18:45 shadows of death goes hard during the gargantua chase, love it
As someone who didn't play the original HL, I was so mesmerized when I arrived Xen for the first time
Well it was definitely better experience than original Xen, I can say that much :D....I mean yes XEN in the original felt kind of interesting and very alien/hostile compared to the rest of the game. But its level design....well its one part that didnt last test of time very well and thats why it deserved and gladly got re-designed so well in Black Mesa. It was well worth the wait even if it took almost 10 years after Black Mesa was originally released in 2012.
Anyhow its great to see new people finding Half-Life/Black Mesa. Many younger generation of gamers likely wont ever play them, unless Half-Life 3 one day gets released and younger generation of gamers get interested that way from original game/Black Mesa and HL2.
Personally Im just waiting Operation Black Mesa (remake of both Opposing Force and Blue Shift expansions) to be released now. They have been almost as long in development as Black Mesa was and likely wont be yet released for couple of years...but its more guaranteed to be released than Half-Life 3, thats for sure :D
Самое удивительное, что ничего после этого столь прекрасного не было в игровой индустрии. Меза обогнала время надолго
Just finished the game today. OH MY GOD. Xen is breathtaking! When I first teleported there and got out of the cave I just stared at the screen for a couple of minutes and grinned like an idiot. The colors, the stars above you, the lighting....and the music is a perfect compliment to it all. I can't remember all of HL1; I played it back in 99 and have not played it since (although I re-play HL2 and its episodes about once every 2 years) but man did this do justice to the HL universe. It had the action, the story, the puzzles, the suspense ... Crowbar Collective...hats off! This is a masterpiece (I may be biased though)!
ty for upload
I was truly blown away on my first Xen playthrough. Played BM up to the portal several times during early access, and was very much anticipating the Xen chapter to be something special. But nothing could have really prepared me for the experience. You guys did a phenomenal job on the remaster, and the music for Xen is truly something special.
It feels like peace coming for once after many, many chapters of straight violence and heavy music
This is the best Remasters of history. Very emotional with amazing graphics, colors and unbelievable beautiful timed soundtrack. WOW !!!
A master piece.
I love the Ascension part. The alien controllers were becoming more desperate as they pulled the elevator back down in order to stop Gordon Freeman from reaching up top.
Finally played Black Mesa, finished it today after getting it on the sale. I've always been hyped for it because the original Half-Life is one of my favorite games of all time, but just never got around to it - and it's still brilliant. Most of it is a pretty faithful remake of the original, a little easier in some places and a little harder in others, with On A Rail being the biggest departure from the original by taking a different but recognizable approach that makes it superior to the original chapter.
But Xen - oh, Xen. Talk about changing for the better - I actually like Xen in the original, but I know most people think it's the worst part of the game by far and I can totally understand why. By contrast, Xen in Black Mesa is absolutely something else. Gonarch's Lair, Interloper and Nihilath are better too in many ways - but the level Xen itself is so beautiful, really taking advantage of the opportunity to create a wild, vibrant alien landscape and carrying the player through it with constant activity, interspersed with some brief dips down into Half-Life's horror roots to break up the flow and keep it from being too samey - and the music, this music, is just perfect for it.
10/10 would play again, 10/10 soundtrack will listen to over and over.
When I saw Xen for the first time, and heard that music, I thought "Yeah, this is special". The music and other sounds and the visuals all perfectly encapsulated the feeling of wonder and dread that I think Xen was always meant to have.
my first time in black mesa's xen areas, was jaw dropping.
Black Mesa will go into the history books as one of the greatest remakes ever but you cannot have it go there without this OST. This soundtrack adds a layer to Black Mesa that it couldn't have achieved without. Absolutely one of the greatest gaming soundtracks, period.
When my buddies ask me what are some of my favorite games of all time. I reference Black Mesa, but not without telling them, not only is the game amazing, it has an incredible soundtrack that will blow your mind if you go from beginning to end.
This Xen felt like a huge reward, in sense of dangerous/risky experiments using the full knowledge of mankind's science capability and technology which resulted in an divine/angelic discovery of a new dimension yet came in huge consequence. An old saying describes this situation pretty good imo: "He who wants the rose must respect the thorn."
This soundtrack sounds so serene, and yet so haunting. I have yet to play the game but from what I’ve seen and heard, I believe I am in for a truly incredible experience. I’m looking forward to completely losing myself in the moment as I struggle frantically with the gonarch in an epic fight to the death. They need to bring out a movie of this!
the whole soundtrack for Xen perfectly portrays the feeling of being in an alien world teeming with life
good to see Xen go from a pile of shit to a breath taking extra-terrestrial wilderness
Half life xen wasn't bad, it was just annoying in some parts and not the prettiest part of the game. Keep in mind that it was made in 1998, so the tech they had couldn't handle something even remotely as beautiful as Black Mesa xen.
@@ipherial2929 Half-Life Xen wasn't bad, but it was nowhere near the standards of the Earthbound levels.
Haha nailed it)
Это потрясающе. Сел перепройти игру спустя много лет, и именно мир Зен музыкой и визуалом вызывает восторг
Абсолютно согласен ! такие же эмоции , даже мурашки были!!!
I just realised that the I-part of the Lambda-letter from "Black Mesa" kind of looks like a crowbar.
Gordon Freeman confirmed.
On a serious sidenote: I really love "Entangled". When I heard it the first time ingame, I felt so drawn to it like I haven't felt in a long time. It really connected to the little child playing Half-Life for the first time when it was new.
1:52 holy s... what a drop
I can hear a cat purring in the background of Transcendent. I believe this increases it's calm value tenfold.
It's difficult to refuse a game which is classic like HF I. It's more difficult to refuse a remaster which is excellent like Black mesa. It's really really difficult to refuse such a Soundtrack which built a wonderful dreamland in my mind...
By far one of the better Xen soundtracks i've heard, I mean it just fit perfectly with the landscape, and background scenery.
волшебная музыка, под стать Зену
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For so long, I was able to not spoil myself for the entirety of Black Masa source. I thought the remaster was nice, not until I reached Xen.
I was absolutely blown away, and actually cried to some of the scenery accompanied by the music.
12:30 THE MOST EPIC PART
Господи, как же это шикарно, мурашки не проходят
согласен
overall the Xen remids me so mcuh of Subnatuica without water..... another reason for me to absolutel adore it.
Ощущается спокойствие.
30:24
Limitless Potential. My most favorite track.
This game is so fuckin better than Half Life 1. Massive respect to Crowbar Collective for this remaster
One of the only remasters to ever be significantly and notably better than the original. Black Mesa takes what used to be just a series of 3D shooter maps only brought together by the theme of "science facility" and the barely-there world of Xen and turned them into the cohesive environment of Black Mesa and the absolute majesty of a massive new Xen that really feels like a border between worlds and dimensions.
This soundtrack has no right to be as unbelievable as it is.
12:05 Epic moment
If Xen is still a whole planet, I may call it Heaven. These tracks are OMG... perfectly beautiful, makes me cry.
Это просто потрясающе!Я был уверен что никто не сможет превзойти саундтрэк оригинального half life в целом, но вам это удалось,и удалось в тысячу раз лучше!
Xen felt like a psychedelic trip to me. Although I've never taken any.
Black Mesa's Xen hits different when you play Alyx.
They made Xen amazing, but apparently too pretty and enchanting. Alyx kind of portrays life there to be biological nightmares.
I mean for Alyx it's almost 20 years later after the death of the Nihilanth?
One of the best video games of all time!
I waited for Black Mesa so much time, but it was all worth it.
Loved the OG and I love this!
Still haven’t beaten Xen but man I had (good) Goosebumps looking at this version of Xen!
This music is another reason to play game. Masterpiece.
Indeed power of good game soundtrack should never be underestimated.....it adds so much to the overall experience. Almost wants to make me replay XEN parts of Black Mesa again right now :D
simplemente hermoso :,)
when I look up at the night sky I don't see vast emptiness or darkness I see a sky full of stars staring back at me and I get the urge of wanting to be up amongst them staring down at the world I once called home. the stars will be our new home but not in our lifetime we are too young of a species to travel the stars without certain death over the horizon we we're born among the stars and we will die among them as well.
-Unknown
Was it you who said that or some randomer
@@doctorlucasp9113 some random
Profundo .__.
black mesa is THE BEST example of a remastered game and i love it as much as HL1
Просто ШИКАРНЕЙШИЕ саундтреки. Я их почти каждый день слушаю. Это единственное что меня успокаивает!
И меня
А меня успокаивает урчание желудка барнакла ))
@PzgK M и отрыгивание позвоночника с черепком в блевоте ))
@PzgK M Дааа, бывает) только б на Фримана не нарваться, а то ломом нае*ашит ))
Версию 19-20ого года или последнюю +зен?
Honestly, Xen is the reason why I want to play Black Mesa
Good point
28:00 Heartbreaking...
En çok ve en çok sevdiğim oyun half life serisi ❤️
Anybody here in 2023 can you believe this Game is made by indie devs? no triple AAA or big gaming company. its not even a official valve realse but its better than any modern games this is if not the best game you will see for a while.
This Is Legendary !! Play this HL2 Saga from begining.........forever 💗
Ascension is just....cant find the right words
time to wait for hl2 remaster instead of hl3
having played and completing the original Half-Life (which is now one of my favorite games), just recently then playing the remake, I can confidently say the remake does a very good job on giving life and detail that the original couldn't (because of technological limitations back then).
and the soundtrack. especially in Xen. just pure awe.
My therapist recommended I try relaxing with some xen music and meditation. Great advice, works fantastically.
Critical Mass & Ascension just so much chef's kiss. I like the entire soundtrack both Black Mesa & Xen but those two in particular hit just as hard if not harder than anything in official Half Life.
3:00 ❤
6:47 Joel, You really communicated the incorporeal here man.
The BEST remake of the history
Buddy of mine did some "light" hacking on the nintendo switch and now he is playing black mesa on the bus.
the first time i went to Xen,i had a little tear coming down.
as someone who havent played the original half life and my only experience on this series is half life 2 and it's ''DLCs''.
i wasnt expecting Xen to be so beautifull to the eye.
That moment when many
Speedrunners, streamers, basic players, youtubers and lets-play ers.
Kept pressing "refresh" button
And when update button appeared everyone immediately started waiting Updating it without patience.
Many happiness, patience, tears and even excitement, felt everyone who joined and saw the "XEN" Chapter.
-December 9 2019
06:01 Convergence........ I flew away, amazingly
Getting into Xen and being immersed, with the music accompaniment, one begins to really grasp the depth of what is at stake as you transverse the entire environment. It captures the humanity of it better than Doom. What is at stake is more than survival, but a complete destruction of what God created on Earth into something completely foreign by a completely dark element that has always been right at our grasp all these centuries told through stories and fables such as ghosts, ET's, UFO's, portals, etc. During the playthrough I began to feel Gordon Freeman's purpose more so than any of the other HL games. This was more than existential, but spiritual.
And then there is the G-man. God man. What is reality? Whole series is incredible.
I love this game and those music
I heard this song in Razer Tiamat 7.1 while playing the game. Believe me, the sound was amazing when 7.1 mode activated ❤
This game shocked me for how good it was and the Xen music is just 😍
Man entangled is masterpiece
28:01 This takes me back to 2012. Its like the remaster of Triage At Dawn in the half life aylx documentary. It just so damn good!
Encontré luz en la oscuridad de mi vida ... A los 27 descubro tal como Gordon Freeman mi potencial oculto
Ese sonido TAN TAN PERO TAN EPICOOOOOOO