Overall this is a good remake.
Half Life 1 is a great game, an amazing adventure and very immersive, but to be fair there were lots of times in the game where you didn't knew what the hell were you doing due to the graphics. Black Mesa solves that, most of the time.
I don't mind the changes, EXCEPT for the Xen chapters. I agree with most of the players that they are stretched, and so, their quality drops. The final bossfight (Nihilanth) is quite different from the original. I remember thinking that the original was a bit of a drag, but also cool with all the jumping around; anyway the new one is very fair, so I am ok with it.

For me the real problem of this game is the FPS drops it gets in some of the open areas, I guess there are optimization issues, but since the game is still playable is not a fatal flaw.

Overall this is a good remake. Half Life 1 is a great game, an amazing adventure and very immersive, but to be fair there were lots of times in the game where you didn't knew what the hell were you doing due to the graphics. Black Mesa solves that, most of the time. I don't mind the changes, EXCEPT for the Xen chapters. I agree with most of the players that they are stretched, and so, their quality drops. The final bossfight (Nihilanth) is quite different from the original. I remember thinking that the original was a bit of a drag, but also cool with all the jumping around; anyway the new one is very fair, so I am ok with it. For me the real problem of this game is the FPS drops it gets in some of the open areas, I guess there are optimization issues, but since the game is still playable is not a fatal flaw.