The Half-Life series are amongst some of my most favourite games on the PC so was delighted to see Black Mesa come to steam, I had heard about the original through word of mouth when it was first released in 2012 and had been playing it on-off since.

It's basically the same game as the original up until the Xen stage where the developers have completely redesigned the following levels which had always felt the weakest part of the original game. Although it had taken five years to fully complete this it was definitely worth the wait.

I wanted to write this review more as praise for the developers Crowbar Collective, they aren't a AAA developer but must have put their hearts and souls into making this game a reality. The remastered game has stayed true to the original but went beyond, improving areas of the previous game that was in need of updating (mentioned above with Xen). I'm glad to see a lot of praise for this game, I'm hoping that they'll remaster the expansions Opposing Force, Blue Shift and Decay in the future as well.

The Half-Life series are amongst some of my most favourite games on the PC so was delighted to see Black Mesa come to steam, I had heard about the original through word of mouth when it was first released in 2012 and had been playing it on-off since. It's basically the same game as the original up until the Xen stage where the developers have completely redesigned the following levels which had always felt the weakest part of the original game. Although it had taken five years to fully complete this it was definitely worth the wait. I wanted to write this review more as praise for the developers Crowbar Collective, they aren't a AAA developer but must have put their hearts and souls into making this game a reality. The remastered game has stayed true to the original but went beyond, improving areas of the previous game that was in need of updating (mentioned above with Xen). I'm glad to see a lot of praise for this game, I'm hoping that they'll remaster the expansions Opposing Force, Blue Shift and Decay in the future as well.