The highly anticipated and oft delayed Black Mesa Source mod has slipped again, missing it's scheduled release of 'late 2009'. Project leader 'cman2k' delivered the blow in a forum post on the games official forums.
DSOGaming writes: "Back in February, we informed you about a new environment in Unreal Engine 4 that was inspired by Half-Life: Black Mesa Source. And today, we are presenting you the final screenshots from that project."
Black Mesa: Source announced that they are releasing a retail version of the game that supporters can purchase, though casual players still have access to the free version. Mr.WaWa talks about Half-Life and discusses briefly the game and mod's development over the years. He's gonna buy the crap out of it. Will you?
Dealspwn writes: "Though the Steam sale is looming over our wallets like the sword of Newellcles, you can easily spend the entire summer playing any number of great games without paying a single penny. To that end, here's a list of some of the most outstanding F2P games out there, along with reasons why you can save some serious money over the coming months."
I know I miss that so much it sucks when characters and costumes are DLC :(
F2P games are starting to realise that. Everything can be unlocked in Planetside 2, for example.
Remember that these games are free, but have to make money somehow. A couple of quid here and there is probably not a big ask for something you'll play for 20 hours +.
That said, I still hate DLC that takes characters and stuff out in full-priced games. Either it's freemium or premium, you shouldn't have both.
Not to mention, Planetside 2's F2P model is pretty well implemeneted in that paying players have no strict advantage over players that dont.
/sad panda
Haven't they been saying that for going on 6 years? As much as I wish for it to come, I can never see if getting a release.
I'll give them all the time they want. Everytime I see a development
video from them I just get excited. The level of polish they're putting
in this game is incredible.
I can wait, I'm patient
As long as the mod is worthy of the greatest game of all time (AKA the gospel of Freeman), I say give em 2 more years just to make sure it kicks the maximum amount of ass possible.
If a game EVER needed teh epic, this is it.