G-Man Releases Final Version of Beyond Black Mesa
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One thing that i love in Half Life, is that parts of the story are based upon fan fiction HL lore....
That was awesome.. And considering it only cost 1200 dollars, this is a stroke of genius..
I can't remember seeing any other fan films made better..
I can't remember seeing any other fan films made better..
I think it would have been better if they hadn't tried to constrain it in the Half-Life universe. Anything similar to HL made no sense in the movie. I distinctly don't remember the Combine being ninja (they were anything but).
It was okay but because I was expecting a HL movie it was brought down a notch.
It was okay but because I was expecting a HL movie it was brought down a notch.
I see what you did there!Angus565 said:
OT: Well, I can certainly think of worse ways to waste 12 minutes of my life. Very well done and certainly in keeping with the Half Life atmosphere. Would have been nice to have seen combat inside the actual city, I've always enjoyed the sort of "generic European city" style they used as a setting in the games.
If nothing else, this would make a fantastic intro video to bridge the gap between HL1 and HL2 and would certainly help any first time players to understand wtf was going on... HL2 really did just chuck you in the deep end rather, from a storyline point of view. (Yes I know that was probably the point.)
That was pretty decent. 
Not a full on all out success in my book, but by no means a failure. They did good! It was a lot of run and gun, no real characterization (would you have felt any different if Shepard wasn't in that disguise, and Girl got executed? I wouldn't have- and didn't when Resistance Guy 1 was killed). But they really stepped up to tell a story, meager as it was. Left you guessing at the end, which shows that whomever was behind this put some thought into fan interpertation. Points all around!
Not a full on all out success in my book, but by no means a failure. They did good! It was a lot of run and gun, no real characterization (would you have felt any different if Shepard wasn't in that disguise, and Girl got executed? I wouldn't have- and didn't when Resistance Guy 1 was killed). But they really stepped up to tell a story, meager as it was. Left you guessing at the end, which shows that whomever was behind this put some thought into fan interpertation. Points all around!
You should take a moment to suspend your disbelief.donutsftw said:
Who cares that the lead actor would have probably been in middle school during the events of Black Mesa, or that Combine soldiers actually carry stun batons not swords (things I noted, not quoting you). The point is, here's a fan movie, it didn't cost very much, it's enjoyable, and if you wanna nit-pick, you can make your own fan movie for $1200, and do better. 
Thing is, it must be so hard to put head crabs on people which dont look absolutely ridiculous.. the teaser trailer for the second part of escape from city 17 had a zombie in it.. looking like someone was wearing a headcrab plushie n making groaning noisesJazoni89 said:
OT: I thought that this was a worthy effort, obviously requiring a lot of dedication n hard labour. I love it when people don't hold back on the more violent effects, like blood spatters, and being thrown around by explosions. Tis well cool!
Considering the budget and that it's just a fan made short film this is really incredible. I wish Hollywood had this kind of respect for video game adaptations.
That was damn good. The only thing I didn't like was that the zombies were missing their headcrabs
While I cant really accept this as a "half-life" fan film I would be very interested in whatever universe was being portrayed here if I didn't already know. This comes off as more of an unrelated peice of media that makes homages to half life while being its own thing. I guess what I'm trying to say is, great fan film but poor Half-Life fan film.
That was amazing for a small-budget short film.
*makes mental note to pick up Opposing Force
Seriously, VALVe needs to think about hiring these people for doing something like what Ubisoft did with the AC film.
That one fight seemed out of place, just suddenly going all one-on-one ninja fight, when the rest had a "There's too many, just keep running" type feel. But yay, crowbar...
*makes mental note to pick up Opposing Force
Seriously, VALVe needs to think about hiring these people for doing something like what Ubisoft did with the AC film.
That one fight seemed out of place, just suddenly going all one-on-one ninja fight, when the rest had a "There's too many, just keep running" type feel. But yay, crowbar...
