Black Mesa Source vs. Half-Life Screenshot Comparison

Posted on 15 September, 2012 by exterminat

Black Mesa Source vs. Half-Life

by Nicholas Laborde

If you’re a gamer of substantial experience, the past few years may make you believe in miracles.

Duke Nukem Forever finally saw the light of day, essentially making sales on the premise that the game had actually come out.

Now, another miraculous instance has occurred: the long-awaited Half-Life remake modification for Half-Life 2, Black Mesa Source, has been released.

Take a gander at the tremendous difference in fourteen years of graphical fidelity below.

The format is Half-Life to the left, and Black Mesa Source to the right.

If you haven’t downloaded this fantastic mod yet, do yourself a favor and check it out here.

I don’t know about you, but Black Mesa Source has me more excited than ever before about Half-Life 3.

Time to invest in cryostasis so that I’ll actually see the day it releases…

Dustin, on 29 November, 2012 at 2:25 am said:

Not 14 years of graphical fidelity… more like 6. Half Life 2 (and the Source engine) came out in 2004, and Black Mesa is built on the Source engine. Still a great improvement, though.

Hammich, on 11 October, 2012 at 4:05 pm said:

@asdf – what are you talking about? It got even better in Surface Tension!

asdf, on 20 September, 2012 at 8:40 am said:

Black Mesa was absolute awesome up until On A Rail … from there it just went downhill. You could tell the devs had lost their passion and just wanted to get it out the door

whippingforporkchops, on 17 September, 2012 at 4:17 am said:

Definitely enjoying it so far. Sweet comparison by the way.

XCG70, on 16 September, 2012 at 7:47 am said:

WOW!

fukobama, on 16 September, 2012 at 1:22 am said:

No thanks.