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CONSCRIPT & Black Mesa: Definitive Edition (PC Digital Download Game Bundle)

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Steam has CONSCRIPT & Black Mesa: Definitive Edition (PC Digital Download Game Bundle) for $5.98.

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  • CONSCRIPT
    • During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles - all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind's most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new take on classic survival horror.
  • Black Mesa: Definitive Edition
    • You are Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist at the Black Mesa Research Facility. When a routine experiment goes horribly wrong, you must fight your way through an interdimensional alien invasion, and a bloodthirsty military clean-up crew in order to save the science team... and the world!

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Steam has CONSCRIPT & Black Mesa: Definitive Edition (PC Digital Download Game Bundle) for $5.98.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for posting this deal.

Note: A Steam account is required to activate/purchase and play (free to join).

About these Games:
  • CONSCRIPT
    • During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles - all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind's most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new take on classic survival horror.
  • Black Mesa: Definitive Edition
    • You are Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist at the Black Mesa Research Facility. When a routine experiment goes horribly wrong, you must fight your way through an interdimensional alien invasion, and a bloodthirsty military clean-up crew in order to save the science team... and the world!

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gman_lumos
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I highly recommend Black Mesa. A good remake of the OG half life. The sound design and OST are fantastic as well.

Especially when Xen kicks in. that's like a totally new game at that point.

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gman_lumosYesterday 11:50 AM
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I highly recommend Black Mesa. A good remake of the OG half life. The sound design and OST are fantastic as well.

Especially when Xen kicks in. that's like a totally new game at that point.
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WooHoo2YouYesterday 03:07 PM
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Quote from gman_lumos :
I highly recommend Black Mesa. A good remake of the OG half life. The sound design and OST are fantastic as well.

Especially when Xen kicks in. that's like a totally new game at that point.
"I highly recommend Black Mesa. A fantastic remake of the OG half life. The sound design and OST are fantastic as well.

Until when Xen kicks in. that's like a totally worse game at that point."

FTFY

FWIW, Xen in BM is a love it or hate it type thing....and I hated it. The rest of BM was pure joy though.
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RepFree83Yesterday 10:04 PM
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Conscript is a great game if you like the look (I do) and like elements of Resident Evil just with out the same sci-fi elements
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gman_lumosToday 05:41 AM
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Quote from WooHoo2You :
"I highly recommend Black Mesa. A fantastic remake of the OG half life. The sound design and OST are fantastic as well.Until when Xen kicks in. that's like a totally worse game at that point."FTFY FWIW, Xen in BM is a love it or hate it type thing....and I hated it. The rest of BM was pure joy though.
full respect to your opinion and experience. I'm genuinely curious behind the reasons why Xen didn't appeal to you. Totally not trying to be a sick here, I'm actually looking for a perspective that's different from mine, I'm eager to hear about your review of it. I went into the game after having watched the NoClip documentary on Crowbar Collective so I was going in with hype and a vague idea of the OG
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bekelevenToday 08:38 AM
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Quote from gman_lumos :
full respect to your opinion and experience. I'm genuinely curious behind the reasons why Xen didn't appeal to you. Totally not trying to be a sick here, I'm actually looking for a perspective that's different from mine, I'm eager to hear about your review of it. I went into the game after having watched the NoClip documentary on Crowbar Collective so I was going in with hype and a vague idea of the OG
Not OP, but: If I made a list of the best and worst changes Black Mesa made from Half Life, both would have Xen, and probably at the top.

The best parts (besides zen): Sweet graphical upgrade, added and expanded areas, reworked opening, I never needed a walkthrough. Although some of that could be because I've played Half Life.

Worst (besides zen): Some sections drag (especially HECU combat), some non-reworked areas feels worse or more "gamey" when rendered with better graphics, ladders are worse. Got those right the first time.

As for Xen, it looks much better. In fact it went from the worst-looking section of the game to probably the best-looking section, and this is in a game that already looks better!

A lot of Xen plays better, too. Loved the first act of it. Then it started to drag, and drag, and drag....

The middle act of Xen is just doing adventure game puzzles for hours.

The final act of Xen was designed to feel "epic" and "climactic" so they just give you a whole bunch of health and infinite gluon gun ammo and throw you into giant hordes of enemies and like. That ain't why I'm playing half life. Let me hit somebody with my crowbar sometimes.
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NumberNineLargeToday 10:14 AM
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Black Mesa is 9/10 and while the ending chapter isn't utterly brilliant it is still great. The new music is not to my taste either but that is a easy 3 minute mod to fix.
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gman_lumosToday 01:30 PM
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Quote from bekeleven :
Not OP, but: If I made a list of the best and worst changes Black Mesa made from Half Life, both would have Xen, and probably at the top.

The best parts (besides zen): Sweet graphical upgrade, added and expanded areas, reworked opening, I never needed a walkthrough. Although some of that could be because I've played Half Life.

Worst (besides zen): Some sections drag (especially HECU combat), some non-reworked areas feels worse or more "gamey" when rendered with better graphics, ladders are worse. Got those right the first time.

As for Xen, it looks much better. In fact it went from the worst-looking section of the game to probably the best-looking section, and this is in a game that already looks better!

A lot of Xen plays better, too. Loved the first act of it. Then it started to drag, and drag, and drag....

The middle act of Xen is just doing adventure game puzzles for hours.

The final act of Xen was designed to feel "epic" and "climactic" so they just give you a whole bunch of health and infinite gluon gun ammo and throw you into giant hordes of enemies and like. That ain't why I'm playing half life. Let me hit somebody with my crowbar sometimes.

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WooHoo2YouToday 01:52 PM
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Quote from gman_lumos :
full respect to your opinion and experience. I'm genuinely curious behind the reasons why Xen didn't appeal to you. Totally not trying to be a sick here, I'm actually looking for a perspective that's different from mine, I'm eager to hear about your review of it. I went into the game after having watched the NoClip documentary on Crowbar Collective so I was going in with hype and a vague idea of the OG
For me, Xen (in BM) was insanely long and just rinse and repat of the same sections over and over again. It felt like it should have been 10 minutes but took me several (more than 3) play sessions to get through it as I was so bored. I honestly thought I was backtracking multiple times because everything was just so samey.

If memory serves, I didn't even play the last leg of it. I just watched the ending on Youtube....

Don't get me wrong, it looked amazing and I think my experience is a minority view however a view I have heard others express as well.

P.S. Everything bekeleven said too Wink
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WooHoo2YouToday 01:55 PM
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Quote from bekeleven :
Not OP, but: If I made a list of the best and worst changes Black Mesa made from Half Life, both would have Xen, and probably at the top.The best parts (besides zen): As for Xen, it looks much better. In fact it went from the worst-looking section of the game to probably the best-looking section, and this is in a game that already looks better!A lot of Xen plays better, too. Loved the first act of it. Then it started to drag, and drag, and drag....The middle act of Xen is just doing adventure game puzzles for hours.The final act of Xen was designed to feel "epic" and "climactic" so they just give you a whole bunch of health and infinite gluon gun ammo and throw you into giant hordes of enemies and like. That ain't why I'm playing half life. Let me hit somebody with my crowbar sometimes.
I would agree with all of that with regarding Xen. It was too adventure game / walking emulator for me. Half Life is a FPS with a narrative, not an interactive novel. The tone and pace felt like they were slapped in from another game. Might have worked there but IMO didn't work in HL.

If the section was FAR FAR FAR shorter, I wouldn't have cared (or could be ignored) but it did make up a good chunk of the overall game so I felt worth mentioning.

Regardless, Black Mesa is a must play.

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