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Honestly the steam controller is just absolutely amazing for AAC. It works just... so damn well.

Not super fond of it's default button placement on things tho, it's really, REALLY weird hitting what would be X or B (actually A on the steam controller) on ps4/Switch/Xbox pads, and having THAT select things, instead of B. whichi s actually A on the Steam Controller. it... it really throws me off something fierce.

like "hey press B to go back" okay then *presses A* "shit"

not that the large heads by default aren't cute I just... the proportions throw me off somethin' chronic.

however I can't not play it on Normal Head Mode. first thing I unlocked. ^^;;

sadjkfhsdf Assault Android Cactus is so good omfg

yeah, so, Gammon Linespam (glinner) has his own masto instance, much like gab did, called glindr.org

block the shit outta it because he almost certainly is using it so him and his million sockpuppet account holding TERFalumps can spy on the fediverse and harass people.

So yeah, fuck 'im up

(added quotes around celebrity because fuck glinner, he's a piece of filth and doesn't deserve any accolade or measure of recognition)

heck forgot how fun Assault Android Cactus is to play. the Steam controller takes some getting used to mind you

Also plenty of little bits of environmental storytelling, that I deeply appreciate. It was absolutely worth the wait. Job well done for Crowbar Collective!

Final thoughts? Black Mesa is THE way to play Halflife. fuck the original, just play Black Mesa, it's a lot better than Half Life 1. There's been a few cuts here and there but honestly I think the game is a perfect length now. Xen was a very long segment originally but much of that was literally wandering around lost as fuck because it was dull and boring and ugly and confusing.

Xen in Black Mesa is beautiful and eerie and creepy and fantastically laid out!

Crowbar Collective clearly learned all the lessons of recent game design when remaking Half Life 1. Bits that were previously like "ah jeez what the fuck do I do here!?" are a lot more intuitive. hell, Xen as a whole is WAY easier to navigate and know what you're meant to be doing, and I love how much character they give the Vortigaunts despite not understanding a word they say.

Despite some visual glitches and the fact that the latter half (Interloper onwards) is brutally hard even on easy mode (seriously yikes!!), plus some occasional crashes and hitches in performance, it runs really well and looks incredible!

The Nihilanth boss fight is... WAY more goddamn epic, way more thematic too! It was actually FUN as opposed to an exercise in abject frustration and lack of feedback.

Welp, that's Black Mesa completed! Holy crap. That was... genuinely good.

Xen is entirely unrecognisable from its original incarnation in Half Life 1.

For a start it's actually goddamn fun. and MUCH easier to navigate and know what you're doing.

The gonarch battle is ... not just a boss fight. There's like, an entire CHAPTER dedicated to being hunted by, Hunting in return, and trying to fight it/escape it, before you finally get to its climactic battle.

i got a snorlax in pokemon btw

i called it Benadryl

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