Revisiting Half-Life?

[DHR]

The last time I played through the first was half life source.

Understand the anniversary has brought about an 'upgrade' as it were - what are you better playing though?

As listed on Steam, Half-Life or Half-Life:Source?

 

[montymint]

Get black mesa instead , it’s better in pretty much all ways

 

[niggyg]

Another vote for Black Mesa.

 

[Rob_B]

Yeah, it also makes Xen slighlty less awful

 

[DHR]

See, someone mentioned to me that the atmosphere isn't the same, like something was a little off compared to the original?

 

[Rob_B]

It's tricky, my son wanted to play through the original but the graphics etc are just so old he couldn't get into it. Black Mesa helps but yeah it's not the same, but that could just be our rose tinted specs

 

[Zefan]

It will be different because black mesa won't have the exact aura of the original, seeing as part of that aura is directly connected to the nature of it being old and janky.

 

[montymint]

See, someone mentioned to me that the atmosphere isn't the same, like something was a little off compared to the original?

two big changes:

1. They shortened "On a rail" significantly, but it can be patched in.
2. At first release there was no Xen, it's now in place, but it's re-imagined.

I prefer BM to HL, the rest of the game is pretty much the same, it's just in the newer engine.