Are you guys going to remake Half-Life 2? (Black Mesa 2)
I think you should come back in 2024 when Half-Life 3 is released with a totally new polished engine and it’s worth remaking the old HL2.
Yeah. I think the key reason HL1 deserves remaking is that it was so key to the genre, as well as the fact that it has shit graphics by today’s standards.
I came across these two images a while ago. Probably the closest you’re gonna get. Does Half-Life 2 really need to be remade?
All HL2 needs is provided by Filip Viktor’s update, tbh. Except maybe for BM’s new effects etc. 
One day for sure, but not anytime soon. There’s not much of a reason to remake it though.
a HL2 remake on next-gen source,sure. but something tells me that’s not coming
anytime soon.
Those two pics look pretty awesome.
eugh, those water textures/ displacements :X
Honestly, they look like more of an alternate art style than an upgrade.
^this
what’s even the point ? I mean… replacing Source with Source ? Or is it another Engine ? It looks almost the same.
exactly. I’ve always been curious as to what HL2 style environments would look like in a mainstream current gen engine like CE3 or UE3, but it would require a complete re-everything.
The issue is that graphics aside, HL2 is still pretty much current gen. The acting can’t really be replaced, the models are all pretty modern standard save a few discrepancies, the only thing that could really use a major overhaul in another engine are the maps.
They need to stop using .bsp srsly
I think once graphics got to HL2’s level it crossed the threshold where they looked “real” enough that they didn’t halt the suspension of disbelief (as opposed to things like HL), so a proper remake isn’t really needed.
This made me lol for some reason
If it’s just for the sake of knowing, I too would like to see what HL2 environments would look like in a more up-to-date engine. Seeing how an artist from Crytek remade some Bioshock scenery, it makes me think.
https://www.joystiq.com/2012/08/09/bioshock-environments-look-gorgeous-powered-by-cryengine-3/
Somewhat related, I was planning on using CryEngine 3 to recreate some of the concept art from the Half-Life 2 beta
HL2 doesn’t need a remake. The only thing I want sorted out about BM and one of the games in the HL2 series, (Episode 2) is the lobby design. I’m actually more than a little surprised someone hasn’t put up a mod trying to replace BM’s lobby, or vice versa, between the two games.
Who even says that was the lobby? I just looked at it, and honestly G-man’s lobby has kind of very non lobby design, and lacks the vent that you have to crawl through. I honestly see this as a non-issue.
It was ugly, dark and didn’t look much like Black Mesa. The only reason anyone could even tell was the huge Black Mesa map behind him.