Are you sure that either:
a) The loading segments were edited out or;
b) The loading segments were too quick to notice or;
c) You’re lying?
Am I days late to the party? Yes. Do I care? No. I nearly fell out my chair when I saw this on Escapist today.
It’s…BEAUTIFUL.
You’ve just made the wait that much harder, you glorious bastards. 
Hello, good things first about the screenshots: I really liked them… very impressive. I also like this here:
I like it very much that you integrated a piece of tram track here… When i played Half Life, i was always very disappointed that i’ve never encountered again any evidence of the tram system (black mesa transit system) from the chapter inbound, since its obviously the main transport system of the Black Mesa Research Facility.
So far very well done, a great improvement of the level design. I wonder where this tram track leads to? or is it a dead end? : )
But now my criticism… whats up with the new bullsquid eyes?!
Please please undo it… reposition the bullsquid eyes. It looks extremely terrible and cliché.
I know, raminator already answered like this:
With all respect, but according to this statement, you should also add eyes to the barnacles!.. Come on, please realize that its a bad idea. The bullsquid looks extremely ridiculous like this. Many other ppl have complained about this. For me the bullsquid was always a crocodile-like creature, with eyes on the sides, which made his appearance more that of a primitive creature.
Why do the player even has to see his eyes at all?? It would even look better without eyes. Think of the movie ALIEN. This creature had no eyes at all, and that made it even scarier.
Please don’t keep it like this!..
Almost everything else on the new screens looks perfect… except that the grunt containment chamber looks a little bit too edgy. But thats only my opinion.
thanks.
(i hope this thread is the right place for this posting)
I agree, better no eyes than front eyes “_”
Well I disagree - I think it looks superior.
I like the new bullsquid. Looks pretty badass IMO.
how many fucking threads do we need about this?
@Artic Xiongmao, I really like these comparison screenshots. As I’m playing Half-Life 1 (the original) in my free time, I’ll try to get some screenshots from it. But if anyone can do that before me, feel free!
@King_Kaddo: Why so much hate?
ps: IMO the bullsquid eyes are just perfect
I almost shat my pants when i saw the update on ModDB so i came here to see if it was real and sure enough the exact same pics were on the homepage and a single tear came from my eye, ive been stalking this ever since the beginning and 2 years ago was my first post here… memories
Uhm, This is the first one, the official one. It’s just been retitled.
I think the new bullsquid has a more intellegent look now. Like a Raptor.(not that raptor eyes were there but you get the point)
I think the bullsquid looks great and I understand their reasoning (in contrast to the strangely friendly Vortigaunt). However, the argument for Alien like features is an interesting one. I think it does look more ferocious now, so I have no real reason to want it to revert.
Wow, man… You couldn’t possibly be any more polite… Are you new here?
On the other hand - I agree with all your statements except bullsquid - it’s not that bad at all… I wouldn’t mind a dartboard with its face on it…
Wow, more hate from another forum
What an idiot.
First of all, thank you very much for the new media, it’s absolutely amazing!
Just to join the discussion about the Bullsquid eyes, I do feel that they were much better on the side rather than on the top:
I’m not sure if it’s just the angle of the screenshot, but it seems a bit odd to me. The Bullsquid seems to be inspired by reptiles, squid, frogs, and other aquatic creatures, and the eyes on the side tend to reinforce that idea, while the eyes on top make it very cartoon-monster-like. It just looks much less like the Bullsquid we’ve grown used to and more like a new monster, to me, with the eyes on top.
I know Ram said it’s about making it feel more alive (“warm”), and it probably does achieve that, however, it makes it feel less wild and beastly. It is a more primitive “animal” after all, the little black eyes make it feel more mysterious and unpredictable and aquatic (reptile-like), which I think is a good thing in this case.
Obviously this is really not a big deal and everyone will love this game no matter what, but since it’s a forum, might as well put my thoughts down.
I like the new bullsquid, but I personally always thought it would look creepier with no eyes
I lol’d at the indie games with a 1/4 of the time part. :lol:
That needs to go to the ylyl, everyone would be out.
Second, but I’m completely fine with it as it is.
I, too, think the bullsquid looked better before. But I guess you can’t really judge until you see it in action.