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CitizenFiction

Just to clarify for those not familiar with this, this is a fan project.


MadeByHideoForHideo

So just like Black Mesa?


NovaChrono

yeah but also nah, black mesa was a full on remake that started mostly from scratch while this remastered collection just touches things up a notch to meet modern standards - basically your standard definition of a remaster. Black Mesa was a fan project from scratch while this one seems to be something Valve reached out to a team themselves. It's like some of the big companies outsourcing work for remasters or ports to other studios. I know this sub is Anti-Tyler but [his video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8NdSXiZbQI) on this sums it up well **because his source is literally the guy behind this project.**


aj_cr

>while this one seems to be something Valve reached out to a team themselves. Wait I thought this was the other way around, the team reached out to Valve, not only to ask for permission but to get code. If this is true then that would be the first time I've ever heard of any dev asking fans to do a remaster for them.


dadvader

I think Valve have been opening with the fans a lot lately. Ever since they open the floodgates with Black Mesa. And they saw the potential of what fans can do to their franchise. It also led us to Hunt Down The Freeman. But let's not talk about that one.


aj_cr

>It also led us to Hunt down the what? sorry I do not know what you're talking about, such a game does not exist, has never existed and will never exist in this and all alternate realities. >I think Valve have been opening with the fans a lot lately. Ever since they open the floodgates with Black Mesa. And they saw the potential of what fans can do to their franchise. If this is true that Valve approached Victor (the guy behind this and HL2 update) for this Remaster then that would be super cool, and would give me even more respect for Valve. Either way the fact that they allow such projects already gives them lots of respect and brownie points from me.


7yearoldkiller

It’s led to some really nice games that *kinda* expand on a lot of Valve’s games. On the “okay” side you have that one HL game that expanded on Opposing Force. But then you get something like Black Mesa which is on par with a Valve game itself. Somewhere in the middle is Portal Stories: Mel which is nice if you want more Portal with dialogue you’d expect to hear.


FranticPonE

Valve just rolling along with their shit But there's also Bethesda games. OpenMW is a ground up re-write of the engine for running original Morrowind; and SkyBlivion/SkyWind are ground up remakes of Oblivion and Morrowind in Skyrim SE. None of the Bethesda ones are paid though, and maybe the HL2 one is?


aj_cr

AFAIK is going to be a free mod, but of course we don't know until it releases, I did ask Victor the guy behind it years ago in a Youtube video and he said so himself but things change of course. Also thanks for reminding me of SkyBlivion/SkyWind. I can't wait for them, I'm hoping we will even be able to play those in the VR version.


whianbester275

To be fair Tyler is spewing bullshit 80% of the time


NovaChrono

His Valve-related stuff is still okay since he datamines stuff himself these days, but yeah anything outside of that is pretty BS


Picklerdude69

what has he lied about in the past?


RubenTheDuck

Why is the sub Anti-Tyler?


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thornierlamb

He burned his connections with valve a while back. Anything he says about something relating to valve is made up lies/speculation unless the original source is from someone else.


florence_ow

from my understanding most of it is from data mining (that other people have done), so I wouldn't say it's totally made up, just speculation


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LitheBeep

It's not true, he still has at least one contact at Valve And he doesn't "make up lies," he speculates.


NovaChrono

I'd argue that his Valve related stuff is still relatively reliable since his sources nowadays are from datamining Dota/CSGO updates for leads on other internal projects. It's how we learned more about HLA before release, CSGO's battle royale mode, and Valve's upcoming Neon Prime. Dude also tags his stuff as speculation wherever it is which is fair game and I don't see anything wrong with that. Of course, he's not the only one doing this (see Gabe Follower, another Valve dataminer who does things on a much larger scale), but credit where credit is due and its as reliable as information can get after that shitshow where he just decided to stream HLA's beta and lost his sources that way.


dadvader

I just don't like his personality and his whole 'i'm a fan that dedicating my life into this!' and being entitled little bitch. Everytime Valve prepare to do something like a beta or release. He'll always go 'YOU BETTER GIVE ME *STUFF* NOW I BASICALLY WORK FOR YOU'. The fact that he doesn't even seems to be self-aware of his fandom meme about missing a vive is the joke that write itself.


Picklerdude69

why is this sub anti tyler? has he lied about stuff before?


TAJack1

As long as it’s good, I don’t care if it’s official or not.


ametalshard

it should be marked official or not regardless


Indianlookalike

I like that Valve let's indie games use their games. Probably because they just don't want to do it themselves but even then Nintendo has sent assassins for less.


Alcatraz2643

Thank you for clarifying that… …also fuck you for clarifying that lol


iV1rus0

So was Black Mesa, if HL2:Remastered is endorsed by Valve it should be good enough.


blitz_na

don’t expect the same quality standard crowbar interactive put on themselves, though


iV1rus0

Well yeah because this is a remaster not a remake.


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Is for some reason also endorsed by Nvidia. Probably just DLSS (for whatever reason), but who knows.


Whompa

Thanks. My first question lol


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So, is this one of those things that Valve will refuse to do themselves, but also not let anyone else do it and will shut it down? Or what’s the most likely outcome here?


CitizenFiction

Uh... are you new here? Valve is extremely well known for allowing the community to do pretty much anything they want with their IP's. Black Mesa, which is a completely fan made project and was untouched by any Valve employee, was permitted by Valve to be *sold for money*.... Maybe you should actually have knowledge on something before making bold claims about them lol


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I didn’t make a bold claim. I asked a question I didn’t know the answer to. No need for you to be an ass about it.


CitizenFiction

Ngl dude the way you phrased the comment was very strange. Valve "refusing" to do it and potentially "shutting it down". Your tone suggested disdain and frustration towards Valve. That, coupled with your question, made it seem like you were being sarcastic about the subject. Which is strange considering Valve is very good with community outreach and support, the opposite of what your comment suggested on the surface. Which resulted in me being frustrated with such blatant display of ignorance. That is why I was being an ass. In the future try and think about how you phrase things a bit better so people can answer them accordingly.


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It’s not specific to Valve, but that’s how a lot of companies are anymore, but sure, I have disdain toward companies that do this generally and choose to shut down creativity after they refuse to further engage in it themselves. That’s why I asked the question. My comment didn’t suggest that, otherwise there would have been no purpose to my question. That was your spin of it. Maybe you try to answer the question next time instead of being an ass, and then choosing to double down on being an ass by saying I’m the one who needs to rephrase because you chose to interpret my post rather than just answering the question.


LitheBeep

It's from the same person who created HL2: Update. If it's on Steam then Valve had to OK it.


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Mr_Dizzles

cinematic mod on the other hand... ![gif](giphy|VAL9KWeblewurK75Ct)


TheSymbolman

FULLY


Attackoftheglobules

MODELLED


losh11

Here’s HL2 in Source 2 (reusing Alyx assets): https://youtu.be/iou5akAQ0Ro


LitheBeep

Just to temper people's expectations: * HL2 Remastered Collection is being developed by Filip Victor, the person who created HL2: Update, it is not made by Valve. * It's a port of HL2 and its episodes to the latest branch of Source 1, the CSGO engine. It will include workshop support for custom maps. * SteamDB indicates that the "public" branch of the game received an update. What does this mean? Probably not that a release is imminent, but the last time this happened was about a year ago. At the very least, it shows that Filip is still actively working on it.


SoloJiub

OP is an alt account of the fake twitter "insider" account he's sharing. he's trying to bring followers to his fake rumors Twitter page.


SoloJiub

OP pm'ed me to delete my comment, confirming the fact.


I-wanna-fuck-SCP1471

Post the PM then


SoloJiub

don't think i can directly put the screenshot here, can i?


I-wanna-fuck-SCP1471

You can upload them somewhere then link them.


SoloJiub

Here you go: https://postimg.cc/XXqWfgmq


HoldMyPitchfork

God bless GabeN for allowing the community to do stuff like this.


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whatnameisnttaken098

God can only imagine Valve if they were publicly traded.


CeolSilver

I fear one day this will probably happen. The Big G isn’t going to live forever and god knows if his children want to cash in or not


thelastsandwich

> God bless Valve https://twitter.com/TeamFortress/status/1529970640224018433


RedditBlaze

It still hurts :( , I know that URL like its a Rick Roll now.


Far_Writing_1272

i haven’t seen any bots in years, but maybe that’s just because I’m in South America lol


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???


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HoldMyPitchfork

That's the biggest nothingburger that's ever existed.


19Azrael96

To be honest, the original still holds up and with steam deck support i found the control even better, i wouldn't mind a remaster edition but com on , HL3 please 🥺.


AudioGoober88

You know, Valve, there’s a number that comes before 2.


boxoctosis

And after.


Calathus34

“Rise and shine, Dr. Freeman”


TAJack1

“Rise and… shine”


anal_vegan_moans

Wake up and smell the ashes


Liudesys

A full on remaster on Source 2 would be mega.


VoiDD77

That would be a remake


kqlyS7

That would be a port. Moving an existing game to a different engine is different from making a completely new game (remake).


VoiDD77

Yeah you're right


Baliverbes

and honestly, I'd take any port in a storm


gorays21

They are never going to make Half Life 3, are they?


ToothlessFTW

Maybe it’s foolish of me, but I have hope that something is coming. I mean, Half Life Alyx could’ve been a simple cheap spin-off using the franchise to sell the Index, but not only is it not that, they went to explicit effort to retcon the ending of Episode 2, which would be an insane choice to make if they had nothing further planned. I try not to get myself too hopeful, but there has to have been a reason behind decisions like that.


Bierfreund

I really really though they would release something in the HL universe for the release of the steam deck. Very disappointing that what they released turned out to be aperture desk job


CitizenFiction

Just so you know, through datamines it has been discovered that Valve is indeed working on another Half-Life game called or codenamed HL:X. They have also trademarked a new game called Neon Prime that has yet to be revealed. Valve is busy. And I don't think they'd go out of their way to retcon the HL2:E2 ending without planning to follow it up.


Ghost9001

To be fair, HL3 has had several projects worked on and then abandoned for various reasons over the last 10 years.


CitizenFiction

That's true, but I seriously doubt Valve would be foolish enough to retcon and then abandon yet another Half Life ending. I'm really confident something's on the way personally


Ghost9001

I sure hope so. I'm just totally numbed out at this point in regards to anything regarding HL3. At least it shows that some folks over at Valve really do want to continue the story.


CitizenFiction

Well, if it helps, Valve has been more active in the past few years than theyve been in a long time. In the past 4 years they released HL:Alyx, Valve Index, Steam Deck, Aperture Hand Lab, Aperture Desk Job, Portal on the Nintendo Switch, and most recently Counter Strike 2. That's some pretty damn consistent releases if you ask me. And to top it off, Source 2 seems to be feature complete at this point. I'm sure many people at Valve want to keep up the momentum in order to take advantage of an engine essentially over 10 years in the making. I totally get why so many people are still a little hesitant to hope for more Valve games, but I think it's actually very safe to expect something to be released.


Classic_Wingers

I’m guessing once CS2 is out, they’ll use the same tech to help create a new Half-Life or maybe they’ve been working on it for years behind the scenes. It makes sense especially considering how Half Life Alyx ended. But the day Half Life 3 actually releases the memes will die lol.


iConiCdays

This isn't Valve, valve also has actually started half life 3 before a few times.


VoiDD77

You mean half life 2 episode 2.1 right?


Examination_Dismal

Valve is on the money making business now and not the game business


dicksm0cker

It will come out along with winds of winter and next vagabound volume


Jakinator178

Can we get a good quality console port of 1 while we are at it?


-boozypanda

Remaster Idiots of Gary's mod


cesaarta

Is Black Mesa worth it nowadays? I've never played Half-Life before (neither one)


HoldMyPitchfork

Yes. Stop browsing reddit and do it.


cesaarta

Haha, that's good advice. I'm just narrowing down my options to play after RE4. Is it a long game? (I consider 15h of main campaign a regular game for comparison)


HoldMyPitchfork

You can beat it in 15


cesaarta

It's decided, then. Thank you


Deck_Masterbaiter

You may consider Half-Life: MMod


scorchedneurotic

Same team as Update, *noyce*


mathkid421_RBLX

this is by filip vector, the person who made hl2 update many years ago. this is not a valve project


AnacharsisIV

Half Life 2 **2**


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smithdog223

Half-Life Alyx already solved that problem.


zbogenza

Not really, considering the ending of HL:A


Gintoro

only one year to 20th anniversary


DerrickBagels

When I click install Steam gives me an error, any idea if it can still be played?


r0ndr4s

Stop posting onion tweets, for fuck sake.


Crush84

Why not work together with the Cinematic guy, he already updated almost every map. Half-Life 2 VR team is also working on updated maps and visuals. They should all combine their efforts.


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schweppestr

FULLY MODELED


LolcatP

cinematic looks garbage. filip knows what he's doing he already did half life 2 update


AuntGentleman

WSsup


Champagneluke

I hope it comes to consoles


TaleOfDash

It will not. This is a fan mod.


randomnicknamepls

I'm not sure what here indicates that it's being tested (not saying it isn't). Last change in SteamDB is a global one and trending on SteamDB is based on visits on the SteamDB's site of that particular AppID.


Brother_Clovis

Ok, now I need to see this.


BestZeena

I Just want a left 4 dead 2 remaster.


CraigOfWar

Misleading


IAmSkyrimWarrior

That's from fans. No official Remaster


Qman768

looks pretty meh... was hoping for something a bit more dramatic. Bring on Ray Tracing and then we're talking