Hi, my name is Nik and today i am reviewing:

Black Mesa is a source mod, that completely re-imagines the original Half-Life.

You probably know the story of this classic, but for those who don't - a crash course. You play as the Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist who works in Black Mesa. One of the experiments creates a resonance cascade, and aliens appear. Have fun escaping the facility.

As i pointed out Black Mesa is a re-imagines, not just a HD texture pack, that means that a lot of things are changed. The first changes become obvious, as soon as you start the game. The train ride is even cooler then before, showing a lot of the experiments happening in Black Masa. It takes exactly the same path, as far as i can tell, and its a feast for the eyes with all of the new HD textures.

The thing the really impressed me was the lobby. It had a lot more offices, and people who where just talking about physics, experiments, or just some small talk. This made the game much more immersive and believable.

This is how the entire game is, all of the maps are based on the originals Half-Life, but some of the things are changed slightly.

Some of the game mechanics are also a bit different. The largest and most notable is running. Its the only change that cant be turned off, because you need it for some of the platforming sections.

The changes also include Iron sight for some weapons, auto-aim (who even uses that?), and others, and they can be turned off, if you want a cleaned, simpler experience.

I found some minor bugs in the mod, but nothing game braking. For example some of the enemies, sometimes shoot threw wall and also you allies are total idiots, just like they where in 1998.

I left the best part for last - its FREE. All of that excellent content, new voice acting, HD textures, new animation and much more for free. I advice everyone to try it, because you have nothing to lose. You can find a guide of how to install it here.

To top it all off, Black Mesa Source is the best mod i have seen, and its perfect for people that are looking for experience an close to that of the original Half-Life.

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Unreal Tournament Review

Hi, my name is Nik and today i am reviewing:

Unreal Tournament is the best arena shooter and FPS i have ever played.

The story is really simple and non-intrusive. There is a tournament - win. Its all told threw one cinematic at the start, and therefore you will have just uninterrupted action threw the entire game.

Being an arena shooter, Unreal Tournament has some common elements to games like Quake or Doom. They include fast and fluid movement system, the ability to carry a lot of weapons, and of course the use of power-ups and health pack threw the level.

The differences to Quake come in the form of firing modes, in Unreal Tournament every weapon has two fire modes, primary and secondary. This can change a weapons function drastically, so its better suited for a specific task.

One of the major downsides to this game, is the fact that no one is playing it online. Fortunately the bot in the game are pretty skilled, not as skilled as a human, but they can still pose quite a challenge.

Another problem with the game are its absolute graphics, they look very bad by today's standards.The was made in 2000 after all, what do you expect? But if you can get passed that, you can have a good time with this game.

One thing i have to point out is the soundtrack. I already made it clear in my "Top 10 Video Game Soundtracks", this game has grate music, and sound effects when it comes to weapons. If you like techno, you will certainly love the soundtrack of Unreal Tournament.