After 14 years of development, Black Mesa has finally launched on Steam with a full release. In celebration, here's some gameplay of the revamped rocket launch facility sequence. Congratulations to the entire dev team for an amazing achievement!

It's actually really interesting to compare this video to the leaked On A Rail gameplay from 2012. A lot has remained the same, but Black Mesa has come a long way since then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbwAG9NFrtk

Changes include:
- The main entryway to the launch pad is now closed. Freeman has to enter using an alternate path, which allows him to survey the area before engaging in combat
- Redesign of the launch pad so that the player is now more likely to utilize the entirety of the space to fight the HECU
- Addition of .50 cal emplacement near the confined space entry of the launch control room
- HECU AI has been overhauled - they now throw more grenades, use suppressing fire, move around a lot more and call out their actions more frequently
- HECU grunts…

@Erdayastronaut Impressive

The spaceflight community is getting so good at these renders and animations! Here’s another great render! Can’t wait for SN-8 🙌 https://t.co/qrOXYDSQ8o

@Erdayastronaut @elonmusk What do you think, SN6 or SN8? https://t.co/nTaZ012L71