#BLACK MESA RESEARCH FACILITY L4D GENERATOR#

Personally, I think what Gordon sees of Black Mesa is really only scraping the surface, possibly only a tenth, of a facility that is most likely the size of perhaps Rhode Island.

#BLACK MESA RESEARCH FACILITY L4D GENERATOR#

From there you can see multiple topside complexes with large radio towers, office complexes and even a SECOND DAM.īecause of the absolute sizes of the complex (Re-iterating here: Multiple security levels, surface research areas and higher security underground complexes, two dams, a nuclear reactor plus several other large and smaller generator areas, underwater canals which could go on for miles, etc.) leads me to believe the complex is AT LEAST the size of a small city, with a huge population. The largest scale that you can really see in-game is when you're on the cliffside, during Surface Tension. I'm tempted to say it's around ten square kilometers, maybe larger, but then you've the multi-level structure to it, since it goes deeper underground consistantly. The entire complex is, well, REALLY complex, since you've got entire areas dedicated to civilian activity, research areas, weapons testing complexes, missile silos, multiple biodomes, etc.

This is something I've always been curious about.

Black mesa research facility l4d