
Made by Gearbox Software and originally released in 2001 as an add-on to Half-Life, Blue Shift is a return to the Black Mesa Research Facility in which you play as Barney Calhoun, the security guard sidekick who helped Gordon out of so many sticky situations.
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Very enjoyable few hours, lore was neat, gun sounds was good, jump sessions are horrible, soldiers sound is way too loud and scientist are too slow. Great times. Simpler times.
Ah, Blue Shift. This really feels like a Half-Life 1: Episode 1 to me, while Opposing Force always felt like a spin-off. OF introduces a lot of new in it's short campaign, blue shift could easily just slot into the original half-life. I always love getting whatever peek we can into the world of half-life, it's fun to see the original's events from a different perspective. I recently played through Black Mesa, then Opposing Force, and now Blue Shift, while skipping the original half-life. Blue Shift gave me enough of a taste of the old half-life I think, plus I didn't realize how differnet OF felt until playing Blue Shift again. I love Black Mesa, the half-life 2 engine and games are great, but there is something special to the old half-life that I forgot I was missing until replaying blue shift. The sound effects, the echos, the handling, the gunplay. A lot of people seem to prefer Opposing Force to Blue Shift, but I've always loved this one more. 8.5/10
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Half-Life: Blue Shift is one of three expansion packs made by Gearbox for the original Half-Life and whilst this one isn't the best it's still somewhat good and pretty fun. The story is short with seven chapters (minus the tram ride at the start of the game) so you will beat it in max 3 hours. The best part about this game was Dr. Rosenberg because he is voiced by the one and only John St. John (if his name dosen't ring any bells he is Big the Cat from Sonic Adventure and Duke Nukem) and it's always a treat to hear any of his work. Amazing voice acting aside Dr. Rosenberg's ai is a little bad when you have to follow him to the old Black Mesa because he gets stuck on everything and if you stop you have to interact with him to make him follow you again but that section is short so it's not a big deal. My biggest problem with this expansion pack is that it dosen't have any new weapons from the base game and if you look at Half-Life: Opposing Force (the other expansion pack that's on Steam) it has a giant arsenal with new fun weapons and reskins of the normal ones so it feels cooler. Why they didn't do that at least is beyond me but considering how short this game is it might have been a waist in their eyes. I dont got much more to say so I give Half-Life: Blue Shift a 6.5 / 10 on the T-T-TV rating scale. Also it's weirdly cool to see Gordon Freeman when you play as somebody else.
A very entertaining game with very few boring moments. I really enjoyed experiencing the disaster from a different perspective, and it really feels like you're working there. Just a little better than Opposing Force, would recommend
The second expansion I've completed. It's less dark than Opposing Force, but at least it has a positive ending. Excellent Half-Life series with alternative developments within the same timeline. I will definitely replay it someday.
Yo Calhoun, isn't your shift ended yet? Yes Dr. Rosenberg, but it is a blue shift today. I will have to wait for the opposing force finish the decaying progress until I can go to my home and have an episode or two of my favorite show.
good game. short but good and almost 0 bugs or anything... ~9/10
В целом он неплохой аддон на Half life 1 но мало контента( оценка 7.95/10
very fun game still.
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