Half-Life: Blue Shift Reviews

Blue Shift is more of the same and that's fine. It's definitely worse than Opposing Force but it's still decent and fun to play through. The level design remains strong, but it feels pretty safe - I don't think there were any new enemies/weapons. If there were they aren't memorable or interesting. It's also very short, and the conclusion lacks any weight. It's good though. 7/10 - just don't expect anything new or groundbreaking.

A short expansion for the original half life developed by gear box which is fun for it's short playtime but doesn't hit the same mark in terms of story and gameplay that the other expansion opposing forces does. Although it has fun levels you can also tell they weren't designed by valve in terms of puzzles and design.

I said in my Opposing Force review that it felt like it was an unnecessary expansion story-wise. Blue Shift felt a little more justified to me in that regard. Gameplay wise on the other hand this thing is considerably more sloppily made. The biggest thing I noticed is that Blue Shift shifts away from Half-Life’s level progression. Where in HL and OF you’ll be constantly moving forward and opening new paths to progress BS had you opening shortcuts and flicking switches off and on. It’s inoffensive but it’s also not the most creative and it’s definitely nothing new.

I find it funny that I only have some semblance of fun whenever I reach Xen in these games. I love the Giger/Beksinki vibe of that planet, but it ain't worth the overall headache of playing these games. I am still going to give Opposing Force a chance, but I have a feeling I'll still be baffled by how poor the gameplay is for me.

frequently agreed to be the slightly weaker sibling out of the main half life dlcs. while it does have some weaker gameplay due to the lack of new weapons and the innovations of opposing force, it is still great and personally i believe the level layouts are some of the best in all of half lifes history. the story is also a bunch better in my opinion and it also introduced the high-definition graphics update, which really improved the graphics. it also changed the weapon models but that can be toggled (maybe only in base half life 1 im not sure if you can in the dlcs). also cool to finally be a security guard, usually you only see them die in games like this. about that beer i owed ya...

Half-Life: Blue shift, the game where you play as the guy waiting outside a door in the Half-Life intro

Same story as Opposing Force, though this one didn't really add anything *new* per say, it was just the same story in the perspective of Barney Calhoun. (Who, spoiler alert, is a significant character in Half-Life 2) The thing that fascinates me most about Blue Shift is that we're in the eyes of someone who is basically just a regular security guard, an NPC at that, yet somehow he's able to overpower the military the same way Gordon Freeman did. Now we just need an expansion in the eyes of a wimpy scientist.

This game is a travesty to play in the year 2025 its an hour and a half at best including the tutorial and quick saving crashes this game like crazy ive had to restart entire parts because a quick save crashed me and the auto save was so far back and it constantly kept turning on my pcs mouse acceleration ontop of the crashes also while being totally non canon except for barneys name

Although it might be my least-favorite official Half-Life expansion, and the puzzles may be insanely stupid and nonsensical sometimes (Looking at you, pushing and using a literal METAL BARREL to somehow connect two wires to blow up a door), the fact that its a Half-Life game instantly gives it a place in my heart. And even though it has its dumb moments, and may not be as good as Opposing Force, I found myself really enjoying it during my playthrough.

(Finished this addon in Sven Co-op) "Blue Shift" is a parallel story to the main Half-Life game, where we play as a security guard named Calhoun. Although the story is short, I find it worth playing. You explore a small part of Black Mesa that you haven't in the main game.