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Metascore
71 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 358 Ratings

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  • Summary: We're back in the Black Mesa compound yet again for the second "official" expansion for 1998's groundbreaking first-person shooter "Half-Life." Take the role of security guard Barney Calhoun who, like Gordon Freeman, is given the task of wiping out every nasty extraterrestrial or misled soldier who crosses his path. (Also includes the first HL expansion pack "Opposing Force.")… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. GameZone
    90
    Bottom Line is, although it is flawed this game still kicks major ass with steel tipped boot.
  2. Game Over Online
    74
    The thing that ultimately forces me to give it a low rating is how damnably short it is – the game ending just as you are starting to get involved in the plot.
  3. Gamezilla!
    72
    Without a more engaging gameplay style or any innovation (aside from the High Definition pack), I don’t see Blue Shift as being a strong expansion.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 81
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 81
  3. Negative: 13 out of 81
  1. Longtimegamer
    10
    This game has to be the best of all the half-life series... I've always wanted a game where I could do exactly what I would in real life... If I were casted into this apocalyptic senario you can bet your butt that I would be doing nothing other than trying to escape... I would not go to some alien homeworld to kill their boss... I would just make a break for it.… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes
  2. 7h3w@$D
    6
    Game is.... ok. Its way too short tho. I beat it in 3 hours. I was really expecting a cool boss fight, like at the end of OpFor and HL1, but no. I also wanted to see if there was a conversation with the gman at the end, like in HL1 and OpFor, but, sadly, no.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. John
    3
    Waste of time.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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Trailers

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  1. Half-Life: Opposing Force

    • Release Date: Oct 31, 1999
    • Platform: PC
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  2. Half-Life: Source

    • Release Date: Nov 16, 2004
    • Platform: PC
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  3. Half Life 1: Anthology

    • Release Date: Sep 26, 2005
    • Platform: PC
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