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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 misledWe'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
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Bottom Line is, although it is flawed this game still kicks major ass with steel tipped boot.
  2. The Music that runs off the Blue-Shift CD. It kicks in at the worst times, and resembles circus music.
  3. A nice return to a classic game scenario, but is far too short and fails to bring anything new to the series. While playing Blue Shift was fun, I would compare the experience to eating Chinese food. No sooner had I finished, than I wanted more.
  4. 70
    If you don't own "Opposing Force," get it. If you do, then don't expect a repeat performance.
  5. Beyond the HD pack, nothing has been done to evolve the game as a whole.
  6. The puzzles are your standard - "push-lever-break-thing-press-button" type of brain crackers, which will be about as challenging to a HL veteran as… well okay, some of them are somewhat inventive, but on aggregate they'd only be interesting to the DC crowd I guess.
  7. Essentially a graphics enhancement pack bundled with a short single-player campaign and a title many have already played, all for around 20 dollars after rebate.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 138
  2. Negative: 17 out of 138
  1. Longtimegamer
    Nov 9, 2009
    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 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
  2. BrianL.
    May 8, 2006
    10
    nice game even though its not new. most people will like it.
  3. CharlieD
    Aug 31, 2009
    9
    I believe this is game is just as good as the original Half-Life, its only bad thing is that there areno new enemies in it, although there is I believe this is game is just as good as the original Half-Life, its only bad thing is that there areno new enemies in it, although there is a new character: Stanley Rosenburg. Expand
  4. Jan 5, 2012
    8
    The game follows the events of Half-Life, but you're playing as Barney instead of Gordon. Game has the same good atmosphere as the originalThe game follows the events of Half-Life, but you're playing as Barney instead of Gordon. Game has the same good atmosphere as the original Half-Life and you can even see the same events that happened in the original game from different perspective. The story mainly follows the original storyline but it ends before the original game. The game is not as long as the original game, making it a bit less fun to play but the game is still worth your money. I'd also recommend installing the HD pack from Steam to improve the graphics of the game. Expand
  5. Jun 24, 2020
    7
    En este juego nuevamente viviremos el accidente de Gordon Freeman, pero con la diferencia de que esta vez no seremos el héroe (Half-Life) niEn este juego nuevamente viviremos el accidente de Gordon Freeman, pero con la diferencia de que esta vez no seremos el héroe (Half-Life) ni el villano involuntario (Opposing Force), sino que estaremos justo en el centro de ambos bandos. El juego nos convierte en Barney Calhoun, uno de los muchos guardias de seguridad de Black Mesa, quien vive al mismo tiempo que Gordon Freeman el incidente de Black Mesa, pero en otros momentos y lugares . Expand
  6. Dec 27, 2022
    6
    THE FOUNDATION OF GAMES

    REVIEW 3 of 3. This is a mini review of the Half-Life expansion, Blue Shift. In the game, the player
    THE FOUNDATION OF GAMES

    REVIEW 3 of 3.

    This is a mini review of the Half-Life expansion, Blue Shift.

    In the game, the player impersonates security officer Barney Calhoun, who, like Freeman, finds himself in the midst of an apocalypse shortly after the start of a normal workday. This expansion delves into the history of the incident and the minds working on the Black Mesa facility project. Unfortunately, however, the expansion lapses into triviality, telling little to no interesting stories and reconnecting the game to the expansion in a very dull and dodgy way. Also on a gameplay level it lasts significantly less than the previous expansion and does not add any innovative mechanics or diversified weapons compared to the original campaign. A mediocre expansion overall, which, however, evaluated for the price is not insufficient.
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  7. JacobN.
    May 7, 2006
    0
    a completely dissapotinting game.

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