What Gamespot Users have to say about Half-Life: Blue Shift
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Rating:7.5
A welcome trip back to Black Mesa
Because of mediocre reviewers appreciation I didn't play this sequel of the half-life series until recently. And I must say I found it more fun than I expected it to be. You have to have played the original half-lfe ga... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:7
Anonther version of half-life; this time from the perspective of a security guard!
Intro: After playing Half-Life and Opposing Force, you might be wondering whether this is worth your while. It follows the same storyline as the other two, but seen from the perspective of a security guard. Sounding inte... Read Full Review
3 of 4 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:7.5
A very good game but needs inproving
Half life blue shift The game play In this new half life you take the roll of a security guard called Barney Calhoun but your character lacks military training but he is trained to use a gun, when you start the ga... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:8.5
Not the best in series, but it's worth playing!
Intro: After playing Half-Life and Opposing Force, you might be wondering whether this is worth your while. It follows the same storyline as the other two, but seen from the perspective of a security guard. Sounding inte... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:6.5
Blue Shift is at best a short and mediocre follow-up, and at worst is a blandly rushed and unimaginative game.
If the idea was just put onto a piece of paper, Blue Shift looks like it shouldn't fail in the slightest. To add another expansion to the original Half-Life; one which would play along the same timeline, but from a diffe... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:6.5
You get what you wish for
Blue Shift was supposed to be an addon for the Dreamcast version of Half-Life( which is now six feet under, if you know what I mean) but due to constant nagging by fans, Valve(or Gearbox?) decided to release Blue Shift (... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:7
Perhaps they aimed too high with Opposing Force, because this expansion is mediocre at best.
After completing Half-Life and Opposing Force, you will likely be left wanting more. They were both great games and were both unique in their own ways. Blue Shift takes most of that, throws it out the door and turns into... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:8
Yeah, it's a liitle short, but it doesn't suck nearly as much as so many seem to think it does.
First, play Half Life and Opposing Force. Now that you've got the story line, it's time to escape Black Mesa as one of the guards. The game play and story line are at least as good as HL and OF. I found a couple of th... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:7
Blue Shift is fun, but its over way too fast (contains spoilers)
In this expansion to Half Life, you control a security guard for the Black Mesa Research Facility named Barney Calhoun who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Basically, you had just punched in for ... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpful -
Rating:8
HL-BS
Blue Shift was the first game of HL series which I played. Before that I didn't like Half-Life game at all. But once I played the BS I changed my whole mind about Half-Life. It turned to be my favourite game serie. Now t... Read Full Review
0 of 3 users found the following review helpful
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