WEll this isn't the worst expansion ever made, but it is pretty average and basic. For one thing, it not only has half the original content of Half-life, but it adds nothing new to the franchise. For another, it lasts about 2 hours, and is anticlimactic. You once again do not play as Gordon Freeman. This time you are security guard Barney Calhoun. While performing maintenance on an elevator, the event caused by Gordon Freeman happens. The main irritation of this expansion is, your character isn't very special. Gordon Freeman wanted to join a group of scientists in fighting the invaders of Black Mesa. Adrian Shepard wanted to survive long enough and at least try to do his job though everyone wanted him dead. But now you're Barney Calhoun, a security guard who just wants to escape within the next two hours. I suppose the only point of this game was to look snazzy. This was the first half-life engine game to come with HD. That's what the developers mainly wanted you to see, but I am not a visuals man, I care a lot for gameplay, and this was very weak in that category.
Half-Life:Blue Shift does'nt quite measure up to the value of the other games,here I will explain why. First off,the intensity does'nt quite measure up to all the other half-life games,which immeadietly brings it down... Read Full Review
In Half-Life, you were Gordon Freeman, scientist. In Opposing Force, you were Adrian Shepherd, marine. In Blue Shift, you're Barney Calhoun, rent-a-cop. All that remains is an alien point of view, which Gearbox Software ... Read Full Review
