Half-Life: Blue Shift (Video Game 2001)

You experience the Black Mesa Disaster from the point of view of a security guard.

Director:

Rob Heironimus

Stars:

Michael Shapiro, Harry S. Robins, Kathy Levin

Cast

Cast overview:
Michael Shapiro	...	Barney Calhoun / Otis / Miller / Security guards (voice) (as Mike Shapiro)
Harry S. Robins	...	Walter Bennet / Simmons / Scientists / HECU soldiers (voice)
Kathy Levin	...	Black Mesa Transit System announcer (voice)
Jon St. John	...	Dr. Rosenberg / Harold / HECU soldiers (voice)

Storyline

In this expansion pack for Half Life, you play a low level security guard. Life seems pretty boring and routine, until a scientist causes an accident in the Anomalous Materials lab. With your place of employment crawling with alien creatures, you must find a way to escape. Nobody said fighting them was *your* job, after all.

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Plot Keywords:

first person shooter

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Technical Specs

Color:

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Did You Know?

Trivia

This was originally designed to be an extra feature exclusive to the Sega Dreamcast version of Half Life. When the Dreamcast version of Half Life was cancelled due to the poor sales and impending death of the Dreamcast console, the game's makers, Valve and Sierra decided to release the Half Life: Blue Shift as add-on for PC version of Half Life instead.

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Connections

References Half-Life: Opposing Force (1999)

User Reviews

You gotta love how this story ties in to Half-Life.

In this game you play as Barney Calhoun as a security guard in the Black Mesa facility during the Black Mesa Incident. Remember your ride in the train in the first game? It turns out the character of Barney is the same guy who was hammering on a door on a platform in the tunnel. The hazard course is pretty much identical to the one in the first game. So i wont elaborate.

The actual game, gameplay and graphics is pretty much identical to the first Half-Life game and the other expansion pack Opposing Force. Which (of course) is a very good thing. The game ties up a few loose ends from the first game and it's quite clever how they both tie in to each other. On top of that this game features a few new monsters and a couple of new cool guns. As always in all the Half-Life games there are puzzles to solve here. Some of them are quite hard but that's what walkthroughs are for! So if you were in to Half-Life then get this game! And don't forget to pick up Opposing Force to!

7/10