Half-Life: Blue Shift

Background

Return to the Black Mesa government facility. As a security guard, you must scramble to keep the scientists and yourself alive. Extinguish hostiles attempting to take you out, human and alien. Explore restricted areas of the mysterious government facility. Blue Shift also contains the Half-Life HD Pack, which automatically upgrades the weapons and characters of all the games in the Half-Life saga with new high definition content.

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Gameplay

The game is a FPS, so, you have to shoot every enemy that you're meeting. But you have also to duck or to take cover. Players will lead Barney through Black Mesa with the usual enemies or puzzles to solve. Barney can ask scientists or guards to follow him or to stay where they are, it can be helpful for unlocking doors or to have a sidekick during the fight. Also, Barney can't reload his protection with HEV plots.

Features

• Intelligent, terrifying monsters
  
• Fluid and complex skeletal animation system
  
• Hazard course training area for practicing movements, special maneuvers, and weapons use
  
• Variety of real-world, experimental, and alien-world weapons
  
• 32-player Internet/LAN support

Hardware Requirements

Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME
Intel Pentium 233 or AMD K6 -2
32 MB RAM
400 MB HD Space
2x CD ROM Drive
SVGA, high-color (16-bit)
Win-compatible Soundcard

Official URL

Official Site

Neoseeker Editor's Take
Half-Life: Blue Shift is another sequel to the popular Sierra FPS series – Half-Life. Yes, “another” one. Among countless number of mods, add-ons, value packs, and special editions, Blue Shift is the second official expansion for Half-Life. Originally being developed as a bonus pack for the Sega Dreamcast, Blue Shift has oddly made its appearance on the PC and not the console. »Read Full Article