I had plans to play Left 4 Dead 2 with friends today, but those fell through, so instead i booted up Half Life Blue Shift, having realized i have never played it after reading all the rumors. I don’t know what it is but i feel like it’s easier than the base game. Barney also feels way more slippery than Gordan but that may just be me.
I saw the G-Man while in the opening, which i thought was fun. It’s like seeing a celebrity IRL, except instead of being famous for a movie or something, they’re an ominous blue suited man with a lovely voice,
I also swung by the Armor and picked up the pistol while trying to find my way around. The moment i picked it up i accidentally opened fire because for some reason the left trigger on my controller is the Fire button too. So i accidentally created a Parallel timeline where barney was fire for horrific trigger discipline.
In an acid filled room i also found what i’m pretty sure is an Ultrasound. I’m curious what the story behind this is, both from a lore standpoint and a developer standpoint.
In this same room, i encountered the biggest struggle for me with the Original Half Life games. Trying to figure out where to go. I kid you not, i spent 20 minutes unsure of where to go. Turns out, i had to blow up this gate with barrels behind it. I couldn’t figure that out though because too me the barrels looked like Toxic Waste barrels despite looking back on it, me practically rubbing Barney’s face up against the gate so hard he probably felt like cheese on a cheese grater.
After this i made it into a hallway with a lift. I ended up somehow fudging the jump and dropping Barney into a pit and killing him. After that 1 hour ordeal i sat Blue Shift down, realizing this was going to be more than an evening thing for me
Blue Shift was originally part of the Dreamcast port of Half Life. The game did leak and it was quite fun to experience it on the DreamCast but the problem was the game was in fairly small chunks and had to load off the CD which made the wait quite painful.
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Yeah more or less. It’s a fun short game for lovers of half life
Blue Shift was originally part of the Dreamcast port of Half Life. The game did leak and it was quite fun to experience it on the DreamCast but the problem was the game was in fairly small chunks and had to load off the CD which made the wait quite painful.