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| From: Vivendi Universal
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $19.94
New (2) Used (6) from $4.75
Avg. Customer Rating:  142 reviews
Sales Rank: 4015
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 95
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.8 x 1.9
Model: 71199
UPC: 020626711999
EAN: 0020626711999
ASIN: B00005BIQK
Release Date: June 13, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New CD In Plain Jewel Case w/Install Code - Ships FAST w/free Delivery Confirmation Emailed To You! *Buy With Confidence From Amazon Pro Merchant*
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great for other games April 23, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
THIS GAME IS PERFECT!
Just get the cd key AND FOR 10$ BAM! YOU GET A FREE HALF LIFE, OPPOSING FORCE AND BLUE SHIFT, ALONG WITH COUNTERSTRIKE VIA STEAM!
Great for people who don't want to spend money.. and also don't want to play this game. The game itself blows, but with Steam, the game allows 15$ of savings.
 Blue Shift is pretty good December 12, 2004
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
*Sighs.* Here's the same reviews as in the other half-life games. "It doesn't work good with my computer." "The game is to slow." "It's to short!" First of all let me remind all of you that this is an expansion. It's not like it's gona be as long as half-life. It would be nice if it was, but it's not. So live with it! Blue Shift is a add on! It's a game that you can buy if you want to hear a different side of the original game, or if you don't than go look else where. You still get the same action. And when you get less guns, it makes it more intense. Imagine having only a magnum in a group of aliens. People get mad cause you continuisly die in the game. their's a reason why their's a reload button and a save button their people. And Once again I will say that half-life has to run on a good computer. Check the requirements that are needed. It is challanging rather or not anybody wants to admit. Of course not as challanging as half life and opposing force but get over it. Like I said IT'S A EXPANSION PACK!!! LET'S ALL SAY IT TOGETHER "EXPANSION PACK!" it's not gona be long. but for those want to look into the eyes of a security guard in the black mesa, than this is the game for you. And besides the price is good for the game. i'm sad to see it is so cheap now. but it's been out for a long time so i can realize that as time flies by, so do prices. And let's all say it again "IT'S A EXPANSION PACK". it's not gona be as long. *rolls her eyes.*
A little short... September 9, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Blue Shift takes the player back to the Lambda Complex and retells the story of Half-Life through the eyes of one of the security guards in the research facility.
I highly recommend that you play Half-Life and The Opposing force expansion pack before you pick this one up.
 Not worth it unless you don't have OpFor August 20, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this game for Blue-Shift, the abbreviation of which is, unfortunately, BS. This is surprisingly useful though, since this game essentially is BS. It seems like it might be cool, being a security guard, right? Being a mall security guard is probably more exciting than this game. it has some interesting sequences, but is is horribly short. Seriously. I took about 3 1/2 hours to beat it on "easy" THE FIRST TIME. No cheats/hints/strategy guide, either. I am not exagerating when I say it's too short. But it comes with OpFor, which PC Gamer put as 2nd runner up for Game of the year at some point. OpFor is much better than Blue Shift, so if you don't have Opfor, take a look. If you do have OpFor, look elsewhere.
Nice Succinct and Original Mission Pack August 14, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not on the same level as Half-Life (but realistically, what is?) but a worthy entry in the Half-Life universe.
Half-Life was brilliant. It revolutionized the first person shooter, provided hours of entertainment, introduced us to a world of weapons and bizarre creatures, and most importantly- it (unlike most video games) stayed with its plot throughout the game. Then Opposing Force came along- a mission pack that was a game in and of itself, the player now switching sides and playing through the Military (one of the enemies in the original Half-Life). Although less plot-driven than the original (its cheif weakness) it still managed to create a very good gaming atmosphere, even if it didn't quite match up with the first. Then Blue Shift came along.
I (although a huge fan of the first two) was apprehensive; I felt Sierra was trying to capitalize upon the success of the first two and, running out of ideas, was stretching things thin by having the player play as a security guard...Barney Calhoun. I was mistaken- The game is faithful to the first (with none of the weapons from OP4, but most from the original) and adds in some new things....people, locations, plotlines. It was most enjoyable to navigate Barney Calhoun through the waterworks and train depots of the Black Mesa compound, and the ending was significantly different than that of the first two.......I was very impressed by its simplicity and practicality. The game takes everything that was good about the original and compresses it into a smaller package, but also adds several new sights and locations that lend much to the backstory of Half-Life and show even more of the breadth of the Black Mesa compound, things that I appreciated very much.
Although rather short, with no new weapons or aliens, I highly recommend this Mission pack- to the Half-Life devotee or someone new to this family of games. 7/10
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