Barney would later go on to become a major supporting character in Half-Life 2. Blue Shift was the first game in the franchise to have a significant NPC helping the player during the game, and the game came with a free High Definition pack that upgraded the models to the source game. Rosenberg, who has a plan to transport the trapped scientists safely out of Black Mesa.Ĭompared with its predecessor Half-Life: Opposing Force, Blue Shift is considerably stripped back in terms of content, lacking many of the weapons and enemies from the original game and unlike Opposing Force featuring no new enemies or weapons of its own. Using what little equipment he has available, Barney travels through the facility and recruits the help of Dr.
While making his usual rounds at Black Mesa, the Resonance Cascade teleports an influx of alien creatures into the facility.
The player takes control of Barney Calhoun, a security officer briefly seen during the opening of the first game. Half-Life: Blue Shift is the second Expansion Pack to Valve's Half-Life 1 developed by Gearbox Software.
