Blue Shift is a solid short companion story to Half-Life. You play as one of the security guards Gordon encounters in the original Half-Life game. His moveset and weapons are more limited and the reduced scale of the story can be a little comical, but if not the power fantasy, Blue Shift manages to preserve the main strengths of the original: fun, suspenseful gameplay that encourages problem solving. The story is almost entirely separated from the events of the original, which is hard to believe, but Gearbox did take some notes and its best moments are at least equal in quality to some of Half-Life's. In fact, the credits are better than the original's as they are polite enough to take you back to the main menu at the end. Despite all its original assets the game has a strong aura of a fan game (it basically is), but it's a capably made one - Valve included it in their Complete Pack, if you need a second opinion on its quality.

Blue Shift is a solid short companion story to Half-Life. You play as one of the security guards Gordon encounters in the original Half-Life game. His moveset and weapons are more limited and the reduced scale of the story can be a little comical, but if not the power fantasy, Blue Shift manages to preserve the main strengths of the original: fun, suspenseful gameplay that encourages problem solving. The story is almost entirely separated from the events of the original, which is hard to believe, but Gearbox did take some notes and its best moments are at least equal in quality to some of Half-Life's. In fact, the credits are better than the original's as they are polite enough to take you back to the main menu at the end. Despite all its original assets the game has a strong aura of a fan game (it basically is), but it's a capably made one - Valve included it in their Complete Pack, if you need a second opinion on its quality.