Some Opposing Force content is used, most notably the return of the security guard model Otis. However this is probably due to the fact that Blue Shift's story is over by the time Opposing Force starts, and these two groups only become fully involved late in Opposing Force. Race-X does not turn up, nor do the Black Operations. Interestingly, very little of Opposing Force content appears in Blue Shift. Blue Shift and the High Definition Pack were made available through Steam in August 2005.īlue Shift draws most of its game content from the original Half-Life.
As a result, Blue Shift is a shorter game than both Half-Life and Opposing Force.īlue Shift was released in 2001. The left-over content was bundled with Opposing Force and migrated to the PC. However, the Dreamcast port's release was cancelled by Sierra following declining console support. It also included a high definition pack of higher detail models and improved sounds to accommodate for the general increase in hardware power since Half-Life's initial release. Blue Shift was originally a game developed by Gearbox Software, exclusively for the Dreamcast version of Half-Life.
