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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Sat Aug 27th at 4:10am 2005

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The original Half-Life came out way before that, and it has excellent gameplay, even for today's standard.


Yeah, but we're talking about Blue Shift here, which came out in '01.



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Posted by French Toast on Sat Aug 27th at 4:19am 2005

I like the High Definition Pack <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by asterix_vader on Sat Aug 27th at 4:40am 2005

is this a bug? or i'm forgetting something: i can't put on my equipment (hev suit) -_-
anyone had this problem?





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Posted by French Toast on Sat Aug 27th at 4:41am 2005

I don't think that guards have HEV suits...




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Posted by asterix_vader on Sat Aug 27th at 4:44am 2005

? quoting French Toast
I don't think that guards have HEV suits...

i mean that thing and the helmet





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Posted by Crono on Sat Aug 27th at 5:56am 2005

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The original Half-Life came out way before that, and it has excellent gameplay, even for today's standard.


Only by three years. I think opposing force had better game play though. At least I enjoyed it way more (I'm excited for you, since you'll get to play it once you finish HL)

But, yes, I was restricting myself to computer games that came out in 2001. Not to mention the next year Allied Assault came out, which is a wonderful game.


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Posted by Nickelplate on Sat Aug 27th at 6:15am 2005

I chose the last one. I pretty much hate valve and steam and Half-Life and all it's little friends. I only like the mapping. And maybe a LAN now and again.


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Posted by Crapceeper on Sat Aug 27th at 7:25am 2005

I'm pretty

much with Nickelplate here. I never got accustomed to steam. It never was useful to me. And I didn't really enjoy Blue Shift. I couldn't develop an atmosphere to dive into.
Maybe I need to replay it some time in order to enjoy it.


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Posted by Madedog on Sat Aug 27th at 11:04am 2005

I liked BS and it's gonna be fun playing it again <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by Captain P on Sat Aug 27th at 11:42am 2005

I just noticed I've got it on my list, even though I didn't buy the silver package or such. Maybe they recognized my HL:Generations pack cd-key? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">

Anyway, I replayed it a while ago so there's no need to do so right now. I'll just go and do some mapping and replaying games to get some inspiration.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sat Aug 27th at 12:52pm 2005

I mean... I understand they are aliens but running into a room and having vortigaunts spawn both in front of you and behind, over and over and over again get's old pretty fast. Compared to HL1 and Op4 it just didn't seem as fun.

Did anyone else notice how many clip brushes they used to keep you from getting to places you couldnt? I miss the freedom of movement (and ability to kill yourself by jumping off train platforms).

Also, the additional dialogue for Blue Shift seemed slowly spoken... as if the actors were comatose during recording.




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Posted by Dark Tree on Sat Aug 27th at 1:05pm 2005

One word: Snarks.

I got stuck in a chapter called "Chumtoads Lair" and couldn't figure out how to get past it.....so I looked up a walkthrough guide.....and the chapter wasn't in it.....after searching some more, I found out I had stumbled upon a secret chapter....it is apparently the only place in Blue Shift (correct me if I am wrong) that you can get Snarks. I won't say in this forum how to GET to the lair, but I will provide a screenshot: (just PM me if you want to know where it is )


Behold the elusive secret that is chumtoads lair......
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Also, playing Blue Shift reminds me how much I miss HL1's ladders, and how the functionality of HL2's blow so much....so restrictive....




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sat Aug 27th at 2:13pm 2005

Lol Chumtoads... abandoned HL1 enemies.




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Posted by Dark Tree on Sat Aug 27th at 11:02pm 2005

Ah screw it.....Chumtoads Lair is in Xen....when you are crawling through the crawl tunnels, you will pass through a room with a health spa and a very deep pond. Sit in the 'spa' until you have 100% health (you will need every % to get to the lair.) Then, jump into the pond and go straight down, not stopping for the ammo you see on the side or you'll drown. When you get to the bottom, search the walls for a small crack (it may take you a few trys till you find it.) then hack away with your crowbar a bunch of times....it will eventually give way so you can swim through to the lair.

Have fun!




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Posted by Crono on Sun Aug 28th at 11:07pm 2005

This was on Steam yesterday, but, I guess I'll put it up here if anyone is interested. The High-Definition Pack is (finally) being released on Steam. I believe they said it's coming out this week.


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Posted by Dark Tree on Sun Aug 28th at 11:20pm 2005

I saw that....too bad I already just played through it.....maybe I'll just check it out to see what the models look like...I like the old snarks though, not the weird egg pods.

Is this high def pack just for BS? Is there one for HL1 & Op4?




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Posted by Captain P on Sun Aug 28th at 11:31pm 2005

HD pack counts for HL, OpFor and BS. Funny thing is, I already have it installed on my Steam HL. I believe it's because I had the HD pack installed when my HL files were translated to a Steam version.

So, any time I see those old weapons come along, I just look disgusted at them thinking: did I ever like those models? <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by wil5on on Mon Aug 29th at 7:49am 2005

The HD pack is weird. They changed the MP5 to an M4A1. Sure, it makes more sense to have a grenade launcher on one, but you now have a 9mm M4 with a 50 round clip. Also, the old shotgun looked better.

Not that HL was ever all that realistic, but it was an unneccesary addon. Like the incessant CSS player model updates.




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Posted by RaPtoR on Mon Aug 29th at 6:02pm 2005

Wow, didn't even notice i got it. I'll maybe play it.............. maybe...

It sucked though, you never get to meet freeman, even though you're barney, and in HL2 source he's all friendly to Gordon and claims to have met him like he where some old friend? :S



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Posted by Crono on Mon Aug 29th at 6:21pm 2005

Different Barney. You also have to remember that in HL1 all the "barneys" you ran into shortly thereafter died. And you "see" Gordon plenty of times in BS. Of course they're not going to have him talk, because of Valve's stance on how "that would detract from placing you in Gordon's shoes", even though you're not playing as him in this game, it still stands, I suppose.

Also, remember that HL1 happens one day you come into work. The security guards (pre-accident) are quite friendly with you and know who you are.

Personally, I would have questioned the scientist characters and alien slaves more then anything else. But, it's just stuff they never talked about in hl1, so it's easily concievable.


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