Half-Life: Blue Shifting my sanity

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Half-Life Blue Shift is the third expansion pack for Half-Life. It is also the most mixed opinions. Is Blue Shift actually good? Are the HD Textures really that ugly? Let's find out if Blue Shift is still good in 2023, and if it's a worthy addition to the Half-Life Masterpiece franchise.
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00:00 Intro
00:53 Half-Life Blue Shift is good?
04:06 HD Textures are ugly
07:00 Gameplay and Puzzles
12:23 World Building and Characters
17:52 Half-Life 2 is next
Half-Life is a series of first-person shooter games developed and published by Valve. The games combine shooting combat, puzzles and storytelling. The original Half-Life, Valve's first product, was released in 1998 for Windows to critical and commercial success.

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@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Wow, it seems a lot of people DO want to see Decay… I made a poll in my community posts. Go vote if you want a Decay video 🫡

@blukat9903 5 ай бұрын

Make a poll and let the people decide

@erevouder5213 5 ай бұрын

I mean… I never played, but i heard it can be fun. Altough, its very tricky to setup, since its not on steam, but an addon to the ps2 version of Half life. There are two ways to play it. A: You need to buy a ps2 copy on third party websites for some expensive prices. Or B: download a mod version of it on mod db. And even setting up the multiplayer is an absolute hastle. You can either play it localy with no problems whatsoever, or literaly create a whole server just to play online. So just a heads up. But if you are willing to go through that, than go for it!

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

@@blukat9903 Hmm I’ll do that too

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

@@erevouder5213 Thanks for the heads up! I think if enough people want it, I’ll find a way to do it

@aJamBiscuit 5 ай бұрын

One you finish with the series you should play the community mods Entropy:zero and Entropy:zero 2. They are very good and you play as a combine from half life 2

@juliandabraio4309 5 ай бұрын

If he plays Half Life 2 with low HP i swear I will laugh my ass off. It's pretty much a cannon event at this point

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

FOR REAL, i can’t escape it dude lmao

@altgeditz 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski incase you actually play with low hp, i recommend you DONT use hard mode, anything but hard mode, half life 2 cannot be played with low hp, but since you played half life 1 with low hp on hard mode, then im assuming you will be able to finish hl2 with low hp :) oh and let me tell you this, half life 2 is MUCH more fun than half life 1

@JohnLasseter-ct5in 5 ай бұрын

@@altgeditzhard disagree. Hl2 is good but hl1 is way more fun gameplay loop

@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 5 ай бұрын

@@JohnLasseter-ct5inhalf life one kinda aged better in my opinion. its a really standout old shooter.

@JohnLasseter-ct5in 5 ай бұрын

@@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758 hl2 really ages in that it flexes it's physics puzzles and AI stuff, which is just ok these days. Gunplay is pretty meh ngl

@NoMoreCrumbs 5 ай бұрын

Barney absolutely nopes out of Black Mesa well before Gordon and Shepherd. There's a decent video showing their locations in the facility during the event that mapped all 3 games

@DistinguishedSeal 5 ай бұрын

Do you know who made that video? I'll like to watch it.

@NoMoreCrumbs 5 ай бұрын

@@DistinguishedSeal "Black-Mesa Disaster on One Map" by OWRING, I believe

@tt5hd395 5 ай бұрын

erm its actually BERRY

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Honestly what a smart man lol. Dude got his Wife to go home to

@vitordelima1496 5 ай бұрын

well... there's a video called black mesa incident definitive cut, which shows the perspectives of half life and its 3 expansions in sync

@boss_boy_ 5 ай бұрын

the shotgun in half life was always a spas-12. They just didn't do the video game thing of leaving the stock up and in the way of the iron sights like Call of Duty does. If you actually look real close at the model, you can see the square heat shielding and round butt of a spas 12.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Ahhh the more you know. Thanks for the info dude

@dimsthedimwit600 5 ай бұрын

Technically they did leave the stock up in the way of the sights if we consider the "HD models"

@jimmy-breeze 2 ай бұрын

@@dimsthedimwit600everyone unanimously agrees that the hd models suck though

@dimsthedimwit600 2 ай бұрын

@@jimmy-breeze Fair point

@BananaFaceDude56 2 күн бұрын

@@jimmy-breeze but they are good

@CobraDBlade 5 ай бұрын

It's funny that you say Barney without his helmet looks like Gman, since they have the same voice actor.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Mf couldn’t disguise himself from me

@bulborb-plushie 5 ай бұрын

That paul blart intro is the peak of half life sound effects online

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

i should upload it as a short, hmmmm

@killdozer3464 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski 100%

@hajilee4539 5 ай бұрын

I accidentally clicked on this video, and probably wasn't going to watch the whole thing. But after that BEAUTIFULLY edited Paul Blart Mall Cop intro, I would be doing a disservice not to. Seriously phenomenal work, I know that kind of stuff takes a long time.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

It took me WAY too long 😭 glad you enjoyed it haha

@Laxhoop 5 ай бұрын

Really excited for Tripmine Studios remake. They have a lot of interesting flashlight mechanics planned, as it will be your crowbar as well.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to get to the remakes

@whoisanarnb 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_skipls play black mesa

@matejtrupina1244 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_skipls play black mesa

@user-jy7uw9ee5x 5 ай бұрын

black mesa is beautiful but the gameplay is bland and long

@Laxhoop 5 ай бұрын

@@user-jy7uw9ee5x It’s gameplay is literally just Half-Life but with less ammo that does more damage.

@HollowCustodes 5 ай бұрын

Like the implications that whilst Gman can teleport, he still uses the trams in the facility

@YeEpIkAiYeI 5 ай бұрын

A big change in HL BS is the fact that you actually manage to escape and don't become one of G-man's pawns.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Oh that’s a great point actually

@barney8890 5 ай бұрын

Half life BullShit

@Exquisite_slurper_of_milk 3 ай бұрын

@@barney8890Where’s that beer you owed me?

@walnzell9328 5 ай бұрын

The headcrabs just randomly being everywhere, sometimes just a single one behind desk or something, that really shows how so many people in Black Mesa got their heads munched.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Dude seriously! I think I’ve been jumpscared more in Half-Life than any actual horror game

@onetho7 5 ай бұрын

the vortigaunt boss is real

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

had nightmares about that guy

@stalecheez-it1034 5 ай бұрын

galunga

@UH-60_Blackhawk 5 ай бұрын

can we get much higher

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Sorry for the long break between videos. Needed a creative brain refresh. 2024 gonna be the year Keltown takes over 🫡 Thank you all for the MASSIVE support!!!

@davetrap9403 5 ай бұрын

i remember this stream!

@wanpaku2 5 ай бұрын

cant wate for decay

@HeihachiMishima_ 5 ай бұрын

@vanessasaraza6924 5 ай бұрын

apology accepted 😂 joke joke , welcoome back . (gman was holdin u ?😶)

@Kaffedarr 5 ай бұрын

Yessir it’s finally out

@erevouder5213 5 ай бұрын

The intro was gold!

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Chad Erev 👑 thank you!

@gridddo 5 ай бұрын

peak content as always. super hyped for the hl2 video!

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Griddo 👑

@supermegabenji1026 5 ай бұрын

Fun Fact About Blue Shift: If you don't know, The Game used to be on the Cancelled port 'The Dreamcast'. The port didn't get Cancelled, The Console did. So they ported the game to PC, That's where the HD Models came from. Half of the HD Models in the Game is from the Dreamcast Port which was Exclusive. It's the reason why Barney.. Or you like to call him "Barry" uses the Same weapons as Gordon, And also the Training room is the Same since Blue Shift didn't had one since it used to be a Exclusive expansion to the Dreamcast. Oh, one more thing, This Game didn't Use half of the Goldsrc Engine, It was made from the Ground up since the Game used to be a Console Port. But the Only half-life game that Has it's own Console port is "Half-Life: Decay" which is exclusive to PS2. And If you want to play the Best version of Blue Shift, Try the Black Mesa Mod (Half-Life 1 Remake) Called "Black Mesa: Blue Shift.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Ahhh this makes way more sense, especially with the missing content from Opposing Force. Crazy that this almost came to dreamcast, I can’t imagine it. Dreamcast seems like a imaginary console to me lol

@supermegabenji1026 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski I mean it is, Since it was Sega's Last console. The missing Features, They didn't want more content. So they had to use the Same weapons they have In Half-Life since they were both In one disc.

@supermegabenji1026 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski There is one more thing, There is a Illusion in this Game. The "Suit" you use 'The security Guard Vest'. You spawn with one in the opening intro, If you use impulse_101 and go to the Room you get your Vest, It won't come on Since the Vest and the Helmet you use in the Game is re-modeled HEV Battery's. You know? The blue boxes you use as "Power"? and The HEV Suit Chargers, They added a Hitbox where you cannot use the Charger. This game had more Illusions, If you want to find out more, the youtuber 'lymphoid' made a Video covering all Illusions in the Game.

@Roebloz 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_skiYeah, it was actually made before Opposing Force (Or at about the same time) and given the fact it was supposed to only be a small bonus expansion, it makes sense why it's not as big or featureful as Opposing Force. It was supposed to be released in Summer of 2001, but given how bad the Dreamcast was doing at this point, it got cancelled a few weeks before release. (Though what's funny is that the strategy guide had already been completed and shipped to stores, who basically gave them away for free to anyone who wanted them.)

@Smooth_brain_certified2880 5 ай бұрын

Barney or Otis

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

trick question: Barry

@Smooth_brain_certified2880 5 ай бұрын

@tabbythedog7225 5 ай бұрын

Otis

@whoisanarnb 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski what about Bαrry?

@BALLA-BOI. 5 ай бұрын

Barry

@AlmostNothingHere 5 ай бұрын

Its strange think that you streamed Blue Shift 2 weeks ago already, the funniest part of the stream was when you died 15+ times just fighting a single vortigaunt on 1 HP

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

I was honestly so heated I couldn’t finish him off lmao

@vasart7974 5 ай бұрын

I remember that intense Bossfight you had with that vortiguant lmao. With music and everything. Feels good to have been a part of it. And you really upped the editing here.

@reptiliannoizezz.413 5 ай бұрын

5:59 Know what the funniest part is? Barry and Gman are voiced by the same guy (Mike Shapiro) lol

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

i knew something was up 👀

@thefrogofdeath7094 5 ай бұрын

New Kelski video: Yeaah baby, thats what I've been waiting for, thats what its all about!

@matteoq.8817 5 ай бұрын

You really made us a christmas gift with this video, thanks you man I just finished looking at your 2 Hl videos having a lonely day and had a good time with it😂 So thanks man!

@MLGProMaster-tu9tz 5 ай бұрын

The livestream was so funny. Glad to see the video finally.

@sojiro8760 4 ай бұрын

after i watched the half life videos, i instantly subbed. the editing and humor is just great

@floriuszz 5 ай бұрын

immidiately subscribed, love the humour and i crave more half life content because i recently played hl2 for the first time

@poryothin8314 5 ай бұрын

Intro is fking funny and well edit i watch the whole live stream of half life, opposing force and blue shift i pretty love your content and wait for half life 2 while watching other video. Love from thailand

@Mewingman45 5 ай бұрын

Its amazing to see someone new to the comunnity

@FranticSlide 5 ай бұрын

Another Half-Life video from kelski keeps me sane again

@CoolPsyco 5 ай бұрын

the frickin Act Man Gordon freeman bit always gets me 😂

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

he’s literally his dopplerganger it’s crazy haha

@joshmayo659 5 ай бұрын

I loved the intro dude it was hilarious

@Hanna_Stefanowska 5 ай бұрын

This is so damn funny, good job

@0xTh3Ruler 5 ай бұрын

Dude, I love your videos. Please upload these kind of videos more often.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

I gotchu 🤝

@GDakselishere 5 ай бұрын

i have never been so excited for a youtube video X)

@PikaWarrior1222 5 ай бұрын

LETS GO BLUE SHIT OUR SANITY AWAY

@dr.thrustfist8805 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely cannot wait for Half Life 2, seeing you play this for the first time is so awesome!

@MrSmugey 5 ай бұрын

I Love Your Content

@LEWTSPEC 5 ай бұрын

I would pay a modder to make Gordon Freeman in Blueshift run through the opening missions like a speed runner.

@cobraregala4571 5 ай бұрын

You still have one half life expansion, which is half life decay.

@user-oq6mr4yv7y 5 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Kelski hope you're doing well :)))

@whitefang2734 5 ай бұрын

love your videos. Keep up lil bro

@FireReport 5 ай бұрын

Great editing man

@Mr_Fakename 5 ай бұрын

7:03 You can’t hide Lethal Company Boombox Song 1 from me (btw I absolutely love your videos keep up the amazing work!)

@maax5993 5 ай бұрын

20 min kelski video feel like 5 min , good thing goes faster. Cant wait for HL2 live stream 👍

@nrot2.384 5 ай бұрын

Damn you are like a time capsule. You make me feel like pushed back in time, when I first played hl1.

@HubertCumberdaleful 5 ай бұрын

Yes! Man, had a rough christmas day with the family while tryimg to deal with some anxiety. Seeing your vid made me laugh again mate. Thanks for that! (:

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Glad I can make the day better 🫡 hope things get better! Happy holidays!

@SamDeCam1 5 ай бұрын

Great video Kels!! Excited for more vids!!!

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Yo Sam! Thank you 🤝

@Skipe2008 5 ай бұрын

I freaking love the Intro

@MEDICGAMING7 2 ай бұрын

I love the info 😂

@fluffypvp7231 5 ай бұрын

Dude you are my new fav KZfaqr

@luizwinkel8407 5 ай бұрын

cool to see you going to continue with the half life franchise

@shingshongshamalama 5 ай бұрын

I genuinely believe that Blue Shift captures the Half Life 1 aesthetic best, just due to having such density in its set dressing and level design. It feels way more full and alive than the other two entries. It's a shame it's... kinda uneventful and weirdly paced, sure. But it has that going for it at least.

@kano2789 5 ай бұрын

Fun fact. There is (unreleased) SEGA Dreamcast version. Half-Life with Blue Shift expansion pack on

@Emin0_ 5 ай бұрын

your vids never dissapoint keep it up. 👑

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

King Emin 👑 thank you brotha

@Enddramon 5 ай бұрын

fun fact the reason that blue shift doesn't haven any new toys is because it was originally made for the canceled dreamcast port

@M1QUEL77 5 ай бұрын

Nice intro man, i liked it 😀

@diddlydaddy69 5 ай бұрын

Love your content! You definitely deserve more subs!

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏 motivating comments fr

@offthepoint2208 5 ай бұрын

God the editing in these videos is so good So excited for HL2

@billyyank1916 5 ай бұрын

This was honestly a fairly entertaining video.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

thank you for checking it out 🤝

@om3g4z3r0 5 ай бұрын

I'm currently replaying HL2, last time i played was in 2013, it holds up, it is like watching lord of the rings again, every second is gold.

@Marcayling 5 ай бұрын

Love this video keep it up.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Will do 🫡🫡

@isi0805 5 ай бұрын

freeman eating the head crab is why u got my thumbs up

@dios-eoleogmu2057 5 ай бұрын

Best intro so far lmao

@AxolotlInMC 5 ай бұрын

Well that intro got a good chuckle out of me. Wait, don't say no one cared to correct you😂 At least ten people mentioned it's "Barney" during your playthrough of Half-Life😏 Alright, despite having fun, I was pulling my hair watching you play sometimes. But I've gotta say that you can make some great and hilarious reviews of it.

@Godlikemind 5 ай бұрын

15:05 yeah even tho its 2001 it wasnt the book thats linked to his mind but the wallbang through the wood in his legs hahah Great vid bro thanks!!

@panqueque445 5 ай бұрын

This expansion was originally a fun little extra thing you got with the Dreamcast port of Half Life, so it being short is not a big deal in that context. But making it a stand alone expansion you can buy for PC... yeah it's really short.

@lambdrey 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Christmas gift, Kelski. I'll cherish it.

@thesamesunrise5297 5 ай бұрын

God I can’t wait for you to get to half life 2 and half life alyx, you’re gonna love them

@rockycodeman9933 5 ай бұрын

The pants rip at 12:41 made me laugh out loud. xD

@cannonbyrd1755 5 ай бұрын

dude i love you editnig style

@williamfrederickson1702 5 ай бұрын

An absolutely important detail many Blue Shift criticizers overlook is that Blue Shift...wasn't originally meant to be a standalone expansion released on PC. It was an additional episode meant for the Dreamcast port of Half-Life before that got canned, as a bonus to play. That's why there's no Opposing Force elements and it's much shorter with less than the full array of weapons. Of course, people say it shouldn't have been called an expansion then, but that's a marketing problem and not a problem with the game. It was never going to be what people unfairly expected from what was simply some extra chapters to play through and that's why people who turn their nose up at it for those reasons bother me. (Also the HD models are great, fight me.)

@thevenomspino 5 ай бұрын

Another reason why Blue Shift didn't get anything from Opposing Force was because the team who was working on the Dreamcast port was only able to use what was already ported over (aka base Half Life), so they literally couldn't add anything from Opposing Forces, hence why Race X or any weapons from Opposing Force isn't in Blue Shift even when it was made a standalone expansion.

@Foxfiend 5 ай бұрын

The funny thing is it wasn't the game that got canned it was the Dreamcast itself. The Dreamcast port was actually fully complete and right when they pretty much had to just release it Sega went "NOPE we are pulling the plug on the Dreamcast". They had all that game fully made and probably didn't wanted it to go to waste. Makes you wonder what would have happened if the Dreamcast actually got released. We likely never would have gotten the HD models and Blue Shift would have been this very obscure thing that not a lot of people would have played.

@meth7160 5 ай бұрын

Glad I've joined the live stream lmao

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for being a part of history 🫡

@mrchannel3760 5 ай бұрын

that intro was funny af 🤣

@VGCCCCC 5 ай бұрын

6:41 I’m pretty sure the HD models were turned on by default before the update

@Nacil_54 5 ай бұрын

And they fixed it so now it's turned OFF by default, at least with og HL.

@yourneighbour3309 5 ай бұрын

grear video the intro😂

@Nexist 5 ай бұрын

Man I cannot wait! It's like showing a friend at school what a cool game half life 2 is.

@iratepirate3896 5 ай бұрын

God I can't wait for you to play HL2 Kelski

@BrannyLOL 5 ай бұрын

elite intro, elite video, elite life halver

@shaanreed1680 5 ай бұрын

I think I’ve watched these half life livestreams like 6 times in a row I love them! Also the mall cop blart scene lmao.

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

That’s awesome haha, glad my playthrough is entertaining 😁

@shaanreed1680 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski never considered picking up blue shift until seeing your video, just finished it!

@AC-hj9tv Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@Cpt_H00K911 5 ай бұрын

I just woke up, great video as always

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

thanks for still checking it out in the morning man 🫡

@Cpt_H00K911 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski When HL2 stream because I can't wait more than you

@traxamo4558 5 ай бұрын

There is ACTUALLY one more expansion pack there. Called Decay. It is ported into the PC from a bunch of modders thus it is free. Before HL2, you better play that first

@breadstick7575 5 ай бұрын

THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND HAS POSTED ONCE AGAIN!

@HumanizedWater 5 ай бұрын

The world will rue the day that you reach hl2 episode 2 and alyx. and barry won't be around for it

@fizz2151 5 ай бұрын

All the HalfLife content you can get? Man, the Entropy zero 2 and Entropy uprising are gonna fun to see someday

@rainthewatermelon594 5 ай бұрын

i wonder if your gonna review black mesa sometime, i bet you would love that one

@csgoyuri6413 5 ай бұрын

how is it that the video's released only for two minutes but the commentators seem to have watched the entire thing?

@coadamolx0100 5 ай бұрын

Cuz we did , he played the whole expansion on stream

@HappyAlex0321 5 ай бұрын

Barry, the backstory

@FNAF_Boy3D 5 ай бұрын

The paul blart/Half life sketch is awsome 10/10

@Outlastedbacon 5 ай бұрын

epic video,gets my fordan greeman approval

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

Holy crap it’s Fordan Greeman from the hit series Lalf Hife

@Outlastedbacon 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski yes (very real)

@denizplays1307 5 ай бұрын

Just woke up, and finally can enjoy a Kelski vid!! Btw are you gona also play HL-Decay?? A PC mod exist and even a Co-op mod etc.

@lagpostg.r.y9955 5 ай бұрын

12:02 Kelski: even gearbox will let you get lost in this game Me: WAIT THAT WAS A PUZZLE?

@Ice_Fletch 5 ай бұрын

Another absolute BANGER! Average kelski W

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

W fletch comment again, insane 👑

@sauceman2885 5 ай бұрын

Otis over Paul blart is beautiful. Kelski you are a legend

@Bunzo1241 5 ай бұрын

this is my brain every minute.

@AymanBruh 5 ай бұрын

GoodMorning Kelski

@just-linx8271 5 ай бұрын

3:33 This just in, Barhny fucking dies

@RandomN4me 5 ай бұрын

Can’t wait for Kelski to play peak-life 2 and slowly go insane because of the terrible rebel squad system

@kel_ski 5 ай бұрын

I have no idea what that means but I’m both excited and scared of it lmao

@Fusso 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_skidon't worry, it takes at least 5~6 hours to get there... And then to have to deal with it for the entire third act of the game. At least they mostly drop it from the episodes

@dariusws8688 5 ай бұрын

Also fuck the striders.

@self-proclaimedanimator 5 ай бұрын

@@kel_ski its just Opposing Force bois but times 9000 body blocking

@ediosmollai8785 5 ай бұрын

15:50 man this killed me

@weirdautumn 5 ай бұрын

I finally played Blue Shift and Opposing Force just recently when they were giving out hl games basically for free on winter sales. For some reason I enjoyed Blue Shift way more than I expected. OF in the other hand was so hyped by everyone it felt underwhelming when I actually played it myself lol