Why is Black Mesa: Blue Shift A Masterpiece?!

[@RollerMine]

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[@Hatmonk111]

Ok

[@RollerMine]

Hey thanks for pin

[@Hatmonk111]

@@RollerMine this mod is actually really good tho in my opinion except for that one puzzle

[@SillyMan4499]

so skibidi

[@RollerMine]

@SillyMan4499 Hey you're a roller mine too what's yor name

[@Pumpkin_Jackdaw]

*"The donut is leaking"*

[@wetcatisreal]

The donut is leaking.

[@DayDay-d3v]

The donut is leaking.

[@molassesman4066]

The donut is eaten

[@UnstoppableGiant]

Hate when that happens…

[@Admin-pb8vr]

Surprised this hasn't died out yet

[@dontworryhouston]

3:20 I don't agree with any of this at all. Both in blue shift and hl2 Barney represents the common man, someone who has no individual power nor relevance and is thrust into an impossible situation, but his spirit lets him fight against impossible odds along with other people equally as powerless as him. It is cool he individually can do little more than survive, but lead people to survival in BS and to revolution in hl2, it is cool that gman does not even acknowledge him but still contributes to make a change. It is a message about humanity's resistance and will to live on and making him overly important defeats this purpose. There is a reason Gordon Freeman is a scientist, valve wanted their protagonist to not be a super soldier action figure like the others at the time but instead be a normal guy thrust into a difficult situation. Barney is the same, only without an hev suit and a degree in theoretical physics.

[@XxDarkxMoth17xX]

Yeah that point by Noclick was bad, because that was kind of the point of Barney's character, in Blueshift at least, he isn't supossed to be a big game changer compared to people like Adrian or Gordon, G-Man not even showing that much interest in him compared to Freeman and Shephard helps show that. That was the point of Blueshift, there's a reason why you're a security guard, there's like a gazillion of those in HL1, Calhoun is just another one of those, it's just that he was Gordon's drinking partner and later became a resistance leader later in the timeline.

[@noclick]

​@@XxDarkxMoth17xXyeah and that's too boring in my opinion

[@wasdered1034]

You did the canals part wrong , you were supposed to go to crane control room​@noclick

[@noclick]

@@wasdered1034 ye i know, that was my bad

[@MrDinokilla]

@noclick Subway Surfer brain. 😂

[@UnstoppableGiant]

19:25 FUN FACT: This is how Barney gets the scar on the side of his face you see in HL2, and it’s even visible in some of our promo art!

[@thewoodpeckers655]

WHAT NO WAY! You guys really thought of everything!

[@sometimesidreamaboutcheese]

No. We are all know it was that trashcan at 25:30.

[@Myggins]

THAT'S SO COOL WHAT THE HELL

[@THE1FRIDGE]

8:15 Gordon pressed the alarm button in the lobby

[@noclick]

that's actually hilarious i'm taking that as canon

[@RollerMine]

They should add phrases from original black mesa, that sounds great

[@the_not_real_bigboss]

The original Blue Shift is short and sweet, once you know the puzzles

[@owobi_2991]

The sun is leaking

[@RollerMine]

@the_not_real_bigboss venom

[@UnstoppableGiant]

25:31 I have never seen ANYONE manage to get hit by that trashcan. Bravo. 👏

[@sometimesidreamaboutcheese]

The ACTUAL reason of that scar at Barney face.

[@SimonG258]

Black Mesa Blue Shift is a re-imagining. That entire section where you have to find a guard? Never existed in the original game. Counts as re-imagining to me.

[@bloomingpain-flower7074]

"Their own newspaper", BM is like a whole city with probably tens of thousands employees, living quarters, multiple research sectors, own cafes and cafeterias, and so on. Also, I'm not sure what's your hero problem, do you need to feel special in a video game that much? We see unrealistic heroes that save the world in every media nowadays and it's very refreshing to play as a regular working class Joe. I love that about this mod that I'm not a chosen one like in any other game, I'm just a person trying to survive and do my best to help others to survive, like in the real life. I can feel like a hero doing small stuff, not saving the whole world, but at least my colleagues. And I love this class difference and antagonism between workers: security guards, mechanics and loaders, and workers intelligentsia: scientists, who always look at us from above... so true and familiar.

[@noclick]

guess it's a taste thing

[@tarekcat1]

For real, every single superhero movie nowdays and even for the past Few years is now all about poopfartnuts Man saving the universe from DR.SigmaRizz And acting as if other superheroes never existed at all which almost makes no sense Similar case with Half Life 1 and Opposing force we got two seperate dudes saving the whole facility on thier ways Gordon taking down the Nihilanth the thing that controlls the Xen aliens Adrean Shepherd stopping the black ops Nuke (which Gman activates it anyways lmao)

[@GoobleryKu]

@noclickbro’s getting felted by his own comment section lmao

[@gabriel_ml]

OTIS KNOWS ABOUT T H E INCIDENT?

[@UnstoppableGiant]

The sun…is leaking.

[@MatteWolf22]

The sun...is leaking.

[@teoborges3949]

Dassan is leaking

[@chrisfratz]

I wonder if part of the reasons why Blue Shift was designed so differently, at least in terms of feeling closed off, is the fact that it was originally made for the Dreamcast and then ported to PC once the DC port was cancelled.

[@thewoodpeckers655]

That’s actually a pretty decent theory.

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

DAMN YOU PLAYSTATION 2 DAMN YOOOOOOOU

[@tarekcat1]

It's like they tried to make each expansion pack a certain console exclusive that generation Decay coop for PS2 Blue shift for DreamCast Imagine if we got opposing force for xbox or Hostile Takeover, a cancelled expansion pack for the Nintendo gamecube, Just imagine

[@EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle]

@tarekcat1 It would've nagged the hell out of me that Opposing Force was color coded for its console but Blue Shift and Decay were swapped

[@chrisfratz]

@EdenNeedsAKZbinHandle well, the Dreamcast logo was blue in Europe.

[@thewoodpeckers655]

The canal part is not supposed to work like that, you just sequence broke that entire section. If you back track to where you met the maintenance guy, there’s an open door. From there it’s pretty easy to understand and you even get a shotgun. You just got really hung up on trying to get up to the control room first. 52:49 oh and if you consider *this* a puzzle, then I can see why you are so fed up, but I hardly think pressing 2 buttons in the correct order and then jumping is a puzzle, more just… controlling a crane?

[@thewoodpeckers655]

I wrote so much and accidentally deleted it damn it 😞

[@minecraftnoob-k5m]

This is what I was thinking, glad someone took the time to make a post like this.

[@MgrInzPlayer]

Three sequence breaks in this video: 22:59, 32:59, 45:59. Probably there were more sequence breaks and "noclips"... he didn't show us the battery puzzle ;-) I agree about the ending of chapter 5.

[@NomadKolibria]

Tbf I *also* sequence broke it, just through another way. I really think they have to make it more clear what's needed here, because currently it relies on chance to go back to those double doors to the left of where you came from

[@Pikmew]

44:50 just half an hour ago we had a bunch of Security Guards overthrow special forces with nothing but glocks

[@aperdanlol]

The sun is not leaking this time, which is great

[@LeavemyhouseNOW]

Otis just having a chill time during the resonance cascade vs the HECU struggling for survival

[@adrianthe402nd]

22:45 & 24:17 - yes, you did break a sequence You were not supposed to walk on the ledge earlier, you had to backtrack to the two valves puzzle to reach the other side of this control room, then a vort would knock down this door (which I'll admit, it's somewhat not telegraphed properly) - Good news is, devs have now saw your feedback and now they're looking into it

[@pixelqiwi]

this is exactly why i dislike when the game expects you to backtrack but doesn't make it obvious

[@vodkavecz]

@@pixelqiwi I think they telegraph where you're supposed to go with lights and stuff. But nowadays people are not picking up on this, as they used to. To me these things clicked in a few seconds.

[@FKND8]

Why is "Why is Black Measa: Blue Shift A Masterpiece?!" A Masterpiece?!

[@Hans-l3s]

Why is "Why is Why is Black Measa: Blue Shift A Masterpiece?!" A Masterpiece?!

[@thewoodpeckers655]

@@Hans-l3sWhy is “Why is “Why is Black Mesa: Blue Shift A Masterpiece?!” A Masterpiece?!” A Masterpiece?!

[@Hans-l3s]

@@thewoodpeckers655 you got mesa wrong

[@LordGROOVYSilver117]

@@Hans-l3syou got it wrong 😂

[@Hans-l3s]

@@LordGROOVYSilver117 no idjit the original comment says Measa and not mesa, maybe you could read it again?

[@alparslan284]

The Barney is shifting

[@DayDay-d3v]

When the shift is blue

[@Spetznaz_main]

​@@DayDay-d3v the blue is shifting

[@FreakinMagic]

Blue Mesa: Black Shift

[@ernestoendean-hughes1328]

ITS ABOUT TO GO CRITICAL!!!

[@angelofthedead1886]

The Force is Opposing

[@DgmeOFFicial]

33:38 "the sun is leaking, the sun is leaking, the sun is leaking...the sun is leaking...THE SUN IS LEAKING!"

[@UnstoppableGiant]

He literally used every single take lol

[@Pikmew]

*”The Beer is Leaking”*

[@arthurmorgan_vanderlinde21]

I really like the avengers here. Feels good to have a half life game/mod where you are not alone.

[@UnstoppableGiant]

Did you just call them the avengers

[@tarekcat1]

*SCIENCE TEAM ASSEMBLE*

[@tylerfulkerson1159]

Funny, I also referred to them as the “Black Mesa Avengers” during my playthrough

[@fojisan2398]

​@tarekcat1DONT FUCK WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM!!!

[@Pigness7]

The hecu reveal is one of my favorite parts of any mod ever, they pulled it off very well.

[@CostCoSettlementCheck]

GOD I love the cinematography of this mod. They really made some brilliant changes to make the story less clunky. The scene in the traincar with Rosenberg shining the light on Harold's bloody keycard is fantastic. I'd love developer commentary on how they workshopped that scene.

[@emerson5225]

0:50 keep going...the sun is still leaking!🤣

[@atrium1]

16:48 words puzzles "Prepare for Unforseen Consequences"

[@TheKingofBunga2912]

Ngl, I still don't understand the hate behind blue shift. I think it has better story telling than Opposing Force and actually does make you feel like a hero because it gives Story Telling behind Barney as a character and his perspective. And the entire plot you just made, is LITERALLY the same plot as Opposing Force, which is why I don't understand why people like Opposing Force more than the original half - life.

[@realpencat]

Bait used to be believable

[@rosariobono438]

The ledge walk isn’t the intended way, you have to backtrack and enter a door at the beginning of the river

[@nickybee6878]

Unrelated note but i already know people are gonna ask for a black mesa opposing force. And lucky for you, fubar has you covered a remake of opposing force that follows black mesa vision but also doing their own thing.

[@tpd1864blake]

Yes and before people ask for a Blue Shift style BM mod but for Opposing Force, that’s impossible without cracking the source code since you’re not able to add any of the weapons seen in OF otherwise

[@UnstoppableGiant]

@@tpd1864blakecorrect

[@tylerfulkerson1159]

@@UnstoppableGiantWait if that’s the case, assuming you’re familiar with the new BM HECU mod, how did they manage to add the combat knife in that mod?

[@UnstoppableGiant]

@@tylerfulkerson1159 Black Mesa has left over scripting for an alternative wrench melee, so potentially that code was reused for the knife? I couldn't tell you, but without source code, it is impossible to add new original weapons with their own properties.

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

@@UnstoppableGiant or just reskinning things like in l4d2 workshop mods

[@aim1597]

43:19 Barney loses like 2 thirds of his hp just from being teleported. It's a neat detail but also makes the lack of HEV suit doubly stupid lol

[@Max_The_One]

22:56 ermm aktually you're supposed to backtrack and a door is supposed to be broken open by a zombie, DUMMY...

[@aaronsaurid]

28:45 You could say the same about Gordon Freeman being a lone scientist with no combat training, but then being able to single-handedly defeat an alien society... inside their own homeworld

[@aaronsaurid]

Although it's true that an HEV suit would be miles safer and more secure than a standard security vest

[@kirtheweasel]

23:18 Three valves Half-life 3 finally confirmed🎉

[@UnstoppableGiant]

57:38 You should try bringing the plush there 😉

[@thewoodpeckers655]

Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today

[@aleks25410]

in Short, because the perfect artists are working on it. I really love those who made black mesa and those who made black mesa blueshift, i wish them more motivation, because we love their projects, i wish they can make opposing force also.

[@Max_The_One]

41:30 fr though I really wish the devs did this, it would probably take a lot of work, but it would add SO much to the mod, and make it way more believable that barney was able to survive all of this lol, and if they really want to still make you feel like barney, he should take it off once he comes back from xen

[@Medicalguy]

Yeah. I mean canonically Xen has breathable air but still would go a ways with logically immersing the player. Plus changes in BS are welcome since the original was pretty bland.

[@heleakedallovertheplace]

maybe like early on it breaks or malfunctions because it is an old version and he has to take it off?

[@heleakedallovertheplace]

better idea: it breaks near the end of the xen trip and there is a timer of how much time left until you suffocate of have no oxygen?

[@DanteDante-wu6qr]

Black mesa mentioned finally

[@MRFREEMAN69420]

At 32:55, you actually need to find a forklift(which is on the other side of the fence), then use it to get up, THEN jump into the control room.

[@koltonlomas7111]

You know when you said the possibilities of what could have made the original blue shift good when you mentioned the possibility of getting to save Gordon. Fun fact, originally there was a cut mission for Half-Life decay where you would save Gordon

[@koltonlomas7111]

I really like how they betrayed Rosenberg in this remake. I like how he's the one scientist that's not an a****** and just wants to get as many people out as possible

[@SenyiKimmo]

i think the word you're looking for is portrayed

[@koltonlomas7111]

@@SenyiKimmo oh thank you for saying that. Sorry about the stupid autocorrect

[@RockyRockhead]

Superb video so far, great showcase / review of a great mod!! Cheers noclick, you the man!

[@tarekcat1]

10:56 "you put that there, i can't even begin to har-"

[@noclick]

25:25

[@Medicalguy]

The best part of this mod is the fact that there is continuity with the characters. The writing is great. The last time I was this engaged in a mod’s characters was Underhell. I love how there’s banter and you feel like part of the ensemble.

[@heleakedallovertheplace]

*(not)* next BM BS update *"Stop talking SH1T ABOUT US"* engine error

[@heleakedallovertheplace]

and the beer starts leaking

[@tenjedengosc413]

the shift is blueing

[@alparslan284]

The Barney is shifting

[@jeffdrive34]

22:42 I know what you are saying, that happened to me too, but that is not the intended way to progress, what you're supposed to do is go back to the door you entered from, which a vortigaunt will break open, then enter the door that says lift control, which will bring you up to the control room, activate the lift and it will stop halfway through as it should, then you're meant to go to the part that has the plug puzzles. If you do that part first the game sequence breaks and you will be softlocked. I feel like if this happens it's more of the player's fault but eh whatever.

[@nightgamer1501]

12:06 that is the easter egg????

[@JustGeorge-S4m]

They have a good shot at valve employment

[@RockyRockhead]

I got jumpscared by "the sun is leaking"... xD

[@NomadKolibria]

Rocky jumpscare...!

[@DanielWindows]

Love this mod. Better that original BM. Noclick today I thought that you will never upload a video

[@EldurLeikir]

56:59 Rosenburger can't hurt you

[@jakatak744]

There's something about the delivery of the lines in this that makes the npcs feel like genuine people, like I have actually never cared more about random npcs before these performances are genuinely astonishing

[@mattyclarke1969]

You actually played the canal part wrong, you were supposed to backtrack back to where you met the canal dude. I have not played this part in a while so my memory is a bit foggy.

[@MRFREEMAN69420]

At 41:40, I think they're older versions or just broken. A scientist in Black Mesa (when you enter the room where you get the HEV suit as Gordon) actually has dialogue that says something about a Mark III HEV suit.

[@kobeawesomegamer1696]

0:50 He said the thing

[@NBmad]

If you play both HL and blue shift for 20 minutes you would notice that one of them is still going

[@Yaman.better]

25:25 Flashbacks....

[@big_mac_v1502]

I like Black Mesa blu shift, but come on man I need opposing force

[@nickybee6878]

If you want want a black mesa opposing force then fubar is you're best choice.

[@adrianthe402nd]

@nickybee6878 yeah fubar is pretty much the "black mesa opposing force" everyone wants

[@dylanzlol7293]

What if Barney DOES get a HEV suit for xen and the suit ends up damaged beyond any repair by the time you get back to earth cus of the new enemies in xen

[@tristenarctician6910]

Giving the player a whole crew of characters with different personalities bouncing dialog off each other is amazing

[@Removed.RENEWED]

All the mfs that watched radhaz play dark interval, we had a good idea of what was about to happen

[@glovemiester]

the voice acting in this mod is genuinely some of the best voice acting ive heard in any game.

[@Drewdle]

At the time my blind reaction to black mesa was one of my most watched playthroughs! I'm excited to give this a play once it's fully finished!

[@andrew2014b]

I’ll have to check it out, I love watching people’s first reaction to half life

[@piero9098]

22:55 Well... you aren't supposed to do that in the first place...

[@scottk7284]

20 second puzzle turned into a whole chapter. Even Randy Pitchford was annoyed

[@RedShift323]

Blue Shift is fascinating to me because it reintroduces (extremely) soft RPG mechanics back into the game. Following that mental thread, I imagine a Cyberpunk style game in Source 2 could be an amazing thing.

[@GenSecPL]

In conclusion: - BMRF Security guards are like your typical good old high school friends. - Researchers are like those typical teacher pets that nobody likes in the entire school, but they still take all the credit for everything.

[@heleakedallovertheplace]

18:22 *"2: episode 2"* is actually hilarious i didnt see that coming

[@CharlieGass-d6l]

About that beer I owe ya'

[@Phantom_DZ]

half life blue shift ❌ half life captcha ✅

[@joannanawrothenormie910]

11:24 Including Polish Cheesecake?

[@DuncanMcParty]

The section where you get to the surface and the soldiers try to trap you gave me this sinking feeling in my gut I haven't felt from a game in ages, it was so well executed.

[@RainingMetal]

I have a mod that greatly increases the amount of ammo that can be carried in Black Mesa (around the classic Half Life numbers. It's more because I can't stand it when I have to leave ammo pickups behind but my pockets are full because the devs insisted on making my pockets tiny), but even with that, I found that I ran out of ammo when it came to the last few stages of Focal Point, mostly because you only have a few weapons that can be reliably used against the Alien Controllers, and you don't get much ammo for those weapons at those stages. I was otherwise able to get through the levels just fine, puzzles and all.

[@MgrInzPlayer]

There are ammo respawns. For example in "Emiter A" and "Emiter B" area, there are plenty of B.M.R.F. boxes with ammo RPG, MP5 grenade, revolver, armor shards. Those respawn every few minutes.

[@brickrigsandstuff3981]

I played this game mod before, it is amazing and it isnt done sadly, but i got up to the last part where they finished even when i encountered a few bugs, its very livley and gives the ai alot of life very worth everyones time

[@LechugaCitrica]

Peak video (doesnt Even started watching yet)

[@Esitaro3670]

This mod is like a roller coaster, has amazing highs but dissapointing downs but still a ride and can't wait to see the mod to be fully finish!

[@LH7_Legendan]

In my opinion, the new chapter Focal Point is a little bit too long and over exaggerated with enemies at the end, Regardless, Such an Amazing mod with Stunning Visuals and Interesting Game Mechanics Well done HECU Collective😊

[@Eluxor]

For me, it was too mazelike in parts. I really wanted to appreciate the overgrown lab, but it felt like enemies were going to spawn in your ass in any moment. Then the electric/exploding lab part was great, but I wanted to explore things, but everything kept blowing up. The manta ray part and the vortigants were good too... And then I stopped playing after turning on the crystals because holy fuck the mod kept going and becoming too hard and annoying.

[@Jatnik]

"You put that there."

[@gyoofyloowkin]

25:26 "...missing textures do not use the purple black checkerboards in gold source"

[@NLind]

I’m glad you showed us the funny things like the water fountain (Bubbler if you’re fr Wisconsin) spraying Collins, the security camera and of course the scientists trying to fix the computer. Also love the Freeman’s Mind reference.

[@fruitylerlups530]

im australian and we say bubbler too

[@SootySystem]

How did you mess up the explosive box puzzle area so bad..

[@masterofbloopers]

This is incredible! Imagine how good Black Mesa: Opposing Force is gonna be!

[@UnstoppableGiant]

That can’t be done without source code access, which valve doesn’t give out anymore

[@Shy_Abi]

52:36 Barney might not be cool or important enough to get a Tau Cannon, but I think he proved himself worthy enough to get a Sniper Rifle (a throwback to Opposing Force)

[@XnerzTheNerd]

Barney is a guard from our imagination

[@MrAnsy-yx3ki]

Barney solo Xen world without HEV suit is so badass, no wonder this guy's leading the Resistance

[@cesly87]

“Cease and desist, or some shit!” lol that got me.

[@Harusame_soup]

6:43 "Ah, I'm not the only one who's late. _SUCKEEEERRRR!!_ "

[@ygoodn21]

Bought black mesa to play this game. Focal point looked REALLY good. Waiting for the other chapters

[@lateau0]

The sun may not be leaking, but the water is cuz the plumber at Black Mesa did a s*** job at fixing the pipes.

[@nicholasdelaney1407]

"Hey, catch me later I'll buy you a beer" - Barney Calhoun.

[@Haigen.R.Hawkins]

10:05 I laughed so hard out of this, it's not bad to be prepared, you never know what can happen

[@bonnyebonboxel]

Hi, Romanian translator for the mod here! Thank you for playing the mod! ^^

[@darksars3622]

The Barney is leaking

[@putikang931]

Can't believe people are still posting Half Life 1 videos in near 2025 and I'm all up for it

[@janpierrebuaron2670]

Press this button, turn this valve, pick up this valve, you put another valve, turn it, and you have to look for another valve.

[@zorgapb4691]

I don't want any of the characters to die, i love them all so much

[@thedylansang]

"I tried so hard, and got so far" PUT ELI AND KLEINER ON!!!

[@AdminHouse]

bruh, the canals part isn’t bad you just did it all wrong. climbing on the side of that wall was a sequence break and you softlocked yourself 💀

[@atrium1]

LMFAO

[@Removed.RENEWED]

NOCLICK, THE SEVENTH TF2 COMIC JUST DROPPED

[@djockeur5829]

The crowbar collective need to hire those guys

[@jimmyford-hill1925]

19:31 When Barney gets hit by Gordon his armor bar depletes not his health.