![]() If you went to GameSpy or Edge magazine they both awarded the game over 80% but IGN only gave it 4.5/10. These massive maps were good at providing longevity to the game but became a chore as it was so easy to get lost.Įach of the Fur Fighters had their own abilities and advantages which made them more suitable for achieving certain things to other characters and fortunately there were many areas on a level where players could swap characters.Īs to how well received it was depended on what magazine/ website you read at the time. Easier said than done though as each level map was huge for a PS2 game. Viggo had scattered the babies throughout the game world and players had to do a bit of exploring in order to find the children and then despatch the henchmen once they are located. In this sequel the villainous General Viggo has kidnapped the families of the Fur Fighters and turned their spouses into robotic monsters and it was up to players save their families and stop the General once and for all. Having already been on the magnificent Dreamcast (SEGA’s swansong in the hardware stakes) the previous year, Playstation 2 owners finally got their chance to take on the evil General Viggo in this third person shooter. The US military going all out to get rid of witnesses.įur Fighters: Viggo’s Revenge – Acclaim Entertainment – Playstation 2 Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed it as it made it so there wasn’t just heroes and villains in the game’s universe, there were also people who just wanted to survive. Half-Life: Blue Shift received half decent scores with IGN giving it 7/10 and PC Zone awarding it 78%. He also doesn’t get the best armour either, having to rely on bullet-proof vests that litter the facility instead of the HEV suit.įor those wondering whether Barney escaped, players of Half-Life 2 may have met him when he works as a mole for the Lambda Resistance in the Combine Civil Protection Forces. Unlike the previous two protagonists, Barney doesn’t get all the really good weapons but still gets hold of some. It was vital for Barney to escape the facility along with a few scientists who had developed transporter technology but this could only be achieved by fighting the plethora of headcrabs, alien soldiers from the Xen dimension and the US Marines/ Black Operatives that are killing all witnesses in an effort to hush up the incident. As with the 1999 Opposing Force expansion, players get to witness the events at the facility through the eyes of a different protagonist. The start of Barney’s shift also happens to take place at exactly the same time as the catastrophe caused by Gordon Freeman’s experiment. ![]() ![]() Half-Life: Blue Shift – Gearbox Software – PCīlue Shift took fans of the excellent Half-Life back into the Black Mesa facility as the rather friendly sounding security guard Barney Calhoun. There was some great games that really made up for how average everything else was. In fact it was just an average, middle-of-the-road month… except when it comes to gaming. Just for a few minutes let’s journey back to June in the Earth year 2001, a month when the British weather was up and down and the public had to put up with the awful storyline of Pearl Harbour at the cinema, though we did also get to enjoy the brilliant Shrek and scary Ginger Snaps. Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing back in the day…
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