Half-Life... but as Barney 

Blue Shift: What Barney actually did during the Black Mesa Incident Azure Sheep: The embellished story that Barney tells everyone about what he did during the Black Mesa Incident

The lore of Azure Sheep is a bit confusing, But in General It's actually nice mod.

Azure Sheep is such a neat time capsule. A great mod with its use of cut alpha enemies, levels and story ideas. The level design really is lacking with lots of empty corridors. The G-Man role in this mod makes sense if you go back to pre-HL2 days where it was a very popular fan-theory that the G-man was the administrator of Black Mesa.

Who wants some facts? - The Barney you play as is literally called 'Just Barney', since canonically he forgot the rest of his name in all the chaos. This is canon. - You're right - you look different to all the other Barneys because of your character's shirt. It's a darker blue compared to everyone else's... for some reason. - Switching weapons is slower because you don't have an HEV suit and its 'weapon selection system' to speed up the process. Except it doesn't get faster when you get an HEV suit, so... - The new noise for the health stations is a low-effort attempt to remove the HEV suit charging part of the sound effect. As you noted, it sounds awful. - Being able to reload your pistol with full ammo is a holdover from early versions of Half-Life and isn't exclusive to this mod - older mods with custom code have the same 'feature'. - The weird corridors (which really are all over the place and are the main reason I hate this mod) is a result of the mapper, known as Dav. It's just how he makes maps. - You didn't get a crowbar - instead, you can find a pool cue. It was near the beginning of the mod... but as you demonstrated, it's also super easy to miss! - The little purple creatures are called Chumtoads, and were an enemy modelled but not really used from the original game. Mods tend to use them a fair bit for variety. - New guns! No idea what the pistol is, but the new machine gun is CLEARLY the Pulse Rifle from Aliens. - Adrian and Gordon share the same voices. Surprised you didn't pick up on that - the accent's pretty distinctive. - Incidentally, there's a fan-made HD pack for Azure Sheep that DOES give Adrian all his weapons. It's hilarious seeing them all strapped to his back while he just uses a pistol. - The red Panther creature is another one basically cut from the original game. You're meant to shoot him in his eye. - ...again, the fish creature is one not really used from the original game. - The ending has way too many helicopters. Four in total over two maps! It's a real nightmare on Hard. - This came out before Blue Shift, by a couple of months IIRC. - There IS a sort-of sequel/spin-off mod called Point of View - it has you controlling a Vortigaunt and if you thought this mod got silly... hoo boy. Finally, this mod was (partially) remade for Black Mesa. Only the first part is finished, but it's REALLY good. The same team decided to put it on pause to remake Blue Shift, which they're working on to this day - the third chapter (just after the elevator crash) is due to come out in a few weeks.

Oh boy, Azure Sheep, never finished it, it's a perfect mod for those who've wondered what the facility would be as a maze.

3:53 That Freeman is a spy!

12:15 Adrian: (Breaks the door) Adrian: YES (two aliens appear and bring him to somewhere)

4:52 I swear this has to be a reference to that one skyscraper entrance in the first matrix movie. Like the pillars and metal detectors just give off that vibe.

This mod breaks canon on so many levels

I love how this mod was released only a couple months after blue shift.

9:23 kinda cool to see Shepard shooting aliens in space lol

6:07 The marines have Pulse Rifles now

I considered Azure Sheep to be the best Half Life mod until I played Echoes. Really love this mod.

The Black Mesa version of this mod is actually kinda better, especially since they make it have more canon-friendly moments by having the player character(Justin Barnes) gets shot by a black ops(which happens in original Half-Life) when he meets Gordon and replacing the special forces(the grunts with the pulse rifles) with the black ops from Half-Life Opposing Force which makes more sense all things considered. It also greatly improves the map designs completely, so yeah it's pretty obvious which version I prefer.

13:09 that's the cut enemy, panthereye it was in your absolute zero and they hunger videos. 5:45 you were supposed to get a different melee weapon that you missed.

Well, I mean the Barney'a was a nice addition, otherwise - sections of this mod get rather confusing, and man... The campaign long escort quest in GoldSRC - now I know what my hell will look like.

“Half life… but as Barney” so half life blue shift

7:49 I love how the scientist in the test tube in the back just got left like no cares about him

Honestly if you were to tell me this was the alpha campaign for Blue Shift produced by Valve I would totally believe it. Like the gameplay and models were complete but the voice actors didn't get their hands on the game yet

Loved it, even if it was a bit janky and corridor rich. Coming from a guy who could just dwell in BM corridors 24/7 and listen to the sexy ambiance sounds.

23 seconds of this video is all it took for me to subscribe Obscure old Half-Life content ✅ Corrects from having "seen" the alarm clock to having "heard" it ✅ No HD models ✅

2:42 no way its been ages since I've seen that bug, a long time ago you used to be able to reload with a full gun and it was the best

2:54 What about Half-life echoes? There was a security guard with HEV suit

I ran out of rocket ammo for the final helicopter fight and so decided to fly into the sky and murder it with MP5 grenades. With how wacky this mod gets, it wouldn’t surprise me if that was the intended canon ending. Overall a really fun mod, though. I especially liked the world design at the very beginning in the barracks. Lots of little details to explore.

>"What if Barney has a Girlfriend". >I love how Lam is so accostumed to fail, that he reacts as if was another normal day. >While the green teleport/lightning is associated with the xenians, the purple is related to the Race X.

actually when i played half life 1.0 waaaaaay back in my childhood you can reload the pistol without needing to reload

why did the resonance cascade started after when goblon got into black mesa with lamborghini with like 10 secs?

We need beer for Gordon Freeman RIGHT Now

"the better blue shift"

* You can get a melee weapon at the start of the game by exploring the lounge area. You can get a billiards cue with its own animations. * The vortigaunts have faster casting by default, even on easier difficulties. * The lack of any armor in the first half of the game before you get the HEV suit is the source of this mod's augmented difficulty, as well as the fact that they put in holstering animations, making weapon switching that much slower.

Azure Sheep! I love this mod, It's one of my most played Half-Life mods along with USS Darkstar, They Hunger and Intolerable Threat. I agree that yeah, Having to guide Kate around in the later parts does get annoying when you are playing on normal or hard, and the weapon swap delay is frustrating, But for me, This mod is everything Blue Shift SHOULD'VE been and Could've been if Gearbox had done more.

If you’re wondering where you were supposed to find the crowbar, it was at the beginning near a pool table, and it wasn’t a crowbar, it was a pool cue

11:38 FUN FACT: I actually headcanon Shephard having a similar accent to that.

I love you even more for covering this mod, it's one of my favourites even if the helicopter at the starts fails to crash as it should a lot of times

"He's not a very good parker." I guess that's why he's called Gordon Freeman and not Gordon Parker.

13:05 That looks the extra monster in Absolute Zero.

I don't remember that Adrian Shephard could appear in a sort of parking-entrance of Black Mesa, in Opposing Force i don't remember to see that.

I remember seeing your older videos with text on screen, I had to pause everytime you had to say something. And your voice makes this a whole lot better, it feels like you are actually talking to NPCs.

"this a new gun" - sees an M41 from ALIEN... Boi you not watched ALIEN? lol

Correction: *Half Life... but as Barney **#2828834797*

the voice they gave Mr freeman sounded like 🤓

The reason why Freeman and Walker have a Corvette and a fucking FERRARI respectively are also the reason why Black Mesa has so many horrible safety and maintenance problems.

7:01 our own race turning against us

The "Nope!" sound is from a Doom clone called Strife: Quest For The Sigil (great game). And the endless Glock reload bug is a staple of Half-Life.

I think the voices and the actors were perfect for their jobs.

I love to think that Azure Sheep is what Barney telling everyone what he did during Black Mesa

4:39 You know who else sucks at parking? MY MOM!

7:47 Lol “Hey Barn! you came to rescue me. Im rescued.”

About that beer i owe ya gordon freeman!

I love how you are very relaxed to express emotions, it gives a touch of sarcasm.

true story while playing this I got to the helicopter part and kate kept dying I kept getting softlocked and I was stuck at one health... I cried for a while and then uninstalled it

Is it how Half-Life as Barney looked like before Blue Shift?

Gordon was never intended to be "mute". The developers said they wanted the player to feel completely immersed in the character, and didn't want dialogue from the main character to distract from that feeling. It really works when you role play and actually talk to the NPCs while playing HL. It would make sense for Gordon to talk in this mod, however, because you are not playing as Gordon.

lamwarp: OHHHH vortigaunt(s): *this is free real estate*

Not to mention that you can see shephard shooting the houndeyes on 9:23

There was a good reskin pack for this mod, which replaces the new soldiers and their weapons (Beretta and Pulse Rifle) by Black Ops Male Assassins with High Definition Pack guns. I played the whole mod with this pack, and I really enjoyed it.

Hey, here are some mods worth playing IMHO (if you haven't already) : Half-Life : Heart of Evil (not the updated Napalm Edition, unless you like goofy) Half-Life : Absolute Redemption Half-Life : Echoes (I'm pretty sure you already played this one, it is a Valve quality mod) Portal : Mel Stories (Valve quality mod again) Gunman Chronicle (Not really a mod, it is a standalone game on GoldSrc engine and it is pretty good. It used to be sold at store but it is now an abandonware)

9:08 isnt it funny? Adrian see freeman and we see Adrian

7:18 holy shit they predicted purple vorts 5 years before ep1

The commentary added on top of the in-game dialogue is just something else.

Fan-made stuff like this that was made not long after the original came out is so impressive

3:57 It's a place in Apprehension, when that Barney, as you playing, is killed by Black Ops, and Gordon fight them 5:01 Place, where Gordon in Blue Shift starts, and then in Half-Life 1 and Barney's and station

Well gordon have half life 3 gonne talk but actor pass away

4:44 i swear i have seen that wheel texture in the beta screenshots of an old GTA game

You should play the mod “Research and Development” for HLE2

Azure Sheep is being developed for Black Mesa.

9:49 picks up gun from the aliens

2:33 - You are being shot with a 50 cal. It is designed to shred organics to pieces.

1:48 Maybe "rest" doesn't necessarily mean physical relief. And it shows both genders for that nice equality effect. An arcade room doesn't have to be confined to one gender! 2:27 Without a power armor suit that could help carry weapons efficiently... 2:58 In Blue Shift you picked up vests and helmets for armor. 3:53 He sounds really old for a 27-year-old. 4:40 That should inspire Half-Life fans to get a strawberry-pink, double silver-striped 1990's Camaro. Has any influencer pulled it off yet? 4:56 The Matrix lobby scene, though that came out some 2 years after HL1. 5:01 "They're not taking me seriously!" --Star Fox 64's Forever Train engineer 5:21 Well, the place in question IS called Black MESA, and MOST of the facility is underground within the New Mexico strata so there's all that. Not to mention that for 2003, you couldn't pull out a smartphone(imagine the craptastic reception issues IN a facility like that) and check up on recent developments. You got to put on your early 2000's thinking cap there, LamWarp. Lol. 5:32 Depending on the spec, it's anywhere from 600-750VDC. That's a lot of juice in that to move a tram car weighing a good ton or so. It's amazing that the character still has TOTAL FUNCTIONALITY OF HIS BODY especially if BOTH OF HIS FEET ARE WALKING ON THE RAIL! 5:37 Not to mention that the flight speed of the 40mm round is slow too. That always bugged me the way Valve programmed it, as if making it look like it was chunked out like a spring-loaded ball. No wonder people criticize 9mm so much, because a good high-caliber defense round would have dropped that grenadier hard and you would be spared from that grenade shot. 5:50 A baton wouldn't have the same utility as a crowbar or pipe wrench would have, even if the baton is better balanced for melee combat. 6:35 Ah, I should have known you as a true Quaker(see what I did there?) except you should have been bhopping the entire time if that was the case lol. 6:59 Obviously for research of course. Why did the Terran Federation take and hold a brain bug? To defeat the headcrab, we must UNDERSTAND the headcrab! But in the meantime let's teach our kids to smash baby headcrabs underfoot so they will do their civic part! 7:14 HEV suits aren't cheap, but I guess it wouldn't surprise me that our government can afford to give some of the SECURITY GUARDS those as well. 7:34 Chumtoads. Are they good pets to have? 7:43 I'm guessing that vortigaunts have evolved from chumtoads but seem to greatly enjoy a chimeric increase to their abilities from humans... 9:42 Two-toned nickel-plated sissy pistol. REAL MEN use Glock, as U.S. Marshal Gerard would say. 9:49 Literally the Colonial Marines Pulse Rifle. We now know that Black Mesa invented electronic pulse action, a novel technology that seeks to bring conventional firearms into the future(and especially against aliens like yautja and xenomorphs) because the tau cannons, gluon guns, and displacer cannons use depleted U-235. Obviously the Pulse Rifle is the most economical standard weapon to consider. 10:43 Already Old Black Mesa is like the Delta Labs of DooM 3. 11:27 Now if you've been in the military, because of the stressors and additional hazards of spec ops they would be much "douchier" than ordinary infantry joes who would have more of a life outside of the military, so that does make some sense. 11:36 Too bad the mod didn't use the Opposing Force grunt quotes. 11:48 You know, he TOO sounds very old for a 22-year-old... 12:07 I'm glad they did it that way because it makes him look tall standing that way. You want a bold and confident corporal standing tall and proud. Maybe he was real NCO material after all. 14:59 I actually looked it up that Netflix started on August 29, 1997. That's actually enough time to "Netflix and chill" if you have been ordering in DVDs. 15:05 Aww, how cute :3, but Barney and Kate forgot to pick up the chumtoad. Poor guy is about to get cooked by multithousand degrees..."quite so".

you forgor the pool stick hahahhaha

13:35 That's an Arrow. Also seen in the Alpha version of the game.

7:32 IT'S THE UNUSED CHUMTOADS!

13:17 thats an enemy from the half life beta

Fast & Furious got their cars from the Science Team

This video still holds up

Barney becoming uncanny...

LamWarp Is Keeping Half Life Alive. And I Liked That. Everyone Liked That

That "thing" in the water is an Archer, a cut alien from Half-Life.

no this is the universe where gordon talked in the original game but he was kinda deaf so he could not hear himself talking

this mod seems to be a fan made blue shift before blue shift.

Azure Sheep is a great mod i wish there was a sequel for it

For 2001 its a really good mod

"Hey Barn! You're here to rescue me. I am rescued."

9:48 Why is the pulse rifle from Aliens here?

I never in my life have seen this mod

3:32 trip mine: im about to end this mans whole career

0:44 freeman in the magnum pi 🥶🥶🥶

certainly one of the mods of all time

5:55 You just gotta break all the crates man

Ngl Iegit thought you were DeSinc for a second there

Dude this is the only game I can watch somebody else play and then myself go play it and have the same amount of excitement as your self lmao. Dude your earned a sub from me, I fuckin love this game . Even tho I’m a sports centric channel I might post a half life play through lmao

3:52 11:48 Gordon And Corp. Shephard Had A Voice

BRO THE VOICE OF THE GRUNTS AND FREEMAN ITS THE SAME 😯😯😯

The health charger sounds like a spray can

this was longer than blue shift and with more content, and it was just a mod

Just played this classic, wonder if Valve got the idea of Aylx from Kate. Escorting Kate feels similar to Alyx following Gordon in HL2

I like the slight retexture of the Glock. They added a Black Mesa symbol on the top.

The new rifle you got in the Xen is called the ''Pulse rifle'' from a movie called ''Alien 2''

It’s me Gordon, Barney from black masa.

9:50 just randomly gets an m41a pulse rifle