Half-Life: Opposing Force

The single player campaign is worth the buy on its own. Story of Half Life and it's characters is great for new game enthusiast and joyful memory lane for old-timers.

Half-Life: Opposing Force is an awesome add-on to the original Half-Life. You play as a soldier, which gives the game a fresh perspective, and the action is just as intense. The environments are great, the enemies are fun to fight, and the story adds some cool extra depth to the Half-Life universe.

If you’re a fan of Half-Life, this is definitely worth checking out. It’s a solid, fun experience!

I am a sucker for familiar stories being told from new perspectives and Half-Life: Opposing Force really scratches that itch with how it expands on the events of the Black Mesa Incident. While not quite as challenging, it retains much of what made the base game great while also introducing plenty of unique content to establish its own identity and feel like a new experience.

Im prolly gonna get some hate for this, but whatever.

This is a 100 times better than the first Half life. I also like Adrian Shepard better than Gordon Freeman :D

8.5 out of 10

best game of all time. wish it would get a update for some of the gliches it has....

Good Half-Life DLC that is about 7 hours and has some new weapons and mechanics. However trying to move your troops is a slog just for them to die in 10 seconds.

Hello to all women in military, from a woman not in the military. Hello to all women in general.

The new weapons and enemies keep Opposing Force interesting and it's probably the biggest reason it seems to be remembered so fondly. I definitely don't prefer it over HL1 though.

Great expansion. The weapon sandbox is even better than og Half Life's.

Quick a fun expansion to an already really enjoyable game. Only real issues I ran into were that ammo and health felt a bit too sparse which led to a lot of deaths and reloading. Outside of the frustrations with that I had a really good time with this, definitely recommend if you're looking for extra content to scratch that half life itch

7/10

Great Half Life 'mod' thats definitly worth playing for any fans.
Not as gd as the original ofc, none will ever match those, but its getting very close and I enjoyed this very much.
Its much longer than u expect too so u have a lot of gd content ahead with this game.

Price is more than fair.

-CachyOS Linux

Black Mesa'da yaşanan olaydan sonra Amerikan ordusunun olayı kapatmak için General Shaperd eşliğinde Black Mesa'ya gitmesini konu alıyor. Olaylara General Shaperd'ın gözünden bakıyoruz. Oyun half life 1 göre pek çok yenilik bulunduruyor hiç yan oyun gibi hissettirmiyor. Half life evrenini sevenler kesinlikle oynamalı.

Starts off weak but gets really good in the latter levels feeling like a soldier seeing the aftermath of Freemans journey through a few sections.

Imagine hours of Surviving while fighting aliens, black-ops, toxic environment, etc. And Solve Puzzles only to end up in void ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

This is a great expansion that adds more story to the half life universe under the prospective of the HECU as Adrian Shepard. It's got amazing new levels plus lots of new weapons as well as new enemy types so i say that this is a great expansion to an already amazing franchise.

close in quality to the og, but still behind. also the technicians use their blowtorches to light their darts, coo

After thoroughly enjoying blue shift, I had just enough motivation to finish off the last expansion, opposing force, and was hoping for another saving grace. It wasn't. The main problems I had with this one was just the way the levels were designed. Because most areas weren't designed very well, this led to the combat pacing feeling very wonky and most of the time, unbalanced. In the area where there's about 3-4 snipers, about 10-15 bullet spongy enemies, and a shit ton of barrels and explosives. My first instinct was to shoot the explosives. Turns out, that completely fucks you over and kills you instantly. One of the only good things I have to say about this game are the alien weapons that you get throughout the game. They're honestly pretty creative and I kinda wish that half-life 2 would've implemented these strange, unique weapons.
Imo, this is a 4.8/10. It's not better than blue shift, but it's not worse than the base game.

this game makes me hate half life 1 more this game is 10 times better than half life 1 I'm really pissed that valve cant even make a simple sequal to this game it doesn't even have to be good the community will still be happy for something new

Opposing Force is pretty good. I think It's a bit overrated though. For starters, this game has so many new weapons and mechanics that I never use because they are situational or not as consistent as the base weapons. By the end of the game there are so many weapons that scrolling through the weapon tabs becomes a pain because of how many there are. Second, the last three chapters of the game are really unfair... Foxtrot Uniform in particular. These chapters are loaded with so much garbage that I don't know how somebody is supposed to get through the game without dying like 10 times at the end. The rest of the game is pretty great though, and I like the wrench a lot. The chargeable, heavy attack was pretty addicting to use.

Great game, would recommend, but you should play the original half-life first in my opinion. BigMacDavis has a great walkthrough and I think I wouldn't be able to finish the game without it.

This game is a really good tie-in with the first Half-Life game. I only hope Valve brings back Shepard, if only for a cameo, in a future installment of Half-Life

Surprisingly short, some new weapons are completely useless but overall its an ok game and I liked revisiting parts of black mesa. Wasn't hard to finish, some loads were glitchy aswell but expected for a 20 year old game

Half-Life: Opposing Force is my favourite of the Gearbox sidestories. The new weapons and creatures add more variety, and being on the opposite side of the conflict is refreshing storywise.

Overall a fun expansion. I find the platforming and exploration a little less intuitive than the base game, with some levels boiling down to "here's a bunch of really tanky giant aliens for you to run past", but all in all the level design is interesting and the new weapons are cool. Was really fun to see where Gearbox got their stride and what they could do in Valve's space. Some of the new enemies are a little cheap but the overpowered weapons they give you make up for it. All in all if you like Half Life, you'll like this.

Great half life game
the gameplay (in my opinion obviously) is better than the original half life because of all the new weapons(lmg is my favorite beside the teleporter cannon)
Graphics are still the same as half life 1
the final boss kinda sucks tho
the ending also is sad because of what happens to my guy adrian shepard (what the heck gman)
occasionally crashes but thats fine(unless you take like 40 mins in between saves)
overall a great game where you play as a dude from hecu during the events of half life
but buy the valve pack during a sale it goes down to 10 bucks
10/10 would go into a black abyss again (the jump key works so thats cool)

The first 3/4 (or so) of this expansion is really enjoyable, with interesting set pieces, fights and puzzles that I think meet the quality standards that the original game established. Even so, the last 1/4 of it is so bogged down by tedious, frustrating and unfair fights that I can't recommend it.

There are essentially only two ways I felt when I died in this part of the game (which I did over and over probably >100 times): either that I was taking stupid risks out of sheer impatience with the bad encounter design, or that it was largely beyond my control. If you've played through it and weren't swearing and throwing your hands up while yelling "yeah, why not?" by the end of it, I want whatever your doctor prescribed you.

This is now mostly a historical curiosity, I guess, and as such there may be other reasons to try it than it being an enjoyable experience, but I feel like Half-Life and Blue Shift have stood the test of time and work as actually good games, in a way that Opposing Force hasn't.

One of the best of Half life OG black mesa incident. The view of Shephard is honestly great and I hope we play him again in the future. The Gameplay is super fun and the story is pretty good, army man funny.

A great Half Life game, with extra weapons to boot! 100% would recommend.

Aside from a couple technical issues (like sometimes getting stuck on elevators when they stop moving), it's a game that holds up just about as well as the original. Which is to say: pretty well!

i recommend this game but mayby don't turn on HD models because when i did the game has a bar on the home screen and the weapons are invsable now but they still shoot that's confusing

Recommend if you just want more Half-Life levels, don't recommend if you were hoping to play as one of the grunts from the original game. It's not really that.

The father of Counter Strike. Half life with less puzzle and more action. This is a kickass expansion but make sure you play the tutorials to know how to use your comrade skills

great game, it was fun and a good expansion to the half life series

I truly feel this is better than HL1, the NVGs, the crossover moments, the deagle, the sniper and other new weapons, the lack of terrible Zen levels. It really was an even better experience than HL1

a great little expansion for the original Half-Life. i enjoyed all of the new and quirky weapons (which are mainly used own my fellow soldiers when their ai got on my nerves), and the new environments were fun to explore and combat through.

the only negative thing i can say are the later combat encounters. once you get near the end, the fights with the black-ops and aliens become a little too unfair, but its not bad enough to cheat.

i wholeheartedly recommend buying this after beating the original game!

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Bad game.
The night vision sucks, a lot of the new enemies are kinda whatever, you got so many guns you'll never use them all, it has parkour with slippery gold source engine movement, a lot of sections in the game are annoying or hard or both, the pit worm is the blind tentacles but worse, and the final boss is trash.
The only reason this has 'Overwhelmingly positive" on Steam is because it's a Half-Life game, otherwise, I promise you, this game would not be nearly as liked.
A 5/10 would be GENEROUS. I do not recommend it, do not play it unless you like Half-Life that much.

nice extend .. I love how the graphics brings back memories ♥

maybe thıs game have some problems lıke bugs but all the same game is on 8. try it and give a chanse

Encountered a game breaking bug in the middle of the playthrough

yea the old half lifes series are soo nostalgic and very much well prepared and good love all the old half life series i dont like the HL2 series thats bad lol

"Half-Life: Opposing Force" offers a fresh perspective on the Black Mesa incident, telling the story from the viewpoint of a HECU marine.

The game features a unique cast of characters and introduces players to new areas of the Black Mesa facility.

Oh yeah, this is great. I'd say it's better than the original game.

This is probably objectively the worst part of the initial Half-Life series. Although, this entry has arguably the most weapon variety, the game really shows its flaws during the entire runtime. Most of the enemies deal damage based on hit-registration as oppose to any dodgable alternative. This leads to the most dull gunfights, hugging covers and quick peaking. Additionally, this game has the strongest auto-aim feature in any game I have played thus far. The only improvement over the other entries is the soundtrack. Which barely increased, compared to the previous entry. The story might also be the weakest of all the entries and you can really feel it drag on, without you having proper motivation to continue. This game feels the longest by far.
I really didn't like this entry and I feel like, you should skip this one. Or go watch a summary on youtube instead.

Solid masterpiece, worthy addition to original game.

Awesome game, I wish there were more squads to command and if the game was longer but overall it's an awesome game and I loved every minute of it

Best Half Life DLC of the many. Extremely good Combat and Problem Solving Mechanics, and pays great respect to the environments of Half Life 1. Thank You Valve for releasing this masterpiece



Adrian Shepard is literally me now.

Whereas Blue Shift just felt like more Half Life 1 levels, Opposing Force adds new enemies, weapons, NPCs that can follow you and game mechanics that make it stand out from the other two games a lot more.

It is also a lot longer than Blue Shift but it is a lot more BUGGY and less polished overall. This game has more bugs and glitches and is a lot HARDER especially towards the end when the levels become less creative and more difficult for no reason.

Despite being of lower quality than blue shift, it is a lot more FUN. Worth the purchase and I do not regret it. The fun outweighs the bugs significantly. I recommend you play all 3 games if you love Half Life.

This game is just as good as Half-Life while still being different. I love how it is still part of the franchise while you are part of the enemy. Overall great game I would recommend.(Play Half-Life first!)

For a game that came out in 1999, it's very good. I certainly enjoyed it but it gets pretty stale towards the end. Still, I do recommend it and think that this is an experience everyone should experience at least once in their lifetime.

Good game beefcake aliens destroyed me 10/11 play now