Half-Life: Opposing Force

Its a very good sequel to the half life 1 game. Graphics same as the first game but a different story.

Not nearly as good as Half-Life. The level design is poor, the flow-y movement of the auto run is awkward, and there's so much trial and error due to poor level design that it just gets old quick.

Half-Life and Half-Life 2 are some of my favorite games of all time. This one does a disservice to the name.

Half life opposing force is just as good if not better than the original half life although the repeated voice lines of the from my first playthrough opinion underutilized marines did get annoying I enjoyed myself nonetheless if you are looking for a game filled with action interactivity but not as long as the original half life put this game in your cart and I'm glad to have ended the original half life trilogy with this masterpiece of a game

So far my favorite half life game aside from Episode 2, There's more interactions with NPC's, new weapons, new aliens, a new security guard (Otis), and a pretty cool ending.

I think everyone should play this, its a dang good expansion to a revolutionary game.

Halved lives are now a soldiers lifes. Play as new series new protaganost Alien Shetland, gas mask of great justice. Join him on his epic quest to hunt down goron Fretmen. FIght new amazing alien legeds of Race ??? big bug men of another world. Join him as soldiers fight soldier on this epic jpurney of survival and fighting. Use new exiting armaments such as the big pistol, big machine gun, the loooong gun, and some weird aliens. These tools have the power to fight all sorts of amazinf foes. Big bugs, little bugs, ninja soldiers, and everything in between. Taken away by the mysterious man, will we ever see Mr. Sheepdog again? Toon in to find out, sometime.

Very fun ecept the section in the sewers with the vortigors (did I spell that corectly?)

In short, as with Delta Particles, I like the adventure offered by the addon much more than the main game. First of all, due to a much more clear and comprehensive construction of locations, as well as the location of points of interest on them.

Extremely good and challenging if your not good at shooting games like myself but its worth it

8/10 amazing spin off. new fun weapons however my problem is you literally have so many options that if u use the scroll wheel to weapon swap in the middle of combat you will often loose where u are. the idea playing as a marine is inherently more interesting than playing a cop in blue shift. better of the two expansions you can get on steam but if you have the time both are great.

The coolest Half Life Addon of all. Amazing story, great puzzles and great weapons. Worth its money.

Pretty good.
Starts to become a pain in the back during its last third, beginning with chapter "Foxtrot Uniform."
The spamming of the pit drone and the shock trooper can fuck right the fuck off.

It gives you more lore from the HECU side, and is relatively easy to play through if you played half life 1 first

Half-Life: Opposing Force is the third game in the series and could be considered a full blown sequel to it or simply an add-on. Opposing Force was a short and sweet game just like its counterpart Blue Shift and was a new character as well to play as. On this game you were playing as the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit soldiers who were sent to scrub the facility clean and cover up everything.

It was quite cool playing as this faction and getting to see the perspective from there eyes. Similarly to the other games you aim was to escape as well and help take as many men as you could. There was an introduction of some new weapons and new puzzles to tackle plus boss fights.

The one thing i didn't like about Opposing Force was that the character wasn't given a proper story or ending to it. He only appeared in this game alone and so far there has been no new content with him at all. His character hasn't been worked on anymore neither has he been given a sequel to play through which is a shame.

I would recommend playing through the game and seeing the perspective of another character who's on the enemies side. Its interesting to see his transition from enemy to survivor and watch as he tries to redeem himself.

This game is a mixed bag for me and that's why I'm not recommending it.

I enjoyed the game about 50% of the time and didn't enjoy it the other 50%.

Basically, this game pisses me too often to recommend it. Kinda like Half Life 1. There are parts where I'm having fun, but it often only takes a few minutes for me to be annoyed by the next thing to face. It's constantly like that for the whole game.

The main issue for me really is that most of the strong enemies are just not fun to fight. Their AI is not particularly good and they're just annoying to deal with. If I compare the enemies' AI to the enemies' AI in Halo 1 for example, Halo has amazing AI and it's fun to play against it. That's the main reason why the Halo campaigns are so replayable. That's also why playing through Opposition Force and Half-Life 1 is kinda painful for me.

Also, often, the weapons that are strong and or very powerful have limited amounts of ammo, so you have to use cheap tricks like saving/loading multiple times or making an enemy place itself at the edge of a wall so it stays there and tries to shoot towards you, but fails to because their projectiles just hit the wall and can't reach you. Once again, if I compare what I just described to Halo 1... In Halo, generally, that is not something that will happen. For one, there is a checkpoint system that works pretty well and you'll usually have the tools you need to deal with enemies. But the main thing really is that Halo 1 is fun to play while Half-Life Opposing Force is annoying about 50% of the time.

More thoughts :

Why is the game designed in a way where we have to crouch jump (and so often)?

A lot of unavoidable damage when doing the platforming parts. Same thing for ladders.

First 90 minutes not great. I often have to check a walkthrough because I either don't know what to do or how to solve a specific puzzle.

Game is not getting that much better after?

More unavoidable damage (this time from using the movable platform).

Overall, I didn't like the first half that much, but I enjoyed the 2nd half more.

My playthrough is often interrupted when I have to check a walkthrough because IDK what I'm supposed to do next.

*** I think I spent 1 just on hour saving and loading, which is about 15-20% of my playtime...

Excellent expansion to the perfect Half-Life formula. The new weapons and enemies are great. It's really smart the idea of seeing the Black Mesa incident from the other side.

Way more fun than HL1 and fixes my issues with that game. The guns are amazing and it is so fun. The chapter right before the final one however sucks.

This is unarguably the best official Half Life expansion out there, and you can't call yourself a part of Half Life community if you haven't played it.
This game has you playing as Adrian Shephard during the events of Half Life 1. But what makes it special os the extra content. It adds many extra areas to the Black Mesa Research Facility which weren't seen in Half Life 1. Not just that, but it also adds a whole new race of aliens called the Race X. Whether you think this removes the game's canonicity or not, it's still a great addition to the game and adds a TON of action. This game even has a whole new final boss fight, even better than HL1's Nihilanth fight.
You should definitely play this game. It isn't even expensive at all, it's only 3$ and you can even buy it for only 0.74$ if you wait for a sale like me. Would definitely recommend this.

Not as good as Half-Life or Blue Shift, but still has a lot going for it. Solid enough entry for any Half-Life fans. (7/10)

Good stuff! A cool continuation of the original Half-Life game. I always love when a game takes place during the same events as another game, but from a different perspective. I did run into a few bugs during my playthrough. There was an issue with elevators near the start of the game that initially made me worried that I wouldn't be able to progress any further with the rest of the game, but luckily I was able to work around it. Issues aside though, the game as a whole was really enjoyable! If you like the original Half-Life, then I think you'll like this too!

10/10 Half-Life game awesome story from the view point of US Marine Corporal Adrian Shephard

It has been more than 25+ years... I think since I first played this game. It was just as much fun this time as it was then. There's one little peculiarity that had long since slipped my memory.
When you take out a female Black Ops NPC, One of the NPC grunts in your squad will stop what they are meant to be doing and just look down at the Black Ops ladies pants... area. :)

Its more Half Life 1. This time there's more Black Ops and explosives. Make sure to disable original models in the content settings tab to use that sweet M16.

just as good as the first half life or even better this game is still fun and it feels like im playing a half life mod this is great

this is great, i love the expansion, i love the ai (even with how janky it is), i love the events, and overall just amazing. the last few levels were alright and the boss fight wasn't terribly hard but not too easy either. kinda pointless to introduce rope physics but it is what it is

significantly harder than the original, last few levels weren't all that great, but its still fun.

Good old HL1 game. Fun story plot, good action, few new games and just overall fun little DLC.

A masterful Half-Life mod, multiple new weapons do not feel stale and have interesting features, along with new enemy types. very much worth the price, albeit a shorter game

Unlike blue shift, opposing force isn't just another half life 1 with a different character, it has lots of new things like weapons , enemies , it has more action than half life 1 itself and i think it is better than all the half lives before half life 2 and its crazy to think that it was made in 1999.

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It's story is better and more realistic than half life 1 and blue shift. A trained marine that has good abilities in battles goes to a place that is being invaded by aliens to control the situation (or silence the facility)

In half life 1 some random scientist had a basic training and what the hell he killed the leader of the aliens without any help.

Great story and really added a lot of new elements

if you liked half life but thought the power scaling was bogus enjoy this game cuz u are never too powerful also every place has like 200 enemies so u always gotta be on ur feet nice game not good for the heart

Honestly, this game is almost better than Half-Life 1. One huge flaw is the NPC's following AI system. It is very annoying because of how broken and buggy it is. I know this is an old game but they still could've fixed this at any point now. Adrian Shephard, we miss you, please come back. Please send letters to G-man to put him out of sleep. Or better yet, inform VAVLE to release HALF-LIFE 3. (It will never happen)

Half-Life: Opposing Force takes players back to Black Mesa in a thrilling and fresh way.
Playing as Adrian Shephard, a soldier sent to contain the incident, offers a unique perspective on the chaos.
The expansion introduces new weapons, enemies, and allies, keeping the experience exciting and unpredictable.
Level design remains top-notch, blending tight combat encounters with clever puzzles and exploration.
Opposing Force’s standout moments include its creative use of the environment and its memorable new gameplay mechanics.
While not as groundbreaking as the original, it’s a well-crafted expansion that honors and enhances the Half-Life legacy.
Fans of the series will find plenty to love in this action-packed return to Black Mesa.

the docort said that the diahrea from the laxative was opposing the force of my asshole (i superglued it shut)

It's great to see the Black Mesa Incident from perspective of the soldiers with new types of enemies

S-tier expansion pack, Its as fun as blue shift and original half life, It feels longer than blue shift too, Unfortunately, as great as our protagonist Is, we probably wont see shephard again In official half life games, one: he Is In stasis, two: It was made by gearbox, but hey, mods exist for half life 2, so go crazy If you love adrian

Great game <3
Better play with HLFixes.
Runs natively on Linux.

Definitely the best Half Life extension, far surpassing Blue Shift, the story that varies so much from the original makes it an almost totally renewed experience, if you are a fan of this type of retro games, play it. Recommended.

This expansion is a definite must play for the Half Life enthusiast as well as the first person shooter/survival horror enthusiast! It is a great alternate perspective from another one of the other major characters of the first Half Life game as USMC HECU grunt Cpl. Adrian Shepherd, aside from Freeman himself and Calhoun in Blue Shift. I remember this game, Blue Shift, Uplink, and Decay from way back when. Total nostalgia. Highly recommend it! Very bada**.

The better of the two HL1 DLCs by far. A more fleshed out story with several new weapons and enemies that change the way you'll progress throughout Black Mesa. I do miss the crowbar

More original Half-Life! But from the perspective of the team trying to kill you in the base game. Honestly enjoyed it, The different weapons being a mix of classic fps and unique. Some of the level design was initially confusing, but if you're not a smoothbrain, you'll manage fine. Some of the enemies you run into with your team that you pick up along the way will absolutely maul your friends. I found it easier to leave them guarding places behind me and fighting alone. Overall i enjoyed this expansion. Pipe wrench man!

Genuinely as good as Half-Life, which is saying something. Don't look at it as just a DLC, but as a whole extra story with new mechanics, similar to Dishonored's DLC expansions.

EDIT: This review initially covered a bug where royalty-free music would play throughout the game. as opposed to Chris Jensen's soundtrack. That has seemingly been fixed.

However, numerous other bugs plague this release, Such as:
- ||jumping towards the Pit Worm, much like Half-Life's Tentacle, causes the player to get stuck.||
- A "new" bug not in Half-Life, where players easily stick to elevators.

Minor gripe, on OLD machines playing OP4, activating night-vision goggles causes worse frame drops than waving the flashlight in Half-Life.

I wish Steam had a neutral button for games like this. I love the concept of playing as the military through the events of HL1, but this game is the clunkiest between the three originals (HL1, Blue Shift, and Opposing Force).

I ran into the same bug about 6 times throughout my playthrough where I would be going up or down an elevator and my model would get stuck in the elevator which meant I couldn't move and was subjected to this metallic grinding noise until I reloaded a save.

Some of the enemies introduced in this game are quite annoying in my opinion. They're not necessarily bad designs, but one of them spawns a small bug-like enemy when it dies, which is fine but it means if you're too close when you kill the main enemy you may not have time to kill the bug before it leaps to you. This isn't that bad on its own but there are segments with multiple of this same enemy in tight spaces and that can be frustrating (especially when the bug models are hidden in the corpse model of the main aliens).

The AI companions in all of the half-life games are kind of idiots, but this game was the most frustrating here as well. I was killed by my own soldiers at least 5 different times while playing this game (admittedly 4 of those were in the same segment) because they don't seem to mind shooting right through you. It's also difficult to get the AI to properly follow you if you'd like them to escort you to the next room or area.

I was also a bit let down by the final boss. HL1's final boss is also infamous, but at least it's creative. This game's final boss was a bit of a slug-fest and I was pretty bored with the premise before I was even halfway done with it.

If you enjoyed HL1 a lot, or are interested in getting more from the HL universe, I would recommend it, but be warned that this game can be more frustrating than HL1 and Blue Shift not because of difficulty, but because of bugs.

Really good so far lol. Even tho 19 mins playtime. Will update as I go on ofc. W Half life game. Cool to see different perspectives in the same universe/world. Played HL1 and now on this :DD 1/2/24

Very good follow up to HL1 improves on certain elements of the first, while The first is still overall imo a better experience this game is more fun to play and I would not skip out on this great dlc.

The game is very entertaining,while not as hard as hl1 or hl blue shift but it is very good

fun little side expansion for the original game but unfortunately it was not given the same benefits as the original with its anniversary update

imagine half life but it cuts to the chase wayyyy faster, and you get all the super cool end-game weapons wayyy earlier. kept forgetting i wasnt gromgrom freemale. in summary: it's a half life game, what more do you need?

It's kinda weird that an expansion for Half-Life 1 intoduced more new weapons than Half-Life 2 and episodes combined (no pun intended)

Pretty interesting game with a bit of difficulty, I wish the game-play was a bit more extensive