Reviews from

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I beat this game at exactly midnight on my Birthday. That was awesome, not to mention I LOVE THIS! It's just more of the first Half-Life from a different perspective. Poor Adrian though.


Opposing Force is a solid expansion to the main game that expands upon the world, gameplay and level design of the original in a way that feels uniquely its own, without losing the core essence of what made Half-Life so enjoyable to begin with. It's a new perspective to an undeniable classic, even though it sometimes doesn't hold up to the same scrutiny.

It's a neat idea to see the perspective of the opposing enemy. Now I just need to finish Black Mesa

I loved this game, though not as much as vanilla Half-Life, it has some pretty cool stuff, like the new weapons. But then when it tries stuff like the Barnacle hookshot or the companion marines it feels underwhelming. Still great tho

While nowhere near as brilliant as the base game, it's still an engaging expansion.

It may not be nearly as iconic as the original but I'd say this is easily the better game. The weapons are amazing and there's still some annoying enemies, but what hands down puts this over the original for me is that the chapters not only drag on way less, but also that there's not really a bad chapter in this game. Sure not all are amazing, this isn't Half-Life 2, but there's no real point where I just wished the game would end. Great time even if it was created by a pedophile.

Doesn't quite have the vision of the original. The campaign loses focus halfway through and the final boss is kind of weird and abrupt. It's too bad, because the military stuff is quite fun and if it carried the quality of its strong opening chapters all the way through, I probably would have ended up putting it above the base game. Still a very worthy expansion. Doing the different perspective was an inspired idea.

Introduces a lot of cool ideas that don't really get expanded upon in later entries. I liked it just as much (maybe a little more) than Half-Life 1. Also I want to know what happened to Adrian.

Takes Half-Life's playful ribbing of the player to the point where it gets kinda mean, but in a fun way. Unfortunately I lost all motivation to continue near the end of Crush Depth when I ran into the bug where the deagle permanently jams underwater, which somehow hasn't been fixed in 21 years. Hopefully I can return soon.

A nice addition and, in my opinion, better than the original in a lot of ways.

Easily the best of the Half-Life extensions. Unique weapons and enemies and quest goals, coupled with all the good of the original Half-Life. A bit short.

I'm shocked and somewhat saddened at putting this below Blue Shift, as I do think this is the better-made game overall, but I have to give a low rating due to how frustrating and unfun a lot of the combat in the later parts of the game is. The Shock Troopers are annoying to fight against and the Voltigores are so tanky to the point that I would save-scum my way around fighting them and just run away. I've mentioned in the past that Gearbox doesn't quite understand how Valve makes Half-Life games, but it's a lot more clear in this than in Blue Shift. Oh well. The first half was great, and the guns are really fun to use! If the enemies were fun to fight, this would easily be a 4 or even a 4.5.

Look, Half-Life: Opposing Force is the game that got me into first-person shooters, there's no way I can give an objective review of it. That said, this expansion pack has some truly memorable setpieces and outlandish weapons. I recommend it for any fan of old-school FPSes, provided you can adjust your expectations accordingly

I actually think this one is better than the original.

An experiment in digital maximalism


Infinitely better (and 5x longer) than Blue Shift, which is so weird considering this came out 2 years earlier...

Shepard fucked the new characters so hard they got wiped from canon.

I think it's entirely fair to say that this game kind of gives you a larger arsenal than you'd ever need and feels a little bloated as a result but god damn the moment-to-moment gameplay just feels great

Enjoyed it for what it was. Playing as the soldiers is what I wanted and playing as the soldiers is what I got.