Half-Life: Opposing Force Reviews

Only takes around 5 hours or less of playtime depending on how fast you play. I enjoyed this more than the main Half Life game. Disclaimer: this, and the other HL1 expansions do not have subtitles and aren't as optimized. You will encounter the occasional frame hang and stutter, but it's not terrible.

Half-Life opposing forces You finally get to find out the aftermath of what happened to the scientist hiding til it all blows over

Best expansion of the two. It's so fun and I love the gameplay changes and weapons.

Está bueno, es igual de entretenido que el juego original (aunque más corto por supuesto). Obviamente se notan los años que tiene y al no haber un "remake" no queda otra que jugar esta versión. Lo recomiendo igualmente si llega a estar en oferta ya que no siento que valga la pena pagar mucho más, además que está todo en inglés así que a tener en cuenta En cuanto al juego en sí, la historia está interesante y (spoiler) me gustó como se cruza con la del original en ciertas partes (tal que si jugás al juego original te vas a acordar de ellas). Sentí igual que los enemigos de este eran más OP y la ametralladora no es tan potente como en el original contra ellos (además que tienen ataques que te insta-deletean o hay otros que te disparan a una velocidad que si no esquivas te terminan deleteando igual, y aguantan bastante), y llega un punto de la historia que no sabés realmente lo que estás haciendo más que ir avanzando en las diferentes zonas y matando a los enemigos que te cruces (al principio sí tiene sentido lo que estás haciendo pero luego se vuelve confuso y como la historia te la cuentan con diálogos tampoco ayuda). Algo que me gustó es el agregado que hicieron de poder tener compañeros que se especialicen en una cierta función y puedas usarlos, aunque sentí que no se explota tanto más que en ciertos escenarios

game is very punishing even on normal, very high health enemies and a very short supply of health. encountered many game breaking bugs that forced me to reload older saves. other than that, its a very fun time.

I think I actually enjoyed Opposing Force more than the base game - maybe because I played it on medium difficulty instead of hard this time. It maintains the excellent level design of Half-Life without feeling like a retread, and it makes real improvements to both combat and traversal. I found myself regularly using a wider variety of weapons, which speaks to how well-balanced and thoughtfully designed they are. That said, enemy design still has some issues. I’m not a fan of hitscan in a game where high movement speed feels like it should be a valid form of defence. It often feels like I’m being punished for trying to play fast and aggressive. Technically, it’s a bit rougher than the original. I encountered more bugs - occasional crashes when quicksaving, and frequent clipping issues, especially when using elevators. Fortunately, it’s a Valve game, so console commands like noclip are always there to bail you out, but I had to rely on them more than I would’ve liked. On a high note, the final boss is a major improvement over the original game’s ending. It’s a satisfying conclusion to a really solid campaign. 9/10. And probably one of the best expansions of all time.

Old game, good experience. 20+ years ago I used to play the original Half-Life, but not this one. Almost no glitches.

Surprisingly long and pretty good game. Maybe we'll see him again in HL3 trying to stop Gordon for G-Man but who knows since this game could just be not canon.

Whilst a lot shorter than Half-Life, it still pulls off all the fun of the game's combat and story whilst scratching that itch for good old-fashioned alien annihilation.

LOVE IT, just like Half-Life but way more weapons and mechanics, worth playing if you like Half-Life Also story is good