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Half-Life: Opposing Force

by Sierra
Platform:   Windows 95 / 98
4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Windows 95 / 98
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over
  • Media: Video Game
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Product Features

  • Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as a soldier.
  • Experiment with a host of new military, experimental, and alien weapons.
  • Battle a fierce new alien race and interact with more human characters.
  • Compete in new multiplayer maps designed by industry all-stars.
  • Expansion pack: requires full version of Half-Life.

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  • ASIN: B00004U1Y4
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,846 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Opposing Force returns the player to the Black Mesa facility, but tells the tale from the perspective of Colonel Adrian Shephard, one of the soldiers, sent to clean up the scientists and their reality-altering mess. Just as in Half-Life, things quickly go badly for Colonel Shephard and his men. Ambushed by aliens, Adrian must fight his way through the ruins of the facility in an attempt to reach a helicopter extraction point.

What makes Opposing Force shine is the way it expands on the story of Half-Life. Colonel Shephard passes though areas that players of Half-Life are sure to recognise, and he occasionally runs into characters from the original game, including the infuriating Man in Suit. Opposing Force also introduces several new weapons, such as a sniper rifle (with scope), heavy machine gun and a .357 Magnum with a laser sight. There's even a "weapon" that is actually a common alien creature from the first game; its unique features allow it to be used as a kind of grappling hook.

Several new aliens make an appearance as well, almost all of them deadly. They exhibit the same sophisticated AI (artificial intelligence) as the monsters in Half-Life, relentlessly and intelligently attacking Adrian as he makes his way through the game's impressive levels. Fortunately, Colonel Shephard's rank allows him to take command of any soldiers he encounters. Riflemen and machine gunners can be ordered to follow Adrian and provide covering fire, or assigned to guard a door or room. Engineers can cut through locked or blocked doorways, while Medics can heal the injured. Unlike Half-Life's solitary "me against the world" gameplay, the addition of competent friendly forces provides a feeling of camaraderie: there's nothing like leading a squad of loyal Marines against an alien horde. --Mike Fehlauer

Product Description
Half-Life: Opposing Force is the official game expansion for Half-Life, the thrilling PC CD-ROM named game of the year by more than 50 publications. In Opposing Force (aka Op For), players return to the Black Mesa Research Facility to experience an entirely new episode of single-player action. In addition, Op For contains a massive collection of new multiplayer content.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A new way of looking at expansion packs, 7 Jul 2000
By A Customer
When Half-Life came out in 1998, it raised the bar on what people expected out of your standard first person shooter. Opposing Force does the same for expansion packs. In Half-Life, you took the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist at Black Mesa Research Facility that's had opened itself up to an alien invasion. Stuck between aliens and troops deployed to clean up the mess, you struggle to survive and escape. In Opposing Force you play the role of Corporal Adrian Shephard, sent in to sanitize the facility. You move through a familiar environment, but with new twists and challenges, as well as a variety of weapons, both military and alien. It's just the thing for people who can't get enough Half-Life.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars the second game of the series, 15 Jan 2002
By A Customer
Half-life oposing force is the follow up to one of the best games I have ever played which is Half-life.
In half-life you are Gordon Freeman trying to escape from the Black Mesa facility, while Marines are tracking you down and trying to kill you. in opposing force you're one of them. In opposing force there are lots of new things. You get to talk to the other marines like medics who will heal you or engineers who will weld down locked doors. You also have the new ability to swing and climb up ropes. You also get a large range of new weapons from guns that can teleport you to heavy machine guns. If you've completed half-life and just can't get enough of annihilating aliens then get this game.
The half-life series is the best series of first person shooter games you will ever play.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, 5 Jan 2001
By A Customer
Opposing Force finds you cruising around Black Mesa Research Labs in a nice new army flak vest. You play as Adrian Shepard, a government soldier sent into the Labs to clean up the alien mess left by those damn scientists. Again.

As you move through the game new, more powerful weapons will find themselves in your possession, and new, more powerful aliens will try to stop you finding any more. Permanentely.

Being a soldier you see the labs from a different perspective and, in my eyes, it is better because you have more allies. Fellow soldiers and security gaurds provide valuable cover-fire, and scientists if required (after they have served their purpose) can be used for target practice or cannon fodder.

The game obviously has a Half-Life feel about it but offers almost completely new areas, also, players of Half-Life will recognise some of the scenes as being from the original. Nice touch. The game itself is, unfortunately, a bit small esspecially in the shadow of Half-Life but is still very, very good.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great second instalment
In Opposing Force, the follow-up to Half-Life, you play Adrian Shephard one of the soldiers sent in to the Black Mesa facility to wipe out the scientists and the reality-rip mess... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Stevo

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Idea, Made Bad
Opposing force sees Corporal Shepard as one of the soldiers sent in to kill Freeman; naturally you have an array of military hardware and a special PCV suit (military version of... Read more
Published on 27 May 2004 by piers1432

4.0 out of 5 stars V.V. Cheap
I'll make this quick as most has been said already. The one thing that struck me is that it is very very short. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2003 by fedz1

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Amazing!
This has to be the best chapter in the Half-Life series. Loads more weapons, more men to control and a whole extra element to the mysterious half-life story. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't get this get Half-Life: Generation
Opposing Force is indeed a fantastic add-on to Half-Life. But I can't comment on the length yet since I haven't finished it. Read more
Published on 3 Jul 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Thankyou Sierra!
This game is a fantastic follow up to the breathtaking Half-life, everything- Storyline, Weapons, Aliens, Friendly forces is great. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2000 by tank000@aol.com

4.0 out of 5 stars A great expansion for the brilliant original Half Life
I have only started to play the game, but I am hooked already! This is a GREAT expansion from the original Half Life, with many more creatures and weapons. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2000

3.0 out of 5 stars A good way to spend 10 hours or so
A pretty good storyline, That "Halflife" feel to the graphics and gameplay and some nice moments.....the "Employee of the month" poster for example. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2000 by Mr. T. Knipe

2.0 out of 5 stars OpFor a disappointment. Gearbox's fault.
Gearbox should have tried harder. Lets face it, Opfor is Half-Life's deformed sibling that has been kept up in the attic and fed on fish heads. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb follow-up
The first real add-on pack for probably the greatest computer game of all time is a sure-fire hit and needs to be in your gaming collection - believe me ! Read more
Published on 18 Jul 2000

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