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2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The game is far too short! Not as fun as the original, and a bad value

AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 37
Date: November 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is awesome! It has a great new twist and it is that YOU are one of the soldiers.A mission objective is to kill Gordon Freeman, the person you played in the origional. Tons of new stuff, new monsters...It's awesome!

It's gonna be GREAT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 42
Date: November 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Half-Life is possibly the single best game I've ever played in my entire life. I've owned it since before it was popular. This game is just like Half-Life, but it is a whole new twist, It will definately be a great addition to any Half-Life lovers software collection!

Great Game - Terrible Graphics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: December 20, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The first Half-Life was great. Graphics and puzzles were amazing. OP, however, is not as great. The graphics leave a lot to be desired. Not nearly as amazing as the first. And the puzzles are kind of easy. They are physically difficult to execute (as was the first game), but mentally easy to figure out. I remember the first game took me three months to get through (and that was with the book). Right now, I'm playing OP without the book and I'm making great time...

Half-Life: Opposing Force

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: August 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Half-Life: Opposing Force is the expansion pack for Half Life, But not by the creators of the orginal game Valve but by another company called Gearbox. To install this game you must have the orginal game half life installed on your system. You don't play Gorden Freeman here, You play Adrian Shephard a 22 year old marine sent to the black mesa to deal with the aliens and Gordon Freeman, He and his men crash into the black mesa and they are rescued by the scientists, Now he must fight his way out of the black mesa with the help of other marines, But unfortunatly the aliens are not the only ones he needs to deal with, The goverment has sent black dressed assasins to kill all the marine's, He needs to deal with them too, You could see gorden freeman too. The Level design is good but nothing compared to the superlative half-life level design which has an infinte replay value. While half-life started and ended on a tram, Opposing Force starts and ends on a helicopter with the same ending.

Opposing Force is built on the same quake2 half-life engine, Almost everything from the main menu is the same as half life, There are many new weapons but not any cool weapon like the crossbow, Even the crowbar is not here. The Grenade is looks much smaller here, Maybe Gorden freeman has small hands or maybe Adrian has large hands. Many new monstors but none like Gronarch. Many new charecters but i did not like the new security gaurd, The one who opens the door to let Shephard out in the first level. Compared to HL the game is quite short and linear, The load times are quite longer and the story is quite unbelivable and some sences are very silly. The puzzles are good but most of them are inspired from the orginal game, In one level you need to kill a monstor the same way you kill the tentecles In the HL level "Blast Pit". I did not like all the silly jokes too (No aliens were harmed during the creation of this game), Gearbox this is supposed to be an expansion pack for half life not Quake. Just like thief you need to climb ropes too, But climbing and swinging ropes is quite badly done and not as easy as thief. Opposing Force is not an awful game, It is a very good game and a must for half life fans, But it lacks the great story, superb gameplay, great puzzles, level design, superb action and orginality that made half life so great. It does not live up to the expectations it created as the half life expansion pack.

Opposing Force

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I loved it. The game uses the same engine as Half-Life did, so the graphics and gameplay are the same. Remeber, this is only and add-on, not a stand alone game... you need to have half-life to run it. The new aliens are cool, with good AI. the new marines are equally cool, but have some trouble following you around in crowded areas. The intro isn't as long as the tram ride in Half-life, but much cooler. the ending isn't as mysterious, but the final fate of Black Mesa is revealed. All in all, if you liked Half-Life, you'll like this.

A worthy follow-up, but a little inconsistent.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Half-Life is the best action game ever. No one who has played that game could ever argue otherwise. So how could anyone other than the original design team possibly follow the success and originality of such a classic piece of software? Well, fortunately for gamers hungry for more Half-Life, Gearbox has done a damn good job...though not without flaws. Where to begin, hmmm...

Even though it may seem insignificant, the boot camp (in place of the hazard couse of the original HL) is a whole lot of fun. There are angry drill sergents, privates doing push-ups, even refrences to "Full Metal Jacket"! It's much more interesting than the hazard course. (Just for fun, shoot the drill sergent on the sniper section to see what happens).

Meanwhile, the single player game is excellent. In fact, it's probably the second best single player experience on the PC next to the original Half-Life. New weapons like the Desert Eagle .357, the odd teleporter gun, the multiple alien weapons, and my personal favorite, the SAW machine gun, all add a new dimension to combat.

Some of the old monsters from the original game are a bit underused, but it's probably to make room for the new ones. Some are annoying while others are absolute bastards.

The levels themselves are very cool, ranging from outdoor desert areas to the typical underground hallways, all with great architecture and that overall polish that made the original so special.

So why not five stars? Well, the biggest reason is that there isn't much overall innovation when held up to the original. It doesn't really expand on any gameplay concepts, it merely copies most of the design from the first game. For instance, remember the tentacles that were so powerful that they required a puzzle to kill them (the test-firing of the rocket)? Well, there's another level just similar to it, only with a different monster and a different puzzle. Consider, however, this game probably took half the development time as Half-Life, so there may not have been time to make it longer or add anything significant gameplay-wise.

The other problem I have is with minor inconsistencies with the story, which could have easily been fixed. The grunts in Half-Life were ruthless, if somewhat unwilling (which what made them such great characters) when killing innocent scientists. Here, however, the scientists will help you out by opening doors and such, and generally reacting to you with a friendly, helpful disposition. Also, the addition of "Black Ops" soldiers seems a bit far-fetched, even in a sci-fi story. They have ALSO been sent in by the government, and yet they will attack you? Seems a little strange. But hey, at least there's not much of Xen to be found here!

Flaws aside, it is an excellent expansion pack that will provide many hours of fun. It comes with my unresrved recommendation.

leave your friends, family, anyone to play this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 05, 1999
Author: Amazon User

i have not had much time to play this game. I just bought it a few days ago and im already hoping i had no life to begin with. I just wish i could sever all connections with everyone i know to play. This game is only about 40% of the original, but considering i beat the original 3 times over, i should have no problem spending months and maybe years on this game. Half-Life: Op Force has a new twist to the original. Remember those military death squads that ticked you off so much in the first game? now you play one of them, and even get to battle it out with mr freeman himself. This game introduces a new alien race, many new weapons, and more characters. One of these new characters is a fat police guard person. Also included are many many new multiplayer maps. I guess winning every game award on the planet for half life wasn't enough for valve. Thank god.

If you liked Half-Life you'll love this!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 49
Date: November 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is a great add-on to the Best Game ever! Half-Life was so awesome, It won over 40 awards within a few months! This has gotta be awesome, and it even has an awesome new twist!

A bit costly

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This Add-on is quite good, though the single player is a bit short

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