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Good stuff

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Everything about this game is well done, it's just that there isn't enough of it. When I got to the end, I was like "What, this is all?" But as long as you know that it's going to be short, it's still a fun play, and has some of the most creative weapons ever devised for any game. Also, I felt that the puzzles were even better than in original Halflife (not that Original's puzzles were bad!). Likewise, the new addition of squad based combat was great, even if there wasn't a lot of it. All in all, a good buy, provided you don't pay too much, and expect that it's going to be short.

hard, but a really fun expansion

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

In this expansion pack for the original Half Life entitled Opposing Force, you play as Corporal Adrian Shephard. You and your fellow US Marines (Hazardous Environment Combat Unit division) are sent to the Black Mesa Research Facility. Before you are given your objective, however, your plane is shot down and you are forced to fight for your life. As you venture throughout Black Mesa, it is revealed to you that your HECU unit was to kill any one within the facility and cover up the incident that had occured.

Its a first person shooter, and its a fun one at that. You acquire many different types of guns like the SAW, knife, shotgun, MP5, rocket launcher, wrench, grenades & satchels, a portable Barnicle, sniper rifle, some sort of alien grenade launcher, and many more. Each weapon is equalyl satisfying to fire off and the sound effects of each explosion and shot fired is fantastic even by todays standards.

You will be forced to fight a lot of different things through out Opposing Force. This title pits you against things like Black Ops soldiers (which are the HECU's nemeses), Shock Troopers (humanoid-aliens that shoot electrical charges at you), Vortigaunts, these dog-type things that send out shockwaves, these giant walking tad-pole sorta monsters that shoot these poison needles at you, a gigantic worm appropriately named Pit Worm, and many more. Each adversary is fun to fight, and you'll encounter each one numerous times (except the Pit Worm.. he's like a mini-boss).

In this title, you are able to command different groups of HECU soldiers as you progress. Each one carries different weapons, some can heal you, others can get you through locked doors, etc. Anyway, each one is definitley helpful to have when you get into battles. However, their AI is just bad... you'll want them to follow you down a ladder and they will just stand there and do nothing or sometimes even say good bye. Oh well.

The ending to this game was disappointing. You disarm this nuclear bomb that the Black Ops were prepping, and as you walk into the elevator to face the last monster you notice the G-Man re-arming the nuke. Anyway, you fight this huge beasty, kill him, and somehow wind up on a plane with the G-Man. He tells you that he has "a fascination with people who adapt and survive against incredible odds" and has decided to "preserve you for future endeavors." From there, outside the plane, the sky turns into what I imagine is space. The G-Man takes his leave, and keeps you in space... away from harm, and away from doing harm.

Also, this title has a lot of puzzles in it. I'm not a fan of puzzles but others may be.

I highly suggest if you haven't played Opposing Force by now (like me) then you really need to get this title and play through it. Its a lot of fun, and certainly challenging. An 8.5 out of 10.

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