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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!

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!

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!

Opposing Force

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 32 / 37
Date: November 26, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This expansion pack is awesome, it lets you play as the Army against the original character, Gordan Freeman. In the original game remember the soldiers regrouping and calling for backup? Now you can do that to! There are many new characters to interact with, and now you can finally blow away thoes stupid rent-a-cops and scientists away for fun! Not to mention the Internet play is awesome, tons of new characters, weapons, and more! The only reason I gave this game a 4 star is because of its price. A little spendy for a add-on, considering that I have seen Half-Life for only $9.99

This is a dream come true!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: November 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Finally I get to kill all those pesky guards and sciencetists that ticked me off in the original! And best of all new guns to kill them with! Very very cool guns. And you have this little nifty alien device that you can use as a rope/grappling hook tool. This FINALLY tells you who the mysterious G-Man is and answers some of the other questions the original left you hanging to answer. And I love working with the soldier AI against the new smart-ass "Alien Corps" AI in furious battles. Very fun and frightening. But to some the game up in 2 simple words: BUY NOW!

It's not Half-Life...but it's good...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 44 / 47
Date: November 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I purchased Half-Life shortly after it's release in 1998 and built a system just to play this one title...I was not disappointed. More recently, my anticipation had been building over the past several months as I watched and waited for Opposing Force to be released. I bought it, loaded it, played it and conquered it...all too quickly. Valve presented the gaming world with some pretty big shoes to fill, and it seems as though Gearbox has made the add-on to the 1998 Game of the Year less difficult to complete. I thrive on the complex puzzles that level designers create (i.e., System Shock II). And, while the alien AI has been enhanced, the overall game play (when compared to it's parent product) doesn't live up to my level of anticipation or the hype that normally surrounds a Sierra product. Also, I know that it is only 40% the size of the original game, but I paid as much for this as I did Half-Life. I have to admit, though, that the multiplayer aspect and additional maps are right on the money. Some of the best death-matching you can buy is right here (until Q III is released). And, overall, the visuals were excellent throughout the Black Mesa compound. I am disappointed, though, that I only caught 1 glimpse of Gordon Freeman. Bottom line: buy it and enjoy: blowing things up, cracking skulls and playing with exotic weapons...or your collection of Half-life maps and mods will go unfinished...until 2001 (Half-Life 2! ).

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.

Great, but a little short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: December 06, 1999
Author: Amazon User

For the price, I expected this to be longer. It was very well done, however. Good new weapons, monsters, plot, etc.

Fun add-on, good multiplayer romp.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I love these sorts of games, and Half-Life was and is the king of them. Opposing Force is a great add-on, giving you a fun 1-Player mission (Though disappointingly EASY to complete, and rather short). The real fun from this title is the new multiplayer content, especially if you have a LAN party or are a real net gamer. Thanks for the new sniper-rifle, guys! I recommend this for anyone who liked half-life, but don't honestly feel it's worth the average price I have seen of $40, all told. It'd get 5/5 from me if it was about $25.99 I think.

Worthy of the Half-Life Name, But Not the Original

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 17 / 17
Date: December 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Ahh....Half-Life. The best game ever created. So when I purchased the "Game of the Year's" expansion pack, I was excited for more of the same excitement. What I found was that I was not let down. Of course, there were a few flaws.

Oh, there are so many good things about this that I will only name the most impressive. Since you play one of the Marines sent in to "silence" the Black Mesa Staff, you get to see the game from a whole new perspective. So of the new areas are absolutely amazing, especially the Zoology and Aquatics Areas. Some of the new areas aren't so new, but you'll have a smile on you face when you recognize them from the original (of course, from a different perspective). The enemies surely got beefed up, as well, A whole new alien race was introduced, making your life as Cor. Adrian Shepherd even more of a living hell. And with your rank comes the ability to order around a bunch of new butt-kicking military types, in the form of a medic, engineer, and soldier. I was stunned when the engineer I was with used his torch to cut open a locked door, boot it down and blast away at the alien on the other side. The new weapons are also excellent too, with out being overly flashy and all with a drawback of some sort to balance them out. Finally, There are a ton of new multiplayer maps for both Half Life and Team Fortress Classic, with the majority of them in top form.

There are a few cons with this mission pack, though. Opposing Force is close to 40% of the size of the original. The episodes are slightly shorter, with longer (and often annoying) loading times. Though it sure is fun ordering your fellow Marines around in combat, their AI is less than perfect. Sometimes they charge into the thick of combat and end up getting cut down, no matter how many times you tell them to stay where they are. The Marines also tend to mindlessly go places they shouldn't, or to the same extent, don't follow you. The plot gets a little sketchy, too. Even though your character technically agreed to aid the folks of Black Mesa, you are never really sure as to what side you are on. And you will spend quite a lot of time trying to figure out what you're trying to accomplish. Thought the plot is advanced via fellow soldiers and radios that you can use, you are never really told WHY you are doing something (why do back into Black Mesa if I just left it?). Finally, one of the biggest flaws is the fact that there is a lot more "filler" than you would expect. A lot of the areas just don't seem right, and some of the puzzles get repetitive.

All in all, though, Half-Life: Opposing Force is excellent. I have never witnessed an expansion pack so well done, and despite it's flaws, you'll be glad you bought it.

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