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ieatpillowtags, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

Aw man, I loved opposing force so much! The idea of having allies (with their own infinite ammo!) to fight for you was everything I had ever wanted in a game.

SplashJackson, (edited ) do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

I liked how in Blue Shift you play as the security gourd yet there’s more puzzles in it than the one you play as a scientician

Kolanaki,
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Barney was a security guard not a janitor.

SplashJackson,

Shit you’re right. Sorry, got a mad flu. Fixed

lolcatnip,

Also not a squash.

Kolanaki,
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Lmao

BmeBenji,

That was definitely a bold design decision, but I’m glad it paid off for Gearbox. Never before had I played a first person shooter from the perspective of an underpaid pumpkin.

SplashJackson,

No one ever said he was underpaid, but I think you and I really know an intrinsic truth about this world eh?

skaffi, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

<a href="" rel="nofollow">Me browsing Lemmy, finding this post</a>https://infosec.pub/pictrs/image/f19a0168-7bc7-4887-920c-cb5aa5fc5068.png

You’ve got three guesses!

That aside, I remember back in the day that Op4 received a lot of praise from fans, while Blue Shift was considered by many to be underwhelming. I love them both, but I always thought Blue Shift was the better game. Op4 might be longer and more full of new content, but it’s also all kind of thrown together, playing very loose with the universe. Blue Shift was, by comparison, short, clean, well told, and nailed the setting and gameplay. To me it feels like a very Half-Life game, whereas Op4 feels more like fanfic, like the most impressive single player Half-Life mod ever made.

JTskulk,

Hah that Konsole theme is sick as fuck, wp my dude!

clif, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

I replayed it on Deck a month or two back… And then Blue Shift. Still in my library from when I bought the Orange Box pre steam and then eventually registered it with my steam account

jjjalljs, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

I remember realizing all the names are science terms and being like “oh that’s clever”

Kind of like it more than the usual “throw darts at a fantasy word board” that produces like Dark Age, Dragon Priest, Eternal Soul, etc

kalpol, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

I played all three back in the day. They were all good. Blue Shift wasn’t as engaging as the first two, as I recall. I still have it on the shelf, I’ll play it again and see.

catalyst, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.
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I played it and Blue Shift way back when. I don’t have a lot of specific memories of the levels or story. At the time I was just happy to have more Half-Life to play, and I enjoyed it.

germtm_, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

i’d like to imagine that people who don’t know about OP4 {and Blue Shift, to an extent.} are people who aren’t really familiar with Half-Life either. i’d argue Decay is the most obscure of the official campaign expansions, since it officially only released on the PS2 port of HL1.

my personal fascination with the HL expansions is the fact they kinda influenced the modding scene by inspiring people to make numerous mods that are about “reliving the Black Mesa incident, but you are [INSERT PROTAGONIST HERE].”

Sabata11792,

New POV: The vending machine getting robbed by Otis.

I would be surprised if its not a mod already.

JoeKrogan, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.
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I only recently finished black mesa and then HL 2, and just finished episode 1 last night I will start episode 2 soon. I’m loving it . it is much more enjoyable and engaging than so many games today.

I plan to give the others a go once I finish episode 2.

HL Alyx has me wanting to get a VR kit just to play that. Maybe in a few years.

NobodyElse,

Alyx was fantastic and is the best VR game ever made, also. You’ll enjoy it when you play it

JoeKrogan,
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Thats great to know. It sure looks great

clay_pidgin,

Seconding the recommendation. Alyx is the only really amazing experience I’ve had in VR.

FeelzGoodMan420, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

Yes, the two HL1 expansions are every bit as well known as the original HL1. Everyone knows about them.

lime, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.
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opposing force will always be cemented in my mind as “where gearbox came up with their final boss”. borderlands was pretty underwhelming as a result.

_core, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

I love OP4, I led a clan for a couple years that played on OP4 servers

boreengreen, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

To me Blue Shift and Opposing Force were both fun experiences. Played all games several times. They provided more Half-Life when the craving after finishing the main game had not been satiated.

Get_Off_My_WLAN, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.

Some years ago, I decided to play all the Half-Life games and expansions available at the time after watching a video game history series on YouTube. I enjoyed them all.

sirico, do games w Is Half-Life Opposing Force still known to current gamers, or is this a side game that's fallen through the cracks.
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Back when just having the deagle was enough to sell it

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