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stardust, 6 miesięcy temu 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 never played it but I haven’t played half life 1 yet either which I plan to do as my next game. I’ve only half life 2.

Alk, 6 miesięcy temu

Also give black mesa a try. It’s a half life remake, very high quality. If you have the time do both.

stardust, 6 miesięcy temu

Yeah it’s the main reason I plan to play Half Life 1. I feel like I’ll be able to appreciate Black Mesa more if I go in with the background of Half Life 1 to see all the graphical improvements and work they put in to recreate levels.

andrew_bidlaw, 6 miesięcy temu 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 that at some point in the game you activate VALVE and GEARBOX switches at the panel, that was a good one, but other than that I can’t recall it. I played it right after doing HL1 at max diff, so I probably went into it and found this expansion not balanced towards that thus dropped it half way in.

irotsoma, 6 miesięcy temu 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.

Be sure to play Blue Shift as well if you haven’t already. Awesome seeing it from all three perspectives.

can, 6 miesięcy temu (edited 6 miesięcy temu) 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 it roughly a decade after it released* following playing HL1 for the first time. I enjoyed it.

ComradeMiao, 6 miesięcy temu 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 have it but never played it

catloaf, 6 miesięcy temu 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.

It’s always been a lesser known side game.

Zahille7, 6 miesięcy temu 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 jumped into Blue Shift for the first time easier this year before playing the Black Mesa: Blue Shift mod.

It’s fucking awesome (both versions)

SnotFlickerman, 6 miesięcy temu 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 fun video I actually came across recently about Opposing Force/Blue Shift. It had been years since I had thought about it.

Endymion_Mallorn, 6 miesięcy temu

Civvie is the best.

bjoern_tantau, 6 miesięcy temu 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 mostly liking it. More than HL1. I don’t remember much beyond the bootcamp and how you could use your squad.

adarza, 6 miesięcy temu 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 haven’t touched it since like before xp came out… never had it installed on anything past 98 or win2k here.

aeronmelon, 6 miesięcy temu 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.

Loved Opposing Force and Blue Shift. Back when expansions were their own games.

Azzu, 6 miesięcy temu do gaming w It's like they wait for you to buy it

LPT: do a quick check for the price history of basically anything you buy, especially easy with Steam games by going to steamdb.info

NotSteve_, 6 miesięcy temu do gaming w It's like they wait for you to buy it

I think Valve/Steam will refund you the difference if you request it

jawa21, 6 miesięcy temu

Is there some kind of time limit on this?

ImplyingImplications, 6 miesięcy temu (edited 6 miesięcy temu)

The time between your purchase and date the game was discounted isn’t listed but most refunds need to be claimed within 2 months of purchase (Valve’s refund policy says within 2 weeks but that they’ll review requests outside that time period). So maybe if you buy a game and next month it’s on sale you could get the sale price?

SpaceNoodle, 6 miesięcy temu

Wow, that’s generous. I thought it was two weeks.

YarHarSuperstar, 6 miesięcy temu

I thought it was 2 weeks?

RightHandOfIkaros, 6 miesięcy temu

The “review outside the 2 week period” is typically for when games are updated to no longer be playable. For example, when Helldivers 2 had the PSN account requirement, players who bought the game more than 2 weeks prior could get refunds.

ImplyingImplications, 6 miesięcy temu

Yup, in steam support you can say you have a problem with a game and one of the options is “it is now available for cheaper” and they’ll give you the difference if you bought it just before a sale.

Donkter, 6 miesięcy temu

Yeah you can even just refund the game and they usually fulfill it in a day or two, usually in time for the sale.

cobysev, 6 miesięcy temu do gaming w It's like they wait for you to buy it

This happened to me with Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor the year it released. I got tired of waiting for it to go on sale, so I finally bought it at full $60 price. The very next day, it was on sale for $5.99. D’oh!

Rai, 6 miesięcy temu

If it was on steam, you could get the difference refunded easily!

cobysev, 6 miesięcy temu

I could… But it came out in 2014. I think I’m well beyond the 2 month return window.

essell, 6 miesięcy temu do gaming w It's like they wait for you to buy it

My solution, refuse to buy until it’s on sale. Got plenty to keep me busy 😃