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can, 11 miesięcy temu (edited 10 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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)

bjoern_tantau, 11 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.

SnotFlickerman, 11 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, 11 miesięcy temu

Civvie is the best.

adarza, 11 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.

stardust, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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.

aeronmelon, 11 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, 11 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

essell, 11 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 😃

cobysev, 11 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, 11 miesięcy temu

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

cobysev, 11 miesięcy temu

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

NotSteve_, 11 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, 11 miesięcy temu

Is there some kind of time limit on this?

ImplyingImplications, 11 miesięcy temu (edited 11 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, 11 miesięcy temu

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

YarHarSuperstar, 11 miesięcy temu

I thought it was 2 weeks?

RightHandOfIkaros, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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.

vasus, 11 miesięcy temu do games w Day 161 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots

it’s been an annual tradition of mine to play this game on Christmas Eve

Oh wow! I’m not the only one! It’s nice that the bot issue seems to be severely reduced, this year is was the first one where I didn’t have to switch servers multiple times to avoid masses of spinning snipers

MyNameIsAtticus, 11 miesięcy temu

Me and my friend didn’t encounter a single bot which is nice. It was always annoying to have a match ruined by a sniper bot joining

Shadow, 11 miesięcy temu do games w Playing dressup with my XCOM 2 soldiers.

Ah xcom, maybe the only game from my childhood that was remade properly.