Half-Life: Opposing Force
Opposing Force returns to the same setting as Half-Life, but instead portrays the events from the perspective of a U.S. Marine, one of the enemy characters in the original game. The player character, Adrian…
Half-Life: Opposing Force is a platform developed by Gearbox Software, released 10 November 1999 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). This page lists 5 cheat codes for it.
What Half-Life: Opposing Force is
Half-Life: Opposing Force is a platform game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 1999. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GoldSrc.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Opposing Force opens with Shephard riding on a V-22 Osprey with his squad. His squad discuss their deployment, somewhat irritated that they have not been told what they are being deployed for. However, as they are nearing their Landing Zone at Black Mesa, airborne alien creatures attack the Osprey formation, causing Shephard's Osprey to crash land. Shephard regains consciousness in a Black Mesa medical bay, tended to by the science team, learning that the Marines are being steadily beaten by the alien forces from Xen and orders have come through to pull out. Consequently, Shephard departs to reach an extraction point and escape the facility. However, Shephard is prevented from reaching the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction, thriller and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Half-Life series
Half-Life: Opposing Force is the third of 24 entries we hold in the Half-Life series. It arrived 9 months after Half-Life: Uplink. The next entry was Counter-Strike in 2000. Its critic score of 70 is 7 points below the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Half-Life: Alyx at 93.
How it was received
Half-Life: Opposing Force holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 397 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.1 hrs.
What it launched against
Half-Life: Opposing Force launched on 10 November 1999, within three weeks of Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version and The Longest Journey. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Unreal Tournament, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, The Longest Journey.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 5 cheat entries for Half-Life: Opposing Force — 5 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Every code labelled
Half-Life: Opposing Force cheat codes
Enable cheats first
Required before any other cheat command.
Launch with -console, press ~, then type the command.
God mode
You take no damage.
Requires sv_cheats 1 first.
All weapons and ammo
Gives every weapon with full ammunition and the suit.
Requires sv_cheats 1 first.
No clipping
Walk through walls.
Requires sv_cheats 1 first.
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