The Nihilanth itself was the only known survivor. What followed was a brutal campaign of genocide against the Nihilanth's species, as the Combine mercilessly invaded their homeworld and drove them to near extinction. The Nihilanth's species appears to be a race of very powerful beings, almost god-like in nature, as evidenced by the characteristics of Nihilanth itself.Īn unknown amount of time before the events of Half-Life, the Nihilanth's species came into contact with an immensely powerful interdimensional empire known as the Combine. The Nihilanth is a member of an alien race that hailed from beyond the Xen dimension, living on their own home world in their own universe, long before the Black Mesa Incident. It also possess the ability to create small portals that teleport the player to a random location within its lair. The Nihilanth is extremely powerful, able to absorb massive damage from the player's weapons before finally being killed, even without the aid of the creature's healing crystals in its chamber. In addition, the Nihilanth also wears metallic wristbands similar to those worn by enslaved Vortigaunts, suggesting it was at one time enslaved by another species (perhaps the Combine). It has unusually long arms, huge hands, and disproportionate fingers. Underneath its third arm is a surgical scar that goes down its abdomen. Like all of the other sapient Xen species, it has 3-fingered hands, multiple eyes, and a third appendage protruding from the middle of its chest. Its head is so large that it must be kept upright with a small cord/string that extends from the base of the spine to the back of the head. The creature's minuscule legs appear either to be vestigial or the remains of amputation, as the Nihilanth relies on a levitation device for movement. For my sake, I hope that you guys are right.Īs with all Rewind Reviews, Half-Life: Opposing Force will undergo a review process through the eyes of a modern critic.Physically, the Nihilanth resembles a gigantic, abnormally proportioned brownish-gray (pink in some lighting instances) fetus with a massive head atop a smaller body. No nostalgia glasses, no excuses, no rationalizing hardware limitations, and no sparing myself from angry fans and readers. Nothing will excuse the game from anything that we - as modern gamers - would expect to see in the genre today. Now let's grab our wrench and strap in for some shooter action against the alien Race-X in Half-Life: Opposing Force. If the pun " Opposing Force" didn't give it away already, this Half-Life expansion puts you in the shoes of the opposing force: the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit. Players control a different protagonist this time around, who goes by the name of Colonel Adrian Sheppard of the U.S. Marines.Īs Sheppard and his team of "yo mama" joke-making soldiers approach Black Mesa, their V-22 Osprey (basically a fancy plane-helicopter thingy) gets shot down by alien aircraft. However, before Corporal Sheppard can reach the hanger, G-Man appears and closes the door on him.ĭammit G-Man! Who do you think you are, anyway? As the Marines die one by one, Adrian and company decide to evacuate Black Mesa instead of trying to subdue the threat - with the commander stating that they will carpet bomb the area instead. The rest of the game is basically spent trying to get out of Black Mesa through other means. However, each attempt at escape is foiled by the G-Man on the grounds that he is "evaluating" Sheppard. Basically, Adrian spends most of his time trying to prevent Black Mesa from being destroyed - and effectively killing everyone in it - while G-Man stops his attempts at preventing Black Mesa's doomed fate. The story this time around is a little more fleshed out than before, and a wider variety of voice actors certainly benefits the game.
Unfortunately, it's not exactly a perfect fix, and it still lacks any real substance.
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