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Half-Life: Opposing Force

Description

Opposing Force is the first official expansion for Half-Life, developed by Gearbox Software under the supervision of the original creator Valve. The storyline of the base game is interwoven into the add-on, as players take on the role of Corporal Adrian Shephard, one of the soldiers sent to the Black Mesa facility to "clean up" the incident and silence any witnesses.

Shephard never reaches his final destination, though: his helicopter is shot down, his squad killed, and he finds himself in a battle for survival against the invading aliens.

Opposing Force takes place concurrently with Half-Life, and Shephard will witness some of the same events (though from a different perspective) and visit some of the same places as Half-Life's protagonist Gordon Freeman did in the original game. The add-on uses the same style of storytelling as Half-Life: everything is seen from the eyes of the protagonist.

The expansion pack consists of 12 new interconnected "levels". There are new weapons and new enemies: Zombie Grunt, Pit Drone, Shock Trooper and Voltigore, plus some new boss creatures.

Another new feature is the ability to command AI-controlled teammates, belonging to different classes: standard grunts and heavy gunners can be called upon for support fire, engineers can cut through doors and medics can restore lost health. Some areas of the game can only be completed with the squadmates' help.

Alternate Titles

• "OF" -- Common abbreviation
• "Hλlf-Life: Opposing Force" -- box and in-game title
• "ハーフライフ: オポージングフォース" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Quake
• Half-Life series

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User Reviews

The Making of Adrian Shepard	vicrabb (6540)
Isn't it nice to become the enemy for once?	Black Wolf (37231)
That's what an expansion should be!	JudgeDeadd (3435)
True example of better add-on sequel than the original. How's that possible? :)	MAT (35183)
Opposing Farce is more like it...	MasterMegid (858)
Another facet of a gem.	Ray Soderlund (3504)
Redfines what an expansion pack should be!	jeremy strope (126)
Sweet game. Better than the original.	The Big Ragu (4)	unrated
New Story Line That Intersects The Original!	Eric Barbara (56)	unrated

The Press Says

GameStar (Germany)	Dec, 1999	91 out of 100	91
Electric Games	2000		90
PC Games (Germany)	Mar 07, 2001	89 out of 100	89
Power Unlimited	Jan, 2000	8.8 out of 10	88
Jeuxvideo.com	Dec 02, 1999	17 out of 20	85
Gaming Age	1999	B+	83
Game Revolution	Feb 01, 2000	B	75
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Dec 02, 1999	7 out of 10	70
Game industry News (GiN)	2000		70
Gamekult	Sep 18, 2000	6 out of 10	60

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Trivia

This game has quite a few easter eggs:

• There's a computer in the room where you meet Otis for the first time that looks like it's running MS Windows. If you use the keyboard five times, the computer will crash to the infamous BSOD (blue screen of death).


• In the first level after the crash, a zombie throws a scientist through a window. If you run around the zombie into the lab, you'll see a computer with an ultrasound image. That ultrasound is of Randall Steward Pitchford III, the son of Randy Pitchford (the leader of Gearbox Software who developed Opposing Force). He was born on January 8, after the game shipped!


• If you use the self-teleporting alt. fire of the displacer while you're still on Xen (right after you first get the weapon), you'll be taken back to the hazard course on Earth. On the corkboard on the wall there's a picture of Gearbox designer, Rob Heironimus. He's got easter egg shells in his eye sockets!


• During gameplay, bring down the console and type "haiku" (without the quotes), the game will treat you a strange poem (a random generated Haiku from the opfor.dll file).


• The game contains a parody on The Beating of a High School Janitor song by Adam Sandler. When talking to the G-man after finishing the game, you're frozen. First type "chase_active 1" in the console, then type in "thirdperson". Look up and you'll see a texture with this poem: "HACK HACK HACK / ALL DAY LONG / HACK HACK HACK / WHILE I SING / THIS SONG." The song originally started with "MOP MOP MOP".


• Start the "boot camp" and type /noclip in the console to walk through walls. Go straight through the floor then and you reach a room with the hidden message "DMM 1999". DMM 1999 refers to David Michael Mertz 1999, the creator of the bootcamp.


• Just like in Half Life where the names of some developers were put on the lockers, the Opposing Force developer's names are also in certain places. At the start of the boot camp level, look at the names on the boxes beside the beds.


• Go to the level Vicarious Reality. After you see that holographic thing of Walter talking about barnacles, you will enter a freaky dark hallway with glass stuff containing alien beings. They are all labeled with an ID number and are perfectly safe, except for 007. He escaped from his glass prison. If you've ever seen James Bond, which you probably have, you know that James ALWAYS escapes.