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{{HL1}} '''Half-Life: Opposing Force''' is the first official expansion pack for [[Half-Life]]. It puts the player into the role of [[Cpl. Adrian Shephard]], one of the military specialists of the [[Hazardous Environment Combat Unit]] sent in by the government to contain and silence the [[Black Mesa Research Facility]]. Shephard travels through new and familiar areas of the Black Mesa facility, encountering new weapons and NPC's.
 
Like Half-Life, Opposing Force's name holds a scientific value. Although it means literally the "opposing force" to Freeman and Xen, the name also links to Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion. The game itself is often abbreviated to ''OpFor'' and ''Op4.''
 
==History==
Opposing Force was developed by the external and acclaimed company [[Gearbox Software]]. Gearbox aimed to further the story of the Black Mesa incident and show exactly how the situation was ultimately resolved. Opposing Force was originally released in 1998, and had since been named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
 
==Content==
As Opposing Force returns the player to Black Mesa as a soldier, Opposing Force's content differs from Half-Life's to maximize the role of the HECU, giving it a stronger presence and a more realistic feel. As such, Opposing Force introduces different types of soldiers: in addition to the shotgun and automatic wielding troops of the original game, Opposing Force includes soldiers armed with light machine guns as well as engineers capable of cutting through sealed doors and medics who can heal both the player and friendly NPC's.
 
Gearbox have also expanded the number of participants in the incident. Now included with the Black Mesa personnel, HECU forces and Xen invaders are two new groups. One of these is the mysterious [[Black Operations]], who are specialist human forces that are faster and more agile than HECU troops. Only encountered twice in Half-Life - female assassins attempting to kill [[Dr. Gordon Freeman|Gordon Freeman]] - the Black Operations are now in the facility in force, targeting anything that is still alive, including the player and fellow HECU members. The female assassins from the original game do return, working in conjunction with new male soldiers and snipers.
 
The other one of these groups is a completely new hostile force known as [[Race-X]]. These creatures are not part of the Xen forces, and will in fact attack Vortigaunt troops as well as human ones. It has been speculated that Race-X is actually a first strike recon force of the Combine. This theory was fuelled primarily by similar texturing between the Race-X [[Shock Trooper]] and the [[Combine Advisor]] in Half-Life 2.
 
A number of new weapons and models have been introduced to further better the game. These include the M-249 SAW light machine gun and M-40A1 sniper rifle referred to above, as well as a Desert Eagle (which is used in place of the .357 Magnum in single player, but the two separate weapons are available in multiplayer) and a host of alien and experimental Black Mesa weapons. New NPC models include redesigned HECU soldiers to accomodate the new features, Black Operations soldiers, the three Race-X species and a number of new NPC's made specially for the Boot Camp, Opposing Force's version of Half-Life's Hazard Course.
 
Gearbox have composed their own soundtrack for Opposing Force, which was later used again in [[Blue Shift]]. Yet for unknown reasons, this soundtrack did not migrate with the rest of the game to [[Steam]].
 
==Chapters==
#Incoming
#Welcome To [[Black Mesa Research Facility|Black Mesa]]
#"We Are Pulling Out"
#Missing In Action
#Friendly Fire
#We Are Not Alone
#Crush Depth
#Vicarious Reality
#Pit Worm's Nest
#Foxtrot Uniform
#"The Package"
#Worlds Collide
#Conclusion
 
==See Also==
[[Half-Life]]
 
[[Blue Shift]]
 
[[Gearbox Software]]
 
[[Category:Third Party Goldsource Engine Games]]

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