Half-Life: Opposing Force - The Good Sheppard | Trav Guy

Half Life: Opposing Force is a game I have very strong opinions on. Some good, some bad, some... well, we'll discuss how I feel about it.
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[@yourlocalrussianman9000]

would you like vodka, comrade trav?

[@franthehonest-eyes4883]

Great work!

[@Midnightzc1]

When decay gonna happen?

[@ProtoHadron]

Grungo Greaceman

[@MrRamziaB]

Heya, here's a thought... Focus on the game, and leave your political opinions for Reddit.

[@revkun]

Referring to randy as grease is much better than pinning the crime of Duke Nukem forever on hatsune miku

[@iteleportedbread5499]

Sank-yuu!

[@V1TheWarMachine]

bo-pi-bo

[@uria3679]

Randy is the Donald Trump of the video game industry, they are both of hated and love by many people because “they stayed true to America’s identity” but I doubt that Randy will get a angry mob killing people who made him lose his job and storming buildings

[@yeetkid]

THAT LARD OF CRISCO MADE DUKE FOREVER!!!!! HE MUST DIE

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

..ok, I'm missing a shit ton of context, when did Sega get ahold of Duke nukem forever

[@ClarkKentai]

I had a headcanon when I was younger that the suit batteries worked by charging a layer of a non-Newtonian fluid similar to Oobleck, but filled with magnetized particles. When an impact is detected, the suit rapidly pulses an electric current through the fluid layer, slowing the bullet down like anti-lock brakes on a car. Dunno how well that would work IRL, though.

[@jockeyfield1954]

i just thought that it was electric kevlar wtf

[@expio4257]

That sounds....really interesting honestly.

[@spacetrainbaby3737]

nanomachines, son they harden in response to physical trauma

[@thatkerimguy]

@@spacetrainbaby3737 i guess you are not so bad after all, YOU ARE BATSHIT INSANE!

[@zebitus5731]

same

[@wesleybcrowen]

I also find it very amusing how Gearbox recy- "recreated" the final boss of this game for Borderlands 1's final encounter.

[@MacaqueStinx]

Huh, I never thought about that until you bought it up, I totally see the similarities

[@DrCranberry]

I also never thought about that lmao and your right, it's kinda just the gene worm again...

[@013wolfwarrior]

Oh fuck.... youre right...

[@Joaopfalk]

@@エモ猫 He is talking Bout' the boss fight from Half - Life Opposing force, not the original.

[@Progamer1013]

HEY! HEY! Accurate, but HEY! They are SLIGHTLY different. See, one is called “Gene Worm” and the other is “The Destroyer”. Totally different! In all seriousness, I am more surprised Borderlands did not add more references from Opposing Forces. Perhaps Tiny Tina’s will give us some Adrian Shepard easter eggs.

[@thebandanadee8265]

"Eh, it's only a flesh wound." Otis says, a moment before blasting his attacker directly in the skull.

[@daniellado2523]

This is game is tied with Half Life 2 as my favorite Half Life game. The reason is because the amount of unique weapons and things you can do felt like a giant improvement in the Half Life formula. Such a shame they never used some of the stuff in this game for future use.

[@a.q.2330]

You may never know. Also this is my favourite Half Life game too, as you can tell.

[@a.q.2330]

Honestly I prefer HL1 and it's expansions over HL2s'. The gameplay in HL2 can feel repetitive at times.

[@ExtraPrivatable]

ye

[@fawful7457]

@@a.q.2330 I concur. Even Blue Shift was decent despite being underwhelming compared to Opposing Force.

[@hib7295]

@@a.q.2330 totally agrees. HL2 is still my favorite in terms of enemies and atmosphere, but the first Half-Life wins by far in terms of gameplay

[@YetAnotherInv]

23:20 "Master Chief, mind telling me what you're doing with that SMG?" "Sir, creating a time paradox."

[@Smellbringer]

"Welcome to the Marines, kids. Where we shoot, burn, electrocute, and expose you to toxic radiation." I think that's how they trained the Master Chief.

[@lionocyborg6030]

That was indeed the Chief’s Mjolnir armour training exercise in the first book (Fall of Reach), complete with airstrikes too.

[@natalie6811]

I still remember when they updated the game *20 fucking years later* finally allowing mac players to beat the game and improving the npc pathfinding, allowing you to more easily bring entire squads of soldiers across levels.

[@bluegem8582]

yeah, that was painful to play all through that, dealing with foxtrot uniform, and its tunnels, only to find out you couldnt beat the game, at least without cheats

[@gorkipork4112]

You can play opposing force on fast food now?

[@SableDrakon]

Ahh... Writing out 'Traitors Die' in MRE cheese... These guys are definitely marines.

[@chaosvolt]

The funny part here is the HECU is stated to be a USMC unit if I recall, so it's more like the black ops (whatever branch they're from, don't think it's made clear like with the HECU) basically taunting the Marines in their own native art form.

[@SomeDemoMain]

@@chaosvolt The Black Ops are basically just """special forces""".

[@imafishbish1346]

@@chaosvolt black ops are CIA.

[@cpte3729]

@@imafishbish1346 They arent CIA in the final game, just in the alpha.

[@POPCATthe3rd]

@@SomeDemoMain special forces for special forces

[@Kikabopom]

"see you in 20 years for chemotherapy" hahaha, as if VA would ever willingly cover chemo

[@emcmend9960]

* smells dead scientists * * declares it smelling worse then a chili cook off * * refuses to elaborate * Otis the giga chad

[@dextergrif1052]

I love that every fan of Opposing Force has to mention they hate Randy before continuing. Sorry, I meant Mr. Greasebucket

[@Leitis_Fella]

"Race X wasn't even involved in Xen" Race X has an anchor point in Xen that presumably acts like the Xen relay in Blue Shift and Half-Life 2 -- it's probably needed to get their forces to Earth in the first place. It's got an orange Xen crystal on top of a floating island that powers a purple portal underneath it where Sprites fly in and out.

[@ericcortez9907]

27:23 The heavy eating his sandwich sound effect somehow made me burst out of laughter I need help

[@Tv-Nauta]

Now this... this puts a smile on my face

[@carocalderon3398]

hey man nice to see you

[@DilanExist]

Damn you watch Trav too?

[@superplayerex2431]

This is one of my favorite Half-Life games. I love the additions it made and it sucks that it never got a follow-up. Adrian Shephard is ripe with potential and it would be great to see him in a spin-off title or a main game as one of the main characters. Hell, I think an epic battle between Gordon and Adrian would be amazing to see.

[@liamwalker7268]

yes

[@tivvy2vs21]

He was going to be the protagonist of return to ravenholm

[@superplayerex2431]

@@tivvy2vs21 I knew about that before, and the video also says it. But the game never came to fruition.

[@tivvy2vs21]

@@superplayerex2431 I didnt get to that when I read, sorry

[@JettJamesGD]

23:11 YOU KEPT THE GORDON YAHOO FROM THE HALF-LIFE VIDEO I AM SO HAPPY

[@MiningJack777]

22:58 On the topic of world building, I don't know if you realized or not, but the charger next to the HEV charger in boot camp is said to be a commercial charger. Really makes you think......

[@lionocyborg6030]

Something else about the barnacle grapple is that if you walk around it while it’s on the shelf, you can see that shepherd holds it by shoving his hand up its ass: There’s no animation but you can see the orifice on the back of the weapon’s world model. The black Mesa version of the hive hand referenced this and even gave one of the Barney’s funny dialog if he saw you pick it up, such as acting (naturally) grossed out to jokingly asking “You want a cigarette? Not you, the hand.”

[@ProfesorWillem]

Remember kids: don't consume excesive grease, at least this is good grease

[@lionocyborg6030]

Yep. Opposing Force (and the Half Life expansions in general) are the kind of grease used to cook fish & chips. Most of Randy’s grease (e.g. Halo 1’s original downgraded PC port, DNF 2011, Duke 3D World Tour, Borderlands, Aliens Colonial Marines and how Randy treats everyone) is the kind you find blocking a sewer after it clings to toilet wipes that have snagged on the tunnel/pipe walls, like a poo based version of cholesterol arteries.

[@clichenachos3109]

@@lionocyborg6030 i agree on everything except borderlands, and borderlands 3 os in my top ten games of all time

[@uria3679]

Randy is the Donald Trump of the video game industry, they are both of hated and love by many people because “they stayed true to America’s identity” but I doubt that Randy will get a angry mob killing people who made him lose his job and storming buildings

[@KingThrillgore]

Opt for olive oil in cooking not grease

[@itszeronizer597]

Imagine if trav made a first person shooter.

[@carocalderon3398]

it would be the most great game ever

[@vintheguy]

Imagine if your mum

[@Rustbucket184]

Trav-Life

[@Wheatley_online]

lets make it happend

[@Archon3960]

Get him a copy of Gameguru. 😎

[@Pyromaniax]

Since Valve will never touch on the lore canon side my headcannon is that race x were the first combine forces sent to earth (they look like synths already so). When they failed to terraform earth into a suitable environment for long term stay, these units we know stayed enough just to fight the 7 hour war and then died or bailed coz earth is not suitable for their survival and the combine started to use humans as troops with synths unaffected by the environment

[@kemkem1262]

That Vortigaunt being launched into the air made me burst out laughing

[@4386764]

Trav turning into Civvie in 16:00 , this proves that Trav is actually Civvie 12

[@TheSpudHunter]

Opposing Force was when Gearbox was at their prime.

[@Archon3960]

Wow. That's saying something. X/

[@Blanktester685]

/s

[@lionocyborg6030]

24:33 Trav: “Yeah dude, nice priorities. Can your grant money fix this door for me?” Scientist: “No! *dies when light explodes and shocks him”* Trav: “So, what does exploding mean? It is that a yes? Do you explode twice if you want to say no?” Thumbs up to the 10 other people who get that one.

[@HazelRaah]

The "friends unit" joke made me actually double over with laughter. Thanks, Trav, just what I needed! :D

[@breeze2082]

If we were to use reality at all, and just given the darker aspects of the series, no way in hell they weren’t also military contractors.

[@OmegaCoolsterDX]

i mean the chopper at the beginning of the tram ride pretty much proves they had some deals with the military

[@lionocyborg6030]

@@OmegaCoolsterDX Not to mention a slideshow in Portal 1 near GLaDOS’s chamber shows that Black Mesa and Aperture Science often competed for Defence Ministry contracts, with the former usually being the winner thanks to Aperture’s terrible management, especially when Cave Johnson was still alive.

[@エモ猫]

Fighting along side your brothers in arms, killing advanced aliens, and defeating the black ops. It’s all amazing to me in every way. For an expansion pack, it’s hella good.

[@PerkPeckerpunch]

"I'd rather play Blue Shift still." I legit went 'WOW that's a bad take.' Blue Shift was just Half Life lite, Op4 actually did its own thing and stands on its own far better. Love the review all the same!

[@S1nwar]

i love that the spore launcher is another unique variation of gun mechanics; it has endless ammo but you still have to reload a finite amount manually. we didnt have that combination before.

[@desangrador5770]

Shephard in another reality: "good, thats one less loose end"

[@s.p.d.magentaranger1822]

In another: "I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store in the Citadel."

[@trevelyandovah8479]

The reason the suit battery drains is because it uses non-explosive reactive armor. There's two plates with a void between them. When the outer plate is struck, it contacts the inner plate, which discharged electrical energy that then dampens the force of the impact.

[@ThatTravGuy]

Suit juice go brrrr

[@mattgrosella969]

I love sniping shock troopers, one of my favorite things to do in opfor.

[@callmekitty6742]

The MTM-8 Power Loader is my favorite part of the OG HL games. Yes, the beetle bots have a name, and yes I was ecstatic to them in Black Mesa. I was deeply disappointed when it was missing from Project Lambda's train sequence.

[@supermegabenji1026]

33:09 you missed the small Easter egg about the Dead body of 'Gina Cross' from 'Half-Life: Decay' It is canon by Randy saying that she did actually died from Teleporting to Xen and drowing.

[@VaderTheWhite]

The second you mentioned Gearbox, I immediately sighed and said, "Hello, Randy."

[@jordanparker5992]

[SHEPHERD] COLONEL I CREATE A TIME PARADOX! 23:20 [COLONEL] YOU DID WHAT!?

[@RandomFurry115]

32:47 that poor vortigaunt got launched into the stratosphere

[@redmagejack]

For some reason, the 17 second stretch from 16:00-16:17 was one of the funniest thing bugs I’ve experienced on KZbin in a long time

[@TheD736]

I love that you can use the barnacle to skip the entire mortar section if you grapple to the mortar operator instead of going through the bunker

[@vibes_4225]

"I'm going to piss in your sink." -Trav Guy, 2021, 13:48

[@kingofjs]

"Its better to cum in the sink, than to sink in the cum." -Master Chief

[@antigamzee]

“It smells worse than a chili cook off.” “Otis what the fuck does that mean?”

[@punnyperson4663]

WOOOOOOOO heck yeah, this is such a good channel and I love when you cover half life things :)

[@justthekrev3471]

This video dropped JUST when I was really sad and bored while sitting home being ill, and I get a notif - That Trav Guy just uploaded a new video! Always makes my day :D

[@Dashx64]

the mad lads at gearbox did it, they gave you duke nukem's pistol as the deagle and I love them for it, thats awesome dude lol

[@ThatTravGuy]

Oh man, I didn't even make that connection!

[@jadesapphira4325]

I think it would be cool if they made adrian a boss in a later half life game, being used as a tool by the GMan, cause of how long he was detained he would've gone mad and maybe even brainwashed to attack like a man possessed.

[@maskedupman5806]

I love how the funnt guard just stops for a second and whips out his pistol faster than a cowboy

[@Bacony_Cakes]

You're right about Black Mesa being a military contractor.

[@chuckthewizard7288]

I thought black Mesa being a military contractor was obvious. You have military or police small arms and explosives all over the place, there are rockets/missiles being launched or stored, and the tau cannon and gluon gun in development. It would be more shocking if they weren’t selling stuff to the military.

[@IwanRoberts-m8j]

5:15 i agree with this statement the start was very good, but after gorden left and race x appeared it started to get worse, reaching its lowest point in foxtrot uniform in the vauntigore segment being the wordt part of the game, i guess the letters the chapters name stands for fits then Also shock troopers are the worst half life enemy, its very annoying, and the second most annoying is vauntigores

[@verylostdoommarauder]

11:07 I don't know if that was an intentional Hawkeye reference, but I am counting it as one.

[@ThatTravGuy]

It was :)

[@DIRTIE1]

google translate mod for this game is the best way to exsprince it. with quotes such as. "are you my eyeball child" "wedding pistol" "the bodies are only a minute away"

[@therevenger259]

22:02 It's the marines. Yes, Adrian Sheppard is a crayon eater.

[@Vexcenot]

I like how servers for these are still open and active AND fun

[@madmanmortonyt4890]

Gordon is a "highly trained professional" in Half Life, a "new guy" in Decay, and also "employee of the month" in Opp. Force. I feel conflicted.

[@italomango]

I have to say, the "Alright, violence it is!" gag is one of my favorite trav moments

[@Solarcultist1401]

29:48 "So no med?" **CLANG**

[@jcplays5831]

13:48 I always use that as an insult lmao 🤣

[@Ribbons0121R121]

i never knew the ropes sucked so bad at high framerates because i played on a damn thinkpad, so maybe thats why i found them decent hard but decent

[@daliaxe8661]

I feel like the gearbox + valve reference was golden as is, its placement was beautiful not putting it self as an easter egg but a mechanic to progress in the game.

[@SgtPotatoChip6356]

Corporal Shepherd gets the attention he deserves today!

[@uncreativename5]

This is the only half life thing I use HD models on since it makes more sense for the U.S Millitary to have M4A1's instead of MP5's

[@okboomer3500]

at 23:07 when he jumps in the portal after gordon and it says 'c4a1 title' the game is attempting to call for the 'xen' chapter title but because opfor is an stand alone application it straight up cant, trying to call for something it doesn't have access too and so it literally says 'c4a1 title' also its c4a1 because that's how they named the map file, where episode is c and chapter is a

[@okboomer3500]

also for some reason every half life original map can be played in opfor, the maps are there but the file with the chapter tiles is not, and weirdly enough the dlc's for this game have different filename formats with opfor having the initials in front of them, ie ofc1a3, but blue shift labels them under the source map format ie ba_hazard3

[@KylarTyphlosion]

Cant forget the drill Sargent is voiced by jon saint jon. So big the cat got himself into the military

[@ajflink]

I love shout out to Civvie 11 and calling Randy greasy...which Randy is.

[@Smilex_Gamer]

Now the last HL1 expansion to cover is HL:Decay and we have ourselves a complete HL1 story review from Trav!

[@ThatTravGuy]

Soon (tm)

[@vhetutor]

A video essay on OP4 in 2021, these games just dont die and im here for it

[@bbenjoe]

A fan remake is underway by the way. It is called "Operation Black Mesa", by Tripmine Studios.

[@RUSTYTEETH8194]

21:11 playing spy in a nutshell

[@BaxterAndLunala]

21:40: No way, that was Dallas? So let me get this straight, he served in the HECU before robbing banks, stealing diamonds, and even raiding the DOJ with a minigun and Razormind blasting in the background? That's insane.

[@JerryLoffelbein]

Man, the drill sarge (Jon St John) had to have taken direct inspiration from Mike Judge's "Coach Buzzcut" character on Beavis & Butthead.

[@Mess-Lab-Kitchen-Show]

I've played and loved every half-life game since my demo disc in 1998..... and I NEVER KNEW the spore launcher had a secondary fire mode until this video..... Thank you haha!

[@cosmiccynic2757]

One of the best expansion packs of all time.

[@csdgay]

when i played, i didnt do the boot camp (thinking it was just a reskinned hazard course like blue shift), so i had no idea i could alt fire the pistol for laser sight

[@someabsolutepleb2228]

I can’t wait for the HL2 videos! Keep up the good work!

[@wooflakes]

The sewer section with the big pig guys and pitdrones gives me nightmares.

[@mrbigglezworth42]

Opposing Force is the best expansion to Half-Life, and I like it a little more then the base game because it's the Half Life experience....on crack. Seriously, you do many of the same things, but now it's sped up. Go to work; disaster strikes, try to escape, fail, government stooges attempt to cover it up, deal with a monster in a pit, go to Xen, kill a disappointing final boss. Yep, that's a Half-Life.

[@TheAlfieReal]

You forgort about get talked to by mysterious being nobody understands

[@Blanktester685]

boss is very much not disappointing.

[@religionfueledwarmachine1687]

2:01 Wait he did what?

[@pasty_comb1639]

13:47 " I'm going to piss in your sink " lmaooo

[@TheDarkraiDimension491]

At 31:42 I was so caught off guard by the joel clip my brain spaced out for the next like 3 seconds

[@Helios8170]

2:10 I feel like this joke is representing an actual event and I can't find any evidence to support that theory

[@swatchbox6789]

Great video! It’s a shame how OPFor is essentially scrapped from main canon, I really thought it was way better than Blue Shift and even matched up to standard Half Life.

[@davvvvo]

23:51 those are eggs not ping pong balls.

[@llmkursk8254]

Okay, call me crazy, but that "now dammit now!" line just before the Opposing Force "Blast Pit" is actually a reference to Die Hard, where Sargent Powell is reversing his car in a panic because someone just landed on the windshield of his car.

[@megamanlyharkinian1373]

7:00 i dont think black mesa being a military contractor is something anyone is debating -the huge armory in surface tension that contains snark nests (e.g. proof that they're trying to fund the xen exploration via weaponization) -the huge armory in surface tension in general lol -the tau/gauss dev lab and laser/vaporizer dev labs in questionable ethics -the gluon gun dev lab in lambda core

[@the_epic_memer553]

20:21 I have always been confused about these 2 cuz where tf did the come from? there is no door in that room, nor any real way of entry other than the maintenence door, which they had to blow open so they didnt enter through there.

[@lord_vwphaeton1883]

NEW TRAV GUY VIDEO!!! LETS GOOOOOOO! I SIMPLY *ADORE* YOUR WORK MAN!

[@DownSpadeTF]

the song you played in the intro is genuinely the best song in all of half-life

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

“I’m gonna piss in your sink.” That’s a threat I didn’t want to hear.

[@apsimetlis8842]

Shooting the propane tank on the engineer causes him to explode

[@HedgehogDuo-SM]

9:07 Don't worry, boys. The Engineer is Engi-here 9:23 I am Fully Charged!!! 9:31 ATTACK!!!!!!

[@Ribbons0121R121]

"oh get up youre fine" im sure he probably only passed out from shock

[@TheRealJackNGorwhatever]

I will now start referring to Adrian as Schlatt. Why? Cuz last time I checked Schlatt is also 22 y/o and the game released in 1999….we all know what Schlatt did in ‘99

[@EvKindaGoofy15]

This game was the one time I actually killed the scientists and security guards unless they were a required NPC

[@Chance4]

I killed my teammates and reloaded like 20 times in this game their AI kept sucking

[@Tokumastu1]

I've always felt this expansion goes on for a bit too long, not helping is that while half-life's combat is good it's not really meant to be so front and center.

[@flameflamedramonva]

I love Opposing Force, especially having the idea of Race X being enslaved by the Combine, used for scoutting worlds. Black Mesa is also a Government facility listed as a private company

[@TrueLumine]

i love this thumbnail, the art is amazing

[@ThatTravGuy]

Follow @Gamerbot200 on Twitter, he draws them!

[@dprototype6431]

“Pierce my taint” is not a reference I ever expected you to make.