Yet for unknown reasons, this soundtrack did not migrate with the rest of the game to Steam. Gearbox composed their own soundtrack for Opposing Force, which was later used again in Half-Life: Blue Shift. New NPC models include redesigned HECU soldiers to accommodate the new features, Black Operations soldiers, the new 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. 357 Magnum in single player, but the two separate weapons are available in multiplayer) and a host of alien and experimental Black Mesa weapons. 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. This theory was fueled primarily by similar texturing between the Race-X Shock Trooper and the Combine Advisor in Half-Life 2.Ī number of new weapons and models have been introduced to further better the game. It has been speculated that Race-X is actually a first strike recon force of the Combine. At the time, Gearbox was a new company formed by the core members of the defunct Rebel Boat Rocker which had been shut down after a struggle with their publisher on their first video game project.
These creatures are not part of the Xen forces, and will in fact attack Vortigaunt troops as well as human ones. Half-Life: Opposing Force was announced on Apto be developed by Gearbox Software. The other one of these groups is a completely new hostile force known as Race-X. The female assassins from the original game return, working in conjunction with new male soldiers and snipers.
Only encountered twice in Half-Life - female assassins attempting to kill 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. One of these is the mysterious Black Operations, who are specialist human forces that are faster and more agile than HECU troops.
Now included with the Black Mesa personnel, HECU forces and Xen invaders are two new groups. Gearbox also expanded the number of participants in the incident. 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. Opposing Force was originally released in 1999, and had since been named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.Īs 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. Gearbox aimed to further the story of the Black Mesa incident and show exactly how the situation was ultimately resolved. Opposing Force was developed by the external and acclaimed company Gearbox Software.
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