"Through The City" Is A Worthy Opposing Force Fan-Sequel
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- Through The City is a fan made sequel to Opposing Force. It aims to connect Adrian's story with Half-Life 2 and so far, things are looking good. The mod is under development and release is quite a bit far from now.
This video goes over the Awoken Demo that was released recently.
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Harry S. Robbins (Dr Kleiner's VA) and Lani Minella (Collette Green's VA) both provided VA for this mod!
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I have just been informed/and realized Cory Cruise (Postal Dude from Postal 3) is also in this mod!
You can hear him at 6:33
Thanks "Arkheo Games" and "HIMIK-MAN" for pointing it out!
He was also the Dude in Postal Brain Damaged!
The good thing about him being in Postal 3 is that it was all uphill from there. Can't go lower.
@@HydaGaeming How does that make any sense
Another worthy OF2 Mod is Urban chaos, i will leave their channel link here: ruclips.net/channel/UCxrhrpICURK49XJ7Nc9vZRg
@@HydaGaeming I'm asking how does it make any sense that Postal 2 is related to this OF mod
@@HydaGaeming so fucking what dude that's just the voice actor. If you see the same actor in different movies that doesn't mean they're all related are they?
The real hero of Shepherd's story, is the scientist who saved him at Black Mesa.
Apparently this mod implies that Dr Kleiner was that scientist, according to 1:31.
@@borico62 nope, its just that the VA for kleiner also did a lot of the scientists in HL1 and its expansions, so they had him voice that scientist again
@@borico62 Which is wrong, because he was with Eli outside of the test chamber.
The real hero of Shepherd story was the friends we made along the way
yes he is
I hope this one actually get's the full build released. For some reason every Opposing Force sequel mod has this curse of getting either cancelled or just being mid.
or horrible
@@junkus64 that was what I meant of just being mid
@@junkus64 most of them are horrible
stop saying mid
Having the real voice actors to me gives this a level of legitimacy that gives me a lot of hope!
Thanks for the support! Also pipe wrench and desert eagle in the demo are just a re-skins of crowbar and magnum, but they are going to work like in Opposing Force, we already have a working pipe wrench with secondary attack in the game.
Rather than adding a pointless secondary attack, why not simply make it so the less frequently you attack the more damage you do? You can practically copy the code from the pistol
Could the secondary attack have some sort of knockback effect?
@@Blurns no
@@Blurns the secondary attack isn't pointless tho
@@GarryTale It's pointlessly split-up into a primary and secondary attack, like the pistol was in HL1. The pipe wrench's primary attack is faster but weaker, secondary you charge for an attack that does more damage less frequently. What I'm suggesting is basically the same as having the secondary fire auto-charge. The less often you swing the wrench, the more damage it does.
I like that the citizens actually acknowledge how out of place Adrian is in the world of Half-Life 2, they think he's a threat of some kind.
Unlike Hunt Down The Fremont, Big Mitch just kinda shows up to City 17, and nobody ever questions his appearance or why he isn't wearing citizen clothing.
I love how citizens react to Shepard, like imagine living through the Seven Hour War, or at least hearing about it and then *seeing* a surviving soldier when most are either dead or have been turned into the Transhuman soldiers that now oppress them.
Six? I thought it was *The Seven Hour War*
@@streetystuff My bad
@@Metal_Enjoyerlol
The guy at 6:33 is in fact (I'm pretty sure) Corey Cruise who voices the Postal Dude in Postal 3, Paradise Lost and Postal: Brain Damaged.
Yeah, thats Corey Cruise alright. Couldnt've found a better voice anyways
6:05 i don't know what that thing is but it looks sick
The idea of a stronger version of the Strider is something i always wanted to see, amazing.
i looked at something about a year ago, i searched up strider on google and saw that thing, pretty sure it's called a destroyer.
@@cherrikola999 yeah i read it's name on the page
@@dragonwing1900 k
I hope to god this isn't used for another White Forest tower defense mission
Basically a boss version of the Strider
damnn, didn't know they got the actual va for dr kleiner to voice this, that's awesome
Enjoyable little demo, nothing too groundbreaking, but it definitely has a huge potential. Will be following the development for sure!
Adrian Shepard is cool, anyways the cries from my basement is getting louder
let the little boy out
im gonna go insane
THEY ARE IN EVERY WALL THEY ALWAYS EXIST
Shut up
Wow, they've got an all-star cast for this one!
While the concepts do seem promising -the Shock Troopers are a tad jarring, but it's a similar deal to the Vorts being translated to the style of HL2, though I would've loved the insectoid look-, I really hope they do deliver in the end.
We have Entropy zero 2 coming out on the 20th, Signal Lost for hl1,
and this in 2023. Very exciting.
I'm especially pumped for Entropy Zero 2. Loved the first one.
I really like this mod, I really think it's promising!
And I keep in mind that it's a demo, so everything in here is subject to change...
But I think there is still some work to do in order for it to be perfect!
So here is my constructive criticism (not to destroy the team's work, but give them valuable feedback)
The setting is good, you begin alone in this unknown place and wander around, just to find yourself in the middle of a fight with metrocops... However, I think there could be more in terms of world building... There could be some civilians chattering about how there was a big explosion at Nova Prospekt. There could also be some chatter about the resistance beginning to attack the combine forces after this explosion.
It's really important for the player to know where the game is happening in the timeline (without reading the mod's preface) Kleiner's radio chatter is perfect in that field, but i think we just need a bit more of that.
The environments work fine, but do look a bit bland from time to time (empty corridors, simple geometry, lack of props)... I think another art pass could do them justice and elevate them from simple to perfect!
On the Gameplay side, I'm totally following you with the wrench feedback.
Otherwise, everything works perfectly!
I'm really looking forward to this mod and hope it will be a worthy successor of Opposing Force! :)
They Have the Actual Kleiner Voice Actor? HELL AND ALSO LAMMAR REPRISES HER ROLE!?
this mod exists solely to get characters other than Gordon out of the GMan's pocket dimension and I fucking love that
This makes me so exceptionally happy, City 17 was one of my favourite environments in HL as I generally enjoy urban combat and immersive city environments. So a fan made creation taking place in my favourite HL setting, running with my favourite themes... This is gonna be good.
Wonder if valve will ever adopt this as official canon to Shepards story? That would be really cool if they did!
In a decade or two I could see a cool creative director type guy at valve doing that, once they decide they're not gonna use him elsewhere
@@spyczech considering valve cancelled that half life 2: return to ravenholm game which was going to have Shepard as the protagonist I’m sure they’ll hopefully adopt something else/this fan made game as canon if it’s popular with the HL fanbase once it fully comes out
Wow! They even have Corey Cruise voice acting here as well. This look like a very promising mod.
6:33 Holy crap, is that Corey Cruise?
I think it's a little premature to call this a worthy sequel to Opposing Force. However, I do think that this is shaping up to be the best attempt at one so far. It certainly looks better than Prospekt.
Better than prospekt im guessing?
Looks very promising i must say
Also i have a question. Is the deagle just a straight up different model only replacement or does it have different modes like in the og opposing force?
If not, i suggest that they should add that feature because its what made the deagle so unique compared to other weapons
The giant blue strider model at 6:05 looks insane ! And that it will be bigger than the strider , they maybe are gonna make it a really challenging boss !
I love a lot of aspects of this! I think the level design is still a little flat and bland at times though, but I believe they will be able to fix this!
This mod reminded me of one of my ideas for HL2's expansion pack. The idea is really old, but maybe someday I'll make it happen.
2:08 He's also done the voice for that G-Man cooking video.
Prepare your a$#€ for... unforeseen consequences....!
it is awesome that there was a vault boy adrian shephard in the thumbnail fallout is one of my childhood games
Finally we get more rad lore in the intro
Entropy Zero to me is Opposing Force for Half-Life 2 since you really are the antagonist of the story.
I would genuinely love if this got put on steam
bro you forgot to mention the INSANELY good first-person cutscenes!
First person cut scenes. In a Half Life game.
That does not sound like a positive to me.
@@ieuanhunt552 I think he could mean first person animations, like when he wears his gas mask, or when he's pulled by the citizen into the room. Like how Gordon looks at his hands after wearing the HEV suit or Alyx hugging Gordon in Ep. 1.
I mean it has been 20 years citizens arent old enough to remember what soldier looks like
they had many official voice actors WHAT THE HECK
If you ever wanna hear Harry S Robins saying some really wacky stuff, check out the Hour of Slack
Tbh we should’ve gotten a sequel to Adrian shepherds brother big Mitch 🤩
We don't talk about mitchell
I absolutely love this concept of adrian just being dropped into city 17 and everyone being so confused because this is a soldier from a military that was disbanded years ago
the idea of a US soldier walking around city 17 like nothing is wrong would be such a shock it's no surprise they'd assume he was just another combine at first glance.
I do really hope in some way adrian returns in half life 3 or even hints towards him or chell even (although I'm pretty sure in the lore chell escapes long after the combine are gone, or simply is somewhere that the combine haven't bothered to look, especially considering that aperture is located in michigan and america is literally gone which would explain why it's just fields, the earth has healed after years of being left alone by the combine)
3:39 Oh crikey, that sounds like BT's younger cousin. Next it's going to call you 'Cooper'.
This is what Prospekt wanted to be.
i dont know why but hearing him say very vell is satisfactory
This is definitely promising. Here's to hoping it continues to improve and tighten itself, and actually push through to release unlike Op4 2.
A few other critiques I have:
-The subtitles need proofreading.
-Skyboxes are strangely empty. They just seem to have the Citadel in them and nothing else; no other city buildings to add some life to the backgrounds.
Both of these are minor but still.
Dame!This mod spunds really good im defiently gonna paly it when its finsched!:D
Adrian Shephard is mein favorite character.
I am thinking of making an OPOOSING FORCE II comic book series for free. I will be making it in my free time ofc. I already wrote the story. Maybe, if peopel like it they may make a game out of it.
It would be a good parallel for Otis to make a return for Adrian just like how Barney did for Gordon. Both got their security guard buddies.
good to see ya videos again
My problem with the fan mod G men is that their dialogue is always just a recycled version of old speeches. Every original speech of his felt fresh and intimidating in a way but it never got redundant.
This is a certified sequel to opposing force if og voice actors are part of this
Cant wait for you to stream this for the 4th time 😎
Those shock troopers look horryfingly amazing!
6:06 now this is just horrifying
I really enjoyed this version of 'Through The City: Awakening ", but the directors cut of the older version was also awesome! That version also had an appearance by Rad Haz 👍
This will compete with Entropy Zero when it is released.
This looks great
With the retcon that HLA brought I feel it wouldn't be a bad idea for Valve to bring back Adrian Shepard as an persistent antagonist let loose by G-man to hamper Eli and Gordon as they attempt to rescue Alyx.
I really like how you Chanal evolved men
I am here from the beginning
And this mod its awesome
I don't to see opposing forces remake like half life with black mesa
And finally half life 3 ore ep3
the next half life game better be on adrian shephard
honey wake up!!! new radiation hazard video
The demo for this is is sooo good, I hope the developer of this get's some extra help since the demo has been released and such
I dig your new Civvie 11 style of intros.
This mod is the closest to what I think would be a real expansion valve would release.
thx for this video, I never heard about this mod
Valve should hire the devs and make this canon tbh
6:35 is that literally Corey Cruz the fucking postal dude you have got to be kidding me
Bothers me that The Ravenholm one where Adrian Shephard is the protagonist just gets canceled
I hope valve will say this is canonn like they did in hunt down the freeman just this time on a good mod
Is that goddamn Corey Cruise voicing one of the civilians?
So this mean Hunt down the Freeman has sequel too 👀
I Remember watching the stream and other ones
Probably gonna wait until it's finished before playing it, but I'll definitely keep an eye on the development
I hope (but doubt) that Robin Darnell will do a Shephard’s Mind 2 with this mod.
This mod is gonna be the next black Mesa mark my words
Something feels a bit basic/blocky/boring and even nonsensical about the level design (Why is there a small room with a chair inside that place? What is it's purpose?) but it's still one of the better looking Opposing Forces sequel mods out there right now. Perhaps there are revisions to be had in the future.
Also, what happened to those custom animations from earlier builds? The revolver looked great. G-Man's expressions seemed a little more dynamic too.
P.S Why is the combat vest telling Adrian to have a "very safe day"? I don't want to sound like I'm knocking on this mod. The fact it has so much talent in it already is incredibly promising. Just providing some constructive criticism, gonna be playing it regardless! Those animation sequences are really cool and polished!
Because it wants you to have a very safe day! There's not much to say about it hahaha
Well the vest uses very similar technology from the hev suit expect in a smaller scale?
You should play Field Intensity too :)
This is dedication
i kinda hope who g man is and his backstory never gets revealed, i like the idea that he's always this mysterious being
Great mod, It have a great ost too.
Imagine if the real Mike Shapiro got in on this mod. We'd have 3 official Half Life voice actors in a fan mod!
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i wonder how shock troopers and vortigaunts interact since they both look pretty similar
Half Life: Through the City of Dsytopia.
the G-Man impression is fucking insanely accurate to Micheal Shapiro this guy should voice the G-Man in Black Mesa as well
6:17 i thought they are gonna make friendly welcome but i realized they didnt know him yet
This shall be'eth, cannon
Adrian Sounds Like Pyro
This is a dream come true.
Wow Shepard getting kidnap by G-Man and Hazard just stays and an impresive might I say
Shephard is litterally pyro
i now can cause war crimes with a wrench lets go!
This mod actually looks good exited to try it out
For a short demo, I must confess I was honestly not too mpressed with what I've seen thus far from the mod. It holds great potential but I can't shrug off the fact that the demo felt overall... average, with a few bells and whistles. I found this mainly due to the lack of variety and excitement during the underground sections, where random zombies and Metrocops are the only enemies encountered, and the environments themselves are nothing staggering to look at or pass through, it's monotonous. It did get quite a bit better in the few outdoor sections, but overall, after a rework, the demo just left me with wanting something more from it. Perhaps it's due to being at this for a very long time and I set my expectations too high, but, it is what it is, I was neither surprised nor displeased by the offering.
I'll still be looking forward to its future, but for right now, I daresay that some older Opposing Force fan sequels would probably be more exciting to play despite missing some tricks present here, and despite them all having their issues, notably Awakening. There have also been a few... oddities, when it comes to the weapons, they feel far too much like reskins (probably because they might be?) The Wrench feels just like a crowbar, and the Desert Eagle almost makes no effort in hiding that it's still the .357 (can't remember if it even had the laser, which in HL1 made firing more precise?). The nightvision mechanic also feels somehow off, like some weird retextured and amplified flashlight rather than nightvision goggles. I may be overly critical of a demo of an unfinished mod, but after years of seeing and playing some of the best mods the HL community has made over the passage of time, I can only feel underwhelmed. But there's still a long way to the finish line, and all of this can be easily addressed in the future, if the desire is there.
Adrian should be able to aim down sights. It would go against the classic formula, but only because it's an outdated formula, and it would be in keeping with the character since he's a trained Marine.
2:59 Why does he have the same gloves, same mask, and presumably the same uniform? Is that a callback for the sake of callback or do they explain it? In Half-Life 2, Gordon started off wearing the same uniform as everyone around him, distinguished only by his glasses.
3:48 "Have a very safe day" works for the HEV suit. Not so much for the PCV.
3:51 And he just so happens to get a pipe wrench just like his old one. Why not the ice ax from HL2 beta?! Justified by the fact that it's not farfetched to think that a manufacturing plant in Eastern Europe would make equipment for use in more northerly regions like Siberia. If you ask me, every weapon from the HL1 games and expansion packs that has an analog in the HL2 games and mods should be an entirely different model (but could be the same make if preferred). Like the MP5 and the MP7 (which should have a visible grenade launcher perhaps resembling the GP-95 in basic concept). The SPAS-12 could have been replaced by something else (at least because it was an obsolete design long before the Combine copied it), and there should be a reason why it holds six rounds instead of eight. The particular version of the SPAS-12 that's in HL2 should hold eight rounds. The one in Black Mesa, which holds eight, should six. This is all because of the length of the magazine tube. A lot of game devs, programmers, and animators don't seem to understand how mag tubes work. Length determines capacity.
4:25 Ackchyually, the MP7 is a PDW, not a plain SMG. It should be way more accurate than it is, should have a visible grenade launcher (mount would replace foregrip or the launcher could be mounted on top and integrated into the body of the weapon w/the launcher's trigger group integrated into the front grip), should have its stock extracted, and should have a mag that looks like a 45-rounder (roughly twice the length as-is). Also, the pistol should be a standard USP9 (combat) instead of the Match (target/competition) version. Keep it two-tone. Two-tone is rad.
4:29 Again, another callback. WHY is there a Desert Eagle other than because Opposing Force? And why does it only hold six rounds? In OG OpFor, it used 7-round mags even though it's in .357 Magnum, not .50 Action Express, and should use 9-round mags. Nine would fit with 36 being your max reserve supply. Seven makes no sense. 18 is better 12 as a max reserve, but pistol mags and revolver speedloaders aren't huge, and .357 Magnum isn't heavy, so in either case, they should let you carry more. Seriously, it makes no sense that you can carry more shotgun shells than .357 rounds for the revolver in both HL1 and HL2. Why can you carry so many more mags for the USP than the Desert Eagle except for the sake of so-called "balance?"
5:58 They're bringing back Race X?! That's awesome, in concept, but it feels like another callback. WHY is Adrian the only main character to ever fight Race X? If it's "because Opposing Force," then it's "because callback." There has to be a story-relevant REASON for a pipe wrench, a Desert Eagle, and Shock Troopers.
6:04 A "Super Strider?!" Now there's an idea! Imagine how horrifying that would be, especially if it's able to blast and tear scenery apart!
6:22 All the more reason for Adrian to blend in rather than dressing in a way that makes him stand out. His leadership abilities could make him a figure similar to Roland from the Borderlands mythos, but only if the right people understand who he is and why he's there.
6:47 It's "Sam Hill," not "Sam Hell." Why does EVERYONE get that wrong?! Just like when people say "butt naked" instead of "buck naked."
No offence dude but some of your criticism is not even making sense, at this point your beating a death horse for no reason
@@nickybee6878 It would make sense if you checked out my channel. I'm mostly a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. player nowadays, but the Half-Life games were my standard-setters back in the day.
Neither Half-life or Opposing force were made to be realistic military shooters. This ain't no cod or stalker so no, aiming down the sights is not needed. And yes weapon balance is a big deal even tho it doesn't make sense realistically because in the end it's still a video game.
@@hazzmati You mentioned CoD, not me. I only mentioned S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Don't know why people associate ADS with CoD. It's been a gameplay mechanic since before that. And I'm not against weapon balance. I just think there are ways to do it that are better than the status quo. Ways that don't insult the player's intelligence.
@@judsongaiden9878 I don't understand the concept of the lack of ADS being "outdated".
It's just a different style of gameplay entirely, I feel like tacking it on would ultimately bloat the extremely polished combat of a game like Half Life 2.
I prefer my shooters without ADS unless they're *attempting* to be super realistic.
Half Life's style of shooting just really would not benefit from a change like that, that feels incredibly arbitrary.
Plot twist: Its Rads city
oh my god
the
GIANT ENEMY STRIDER
im sorry but i still see this mod as an Opposing Force fanfiction with dragons
Also Lani Minella is voicing Colette Green?!
AMAZING!!!
One thing i havent seen brought up is how City 17 in this mod feels different its more grandiose
Now this, this is the mod we all wanted for a sequel. Half life: Through the City, Not Prospekt. it makes more sense to have Shephard wake up in the middle of City 17 than at Nova Prospekt.
Na minha opinião, este é o melhor mod de Half-Life Opossing Force no HL2. Acho que Adrian Shepard se juntaria junto com os rebeldes, pois os combines transformaram os hecus/soldados em combines, então ele respeitaria o Freeman, que só estava tentando sobreviver em black mesa.
The gman voice look Like HDTF gman voice