We need Adrian Shephard back...even if he has a small role I would be happy to see him return
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I'd love a small cameo. Even if it's just him standing in the distance like the g-man
@doginthedark
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn same
@hyhena-gaming9986
2 жыл бұрын
I’d Kiev to see him as a leader of a small rebel sect using the pcv vest, and giving Gordon his personal deagle, hell as he hands him tye deagle he says “This laser was incredibly epointed at an enemy…that enemy will now kill a common enemy, good luck freeman, don’t surrender”
@SonOfTheDawn515
2 жыл бұрын
Lol, yea, we'll see him in HL4.
@loremisdum9331
2 жыл бұрын
even a small cameo would be great, I would like seeing him leading a small resistance group into battle in the background, or maybe just him in general running with his wrench.
@Vantud391
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian was sealed like Doomguy sealed by the seraphims lol "May we never need you again."
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I Pray we do see him again
@urbanhermitii
2 жыл бұрын
a du nguoi Viet Nam
@nikolasmtr
2 жыл бұрын
I mean... The same exact thing happend to gordon so...
@nike2136
2 жыл бұрын
@@nikolasmtr umm Gordon returned in hl2
@silve2131
2 жыл бұрын
@@nike2136 this man living in the no half-life 2 timeline
@albertdeluxe8966
2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the idea of Father Grigori and Adrian Shephard teaming up to kick Combine ass together. Valve please, make it happen.
@Cxltyy
2 жыл бұрын
it was meant to happen in Episode 4.
@bredoffender
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cxltyy nah it was meant to happen in Half life: ravenholm
@arifcso6633
2 жыл бұрын
It's cancelled lol
@PrisonMike196
2 жыл бұрын
@@bredoffender Episode Four was the other name for it
@bredoffender
2 жыл бұрын
@@PrisonMike196 in the meantime I actually learned that it's the same thing Man was I ridiculously dumb 3 weeks ago
@TheScilock
2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see Adrian Sheppard in a game where he fights side by side with Gordon Freeman.
@pabncake
2 жыл бұрын
Like some kind of 2 player co-op game. That'd be sick af.
@arifcso6633
2 жыл бұрын
Or against since Gordon resist G-Man and now G-Man has both Alyx and Corporal to do his bidding
@royliber3824
2 жыл бұрын
After the ending of Alyx... It is partly confirmed that there will be another Half Life, and I hope they have something planned for Adrian there... If there could be anyone who could stand up alongside Gordon when it comes to kicking alien ass, its Adrian.
@STAIR_WAY14
2 жыл бұрын
And Barney as well
@gabrielarkangelo
2 жыл бұрын
@@STAIR_WAY14 Alyx as well.. throw in Gregori and we have Half Life Avengers.
@onigiri7722
2 жыл бұрын
Man.. it would be cool seeing the three original protagonists (Gordon Barney and Shepherd) working together.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
That would be fantastic
@oldrichhorsky1707
Жыл бұрын
Yea it would Skylion and onigi but it would be impossible due to freeman and barney not knowing hes alive there would be confusions and even destruction of the revolution (probably) the only people who could saw adrian would be the rebels and the combines and g-man would not even know if he escaped. So yea you can make the mod no one is stopping you so yea (the escape could be an deployement with gman knowing).
@CouchFunny-he6tf
11 ай бұрын
Hey don’t forget about one of the half life decay heros
@thesmilingman7576
9 ай бұрын
@@CouchFunny-he6tfGina is dead
@dumpanimator
8 ай бұрын
@@thesmilingman7576what about other one The vortigaunt
@TK-sg8qq
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian: I wish I could get to see some action... G-Man: Say no more.
@Bigboyscreeneditz
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@royliber3824
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian: Ok, not THAT much action.
@mcballas7288
2 жыл бұрын
Solod: what wee miss shephend whaaattt
@xxmlgguyxx1167
2 жыл бұрын
ADVENTURE TI- OH dear.. Oh dear..
@oldsport3571
2 жыл бұрын
After the game G-Man: alright no more action for 20 years
@Deamons64
2 жыл бұрын
0:38 "AH, HE SAID IT, HE SAID THE THING! ROLL CREDITS!"
@dakotaross2330
2 жыл бұрын
Ever since I played OpFor, I couldnt help but notice, G-Man calls him a "witness" and puts him where He "Could do no harm, and where no harm will come of" him.
@Just_a_happy_lil_guy
2 жыл бұрын
Its like he wasn't meant to survive in the first place
@shookengie370
Жыл бұрын
@@Just_a_happy_lil_guy what about the part where gman saves Adrian from dying?
@MaxwellE985
Жыл бұрын
@@shookengie370 when
@shookengie370
Жыл бұрын
@@MaxwellE985 The part where the radioactive water thingy starts to rise
@MaxwellE985
Жыл бұрын
@@shookengie370 ohhh right i forgot
@KiwiSpartan01
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian would be a breath of fresh air if they played HL3 like Halo 2, switching between Gordon and Adrian
@odstat1949
2 жыл бұрын
That would be cool af
@shookengie370
Жыл бұрын
But that would take you of the immersion It isn't a half life game without immersion
@icravedeath.1200
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for reminding me about that game, I'm going to play it now. I haven't had a good day today, that might make me feel better.
@KiwiSpartan01
Жыл бұрын
@SHOOK ENGIE either that or a command and Conquer campaign where it's one story through the eyes of two different people. Have the Gordon story and the Adrian story
@ivangenov6782
9 ай бұрын
Isn't that basically half life decay? (except the protagonists are different)
@MCcreedLP
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so proud that the Half-Life community is still alive like never before
@leonidas1093
Жыл бұрын
@Poor Quality Gameplay same, found the series while ago but learned so much in short time
@matsuhikotakagawa8060
11 ай бұрын
The longest fan-base community as well - as long as 20-years, and still come out strong 💪
@jmgonzales7701
2 ай бұрын
@@matsuhikotakagawa8060 too bad we aint getting a new game
@randomwatcher3337
2 жыл бұрын
I like to think Shephard will only have seconds in the void, where as to use its been decades waiting for his return to the Half Life franchise. As scifi time distortion works like that at times, being out of the loop of time and all that. Gman would pop in, Shephard would be like "Forgot something?"
@commenter4799
2 жыл бұрын
Valve: We didn't think you'd want another game like this. Everyone: NEVER ASSUME THAT!
@kellmedd4925
2 жыл бұрын
Not only that, whenever Valve makes their next game, it's suppose to be revolutionary for the time, pushing the limits of technology and coding. They really want to surpass expectations, which is why it takes a long time to produce more games, when the expectations by fans and by most gamers in general, are just expecting better and better. So, valve, just works on making a groundbreaking story driven game. As realistic and limit breaking as possible.
@aluxhuro4569
Жыл бұрын
@@kellmedd4925 Then there's Artifact lol
@icravedeath.1200
Жыл бұрын
@@aluxhuro4569apparently that games not half bad now. I think they must've been stung by the reactions.
@icravedeath.1200
4 ай бұрын
@@smugplushyeah but the reaction was still a little excessive, we knew that they were working on new half life stuff so why did we flip our shit at a harmless card game
@muratsmg62
2 жыл бұрын
Interestingly there was one pre-release screenshot that shows Adrian Shepard without his Mask.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Must Google that one
@grummanf14tomcat40
2 жыл бұрын
It must be cursed af
@hayro252
2 жыл бұрын
Randy cleared that Guy is not Adrian but a maskless HECU Marine.
@kesorangutan6170
2 жыл бұрын
@@hayro252 Grease lord Randy can go f*ck himself with a dragon dildo. If i remember correctly screenshot literally shows a HECU marine who's is in the room that fills with toxic waste. You know, the room we visited during the early levels of Opposing Force.
@MaxwellE985
Жыл бұрын
@@hayro252 who?
@Awfulfeature
2 жыл бұрын
“Adrian had seen the Gman for the first time.” I never even knew that he was there.
@Liquidsword_
5 ай бұрын
wait was he actually there in the game
@buak809
Ай бұрын
Yea he was, training in the camp is optionai so if you decide to roll straight into action you will see him in black mesa first
@stephensteve8454
2 жыл бұрын
I came in really early to this video, and so I wanted to finally state my appreciation not only to the fictional character, Adrian Shephard, but to you. Your way of narrating and expressing your thoughts it's actually very unique and special in my opinion, your speech lets me concentrate into the themes of your videos and also goes for a slowed down but at the same time fast paced narration, unlike some people going on way too fast in these kind of videos. This character is really interesting and my heart really believes Adrian has his place in the post-Half-Life 1 Universe. It would be nonsensical to remove his canonicity entirely or confirm it directly rather than putting him into a game to give a little spark of surprise, but the mistery that Half-Life has between games as to whether they are canon stories viewed by the vision of the protagonist is really interesting and intriguing. That said, both topics are an excellent addition to Half-Life, your voice and way of speech, and Half-Life itself. Thanks.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
This comment is the best thing I have read all week. I really appreciate the kind words of support. I would pin this but I thought I'd leave something to boost the engagement and KZitemy stuff! Narration is a huge thing and it's taken well over a year to get it just right. I like to do these lore videos as a documentary kinda thing where we're actually in the universe with them and how it's effected the world. I'm glad you picked up on that. I agree with everything you've stated about Adrian and the world and I thank you for taking the time to comment. It's made me day (as well as this video being the best performing video I've had in the first few hours of posting) Thanks again!
@dogboy0912
2 жыл бұрын
I never thought about how sinister the implications were that the HECU was preparing for a Resonance Cascade. The G-Man had it all planned out this far in advance.
@xyzbeats
Жыл бұрын
it was not prepared the author of the video made it up lol there so many things wrong or misleading he said in this video and he also forgot to mention the most important plot point in the whole game that's about race X
@camoking3609
Ай бұрын
@xyzbeats except Shepard's Journal, reveals they were being trained for the Black Mesa incident months before it even happened, and the G-Man was there watching them, Adrian in particular
@LCOfficerUNIT097
9 ай бұрын
The fact that 'Return to Ravenholm' was going to be a thing, tells me not only does Valve acknowledge the existence of Cpl. Adrian Shephard, but they were going to add him into a Half Life game!!
@DONG-502
8 ай бұрын
Ratio
@mrdreamy1747
2 жыл бұрын
Playing Half-Life / Blue Shift(?): "Man, the G-Man is strange..." Playing Opposing Force: "Man, the G-Man is a dick."
@coltforceplayer
2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t even realize that the situation in which Adrian spots Gordon is supposed to be that Adrian could kill Freeman or let him go, I just thought it was a cool cameo where it’s like “let me follow yo-AHHHHHhhhhhh..”
@L1mJahey
2 жыл бұрын
I think the Gman has been using him for his nefarious needs throughout the multiverse, who knows what he’s seen and done in that time. Or maybe he’s stuck in a loop, plying through the Black Mesa incident over and over again, stuck in his own purgatory for 20 years. Poor guy.
@19kp.
2 жыл бұрын
He might stop the loop via doing it different and shoots the g man
@L1mJahey
2 жыл бұрын
@@19kp. When you play the game you can't, well not conventionally, so I think the same limitations are with poor old Shepard. Try as he might, he can never break out of that prison he is in... Until, that is, the great being known only as Valve releases him!
@EmbeddedWithin
2 жыл бұрын
@@L1mJahey sv_cheats 1
@stormlordeternal7663
Жыл бұрын
Adrian is now perfecting his any% speedrun, skills that will prove quite useful to the G-man and his mysterious employers.
@mainsmain
11 ай бұрын
He's not conscious, he's like frozen, time has passed but he didn't, when he returns he'll still look 22 and won't know what happened (pretty much what episode 4 was going to be)
@arkotheuhh7297
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian is just a overall chad. Man faces Race X, Xen aliens, and Black operations and lives
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
The true Chad
@WeAintJokinHere
Жыл бұрын
TRUE LEGEND
@henrycgs
2 жыл бұрын
I think one thing that makes adrian special is his relationship with gman. He KNOWS gman planned it all, he has seen him for a long time, and he had multiple direct interactions with him. and in the end, gman took adrian as a souvenir. if there is another adrian shephard game, they definitely should build upon this. we could get a lot of insight into gman, and his powers.
@tpd1864blake
2 жыл бұрын
I wish that Opposing Force properly told Adrian what his orders were, it would have been a completely new experience if you were forced to kill scientists to follow your orders to help you sympathize with the soldiers better. Then maybe, as the situation devolves into chaos later in the game and the chain of command is destroyed you are given the option to spare or help scientists
@user-uo8ny1kj4c
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but scientists have their own uses, considering how much of a pain opposing force really is
@quakethedoombringer
2 жыл бұрын
From what I have heard, that's the point. Since he never receives order to kill, none of the Black Mesa personnel are considered hostile+ really helpful when it comes to opening doors and stuff like that
@AxisChurchDevotee
2 жыл бұрын
Chances are he figured out what his original orders were and decided to be willfully ignorant.
@fausthanos08
2 жыл бұрын
Nah it would be impossible to do this in 1999
@hggs4466
2 жыл бұрын
don't you mean kill or help
@AceOfCrowbars
2 жыл бұрын
...Well, this video was a godsend. I'm planning to do a roleplay-style playthrough of Opposing Force that characterizes Shephard, complete with my own backstory, to fill in the gaps that Gearbox and Valve left out. I was literally about to write a character profile when I saw this video in my suggestions. The timing on this _could not_ have been a coincidence.
@zeynaviegas
2 жыл бұрын
the right video in the wrong time can make all the difference in yhe world
@ONIscrooge
11 ай бұрын
I just want to see Adrian Shephard on Combine controlled Earth. I can't even begin to imagine the levels of motivated anger one would feel from coming fresh after the victory straight into some alien race taking over the planet.
@wooflakes
2 жыл бұрын
We need more Adrian! Thanks for doing this video on him, honestly even tho Gordon is the main hero of the overall story i think Adrian is just cooler.
@Hobopaladin
2 жыл бұрын
Personally i always found opposing force to be the best half life game. Gordon and his adventure is cool and all and so was blue shift...but not cooler than Adrian
@hazzmati
2 жыл бұрын
There was nothing cool about blue shift the most boring expansion ever. And you can’t be cooler than the og half life...
@vcr_official
2 жыл бұрын
True!
@Jolis_Parsec
2 жыл бұрын
@Hazzmati Good thing we have Azure Sheep to make up for Blue Shift’s shortcomings, and with the canon of the series largely being left up to the players’ interpretations, then “Just Barney” and his lover Kate successfully managed to escape the Black Mesa Research Facility in a company vehicle along with a renegade Vortigaunt that they found along the roadside.
@cobalt157
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, yeah. I prefer the sandbox of HL 1, but Adrian is just such a fun character. Also OF's depiction of Black Mesa is really cool, Race X expands the universe a lot, and the Spore Launcher is my best friend.
@khanzy.
2 жыл бұрын
@@hazzmati Blue Shit was definitely a disappointment
@jamesrasmussen9281
2 жыл бұрын
For years I've wanted a revisit of Adrian's story. I love this video and it's great to see others recognize how cool he is. I've never questioned his canonical role in the events. Thanks for the vid, Sky!
@PerogiPalooka
2 жыл бұрын
I miss this soldier like you wouldn't believe.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully we'll see him again soon
@matejamicic3037
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn he has been sent away by the gman we will never see him again
@gearhooves5996
2 жыл бұрын
imagine if there was a two player co-op half life game with Barney and Adrian being the 2 playable characters, set sometime after the combine invasion either before or after the events of Gordon's arrival.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
That'd be amazing
@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer
2 жыл бұрын
Half life Decay exists.
@theleonpasta7336
Жыл бұрын
Imagine if they made a somewhat short new game to get people ready for Half Life 3 with Adrian being released out of stasis and either having a solo outing or working with resistance members like Barney to discover the current location of Gordon or a new weapon that could help take down the combine, or hell just finding information about where the Borealis is to pass down to Freeman, any of these options would be amazing and as long as Half Life 3 is promised and the game moves the plot atleast somewhat further I know fans will love it, just look at Half Life Alyx, all it had was a few references to Gordon and that final scene and fans lost their shit, even though the game was a huge departure from Valve's standard games with a gimmick that you either love or hate
@warrantyV0IDED
2 жыл бұрын
If Gordon is the sword, then perhaps Adrian could be the shield. I can see Gman using Adrian to safeguard other important characters through the events of HL2 and interfering with fate as it were.
@AwsomeTheFace
2 жыл бұрын
I just recently discovered your channel and have been watching all the half-life related stuff. Your pronounciation, wording and timing of your script is so fitting for the half-life universe for some reason. It sounds really authentic. You're doing an amazing work here and should be much more popular in my opinion
@ryanshaw183
Ай бұрын
Adrian Shephard coming back as a side character where he has that marine vocoder(?) voice from the original half life would be so cool to see. Having him as character you play as is cool, but a side character where we see him get more fleshed out with the little personality he has would be amazing. Either way I'd love to see my favorite character back in the franchise, but I hope they do it correctly.
@voidrevenge3736
2 жыл бұрын
"Opposing forces" I see what you did there.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Thought I'd throw a few references in there so people know I mean business 😂 😂
@thevisitor1032
2 жыл бұрын
"This is punchmaster 1 to dicknuts actual, you are clear to reinforce this position, over." -Shepard's Mind
@bobberman4641
2 жыл бұрын
I’m starting to think they’re going to use Shephard as a contingency plan for Freeman. Ya know, in case Freeman goes awol.
@BlargTheEnderman
2 жыл бұрын
Think that’s Alex now
@kaveanto
Жыл бұрын
@@BlargTheEnderman Maybe the Gman has kidnapped Alyx for forcing Freeman to 1v1 against Shephard. Maybe?
@PansexualPancakes2
2 жыл бұрын
I really like these lore videos! They're so interesting and I like how they tell the lore more as a story than as a recounting; as if it's being told as a campfire story or history lesson to members of the Resistance! Excellently done, sir!
@Randomstuffs261
2 жыл бұрын
"Adrian rescued as many of the Black Mesa staff as he could" ... **Not in my playthrough**
@19kp.
2 жыл бұрын
I’m planning a “good soldiers follow orders
@lordjoerilen8387
2 жыл бұрын
Not in my Gordon run
@brimstoner982
Жыл бұрын
If Adrian ever appears in HL3, I think it’ll be as an antagonist to Gordon. With the ending to Half Life Alyx, it seems that the series is gonna go in the direction of Gordon turning against the G-man. Because Adrian is in the G-man’s arsenal. It could be possible that he pit’s the two together. It would also sort of harken back to HL1 with Gordon fighting against the HECU.
@MrVortrix
2 жыл бұрын
The panel of possible scenarios with Adrian Shepard is BIG but unfortunately not exploited
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully that changes soon!
@awesomemediplayer2024
5 ай бұрын
I have a theory: in the HL2 beta that Deadwater played, the main character wasn’t Gordon, but someone named Gasmask Citizen 21, and who else wore a gasmask in the Half Life series and was playable? Adrian. Shepherd, So I think Adrian was originally going to be the main character of HL2
@FlareBinar
2 жыл бұрын
Fucking wild that Gman goes through the effort of changing the timeline and causing, honestly, quite a large nudge just to get Alyx... When he had Adrian Shepard in his back pocket! What a wild guy.
@badideagenerator2315
2 жыл бұрын
unless he didn't have adrian in his back pocket. there's always the possibility that shepard escaped when the vortigaunts broke gordon out of Gman's deep-freeze. a potential opening for a game starring Adrian shepard could have him awaken in the osprey that opposing force ended on, which is on a crash course, before passing out and waking up after the osprey crashed, climbing out of the wreckage and then collapsing. he could end up being found by some resistance fighters and taken in for questioning. this would allow for his Powered Combat Vest to be modified to accept power from combine technology by one of the resistance scientists such as kleiner, although he wouldn't get it back until he proves to them that he can be trusted.
@buak809
Ай бұрын
@@badideagenerator2315when vortiguants broke Gordon out if Gmans void? In og Half Life 2 its GMan who wakes Gordon up from stasis and the fact that we end half life 1 in a train and begin hl2 in a train too makes me believe it was just the matter of minutes, perhaps hours while in fact it was about 20 years for humanity. Think about black hole and the way it works for people inside it and outside of it. As for Adrian, would he be in the same void Gordon was? Or the void is like multidimensional prison and if whenever two people would be put in stasis by G Man simultaneously, they wouldn't meet anyways? In that case would Vortiguants affect Adrian's fate and rescue him out of void?
@DrMoofK
2 жыл бұрын
I'm calling it now. My fave boot boy Adrian is gonna be the protagonist in Portal 3. I know it sounds stupid, but I got a feeling Valve would do some funky stuff like that.
@ezrafomhar7484
2 жыл бұрын
And somehow, Valve would make it really plausible.
@petra080171
2 жыл бұрын
Uhm... portal 2 takes place QUIET SOME TIME after hl2
@TheArkman360
Жыл бұрын
@@petra080171 It's never explicitly said how long Portal 2 is after Half-Life 2 but the Earth being completely pristine suggests the Combine have been kicked off Earth. So you are right in that front by if you're referring to the specific 500,000 years figure. That's never mentioned in-game only in ancillary material and ancillary material has been retconned before. The PS2 guide for Half-Life says Gordon has only been at Black Mesa for a very short time but Half-Life 2 has it mentioned he's been there for some time.
@lance_the_avocado9492
2 жыл бұрын
Sees Adrian Shepard with an MP5 “Wait a second that’s not right.”
@thenexus8384
2 жыл бұрын
What
@justatankwithinternetacces8338
Жыл бұрын
He carries colt 727 in game which is he reskin of mp5
@Ghost741SC
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian is love, Adrian is life.
@argon1611
2 жыл бұрын
I love the way you weave in good morals in question form, thank you Skyrionn, subbed.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I try to add more to it than just lore. Something I'm learning to do! Thanks for the subscription!
@braydondrollette3854
2 жыл бұрын
I have a theory that the next time Adrian appears it will be to help Alex escape. Sence they are both in stasis it would make sense for them to some how meet and work togever to exit the stasis
@adrianshephard1348
2 жыл бұрын
G-man, PLEASE let me sit in a more comfortable chair than this yeeyee ass Osprey seat.
@arvelcrynyd6311
2 жыл бұрын
I loved Opposing Force and I like to think it's canon. Hope to see Adrian again one day.
@Aktoto1
Жыл бұрын
its more canon than half life 2
@WarriorNoldor
2 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for Operation Black Mesa⛰ to come out on steam.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to it!
@WarriorNoldor
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn Shepherd's story needs closure.
@TriggerzConnors
2 жыл бұрын
Barney was also canon in all HL 1 to Episode 2 since HL: Blue Shift released.
@Citrussam513
Ай бұрын
I like to imagine that he's playing cards with Alyx in the stasis void after the events of hl alyx
@crabcke4876
2 жыл бұрын
I would like too see valvue make games like Half life Alyx, but more of the different characters like Father Gigori, Adrian Shephard I think that would be cool
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I'm down for that
@grasseater8630
2 жыл бұрын
This channel needs way more attention
@royliber3824
2 жыл бұрын
I think Opposing Force is fully canon. We know based on later HL games that Black Mesa did in fact got nuked... And the only place we hear about that nuke is in Opposing Force, therefore it can kinda confirm that Opposing Force is part of the original story. People say its non-canon because no one else faced Race X aliens at Black Mesa except Adrian and some other HECU soldiers. However, as it was explained here... Race X only started to arrive after the portal was complete and the gene worm had finally arrived. All of this happened shortly after Gordon teleported to Xen, so he simply couldn't have faced Race X aliens sense he never saw them arriving. Also when Return to Ravenholm was developed by Arkane, its known that Valve took an interest to make it canon to the story... So it would only make sense that Opposing Force would be canon as well as we know Adrian is the guy we were supposed to play in Return to Ravenholm. The one thing I wish about Return to Ravenholm is that it would have come out in any matter there is... The game looks truly gorgous and it definitely can stand up to Valve's standards.
@buak809
Ай бұрын
That's what I have been thinking too. Blue Shift ends quite early when put in the original Half Life timeliness, somewhere around the moment Gordon is captured by HECU and thrown into the pit about to be crushed As for Opposing Force however we seem to finish the game at the same moment HL1 is finished, perhaps bit earlier or later but still while Gordon is already on Xen without coming back we are still fighting inside Black Mesa so that's fair to think Race X appeared later but that would mean aside from Xen, Combine we have another threat which was not exploited later in Half Life 2 or its episodes, maybe I am wrong though. As for Adrian himself, while we may see him returning and people hope it will happen I think he was just put in the void forever. GMan never made him any offer like with Gordon case. He says he will be put somewhere he can't do no harm nor any harm will be done to him. IMHO that's way worse than just getting killed and in process shut down following the no witnesses rule
@TheGhostOfAGamer
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian is cannon due to Barney being cannon since he appears in HL2.
@jblockman_59nunyabidnis68
Жыл бұрын
Honestly missed opportunity to have the VR game be about Shepherd. Like seriously G-Man gets captured by combine and so he activates his one last wild-card.
@alialatrach9788
2 жыл бұрын
HL Alyx spoilers Gman should have chose Adrian over Alyx to be honest, I REALLY wish Valve can bring him back, I hope they do!
@zeynaviegas
2 жыл бұрын
i think they didn't because Adrian wouldn't know people. He would just drop in the combine controlled earth having 1) no allies 2) no friends 3) no direction and gman isnt the kinda character to just give you a direction, right? Gordon and Alyx on the other hand, have friends, allies and are quickly given directions by them. But I honestly want Adrian to come back, such a badass character cant just be put indo indefinite stasis
@teehubruum6844
2 жыл бұрын
I think gman chose Alyx because she could've been nurtured into becoming exactly what the gman needs. Someone who isn't susceptible to outside influence like how Gordon was in hl2ep1. Maybe he thought shepard was susceptible too?
@Dayz3O6
2 жыл бұрын
@@teehubruum6844 yeah, if you see the ending to opposing force, the Gman employer never wanted Adrian but he convinced them to keep Adrian because of his skill much like Gordan but know that Adrian wouldnt do what he and his employer wanted so instead detain Adrian rather than hired him like Gordan. Gordon only start to defy Gman with the help of the Vortiguarts as we progress through HL2. Thus changing timeline and picking a younger Alyx would be the better choice for the Gman.
@Stresenbear
2 жыл бұрын
Ehhh I want Adrian and Gordon to have a bhop glitch race to see who's better at it
@rajchavan9786
2 жыл бұрын
Has anyone ever thought that Corporal Adrian Shephard could in fact be the G-man ?? Please note that the true face of Corporal Adrian Shephard is never revealed in the Half Life : Opposing Force like we know how Barney and Freeman look in Half Life : Blue Shift and Original Half Life game, but we do not know how Shephard looks. G-man may have travelled back in time and started off with the chain of events to occur which makes Corporal Shephard transform into the G-man in the future. Since in the final words to Shephard moments before detaining him and the end credit rolls, the G-man makes a particular statement which says that he reminds the G-man of himself, which could be a direct reference to the past when G-man was actually the marine Corporal Shephard but later got transformed into the G-man by the so called employers who are not yet revealed in the Half Life universe. I know many will say why didn't anyone recognize him in the past or why he didn't look like Corporal Shephard. He wasn't recognized by face maybe because he was transformed at a genetic level and altered his face and speech to be unrecognized as that Corporal Adrian Shephard. So no one really knew who he was. If thats true we now have to know how this transformation takes place when Corporal Shephard becomes the G-man. I'm eagerly waiting for this plot twist to be revealed since 1999.
@Eduardo-ml3dd
Жыл бұрын
Sou apaixonado em half life Opposing force , faz parte da minha história e já zerei o jogo inúmeras vezes e não me canso ! Espero ansiosamente outro jogo sobre ele mesmo que se passe na Black mesa novamente
@holy0damn
2 жыл бұрын
11:20 "and then he became the Postal Guy"
@irishempire9811
2 жыл бұрын
I just want Return to Ravenholm man, i need to see more of my boy Shephard.
@anerdishere420
Жыл бұрын
If Half-Life 3 ever comes out and they do save Alex from stasis like its implied they will after the ending cutscene of Alex I hope they save Adrian as well honestly I just want to see interactions between Gordon and Adrian because seeing a HECU and a black Mesa scientist having to work together just sounds stupid funny to me
@darkranger116
Жыл бұрын
I've always thought it would be cool for Half Life 3 to announce with the 3 main characters on the front. Gordon in the middle, alyx on the left, shepherd on the right. Gman's hit-squad.
@lunatic_nebula9542
2 жыл бұрын
i think what would be cool is that in a future half life game while playing freeman in an urban area hearing shepards M4 gun shots but not being able to see him , like thourgh a crack in a wall when he closes the door behind him (not being able to see him of course) is the best i can thing that they can add him with out acctully adding him
@Salted_Fysh
2 жыл бұрын
You know, I never understood why the black ops team was told to target the biohazard containment unit. Either the unit could be trusted with both the knowledge of what happened at Black Mesa and dealing with the cleanup or they couldn't. If they couldn't, why did you waste so much money on training them and why did you decide to send them in if you're going to have them all killed afterwards? Not to mention this also means a loss in black ops personnel so essentially you're just wasting assets all around. Remember that the military moved in with considerable hardware including tanks, attack helicopters, mortars, jets, APCs, a whole supply fleet, ospreys etc. That stuff is really fucking expensive to just throw away.
@eidoneverchoosen1171
2 жыл бұрын
The black best security guards. The HECU marines, and black ops were supposed to work together as an effective clean up image if they did as they were meant too.
@skinnyman16
2 жыл бұрын
All your HL lore videos are top notch. Many thanks for your input and hard work. Cheers.
@MATES2000803
2 жыл бұрын
Man I just can't get enough of half life lore. Awesome video
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you :D
@chaosblastman4936
Жыл бұрын
I feel if Valve ever does do HL3, Shephard would come in as a fellow companion like Barny.
@pr1nc026
2 жыл бұрын
My man's only 22 and saved earth from Race X, but funi glasses goatee man failed to kill 1 old man.
@dxfan18
2 жыл бұрын
With Alyx now controlled by G-Man and Gordon and Eli out to find him, maybe G-Man could take Shepherd out of stasis to hunt Gordon down and manipulate him into thinking that the Resistance's actions could jeopardize everything his "employers" have worked to achieve. To this end, you'd fight both the Resistance and Combine, it's pretty clear G-Man isn't working with them.
@doctortinkle7294
2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see an Opposing Force 2 where you play as a Combine Soldier where you get mortally wounded and the Vorts pull you back from the brink and use you for the resistance
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
That is a game I would play
@doctortinkle7294
2 жыл бұрын
@@Skyrionn love this channel btw! I recently zoomed through all the games, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has been thinking bout Half Life lately
@fortnight5677
Жыл бұрын
Valve: decides to make another Half Life game Valve: wants to test the waters first and too scared to work on Half Life 3 Valve: has the option to expand on Shephard's story and put him in the middle of the 7 Hour War Valve: decides to make a game exclusive to VR, because -they want to sell VR products- you can to hold junk in your hands and "you are there!" and the only proper story content is G-Man at the end. His only purpose is to act as a retcon device for Valve and he breaks the fucking timeline while doing it, which never happened before in the series.
@fortnight5677
Жыл бұрын
Yes the dude is capable of time travelling, dimension hopping, storing people in the void for decades, stopping your perception of time and communicate through thoughts but the player always had their timeline straight thanks to the writing. Now it's all fucked up. Valve tried to play safe and used G-Man to retcon the HL2EP2 ending but now they got multiple plot holes to fix. God I hope they don't come up with a bullshit explanation when Half Life: Barney on mobile releases, like "Alyx forgot about it," or "she vanished from the current timeline but people somehow still remember her." I really hope when the time comes at least this piece of G-Man's time fuckery is explained with an epic story.
@blehh_mae
2 жыл бұрын
gordon prevented xen from getting anywhere further out of black mesa adrian shephard just prevented an entirely new invasion
@chickenassasintk
Жыл бұрын
My like and comment. replaying the whole series again and glad to watch this. The 25 minuets of this video flew by
@thehonrdone
2 жыл бұрын
Lost Coast would have been an nice small story for Adrian tbh.
@canegamez
4 ай бұрын
Half Life 3 can wait, I’m ready for Opposing Force 2
@dutyer2005
2 жыл бұрын
Adrian shepherd was born in 1978, is 22 during opposing force, but half life 1 takes place sometime in the early 2000’s..? Guess he was in stasis as an infant for a decade aswell.
@MatthewBester
2 жыл бұрын
I remember this from back in the day. Such a good game. I'm on the side that this game is not canon because of it being Gearbox and also race X being such an oddity that, as far as I know, isn't mentioned again in the later games. It's more of a "what if" game to me.
@user-uo8ny1kj4c
2 жыл бұрын
gordon was in xen while adrian was fighting race x though
@clownintraining5944
2 жыл бұрын
We only see around 3 types of race x, being the shock trooper, the weird antalion guard looking thing, and the spikey guys. Majority of them appear after Gordon leaves. Adrian appears to wipe them out, or at least close the portal they were using to access earth. Adrian is probably real, seeing as the timeline of events fits. Along with that, Gordon is seen in opposing force, meaning half life 1 is canon to opposing force. It would make sense that it works the other way around, too. Plus, most npcs who encountered race x were wiped out in the explosion, or killed by the encounter. This is why it isnt mentioned in later games, and why race x doesnt reappear.
@IdioticSynergy
2 жыл бұрын
fantastic video mate ^_^ Adrian Shephard is the best
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! He really is.
@Djc00lness
Жыл бұрын
Barney, Freeman, Shephard, Gina and Collete are all heroes and badasses who battled against all odds and did what they could to save anyone they could along the way. Man half life has some dope characters
@batyr123_
Жыл бұрын
Shame Valve don’t do anything with them. They could be making lot more money and get lot more praise if only they focused on making single player games again.
@Timenaught
11 ай бұрын
Two years late, but I have to say, I think Adrian was an unforeseen factor in whatever plans the Gman or his employers put into motion. The Gman obviously knew something was unusual about Adrian, but I don’t think he knew what, until Adrian started making his way through Black Mesa. Hence the comment about Adrain’s ability to adapt and overcome the odds. I think that’s why the Gman closed the hangar doors to keep Adrian around. He recognized at about that time that Adrian could be an exceptionally useful asset, but needed more “testing” to gather the data necessary to convince his employers to let Adrian live.
@vadimzhabin5303
11 ай бұрын
In Half-life: Prospect, Shephard was pulled out of G-mans stasis and deployed by vorts into the Nova Prospect to assist Gordon by countering Combine reinforcement. What followed is that he was captured and taken aboard Combine orbital station, which was sending auxiliary Combine troops. Eventually he destroyed the core and then he was pulled out by G-man himself and put into the stasis ones more, but this time G-man is visually certain he will find great use for Shephard
@GrimTzu
7 ай бұрын
I hope to see Adrian working with the new Alyx against Gordon in the future game.
@Freelancer837
2 жыл бұрын
[Spoilers for Half-Life Alyx] It sucks that G-Man was looking for a "replacement" for Gordon, but he didn't think "Wait, don't I have someone like that already?" instead of taking Alyx instead
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I know right. Adrian is fully capable
@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer
2 жыл бұрын
Opfor is not canon,that is why they didnt use Adrian.
@Freelancer837
2 жыл бұрын
@@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer Got a source for that or you just throwing your guess out there like it's fact? Cause otherwise, they've always said the opposite, including the main Half-Life writer.
@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer
2 жыл бұрын
@@Freelancer837 I quote a source i found on google: "The Half-Life series canon has never been officially defined by Valve, and probably never will. Series' writer Marc Laidlaw stated that they do not "get involved in issues of canonicity," that "canon itself is non-canon," and that there is "no official stance," "just the games" as they are.".Also what you said,he did not choose Adrian over Alyx because in the opfor universe,Shephard is detained,but in the OG Half Life canon he does not exist at all,or rather,he exists but either died in the Resonance Cascade or was rescued by Osprey.
@Freelancer837
2 жыл бұрын
@@flameuptheherbwoofdownthebeer I know Adrien was just detained, not hired, but he was still someone G-Man has access too, that's why Episode 4 was supposed to be about G-Man sending Adrien Shephard to Ravenholm. As for the canonicity thing, you literally just quoted how they said they have no official stance. It just comes down to whether they want to use stuff from them or not, like how there are Easter Eggs in Half-Life Alyx referencing Blue Shift
@paulblartmemecop7218
2 жыл бұрын
2:11 “Located within the New Mexico desert of Arizona.” Me: *Brain stops working*
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
whoops
@thewoodpeckers655
8 ай бұрын
I still love that opposing force is the first and last time in the entire half life universe that the G-man is officially named the G-man outside of the files, being on the cover art for the console cd of the game.
@supermaster2012
2 жыл бұрын
Spoilers for the entire Half Life franchise ahead, be warned. Opposing Force is, story-wise, perhaps the most unique title in the Half Life franchise offering us a protagonist with motivations that are radically distinct from those of all other main characters in the broader lore, while presenting it in a well known and successful format that has over the years become an iconic classic of the peak era of the GoldSrc engine. Of all the Half Life original characters, Shephard is the only one that consistently fights against the G-Man, although mostly for completely tangential reasons, and the only one that actually makes him sweat a tiny bit to achieve his goals. Barney does not really ever interact with the G-Man directy and I always felt that Freeman is following the G-Man's script to the letter, regardless of how aware he is of the prophetic fullfiling of his predetermined destiny, which is something that is pretty strongly hinted throughout Half Life 2 and its sequels. Even during that brief moment of hesitation atop of the Citadel at the end of Episode 1 Freeman is not really the one defying the G-Man, he's simply the primary beneficiary of a situation mostly out of his immediate control. Compare that to Shephard during the entire story arc of Opposing Force and you get the complete opposite feeling. Shephard is a constant nuisance for the G-Man from the moment he crash lands into Black Mesa: his accidental ignorance of the cleanup plan causes the unplanned death of many a soldier ultimately forcing the intervention of Black Ops and the deployment of the nuclear warhead which wouldn't have been needed had the cleanup plan worked as intended, the unexpected deactivation of the nuclear warhead by Shephard shows us the only time in the entirety of the Half Life franchise when the G-Man has to perform the dirty manual work himself by being forced to reactivate the warhead himself, and on top of that there are many instances of the G-Man having to detour from his duties simply to halt Shephard's unintended progress like when he locks the hangar door leading to the extraction point towards the middle of the game. I would argue that In Opposing Force you can definitely feel that you are pissing off the G-Man to certain extent, something that you do not really see in any other Half Life game even in the GoldSrc era games where the G-Man is less cryptic and philosophical. The best part of Shephard's character is that he is not even doing it out of spite, for goodwill, or conviction; he's just an eager freshman soldier straight out of the academy that finds himself in the middle of Earth's worst moments and understandably just wants to save his closest friends and go home, as most people would in that situation. Shephard is by far the most relatable, believable and down-to-earth character of all three main protagonists of the original GoldSrc era story arc and the only one that isn't presented to the player as a hero or messiah destined to save the day, he is simply an average Joe that just happens to have the appropriate set of skills and enough luck to survive for another day. Shephard never shows any desire or ambition to save the world like Freeman and Barney do and while unlike some of the other soldiers he does not seem to have any personal ill sentiment towards the Black Mesa employees, all interactions and side lore scattered throughout the game point towards him only really caring for his fellow soldiers. The employees he ends up saving during his time at the facility are simply part of what he guesses to be his orders having missed the real ones and even then, as with the other GoldSrc era Half Life games, the canonicity of most of those cases is debatable due to the freedom the player is given, specially so in Opposing Force which distinguishes itself from the rest in the fact that there aren't any progression roadblocks requiring the help of a scientists. Opposing Force being the last of the Gearbox expansions to be developed and the last official GoldSrc era Half Life game, it benefitted greatly from the storytelling and technical lessons learnt from Half Life and Blue Shift, and it definitely shows in the superb polish of the end product having essentially no significant progression blocking bugs on release, as well as the slightly more mature and concise arc it tells. Unfortunately while Barney is all but destined to eventually return in the new RTS/FPS hybrid Half Life game being developed to promote the Steam Deck, I have a hard time seeing Shephard ever returning to the franchise considering two decades have come and gone since its last appearence in official cannon and the fact that Opposing Force wraps up its take on the Black Mesa incident much tighter than the other two GoldSrc era titles, not really requiring a sequel to understand the broader story of the game unlike Half Life and Blue Shift, both of which I feel hinted towards a potential follow-up sequel much more than Opposing Fronts does. Half Life offers the player a decisive choice at the end of the game with no definitive knowledge at the time as to which path was the correct one, while Blue Shift on the other hand simply ends up with Barney alive and well on the surface prepared to continue his newly found resolve as the unsung saviour of Black Mesa, presenting the player with no stasis shenanigans and a solid prospect of seeing Barney again in futures entires in the franchise. Opposing Force on the other hand simply ends with Shephard forcefully restrained in the void and a speech by the G-Man that implies Shephard is facing that destiny simply because the G-Man is mildly amused by Shephard's capacity to always end up disturbing his schemes as if the cosmos had conjured Shephard with the sole intention of causing him a headache. At this point I honestly feel there are higher chances to see Gina and her partner in crime being reintroduced into the modern lore than Shephard and while I definitely have a soft spot for him in my heart, having played through Opposing Force significantly more times than the other GoldSrc era games, I believe the two characters from Decay fit into the philosophy of today's Valve much better than Shephard, since them being minor characters in a somewhat niche side mode in an officially to this day PS2 exclusive console port means they don't really wage any risk of severely upsetting the fans. We have almost complete certainty that Freeman's story has permanently been foreclosed as a result of the fear that same perceived risk imposes onto Valve, a fear that took them 11 years and a massive retcon of the whole Half Life lore to just barely overcome, and sadly I don't think neither Valve nor the broader, more casual Half Life fanbase care enough about Shephard's character for Valve to gamble with that risk, specially so in a day and age in which Valve do not have any need whatsoever to develop games anymore, at least financially. The only games produced by Valve in the last 15 years each had the deliberate goal to boost a mostly unrelated service or device: CS:GO and Dota 2 helpped Valve position themselves as the lead in competitive gaming and eSports, the Valve Index demolished the sale figures of its contemporary VR headsets mostly thanks to Alyx alone, and in the close future Half Life: X is intended to boost the sales of the Steam Deck beyond the somewhat marketing-wise lackluster incentive it otherwise offers in game library portability. Unfortunately for us Shephard enjoyers, I'm afraid characters like Gina with a weaker, less established backstory suit this purpose much better than our favourite marine. Overall I rate this game 9/10 and I consider it a must-play classic for both hardcore Half Life fans and casual FPS players alike. Please for the love of Xen someone give this game the Black Mesa mod treatment, preferably without the 10 years of development hell and 2000s forum drama. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. I still think Gunman Chronicles is still the best commercial GoldSrc game and you cannot change my mind, cope.
@v.b.l.6498
2 жыл бұрын
Gunman, man i remember that. Highly underrated. I do think Shepard is a 50/50 given his fan favourite status. Gina is just a budget freeman.
@Kuro-UWU
Жыл бұрын
Combine: Freeman is our number 1 target now.. Also Combine: And who are you? Adrian: MB2
@pierrecolin6376
2 жыл бұрын
Why May 16th? All calendars in HL are opened on the month of December.
@coltforceplayer
2 жыл бұрын
Hunt Down The Freeman would’ve been better if you were Adrian instead of Mitchell and actually fighting alongside Gordon, better yet, actually having him in the game
@Loopy1330
2 жыл бұрын
Barney Calhoun was the main character in Blue Shift and was later a main character in Half-Life 2, so in my mind if Blue Shift is to be considered canon then Opposing Force (and Decay) are therefore equally canon. All made by Gearbox, all expanding upon Half-Life 1. Adrian Shepard even got mentioned by name in Blue Shift, so there you go. So while I do consider it canon, Opposing Force can also be ignored until Valve decides to do anything with it, since nothing unique to Opposing Force ever officially returned in a later Half-Life game. I think it would have been appropriate to bring Adrian or Barney back as the main character in Half-Life: Alyx instead of making the game about Alyx Vance, make it an Opposing Force 2 or a Blue Shift 2. I think it would have made more sense within canon for the G-Man to use Adrian as his new hire to replace Gordon since he already had Adrian in stasis and Adrian was better equipped to be Gordon's replacement anyway. Unless Valve can work out Alyx's adventure and Adrian's stasis with the G-Man, Alyx's adventure story-wise feels like a waste, like what was the point? Alternatively, Barney could have been a good fit too because the story could have easily been about Barney and Dr. Kleiner instead of Alyx and Russel, and it could have been about Barney and Kleiner's time prior to Half-Life 2. (The only reason why I think Valve came up with Russel is because the writers didn't know how to work with Kleiner so they figured "screw it", and made their own character they could do whatever they wanted with. They already had a Kleiner model made and everything, they just needed Harry S. Robins for voice work). I'd love to see Adrian come back, I think pairing him up with Father Grigori was a perfect idea how he would have been the Shepard that Father Grigori was praying for to help him - similar to how Gordon's name he's the free-man too.
@whydocatsexist2616
2 жыл бұрын
This is good that the game is still alive
@dogboy0912
2 жыл бұрын
What would be sick is reintroducing us to Adrian at some unspecified point after his removal from stasis. He's been working, just covertly. Perhaps he's in some special resistance cell a la Wolfenstein with prior HECU buddies. What would be really cool is if his spinoff game has completely different mechanics and game design closer to a tactical shooter to convey his training and difference in perspective.
@WBenzSEL
8 ай бұрын
“May the first of the early 2000s” ah yes, a day I remember well
@fausthanos08
2 жыл бұрын
19:21 He said it
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I said what I said
@atariboy9084
2 жыл бұрын
Next to Gordon Freeman and Barney Calhoun, Adrian Shephard is part of the the holy trinity of Half-Life lore. Also Gearbox made Half-Life: Blue Shift and no one seem to mind Barney being part of canon as well as having Walter Bennet also being in the Half-Life world.
@Skyrionn
2 жыл бұрын
I truly see him as canon. Going into this video, I really wanted to bring up the canonicty of Adrian. The comments seems to have the same belief as us!
@timmorin6657
2 жыл бұрын
Man, I'd like to see a handfull of HECU soldier that managed to survive the whole thing appearing in the continuation of the lore, training the resistance or fighting along other survivors from the 7H war.
@ob2kenobi388
2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Multiple of Valve's cancelled projects can be attributed to the Source 2 engine requiring further development at the time. Now that S2 is complete, we can only hope...
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