Adrian Shepard and his unfinished history

After the release of the game Half-Life, many waited for the continuation. Soon followed by an official addition, the so-called plot spin-off. They released it in 1999 and gathered enough fans around them. This part was called Opposing Force and told the story of the corporal of a military special unit. It was Adrian Shepard who became the hero of this story and fascinated all gamers with his role in the game.

Name as it is

It is worth noting that the developers of the company Gearbox Software have worked on the glory. What are just thinking about the hero's name. For a long time, the add game designer thought about the future name of the protagonist. He wanted Adrian to become a full and mysterious character. His last name should have been ambiguous.

It appeared after the discussions of the game designer with his colleague on the film "Pulp Fiction". Randy Pitchford recalled the biblical quote of the character about the pastor. So appeared Adrian Shepard. It turns out that his name is the wrong spelling of the English word shepherd, which means "shepherd". It remained to add one letter, so that the second part of the surname sounded as hard.

So appeared Adrian Shepard (Adrian Shephard), whose role is so interested in the fans of the game, that for 15 years they are waiting for his appearance in the add-ons, and possibly in the third part of Half-Life.

Role play

So, the addition of Opposing Force presents us a hero at the age of 22 years. He serves on the fictional military facility of Arizona. Despite the fact that Adrian Shepard trained with all the others, yet his specialization is a sniper, but the treatment of a sniper rifle and a dig at the highest level.

The service calls, and the young soldier is sent with the detachment to prevent the alien threat. The point of arrival is the research center "Black Mesa". The task of the detachment was to evacuate all the personnel, but during the operation Adrian and a few others are isolated from their colleagues. In this "mortal cauldron" Shepard needs to survive.

Meeting with the main character

It turns out Adrian Shepard meets the main character of the main series of games Gordon Freeman. This meeting is not so important for the plot. This is just a reference to the main story and another reminder to the players about Freeman. At the moment when Gordon makes a jump into the portal leading to Zen, Shepard can watch him.

If the player decides to jump with Freeman, he will fall into the abyss. A message will appear on the screen that the observation is suspended, since an attempt was made to create a temporary paradox. By the way, if Adrian shoots in Gordon's back, the same thing will happen.

Uncertainty

Adrian Shepard, whose role was liked by many fans of Half-Life, meets on the way of the unknown. This is G-Man. He participates in important events and changes the course of the game. This person is clearly interested in a young corporal, and Adrian notices this and writes about it in his diary.

G-Man helps Shepard get out of the eerie room in the "Black Meze". But later he suspends the evacuation of the hero. Then the unknown includes nuclear weapons, which Shepard specifically disabled, thereby predicting the destruction of the research center. After the final battle, the characters meet each other. G-Man is admired by the corporal, but at the same time he claims that Adrian is a dangerous witness, which means he can do harm.

The unknown does not take the life away from the guy, but sends him to an unknown place. Now Adrian can not hurt anyone. Game over.

Continuation

After the release of the supplement, there was one more that only mentioned the young corporal. Fans threw the letters Valve and begged that Adrian Shepard in "Half Life 2" appeared again. The second series of games was released in 2004, and you can already say that the developers did not listen to the requests of fans of the game.

Nevertheless, Gabe Newell once said with certainty that someday the history of the corporal will resume. Perhaps Adrian Shepard will appear without a mask, with a new role. Since the release of the second part, 12 years have passed. Players have already lost the hope to see not the story of Shepard, but at least the continuation of the plot with Freeman.

To myself the director

The silence of the company Valve tired fans, and all these years they created their own fashion, where they told the continuation of history. Addition Dark Operations tells that Shepard, waking up to Zen, finds the way back to the "Black Mesa".

Also, the addition was expected to the second Half-Life series, which would also be referred to as Opposing Force 2. It was assumed that G-Man woke Adrian. He had to fight with the Alliance and prevent a spatial rift. But this story was not destined to appear. In 2014, Gearbox officially stated that it froze this project in order to soon unite with other developers. The story of Shepard ended, and not having time to start.