Operation: F.O.R.C.C. – Map Labs Test Tube #19

for Half-Life 2: Episode Two

8th September 2023

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Partially inspired by DoorVille, Operation: F.O.R.C.C. (Fleshing Out Restricted Corridors Competition) asked entrants to imagine – and build – what lies beyond inaccessible boundaries in any game (not just restricted to Half-Life or even Valve games!).

Enjoy Operation: F.O.R.C.C. – here’s 15 entries to entertain your desire to wander off the beaten path.

As always, if you’re interested in learning more about Map Labs and maybe even participate in their upcoming challenges, visit the Map Labs Discord.

Basic Details
  • Title: Operation: F.O.R.C.C.
  • Filename: sdk-2013-sp-mlc-operationforcc.7z
  • Size : 737 MB
  • Author: shoes1085, Zapagoogas, Marco198, Ossilia Flawol, AdaG//Adakam, Radial, ZEN_TURKEY, Coralilac, AtomicSpeedFT, beefbacon, NTN9, .HAL9000., cigaro (Rowan Wilson), Alexandra ‘Maestra Fénix’ Bravo, ArctixSnowPup, Danskart, Wirmaple73
  • Date Released: 2 May 2023

Download Options

Download to your HD [737 MB]

Manual Installation Instructions
  • Make sure you have the Upcoming branch of the Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer installed in Steam and run at least once. (Properties – Betas – select upcoming from the dropdown list).
  • Copy the operation_forcc, mapbase_shared, mapbase_hl2, and mapbase_episodic folders into your SourceMods folder.
  • Restart or start Steam.
  • Operation F.O.R.C.C. should now be listed in your Library tab.

Reviewing

If you decide to use the Per-Map Opinion Images, feel free to use the file below as a template:

Operation-FORCC-Review-Template.txt

Entries

Listed as they are displayed in the mod itself:
Yellow = winning maps and recommended maps

Vendetta by shoes1085 – 2nd Place
Calaubi Yau Model by Zapagoogas & Marco198
Owen_A by Ossilia Flawol & AdaG//Adakam
FLUME by Radial
Advice by ZEN_TURKEY
Dr. Freeman, I Presume? by Coralilac – 1st Place
MS20 by AtomicSpeedFT (bonus map)
Cold Hard Steele 3.1 by beefbacon (bonus map)
“WE DON’T GO TO ST.OLGA” by NTN9 – 3rd Place
End of Shift by .HAL9000.
Entropy: John by cigaro (Rowan Wilson)
The Prodigy by Alexandra “Maestra Fénix” Bravo
A Trip Through C17 by ArctixSnowPup
Alternative Route by Danskart
Siege at the Office by Wirmaple73

Screenshots

WARNING: The screenshots contain spoilers.
Each map has 5 screenshots. Thanks to Radial for providing the screenshots!

1600 x 900

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Reader Recommendations
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Play It Later
Play It Now!
4 recommendations, average score: 4.75 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.19 (what's that?)
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Meta Review Data
Statistics based on 2 comment(s) with meta review data.

Installed:
Using Gauge: Users
Manually: 2 Users
Time Taken:
Average: 2 Hours, 48 Mins
Shortest: 0 Hours, 46 Mins by JetBlueChest
Longest: 4 Hours, 50 Mins by Stef
Total Time Played: 5 Hours, 36 Mins
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8 Comments

  1. Hec
    Play It Now! - revised

    Well first of all I have to say that, after sadly having RTSL dot com down for several weeks, I’m glad this fantastic site is back on track, as it is a regular visit site for any Half-Life Lover in the world, so having this important site down is like turn off the lights in our lives a bit.

    Now about this Map Lab, I have to say it was fantastic. The whole concept was truly well developed in many entries, and I just love most of them, especially the Cold Hard Stele one, wow, that was a blast! and the most hardcore ever released.

    I also loved The Prodigy and I just cracked a big laugh combat against that Gargantua having Ant Lion Moma behavior it just made me LMAO but it was a great entry!

    The one with the Office from the CSS maps was also fantastic and I loved that slow-mo pace that made it feel like you were on a Die Hard Movie or something.

    But, for me, the best entry was the Portal one, wow, was amazing to see how GLADoS just k*ll everyone in there, so having that story moded turns it into a Must Play for any HL/Portal passionate.

    The rest also were OK and probably not that best as the prior I mentioned,

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  2. Hec
    Play It Now!

    Well first of all I have to say that, after sadly having RTSL dot com down for several weeks, I’m glad this fantastic site is back on track, as it is a regular visit site for any Half-Life Lover in the world, so having this important site down is like turn off the lights in our lives a bit.

    Now about this Map Lab, I have to say it was fantastic. The whole concept was truly well developed in many entries, and I just love most of them, especially the Cold Hard Stele one, wow, that was a blast! and the most hardcore ever released.

    I also loved The Prodigy and I just cracked a big laugh combat against that Gargantua having Ant Lion Moma behavior it just made me LMAO but it was a great entry!

    The one with the Office from the CSS maps was also fantastic and I loved that slow-mo pace that made it feel like you were on a Die Hard Movie or something.

    But, for me, the best entry was the Portal one, wow, was amazing to see how GLADoS just k*ll everyone in there, so having that story moded turns it into a Must Play for any HL/Portal passionate.

    The rest also were OK and probably not as good as the prior I mentioned, but enjoyable enough so what do you wait for Play it Now.

    PD. I’ll stop the map labs playing and reviews, until I finish 2 awesome Steam-based HL2 mods: “Snowdrop Escape” and “Swelter”, which just hooked me up totally, and I hope Unq would also give them a space here in RTSL so we can review them and discuss about them, as are big news in the HL2 modding scene these days.

    Reply
  3. JetBlueChest
    Play It Now!

    Its a great maps. I missed out like 2 maps cuz it instantly crashed my Gmod when I run it. But still:)

    Playthough here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPL4Ya3LdF0&list=PL5MfhJVT6wIKbXxhAvpcJxjx8m-uEG42x&index=183

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Easy
    Playtime:
    46 Minutes
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  4. Stef
    Play It Now!

    This one was mostly oriented to combat with no low quality map but on the other side no exceptional maps neither even if I consider two of them as wow it was relativly fun in term of gameplay but lack a little of design

    Vendetta by shoes1085
    It is great!

    Playtime: 25 minutes
    Great concept and interesting gameplay through a sort of city 17, didn’t directly figure out that you could take most of the object to trow them it, was well
    balance an really fun to play through

    Calaubi Yau Model by Zapagoogas & Marco198
    It is okay

    Playtime: 10 minutes
    A straight forward progression some small puzzle an combats. Design is ok in a sort of post appocalyptic world

    Owen_A by Ossilia Flawol & AdaG//Adakam
    It is okay

    Playtime: 11 minutes
    A combat oriented map with some small puzzle it’s more like an arena map, fun and not too challenging

    FLUME by Radial
    It is good

    Playtime: 16 minutes
    Also more oriented gameplay map with a final arena/wave experience a little challenging but not frustrating

    Advice by ZEN_TURKEY
    It is bad

    Playtime: 30 minutes
    Didn’t finish this one a sort of citadel experience with a ‘new’ boss and lots of traps and challenging gameplay first arena was ok second one was too challenging
    en so frustration and I stop

    Dr. Freeman, I Presume? by Coralilac
    It is good

    Playtime: 13 minutes
    Interesting one some puzzle to solve, try and find to progress gameplay, minor combats the concept and interaction was cool was really fun to play trough

    MS20 by AtomicSpeedFT
    It is okay

    Playtime: 3 minutes
    Really too short experience combat oriented and easy progress nothing really special

    Cold Hard Steele 3.1 by beefbacon
    It is WOW!

    Playtime: 75 minutes
    A sort of total conversion like beefbacon seems to be a great specialist. It was intense, highly challenging especially the last arena before escaping
    in term of original design, gameplay and challenge this one was perfect

    “WE DON’T GO TO ST.OLGA” by NTN9
    It is good

    Playtime: 9 minutes
    Great design from start but sadly we won’t go to what we see, challenge is one time more oriented to and arena map with a sort of abrupt gameplay ending

    End of Shift by .HAL9000.
    It is WOW!

    Playtime: 7 minutes
    This one was certainly my favorite, there was no fight it’s start like a exploration map with really atmospheric ambiance and great eyes looking design. After it will
    be an escape/run concept. The experience was really great and fits the original Half-life 2 theme with the power of AI perhaps a little too short experience

    Entropy: John by cigaro (Rowan Wilson)
    It is good

    Playtime: 12 minutes
    Mostly straigh forward gameplay with some snow, some good idea and combats well oriented an honestly enjoyable one

    The Prodigy by Alexandra “Maestra Fénix” Bravo
    It is good

    Playtime: 35 minutes
    A Half-life oriented realease in a classic half-life 1 mood, enjoyable and well design with good balance between interaction and fights found the end boss fight too challenging
    and frustrating

    A Trip Through C17 by ArctixSnowPup
    It is okay

    Playtime: 12 minutes
    Another oriented fight map with a arena map experience close after the start it was enjoyable but had nothing special it’s quite repetitive you enter a zone fight to progress
    and go to the next zone until the end boss zone and that’s it

    Alternative Route by Danskart
    It is okay

    Playtime: 20 minutes
    In term of combat and gameplay this one was fearly enjoyable the design was a little boxy and perhaps a little too hallways oriented there was some small puzzle to a descent end boss fight

    Siege at the Office by Wirmaple73
    It is okay

    Playtime: 3 minutes
    You are part of a combine squad and your send to rescue the manager of an office it’s quite short not really challenging and kill to progress to find the manager
    nothing really special but all in all it’s ok

    Summary

    If you like fighting then this collection of 15 is defenetly for you

    Installed:
    Manually
    Difficulty Played At:
    Medium
    Playtime:
    4 Hours, 50 Minutes
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  5. Stef

    Hello Unq, I think my review went to the spam 🙁

    Reply
    1. Unq

      Thanks, got it. It’s not even into Spam, it goes right to the Trash and there isn’t any setting I can change to help so just keep letting me know when it happens!

      Reply
      1. Stef

        thanks man 🙂

        Reply
  6. MayheM
    Play It Later

    It’s decent. There are some great maps, like vendetta and cold hard steele. The others range from being ok to mediocre. Some of them have good atmosphere, but gameplay-wise, poorly made. Overall, it’s enjoyable pack and worth downloading if you haven’t.

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