I never really noticed the political commentary in this game

i, for one, am shocked that a game with an oppressive government has political undertones

>>389630783
To be fair I discounted any political baggage the game might have because I figured Hl1 had pretty much none so HL2 wouldn't have any either, and because when it released I was just a little babby teen who wanted to shoot the gasmask men.

>>389630643
Pretty sure you still haven't. Because I'm 100% sure you don't realize the communists in this game are the good guys.

>>389630643
How did you not notice the combine were commies just by how shitty their architecture was?

Combine is Moscow/USSR
City 17 is Soviet Union's puppet state and Breen was there to prevent big land invasion, just like commie puppet governments.

>>389631272
>brutalism was a shitty, souless movement until capitalism allowed it to grow into the tasty, classy, timeless design it is today
Ironic, isn't it?

>>389631272
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>>389630643
You guys realize HL2 literally takes place in Russia, right?

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>>389630643
I still can't get over now seeing the Combine symbol as a Dyson Sphere.

Imagine how wicked-looking the actual, final model would've been.

>>389631490
>dressing up a utilitarian design philosophy like a whore and calling it classy

>>389631621
Eastern Bloc country, not necessarily Russia.

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>>389631638
The Combine symbol isn't a Dyson Sphere. It's a symbolic hand grabbing a planet, which is what the Combine does.

>>389632424
We'll never really know now.

>>389632424
It looks like a guy cheering

>>389630643
Half Life has always been about slavery and oppression, whether it was directly about communism I'm not sure, do the episodes support this? or for that matter HL1?

>>389632424
Its a wrench

>>389630643
Could be any kind of opressive regime for that matter, dosn't matter who does it, the result is the same.

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>>389631707
Its budapest the station in hl2 is the same.