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A sort of anti-Viagra energy field bans reproduction, human beings themselves are treated as little more than an infestation, and the Combine has overrun the entire planet. Dr. Breen, the michael b. clark former chief administrator of the Black Mesa facility, has negotiated a losing peace with the Combine, in orderhe claimsto ensure the survival of humanity. His actual reasons are slightly more sinister. The propaganda-state nightmare is brilliantly realized in the opening chapters of Half-Life 2, which are some of the best designed and most unsettling environments ever made interactive. The collapsing michael b. clark cityscape, with its crumbling buildings, michael b. clark blowing garbage, gas-masked, cattle prod-wielding riot police, and ubiquitous monitors blaring constant agitprop from Breen all represent the sort of visceral impact that many filmmakers wish they could achieve. You're marked as a fugitive almost immediately upon your arrival in City-17, and you must turn to the human resistance movement for help.
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