buh [she/her] to games • 3 years agoHalf-Life is probably the only super-popular mainstream video game where the good guy kills 100+ US soldiersmessage-squaremessage-square77 fedilinkarrow-up1142
arrow-up1142message-squareHalf-Life is probably the only super-popular mainstream video game where the good guy kills 100+ US soldiersbuh [she/her] to games • 3 years agomessage-square77 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]hexbear31·3 years agoI assume a large amount of players think the Combine are a stand-in for Communism though link
minus-squareGalaxyBrain [they/them]hexbear27·3 years agoA large amount of people think that communism is a stand-in for fascism. link
minus-squarePuggo [he/him]hexbear26·3 years agoIt doesn't help that HL2 is set in some dystopian, vaguely eastern European city, so yeah, it's safe to assume that. link
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]hexbear26·3 years agoYeah, it's got the 1984 influences, the oppressive mass surveillance police state, food rations and identical jumpsuits "This is what Marxists want" :kubrick-stare: link
I assume a large amount of players think the Combine are a stand-in for Communism though
A large amount of people think that communism is a stand-in for fascism.
It doesn't help that HL2 is set in some dystopian, vaguely eastern European city, so yeah, it's safe to assume that.
Yeah, it's got the 1984 influences, the oppressive mass surveillance police state, food rations and identical jumpsuits
"This is what Marxists want" :kubrick-stare:
Pretty sure it's set in faux-Bulgaria