Repairing What Has Been Damaged (spoilers!)

[Sulkdodds]

Within a few years, I think revolution would have happened all over the globe. As cities were taken over by the Resistance, so they would have had more and more bases and eventually be able to mount actual offensive operations. Ten years on, what's left of earth might have been in the control of the resistance, but the earth is screwed. When I got to the buggy levels I realised just how hopeless the situation was. Bythe time I was in the citadel, I didn't really know what I was I was fighting for. I thought that entire sequence was really clever. What was I fighting for? I was fighting because it was a game. Because it was fun to play. I had thought the game had a lack of purpose - after spending the entire opening section hating the Combine for what they did to people, I forgot all about it. Then the stalkers...

"Why are you fighting, Dr. Freeman? Just what are you fighting for?" At that point, I didn't really know. I realised the lack of purpose was deliberate.

"Just what have you given them?"
I too said "Hope." Even to me it sounded like a hollow, knee-jerk reaction - the kind of thign you say to justify yourself, convince yourself that you are the good guy, you are the hero, and that he is the villain. But I knew even that couldn't save the world. I decided simply that I'd make Breen pay for A. ****ing up the planet and B. He was so goddamn smug.

 

[AzzMan]

Look at parts of Europe that were pretty much rubble some 5 or 6 decades ago due to WWII. Entire areas were reduced to nearly nothing. They are thriving now.

Look at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Look at what, after 20 years of warfare, survived in Afganistan (in terms of historic sites, what is left is quite amazing, although sadly much is lost).

Or other areas, like in Egypt, where for thousands of years of on and off war, struggle, corruption, occupation, uprisings of all sorts, there are modern cities and ancient artifacts.

Just a perspective on how it's worth it, even if you only save a few lives here and there to keep on going.

Here's what I think

- Combine nuetralized "threat" countries with an opening they couldn't defend. Pretty much wiped the nation states off the map.

- Combine spared some infrastructure in cities around the world where people are somewhat passive due to their history of opression (China, Former USSR, Etc.) and set up Citadels to process them.

- We see "english speaking folk" in the resistance becuase people from countries like US and England were left alive, moved in for processing, then escaped to fight back.

They did escape the cliche plot/ending of other pop culture tales where a "small resistance" overthrows an opressor only to find that "hey so did everyone else around the world at the same time" (we need a montoge!) and the earth is all green and happy thing


yay

I can't spell!

You forgot to mention the earth is overrun by predatory aliens from another dimension......

 

[operative lm]

Well, I think the combine hasn't been defeated yet... since there are more Citadels throughout the world. Anyway, I think putting water back in the oceans is almost impossible.

If they find a way to un-make-you-forget the water, they could take Breen's private reserve and pour it in there. Probably only raise the water level about 0.0000000000000001 milimeters, but it's a start.

 

[Llama]

If they find a way to un-make-you-forget the water, they could take Breen's private reserve and pour it in there. Probably only raise the water level about 0.0000000000000001 milimeters, but it's a start.

Your optimisan is frightning

Nice idea tho.
I wonder if the U.K. is as bad?

 

[Sid Burn]

If they find a way to un-make-you-forget the water, they could take Breen's private reserve and pour it in there. Probably only raise the water level about 0.0000000000000001 milimeters, but it's a start.

Anyway... I wonder where the combine transfered the water...

 

[TheAmazingRando]

They may be pouring it into starships and dumping it all on Mars.

 

[Sulkdodds]

I wonder if the U.K. is as bad?

It's probably worse. Think Day After Tomorrow worse.

 

[Sloth]

Think.
If humans can't have children.
Could the Vorts?
Hmmm, vogon children, wierd.