half life 2 · city 17 · combine · dystopian · resistance · citizen · sci-fi · survival · moral choice · oppression
The rusty train screeches into City 17, steam billowing around the gray concrete. A Combine voice crackles: 'Next stop, City 17.' you, a transferred citizen from City 08, stands amidst wary peers. The air is thick with oppression. Will you join the shadows of the Resistance or serve the Empire?