Half-Life's Horrific Empire | The Combine | FULL Half-Life Lore

The Half-Life series is filled with so many mysteries. While The G-Man could be considered the biggest, The Combine are a very close second. This multi-dimensional alien empire jumped from universe to universe in their quest to conquer all life. On their traversal though alien worlds, they encountered entire civilizations and they took what they wanted from them. Their world, technology and lives. What makes this empire one of the most terrifying entities in video game history? How important were the Combine Advisors? What was the worst thing they did to humanity? And what was their ultimate goal? In this video, we explore Half-Life’s biggest threat through the lore, story, and theories behind The Combine. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 01:02 Before & Early Years 03:32 Forced Evolution 06:41 The Safe Haven of Xen 08:28 A Detour into Breengrub 13:05 The War for Earth 16:08 A (Human) Introduction to The Combine 19:46 A Post-Combine Earth 23:27 The Forced Evolution of Humanity 28:54 Combine-Human Tech 32:23 The Resistance & Localised Teleportation 36:43 The Partial Fall of The Combine 39:37 The Future & Epistle 3 42:34 Legacy 44:09 Closing Thoughts Half-Life's Strangest Mystery Breengrub: https://youtu.be/CFPRk-Ayyo8Half-Life's Extraordinary Lost Episode | Epistle 3: https://youtu.be/lM-m-BetbpwRp_combine_overworld: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2632743175 BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzRy5o-KkTqLlG-GqSEdS3Q/join BECOME A PATRON! https://www.patreon.com/theskyrionn Twitter https://twitter.com/skyrionn Instagram https://www.instagram.com/skyrionn Half-Life & Portal Lore Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drXYpVL-D7c&list=PLjvOQGoAx2sOvAtJ-RBi77uNUKUz9abRx Standard Sources Game Manuals Half-Life Series Playthrough Research Portal Series Playthrough Research Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar (Uncorrected Proof) Half-Life 2 Prima Guide Half-Life: Alyx Playthrough Portal/ Half-Life Fandom Dev Commentary Old Valve Forums Marc Laidlaw's Twitter Marc Laidlaw Website Breengrub Twitter Reddit AMA (w/ HL: Alyx Developers) Portal 2 Aperture Desk Job AUDIO USED Half-Life Alyx OST: Insubordinate Relocation Half-Life 2 OST: Black Mesa Inbound Half-Life 2 OST: Lab Practicum Black Mesa OST: Catalyst Half-Life 2 OST: Our Resurrected Teleport Black Mesa OST: Resonance Half-Life 2 OST: Nova Prospekt Half-Life: Alyx OST: Severed From The Vortessence Half-Life 2 OST: Triage At Dawn #HalfLife #Lore #Combine