It is estimated that around 56% of the Earth's population has now been converted to Overwatch soldiers.

They also decided to clone Breen, he had been a useful puppet so far and he had become an asset they did not want to lose.įor more control, they built eight more Citadels in and around (with a 300 mil radius) what was left of City 17. Now to fill in what has happened in the past 6 years:Īfter the portal exploded, the Benefactors thought it wise to increase their presence so they doubled the number of Combine posted to On-World assignments. Six years go by and for some reason Gman's power over the dimension Gordon resides becomes diluted in causing the protagonist to end up back on Earth only to find that it is almost fully conquered by the Combine.Īs in Half life 2, your basic goal is simple release the Combine's stranglehold on earth and eventually find a way fight them off entirely. Combine Insurrection takes place in an alternate story arc from the Episodic events where Gordon was never saved by the Vortigaunts at the end of Half-Life 2.

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