Thanks to the efforts of Eli and Alyx Vance, Half-Life 2 ’s human opposition is surviving and fighting back. Because how can you resist something you aren’t even aware of? After all, the Combine conquered Earth in just seven hours.īut, 20 years after humanity’s initial defeat at the hands of their technologically advanced oppressors, The Resistance is eking out a life in the shadows. There wasn’t much resistance at the beginning, of course. Haf-Life 2, like many of the best sci-fi stories that came before and since its 2004 release, is a resistance narrative.
