How The Combine Broke Humanity | The Brutal Combine Regime | FULL Half-Life Lore

20 years after The Combine invasion, humanity had become subservient, broken and desperate for survival in a hopeless world. Through the exploitation of the physiological and psychological human needs, this universal union reduced the human population to mere cogs in a grand machine through the manipulation of what actually made them human.

What techniques did The Combine use to keep the human and Vortigaunt populations under their control? How effective were their efforts? And just how deep does this rabbit hole go? In this video, we explore how humanity was systematically broken down and shattered in an anatomy of The Combine’s brutal regime.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:25 Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs
05:50 Tier 1: Physiological Needs
13:35 Tier 2: Safety and Security
27:12 Tier 3: Love and Belonging
32:04 Tier 4: Esteem
36:14 Tier 5: Self Actualization
40:38 Legacy
42:32 Closing Thoughts

"A Theory of Human Motivation" Abraham Maslow.
https://www.academia.edu/9415670/A_Th...

“Motivation and Personality" by Abraham Maslow.
https://books.google.co.uk/books/abou...

https://www.simplypsychology.org/masl...


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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

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