They are no longer human and have all kinds of pipes and tubes in them.
Why do all Combine soldiers wear respirators 24/7?
Luke Baker
Juan Martin
I always interpreted this as some bootlicker's opinion that the Combine are the next step in evolution
Ayden Myers
post-combine earth is polluted to all hell
Isaiah Peterson
The Combine soldiers were more human in the Beta. The metrocops were always human.
Adam Martinez
Actually, the OP image is a human. Metrocops haven't undergone the combinification surgery yet.
True Combine grunts are heavily modified humans. It happens at Nova Prospect. We know the Combine like to tinker with human biology when we get to see the Stalkers too.
Asher Morales
Brainlet
Ryan Ortiz
what about these guys?
Elijah Diaz
guessing masking their actual identities has something to do with it since they have voice modulators, might just be them being like "fuck it, if we have to wear masks we might as well give them some actual functions"
Connor Reyes
because gasmask were cool in the mid 2000s so now their design is stuck with them
Jonathan Martin
Now that we have alternate timelines can we get Half Life 2 Beta as an actual game?
Please?