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* ''[[Half-Life 2]]'': The Combine occupation of Earth has reduced much of it to a wasteland, populated by hostile alien life forms. Food has been reduced to what must be very revolting, as one NPC says to the player, "You gotta be damn hungry to wait in line for this crap."
** Actually, that's pre-packaged food made by the Combine. The Resistance living outside the cities use alternate food sources: while the Xenian lifeforms wrecked the planet's ecosystem, at least headcrabs and leeches are [[Squick|edible]] to humans and vortigaunts. It's unknown exactly what Combine soldiers and Elites are fed but it's likely they get the same saline solution used by Stalkers.
*** Ironically, both [[Portal (series)|Portal]] games seem to subvert this. The first game takes place completely inside {{spoiler|except the brief ending where the Aperture grounds look relatively verdant and Combine-free}}. The previews for [[Portal 2]] show [[
* In the game ''[[Rogue Trip]]'', the Earth is an irradiated wasteland, and the only green spots left are vacation areas controlled by a thug named Big Daddy.
* In ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]'' all of the [[Bad Future]] levels are either this, or in the process of becoming this.
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