Half Life 2: Dominion

Residential Block 7 stands behind a permanent checkpoint where residents endure daily ID verification and random contraband scans before entering their own homes. The building's exterior bears the marks of resistance—hastily covered graffiti and impact marks from CP enforcement actions. Overcrowding defines the interior, with multiple families sharing apartments designed for single occupancy, creating tension in cramped corridors. Residents exhibit unusual watchfulness, their stares following strangers with equal measures of suspicion and desperate hope. Water pipes deliver deliberately contaminated liquid unfit for consumption, forcing reliance on Combine rations despite functioning purification systems in the basement that remain disabled by administrative decree. The block's reputation for harboring dissidents makes it subject to frequent surprise inspections.

The building is a stark, gray structure with peeling paint and graffiti covering its walls. The entrance is guarded by a checkpoint, and the interior corridors are narrow and dimly lit, filled with the sounds of muffled conversations and the occasional argument.