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Lookin good friend

Starting to get somewhere with the Sewer environment. I sculpted the fan and made a stone wall tileable in Zbrush and set up world aligned textures to avoid weird seams. Also sculpted/textured some mud piles for the ground, but I think I'll edit these since they look very low poly when i actually put them in lol. I can't decide whether to create a kit of unique pipe pieces or just make a couple of battered materials and add unique elements with normal decals. I'm going to use decals for all of the grunge/panel seams on the walls.  

Genuinely fantastic so far. I love the project, feels incredibly nostalgic and I think you are nailing a million things in execution.
Really liking the depressing diorama feel to this whole thing.
It does remind a bit of half life, and I am also getting some project zomboid vibes, which is an insanely atmospheric game, despite looking pretty flat.

One point of general feedback though, would be to try and incorporate some kind of a gentle curve into the environments.
Tire tracks, eroded embankments or paths or anything that would let you make bigger sweeping curves that break the lines.
As well as a bit more deliberate foliage placement like @sketchem mentioned.

Games in general tend to look incredibly angular. All texture directions are either perpendicular or parallel and this tends to make things look a bit constructed and directed. 
A lot of games solve this with hanging cables or sweeping thick hoses. Cloths and things tend to work as well.
I like using spline decals to do it to incorporate it into the ground.
There are a million ways to do it but usually when you find a way to organically break the lines you can usually bring environments to the next level.
Still though, very nicely done so far.