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[Gamer79]

To be honest, the whole Half life Story is pretty fucking weird. It has ties with Doom in that it is the case of teleportation has gone wrong. It starts with the Black Mesa Incident and on through to Half life 2. Despite the fact he is a Gaming Icon, there is almost nothing we can say about this "man." We know that he can control time, somehow has telepathic abilities, can teleport, seems beyond attack from Human or alien species, and as the video I will provide that I believe is the best breakdown of the black mesa incident brings up an even larger Question. Who does the G-Man work for? He uses phrases like "my employers" so that already tells you he is not at the top of the food chain. The way he speaks and behaves doesn't seem human. It seems like something replicating a human. The Baby thing with the third arm at the end of black mesa also insinuates they themselves are enslaved or scared of something else. Thoughts?

Also this guy far and away breaks down the OG half life better than anyone I have seen. To be honest, I couldn't make much sense of the story outside of Gordon causing havoc and aliens wanting to take over.

 

[HogIsland]

The only character we know less about is Gordon Freeman

 

[ScHlAuChi]

There is nothing mysterious - he is just a lazy Deus Ex Machina story device to make things happen or getting them resolved.

 

[Trogdor1123]

He’s pretty interesting for sure. The folks from the souls games gotta rank up there too

 

[Soodanim]

There is nothing mysterious - he is just a lazy Deus Ex Machina story device to make things happen or getting them resolved.

Why so cynical?

It's unexplained until it needs to be explained. You not knowing the answer doesn't necessarily mean there isn't one. Not only that, but you could probably say the same thing about so many mysteries in all of storytelling if you want to apply that logic.

 

[TintoConCasera]

5 games.
2 retcons.

I can asure you nobody even at Valve knows who this fucker is.

 

[rubik's dude]

Imagine if Gabe and David Lynch teamed up for Half Life 3.

 

[Boss Mog]

Mr. Blue Eyes from CyberPunk 2077 comes to mind.

 

[Dacvak]

Imagine if Gabe and David Lynch teamed up for Half Life 3.

Man, why hasn’t David Lynch gotten into gaming yet? Paired with a developer who knows good gameplay, he’d absolutely kill it. But I bet he turns his nose up at video games.

 

[rubik's dude]

Man, why hasn’t David Lynch gotten into gaming yet? Paired with a developer who knows good gameplay, he’d absolutely kill it. But I bet he turns his nose up at video games.

That'd be great, since he can't direct in-person anymore.

 

[Soodanim]

5 games.
2 retcons.

I can asure you nobody even at Valve knows who this fucker is.

Can you remind me what the retcons are please?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Can you remind me what the retcons are please?

Sure!

HL2 to HL2:EP1. Instead of G-Man taking Gordon away like in HL1 (which is the ending of HL2), some vortigaunts appear and stop G-Man from doing his thing at the start of EP1.

And more recently, HL:A's ending invalidating HL2:EP2's ending.

 

[Dacvak]

That'd be great, since he can't direct in-person anymore.

Damn, that’s sad. But it would be a good opportunity to try directing some games

 

[Balducci30]

Sure!

HL2 to HL2:EP1. Instead of G-Man taking Gordon away like in HL1 (which is the ending of HL2), some vortigaunts appear and stop G-Man from doing his thing at the start of EP1.

And more recently, HL:A's ending invalidating HL2:EP2's ending.

They stop him directly after the ending of Half life 2 right? Like Episode 2 the vortigaunts appear while he tries to take him away? Also - what does the HL:A retcon do that’s inconsistent with G-Man’s character?

 

[TintoConCasera]

They stop him directly after the ending of Half life 2 right?

No. At the end of HL2 he takes you. At the beggining of HL2:EP1 they stop him from doing so.

About HL:A. Yeah I guess what happens is on character, but they use that to rewrite the ending of EP2 so I would still consider that a retcon.

 

[Elbereth]

G-Man = Gordon from the future.

 

[BennyBlanco]

For me it’s Goldman. What’s his endgame?

 

[Wildebeest]

You could call him the Glue Man because Laidlaw just used him to glue together all the random ideas for levels and games that Valve had.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Well we know he's not all powerful in HL Alyx.

 

[TheAtomicPile]

Imagine if Gabe and David Lynch teamed up for Half Life 3.

They should go all in and have him voice Gordon as well.

"G MAN, YOU REMIND ME TODAY OF A SMALL MEXICAN CHIHUAHUA."