Gordon Freeman is mentally disabled

[AugustFall]

As always I confused this with Morgan Freeman and thought he had been through a horrible accident. I was very sad for a second.

 

[Areani]

While this may be funny to think about you left out some important things. Like the one scientist saying that Gordon is a highly trained professional before him going into the chamber. That plus Gordon being mentally disabled doesn't add up. Also Gordon is putting his life at risk by being the one inserting the specimen inte the beam. Are you saying they made him do that because no other scientist would? That Gordon doesn't understand the risk he's taking?

Plus according to me this is how half-Life really happened:
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have you played Half Life 1? He WAS in a horrible and i would imagine very stressful accident involving ripping a hole between his and some other dimension bring with it several alien monstrosities and thus indirectly killing nearly all of his coworkers and friends plus intentionally killing his coworkers and friends in the form of crow barring down biologically possessed zombies

Ah, I have not. There we go. That explains his mental breakdown.

Say whaaat? Go play it. Now. Seriously if you like HL2 then you'd most certainly like HL1. You're missing out on the backstory!

 

[SoopaSte123]

But doesn't that mean the player is also mentally disabled as they control the actions of Gordon?

Well, I can speak just fine and people don't treat me like it's a big thing for me to pull a switch, so...

I mean to say that if someone thinks that Gordon is mentally disabled then in fact they are talking about themselves.

Ah, ok, I get what you're saying. Yes, my Gordon Freeman is mentally disabled, but I'm sure other people have their own explanations and/or different Gordon behavior patterns.

Reminds me of my one friend who has to develop his own backstory as to why Owen Wilson's nose got broken in every movie he is in. Ex: Wedding Crashers, in the past some girl figured out their angle and punched him in the nose.

 

[SoopaSte123]

After playing Half-Life 2, I noted several things about my Gordon Freeman:

-He never speaks
-He jumps on top of tables and other things that would be considered socially deviant
-He throws peoples' things (like computers) around like a madman
-He runs around hitting everything with a crowbar to see if it will break or not
-He is never certain whether an object will break or not when he hits said object
-He hits people in the head with a crowbar if he gets bored with what they're saying
-He is talked down to by other scientists
-He is referred to as "Mister Freeman" and sarcastically as "Doctor Freeman"
-He is complimented on throwing a switch and has a scientist act like he was actually contributing

And after careful reflection, I realized my Gordon Freeman is mentally disabled. Perhaps he was in a horrible accident, perhaps he had a mental breakdown from stress at some point, but regardless, he used to be a scientist and is now a mentally disabled errand boy wearing a power suit.

Some may criticize me and blame some of my reasons on my play-style, but I have played many first person RPGs and have never behaved that way in any of those games. Plus, that doesn't change the fact that he never talks (I just can't get past that). You also may claim the comments by other scientists was just sarcasm, but in the early "throw the switch" scene, only one scientist sounded sarcastic (which could easily be disdain or ridicule) while the other scientist treats him kindly like a puppy or a child or someone who is mentally handicapped.

Thoughts? Opinions? Anyone else have a similar mind-fuck experience with a game or movie or whatnot?

One quick thing: The other guy, Barney, was a security guard in Black Mesa, not a scientist, and here his function is much the same - a regular old joe who can shoot things and protect people. Oh, yeah, and he can talk and behave himself as well, which makes him more intelligent than Gordon.

Also... first person RPG? I have never, once, thought of the Half-Life series as anything even remotely RPG. Parts of the first one might have wanted to be a platformer, because every game back then had to have some kind of jumping puzzles. But RPG? How!?

Haha you caught me, I didn't mean to say Half Life was an RPG. I meant to say that I'm used to playing first person RPGs so it's not like I only play FPS games and that's why I get impatient with dialog.

 

[4li3n]

He has too much coordination to be "full on retard"... so he's gotta be one of those savants, but has a condition that makes him very poor with social skills. And he obviously lets it out by shooting inter-dimensional aliens...

 

[Smooth Operator]

Actually 90% of that was your doing, so wanna start again on who is mentally disabled?

Last time I checked, 4/9 is 44.4444444%, not 90%

I was referring to the gameplay, the one that really shines through is the player and his character.

 

[SoopaSte123]

Actually 90% of that was your doing, so wanna start again on who is mentally disabled?

Last time I checked, 4/9 is 44.4444444%, not 90%

I was referring to the gameplay, the one that really shines through is the player and his character.

I know what you were referring to, but it certainly wasn't 90%, even if we weight them based on how much they affected my view. The only one that really "shines through" for me is the not talking.

 

[Imp_Emissary]

-He jumps on top of tables and other things that would be considered socially deviant
-He throws peoples' things (like computers) around like a madman
-He runs around hitting everything with a crowbar to see if it will break or not
-He is never certain whether an object will break or not when he hits said object
-He hits people in the head with a crowbar if he gets bored with what they're saying
-He is talked down to by other scientists

That was you, not Gordon. You did those things, or rather, you made him do those things. They aren't indicative of his intelligence or character.

You'll note I say MY Gordon Freeman, as I'm well aware other players may not have this experience.

As far as the others saying you can interact with the environment, I play my share of Fallout: New Vegas and act perfectly fine in that. And I certainly wasn't trying going out of my way and be an ass in HL2 either.

You can hit people in the face in Fallout if they bore you.

You just have to be polite, and wait for them to be done talking.

 

[aba1]

wow im amazed at all the people taking this seriously when it was clearly a joke

 

[SoopaSte123]

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You can hit people in the face in Fallout if they bore you.

You just have to be polite, and wait for them to be done talking.

Hahaha. Yes, yes you can, but they will be pretty pissed, too, which is more reasonable.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

people seem to be taking this too seriously. I agree totally, the vast majority play like that (Yahtzee admitted it too), and I have to agree to your conclusion, that or he is just a mute sadist that people keep around just to make sure he doesn't kill them

 

[UltraXan]

Most of that stuff was you, so therefore, *you* are mentally disabled. Just kidding, you were just acting like everyone else does. Although, I'm sure this could have been helped if characters said: "What the hell are you doing?" every time you did something stupid and wouldn't resume their discussion until you stopped.

 

[funguy2121]

After playing Half-Life 2, I noted several things about my Gordon Freeman:

-He never speaks
-He jumps on top of tables and other things that would be considered socially deviant
-He throws peoples' things (like computers) around like a madman
-He runs around hitting everything with a crowbar to see if it will break or not
-He is never certain whether an object will break or not when he hits said object
-He hits people in the head with a crowbar if he gets bored with what they're saying
-He is talked down to by other scientists
-He is referred to as "Mister Freeman" and sarcastically as "Doctor Freeman"
-He is complimented on throwing a switch and has a scientist act like he was actually contributing

And after careful reflection, I realized my Gordon Freeman is mentally disabled. Perhaps he was in a horrible accident, perhaps he had a mental breakdown from stress at some point, but regardless, he used to be a scientist and is now a mentally disabled errand boy wearing a power suit.

Some may criticize me and blame some of my reasons on my play-style, but I have played many first person RPGs and have never behaved that way in any of those games. Plus, that doesn't change the fact that he never talks (I just can't get past that). You also may claim the comments by other scientists was just sarcasm, but in the early "throw the switch" scene, only one scientist sounded sarcastic (which could easily be disdain or ridicule) while the other scientist treats him kindly like a puppy or a child or someone who is mentally handicapped.

Thoughts? Opinions? Anyone else have a similar mind-fuck experience with a game or movie or whatnot?

Doesn't this mean that the person controlling the avatar is mentally disabled?

 

[Woodsey]

Well, Gordon Freeman is your representation in the game, so err...

... LOL?

 

[The Lugz]

He's a physicist, I guess that'd explain the real scientists treating him as a joke

I kid, I kid... mostly

engineers look at them that way!
we be load balancing your circuits and polishing your lenses so you can calculate pi to a zillion places, see the stars and calculate stellar drift, and you get all the credit
i could build an ai core that could do that, you monsters.

 

[Wintermoot]

allot of thing,s are done by YOU the player! you lunatic!
the only thing that can point to a form of mental retardation is that he always smashes boards/crates and never pries them even though he uses a crowbar.

 

[SoopaSte123]

allot of thing,s are done by YOU the player! you lunatic!
the only thing that can point to a form of mental retardation is that he always smashes boards/crates and never pries them even though he uses a crowbar.

And how people treat him. And the not talking. Seriously, even if there was nothing else, never talking is either a sign of him being a mute or having mental problems. Or kicking ass in the longest game of "don't break the sugar bowl" ever, I guess.

 

[N_of_the_dead]

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While it's fun to think about, I've always gone with the he's a mute sadist like others have said before me.

Besides if a guy carrying his own personal arsenal of weapons made to fuck your day up comes into your house, wrecks the place then gives you a love tap with a crowbar just be glad he didn't use one of his many many guns.

 

[GrimHeaper]

After playing Half-Life 2, I noted several things about my Gordon Freeman:

-He never speaks
-He jumps on top of tables and other things that would be considered socially deviant
-He throws peoples' things (like computers) around like a madman
-He runs around hitting everything with a crowbar to see if it will break or not
-He is never certain whether an object will break or not when he hits said object
-He hits people in the head with a crowbar if he gets bored with what they're saying
-He is talked down to by other scientists
-He is referred to as "Mister Freeman" and sarcastically as "Doctor Freeman"
-He is complimented on throwing a switch and has a scientist act like he was actually contributing

And after careful reflection, I realized my Gordon Freeman is mentally disabled. Perhaps he was in a horrible accident, perhaps he had a mental breakdown from stress at some point, but regardless, he used to be a scientist and is now a mentally disabled errand boy wearing a power suit.

Some may criticize me and blame some of my reasons on my play-style, but I have played many first person RPGs and have never behaved that way in any of those games. Plus, that doesn't change the fact that he never talks (I just can't get past that). You also may claim the comments by other scientists was just sarcasm, but in the early "throw the switch" scene, only one scientist sounded sarcastic (which could easily be disdain or ridicule) while the other scientist treats him kindly like a puppy or a child or someone who is mentally handicapped.

Thoughts? Opinions? Anyone else have a similar mind-fuck experience with a game or movie or whatnot?

EDIT: Don't expect a response if you just say "you were controlling him so YOU'RE retarded!" It's been said. A lot. And if you haven't noticed, only about half my reasons are from my playing of the character, and even then, the game led me to behave that way when no other game has.

Ever watch Freeman's mind?