Poll: Who do you trust less: G-man or Illusive Man?
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Since I don't know anything about the GMan, he's equally likely to be the Starchild or something as he is also likely to be Cthulhu in human form or something. since he technically has saved you a few times... I would go for the Illusive Man.
He actually deceived you and you know his agenda and where his priorities are.
I do think he's more badass, though, being voiced by Captain Willard after all haha
He actually deceived you and you know his agenda and where his priorities are.
I do think he's more badass, though, being voiced by Captain Willard after all haha
It's a play on my avatar, since I figured at least one person would say "I don't trust you." But I'm surprised so many people pick the G-man. At least the Illusive Man is more or less human.Baneat said:
I don't know. It's a tough decision. Altough, having read ME: Acension and played HL, ME2 and HL2 I'd have to say I trust Gman more. The Illusive Man just seems... he just doesn't sit right with me. Gman knows who he has to go to for what needs to be done. The Illusive Man just seems like he'd destroy an entire world to make a point.
Hmm... what happens if you don't take his offer in the first game? Oh yeah, he leaves you defenceless infront of a swarm of very hungry looking monsters.blindthrall said:
Considering the track records, the G-man has thrown you to the dirt, forced you to work with him, thrown you into an opressive city with no way to defend yourself from the Combine, actively hindered your progress, thrown a random marine into an alternate demension for god no why (Half-Life: OF), stlacked you relentlessly and been blocked by the Vortigaunts from you. Sure he saved your life from the explosion, but why? And can you do anything to stop him?
Sure the Illusive man has endagered your life on occasion and forced you to work for him, but he has brought you back to life, given you a crew, ship, numerous guns and armor, and does not control your every move.
The Illusive man.
He never tries to deny any amount of racism in regard to aliens.
My first mission was an accidental blunder into a near death trap that I barely escaped from.
He sends me out with a half finished ship that I have to upgrade myself.
Horizon was a mission that allowed for the endangerment of the life of Shepard's love interest Ashley Williams and again it felt like this was his intention.
The mission on the derelict reaper was also a trap as the thing fell apart and blew up.
The mission on the Collector ship was also a clear trap as the ship was a lot more... occupied then I had been told. This too, was a trap.
Towards the end I was beginning to wonder if I would go into my toilet on board the Normandy to discover this too, was a trap.
So naturally, come time for the final mission and I just barely managed to save myself, my whole team and my crew (which I still did and it was awesome) I pretty much looked at Illusive man and told him to go to hell, blew up the station and after the final mission I sent some valuable data of Cerberus to the Alliance.
I think that's a very good way to say 'I consider this business transaction complete'.
He never tries to deny any amount of racism in regard to aliens.
My first mission was an accidental blunder into a near death trap that I barely escaped from.
He sends me out with a half finished ship that I have to upgrade myself.
Horizon was a mission that allowed for the endangerment of the life of Shepard's love interest Ashley Williams and again it felt like this was his intention.
The mission on the derelict reaper was also a trap as the thing fell apart and blew up.
The mission on the Collector ship was also a clear trap as the ship was a lot more... occupied then I had been told. This too, was a trap.
Towards the end I was beginning to wonder if I would go into my toilet on board the Normandy to discover this too, was a trap.
So naturally, come time for the final mission and I just barely managed to save myself, my whole team and my crew (which I still did and it was awesome) I pretty much looked at Illusive man and told him to go to hell, blew up the station and after the final mission I sent some valuable data of Cerberus to the Alliance.
I think that's a very good way to say 'I consider this business transaction complete'.
Gman, since we have no idea what he wants, whereas we know that the Illusive Man wants us to do his biding.
That, and Gman is a lot creepier.
That, and Gman is a lot creepier.
Actually, thinking about it a little, the main reason I distrust the Illusive Man more is that while both of them have done bad things to the player, only the Illusive Man has tried to hide what he's doing. When the G-Man does things that are bad for your cause, he does them right out in front of you and it's obvious what he's doing, if not why. Where the G-Man is cryptic and uninformative, the IM flat-out lies to you repeatedly.
I agree with Illusive Man's "the ends justify the means" philosophy. Like his methods or not, he looks out for humanity's best interests. Not to mention he's the only one who decides not to sit in a corner while the Collectors abduct human colonies.
He's completely right at the end.
Also, The Illusive Man is voiced by Martin Sheen. You can't doubt that man.
He's completely right at the end.
We need that base. With what are we supposed to fight against the Reapers, assault rifles? Destroying that base is a dumb fucking move. Being in charge means you sometimes have to sacrifice your morals to assure a victory.
Also, The Illusive Man is voiced by Martin Sheen. You can't doubt that man.
Very right. Look at all the trouble it took to kill ONE. By my count, there are about 279 Reapers, and we've seen how effective even a Fatman (the CAIN) is against one. If you want to know were I got that number, I'll tell, but it does involve spoilers.ShotgunSmoke said:
Also, G-man only tried to kill Gordon before he was his employee, much like Illusive Man could be said to be trying to kill Shepherd in Mass Effect.
Overall, I trust G-man less. Non-human, extremely vague motives(for all we know, he works for the Reapers), doesn't like Vortigaunts, which are pretty much the only concretely good entities in the game. Illusive Man's actions are acceptable in light of the threat they face, especially since no one else wants to face it. Makes you wonder if some evil can only really be comprehended by another, lesser evil.