I havent played the games in a while, but i remember something about G-man being pissed off because the vortigaunts saved Alyx at the end of HL2, so take that into consideration.
Theories about the G-man
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My theory:
G-Man goes around renting out people/aliens as mercaneries, but the people he rents out don't know what he's doing. He merely finds the person most suited to the role needed and takes them to where he needs them. The actual G-Man walking about could be an alien in human form, a robot/hologram/psychic image, a human it's posessing, or even a human member of an organisation that rents people out. That explains the contract they keep discussing in the game; someone with something to gain from the fall of the combine made a deal with G-man, and Gordon is the result.
How would G-Man know who to take? The fact that Gordon goes from the end of H-L1 to the start of H-L2 in seconds while months (or years?) have passed for everyone else suggests time manipulation, which means they could be able to see the future. None of the other aliens seem to have this technology, so G-Man could be an even more advanced species or an AI, maybe an omnipotent being.
G-Man goes around renting out people/aliens as mercaneries, but the people he rents out don't know what he's doing. He merely finds the person most suited to the role needed and takes them to where he needs them. The actual G-Man walking about could be an alien in human form, a robot/hologram/psychic image, a human it's posessing, or even a human member of an organisation that rents people out. That explains the contract they keep discussing in the game; someone with something to gain from the fall of the combine made a deal with G-man, and Gordon is the result.
How would G-Man know who to take? The fact that Gordon goes from the end of H-L1 to the start of H-L2 in seconds while months (or years?) have passed for everyone else suggests time manipulation, which means they could be able to see the future. None of the other aliens seem to have this technology, so G-Man could be an even more advanced species or an AI, maybe an omnipotent being.
This is a long shot but...
G-man is some Kid that happens to be playing Half Life in his world. You (Gordan Freeman) have managed to get into his game. He notices that your not some simple AI program and gets kicks out of helping you, or something like that.
G-man is some Kid that happens to be playing Half Life in his world. You (Gordan Freeman) have managed to get into his game. He notices that your not some simple AI program and gets kicks out of helping you, or something like that.
Lukeje said:
Ok WHERE THE F*** DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT ANY GEOFF! THAT IS SO F***ING FAKE!carlosvader77 said:
Ok now that my fanboy innards are done raging...for the second post, Eli Vance calls G-Man the "mutual friend". He even says that he talked to him before the resonance cascade. Also Alyx Vance is able to hear him and even follows his instructions to a T!
I don't know much about Half-life but my friend says that the G-Man is really Gordon Freeman from the future.
Also Gordon isn?t the only soldier (per se) that G-man has. At the end of Opposing Force The G Man plucks the main character much the same as Gordon to put him in a ``safe place`` and credits you for being a lone fighter against impossible odds, much the same as himself.
But then, many HL fans won?t recognize Blue shift or Opposing force as authentic HL story line (yet jump in bed with Barney with love in their eyes and shit in their pants).
I have the feeling though, that the G man is for a greater good, though he has a personal agenda.
But then, many HL fans won?t recognize Blue shift or Opposing force as authentic HL story line (yet jump in bed with Barney with love in their eyes and shit in their pants).
I have the feeling though, that the G man is for a greater good, though he has a personal agenda.
G(ordon Free)Man is just too nice and complete a theory to let go of, don't you think?
I'd just rather wait and see what Valve decide to tell us. If they tell us anything at all.
I'd just rather wait and see what Valve decide to tell us. If they tell us anything at all.
I would rather they did not tell us, when has an official release solving a mystery ever not dissapointed everyone.
I remember posting a mini essay on this topic a month or so ago...
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.79400?page=4#1307911
If anyone is interested in my views. Please don't point out why the vortigaunts are good, I know that now
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.79400?page=4#1307911
If anyone is interested in my views. Please don't point out why the vortigaunts are good, I know that now
While I don't believe the "G-Man is Gordon"-Theory, this statement isn't enough to refute it.J-Man said:
Canon has it that Gordon DIDN'T resist, or else there'd be no HL2, so if we state that G-Man was Gordons future self, he could have happily given Gordon the choice, knowing fully well that Gordon WON'T kill himself, simply because G-Man had made this choice earlier in his respective timeline. It wasn't a choice, really.
Yay! Time paradoxes are fun!
But it's nonetheless a stupid theory...
See, I thought Gordan was just flippin crazy and Gman was a figment of his imagination as well. I know it drove me crazy when I would see him pop up here and there. Especially since no one else in the room saw him... or my ex was just being really really mean. The fudger...Chicago Ted said:
While I don't believe the "G-Man is Gordon"-Theory, this statement isn't enough to refute it.J-Man said:
Canon has it that Gordon DIDN'T resist, or else there'd be no HL2, so if we state that G-Man was Gordons future self, he could have happily given Gordon the choice, knowing fully well that Gordon WON'T kill himself, simply because G-Man had made this choice earlier in his respective timeline. It wasn't a choice, really.
Yay! Time paradoxes are fun!
But it's nonetheless a stupid theory...
Edit: Damn ninjas...
Also:
(Emphasis mine) So, he's Tau now? That'd be interesting, a WH40k/HL crossover, with Freeman and the God-Emperor of Mankind tag-teaming itNoDamnNames said:
I don't want to know. Half Life's story is one of the few things I want to remain enigmatic even at conclusion, even if that conclusion brings depression at the realization such a great series has ended.
The awesome would make the universe explode. So we can't have that happen.Whoracle said:(Emphasis mine) So, he's Tau now? That'd be interesting, a WH40k/HL crossover, with Freeman and the God-Emperor of Mankind tag-teaming itNoDamnNames said:
G-Man is the thing that keeps Half-Life going. Had he not plucked Gordon out of Black Mesa at the closing of Half-Life, There would have been no Half-Life 2. Had G-Man not been somehow blocked out by the Vortigaunts, Episodes 1 and 2 would have been quite a bit less interesting. And also full of plotholes, such as the fact that Gordon and Alyx both survived the explosion.
Chances are that Valve will reveal the true secret of G-Man to us eventually, but don't anybody go and say that they don't even know yet, they wrote out the entire story of Half-Life before either of the games were actually made...Or so I hear. >.>