Who or what is G-man?

[mrnelsby]

The G-man is Gordon Freeman from the future. I'm not kidding either. Put a goatee on him with glasses and he looks pretty much like an old Gordon. My take is that he gets hive-minded later on and becomes the G-man, then goes back in time to make sure that everything goes according to the way it was supposed to..

 

[Black yeoman]

Thing is, why does he speak like he has issues with English?

PS: Since i realized I am most likely going to get banned, i'll just accept that and take my punishment.

It would be serious overkill if you were, it hardly killed anyone...

EDIT: Eternally apologetic for using "kill" twice.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Wallace Breen was in charge. The G-Man is only achknowledged by Gordon.

Don't forget Eli, he knows about 'our mutual friend' as he puts it. We also know that he meets with Colonel Cubbage. Whilst Barney and Shephard both have encountered him, although Shephard is still missing presumed ?

We also know that whatever he wants is different to what the Vortigaunts want, that he is at least partly responsible for the Seven Hour war and that a violent death seems to follow almost all who cross his path.

Personally I thinkl he's an evil Alien, that had a stroke.

 

[Liam Wolfy]

I like the way GMAN elongates his Ss, it's funny. "Limitlessss potential."

 

[kits456]

Thing is, why does he speak like he has issues with English?

Well, if Gordon is G-Man, Gordon can't talk as an adult so he'd obviously have trouble later.

 

[Simski]

G-Man is the cool version of god.

Thing is, why does he speak like he has issues with English?

He's obviously an awesome snake version of god.

 

[AntiAntagonist]

G-Man has repeatedly remarked that he's been using Gordan in specific ways for the benefit of his "employers".

I'd always taken it that the G-Man is a trans-dimensional mercenary (after all the Xen come from another dimension, as do the Vortigaunts); he also mentions that he works for different parties at different times. G-Man is never cited as anything in the beginning of the first game except as the one that delivered the material used in the disasterous experiment.

Freeman disrupts the Xen plan in HL1; whether this was the original G-Man plan is debateable, however the Xen's enemies took advantage of it.

At the end of HL1 Gordan is offered a choice, and becomes a tool and is put in stasis until after the 7 hour war.

The G-Man's control over Gordan waxes and wanes as Gordan ventures towards his own goals, but unknowingly at the behest of the G-Man.

Wouldn't be surprised if there are more G-Men as some sort of organization.

 

[Connor Lonske]

i got a wiki page on him
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/G-Man

 

[Avatar Roku]

My thought is he owns a sort of inter dimensional PMC, of which Gordon is an unwitting employee, and is contracted to make sure Gordon overthrows the combine on earth, and possibly altogether (i.e, in the other dimensions as well).

My thought about the speech issues is just that Valve wanted to make sure we knew he wasn't normal, because it might be less apparent in HL than in HL2, and by the time HL2 rolled around and Gman actually did things that were weird, the speech was already his signature.

 

[pieeater911]

I dunno, lets just wait until the guys at Valve release the rest of the series and explain it themselves?

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I don't think G-man is evil nessarily. I think he's more a middle man, he's certainly not on the side of the Combine, and is more interested in helping Gordon, or at least it came off that way in Eps 2 when he was talking about having to abide by certain restrictions. But, he's pritty pissed Gordon escaped him, Eli is G-mans revenge or "payment" for that escape.

I agree with alot of people here, I think he's a intergalactic mercenary, selling people to the highest bidder. I remember Breen saying he might "buy" Gordon from G-man for the combine, oviously he was kill before he could make his offer. But this brings up the question...who was employing Gordon to work for the rebels?

(Crist, someone needs to put up a spoilers warning)

 

[Crudler]

I don't think G-man is evil necessarily.

I was never under any implication that he was evil. Strange yes, evil no.
I am actually really curious about the third episode, hopefully everything will come together and we'll see what has been truly going on.

 

[JayDig]

I agree with alot of people here, I think he's a intergalactic mercenary, ..... But this brings up the question...who was employing Gordon to work for the rebels?

It was...... VALVe Software!

 

[Anarchemitis]

Spoiler: G-man in Half-Life 2 Episode 2.

• Doctor Freeman...
  I realize this may not be the most convenient moment for a heart-to-heart, but I hade to wait until your 'friends' were otherwise occupied. There was a time they cared nothing for Miss Vance, and their only experience of humanity was a crowbar coming at them down a steel corridor. When I plucked her from Black Mesa, I did so against objections that she was a mere child and of no practical use to anyone. I have learned to ignore such naysayers when quelling them was out of the question. Which is I must now extract something in
  Spoiler: small repayment for your own survival.

  I believe this 'repayment' is Eli's Life.
  See her safely to White Forest, Doctor Freeman. I wish I could do more than keep an eye on you, but I have agreed to abide by certain restrictions.
  Well, now. Listen carefully my dear; when you see your father, relay these words.
  "Prepare for unforeseen consequences"

 

[Foolish Mortal]

Spoiler: My theory on the G-Mans purpose

Let's think for a minute. The first time we met the G-Man, he was causing the Black Mesa Incident. At first we all thought he was just a bystander, at most an observer, but now Ep2 has rolled around we all know he was directly responsible for the entire portal-storm-Xen-invasion shebang.

And now we have the Borealis, that mysterious Aperture Science ship that apparently contains technology similar to that which caused the Incident. And he appears to coincidentally drop Gordon in just the time and place needed for him to steer the resistance to near victory. Now, do we think that Kleiner and Eli would've been able to find the resources or time to discover the Borealis on their own if Gordon hadn't done all he had done?

So, I think the G-Man's aim is to cause catastrophic events such as the portal storms and whatever's going to happen in Ep3. Why and how he does it, I don't know. I guess that's for Valve to know and us to find out.

Thank you for indulging me.

 

[Archemetis]

I am G-man, literally, that is my nickname in real life. (well mostly just G, but Man often ends up being slung on for good measure.)
Been called it since i was 13, 7 years of that really drives it home.

also never properly played a Half Life game, irony huh?

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Some guy on youtube did a video about this, here it is:

[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI[/link]

Spoiler: Wait till mods see this...

I got rick-rolled =( but any way, im fairly certain the G-man is some kind of alien, but im sur that we will learn his identity eventually, i mean in ep. 2 you are right on the cusp of learning who he is until eli gets killed, so someday we will find out