I was discussing this earlier and I think this might be something - He infact works for God, or is in association with God, in that he enlists Freeman to restore balance when he's needed, this is open to discussion! gief ideas!
Theory on who Gman is!
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Even if Atheist Users may (well, probably not) not agree, i think the guy is too sinister to be "God", at least in the way that you see it.
I just think he is a guy from some ultra secret goverment organisation, given his role in Half Life 1. That would still make sense in HL2, given that, even without a real employer left, i don't think he or the people he represents are okay with the occupation by aliens.
As for his "powers"...they just about all seem to come from teleportation and the use of teleportation effects as they are seen in HL1 and 2, like the "slow time warp" thing. I'd guess his organisation stole the technologies developed by Black Mesa in the first game (and i might add, before the first game starts) and perfected them.
So much for my theory
I just think he is a guy from some ultra secret goverment organisation, given his role in Half Life 1. That would still make sense in HL2, given that, even without a real employer left, i don't think he or the people he represents are okay with the occupation by aliens.
As for his "powers"...they just about all seem to come from teleportation and the use of teleportation effects as they are seen in HL1 and 2, like the "slow time warp" thing. I'd guess his organisation stole the technologies developed by Black Mesa in the first game (and i might add, before the first game starts) and perfected them.
So much for my theory
I don't know about that. The fact that he's able to create portals at will nearly everywhere, and interfere in the streams of the Vortessence (that parallel universe that the Vortiguants seem to be able to inhabit/employ) suggests that he's far beyond merely human... my best bet is that he's some sort of interstellar agent or contractor, but nothing supernatural or even necessarily technological.Frybird said:
Can he interfere with the Vortigaunts? It did not really looked like that for me, as he had to sit out one and a half Episode of Half Life to get in contact with Freeman again. It was only when the Vorts were "distracted" by healing Alyx that the G-Man seemed to be able to get to Freeman again...searanox said:
But for the rest of the post. I'd guess your theory is as good as mine, in that it may be, or may be not, but it certainly is believable
Yes, he can interfere, and the Vortiguants can interfere with him as well. They break you away from his control at the beginning of Episode One (which is why he isn't seen for the rest of it) and then he manages to get in past their protection of you in Episode Two while all of their attention is focused on healing Alyx, at which point he can be seen several times throughout the game afterwards in his usual fashion.Frybird said:
If I remember correctly from some Half-Life 2: Episode 1 preview I read the G-man was described by Valve as speaking human language in his stilted manner because he was unused to it.
Along with the hints he drops along the way ("my clients") this makes the theory that he's some sort of alien contractor, in human form, the most viable one. Although your guess is as good as mine. It is obvious that his role is intentionally left vague and meant to build up to a climax for the entire series.
Along with the hints he drops along the way ("my clients") this makes the theory that he's some sort of alien contractor, in human form, the most viable one. Although your guess is as good as mine. It is obvious that his role is intentionally left vague and meant to build up to a climax for the entire series.
The g-man is in fact an old gordon freeman who sent himself back in time in order to tell himself not to do that botox treatment and never learn to speak, as it was better when he was the odd, but strong and silent type, instead of the later stage of plain creepy.
Actually, the entire plot of the Half-Life series is already written - it's the specific details and shorter sub-plots that are written on the go. For instance, the Borealis was originally going to be a part of Half-Life 2; they eventually realized that they'd have to cut it, and put it into the Episodes.scnj said:
As for the G-man, I don't for a second believe that he is Gordon from the future; first, that seems like a really crummy twist to me, and second, the name "G-man" comes from the name of his model in the Half-Life SDK - as HL2: Raising the Bar points out, it's just a code name. The phrase "G-man" predates Half-Life by decades; I think it's pretty clear that it doesn't refer to "Gordon."
Similarly, I don't think he's God, because if he was, he could do whatever it is he has Gordon doing on his own, and even more than that, there's nothing in the Half-Life mythology includes any supernatural or religious elements; it's pure science fiction. Valve is too good at storyline to toss in deus ex machina at the very end to explain the G-man.
The thing is, there aren't a lot of hints about him. If I were to set out a theory, I'd say he's an alien, and that's why he talks so strangely. Who these aliens are, I have no idea, but I think it's pretty clear that they're not down with the Combine. I'm just not sure whether or not they're down with humans.