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!
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: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.
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:interfere in the streams of the Vortessence (that parallel universe that the Vortiguants seem to be able to inhabit/employ)
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my best bet is that he's some sort of interstellar agent or contractor, but nothing supernatural or even necessarily technological.
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: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...
Maybe. It's possible that not even the people at Valve know yet.Richard Groovy Pants said:Government man.scnj said:Gordon Freeman
I bet that at the end of the last game we'll hear Gordon speak, and it'll be with the same speech impediment.
There's tons of theories really the one that seems most plausible for me is that Gman is some kind of alien contractor (he's an alien himself as well) that works for different people interested in the faith of 'Earth'.
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:Maybe. It's possible that not even the people at Valve know yet.