I was reading this and seen this
I am relatively new to the HL series but I’ve finished them all and I don’t remember learning in any game that Gman brough the test sample. Maybe I’ve missed something?
Thanks
I’m replaying the whole series once more.
Now, I know this can’t be answered, but why did the Gman cause that reaction? What was his reason?
I suppose he was hired by someone else. Or maybe he had no idea that the specimen would cause the resonance Cascade.
It should be answered in Ep3…
… or not.
If you have played Op4 (opposing force) you will hear him in the end sequence saying to Shephard that he likes those who adapt to special (for lack of a better word) scenarios (also for lack of a better word)
my theory is that he is testing humanity to destroy the Combine. His employers must be against them, so if they can’t do it themselves, why not hire some of the most adaptable, strong, heroic, and recognizble faces on Earth?
He saves Alyx to be used in his mission. He saves Gordon to be used as his “pawn”. He saves Eli and Kleiner (im pretty sure he does, in one way or another) to help Gordon kick Combine ass. They start the rebelllion, so Gordon will have some backup.
He never quite explains why he is there, but it is apparent that everything he does is for the sake of his mission. If the whole world blew up, who wouldn’t give MUCH of a care. He does show SOME mercy (i really need to find better words lol) towards Earth, sometimes ignoring his orders to “help” in one form or another.
valve did very well a hiding which side Gman is on. An example would be the first time you see him again in HL2. He appears to be on your side (sort of) then he smirks, making you unsure again as to what his motives are. He has to be my favorite mystery character out of any game I have played.
I do find Metal Gear Solid to have a much deeper story in more than just one man, but this is the next mysterious game series I would say if anyone asked :
What are some of the most mysterious games you have ever played?
Hope I helped answer your question. I think I may have gotten carried away…
He probably did it to get rid of Black Mesa, so that he wouldn’t have any other witnesses than what he wanted. Or he was destroying his only evidence, the specimen. Maybe he is employed by the government, and that was his job. To make sure that place was just a big hole in the side of some Mesa out there in the desert at the end of the test.
Wrong.
It’s right. He USED her. Eli even says so.
Eli Vance:
I knew he saved her for his own reasons. Now he is using her…
Or, at least, it’s something along those lines. I don’t think those are the exact words Eli Vance said ( I have’t played ep2 in awhile)
He helped her and her family, so that they could help him in return. Of no practical use. He made her of practical use. He USED her to relay a message to Eli, to foreshadow what was to come. He could have done it, but the impression was greater through his daughter.
But that wasnt the reason he saved her from Black Mesa
then what is? As far as I can tell, he saved her to help him and the rest of humanity in some form or another. Him by relaying a message that almost gave Eli a heart-attack, and to assist Gordon in the fight to save humanity
I think you are missing my point. He saved her despite objections from his superiors. He NEVER did that to anyone else. He saved her because he had a “feeling” that she would be of use to him. So when the time came, he used her, proving that she wasn’t as useless as they thought she was.
I think we are kind of saying the same thing. Just a different side of it each…
looks like you win for now.
the g-man is evil, and history of the OP has nothing to do with the HL1 because it was made by Gearbox, not by Valve, he saves people only for his evil actions. I think he took the crystal to Gordon kill Nihilanth and Nihil … talks a lot of things about the g-man. Finally, the G-man does not call g-man because if you look in a dictionary “g-man” means a government agent, the FBI or a person who always wears a tie, and also i think that Valve still did not know a name for him
:freeman:
Oh! and G-man isn’t human!!
What did you just say? It stopped making sense after Nihilanth and picked up at dictionary. I got that you think he is evil, but I personally believe (like many other people) that he is neutral, and that his actions are based off of the situation, and personal benefits.
He does wear a tie, CONSTANTLY. You never see him without it. He is seen a few times without his briefcase, but never his tie.
Valve named him Gman probably for the reason above. That means that is his name.
Yes. Nihilanth talks about Gman. He says that he is not human. He says ( basically) You are man, he is not man. I don’t think It is those exact words, but that was the point he (Nil) was trying to get across.
Valve participated in Opposing Force. Therefore, there were story related elements in it. Everything they have done to date has continued the Half Life story (save TF2.) Blue Shift shows how Barney made it out alive. Op4 shows how black Mesa was destroyed, and more of Gman and his saving people habits.
He saves Adrian despite him being a witness and supposed to be destroyed in the nuclear exploson. Hence it says “Evaluation Pending” or something like that.
and I don’t think ANYONE is really sure if Gman is Human or not… Hell, I don’t think anyone knows much about Gman except for Valve.
I have to agree with ^^^
Just because a game is made by a company other than the original company, don’t assume the game isn’t canon.
The model in the original Half-Life pak file for the man in the blue suit was called gman.mdl. Once someone discovered this, they started calling him the G-Man and the name stuck.
Was the The Sacrifice comic made directly by valve? I think it was, but if not, then thats the same situation- material that is developed by another group but is endorsed by valve.
Also, I have no doubt that the gman is alien. He speaks english oddly, as if its not his natural language, and his accent (if it could be called that) is pretty crazy.
Plus if you shoot him in either half life 1 or 2, the bullets just ricochet, like he’s metal. Its not that you shouldn’t be able to shoot him; the opportunity is constantly there when he’s observing you.
As for his name, valve named his model “thegman” and it took off.
EDIT: Ninja’d for the name
I am sure valve had a hand in The Sacrifice comic. I know someone that talks EXACTLY like Gman, and it is just a speech disorder (for him atleast)
You can kill him on Gman Island. It is in Red Letter Day. It is a small mass of land outside of the level. He has human blood. If you can go by that 
In source, it leaves holes when you shoot him. And why would Valve let you kill him? Just like with other games, some NPCs’ can not be killed.
They havn’t named many of their models. alyx, Eli, Kleiner are all characters you always hear about. Gman doesn’t have a name because he is Gman. He is a mystery, and therefore is kept that way. and since he dresses like a Gman, why not name him that, so he is not unnamed.