If you really wanna know who G-Man is...

Luigis_1 · November 24, 2018, 7:48pm

Grey Acumen:

Breen’s Host body is Gordon Freeman from the future. This gave him a number of odd mannerisms as well as a making a number of changes to the body itself. The result was his ability to move differently through time, and once he recognized who he was, he set about going back in time to set the series of events in motion that would lead to acquiring his host body and awesome powers. Of course he needed to ensure that Gordon Freeman survived or else he’d never be able to get his host body, which is why you constantly see him throughout HL and HL2.
As for that scene at the end of Half Life, he actually made multiple runs through that, going back in time repeatedly and giving advice to himself until he managed to make the offer in such a way that gordon would accept it. There were multiple cases where Gordon refused, but Gman would just go back in time to alter his speech/inflection slightly until he got the answer he wanted.

So Gman is actually Breen’s Mind + Gordon’s Body + Combine Powers

First I was like whoa, then I was like lol, and then I was like wait what?
where did you hear this?

Android11x · November 24, 2018, 7:48pm

Dude, work on your MS Paint skills. D:

Zelfase · November 24, 2018, 7:48pm

I never use it anyway.
I just thought I should make a point.

Ballsopt · August 11, 2020, 2:49am

you guy are way off. It’s obviously Goofy Man

dcsrewster · November 24, 2018, 9:33pm

Gman’s not human. You know that, right?

rx33gundam · November 24, 2018, 9:33pm

Yet he looks like a human:retard:

Scrawny · November 24, 2018, 9:33pm

Maybe the Combine does too. We haven’t seen them outside of their suits.

Pettifogg · November 24, 2018, 9:33pm

They are human. Just slightly modified.

jerry · November 24, 2018, 9:33pm

I have.
Don’t remember where it was though…
They are really pale :fffuuu:

Kerberos · November 24, 2018, 9:33pm

Nothing only sigh and facepalm on this thread.

Just listen to the old sound files of Nihilanth.

higgsboson · November 24, 2018, 9:33pm

I’m sure that the Gman is there for the sake of mystery. He doesn’t really drive the plot or anything, especially not in HL1 and HL2. Maybe a bit more in the episodes. But I think Valve often goes like “Hmm… what should we do with the Gman now? Oh let’s make him say this and that, so we could link this story with that one!”. I don’t think the Gman had some specific role since the beginning, but Valve is rather making it up as they go, just like the rest of the story. I’m sure EP3 will bring some more interesting info about him, since EP3 is necessarily the last Half-Life release in a long time, and the Gman had an increasingly important presence.

In HL1, he just stared at you all along, and then had a closing speech which brought the game to an end in a nice and satisfactory way. In HL2 it’s the same thing, while in EP1 for the first time you see him opposing you as the Vortiguants pull you out of his control. In EP2 he expresses his frustration and reveals some more info, also, it’s the first time he talks to you mid-game. In EP3, I guess we’ll know more about what Eli and the Gman had in common, since Eli also knows him. I’m sure there will be some sort of closing event that will reveal something interesting, then raise a lot of suspense that may be used in HL3 one day.

I don’t know whether the Gman being Gordon’s father would be interesting in any way, but I think it wouldn’t make sense. He would not have wanted to kill you in HL1 (when you don’t go into his portal) and he would not act the way he does. I think his sole role is to be mysterious, and to keep us asking questions.