Information wise probably yeah, with their biological technology is far better than combine but since you know some of them still are with the combine he has to deal with them and "extract" information to any of the combine that weilds it
Gman was able to go behind his employer’s back by saving Alyx during Black Mesa without repercussions. I suppose that he is more powerful than them and only work under them because he can.
I honestly believe Gman has Gordan's best interests in mind; Gman is just such an unknown variable, and HE also has to obey his bosses, but in the end he just wants Gordan to reach his 'limitless potential'.
I love how in hl1's alternate ending they don't even let you fight, because the devs knew full well that if they did, some absolute no-life would go and win that battle lol
@@KoniginMina and that why Gman looks like Gordon kinda, Everyone knows who is the Freeman but only Valve knows who is the Gman, and as Nihanlanth said The truth.. We will never know The truth...
The writing of all Half-Life games is essentially Lovecraftian. Gman is an unknown entity not just because Valve refuses to tell us, but because the point of Gman is that he's a being so far beyond what humans even realize is possible that Gordon, Eli, and Alyx never actually figure out what the Gman is. Therefore, the player in every Half-Life game likewise never learns what Gman is, either.
G-Man looks surprisingly in good shape in Half-Life: Alyx. Like no kidding, he looks like he spent the last 12 years in quitting smoking, eating healthy, recovering his 8 hours of sleep and doing lifting.
The way he copies himself during the alyx ending is fascinating. It’s like he has a backlog of things to take care of after being freed and is actively splitting his own timeline to multitask. At 11:55 in particular it looks like the original is the one that trails off and walks away while the clone comes in to continue the conversation. Makes you wonder how wide his influence really is and how many other G-Men could be off doing separate things at any given time.
It's not a clone, he's just watching every possible consequence, like Dr. Strange. After that he returns in time back to Alyx to continue the conversation.
He is a four dimensional being. It would be like you puting each of your fingers in 10 seperate 2D universes. You would be simultaneously existing in 10 universes at once.
I remember reading a comment some time ago saying that it might be Gman actually splitting off to see if it's possible to get the Combine off of earth, but then coming back to say he can't do it. Honestly I don't see it any other way now
@@MMR_LM I don't think he'd be unable to do it, just that it wouldn't be worth it for his employers, but it says a lot about how much he values Alyx that he even checked tbh
They couldn’t replace the G-man. Despite his time in the games not being very long, the most he does is just say some cryptic speech for a few minutes and then leaves. Not to mention we don’t even know anything about him other than he’s very powerful. He’s still one of the most iconic characters not just from half life, but in gaming in general. If his voice was off people would know.
I absolutely love how it sounds like he has to force the words out like he's not used to talking in human form. Like it's not his real form and he has to really *try* to speak and pronounces everything so deliberately. He moves the same way. So stiffly and with such deliberate action. No expression, no movements other than what is necessary.
The fact that there is only 14 minutes of him talking since 1998 yet he is one of the most notable voices is video game history really shows how influential these games were
@@thatreddude8796 It's not what they were saying, it's what they were doing, the Vortigaunts have psychic powers that can keep the G-man at bay, they were keeping him from reaching Gordon and taking him again.
I always liked to believe that valve included themselves in the game, as the employers of the gman, using him to actually make the scenario move forward
Now to think, this is the first time we see G-Man not just giving a speech, but engaging in a conversation. It made me feel weird, first time we see someone responding him.
@@Hahahjskdksjs well so that alyx and eli could come together and relay the message to the father which sets of the chain of events that eventually lead to eli's death. Once the father's death is a reality the gman can give the ultimatum that you saw to alyx. He had to ensure that the future would play out a specific way so that alyx could choose to kill the advisor in order to indebt herself to the gman.
@@chaoticproductions3922 I guess for him all they had to do was put him in a tram and leave them there while g-man had to be put in his own time/space breaking cube, quite a bit of difference of levels of imprisonment there. Edit: I am really surprised I got so many likes o.o
Nerevar007 whats also cool is that, Gordon was supposed to go somewhere else as implied by G-man that his employers needed his services elsewhere, but the Vortigaunts intervened just in time.
I honestly think the gaming industry took until about 2010 to catch up to where Valve was in 2004 with Half-Life 2. Now Valve has come back in 2020 with Half-Life: Alyx and proven once again that their facial animations absolutely destroy the rest of the gaming industry.
Pikminiman day what you will about Steam, but valve will definitely be recorded as one of the best developers there was. They’re consistently at the cutting edge.
Still blows my mind that Half Life 2 released in 2004. The game is aging as fine as wine and with MMoD the game get's a nice touch up.... except for the Alyx defense section in Anti-Citizen One. With Combine improved accuracy and difficulty on hard it's just brutal, beatable yes, but will definitely require a few quick saves. Other than that I can't wait for whatever valve does for Half Life 3. Assuming that it does finally release all things considered. In the meantime, this is where I get off.
I like how what he does and how he appears and disappears changes in each game, in hl1 he just teleports you around via opening and closing portals, in hl2 he freezes time and does that weird transparent thing, and in hl:a he clones himself while teleporting around, it gives the impression that he just does whatever he want’s to try to intimidate you
what i love about gman is that he is so much not-a-human that he uses human words as aproximations to what the hell he is and his position in all of this In the first game he talks about government property, but he was not working for the gov, he always worked for his superiors I always thought the same as you do, that gman simply uses business terms to make it easy for people to understand him, but it's not even close to what it really is
Overall, g-man is a mysterious character. Not much is known about his origins. Or who is his employers. Either way, I guess we'll just have to wait for the next Half-Life installment to determine who he is and his backgrounds...
@@humanman2358 Not that it's coming anyway, but sometimes it's better for mysteries to go unsolved. To me any answer to this question would prob be unsatisfactory and ruin the games. Look at The Elder Scrolls for another example. They are never going to make it clear what happened to the Dwemer, at least I don't think so. And they shouldn't.
I find it very interesting that Alyx asks G-Man, "Who are you?", but G-Man replies with "Perhaps *what* I am...". It's a very interesting choice of words that I think goes fairly unnoticed.
"Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask." -- V for Vendetta. Just as G-Man's human appearance may just be a mask. Telling Alyx "who" he is would amount to nothing. So G-Man skips over it entirely and jumps to the "what", as you pointed out. A very mysterious and intelligent being.
In the original script alyx's line called gman a 'what' but gman's speech is the same, but yeah it does make it sound more ominous in the final version.
@David Assébof twitter.com/JamaalBradley/status/1258806825228488706?s=19 Also small correction she didnt explicitly refer him as a 'what' but refers to him as an item (weapon)
I like how G-Man is pissed off that someone dares to wake Gordon, when it's obviously collides his plan. He probably realized he's not the only mastermind in here
I think what's really sinister about the Alyx ending is that the G-Man simply states that the Combine "entity" ceases, and the Eli "entity" continues. He doesn't even confirm that Eli survives for much longer. It could actually be that Alyx has made everything worse, if the Combine Advisor was actually going to make a mistake or do something "beneficial" to humanity in some way later in it's existence.
bingo what if that advisor fucks up in a fictional episode 3 and gordon, kleiner and alyx use it as an advantage to move the story forward, but now its dead worse of all what if Eli gets captured like in nove porspekt again but this time they get him to spill the beans? careful what you wish for Ms Alyx vans
HL1 G-MAN: sounds like he had a productive upper respiratory system infection. HL2 G-MAN: the typical G-Man, emotionlessly delivering his lines. HL:A G-MAN: there’s a sliver of joy in his voice, abide with his usual feeling of superiority. Could it be that his is satisfied to see Ms. Vans is turned out to be very capable asset after all?
I believe he's extremely overjoyed since he finally has a subject that's practically been raised in warfare and tense situations. Alyx was able to do everything Gordon could WITHOUT the H.E.V suit, making her more powerful than Gordon. What's even better is that she's much younger than him, making her more obedient and blind to the tasks she could be given. It also could be that him being wrong about a subject at first (he has no idea of her strength when he pulls her from Black Mesa as a child) is something that rarely happens to him and he's glad when it does
I love how "off" G-Man is.. the way he talks, the grossness of how he sometimes breathes in through his mouth, his unneeded and seemingly random pauses in his speeches. Combine that with his odd, narrow face and constantly upright posture makes him a truly interesting and scary character.
Its even scarier when you realize that maybe the reason he takes these long pauses and deep breathes as if he had forgotten that he had lungs is because this physical form of G-Man is not what he is accustomed to.
the final boss in the first Half-Life game said to Freeman "You are man...he's not man." it could imply that Nihilanth is talking about G-Man, G-Man acts so weirdly and creepy and whenever we're in his cutscenes we would be taken to different places and in Half-Life: Alyx, he literally made clones of himself. It is really obvious that G-Man is really not human, he's some sort of Eldritch alien more powerful than the Combine and Nihilanth and even the Advisors. What makes it terrifying is that G-Man clearly stated that he has Employers, there are more of his kind, watching Freeman and Alyx saving Earth from the Combine. A fellow commenter in this video said "I love how half-life: Alyx is just Valve’s very own way of saying “half-life 3 confirmed” which is true, Half-Life 3 just so happened to be confirmed and is probably finally in development
Me: Well... could you teach me how to tie a tie? G-Man: Ahhh, that would be a considerably large nudge. Too large. Me: But you're wearing a suit and tie! G-man: I'm afraid you misunderstand the situation.
In the original dialogue, Alyx asks actually "what are you" and they simply kept the original answer instead of asking Shapiro to voiceover again Or maybe that was intentional
Half life 1 - half life 2 ( 6 years ) Half life 2 - Half life alyx ( 16 years ) Half life alyx - half life 3 ( 26 years ) HALF LIFE 3 WILL BE RELEASED IN 2046
Such a great, terrifying character. One part of me wishes they'd finally reveal his purpose, the other part hopes they leave everything about him unexplained because it adds so much to his larger than life aura.
I can almost 100% guarantee that they will never be able to meet our expectations if they try to explain it all. Best choice is to leave it all in mystery
His voice is just plain scary, with how he slurs, stutters and draws out syllables. Its obviously supposed to show hes not used to speaking in English, and the constant raspy breathing makes it seem like hes not even used to having LUNGS.
"Gordon Freeman in the flesh or rather the tracksuit, I took the liberty of relieving you of your protein power and weights, most of them were gym property, as for the headband I think you've earned it" - G(ym)-Man
I simply can't find words to describe how interesting G-Man's character is. He's a videogame antagonist like no other, if you can even call him an antagonist. The way he talks is like he's unfamiliar with everything is sort of creepy in a strange way. "You've.. done a.. great deal, in a small time... span.." If they replaced his voice actor, his strange, creepy personality just wouldn't convey the same way.
the unforseen consequences wasnt Eli dying, it was Alyx disappearing and taking Gordon's role because of Eli's death. The message was for all three of them. If Gordon was the right man at the wrong place, Alyx is the wrong woman in the right place.
Theory: Alyx freeing the Vortigaunts was what caused the G-Man chose hwr. The Vortigaunts made it impossible for the G-Man to get Gordon, so, he decided to instead let himself intentionally get captured in order to reach alyx. It's notable that Alyx and Eli only find out that the Vault holds a person after the Vortigaunts have been freed.
@@striker8961 if you look carefully hes smug, delighted at this pathetic vort trying to do something, then the subtle smirk drops when he realizes its not one vort and grows actually angry as the scene plays out thats the most angry weve seen him i think
Gotta love how it took valve 14 years to make a new half life game just to advance the lore by 10 seconds Edit: Yes I understand the time and work value put into this and I appreciate it but I just think it's funny how the ending is only a 10 second canon retcon
I believe games will start coming sooner than later now. Valve did have to create new tech and revolutionize gaming once again. Source 2 is looking amazing, valve is probably best company to keep secrets on what they’re working on I’m sure they have been working on something new already.
I love how it destroyed the lore of Half-Life by introducing time travel and "fate". Congratulations, nothing you'll ever write in Half-Life will ever have permanent consequences.
@@singami465did it though? Vortigaunts are canonically coterminous, meaning they see both past and the future at the same time, all the time. Surely this means they can see multiple possibilities of future events as well. G-man just changed the order of those events.
it's crazy to think that even being a early 2020's video, it can always have the year updated in the title, because we prob will never see this man speeching again
We'll get another Half Life game. Valve has even stated they are less afraid of working on it again. We will get a Half Life 3 when its a truly groundbreaking innovative game. Half Life Alyx has even teased that there will be more. It's just a matter of when especially now with source 2 finally complete.
*In the dark void* Adrian Shepard: "So what are you in for?" Alyx Vance: "Trying to rescue a man named Gordon freeman, Survivor and hero during the Black mesa incident." Adrian Shepard: "Heh, Black mesa huh? That brings back memories...Horrible and frighting memories mind you."
I love how insecure and stressed G-Man sounds when he mentions his employeers. He by himself is very powerful, so imagine how powerful his employeers are if even he is stressed by the very mention of them
Maybe it's condescendance instead. Maybe he says "employers" knowing that _he_ is their boss in reality. Or maybe he can't really express _his_ vision of what his employers represent to him. Maybe they don't fit our concept of employers, but since there is no word in the English human language to fit what they are to him, he stutters when using the word closest to the concept.
His employers could be somebody that depends on him, giving him tasks for the means of their collective goal and survival. I guess perhaps they're not necessarily stronger or anything.
I think, personally, that Gman's employer's interests are beyond our understanding. Perhaps they're training "extraordinary" individuals for some otherworldly task, so by proving that a few guys and a girl can defeat an inter-dimensional galaxy-devouring space empire, they may be suitable for whatever the next mission is. It's pretty obvious that Gman wants them to defeat the combine, at least to me. This is why he said "that would be a considerably large nudge, too large" when alyx asked for the combine to "leave earth", he doesn't NOT want them gone, but he wants her to prove that she is more than capable of doing so on her own.
1998: "Gordon Freeman, in the flesh... Or rather, in the hazard suit." 2004: "The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world..." 2020: "LETTING THE DAYS GO BY"
The advisor knows it is feeble compared too anyone who has met the gman and excepted his offer, and is feeble too the gman himself. And was probably scared
The best thing about him is that he may be the most powerful entity we have ever seen, he could probably put down any Boss in any universe without even acknowledging them, and yet even he works for someone else.
Pikminiman It’s why I love them. Games like BIO HAZARD/Resident Evil and Uncharted simply can’t compete, or rather won’t at least; they could if they tried, but that would require actual effort and caring about the content on the part of the development team.
@@ManicDepressedSillyBilly portal 2, tf2 updates, left 4 dead 2, counter strike and dota shit and that's just the stuff after the orange box. dude, there are other valve games, half life 3 is basically confirmed at this point, just be patient and by 2025 at the latest it'll be out
I love how uncanny he is in Alyx. His slightly over-done expressions, the way his eyes don't quite line up sometimes, the stiff manner in which he walks, the way he speaks like he's not quite used to breathing between sentences, it's like an alien inhabiting a human body.
I always liked the description I heard from years ago. The G-Man is something very different from human, trying to appear human, but not trying all that hard. He has the shape right, what he says is coherent and his manner of dress is neat and was not immediately distracting prior to the Black Mesa incident. But all the little details are wrong. He emphasises the wrong syllables, his eyes seem to almost glow at time and by the time of the Combine, his suit is now very out of place, but he's got a form he uses to talk to us apes and he's sticking with it.
Funny that his speech in HL1 was the first English speech I have ever learned and imitated. You can imagine how my English teacher was super annoyed by my way of speaking as a result.
Shephard is probably off genociding some inconvenient race on a distant planet in an alternate dimension. For these events he may need a hire with a more direct history with the events and people around black mesa rather than a grunt.
"Our worlds" "WHAT I am" when asked "WHO are you" "This entity" The G Man's overall approach to us, himself, and even life continues to get more and more mysterious! He is without doubt the single biggest question I need answering from a Half Life 3 game!
Possibly because "lives" implies a current state of living. G-Man doesn't seem to exist locked to a single point in time, which would make it hard to answer, especially in that weird void of his.
The level was really strange, distorting gravity and the final combine section using emperor palpatine powers. this makes me excited and scared for half life 3
I love how Russel said in Half life: Alyx that it was a "miracle" both her and Eli got out of black mesa alive, and now watching this G-man said he plucked her out of it?? Everythings coming together
So the theory is complete, no holes anymore.... G-Man did indeed knew that Freeman would eventually be freed from him by the voritguants so he had already hired Alyx before it happens. Timeline: Black mesa happens, Eli bargains with G-Man then after that, G-Man gets imprisoned by the Combine through the use of Voritguants' powers and then is mistaken to be a weapon by the Human Resistance(HL:Alyx) then Alyx frees G-Man in exchange for her dad's life in the future and is also hired by G-Man then her memory gets wiped and had probably had fake memories of what was in the vault then the timeline continues until HL:2 Ep. 2 ending where the bargain of G-Man and Alyx is fulfilled and she was now hired by Gordon and her memories of G-Man is returned.... With that being said, many people think that HL:Alyx happened in an alternate timeline or that it involves time travel which is a no no because of the fact that the pistol that you(Alyx) get from Russell is kept by her and it also is fully upgraded which you can see in HL 2
@@bapboi That's the only explanation, it is said to be a prequel, not a sequel as if it was a sequel then that means that it involves time travel but it's a prequel so no time travel at all just some memory wiping stuff
@@gus9351 regarding the alternate universe thing, why is the shirt worn by eli under his jacket in HL:A different from the one he had in EP2? at first i thought it was a mistake by valve but if you look at the original ending of HL:A with the original voice actor for alyx, eli is wearing the shirt from EP2. so they must've changed it for a reason
@@warfan1302 Eli's death as a consequence does not make sense, G-Man is unbound by time and space and therefore can see(probably limited and probably can only see possibilities ) the future and can move through space and quite possibly, time. Now G-Man saved Alyx because she was one of his POI(Person of interest) and so he needed no exchange as it is his own actions and as the timeline progresses, he sees a strong possibility in the future that which Gordon will be freed by the Voritguants and so he devised his plan to hire younger Alyx by getting himself locked up by the Combine and which has a strong possibility to work out(for the resistance to mistake him as a superweapon and hence send Alyx and arrive successfully). And in addition to the plan, he carefully nudged the future to ensure Eli's death as to offer the deal to Alyx and hire her and then Alyx is hired, memory wiped then he just made sure that Eli's death ensured by carefully nudging/influencing the present and the most important is the message he gave Alyx during HL2:EP2 where Alyx was being healed by the Voritguants and he was able to swoop in to talk to Gordon and tell him to go to or in his exact words “see her safely in White Forest”. (which is where Eli dies) and tells memory wiped Alyx about the unforseen consequences which isn't about Eli's death rather, Alyx herself.
He seems to never have used some of the normal hum vocab : smell, past tenses, and biological relashionships, like father, or daughter. He stutters when he need to talks about time, or past. He almost laughs when he says "father". He seems to not fully understand the concept of "smelling the ashes" as it was something that his race could not do. Even "friend" is strange for him. He uses strange words, like... "Squander", and you know, its not very common in the english vocab. He probably fully understands english, but some concepts are so abstract or inferior to him or his race that he has problems expressing them.
I think he paused on 'friends' to express irony, just as you'd use quote marks. His next line is pretty telling. In HL1 the only interaction with these fellas was indeed the crowbar (and a plethora of firearms of course). Now suddenly they play buddies with Gordon. It's indeed ironic. I think Gman is perfectly aware what word mean but he's rather sarcastic and dwell on their real meaning
I think he's an Advisor. Not the Combine ones. They reportedly never really understood time, or language either. They didn't really lead particularly physically aligned lives. And they had a strange and unknown connection with the Vortigaunts.
@@НиколайТодоров-и9т This was always my interpretation, though there is the idea that the vorts aren't actually humanity's friends, that they only help us because they know it's the only way to stop the Combine. That said, when vorts and humans do interact they seem pretty genuine, so IDK. Maybe it was just irony, or maybe Gman knows something about the vorts' intentions that humanity doesn't?
Adrian Shephard was detained. Perhaps indefinitely. G-Man mentioned he argued with his "employers" to let Adrian go due to Adrian reminding the G-Man of himself. But his "employers" see no logical reason to leave any loose ends. At an impasse, it is decided that Adrian Shephard would be detained in a space I can only assume time does not affect. Where he will do no harm, and no harm can come to him.
@@Rizal96able ayyyyy i've found a way to tie gmod into the half life lore, maybe that place where he can do no harm and harm can't be done to him is gmod
I think it's meant to be impossible to place. The occasional "sing song" tone, the strange yet deliberate word choice, the lack of understanding concepts of family and friendship, all of this says to me that this is a completely alien language being funneled through a translator. This inter-dimensional being shouldn't have any discernable accent, so he speaks in this bizarre way
Some people say he is actually a hatched Shu'ulathoi, being able to take any form it chooses. It chose the form of a human, perhaps to fit in better? And he is not used to having physical lungs, therefor his breathing and talking is very.. odd.
Watching this after watched the Documentary, the G-Man actually speaks like that because he is experiencing different timelines at once. Said mike shapiro, the voice actor of the G-Man.
I love that as soon as G-Man's containment is breached, he's warping reality and sending out dozens of copies of himself to attend to different matters. I'd love to see how the Combine was able to capture him in the first place.
@@umutcelenk3839 perhaps after the events of half life 2 ep 2 he decided Alyx was worth testing so he traveled back or altered time (not that much of a stretch) and orchestrated this as a way to test her.
@Mr.Springtrap His capture at the hands of the Combine is five years before Half life 2 , and whilst the Vortigaunts can stop him, it takes considerable effort for them to do so. Also, the Vortigaunts and the Combine do not exactly get along. The G-man's capture in HL:A was most likely set up deliberately to bait Alyx.
@@scottm8292 When exactly do you think Gman plucked Alyx and put her into stasis? Was it right when her father was supposed to die or when she made the deal with him in the space between time, or both? If it was second option, how could she live of the events of HL2?
@@jundsheep7599 This may be a spoiler for you if you haven’t played/watched the game. In the end-credits scene for Half-Life: Alyx, we once again return to the shoes of Gordon Freeman, we are at the end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2’s end again. Eli Vance wakes us up, saying Gman took Alyx. Which means in the original timeline, all the events we experienced through Gordon’s eyes happened, and until Vartigaunts started protecting us against Gman’s time-bending influence, everything was going according to his plan. So when we were “unable or unwilling”, Gman created another timeline, hence Half-Life: Alyx occurred.
@@nahbro3965 Is he a villain though? He *is* creepy and he does manipulate people to get what he wants, but we don't know what he wants or what his endgame is. We've never known and I reeeally hope we never find out. The mystery is what makes this character so special.
i saw that speech for myself in vr a few hours ago, and jesus christ he's scary up close. especially considering that i'm short, so he was towering over me lol.
i like how the auditor in the alyx ending fucking *notices* that something is up before getting frozen and incinerated. the auditors have such surprisingly expressive body language
@@jackdaniels5071 the auditors. They are the combines workers in the irs didnt you know lol. Really though, the auditors... Like how tf did he get that name for them lol
The way he acts in HL: Alyx is how I imagine he acts with everyone. Technical limitations is only what really stopped Valve in the past. But now? Now he is able to move however he wants. Appear however he wants. And tell us that the time has come again...
Y’all get off his back, there are objective benefits to each era, if kept in the context they were released in. I love each one, but I think the EP2 one is still my favourite.
" There was a time they care nothing for miss Vance, when they only experience of humanity was a crowbar coming at them down a steel corridor" damn that line gives me chills everytime
I love how you just can tell just how angry he is in those lines. You know he would kill all of them in a blink of the eye if he didn't have more important matters to attend to.
"A previous hire has been unable, or unwilling, to perform the tasks laid before him." It took me a second to understand what he meant by this, until I remembered that Gman and his "employers" don't have any control over Freeman because of the Vorts blocking them off from him in Episode 1! God the way how they tie these things in the story together
I'm trying to think, but what ''tasks'' were laid before him? The ending of HL2 made it seem like Gman had put him back on hold until needed again [until the beginning of Episode 1], but no mention of further duties expected from Gordon.
Also take in for a moment the implication of various tie in moments of Half Life Alyx: This you see here is a rare example of a time paradox being created *in the future*. First: G-Man "employs Alyx Vance" in the process saving Eli HOWEVER Second: G-Man also at the same time also setup the events that caused Eli to originally die by ensuring the timeline plays out that way in Episode 2 of Half Life 2. In other words: G-Man both orchestrated the future events of Episode 2's original ending; and Half Life Alyx's Ending. Simultaneously. Creating multiple time paradoxes including: a past into future paradox(Alyx changing her father's fate), a future into past Paradox(G-man initially changing Eli's fate), and a present time Paradox of Alyx now no longer being in the future and also Eli being alive.
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Scary knowing the Gman has employers that may be more powerful than him
Doesn't mean he can't do anything againts them.
Take JC Denton from Deus Ex for example. His boss and his boss' boss FEAR him.
Power is an important factor but considering what the man knows and how he can apply his skills, he's still dangerous af.
Information wise probably yeah, with their biological technology is far better than combine but since you know some of them still are with the combine he has to deal with them and "extract" information to any of the combine that weilds it
If you read Epistle then you know the kind of power behind him and the Combine.
Gman was able to go behind his employer’s back by saving Alyx during Black Mesa without repercussions. I suppose that he is more powerful than them and only work under them because he can.
I love how when he talks it sounds labored, like he is not used to speaking ANY language
@The Bloody Doctor gym manese
i’ve heard someone compare his speech patterns to someone who doesn’t know how to use their lungs, which i think fits really well
@The Bloody Doctor G-Man-ese huh? LOL!
lester crest × 0.25 speed
vortigaunt english sounds more natural than gman english
The scariest thing about him is that you can't tell whose team he's on.
He isn't on the side of the Combine. The enemy of my enemy and all that.
He’s actually on Freeman’s side but he actually has no concern for freeman’s safety, all he cares about is the fate of humanity
I honestly believe Gman has Gordan's best interests in mind; Gman is just such an unknown variable, and HE also has to obey his bosses, but in the end he just wants Gordan to reach his 'limitless potential'.
My guess is he's on his own team, and uses everyone and everything else just to complete his goals.
@@Alizudo makes me think of Blake from borderlands, who has to key Handsome Jacks orders.
I love how in hl1's alternate ending they don't even let you fight, because the devs knew full well that if they did, some absolute no-life would go and win that battle lol
There is a mod that lets you fight it
reminds me of how someone finally beat the killfloor at the end of e1m8 in doom lmao
@@paperseagull4297 Zero master back at it again
G-Man when you win the battle where you supposedly had no chance of winning:
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@@thegonkdroidthatwasntnotic9146I knew it was that clip 😂
"Some believe the fate of our worlds is inflexible. My employers disagree."
This line is terrifying.
His employers are Valve.
@@KoniginMina and that why Gman looks like Gordon kinda, Everyone knows who is the Freeman but only Valve knows who is the Gman, and as Nihanlanth said The truth.. We will never know The truth...
@@Omega-jg4oq You will never reach the truth
@@gerardonavarro3400 I am impressed you extrapolated a JoJo reference out of this
The writing of all Half-Life games is essentially Lovecraftian. Gman is an unknown entity not just because Valve refuses to tell us, but because the point of Gman is that he's a being so far beyond what humans even realize is possible that Gordon, Eli, and Alyx never actually figure out what the Gman is. Therefore, the player in every Half-Life game likewise never learns what Gman is, either.
Who else is still waiting for *G-man* to bring *Shepard* out of stasis
Hunt down the freeman tells you that.
This is a joke
OOF
Eth3431 look behind him in the darkness. First he’s holding the crowbar. The. You see Gordon Freeman’s figure in the darkness.
Shepard was detained. He's not meant to leave stasis. Ever. He's a loose end that needed to tied.
@@piguy222 Shepard breaking out of ""G-man prison" could work too
G-Man looks surprisingly in good shape in Half-Life: Alyx.
Like no kidding, he looks like he spent the last 12 years in quitting smoking, eating healthy, recovering his 8 hours of sleep and doing lifting.
alyx takes place before half life 2 so...what causes him to go back down?
@@Pangloss6413 He said 12 years, not anything past 20. (HL2 is about 20 years after HL1)
he reminds me of the spy
@@Pangloss6413 Is G-Man subject to the boundaries of the space-time continuum?
Feohrad i doubt its aging g-man isn't even human. Its prob just the new graphics.
The way he copies himself during the alyx ending is fascinating. It’s like he has a backlog of things to take care of after being freed and is actively splitting his own timeline to multitask. At 11:55 in particular it looks like the original is the one that trails off and walks away while the clone comes in to continue the conversation.
Makes you wonder how wide his influence really is and how many other G-Men could be off doing separate things at any given time.
It's not a clone, he's just watching every possible consequence, like Dr. Strange.
After that he returns in time back to Alyx to continue the conversation.
He is a four dimensional being. It would be like you puting each of your fingers in 10 seperate 2D universes. You would be simultaneously existing in 10 universes at once.
I remember reading a comment some time ago saying that it might be Gman actually splitting off to see if it's possible to get the Combine off of earth, but then coming back to say he can't do it. Honestly I don't see it any other way now
@@MMR_LM I don't think he'd be unable to do it, just that it wouldn't be worth it for his employers, but it says a lot about how much he values Alyx that he even checked tbh
Very very interesting never thought about that
I’m glad they didn’t change his voice actor.
Unfortunately they had to change Eli's voice because his original VA has passed away
SpeedasaurusDex rest his soul, the new voice actor seems pretty good through despite how little we heard him
Yeah no idea why Merle Dandridge got the boot out of this though
@@Myne1001 According to one article I read they wanted Alyx to sound a good bit younger
They couldn’t replace the G-man. Despite his time in the games not being very long, the most he does is just say some cryptic speech for a few minutes and then leaves. Not to mention we don’t even know anything about him other than he’s very powerful. He’s still one of the most iconic characters not just from half life, but in gaming in general. If his voice was off people would know.
so what's inside G-Man's briefcase is INDEED Half-Life 3
*The Prophecy is True*
I no what's in the g mans case his dinner
Interstellar's "Mountains" theme plays.
Funnily enough, if you noclip in HL1 and look inside his suitcase there's a gun and some files inside.
@@Zenriesz Half-Life 3 Game Files!
You all wanna know what's inside the brief case its HL3 in VR I hope...
"What would you like nudged?"
"We want Half Life 3"
"Ah, That would be a considerably large nudge, too large"
"Well, you asked."
Given an interests of my employers
"We will release a prequel instead, about alyx"
@@idkwhattoputhere.9891 I didn't know i wanted that. Tnx.
Shut the f up g-man and give us hl 3 i wanna know who or what you are o want your story
I absolutely love how it sounds like he has to force the words out like he's not used to talking in human form. Like it's not his real form and he has to really *try* to speak and pronounces everything so deliberately. He moves the same way. So stiffly and with such deliberate action. No expression, no movements other than what is necessary.
It feels some something trying to be human and at times having fun with itself in it’s impersonation
175 likes 1 comment so I'm second
"The biggest embarrassment has been Black Mesa Facility but I think that's finally taken care of itself."
*nuke goes off*
"Quite so."
@BizarreOcean932 Are you living in the year 2006?
@@bizarreocean8537 do you not know about black mesa?
Did We Actually Find Someone From The Abyssal Past Sent To Modern-Time?
It's a shame Valve don't seem to accept Opposing Force as canon. It was a worthy addition to the HL universe.
@@TiberianFiend Where did they say that? Last I heard(a few years ago so maybe it changed) They do consider it cannon.
The right man in the wrong place can make all the diff-erence in the world.
Stinky Bruh Wake up, Mr. Freeman.
Wake up and smell the ashes.
I have this as my morning alarm.... definitely gets me up.
Oh who said that, JFK?
my employers diss-agree
my senior quote
The fact that there is only 14 minutes of him talking since 1998 yet he is one of the most notable voices is video game history really shows how influential these games were
Fr
And how he is one of the pillars of the entire series of Half Life
@@Cre8iveExercise jojo reference?
@@blockwearingman No, but, Jojo?
@@Cre8iveExercise jojos bizare adventute😂
"And when no harm can come to you, I'm sure you can imagine there are worse alternatives..."
Such a spine chilling line
Gman must've been so happy to finally talk to some one with a voice
I mean that happened first so he probably just got disappointed talking to gorden
Actually, it works to his disadvantage. Having somebody who can’t describe G-Man to others or talk back is a dream come true for G-Man.
@@KizaruB 5
Gman(in mind): guess I have to do all the talking again
Alyx: What who are you?
Gman(in mind): YES FINALLY SOMEONE WHO CAN TALK!
Well, he at least talked to Eli
half life 1s gman has as many polygons as hl:a gman's nose
wow ... just think how many polygons Gman's nose will have in HL3
Jadaya Indigo as many polygons as half life alyx gman
welcome to g-man’s nose. after nine years in development, hopefully it will have been worth the wait.
@@Night5225 I know its a joke, but 13 years
It's why HL:A took so long, they spent 3 years on GMans nose alone
"...we'll see... about _THAT."_
The only time he show's an emotion that isn't brief, detached amusement-- and it's fuming anger. Truly terrifying.
Yet it is expressed with calm, direct manner.
8:14
I don’t really get what made him see that. The alien dudes weren’t saying anything I could understand.
@@thatreddude8796 these aliens are his enemies
@@thatreddude8796 It's not what they were saying, it's what they were doing, the Vortigaunts have psychic powers that can keep the G-man at bay, they were keeping him from reaching Gordon and taking him again.
I always liked to believe that valve included themselves in the game, as the employers of the gman, using him to actually make the scenario move forward
That’s brilliant, that actually would make perfect sense
that would be so shit
See this two comments? This is the perfect equilibrium, no more than necessary
@@AlbayottI had to like one comment and not the other to make them even
that'd be the lamest shit ever
i bet the g-man's back hurts from having to carry the entire half-life plot
Since he is the reason for the Half-Life plot it is fitting.
He keeps the plot in his briefcase
@@feltycomic8558 shut up conspiracy theorist
@@-unbreakeblecow488 Wake up
@@feltycomic8558 ugghhhh 😒😒🙄🙄, you know I can report you to Gaben and he will come to ur house with the whole FBI squad to kick ur ass bcz u bad...
Now to think, this is the first time we see G-Man not just giving a speech, but engaging in a conversation. It made me feel weird, first time we see someone responding him.
Besides Hunt Down the Freeman but who cares
@@DoctorTheo we do not count that thing...
well, we saw him talking to random scientist in Black Mesa
Well maybe he knew that alyx could talk thats why there’s conversation, since gordon couldnt talk he just gave full blown speeches lmfao
@@DoctorTheo hunt down the quicksave
"See her safely to White Forest, Doctor Freeman."
Now we know why he cared.
Why?
Explain?!?
.
@@Hahahjskdksjs well so that alyx and eli could come together and relay the message to the father which sets of the chain of events that eventually lead to eli's death. Once the father's death is a reality the gman can give the ultimatum that you saw to alyx. He had to ensure that the future would play out a specific way so that alyx could choose to kill the advisor in order to indebt herself to the gman.
Really well tied together. Amazingly well done.
8:56 one of my absolute favorite bits
"You wouldn't *need* all that to imprison Gordon Freeman."
That line just feels so powerful to me for some reason.
Funny how he constantly puts Freeman into stasis constantly.
Is he roasting Freeman?
@@chaoticproductions3922 I guess for him all they had to do was put him in a tram and leave them there while g-man had to be put in his own time/space breaking cube, quite a bit of difference of levels of imprisonment there.
Edit: I am really surprised I got so many likes o.o
Gman knows how to imprison Gordan, just put him in statis
@@bitduelist they kind of tried to do the same with g-man but it's obvious he could've gotten out with how fucked up the outside area is.
G-Man: g-
Vortigaunts: *_n o_*
*G N O M E*
CHOMPSKI
_GALUNGA_
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Nerevar007 whats also cool is that, Gordon was supposed to go somewhere else as implied by G-man that his employers needed his services elsewhere, but the Vortigaunts intervened just in time.
Half Life 2's Gman still looks way too good for when that game came out.
I honestly think the gaming industry took until about 2010 to catch up to where Valve was in 2004 with Half-Life 2. Now Valve has come back in 2020 with Half-Life: Alyx and proven once again that their facial animations absolutely destroy the rest of the gaming industry.
Pikminiman day what you will about Steam, but valve will definitely be recorded as one of the best developers there was. They’re consistently at the cutting edge.
HL2 still looks good today. The engine may be old, but the art direction and scenery is top notch.
Still blows my mind that Half Life 2 released in 2004. The game is aging as fine as wine and with MMoD the game get's a nice touch up.... except for the Alyx defense section in Anti-Citizen One. With Combine improved accuracy and difficulty on hard it's just brutal, beatable yes, but will definitely require a few quick saves. Other than that I can't wait for whatever valve does for Half Life 3. Assuming that it does finally release all things considered. In the meantime, this is where I get off.
i know. he looks like a slightly lower quality hla gman and its quite impressive
I like how what he does and how he appears and disappears changes in each game, in hl1 he just teleports you around via opening and closing portals, in hl2 he freezes time and does that weird transparent thing, and in hl:a he clones himself while teleporting around, it gives the impression that he just does whatever he want’s to try to intimidate you
The way he hesitates before saying “employers” in half-life 1, it’s as if he’s trying to think of a term that Gordon could best understand for them.
what i love about gman is that he is so much not-a-human that he uses human words as aproximations to what the hell he is and his position in all of this
In the first game he talks about government property, but he was not working for the gov, he always worked for his superiors
I always thought the same as you do, that gman simply uses business terms to make it easy for people to understand him, but it's not even close to what it really is
Overall, g-man is a mysterious character. Not much is known about his origins. Or who is his employers. Either way, I guess we'll just have to wait for the next Half-Life installment to determine who he is and his backgrounds...
@@humanman2358 Not that it's coming anyway, but sometimes it's better for mysteries to go unsolved. To me any answer to this question would prob be unsatisfactory and ruin the games. Look at The Elder Scrolls for another example. They are never going to make it clear what happened to the Dwemer, at least I don't think so. And they shouldn't.
it's like he knows human language but not used to speaking it, the way the timing is all thrown off
Idk alyx left a fat ass hint towards hl3
I find it very interesting that Alyx asks G-Man, "Who are you?", but G-Man replies with "Perhaps *what* I am...". It's a very interesting choice of words that I think goes fairly unnoticed.
"Who? Who is but the form following the function of what and what I am is a man in a mask." -- V for Vendetta. Just as G-Man's human appearance may just be a mask. Telling Alyx "who" he is would amount to nothing. So G-Man skips over it entirely and jumps to the "what", as you pointed out. A very mysterious and intelligent being.
In the original script alyx's line called gman a 'what' but gman's speech is the same, but yeah it does make it sound more ominous in the final version.
I think that sometimes, Perhaps *what* I am is not important
society if we all knew what g man's true form looked like
@David Assébof twitter.com/JamaalBradley/status/1258806825228488706?s=19
Also small correction she didnt explicitly refer him as a 'what' but refers to him as an item (weapon)
G-Man: **attempts to put Gordon in stasis again**
Vortigaunts: lol
I think it was more G-Man taking Gordon out of stasis rather than putting him in. But still the same fundamental Vortigaunt rejection response. lol
I like how G-Man is pissed off that someone dares to wake Gordon, when it's obviously collides his plan. He probably realized he's not the only mastermind in here
@@kobz2862 he is T H E mastermind... but the Vortigunts can neutralize some of his many powers
@Inf1n1t3 Kevin a GAME theory.
"We'll see... about that"
I think what's really sinister about the Alyx ending is that the G-Man simply states that the Combine "entity" ceases, and the Eli "entity" continues. He doesn't even confirm that Eli survives for much longer.
It could actually be that Alyx has made everything worse, if the Combine Advisor was actually going to make a mistake or do something "beneficial" to humanity in some way later in it's existence.
The combine is a rival for the g-man
@@Anverse-14Whatever he is, whoever he's affiliated with, it's definitely more of a threat than the Combine
bingo what if that advisor fucks up in a fictional episode 3 and gordon, kleiner and alyx use it as an advantage to move the story forward, but now its dead
worse of all what if Eli gets captured like in nove porspekt again but this time they get him to spill the beans?
careful what you wish for Ms Alyx vans
Gordon doesn't need to hear all of this, he's a highly trained professional.
You're right, gordon, we have complete confidence in you!
We've assured the administrator that nothing can go wrong...
Alright Gordon, why don't you climb up and start the rotors?
Very good will take it from here
Stage 1 emitters activating in.. 1
G-man: pretty much literally a god
Vordegaunts: Long-tong haha gottem
Seems a bit more like the devil to me...th-cam.com/video/Vu4kDfztSCI/w-d-xo.html
A god? Gods die. We’ve seen him revoke the permission of Death.
Just like the foundation captured a ton of powerful SCP's
@@XJ0461C Than he is a legend. Legends never die.
@@Iaon1 legends may not die, but they can be forgotten.
_"So... who are you?"_
-Perhaps *what* I am is not as important...
Of course, he is not going to answer it that easily, the most mysterious character in gaming history
Funny how he responded with the word
"What" instead of "who"
This makes him even more mysterious
@@eglacre14 yea like he's kind of alien or Smth
Gary Roach Sanderson
Well, actually there were cut lines. And he did answer with a who I am.
@kat uwu actually he is a Nihiland here is a whole theory about it. th-cam.com/video/BgYzOLQ8sU8/w-d-xo.html
10:00, the way he says "i wish" send chills down my spine, love this character
Gman cares about his workers
HL1 G-MAN: sounds like he had a productive upper respiratory system infection.
HL2 G-MAN: the typical G-Man, emotionlessly delivering his lines.
HL:A G-MAN: there’s a sliver of joy in his voice, abide with his usual feeling of superiority. Could it be that his is satisfied to see Ms. Vans is turned out to be very capable asset after all?
damn alyx back at it again with the white vance
I believe he's extremely overjoyed since he finally has a subject that's practically been raised in warfare and tense situations. Alyx was able to do everything Gordon could WITHOUT the H.E.V suit, making her more powerful than Gordon. What's even better is that she's much younger than him, making her more obedient and blind to the tasks she could be given.
It also could be that him being wrong about a subject at first (he has no idea of her strength when he pulls her from Black Mesa as a child) is something that rarely happens to him and he's glad when it does
@@testedhawk I mean, gordon can still bunnyhop, so she is not really more powerful...
@@brakintelektualny7291 There's a difference between Gordon and Desinc, one is significantly more powerful than the other
@@testedhawk but for real, by your logic, shepard from opposing forces is the most powerful soldier in the half life universe
I love how "off" G-Man is.. the way he talks, the grossness of how he sometimes breathes in through his mouth, his unneeded and seemingly random pauses in his speeches. Combine that with his odd, narrow face and constantly upright posture makes him a truly interesting and scary character.
Its even scarier when you realize that maybe the reason he takes these long pauses and deep breathes as if he had forgotten that he had lungs is because this physical form of G-Man is not what he is accustomed to.
@@BadKarma444 agreed... Its pretty obvious that he is something nonhuman trying to seem human
the final boss in the first Half-Life game said to Freeman "You are man...he's not man." it could imply that Nihilanth is talking about G-Man, G-Man acts so weirdly and creepy and whenever we're in his cutscenes we would be taken to different places and in Half-Life: Alyx, he literally made clones of himself. It is really obvious that G-Man is really not human, he's some sort of Eldritch alien more powerful than the Combine and Nihilanth and even the Advisors. What makes it terrifying is that G-Man clearly stated that he has Employers, there are more of his kind, watching Freeman and Alyx saving Earth from the Combine. A fellow commenter in this video said "I love how half-life: Alyx is just Valve’s very own way of saying “half-life 3 confirmed” which is true, Half-Life 3 just so happened to be confirmed and is probably finally in development
How terrifying... He's a mouthbreather...!
GMan? Or Gordon Man or Gordon Freeman GMan oldet version of gordon
The fact that the gman is this godlike entity is scary enough, but knowing there is someone he considers an "employer" is something else entirely
Or rather, a Group. *Employers* , not Employer.
My headcanon is that it's like The Board and The Director from Control, G-Man is the "physical" being that does the employer's bidding
Like the Q in Star Trek being a part of the Q Continuum, he is pretty much a God and even him has to answer to the Continuum.
And what's worse: how powerful did the combine have to be to contain him?
@@michaelk9279 Maybe G-Man let himself get caught to bait Alyx.
I like how Gman shows respect to Gordon later on by not pretending that he has a choice
Yeah, love the "rather than giving you the illusion of free choice" line.
Me: Well... could you teach me how to tie a tie?
G-Man: Ahhh, that would be a considerably large nudge. Too large.
Me: But you're wearing a suit and tie!
G-man: I'm afraid you misunderstand the situation.
Me: but why?
G-man: Well, my wifu tied it.
oh god, what if the suit and tie was his skin? eughhh
QuiteOdy oh my god what have you done
the suit is part of his body.
It's body paint isn't it
When you ask someone "Who are you?" and they answer with " _What_ I am", you gotta rethink your questions and requests from that point onwards.
Yeah. Pretty scary.
In the original dialogue, Alyx asks actually "what are you" and they simply kept the original answer instead of asking Shapiro to voiceover again
Or maybe that was intentional
@@LordWoodpecker I think it was intentional.
I am the 666th likes
Yeeeet
@@LordWoodpecker That's the most beautiful coincidence then if its true
Half life 1 - half life 2 ( 6 years )
Half life 2 - Half life alyx ( 16 years )
Half life alyx - half life 3 ( 26 years )
HALF LIFE 3 WILL BE RELEASED IN 2046
Man by that maths. I ll be grandpa and have all the time to play hl 3
It’ll be worth it
If so tech better come so far, i would be getting 100% realistic blowjobs just by putting on my Valve index 5 or some shit like that
Tom Kaidalov lol why is that the first thing you think of
@@thatreddude8796
I'm pretty sure a lot of people will think of porn when it comes to VR
Such a great, terrifying character. One part of me wishes they'd finally reveal his purpose, the other part hopes they leave everything about him unexplained because it adds so much to his larger than life aura.
I can almost 100% guarantee that they will never be able to meet our expectations if they try to explain it all. Best choice is to leave it all in mystery
"When their only experience of humanity is a, crowbar, coming at them down a steel corridor."
Holy fuck that line was powerful
He really gonna do us like that
Aliens coming to earth in July 2020 lol
@@commander_eaa2862 WHEN
@@jackofalltrades8412 Thats a good question...
His voice is just plain scary, with how he slurs, stutters and draws out syllables. Its obviously supposed to show hes not used to speaking in English, and the constant raspy breathing makes it seem like hes not even used to having LUNGS.
It could be that he is Gordon Freeman and since Gordon never talks, that's why Gman talks all slow and strange
@@masturch33f66 isnt Gordon Freeman voiced by other actor?
@@freeze1625 lol
@@masturch33f66 It's not because of that, it's probably because he has shapeshifting properties.
@@masturch33f66 I never actually connected the dots until now...
Gordon Freeman --> G. Freeman --> G.Man
"Gordon Freeman in the flesh or rather the tracksuit, I took the liberty of relieving you of your protein power and weights, most of them were gym property, as for the headband I think you've earned it" - G(ym)-Man
Need a parody of every single one of his monologues now :)
Rise and flex, Mr. Freeman, rise and flex. Not that I wish to imply that you’ve been slacking on the pumps, no one is more deserving of a break.
@@kryswilkins8615 All the effort in the world would go to waste until...
@@nuralimedeuatnu well . . let's just say the time for gains has come again ..
@@kryswilkins8615 Plz stop, I fucking can't right now... 😂😂😂😂😂😂
"What would you want nudged?"
"Half-Life 3 being released."
"Ah, that would be a considerably large nudged. Too large."
I simply can't find words to describe how interesting G-Man's character is.
He's a videogame antagonist like no other, if you can even call him an antagonist.
The way he talks is like he's unfamiliar with everything is sort of creepy in a strange way. "You've.. done a.. great deal, in a small time... span.."
If they replaced his voice actor, his strange, creepy personality just wouldn't convey the same way.
👍
Fun fact: He's had multiple voice actors across the games
@@mayurdhanwani6664 nope
Welp too bad gotta wait another 14years till another half life game is released
Hes neutral
the unforseen consequences wasnt Eli dying, it was Alyx disappearing and taking Gordon's role because of Eli's death. The message was for all three of them.
If Gordon was the right man at the wrong place, Alyx is the wrong woman in the right place.
Dear god, you're right!
She was definitely the wrong person, His Employers didn’t even care whether or not Alyx survived.
@@thebiolibrary5572 EXACTLY
Theory: Alyx freeing the Vortigaunts was what caused the G-Man chose hwr. The Vortigaunts made it impossible for the G-Man to get Gordon, so, he decided to instead let himself intentionally get captured in order to reach alyx. It's notable that Alyx and Eli only find out that the Vault holds a person after the Vortigaunts have been freed.
I really like how G-man isn’t just a robot reading lines off a script. He’s got a sense of humor, and a really *nasty* one at that
He also shows signs of annoyance after being inconvenienced 7:57
@@striker8961 **adjusts tie aggressively**
He speaks like cruel way
G-Man gives the impression of the sort of person who would hurt small animals or insects for fun.
@@striker8961 if you look carefully hes smug, delighted at this pathetic vort trying to do something, then the subtle smirk drops when he realizes its not one vort and grows actually angry as the scene plays out thats the most angry weve seen him i think
I love how G man acts like a dapper gentleman but really he is no one to mess with.
Gotta love how it took valve 14 years to make a new half life game just to advance the lore by 10 seconds
Edit: Yes I understand the time and work value put into this and I appreciate it but I just think it's funny how the ending is only a 10 second canon retcon
Facts
I believe games will start coming sooner than later now. Valve did have to create new tech and revolutionize gaming once again. Source 2 is looking amazing, valve is probably best company to keep secrets on what they’re working on I’m sure they have been working on something new already.
lmao didn't even realize that
And we all ate it up. Now we wait another ten or more years for Half-Life 3, and will eat that up too.
@@astarteswillum5259 your hope is admirable.
"Some believe the fate of our worlds is... inflexible. My employers.... disagree."
God, I love that line.
I can't believe this guy looked away from the intense as hell look Gman gives when he says it. The expression and the way his eyes light up is so good
@@lemonsuckerYT for real!! the delivery and the way his eyes light up is just so absolutely perfect. pity the guy looked away
"Some believe our *C*CK* ... is inflexible. I... disagree"
- G-Man
I love how it destroyed the lore of Half-Life by introducing time travel and "fate". Congratulations, nothing you'll ever write in Half-Life will ever have permanent consequences.
@@singami465did it though? Vortigaunts are canonically coterminous, meaning they see both past and the future at the same time, all the time. Surely this means they can see multiple possibilities of future events as well. G-man just changed the order of those events.
“Wake up Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes.”
It gives me chills every time I hear it.
"Time doctor Freeman. Is it really that time again ?"-Valve when every new half life game is released.
For me it's when he says "Doctor Freeeeemaaaan". That caught me SO off guard when I first heard it.
Smell the sequels
I found this comment just as he said that.
@@razebeats308 coincidence I think not
it's crazy to think that even being a early 2020's video, it can always have the year updated in the title, because we prob will never see this man speeching again
We'll get another Half Life game. Valve has even stated they are less afraid of working on it again. We will get a Half Life 3 when its a truly groundbreaking innovative game. Half Life Alyx has even teased that there will be more. It's just a matter of when especially now with source 2 finally complete.
@@punchykarma6685The leaks about half life 3 in the past few days has me ecstatic.
what leaks? what leaks?!!@@AManAdrift
*In the dark void*
Adrian Shepard: "So what are you in for?"
Alyx Vance: "Trying to rescue a man named Gordon freeman, Survivor and hero during the Black mesa incident."
Adrian Shepard: "Heh, Black mesa huh? That brings back memories...Horrible and frighting memories mind you."
Both in stasis trying to catch Freeman.
Hunt down the Freeman
@@wololoman3314 That game stinks.
@@yeremyche it may be bad but thankfully it has plenty of good meme material
Just like Freeman, Shephard wanted to survive. He had no orders about killing scientists nor Freeman himself either.
I love how insecure and stressed G-Man sounds when he mentions his employeers. He by himself is very powerful, so imagine how powerful his employeers are if even he is stressed by the very mention of them
They can snap the earth
Maybe it's condescendance instead. Maybe he says "employers" knowing that _he_ is their boss in reality. Or maybe he can't really express _his_ vision of what his employers represent to him. Maybe they don't fit our concept of employers, but since there is no word in the English human language to fit what they are to him, he stutters when using the word closest to the concept.
Hes like one of the elder gods, its straight up lovecraft
His employers could be somebody that depends on him, giving him tasks for the means of their collective goal and survival. I guess perhaps they're not necessarily stronger or anything.
I think, personally, that Gman's employer's interests are beyond our understanding. Perhaps they're training "extraordinary" individuals for some otherworldly task, so by proving that a few guys and a girl can defeat an inter-dimensional galaxy-devouring space empire, they may be suitable for whatever the next mission is. It's pretty obvious that Gman wants them to defeat the combine, at least to me. This is why he said "that would be a considerably large nudge, too large" when alyx asked for the combine to "leave earth", he doesn't NOT want them gone, but he wants her to prove that she is more than capable of doing so on her own.
1998: "Gordon Freeman, in the flesh... Or rather, in the hazard suit."
2004: "The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world..."
2020: "LETTING THE DAYS GO BY"
CoreyLaddo s a m e
Let the water hold me down
Same as it ever was
nice to see you here
Do you s l e e p ?
13:13
I'm not sure if it's coincidence or not, but the Advisor actually stares _directly_ at Alyx at the moment time freezes here.
I guarantee that was on purpose. The thing probably actually saw her and got frozen by the G-Man
The advisor knows it is feeble compared too anyone who has met the gman and excepted his offer, and is feeble too the gman himself. And was probably scared
And to think of Gordon's voice actor evolving throughout the years. Amazing.
Its actually a miracle they got him back for Alyx, he must be worth a fortune now.
@@TheSorrel I know, right? His final words at the end of Alyx were so deep and well-said. So much character.
@@csengegall2595 I've heard he locked himself up in a hotel room for months to prepare for that role.
I swear I thought you were insinuating that G-man was Gordon for a second that fucked me up immensely
Such a legendary performance and voice actor. I'm sure voice actors of the future will take from this to improve their own performances!
I can’t believe Michael Shapiro voices The Gman, Barney Calhoun, and the Nihilanth. That’s what I call Flexibility
@Whatever Is that a far stretch? Idk
He also voices Otis (fat Black mesa guard)
I am im-presssses
And he destroyes libtards in his spare time jk
He also voices The Crowbar
over 20 years of employment and not one paycheck
Poor freeman
he was sleeping for most of it no wonder he got fired and replaced
litteraly
he's working for free, man
Plowtwist:The salary is in the bolearis
it's the guy from half life no way
G-man: (arrives)
Laws of physics: “alright imma head out.”
"oh no, not again"
*fuck this shit I'm out*
Gordon Freeman: Years of Mit training wasted
The best thing about him is that he may be the most powerful entity we have ever seen, he could probably put down any Boss in any universe without even acknowledging them, and yet even he works for someone else.
That is an incredibly concise way to explain why the writing in all Half-Life games is essentially Lovecraftian.
Pikminiman It’s why I love them. Games like BIO HAZARD/Resident Evil and Uncharted simply can’t compete, or rather won’t at least; they could if they tried, but that would require actual effort and caring about the content on the part of the development team.
SEPHIROTH
@@dhh8088 Fuck outta here with that loser.
@@XJ0461C JENOVA
It just dawned on me that Eli bargained with the g man to save his daughter, and he called in the favor.
Wait when?! I really need to play all the games again there's so many things I don't remember
@@UsorThem07 Episode 2. He says it in a scene when Alyx tells him to prepare for unforeseen consequences. It's not new. He says it's a mutual friend.
So they botched worked with G-man in a deal? That’s crazy.
Bringing Eli back was a brilliant move. And didn’t even feel cheesy.
i was thinking a couple hours before hl: alyx came out that valve was going to say SIKE to us
HALF-LIFE: ALYX SPEEDRUN ON MY CHANNEL.
WORLD RECORD.
@@strayfu That meme was dead since they confirmed HL3
@@strayfu Half life : Dog
Valve announced it will come out on April 1st! Kind of like the last few years they said that.
@@strayfu Maybe in Half Life 3 we meet adrian or barney? well i dont know
Gabe: all we need is more tim-
Gman: time?... Dr Newell is it that time again? You had 26 years and yet you barely made progress
i mean they did have all the other valve games being made at that time
@@Pangloss6413 yeah like Left 4 dead thre- oh wait..
@@ManicDepressedSillyBilly portal 2, tf2 updates, left 4 dead 2, counter strike and dota shit and that's just the stuff after the orange box. dude, there are other valve games, half life 3 is basically confirmed at this point, just be patient and by 2025 at the latest it'll be out
@@Pangloss6413 it's just a joke about how they refuse to release L4D3
@@ManicDepressedSillyBilly At least we got Back 4 Blood
I love how uncanny he is in Alyx. His slightly over-done expressions, the way his eyes don't quite line up sometimes, the stiff manner in which he walks, the way he speaks like he's not quite used to breathing between sentences, it's like an alien inhabiting a human body.
Because he is a alien
he is not used to talk with lungs
@Taco_ Kamikaze well, Nihilanth also implies that Gman is not human, so that's for sure.
I always liked the description I heard from years ago. The G-Man is something very different from human, trying to appear human, but not trying all that hard. He has the shape right, what he says is coherent and his manner of dress is neat and was not immediately distracting prior to the Black Mesa incident. But all the little details are wrong. He emphasises the wrong syllables, his eyes seem to almost glow at time and by the time of the Combine, his suit is now very out of place, but he's got a form he uses to talk to us apes and he's sticking with it.
I prefer his episode 2 appearance. I think his disguise of being a human improves each time, yet still seems off
All the people that say gman is from Skibidi toilet will be sent to *NOVA PROSPEKT*
Yes plz, they need a re education or sent to a off World duties
Nah void
As we learned from Half-Life: Alyx, The G-Man can exist in infinitely Skibidi Toilets at once
gman is from Skibidi toilet
holy shit it gman from skibidi toulet
Funny that his speech in HL1 was the first English speech I have ever learned and imitated. You can imagine how my English teacher was super annoyed by my way of speaking as a result.
XD
Pleassee hand me... a... pencillll.
@@Brandon-ct8vo I...wish to..hear.....more of this. Please...continue!
@@danielharvison7510 "Ahhh, Thaaat... would be a considerably laaarge nudge.......tooo large, given the interest of myyy emmmployers...."
@@djpemb He does keep delivering on the iconic speeches, I'll give him that.
Game went from polygon to almost looking like real life real quick
because of how long it takes for each game
"quick"
Evolution
That "quick" is 13 years, a little reminder
@@jagerbi_9741I MEANT THE DAMN VIDEO
"We've been struggling to find a suitable replacement."
Shephard: I'ma pretend I'm not in your custody real quick.
Evidently they decided Shepherd wasn't suitable. Which says a lot about Alyx.
Shephard probably wanted revenge for being trapped in the void. So he wouldn't obey a single command.
OpFor doesn't seem to be canon, sadly.
Shephard should have a come back somehow..
Shephard is probably off genociding some inconvenient race on a distant planet in an alternate dimension. For these events he may need a hire with a more direct history with the events and people around black mesa rather than a grunt.
"Our worlds"
"WHAT I am" when asked "WHO are you"
"This entity"
The G Man's overall approach to us, himself, and even life continues to get more and more mysterious!
He is without doubt the single biggest question I need answering from a Half Life 3 game!
Notice how when Alyx asks if Eli lives, he doesn't answer the question.
Plus the way he stresses how the advisor's life was "stopped" like that may have consequences...
Crowborn unforeseen consequences
@@Crowborn I'd imagine the Combine aren't going to be too happy one of their overseers were killed.
Possibly because "lives" implies a current state of living. G-Man doesn't seem to exist locked to a single point in time, which would make it hard to answer, especially in that weird void of his.
G-Man is more badass than ever in Half Life Alyx
Is it, his facial animations is sexy as fuck.
Honestly, he really is.
Sad thing we can't see black thing around his eyes
For me - mysterious
The ways his eye glowed in the end was cool
The level was really strange, distorting gravity and the final combine section using emperor palpatine powers. this makes me excited and scared for half life 3
I love how Russel said in Half life: Alyx that it was a "miracle" both her and Eli got out of black mesa alive, and now watching this G-man said he plucked her out of it?? Everythings coming together
So the theory is complete, no holes anymore.... G-Man did indeed knew that Freeman would eventually be freed from him by the voritguants so he had already hired Alyx before it happens.
Timeline:
Black mesa happens, Eli bargains with G-Man then after that, G-Man gets imprisoned by the Combine through the use of Voritguants' powers and then is mistaken to be a weapon by the Human Resistance(HL:Alyx) then Alyx frees G-Man in exchange for her dad's life in the future and is also hired by G-Man then her memory gets wiped and had probably had fake memories of what was in the vault then the timeline continues until HL:2 Ep. 2 ending where the bargain of G-Man and Alyx is fulfilled and she was now hired by Gordon and her memories of G-Man is returned.... With that being said, many people think that HL:Alyx happened in an alternate timeline or that it involves time travel which is a no no because of the fact that the pistol that you(Alyx) get from Russell is kept by her and it also is fully upgraded which you can see in HL 2
@@gus9351 how do we know her memory gets wiped?
@@bapboi That's the only explanation, it is said to be a prequel, not a sequel as if it was a sequel then that means that it involves time travel but it's a prequel so no time travel at all just some memory wiping stuff
@@gus9351 regarding the alternate universe thing, why is the shirt worn by eli under his jacket in HL:A different from the one he had in EP2? at first i thought it was a mistake by valve but if you look at the original ending of HL:A with the original voice actor for alyx, eli is wearing the shirt from EP2. so they must've changed it for a reason
@@warfan1302 Eli's death as a consequence does not make sense, G-Man is unbound by time and space and therefore can see(probably limited and probably can only see possibilities ) the future and can move through space and quite possibly, time. Now G-Man saved Alyx because she was one of his POI(Person of interest) and so he needed no exchange as it is his own actions and as the timeline progresses, he sees a strong possibility in the future that which Gordon will be freed by the Voritguants and so he devised his plan to hire younger Alyx by getting himself locked up by the Combine and which has a strong possibility to work out(for the resistance to mistake him as a superweapon and hence send Alyx and arrive successfully).
And in addition to the plan, he carefully nudged the future to ensure Eli's death as to offer the deal to Alyx and hire her and then Alyx is hired, memory wiped then he just made sure that Eli's death ensured by carefully nudging/influencing the present and the most important is the message he gave Alyx during HL2:EP2 where Alyx was being healed by the Voritguants and he was able to swoop in to talk to Gordon and tell him to go to or in his exact words “see her safely in White Forest”. (which is where Eli dies) and tells memory wiped Alyx about the unforseen consequences which isn't about Eli's death rather, Alyx herself.
gen alpha really did this man dirty
It’s not gman it’s a rebel
It’s a rebel with the face of gman
He seems to never have used some of the normal hum vocab : smell, past tenses, and biological relashionships, like father, or daughter. He stutters when he need to talks about time, or past. He almost laughs when he says "father". He seems to not fully understand the concept of "smelling the ashes" as it was something that his race could not do. Even "friend" is strange for him. He uses strange words, like... "Squander", and you know, its not very common in the english vocab. He probably fully understands english, but some concepts are so abstract or inferior to him or his race that he has problems expressing them.
I think he paused on 'friends' to express irony, just as you'd use quote marks. His next line is pretty telling. In HL1 the only interaction with these fellas was indeed the crowbar (and a plethora of firearms of course). Now suddenly they play buddies with Gordon. It's indeed ironic. I think Gman is perfectly aware what word mean but he's rather sarcastic and dwell on their real meaning
You're trying too hard
Squander ain't that uncommon. That or I'm more snide than I thought.
I think he's an Advisor. Not the Combine ones. They reportedly never really understood time, or language either. They didn't really lead particularly physically aligned lives. And they had a strange and unknown connection with the Vortigaunts.
@@НиколайТодоров-и9т This was always my interpretation, though there is the idea that the vorts aren't actually humanity's friends, that they only help us because they know it's the only way to stop the Combine. That said, when vorts and humans do interact they seem pretty genuine, so IDK. Maybe it was just irony, or maybe Gman knows something about the vorts' intentions that humanity doesn't?
"We have struggled to find a suitable replacement"
Adrian Shephard: "i am a joke to you?"
Ain't Shepard was contained as a "survivor" and a "loose end"?
Adrian Shephard was detained. Perhaps indefinitely. G-Man mentioned he argued with his "employers" to let Adrian go due to Adrian reminding the G-Man of himself. But his "employers" see no logical reason to leave any loose ends. At an impasse, it is decided that Adrian Shephard would be detained in a space I can only assume time does not affect. Where he will do no harm, and no harm can come to him.
@@Rizal96able ayyyyy i've found a way to tie gmod into the half life lore, maybe that place where he can do no harm and harm can't be done to him is gmod
@@roadkill.highway I'm certain you can do a lot of harm in gmod.
@@Rizal96able Imagine we actually see these stasis pods and see our favorite HECU soldier?
“Rather than offering the illusion of choice, I have taken the liberty of choo-sing for you”
When you democratically elected a leader and then the CIA do a cheeky little coup
Hey look its the guy from the Half-Life franchise.
*2023: Half Life Barney 2026: Half Life Shepard 2030: Counter Strike: Unforeseen Consequences*
20never: half life 3
Counterstrike unforseen consequences:
Resistance vs combine
Maps: black mesa east
City 17
Overworld
Counterpart of AWM:
None
Half life: otis
@@golden6294 i would pay for that
2069: Half-Life: Kleiner
The way he speaks is so hypnotic, his inflection is impossible to place
I think it's meant to be impossible to place. The occasional "sing song" tone, the strange yet deliberate word choice, the lack of understanding concepts of family and friendship, all of this says to me that this is a completely alien language being funneled through a translator. This inter-dimensional being shouldn't have any discernable accent, so he speaks in this bizarre way
Tyler Mercer I’ve always interpreted it as him not being comfortable in a human form.
@@fatalbert2055 And the way he takes breaths. Definitely doesn't breathe like a normal human.
Some people say he is actually a hatched Shu'ulathoi, being able to take any form it chooses. It chose the form of a human, perhaps to fit in better? And he is not used to having physical lungs, therefor his breathing and talking is very.. odd.
Yes. Plus, he stops on words most of us humans wouldn’t
SUBJECT: Alyx Vance
STATUS: Hired
Really gave me the chills
Watching this after watched the Documentary, the G-Man actually speaks like that because he is experiencing different timelines at once. Said mike shapiro, the voice actor of the G-Man.
I love that as soon as G-Man's containment is breached, he's warping reality and sending out dozens of copies of himself to attend to different matters. I'd love to see how the Combine was able to capture him in the first place.
@@umutcelenk3839 perhaps after the events of half life 2 ep 2 he decided Alyx was worth testing so he traveled back or altered time (not that much of a stretch) and orchestrated this as a way to test her.
@Mr.Springtrap His capture at the hands of the Combine is five years before Half life 2 , and whilst the Vortigaunts can stop him, it takes considerable effort for them to do so. Also, the Vortigaunts and the Combine do not exactly get along.
The G-man's capture in HL:A was most likely set up deliberately to bait Alyx.
@@scottm8292 When exactly do you think Gman plucked Alyx and put her into stasis? Was it right when her father was supposed to die or when she made the deal with him in the space between time, or both? If it was second option, how could she live of the events of HL2?
@@jundsheep7599 Probably when their deal was made
@@jundsheep7599 This may be a spoiler for you if you haven’t played/watched the game.
In the end-credits scene for Half-Life: Alyx, we once again return to the shoes of Gordon Freeman, we are at the end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2’s end again. Eli Vance wakes us up, saying Gman took Alyx. Which means in the original timeline, all the events we experienced through Gordon’s eyes happened, and until Vartigaunts started protecting us against Gman’s time-bending influence, everything was going according to his plan. So when we were “unable or unwilling”, Gman created another timeline, hence Half-Life: Alyx occurred.
"I took the liberty of choosing for you"
Yup, i heard that shit every day in the Army.
"Fuckin hooah... fuck..."
Me, literally every single day in the Army, as well. 🤣🤣🤣
If and when your time comes round....again.
Did they apologise for what must have seemed an arbitrary imposition?
lmao
funny af
Man, the new G-man feels like someone you never want to come across. Mysterious, powerful, and bearing a devil's gift you can't refuse
Maybe the best villian
@@nahbro3965 Is he a villain though? He *is* creepy and he does manipulate people to get what he wants, but we don't know what he wants or what his endgame is. We've never known and I reeeally hope we never find out. The mystery is what makes this character so special.
lehelisbored I agree
This scene is like making a bargain with the devil. I like it. lol Very eerie.
He gives something like Gaunter O'dim vibe.
That one iPad kid: “HeS fRoM sKiBidI tOlIEt!!”
You know, many people complained about Valve making a Half Life game for VR. But I'm kinda happy how it turned out.
Dude, Im so hyped to get it this week. Imma play the shit out of it. Gotta beat Black Mesa first tho.
VR needed some triple-A game to kick start it
@Toxic Potato exactly, people will want to buy a VR just for this. If anything, studios should pump more VR games now more than ever.
Toxic Potato it’s just another exclusive. We see this all the time. Plus, in vr they were truly able to further immersion.
Yep
Why is nobody acknowledging that the words, “ Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman” started a whole new generation of games.
Because everybody is focused on half-li- *HELLO, GORDON!*
@@SuperZak75. LOOK GORDON ROPES
WE CAN HANG OURSELVES ON THEM TO FINALLY ESCAPE THOSE OVERDONE JOKE- DON'T HELP ME GORDON, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT
Janfon1 uh
@@Janfon1 LOOK GORDON, ITS GODS HEAVENLY FACE. NOW THAT WE DIED WE CAN FINALLY GO IN
i saw that speech for myself in vr a few hours ago, and jesus christ he's scary up close. especially considering that i'm short, so he was towering over me lol.
Can you headbutt him?, or in your case shinbutt?
@@sminkycorp nah,you phase through him. strange how that happens, because i'm pretty sure other characters are intractable
@@Tulip_bip Just thought id ask , I'm from the UK , thats our special move
@@sminkycorp so am i. never heard of that tho lol
@@sminkycorp You can certainly try. You'll get the same result you get when trying to punch a zombie.
i like how the auditor in the alyx ending fucking *notices* that something is up before getting frozen and incinerated. the auditors have such surprisingly expressive body language
The whats
@@jackdaniels5071 the auditors. They are the combines workers in the irs didnt you know lol.
Really though, the auditors... Like how tf did he get that name for them lol
The way he acts in HL: Alyx is how I imagine he acts with everyone. Technical limitations is only what really stopped Valve in the past. But now? Now he is able to move however he wants. Appear however he wants. And tell us that the time has come again...
You can see this in episode 2 as well, that's a damn complicated cutscene compared to 1, 2, and episode 1.
I prefer everything about him with the old graphics and limitations honestly.
@@Mrlaneck no
Brandon Kelly oh yeah a low poly model standing in front of Gordon was better than this
Y’all get off his back, there are objective benefits to each era, if kept in the context they were released in. I love each one, but I think the EP2 one is still my favourite.
" There was a time they care nothing for miss Vance, when they only experience of humanity was a crowbar coming at them down a steel corridor" damn that line gives me chills everytime
Where was this?
@@highlordfragbag7912 8:47
@@loaduscoolclipz5505 Thank you
I love how you just can tell just how angry he is in those lines. You know he would kill all of them in a blink of the eye if he didn't have more important matters to attend to.
@@alfalldoot6715 that would be quite a... large nudge
"A previous hire has been unable, or unwilling, to perform the tasks laid before him."
It took me a second to understand what he meant by this, until I remembered that Gman and his "employers" don't have any control over Freeman because of the Vorts blocking them off from him in Episode 1! God the way how they tie these things in the story together
Terry Pennington I thought it was a metatextual wink at Valve itself by Valve themselves.
Inb4 it's Adrian shephard
Crowborn they literally show freeman in the back as he says it. Shepherd was detained, freeman was hired.
I'm trying to think, but what ''tasks'' were laid before him? The ending of HL2 made it seem like Gman had put him back on hold until needed again [until the beginning of Episode 1], but no mention of further duties expected from Gordon.
Also take in for a moment the implication of various tie in moments of Half Life Alyx:
This you see here is a rare example of a time paradox being created *in the future*.
First: G-Man "employs Alyx Vance" in the process saving Eli
HOWEVER
Second: G-Man also at the same time also setup the events that caused Eli to originally die by ensuring the timeline plays out that way in Episode 2 of Half Life 2.
In other words: G-Man both orchestrated the future events of Episode 2's original ending; and Half Life Alyx's Ending. Simultaneously.
Creating multiple time paradoxes including: a past into future paradox(Alyx changing her father's fate), a future into past Paradox(G-man initially changing Eli's fate), and a present time Paradox of Alyx now no longer being in the future and also Eli being alive.
g-man speeches now:skibidi dop dop dop yes yes
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