12:29 I believe that in the context of Episodes 1 and 2, with Gordon being separated or freed from the G-Man's "employment" by the Vortigaunts, that perhaps they are the ones imposing said restrictions on him, since he seems to be averse to their energy or perhaps even the Vortessence as a whole. Him hammering out some form of deal with the Vorts, basically saying, "Fine, i'll only keep an eye on him, nothing more." would also set up the retconning of the story up to that point by Alyx when she inevitably becomes employed in a similar manner to Freeman.
Im afraid Breen showing up on the screen in the heart-to-heart scene was a consequence of re-used assets. That same breen-screen texture is used in the Water Hazard chapter on a distant flickering screen, and would constantly flip from a glitchy image of breen to a very brief frame of the Gman. Its the exact same gif/video file. The "restrictions" gman refers to in EP2 are in regards to the Vortigaunts holding him back prior to the Vort's getting distracted with healing Alyx.
My take is that the g man and his employers are outside of time and can view possible divergences in a timeline. Hence he is allowed to "nudge" events and finetune certain aspects, but no big stuff like romeving the combine, since that would be to much of a change and create a new or parralell timeline.
I just found your channel through your city 17 rebuild video and it is a GOLD MINE, i do not know how you only have 4k subs with this quality of content So excited for the stuff you are making next!!!
17:59 i think gman got himself captured on purpose in hla. im pretty sure this concept art here was supposed to be like one of the early drafts of the ending where after getting captured by the combine he was just like “oh shit :(“ but compared to the ending in retail, it feels like hes waiting for alyx bc hes not like,, having a mental breakdown over a desk lmaoo. idk just my take on it
maybe it was an alternate non-canon ending like from hl1 where say, alyx doesn't take the deal, or maybe just doesn't open the cage up to begin with, leaving him actually trapped because a plan went wrong
4:00 There is a Blue Shift reference in Half-Life: Alyx. You can find a floppy disk with "50 Free Games" listed on the back, one of them being a fictional arcade game called Prax Wars 2: Dante's Revenge, which was an arcade game that a scientist and security guard are seen playing very briefly in Blue Shift. The fact that the HLA devs went back and directly referenced something so obscure from that game proves to me that the expansion packs are definitely canon. Although I wouldn't blame you for ignoring them, because like Marc Laidlaw said, they aren't really that important to HL2's plot.
After watching the city 17 urban renewal video, I was convinced that the part of the video at 0:40 was a bit, but I had to check for my self. Holy shit, I didn't know that was a thing, that is actually so creepy. You wouldn't really be able to find it in normal gameplay either, the only way I could get it to be visible iwthout noclipping is to turn on my flashlight to try and trick the fake HDR into dimming
nihilanth said what gman is not a man, in half life alyx he said " perhabs WHAT I AM is not as important as what i can offer you(alyx)" so, gman is not a man is not a theory its a fact
one thing i like about gman is that its implied his employers dont actually control him in any capacity, he just chooses to listen to what they say. at times he even goes against them, though not majorly
Marc Laidlaw wrote G-Man’s monologue at the end of Opposing Force. It was the only part of that game he wrote and insisted that he write that specific part and have creative control. You can find him saying that in the Marc Laidlaw vault. We can presume that part at least is canon.
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was not expecting to see you here.
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12:29 I believe that in the context of Episodes 1 and 2, with Gordon being separated or freed from the G-Man's "employment" by the Vortigaunts, that perhaps they are the ones imposing said restrictions on him, since he seems to be averse to their energy or perhaps even the Vortessence as a whole.
Him hammering out some form of deal with the Vorts, basically saying, "Fine, i'll only keep an eye on him, nothing more." would also set up the retconning of the story up to that point by Alyx when she inevitably becomes employed in a similar manner to Freeman.
finally a good gman video with a theory that isn't completely out of pocket like the matpat video
true
Im afraid Breen showing up on the screen in the heart-to-heart scene was a consequence of re-used assets. That same breen-screen texture is used in the Water Hazard chapter on a distant flickering screen, and would constantly flip from a glitchy image of breen to a very brief frame of the Gman. Its the exact same gif/video file.
The "restrictions" gman refers to in EP2 are in regards to the Vortigaunts holding him back prior to the Vort's getting distracted with healing Alyx.
My take is that the g man and his employers are outside of time and can view possible divergences in a timeline. Hence he is allowed to "nudge" events and finetune certain aspects, but no big stuff like romeving the combine, since that would be to much of a change and create a new or parralell timeline.
I just found your channel through your city 17 rebuild video and it is a GOLD MINE, i do not know how you only have 4k subs with this quality of content
So excited for the stuff you are making next!!!
17:59 i think gman got himself captured on purpose in hla.
im pretty sure this concept art here was supposed to be like one of the early drafts of the ending where after getting captured by the combine he was just like “oh shit :(“ but compared to the ending in retail, it feels like hes waiting for alyx bc hes not like,, having a mental breakdown over a desk lmaoo. idk just my take on it
maybe it was an alternate non-canon ending like from hl1 where say, alyx doesn't take the deal, or maybe just doesn't open the cage up to begin with, leaving him actually trapped because a plan went wrong
4:00 There is a Blue Shift reference in Half-Life: Alyx. You can find a floppy disk with "50 Free Games" listed on the back, one of them being a fictional arcade game called Prax Wars 2: Dante's Revenge, which was an arcade game that a scientist and security guard are seen playing very briefly in Blue Shift. The fact that the HLA devs went back and directly referenced something so obscure from that game proves to me that the expansion packs are definitely canon. Although I wouldn't blame you for ignoring them, because like Marc Laidlaw said, they aren't really that important to HL2's plot.
After watching the city 17 urban renewal video, I was convinced that the part of the video at 0:40 was a bit, but I had to check for my self. Holy shit, I didn't know that was a thing, that is actually so creepy.
You wouldn't really be able to find it in normal gameplay either, the only way I could get it to be visible iwthout noclipping is to turn on my flashlight to try and trick the fake HDR into dimming
it's unreal how little views this has. this video is phenomenal
How the hell does this have less than 200 views?
And less than 40 likes
This shoulf be a crime this video is so well done
Commenting here just to let all the future 300k viewers know that the TH-cam algorithm dumped this vid on me when it only had 1.5k views
nihilanth said what gman is not a man, in half life alyx he said " perhabs WHAT I AM is not as important as what i can offer you(alyx)" so, gman is not a man is not a theory its a fact
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one thing i like about gman is that its implied his employers dont actually control him in any capacity, he just chooses to listen to what they say. at times he even goes against them, though not majorly
I really enjoyed this, hope to see more long-form Half-Life content from you!
This is an increadible well put together video i love it
Marc Laidlaw wrote G-Man’s monologue at the end of Opposing Force. It was the only part of that game he wrote and insisted that he write that specific part and have creative control. You can find him saying that in the Marc Laidlaw vault. We can presume that part at least is canon.
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i think the gman talks like that because he experiences multiple timelines at once or something
Eli does know about the gman he’s the scientist who was talking to him also in hl2 ep 1 or 2 he’s the one got the crystal
In hl1
Eli mentions G-man in elisode 2
Can't wait ro see G-man in episode 4😊
Amazing you went from this to what’s basically a Gmod shit post.
Both video’s amazing in their own right and I would have subbed for either of them 😉
1:00 wasn't this only recently discovered?
Here before this blew up
How did this not blow up yet
my new favorite unpopular youber :3
mine too
I dont think the Gman is a 3D being, he seems to be like 4th dimensional
Hes definitely not human
2:00 mat pat’s theories are so outlandish and wrong lol
Wait.. Barney are all clones