[DEFINITIVE] Half-Life 2 Thread


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I heard he's in the camera when youre in Dr. Kleiners lab the first time if you cycle it. Maybe I'll get a pic..

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Yup, he's standing next to the fense on the first camera you select. He also appears on a TV near the beginning of the game when you drop down into the old traincar housing a rebel and one of the vortigaunts. He appears on a TV again near the end of the game, theres some creepy music playing in the background.

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So far the only 2 times I've seen him, although I havent finished my second time through yet and I wasnt being observant my first time through.

How do you attach pictures so they show up in the post like that? Yeah, a noob question but I might as well learn now to save the trouble... I tried before and it didn't work.

I always thought G-Man WAS an alien,

I mean, How come he never dies in the fray of battle? Including HL 1.

I like the hologram theory, But I don't think its true...

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Actually, one of the best descriptions of the G-Man comes from the Half-Life 1 manual, where theres like a report that says something like "this weird government guy has been hanging around lately for some unknown reason." It says a lot more but I just can't remember it since its been so long since I looked at the manual my friend had. But obviously hes more than just a government man.

Here is an idea guys, let's all post our screenshots of the G-Man. He's freaky and mysterious, so it sounds like a good idea. I don't have any by the way but I did see him once when I was looking in the combine soldiers' binocular stand thingy when it was pointed at a rebel camp or w/e. He was talking to one of the citizen rebel people.

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when you get into the airboat and head towards the base in the red barn which is taken over by zombies, he is standing up on top of it.  i didn't think to take a shot when i saw it...

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all I repeat all g-man sightings are in the Prima Half-Life 2 Strat guide

I don't know if they changed the ending of the game after that blooper with the upload of the HL2 storyline with the CS:Source Steam distribution, but if I heard right, in the first version of the storyline, G-Man was supposed to be Gordon Freeman himself back from the future. (That's just what I heard, I haven't seen the script myself and I haven't played the game either, YET).

I don't know if they changed the ending of the game after that blooper with the upload of the HL2 storyline with the CS:Source Steam distribution, but if I heard right, in the first version of the storyline, G-Man was supposed to be Gordon Freeman himself back from the future. (That's just what I heard, I haven't seen the script myself and I haven't played the game either, YET).

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Wasn't that just Valve messing with us?

Im not real sure which theory I beleive about the G-Man, but he bears a strong resemblance to the Smoking man from the X-Files. It would be cool to play an expansion that would explain his history. Who does he work for? We can only speculate at this point.

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