Gman's Plan Theory

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I have taken alot of information from the Half-Life wiki just to let you know. I have came up with the theory on what is Gman's purpose in the story. What is he trying to do?

WARNING: IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED ANY OF THE HALF LIFE GAMES, THIS WILL CONTAIN TONS OF SPOILERS!!!

First of all, who is he? I think for sure he isn't 100% human. Mainly because of his weird talk, his mysterious teleportation, and gloomy appearance. I think he is some alien species that the Combine have already conquered. Lets call him the shape shifter. He is able to turn into other living things.

During one day at Black Mesa, a Survey team member was on Xen. As he got back to the labs, someone followed him which was the shapeshifter. The shape shifter lurked all over the facility in probably invisible I guess? He shape shifted into a random government inspector at the Facility who looks exactly like the Gman as we know it.

Now, what Gman is trying to do is to get the Combine to invade Earth. But actually, this is a master plan.

I'm gonna relate this to Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars because this is exactly what he is trying to do. Working on both sides for years to get the Empire going. Same as Half Life.

Since the shapeshifter is now the Gman, he has access to all information of Earth and the United States Government.

According to the wiki, The Nilhilanth and his vortigaunt minions were pushed away from their homeworld to Xen. Xen is possibly under Combine occupation but not as secured as what Earth with be in 2020. The Nihilanth and his minions are basically a pawn in the Combine's plan. They don't want any single trace of the Combine to go to Earth so they use the Xenian forces as the "marines".

Now back to Gman. Gman goes to Santego Military Base where the HECU is being stationed and trained. He orders the commander to train their marines more and are informed that they will be deployed in the "Black Mesa Facility" soon. Shepard infers that something is up. And Gman is interested in Shepard. When Gman has interest in certain people, they are probably his "boosters". Boosters is what makes Gman's work progress faster, as he simply can't do everything by himself.

Gman goes to Black Mesa the following week to start up the invasion, by ordering the crystal sample to be used at Sector C labs. This is ordered at Wallace Breen at the time when he was the Administrator of the facility. Gman knows that Gordon Freeman will be the one who will trigger the event. Gman at this phase has a small interest in Freeman. Before the Resonance Cascade occured, The Gman met with Eli Vance, he used the phrase, "Prepare for Unforseen Consequences". This infers that Eli Vance has his baby daughter, Alyx Vance which hints that Alyx is the only child at Black Mesa. Gman possibly has feelings for the Vance Family's safety.

Once the Resonance Cascade happened, Gordon Freeman is just using his survival instinct and trying to get the hell out of Black Mesa, except he's just finding out whats going on. He spots the Gman everywhere, waiting for the supposed events he needs to happen. And waiting for Shepard's arrival. Gman's lurk around the Black Mesa facility is also Gman's way of seeing Gordon Freeman as he is almost fearless. Then the interest of Freeman to Gman builds up.

The purpose of Shepard is for him to exterminate Race X. Race X portal rift that was opened with Xen's is just an accident since Race X is interfering with Xen's invasion.

Gman also wanted the Nihilanth dead, as they were just some temporary helpers.

No on knows why the Gman keeps Freeman and Shepard in stasis. Well we do know, Freeman is unleashed in the year 2020 in City 17 but Shepard is yet still detained.

I think the Gman was more interested in Shepard as his helper.

During that time, Gman had some affairs with the Combine. Maybe Gman betrayed the Combine? So, he used Freeman as the man to the stop the Combine on Earth. He could have emotions and careness for humans and other people. Especially Alyx Vance.

Gman said to Freeman in Episode 2, "See her safely to white forest, Dr Freeman." Something is really up with Gman and Alyx. Thats why he told Eli about the unforseen consequences.




If anyone wants to discuss about this, I'm happy to. :E
 
Something is wrong because Shepard is already alot of time in City 17, I even don't think that Shepard was in Stasis, beacause he fighted in the 7h war.
 
I'm writing the unified theory now in ep3 section, the main idea of G-Man I want to explain that he is "nothing", he was just created for moving the story forward, figuratively speaking he is a mover of story. VALVe devised that character as unattainable influential character in the half-life universe and while he is still the same the hl story will be continued, otherwise the story will end, I don't think that VALVe ever explain who is he or what is he because it would ruin the hl story which is completely based on that character, moreover even gamers don't want to know who is he because it would ruin the idea of mysterious character. So the G-man character doomed to be as "nothing".
 
I think the term you are looking for, caste, is 'plot device'.

Unfortunately, simply having him as deus ex machina or a plot device is really a shit way of progressing a story. Like they couldn't think of anything else than to use magic.
 
I think the term you are looking for, caste, is 'plot device'.

Unfortunately, simply having him as deus ex machina or a plot device is really a shit way of progressing a story. Like they couldn't think of anything else than to use magic.

english isn't my native language so I don't know many terms in eglish, thanks for the tip. Everything is simple, G-Man is unattainable, influential and mysterious person due to technological advancements and abilities, the half-life story is a science fiction game so there won't be any magic, only the scientific terms and technologies.
 
english isn't my native language so I don't know many terms in eglish, thanks for the tip. Everything is simple, G-Man is unattainable, influential and mysterious person due to technological advancements and abilities, the half-life story is a science fiction game so there won't be any magic, only the scientific terms and technologies.

Science is magic if there is no understandable explanation. It's a matter of perspective.
 
Science is magic if there is no understandable explanation. It's a matter of perspective.

are you talking about who is the g-man or what he is doing and can do ? If we are talking about his abilities it simply can be explained by science fiction ideas, such as teleportation, but if we are talking about who is he and where he is come from it's not a science it's a story & character details. (or maybe his legend, I don't know ), so I don't see any necessity to explain who is he cuz it doesn't have anything to the science or magic.
 
Alright, first off, don't trust combine overwiki that much, they take a lot of leaps in logic.
So you're saying that the gman is playing both sides, trying to get the combine to invade earth. Why?
I don't like your idea that the gman is just a dude an alien that copied a humans body. If anything, he's using a human body the way Breen tried to get an alien body at the end of hl2.

Oh and by the way, what hard evidence do you have that the combine invaded nihlaneth's home world. The mechanical modification made to him might be because he's some kind if combine advisor variation, we don't know.
I like jule's idea that the gman is just there to keep the story moving. He's not a character in the original sence, he doesn't have a background, character development, or may e even a purpose.

WE DON'T KNOW.

God I missed gman theories.
 
Oh wow, I feel smart. Yes thats what I meant.
Their similar avatars confused me.

I'm easily confused.
 
In my perspective.. the Gman is like the series Lost... Is he real? or is he not?
 
Oh wow, I feel smart. Yes thats what I meant.
Their similar avatars confused me.

I'm easily confused.

Nah, it's fine. I usually don't notice those things myself.

In my perspective.. the Gman is like the series Lost... Is he real? or is he not?

I'm pretty sure the series Lost is real. It aired for a few years, actually, so it's kind of hard to understand why you would question its existence.
 
Because man... what is real... are we really here man?...... This is exactly what the Gman specialises in....INCEPTION, I'm not serious if you think i am
 
Ohhh and I forgot.... In LOST I think in the end it wasn't real, the Island was really just a metaphore for something I forget
 
I'd like to have whatever you're smoking, please.
 
Ya know G-man is kinda lurky and this theroy makes sense... but it doesn't mean its true.
 
There's no arguing that the gman is a real thing. He saved Alyx in black Mesa, personally gave Eli the sample that caused the cascade, and talked to Adrian shepards' officers in person.
 
i think gman is just trying to lure the combine to there downfall because they are supposed to have taken alot of planets over

I'd like to have whatever you're smoking, please.

you beat me to it
 
There's no arguing that the gman is a real thing. He saved Alyx in black Mesa, personally gave Eli the sample that caused the cascade, and talked to Adrian shepards' officers in person.
And talked to Colonel Cubbage and his fake moustache.
 
Surprised nobodies pointed out the proper gman plan, i mean in terms of halflife 2 it seems pretty obvious although quite devious.

So the combine are coming to wipe out mankind and you know resistance is useless what do you do?

Firstly find something they want so you have a bargaining chip, place-to-place portal technology, check.

Second find and get in position a negotiator. Would have to be highly intelligent with knowledge of aliens and portals and have something in common with invaders, such as viewing humans as little more than ants. Dr. Wallace Breen in position check.

Third, surrender quickly to avoid annoying the enemy so that they don't exterminate you, check.

Fourth, begin building resistance movement, don't worry because combine can't wipe out resistance leadership because they're the ones making the portal machines, in fact the Combine probably supplied the materials to build the teleporters.

Fifth, when the time comes to screw over Breen and the Combine the resistance will need a leader, more than that a symbol, and preferably an unstoppable killing machine. Gordon Freeman put on ice and propaganda campaign started to turn him into the new messiah, check.
All systems are go!

By the way has anyone ever noticed that Breen and Gman are at opposite ends of the human spectrum? Breen only likes humanities logic and reason, disliking its primative animal side. Gman on the other hand likes humanities survival instincts.
So you could view Breen as representing the intellect and Gman the instinct with Gordon trapped between the two, quite philosophical don't you think :) .
 
Surprised nobodies pointed out the proper gman plan, i mean in terms of halflife 2 it seems pretty obvious although quite devious.

So the combine are coming to wipe out mankind and you know resistance is useless what do you do?

Firstly find something they want so you have a bargaining chip, place-to-place portal technology, check.

Second find and get in position a negotiator. Would have to be highly intelligent with knowledge of aliens and portals and have something in common with invaders, such as viewing humans as little more than ants. Dr. Wallace Breen in position check.

Third, surrender quickly to avoid annoying the enemy so that they don't exterminate you, check.

Fourth, begin building resistance movement, don't worry because combine can't wipe out resistance leadership because they're the ones making the portal machines, in fact the Combine probably supplied the materials to build the teleporters.

Fifth, when the time comes to screw over Breen and the Combine the resistance will need a leader, more than that a symbol, and preferably an unstoppable killing machine. Gordon Freeman put on ice and propaganda campaign started to turn him into the new messiah, check.
All systems are go!

By the way has anyone ever noticed that Breen and Gman are at opposite ends of the human spectrum? Breen only likes humanities logic and reason, disliking its primative animal side. Gman on the other hand likes humanities survival instincts.
So you could view Breen as representing the intellect and Gman the instinct with Gordon trapped between the two, quite philosophical don't you think :) .

I know you're new here, but everyone thinks their gman plan is great, where as someone else probably thinks the plan is silly and dumb.

Anywho, your entire argument is based on the assumption that the gman is a human being. There is an awful lot of counter evidence to this, but for the sake of argument, I'll roll with it.

You say that the combine want the place to place tech that Eli and Kleiner (and perhaps others) came up with. Whats to stop the combine from just going off and brain sucking the information out of those two people? Wouldn't that make life for the combine a lot easier?

You bring up and interesting idea that the gman appointed Breene. This would make sense, because how else would he of come to power?

Your fourth point is wrong, it was the seven hour war for a reason. If they wanted to surrender they could of done much sooner.

Eli has no trust in the gman, so why would he be the leader of a ressestance that the gman started, as you suggest.

Now that I really think about it, there is a major counter arguement that pretty much dismantles this theory.

The combine are on earth because of the gman. He started the cascade in black mesa. He alerted the combine to earth through the cascade. No gman, no combine on earth.

Oh and Breen doesn't represent the intellect of people, but the opposite, the enslavement, the counter intellect of people. And gman doesn't stand for much of anything, although he is interested in Gordon's survival.
 
G-Man is the gnome that you carry and put in the rocket at the end.

G-Man = Gnome Man. It's so obvious.
 
So the gnome is Gordon from the future?

Gordon Freeman = Gnome Future

It all makes sense now.
 
Something is wrong because Shepard is already alot of time in City 17, I even don't think that Shepard was in Stasis, beacause he fighted in the 7h war.

Where did you find out he fought in the 7 hour war?
 
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