But seeing as you still haven't beaten Ep2 I'd say the series never really grabbed you in the beginning anyway. To each their own, I suppose, but the HL series is definitely known for it's storytelling/cinematic feel.
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
I was thinking about this, too, the HL story seems pretty easy to follow to me. It's like a quality sci-fi movie/miniseries unfolding.
Originally posted by: pmv
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
I was thinking about this, too, the HL story seems pretty easy to follow to me. It's like a quality sci-fi movie/miniseries unfolding.
I was thinking it was really, really embarrassingly geeky to actually answer the above question. But as there's two of you asking now...
(I mean, its not like I really, deeply care about this or expect detailed attempts at answers, I do know its just a game, and a pretty good one)
But, off the top of my head, from what I remember...
Why does the G-man put you on a train that is in fact leading you to your doom? You are only saved by the fortuitous intervention of Barny - how could the G-man be sure that would happen?
What the heck is the G-man up to anyway? Where the heck did he come from?
Why do you, later on, effectively completely surrender yourself to the Combine forces (actually voluntarily climbing into that conveyor-belt coffin thing), only to be saved by their carelessness regarding the gravity gun and the back heel flip of Judith, neither of which you could have predicted? Why did Freeman do that, other than the fact the game's on-rails nature gave him nowhere else to go?
In fact throughout the whole of HL2 I had only the haziest idea why I was going in a given direction or of what I was trying to accomplish, other than I was just going the only direction the game was allowing me to go. There didn't seem to be any over-arching mission for Gordon, he just kept reacting to events, e.g. the teleporter malfunctioning, whatsisface the scientist getting captured, BM east getting attacked, Judith changing sides again. As Freeman you are just a pawn being pushed around by seemingly random events beyond your control (events that the G-man can presumably somehow magically predict??).
Why did the G-man reactivate the nuke back in BM in Opposing Force? (I gather the rest of OF was 'non canon' so doesn't have to be explained).
Why did Dr Breen insist against advice on going ahead with the experiment that led to the disaster, if he only _afterwards_ came to an arrangement with the Combine? What is his relation to the G-man? Why did the G-man keep popping up all over BM in the original incident? What was he arguing with the scientist about when you see him pre-disaster? What's the relation between the G-man and the Vortigaunts? What was he discussing with the resistance leader you see him talking to through the telescope?
What exactly are the Combine trying to achieve, and why do they keep relocating people from one city to another, given they are planning to do everyone in anyway? Why do they care whether anyone has kids or not (other, presumably, than it would lead to poor taste elements if there were children featured in the game)
What's the point of the headcrabs being dropped all over the place? Especially when they end up attacking Combine troops.
What was that giant alien thing you saw launched into space during one of the episodes?
What exactly does the Combine have to do with the Big Bad you defeated at the end of the first HL (Nihilinth or whatever he was?).
Why did the G-man reappear to save you after you'd dealt with Breen, and was his whole plan for you to finish off Breen all along, in which case how could have known it would have worked out like that (given it depended on so many contingent events) and why did he want that to happen? And how did the Vorts come to appear just then to rescue you from the G-man? And if he's sold your services to 'the highest bidder' as I think he says at one point, what the hell form of currency did he use? Some sort of interdimensional dollar standard?
And, most importantly, why does Barny never actually get that beer Freeman promised him?
I may be taking this too seriously.
I doubt he was expecting Barney to save him. Do you know would have happened if Barney hadn't saved him? Because I don't.
Ugh, this is definitely trolling.
Never did you surrender yourself to them. You're in the Citadel to cause it to destabilise, and also to save Eli. You get into the coffin thing because there's no where else to go. It's a risk, and it pays off.
Yup, troll.
I dont remember the story of OF that well, but I wouldn't pay too much attention to continuity with OF and BS.
You obviously paid zero attention to the dialog in the game. Breen is a die hard, risk taking scientist. No one (except G Man) predicted the resonance cascade, but Breen took advantage of the situation by teaming up with the Combine.
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but I'm guessing you're talking about the escape of the Advisors. We'll know more about them in the future.
The combine had it's attention on Nkihilinth's race, the vortigons. When humans created a protal to Xen, this race escaped to earth (they were on Xen in a last ditch effort to fend off the combine). The combine noticed this, and followed them, and hence discovered earth.
Ugh, seriously? He tells you why he appears - he's not finished with you just yet. As for how he knew - although events might now happens exactly how G Man plans, the results are always what he intends. He ensures this. That's what makes him mysterious.
Originally posted by: Zensal
Originally posted by: pmv
Originally posted by: TheVrolok
I was thinking about this, too, the HL story seems pretty easy to follow to me. It's like a quality sci-fi movie/miniseries unfolding.
I was thinking it was really, really embarrassingly geeky to actually answer the above question. But as there's two of you asking now...
(I mean, its not like I really, deeply care about this or expect detailed attempts at answers, I do know its just a game, and a pretty good one)
But, off the top of my head, from what I remember...
Why does the G-man put you on a train that is in fact leading you to your doom? You are only saved by the fortuitous intervention of Barny - how could the G-man be sure that would happen?
What the heck is the G-man up to anyway? Where the heck did he come from?
Why do you, later on, effectively completely surrender yourself to the Combine forces (actually voluntarily climbing into that conveyor-belt coffin thing), only to be saved by their carelessness regarding the gravity gun and the back heel flip of Judith, neither of which you could have predicted? Why did Freeman do that, other than the fact the game's on-rails nature gave him nowhere else to go?
In fact throughout the whole of HL2 I had only the haziest idea why I was going in a given direction or of what I was trying to accomplish, other than I was just going the only direction the game was allowing me to go. There didn't seem to be any over-arching mission for Gordon, he just kept reacting to events, e.g. the teleporter malfunctioning, whatsisface the scientist getting captured, BM east getting attacked, Judith changing sides again. As Freeman you are just a pawn being pushed around by seemingly random events beyond your control (events that the G-man can presumably somehow magically predict??).
Why did the G-man reactivate the nuke back in BM in Opposing Force? (I gather the rest of OF was 'non canon' so doesn't have to be explained).
Why did Dr Breen insist against advice on going ahead with the experiment that led to the disaster, if he only _afterwards_ came to an arrangement with the Combine? What is his relation to the G-man? Why did the G-man keep popping up all over BM in the original incident? What was he arguing with the scientist about when you see him pre-disaster? What's the relation between the G-man and the Vortigaunts? What was he discussing with the resistance leader you see him talking to through the telescope?
What exactly are the Combine trying to achieve, and why do they keep relocating people from one city to another, given they are planning to do everyone in anyway? Why do they care whether anyone has kids or not (other, presumably, than it would lead to poor taste elements if there were children featured in the game)
What's the point of the headcrabs being dropped all over the place? Especially when they end up attacking Combine troops.
What was that giant alien thing you saw launched into space during one of the episodes?
What exactly does the Combine have to do with the Big Bad you defeated at the end of the first HL (Nihilinth or whatever he was?).
Why did the G-man reappear to save you after you'd dealt with Breen, and was his whole plan for you to finish off Breen all along, in which case how could have known it would have worked out like that (given it depended on so many contingent events) and why did he want that to happen? And how did the Vorts come to appear just then to rescue you from the G-man? And if he's sold your services to 'the highest bidder' as I think he says at one point, what the hell form of currency did he use? Some sort of interdimensional dollar standard?
And, most importantly, why does Barny never actually get that beer Freeman promised him?
I may be taking this too seriously.
Well, I can answer part of this.
The G-Man put you on that train because Breen had hired him to do that. If the combine captured Gordon, then the resistance would have most likely crumbled.
As far as Nihilinth is concerned, they were fighting the combine and were driven to Xen. Xen just happened to be the closest place, dimentionally speaking, to Earth. In HL1, Gordon was actually fighting what could have been our allies against the combine, hence why the resistances is now allied with the Vorts.
The G-mans plan was not for you to finish Breen. Breen was his "customer." With Breen dead, why lose your valuable asset(Freeman).
Edit: And Gordon is now up 34,079 votes. Wow.
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